more ROS and anime: Saikano
Apr. 4th, 2007 09:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meganbmooreYou know one thing I like about Robin Of Sherwood is that it doesn't drag Robin/Marian out. Typically, Robin Hood ends with Robin rescuing Marian from the sheriff and King Richard shows up, absolves Robin Hood all crimes and throws land and titles at him, and here come the end credits. Here, Marian is rescued from the Sheriff right of the bat, and that's that for that part of the story. I also like that they avoid the "Robin and Marian bickerbickerbicker then fall into each other's arms"(which, hey, it's fun, but just because Flynnand de Havilland did it doesn't mean it has to be like that every time...) Here, when they fight or disagree, it's usually for a pretty good reason, and when it's settled, they move on. They're a lot more comfortable with each other than most Robin and Marian's are, and I like that. I also like how Marian is very much "one of the guys"(but they still all slink off if there's bickering...unless it looks like Robin's going to be mean) without seeming tomboyish.
Also, in "The Children of Israel," did Gisbourne's confession/proposal to the jewish girl(nod to Ivanhoe, maybe?) remind anyone else of the proposal in the rain in the Knightley/MacFadyen Pride and Prejudice? Of course, it was even more misguided and had considerably less chance of succeeding, but it reminded me of that scene. Also, I rather think TPTB realized Gisbourne was coming across as "not so bad, really" and made him be really mean in "The Enchantment."
I only have one disc left (well, 2, but one is extras..) and am eyeing it leerily because I KNOW what happens in it. Not that it's setting off "nononobadbadbad" warnings(because, actually, it fits with the Robin Hood legend as presented here, and was even referred to in the first story, though at the time, it was meant to display Robin's humility and that it was the job, not him that mattered, as opposed to a hint at things to come, but...) It's just that I don't want to SEE it.
I also finished the 13 episode anime, Saikano, that I started on Sunday. It tapped out my angst meter in episode 12(the first anime to tap out my angst meter) so I was(fortunately) rather dulled to episode 13. It's about Chise, a tiny, awkward, clumsy girl with a hopeless crush on Shuji, a brash jock(who's tall enough to use her head as an armrest if he wants) With her best friend Akemi's urging, she confesses her feelings to him, and he accepts(think It Started With A Kiss if Zhi Shu just couldn't think of a logical reason to say no) and they soon fall in love. But they also live in a world where World War 3 is starting(it's not referred to as such, but that's pretty much what it is) and Shuji soon learns that military experiments have turned Chise into a living weapon(the absurdity of the military choosing a tiny schoolgirl to be their ultimate weapon is something you have to ignore, but isn't a huge impediment) The series is about young love, and the(many and sometimes very very bad) mistakes you can make then, and what it means to be in love in a time of war, when one of you has to go to war. It has the same hopelessly tragic feel as Wolf's Rain, only without the hope of Paradise at the end, or, maybe more accurately(for the few who know what I'm talking about, the feeling of impossibility of Damo. And really, there's little more complimentary I can say when comparing and anime or dorama than favorably comparing something to those to(at least when it comes to angst or tragedy) The series is narrated in a form that reads like excerpts from Shuji's diary, much later(though that's not really a possibility) The one downside(for me) is that, while I don't dislike the animation, I don't particularly like it either. It's pretty, but the characters often look like they got caught somewhere between normal animation and chibi, and most have perpetual blushlines.
Also, in "The Children of Israel," did Gisbourne's confession/proposal to the jewish girl(nod to Ivanhoe, maybe?) remind anyone else of the proposal in the rain in the Knightley/MacFadyen Pride and Prejudice? Of course, it was even more misguided and had considerably less chance of succeeding, but it reminded me of that scene. Also, I rather think TPTB realized Gisbourne was coming across as "not so bad, really" and made him be really mean in "The Enchantment."
I only have one disc left (well, 2, but one is extras..) and am eyeing it leerily because I KNOW what happens in it. Not that it's setting off "nononobadbadbad" warnings(because, actually, it fits with the Robin Hood legend as presented here, and was even referred to in the first story, though at the time, it was meant to display Robin's humility and that it was the job, not him that mattered, as opposed to a hint at things to come, but...) It's just that I don't want to SEE it.
I also finished the 13 episode anime, Saikano, that I started on Sunday. It tapped out my angst meter in episode 12(the first anime to tap out my angst meter) so I was(fortunately) rather dulled to episode 13. It's about Chise, a tiny, awkward, clumsy girl with a hopeless crush on Shuji, a brash jock(who's tall enough to use her head as an armrest if he wants) With her best friend Akemi's urging, she confesses her feelings to him, and he accepts(think It Started With A Kiss if Zhi Shu just couldn't think of a logical reason to say no) and they soon fall in love. But they also live in a world where World War 3 is starting(it's not referred to as such, but that's pretty much what it is) and Shuji soon learns that military experiments have turned Chise into a living weapon(the absurdity of the military choosing a tiny schoolgirl to be their ultimate weapon is something you have to ignore, but isn't a huge impediment) The series is about young love, and the(many and sometimes very very bad) mistakes you can make then, and what it means to be in love in a time of war, when one of you has to go to war. It has the same hopelessly tragic feel as Wolf's Rain, only without the hope of Paradise at the end, or, maybe more accurately(for the few who know what I'm talking about, the feeling of impossibility of Damo. And really, there's little more complimentary I can say when comparing and anime or dorama than favorably comparing something to those to(at least when it comes to angst or tragedy) The series is narrated in a form that reads like excerpts from Shuji's diary, much later(though that's not really a possibility) The one downside(for me) is that, while I don't dislike the animation, I don't particularly like it either. It's pretty, but the characters often look like they got caught somewhere between normal animation and chibi, and most have perpetual blushlines.