11/1/09:

New layout and new tagboard! I promise I'll get around to scanning the doujinshi sometime soon. My scanner isn't compatible with Apple Snow Leopard, so I have to borrow a friend's. It'll still be epic, don't worry. =)

Since my last post, I've cleaned up some dead fan art and video links.

--cuore_ridente



10/19/09:











Oh yeah. Get excited.

(And give Sageowind_21 LOTS of cookies.)

--cuore_ridente



9/9/09:

20,000 hits!!!

--cuore_ridente



8/23/09:

A fan noted that the links in the gallery no longer work, so I took the Galleries page down altogether 'cause I really doubt too many people used it anyway. However, if this isn't true, you may email me to let me know so I know to make it a priority. However, since I'm at college, I doubt I'll have too much time to go scouting for screenshots. If anyone is willing to do this, that would be awesome. Actually, if anyone is willing to do any of the things this site still needs, that would be awesome as well...

Y hola a las personas de España? No he sabido que a muchas personas de España les gusta Taishirou! =D (Lo siento para mi español...)

--cuore_ridente



8/18/09:

Here's a layout that is not only themed with the Digimon Adventure 10 year anniversary, but is also friendly to all browsers! ...Considering I've only tested Safari and Internet Explorer I'm not sure about that, but I'm pretty sure it should be okay. The Taishirou picture is from Komomogumi.

You might notice the couple add-ons: the poll and the visitor flag map. I'd really love for you to take the poll. =)

--cuore_ridente



8/10/09:

Happy Belated Digimon Memorial Day! Hope everyone had a good August 1st! Unfortunately, nothing seems to have come out of the news I announced on my last post... Ah, well. A little hope never hurts. It's always a good idea to check withthewill.net every now and then, though. =)

There's a new doujinshi and fanfic up.

Also, lucidmediums is asking for a bit of help over at the Taishirou Club on deviantART. Head on over and see if you can offer any assistance!

Layout change again soon, now that I'm on my brand new Mac. =) Need to pick a picture, though... I'm up for suggestions, ideas, or even volunteers for a new layout!

--cuore_ridente




7/10/09:

MUST READ!!!!!!

--cuore_ridente



6/8/09:

*wipes sweat off forehead* Wow! I've finally finished this new layout! It took me most of the day to do, so I'm pretty happy to have it done. The Taishirou picture is from Star Swan. Hope everyone likes it! =D

EDIT: So I noticed that the picture doesn't show up on Macs, but everything else works. Since the layout isn't screwed up, I'm not playing with it. Here's a link to see the picture for all of the Mac users.

--cuore_ridente



6/7/09:

Added a few Japanese fan art sites.

--cuore_ridente



6/4/09:

I decided to fish around on another Wayback Machine search and I got about 30 new works. Only a couple are Digital Orange Farm, but the rest I filed under "Unknown."

--cuore_ridente



6/3/09:

Added one new Spanish fanfiction, but that's not the main reason I'm updating.

If you guys aren't aware, both seasons of Digimon Adventure (01 and 02) are available with English subtitles. The subbing group Ryuu Rogue has subbed Adventure 01. They have torrents available for download on their website, but they are also available on YouTube (I'd recommend watching them in high quality on YouTube). As for Adventure 02, Toei has released official subtitles that are available on Crunchyroll, although they might be available for download elsewhere on the web at this point as well.

I would highly recommend watching the subs. It's great to see a work in its original form and to see the characters' true personalities. Also, I've found that it helps me understand many things LOADS better, plus it is anti-corny-pun-free! So if you have some free time to kill this summer, make sure you bookmark the above links, grab some snacks and some pillows, and snuggle up to watch them!

PS - Koushirou is INCREDIBLY ADORABLE in the original, so if anything, watch them for him! I swear you will fall in love with him all over again!

--cuore_ridente



5/23/09:

Hate to say that not too much has been going on lately, although I'm planning on changing the layout again soon. Three new videos have been added to the "Taishirou Videos" section.

--cuore_ridente



3/29/09:

There's more new stuff in the "Lost Works" section, including works from Digital Orange Farm, Mizuuchi Mayuko, and works that have unknown artists. There is also a small addition to the fanfiction section.

--cuore_ridente



3/15/09:

So it occurred to me... Would it be possible to view Digital Orange Farm if I cached it somehow?

