Here we have the old news

Dec 21- Hello all, this is SamuraiNataku, the new co-owner of the club. Now, we havent decided yet to end the avitar contest but soon we should have a new contest that should hopefully gain the intrest of all members.

Dec 20- Whoop. Long time no see.
It seems we won't be getting anymore avatar submissions... so shall I declare the two participants as winners?

I will be getting a club bud soon. Maybe things will be less dead.

Sept 20- Okay, the deviation got deleted if you haven't noticed. :/ I guess they don't allow parodies using Fujisaki's art. Anyway, for the avatar contest here are our submissions:
~lightening [link]
~Kamikagushi [link]

More submissions? Or shall we start voting (even though I do think there are very few participants).

August 15- New members. Avatar submissions added to a deviation.

July 18- I have become semi-dead with managing this club, but we are semi-alive. No entries for either contest received. We got a couple new members, though. ^^

June 6- Avatar contest Rules editted Sept 20
CONTEST INFO & RULES (avatar)
- winner's avatar will be up for at least 2 months on the featured deviation, but most likely longer than that period of time
- winner can request a prize
- avatar must can display the club's name "houshin engi club" somewhere
- avatar must be clean and clear, (readable, no really low quality images, etc. )
- avatar must be 100 x 100 pixels or less (you can also make an avatar for this account so the size could be 50 x 50 pixels)
- avatar must have one of the following characters:
—Dakki [link]
—Shinkouhyou [link]
—Fugen [link]
—Bukichi [link]
—Nentou [link]
- you can use offical art or your own
- deadline, once we receive entries... then we'll decide.

INFO & Rules for webcam
- webcam will be up for at least 2 months, but most likely longer than that period of time
- we're looking for the most random webcam
- maximum size 500 x 600
- you do not have to use your own art... when using other's art, be sure to credit them in someway or form
- winner can request a prize
- humor is a plus
- deadline: Oct 8, 2oo6 CANCELLED

May 15- Poll count:
For the avatar contest:
"Aye." 1
"Nay." 0

Character suggestions:
Dakki [link]
Shinkouhyou [link]
Fugen [link]
Bukichi [link]
Nentou [link]
_{references for those who forget names, like me, from houshin-engi.com
If I made an error in matching names and things, you can smack me o_o}

Vote on both please.
Poll 1, "Aye" if you want a competition, or "Nay" if you want me to make it.
Poll 2, these are the 5 choices of characters. This should be enough to choose from. If we end up with a tie, I will choose randomly.

May 10- Just reorganizing the journal.

April 28- Prize awarded to =SamuraiNataku... starting to draft and plan the other prize.

Do continue making character suggestions for the avatar...
If you would like an avatar contest, say "Aye."

Prize status:
=SamuraiNataku - FINISHED
~ReiNoKage - 5% drafting ideas

April 18-
Why, yes indeed, we are back.
Nothing big today.

I just have this urge to make a new avatar, so...
Who should we put on our avatar?
Who? Why?

Please leave a comment in this journal for your suggestion.


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Prize status
=SamuraiNataku - 30% coloring... [link]

~ReiNoKage - 1% re-organizing idea in the mind! ...kind of put on hold since I need to finish the other one first...

_{so much for making progress on the prizes. <_<;;}

March 16
What is this update? Why, no update at all. I am just here to announce my inactivity for a while.

I don't know if ~Cotton-Keyk will sub for me or not, but anyway, I am currently suffering under school difficulties. I will reappear once again on April 8 or April 9. Hopefully.
In the meanwhile, I hope you all emmerse yourselves in Houshin Engi goodness.

'Til then.

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Prize status ^{slight update}
- 3% reference pics gathered, still contemplating
- 1% re-organizing idea in the mind!

_{I will try to make some progress on the prize work. These are my top priority on things to do next to school because my computer is currently broken and I cannot watch the anime or read the manga I download. I don't have any new videogames to play either, but I'll cut back on my gaming for this purpose.}

Mar 9- Why hello, there.
Okay, ~ReiNoKage has sweet researching skills. XD She won the trivia.

1. Who drew Houshin Engi? (This should be obvious!) Fujiryu-sensei!

2. What novel is Houshin Engi based on? (There might be many different titles due to translation and whatnot.) L'invetirure des dieux! (I read it in French...)

3. What magazine was it serialized in? Shonen JUMP

4. Between what years was Houshin Engi serialized? 1996-2000

5. (Fill in the blank) Houshin Engi was published in __(a number) tankobon volumes by Shueisha. 23

6. Who likes to call girls "Purin-chan" or "Pudding-chan"? (based on the manga) Ki Hatsu-sama! <3

7. What was the North American anime release called? Soul Hunter DX

8. Who was the Japanese voice actor for Taikoubou in the anime? Yuki Hiro/Ikihrio Hanawa (I've heard different versions)

9. Who was the English voice actor for Taikoubou? J. Shanon Weaver

10. What is the name of the opening theme for the anime, and who sang it? Will, by Chihiro Yonekura

2 new members too!~

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Prize status
- 3% reference pics gathered, contemplating
- 1% organizing idea in the mind!

Feb 23- Huuuu............ I live... in this club... sorta. XD You guys better thank for making me get off my lazy butt to update. It's really not supposed to be my job to do the fanart, but ~Cotton-Keyk is kinda slow doing it.

Anyways~ 2 new members! Yah!
And since we're all happy Houshin Engi fans, I'll put up a short trivia! It's an easy one I hope~ If you know where to research... X3

Trivia
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1. Who drew Houshin Engi? _{(This should be obvious!)}

2. What novel is Houshin Engi based on? _{(There might be many different titles due to translation and whatnot.)}

3. What magazine was it serialized in?

4. Between what years was Houshin Engi serialized?

5. (Fill in the blank) Houshin Engi was published in __(a number) tankobon volumes by Shueisha.

6. Who likes to call girls "Purin-chan" or "Pudding-chan"? (based on the manga)

7. What was the North American anime release called?

8. Who was the Japanese voice actor for Taikoubou in the anime?

9. Who was the English voice actor for Taikoubou?

10. What is the name of the opening theme for the anime, and who sang it?

The first one to answer all ten correctly will get to request a drawing by me ~Pompi because I have no better prizes...

Suggestions for prizes welcome.

BONUS question!!! Who is my favorite character? (me as in ~Pompi)
Get just this one right and I will draw you something too. Aha, this was answered really quickly by =SamuraiNataku, which makes sense since she's one of the earlier members, and therefore!!! ...yeah. Sorry all, no more easy wins. You have to answer all ten questions now...
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Enjoy researching!

On a side note, we have finally gotten rid of that insanely long comment! Many thanks to

for putting comments on our page.

~Pompi<sub>Jan 9- As sad as it sounds, we only got two entries for the contest. I don't have the links or their usernames at the moment (since I am currently procrastinating with my schoolwork) but I guess they'll be automatic winners.
One new affiliate.
And that will be all!~ Updates maybe really lacking this month due to my schoolwork and finals so I am very sorry. If you have the urge to bug someone, bother the other admin (huahaha) ~Cotton-Keyk.

Oh, and do continue "spamming" our page. :3</sub>

Dec 23- Prizes finished and sent to the winners. Just a reminder~ Contest ending in two days. Dec 24!!! Don't worry about time zones... We're pretty lenient. If any of you want an extension, we'll gladly extend the deadline. Just ask and give us an approximate number of days you need.

Journal revamp.

New member!

Dec 19- note to Keyk, one more fanart!~ I am getting irritated with those faving artwork... >>;

Major announcement! I shall start the really short <b/>spam the ~houshinengiclub page with something related to Houshin Engi! There's a really horrible post by someone who apparently had nothing better to do than insult people's art with no reason. So our goal is to knock out this person's post off the Houshin Engi club page~ ^^ I'll start with this club's account and with my other account. Please don't post more than twice in a row though. I don't want you guys getting into trouble... and try to keep the comments appropriate.