Turns out you can.

Well, not everything. Only certain things that this powerful tool, called the WayBack Machine, decides to archive. But after going through everything, I was able to retrieve about 50 works from Digital Orange Farm, as well as some Japanese fanfiction and another fanart site.

Enjoy! =D

(EDIT) I did the same thing to Mizuuchi Mayuko's old site, but I was only able to swipe a few pictures. I also re-identified a couple of pictures that I had put under the wrong artist.

--cuore_ridente



3/14/09:

It's a "Lost Works" Festival! There is a bunch of new fanart up, including works from Digital Orange Farm, Mizuuchi Mayuko, Gin Kemeko, and tons of others which need to be identified.

If any works are misidentified, please let me know.

(And Happy Pi Day?)

--cuore_ridente



3/10/09:

I'd like to apologize once again for the completely FAIL layout. But as I've told others, I worked hard on that laptop picture, so I kept it up for a little while.

This is much better, yes? I hope! Haha. Credit goes to Digital Orange Farm for the Koushirou picture, and Aotoppo for the Taichi picture. The optional music is "Water Night," composed by Eric Whitacre, sung by the Brigham Young University Singers. Sorry, I had to let my choir-nerdiness seep through, haha. But I think the piece's mood is appropriate for this layout.

Not much to report regarding content. I believe there might be a couple new fanfics or links to fanart. Couldn't tell you for sure.

Also: I just want to remind everyone to send in any Digital Orange Farm pictures or other fanart that is not on the web anymore! And that the forum still exists!

--cuore_ridente



2/19/09:

Spiffy new layout! It's what Koushirou's laptop would look like in real life! Well, I tried anyway, haha.

I know that it probably won't be perfect on a lot of computers. I tested it on a Mac, and the text isn't perfectly aligned, but it's not awful. The folders on the right are the menu links. I know they're hard to read, but if you hover over each folder, it'll tell you what each is. However, they may not work in some browsers (I have Internet Explorer 7 and they don't work for me). So if that happens, I put the menu links at the bottom of each page.

There are random additions to the site here and there. Bits of fanfiction as well as a wallpaper in the Extras section are up.

--cuore_ridente



2/7/09:

I'm still having trouble with the "not work safe" images, so I'm just going to take them down. If you really want to see them, you can just email me and I'll send them to you.

--cuore_ridente



2/1/09:

So. Since Photobucket doesn't support "not work safe" files, my account got deleted. Lovely. So I created a new account and reuploaded everything that was clean. As for the other stuff, I uploaded them up to a website that was okay with them, but when you click to look at them, the actual webpage comes up, not just the pictures. I doubt anyone is seriously bothered by this, but I guess I'm just picky. Ah, well.

--cuore_ridente



1/31/09:

Proof we're not completely on crack:

(Taken from the digilife RP)

"Koushirou...uses 'boku' [to say "I"], which makes him a bit of a sissy in shounen anime terms. (Boys in SHOUJO, on the other hand, almost always use 'boku'...) He uses 'kimi' for 'you'. (If he used 'anata', we could just stamp 'woman in disguise' on this boy's back.) So polite that it HURTS, this boy uses 'desu' even around people much younger than him. Koushirou also uses the 'desu wa' sentence ending, which Kay-san pegged as being proof of his homosexuality. 'Desu wa' is only ever used by women - - it's THAT polite. Koushirou has probably never used slang in his life, but his image songs contain a shocking number of English words, so it's hard to say how he feels about that."

Lurves it. XD


PS - If you're actually interested in honorifics (since the site I gave didn't have a complete list), I use this trusty site when I write fanfiction.

--cuore_ridente



1/29/09:

10,000 hits!!!

--cuore_ridente



1/28/09:

I FINALLY found a Taishirou shrine that I came across AGES ago but could never find again - Whereabouts of Happiness. It's linked on the "Extras" page. It has a ton of fanart!

I also came across another site with a bunch of Taishirou fanart; however, they were all in some weird, outdated image file that AOL used years ago (weird, right?), so I took the time to save and convert them all. They're up on the "Lost Works" page.

There's also some new fanfiction up, a new Japanese fanart site, and a couple more Digital Orange Farm pictures.