Also, deadline for the contest coming up soon! 5 more days left I believe~

Prize status: all 0%. Sorries ><; I will get them and make 'em good, don't you worry!

Dec 18 Errr......I did them, Pompi, I posted them.T_T; I apologize for the long wait. Oh, by the way, I'm witnessing quite a few people favoriting the stuff here, but what should I do?^^i I'm not sure if you've dealt with them yet, so I'll leave them to you.D: PLEASE DO NOT FAVORITE ANY OF THE DEVIATIONS HERE!!...T_T;; Yeah. Hiii everybody~D:

Dec 10- So far we have two entries for the contest~ ^^
One new member.

Dear fanart manager ~Cotton-Keyk- You really have to put up the fanart. O_o; ~ReiNoKage and ~Red-Priest-Usada have been waiting for a while. (Why I don't do it myself you ask?)

Okay, Decemeber appears to be a really busy month for me. I'm smothered with bajillions of deadlines, so please be patient with me. ^^ We're probably one of the most active clubs on dA (updating with something at least twice a month), but forgive me anyway for slowness. Thanks to the active members of the club though~ and to those who actually read the journal too! It makes me happy happy~ ^_^

I'm just going to add this in too:
Prize Status prizes created by me ~Pompi ...sorry we have no money to buy prizes
full body Gyokutei Shinjin

correcting lineart
-waiting for request- (something simple... o_o; and take as long as you want to demand)

Nov 27-Yes, I will definitely put up your people's wonderful fanarts so keep the notes coming!o_o Bug me in whatever ways possible since I tend to be a bit...forgetful.T_T; Urrrghh...I have choir practics soon and homework I was unable to do the past few days (such as getting sick, being forced to go shopping, getting painful rubber bands in my teeth, the strange American holiday...) so I may or may not get to them today.u_u; XO I'M BEGGING YOU TO PLEASE REMIND ME! You can resend your notes again if you believe I've forgotten them.^^i I won't mind~ Soo...when was the last time my icon popped up here?^^i

Nov 21- New avatar by erm... me. Art by the awesome Ryuu Fujisaki. if it looks the same to you, you could refresh the page until it shows. ^^
~Cotton-Keyk WILL post up new fanart soon...

Nov 13- *cough*I've been promoted!*cough* Anyways, we have 60 members!~ Yay!~ I'll try to get the rules for the contest posted, hopefully along with the prize for the last contest, but I've been working all week and probably this coming week too... but I'll try!

Nov 8, 2oo5- Okay, it's official. I'm starting the CHRISTMAS/WINTER HOLIDAY contest~
Basically, make something related to Houshin Engi and winter. It's as simple as that. Usually we accept fanart, but if you can write something, make an animation, sew something, etc. then go ahead and take a stab at it.

Hopefully, more will participate~

Suggestions for prizes are welcome. So far, the only prize we can offer is a request from ~Pompi or ~Cotton-Keyk.

More specific rules will be posted (but they're simple stuff like one entry per person so you can get started now and not worry about breaking the rules).

Nov 4, 2oo5- Aha...hahahaha. I'm sorry, everyone~ So much for the Halloween contest... Halloween has passed, but if you drew something for one, we would totally put it up in the fanart gallery.

Anyway, how's this-- We start a Winter Holiday Contest. That would give you plenty time before the Happy Holiday season. :3 So, winter theme contest thingy. Not many entered/voted last contest but we can start a contest anyway~ :3

Also, I have started working on =SamuraiNataku's prize. I worked hard on it, and I hope you like it. It may be done tomorrow or today, late at night~ (I have just found out that it was a FULL-BODY pic... O__o So I had half of the body and I drew the rest. Currently in the process of inking. It will be colored in photoshop as best as possible. It may not be finished for a while. For best results, I don't do everything at once.) :3 I'll post it in the fanart gallery here and in my devART gallery too. I'll notify you when it is completed~ Alrighty! Lights out~

Fixed a misdirected link in the journal. O__O I think a new member was added too.

Oct 17, 2oo5- Okay!! We haven't updated in more than a month, but it's better than nothing~ Okay has figured out the guess-what-page-the-image-on-the-avatar-came-from (whew) contest. ^^ Prize request pending. Suggestions for prizes are open too.

In need of feedback: If we start a Halloween contest, will you join?

Sept 14, 2oo5- Okay, I closed the voting late, and I made a typo in the headlines, but ~K-Kaito wins the ID contest. I specifically asked people to vote for only one submission, so I only counted the number that appeared first. ~K-Kaito wins with 4 votes!
I think it's pointless to keep the voting to go any longer... >_>

OKAY! Congrats to ~K-Kaito again! She will get a prize and her ID will be featured on the club page~
Thank you to all who participated! You are very much loved by the club~~

September 6, 2oo5- Fanart added! Also other things were added.

September 5, 2oo5- Happy Labor day, all you in the US. One member added, and voting for the ID contest closes on September 12, midnight Pacific Time. There were only a few votes, and why keep our contestants in constant suspense? Please vote if you haven't already. For those who put two votes in they're comments, I will count the number that appeared first in your comment. You cannot take back your vote. Okay, happy voting everyone~

Also, one new member added. ^_^
Sorry for making two journals. We need this to be on the front page of the site.

September 1, 2oo5- I wonder if anyone has noticed.o_o; Well, I can't believe I forgot this, but now that school has come for both Pompi and me, updates will most likely occur only during weekends and the amount of updates will decrease. Especially ssince 8th grade year is oh so busy and I can't manage myself very well (I need to go to choir and CJSF! Ack~). I need to manage the voting process too. : / Hnnnn~... I apologize dear fans~; ___ ;
*s all*

August 13, 2oo5- Okay (just felt like saying that...ahem)! If you haven't noticed yet, we're back! Aand...we hope there will be more response to our ID contest voting thingy. So...PLEASE! Vote for your favorite ID~~>w<
Lest Bou-chan will weep for eternity.; _ ;

July 23, 2oo5 There won't be much updates since we'll be on a two-week road trip now.^^ii Sorry peoples~; ___ ; If I can manage to get on the computer, I'll try my best to do something here~!!>.< (and uh.. voting begins~)

July 21, 2oo5- new member and affiliate

July 19, 2oo5- I have made the deadline for the ID contest to be July 21. Sorry for the short notice. We'll be going on vacation for a few weeks and it would be good to have the voting start before then.
Don't forget to turn in your IDs for the contest!!~~
Thank you also for those who turn in their fanart!!

July 17, 2oo5- Hiii everyone! I've finished posting 's fanart (EDIT: Nope, seems some...@_@ So sorry~)!>w< I know there's more people out there who want theirs posted up so I'll get there soon!...if I can find them.^^ii You may want to re-alert me. Don't be embarassed to, but if you're too lazy to do so, I'll try to find them myself.XD
Whoo...I need to start my homework now so, 'till then, laater~

July 7, 2oo5- *piled under lots of fanart* XD I'll upload them!!! I promise!>o<
I'm just...really tired...u_U;;
Sorry everyone.^^i On a side note, I really want to post in the BBS here:[link]
^^i I guess I can't though~>o<
I want those Deluxe books!@_@;

July 4, 2oo5- Okay!~ We have 5 more members!!~~ :3 Thank you all who participated in the poll. Also!! We have one more submission for the ID contest!! We would gladly take more submissions!! :3
We will be posting more fanart soon!! Note to ~Cotton-Keyk You may put up ~ReiNoKage 's art in the gallery now~
We found a few HE cosplayers in AX! There was one Fukki and one Youzen. Due to ~Cotton-Keyk 's shyness, we were not able to take good pictures. So sorry!! >.<
EDIT:~Cotton-Keyk- Yeah, blame it on the shy person...>>|l| *gloom*

June 30, 2oo5- We now have the one week subscription!! AND we will be attending the Anime Expo 2oo5 in Aneheim, CA! I don't know if you'll be able to find us, but if you are going on Saturday, let us know!