Also, there's a fan in the process of translating my Bokura no War Game parody into German. Is there anyone out there who would be willing to translate it into other languages?

Also... FREE-FOR-ALL! If you have pictures that you KNOW, and I mean KNOW, aren't on the web anymore, you can send them in.

--cuore_ridente


1/16/09:

There are some news things on the Lost Works page. The new rows are new stuff.

There are some pictures in the "Unknown" section that need identifying. If you recognize the artist, please email me.

--cuore_ridente



1/13/09:

The lovely lelenmargyle has posted a scanalation of a dounjishi that is absolutely adorable! Go check it out!

I've also added a couple of new Japanese fanfiction websites.

--cuore_ridente



1/10/09:

Lots of videos have been added! Also, in the Extras section, I provided a link to the translation of "Koushiro and the Missing Whereabouts of Love" - a funny scene on a Digimon Adventure drama CD. It seems to play-up the whole Koumi/Mishirou thing, but Hikari seems to suggest that it's not... (Wonder if she has a sixth sense? *wink*) Unfortunately, the director of Digimon originally stated that Koumi was to be one of the canon couples in the finale*, so I wouldn't be surprised, but oh well.

Taishirou still pwns. XD

(*Towards the middle, in the italicized, red font.)

--cuore_ridente



1/8/09:

Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone had a good holiday!

The forum has had some posts, but so far only six people (including me) are members. I know there are more fans than that. ("Taishirou Resource Center" actually comes up in the Google search suggestions now! XD) You know you want to join. ;)

In other news, I added some fanfiction. I combed through the Taishirou Yahoo! Group and found fanfiction there. You have to sign up for Yahoo! (it's free) and join the group to read them. There is also some (not work-safe) fanart on there.

I also added a Japanese fan art website. If you haven't figured it out, all of the new stuff is put at the very bottom, but still above websites on hiatus.

Also, I think some AMVs are being taken down on YouTube because of copyright issues with music. (It happened to me today.) So if you find any dead links, that may be the reason. I'm going to try to remove all of the dead links over the next few days.

*cough* And we still need essays...

(EDIT)

I weeded out all of the dead links, particularily fanart websites, doujinshi previews on JPQueen, and videos. I did find one new fanart site, though, and I'm going to look for more videos later.

--cuore_ridente



12/16/08:

Drum roll, please...

There's now a Taishirou forum! I've noticed all of the traffic that comes through this site, so I thought it would be cool to encourage everyone to interact! There's a link on the right; go check it out. If anyone wants to be a staff member, email or message me.

In other news, there's a new video and fan art link.

--cuore_ridente



12/11/08:

So! I thought it was HIGH time that this layout got a makeover. And of course, I HAD to be themed with the season. It's nothing special, but I tried and had fun doing it. =)

--cuore_ridente



11/28/08:

Yo descubro algunos fanfiction españoles, pero muchos son smut. Pues, es algo.

For non-Spanish speakers:

I discovered some Spanish fanfiction, but many are smut. Well, it's something.

If you don't speak Spanish, there's always the lovely translator. I haven't tried it myself to see how good it is, but it should probably give you an idea of what the story says. But if you do, they're relatively easy to understand. That is, if you have the equivalent of six years of Spanish study under your belt. ^^;

(EDIT) I also decided to post the French and German stories that came up on ff.net as well.

--cuore_ridente



11/24/08:

Found more Japanese fan art sites!

--cuore_ridente



11/23/08:

I just wanted to let you guys know that I'm not dead... There's just been an extreme lack of anything new appearing. However, there has been one new submission of a fanfic that has some Taishirou in it.

The site is still in desperate need of bios and an essay on the pairing. I'd still LOVE for someone to do any one of these things.

Also, a fan suggested that I contact the authors of the two stories on adultfanfiction.net to ask if it's possible to host their stories on here. I know that some people might be concerned with the rather intimidating message that appears when you click on them. Is anyone else in favor of this? Just curious. (Oh, what people will do for smut...)

Hope everyone has a fantabulous Thanksgiving. =)

--cuore_ridente



10/1/08:

I'm disappointed in you all! I only received ONE entry for the contest! Shame, shame.

It's cool, though. It was mostly an attempt to get more Taishirou fanfics out there.

Well, mad props go to Mithras151 who sent in the only one. So as promised, here is his lovely one-shot!