June 30, 2oo5-ZOMgosh!! Do my eyes deceive or does Fujisaki-sensei have a SITE!!OoO
[link]
I can't tell because I can't read Nihongo~u___u
It's so pretty and noisy~OwO
OMGosh~ I Fujisaki Ryuu-sensei~


June 28, 2oo5- Minor edits to the journals made. Well, the search for a male member contest has temporarily ended! But! Fortunately, we have found a few male members are & !! (We are not sexist~~ It's just that they are cool!)

Also, a list of fanart contributers will be made as soon as possible!~ It's been made!

Keep sending in those ID submissions!! We will wait patiently, but if a REALLY long time has passed, ~ReiNoKage will be the default winner... let's say... in about a month. We are very desperate to change our ID.

Oh yeah, have we mentioned that we have 2 affiliates?

June 26, 2oo5- Apologies to and for not posting their art when everyone else's was....
Oh, and pleeeaase alert me if yours wasn't posted either....; ____ ;
My sister has gotten lazy with submitting all of these images.XD;
Again, I don't understand why people are +fav-ing these images!! It's written in bold to not do so!!>o<
SOO!! Again, DO NOT FAVE THE FANART HERE!!!! Go to the original links.^^i It's usually in it's full size if I found it small enough for people who have slow computers, but if not, it should be in the zoomed out version.^^iii Sorry peoples~; _ ; And please tell me if an image is too big in the original size.x__x;

June 24, 2oo5-Geeez!! Really...is it that hard not to fave pictures here?!? I even posted the original link for you!! Please, EVERYONE!!
DO NOT FAVE THE IMAGES HELD WITHIN THIS CLUB!
Please follow this rule from now on. If the link is not there because of my careless mistake, have the patience and courtesy to alert me. PLEEEASE do so!!
Thank you for reading.

June 23, 2oo5- I have been uploading a loot of people' artwork.X3 And my hand hurts now..x_x; I probably made a heck of a lot of mistakes so once they start appearing, I'll go check them over.^^i
Oh, are any of you going to Anime Expo?^^i I am on Saturday, July 2.X3 Sadly, I'm not cosplaying...u.u
Keep loving Houshin Engi!!:3

June 13, 2oo5- Ehehehe~ So much fanart~~;w; ...which means a looot to upload.XD; We'll get to it soon! We promise!!>.< Thank you evryone for giving us your permission to upload them! We're still awaiting a few more replies.XD; You're welcome to take your time though.^^i
Eeee~ more members too!>w<
Fweeee~;^; *happy happy*
Oh! And also, I expect you received the note about the contest.^^i If that bothered you, I'm terribly sorry, but I had to do it.^^ii I hope we'll get submissions~~;^;

June 11, 2oo5- New Members! We have also begun uploading members' fanarts to our gallery. If you would like to send us fanarts, please do! Note us or leave a comment on our page!

June 9, 2oo5- 3 updates in one day... Hopefully we're not bothering you or anything. Anyways, the ID contest is officially ON. We will decide the deadline one we get at least 4 entries.
The ID should have "The Houshin Engi Club" somewhere visible and it should be somewhat legible. It should also have at least one of the main characters (Taikoubou, Suupuushan, Dakki, etc.). Including other characters would be cool though. ^^ You can use your own art or if you use Ryuu Fujisaki's art, you should give him credit.
To send your entry, note the club with a link to your entry. If that is not possible, you can email it to us.
Prizes...? Well, your ID will be displayed on the Houshin Engi club page... and if you would like, me or ~Cotton-Keyk will take art/flash requests. (Suggestions for prizes are welcome~) I might put up a sample so that you know what kind of work we are capable of producing. ^^iii

Also, I will commence asking people if they would like to have their works uploaded to our gallery since it is apparently ... bare and empty.