Uniforms by Mithras151

--cuore_ridente



9/7/08:

Hey everyone, it's been pretty dead, hasn't it? The only new thing up is one new fanfic that's the very last one under the "other ff.net" section.

Soooo... I was kinda thinkin' that we should have a fanfiction contest!

I'm not quite sure what a prize would be exactly...

How about this? If you write a one-shot before the month is over, the link to it will be featured here on the main page AND get a mention on the tai_x_kou LJ community. If you want anything else...tell me. Err, if it's within reason.

I'll still rate first, second, and third places winners. You'll still all get featured, though, but winners will just have bragging rights.

Post it on any fanfiction site and send it to me. *points to email*

So go and write! You know you want to.

--cuore_ridente



7/29/08:

I'm back! =)

--cuore_ridente



7/3/08:

Hey everyone. I will be away on a trip until July 28th, so if you email me, do not expect an email back or the content to be posted on the site. I don't know if I'll be able to access the Internet on my trip. Most likely I'll be able to at least check my email, but I'm just letting everyone know in case I can't. Luckily, after that I'll be around the rest of the summer.

Also, there's a new Taishirou AMV up!

Hope everyone is having a great summer!

--cuore_ridente



6/28/08:

There are some really pretty new avatars up! Go check them out!

--cuore_ridente



6/9/08:

There is officially a "Lost Works" page that can be accessed by clicking on "Fan Art." I have uploaded all of the works that I have saved from Digital Orange Farm. Go take a look at them, and if you know that you have other works from that website, please email me and send them or links to them. Also, if you happen to have works from any other website that is shut down, feel free to send those in as well.

--cuore_ridente



6/8/08:

So I have some REALLY devastating news.

Digital Orange Farm has shut down.

I swear I'm not kidding you.

No matter how many times we click on that link and refresh, it doesn't seem to be coming back. I don't know why, but that's the way things seem to be.

Now I don't know about the rest of you, but I do NOT want that beautiful work to be lost forever. Inevitably, some pieces probably are lost. However, with the help of you guys, perhaps we can have those works displayed for the public again.

I propose making a page specifically for works that were on sites that are now closed, including Digital Orange Farm. At some point, I will post everything that I have saved on my computer (which is a lot) in a new page. Once that's up, I invite anyone who has any other pictures to please send them in.

These are dark times, post-Digital Orange Farm... (lol)

In other news, I have a few new videos and fanfics up. I also added three more Japanese fan art sites. Check them out!

-- cuore_ridente



4/5/08:

The screenshot galleries are now clickable, but they are by NO MEANS complete! I'd love some help with completing them!

I've also given avatars a section of their own. They can be accessed by clicking on "Fan Art."

--cuore_ridente



3/24/08:

Two fans have contributed to the site! There are now some avatars in the fan art section as well as a new Koushirou video!

Keep the stuff coming!

--cuore_ridente



3/15/08:

There's a CRAPLOAD of new videos up, especially in the "Taichi Videos" section. I had no idea there were so many! Haha.

I still need someone to write biographies about the two, an essay about the pairing, screenshots, and avatars. If you have any free time, contributions to any of these things would be amazing! More details in the "Send in Content" section.

Thanks!

--cuore_ridente



2/7/08:

I've posted a recent project I've just finished: A parody called "Bokura no War Game: TAISHIROU-FIED!" Links are in the "Taishirou Videos" section!

Various doujinshi and fanfiction have also been added since the last update.

--cuore_ridente



1/21/08:

The Fan Art and Extras sections are now open! I DOUBT both of those are complete, so go have a look, and if you see anything missing, go ahead and tell me! Enjoy!

I've also added various fanfiction and videos that I've come across as well.

--cuore_ridente



1/10/08:

I’ve been working hard the past couple of days getting this site up and running! I know it may seem strange that it’s on Blogger, but there aren’t really any free websites out there that don’t have the really ugly and obnoxious ads, so Blogger it is!

So far, I have only the fanfiction and video sections complete (as far as I know!), so be patient about everything else for the time being!

If anyone is willing to help out, that would be amazing! Please head on over to the “Send in Content” section!

Thanks so much, and let’s do this for the benefit of the entire Taishirou community!

-- cuore_ridente