June 9, 2oo5- We have more members and since we have almost reached 30 members, we have decided to move it to a different journal entry~ Woo-hoo!!
*sigh... retypes entry* I have found the first male member SO the second person to find a male member can still win a prize. The prizes may not be all that great, so if you have suggestions or are willing to donate prizes... please do. ^^

Also, we have a new avatar made by yours truly (of course, it's Fujisaki's art. I just colored it)~ If you can find which chapter it came from in the manga, you can get a prize too... just for the heck of it. ^^

Continue looking for male members~ "A male HE fan is... like an endangered species!! We must hunt them ALL down and keep them in ... this club... for PROTECTION!! Haha.. yeah."

June 9, 2oo5- Crud...I accidently deleted my sister's entry..x_x Contest is still going on even though we have a male member!...and while I'm at it, my sister has been inviting dozens of people while I'm in school.^^i I'll post your fanart soon all!OxO


June 8, 2oo5 ALRIGHT~!! Before we get a super spiffy ID contest~~ I will -sponsor- a simple game! The first SENCOND person who finds a male person to join this club will get a prize!~~ "What is this prize?" you ask? Well! You have a choice: anart request drawn by either me of Keyk, or a really short flash movie... of course, the winner will choose whatever they want to be drawn or made into a movie. XD
~deadline Wednesday, June 15th (12AM) Pacific time~
~the new member must note the club stating who convinced him to join... and we must find proof that he's actually a guy. o_o A photo is not required, but there must be something that states the gender... XD

It's a silly contest and it's really just for fun.
On a side note~~~ I am officially a HE fangirl~ ^^ii

June 5, 2005- XD; The meberlist just keeps growing! I'm so happy that people still like HE~;w;
It seems people are making more fanarts and helping this eventless club.XD; Sheesh...I need a contest. I should have it by Saturday, but if not, sorry~><; I'll try my best though! The weeks are so busy.^^i

June 2, '05- Wheee~ Alive again! Expect more when my school days are over!!>:3 ....I hope people will join the ID contest I have yet to note everyone about!:3 The voting will be done by the members though, of course!:3 Prize? I guess I have to make one, but if not, Pompi will...she's likeing Houshin Engi more and more~~~>w< We also have a new fanart from ~4y4m3! You anime people won't know him though sadly...u.u...nor those of you who haven't gotten far into the manga.^^i Thus again, visit [link] for your Houshin Engi goodness!! In addition, we have a few new members!!>w<
SO! In the meantime, keep showing love to Houshin Engi!
Laaater~~;3

Apr. 27, '05- Just a heads up, Snoopycool.com has finished scanslating the Houshin Engi manga, making a whopping total of 23 volumes!! Go download it if you have the chance.
We're still contemplating for a prize for our ID contest. If you have any ideas please feel free to note us with your suggestions. Thanks!

Mar. 20, '05- Hello, all again!~ Sadly we have no new members. We do have a new admin however, ~Pompi who will aid in any way possible. See see, we have a new avatar made by Pompi~~ (which is me btw). XD
Though there are only a few members, we will have an ID contest coming up soon~~~ We'll give you a heads up when we're ready. 'Til then, bask in Houshin Engi goodness. :3

*insert date here*-Kyaa~ a few new members~*_*=...this journal is proff I'm not dead.o_O; Anyway, we also have new fanart~:3 Those of you willing to submit are free to do so!!>w< It doesn't matter how bad you think it is because for sure I'll think it's really good!!X3 An empty club, but hey! At least there's a place for you to show your love for HE~XD