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Apr. 28th, 2007
Yeah, so, next ep of X was mostly recap(BAH! to recap eps...esp. when the series has a habit of doing a lot of flashbacks anyway) though I really liked the new parts. Anyway, instead of watching a full ep(and being up slightly later than planned) I decided to post 2 X MVs. One isn't overly spoilery(still avoiding them) and the other, a Kamui/Kotori one, is only spoilery up to mid series(and really, you can see all the writing on the wall from ep 0 and the first couple of eps) Still not looking at most MVs of any Sorata/Atashi ones until I finish, though. Throwing in a Kakyou one, too. He's the dreamseer for the Dragons of Earth I've been babbling about a bit. Why do the bad guys get the interesting, noble, tragic and caring dreamseer and the good guys get Hinoto, huh? *wubs him* (doesn't dislike Hinoto, but enough with the weeping about fate already, ok?)
( 2 MVs )
Yeah, so, next ep of X was mostly recap(BAH! to recap eps...esp. when the series has a habit of doing a lot of flashbacks anyway) though I really liked the new parts. Anyway, instead of watching a full ep(and being up slightly later than planned) I decided to post 2 X MVs. One isn't overly spoilery(still avoiding them) and the other, a Kamui/Kotori one, is only spoilery up to mid series(and really, you can see all the writing on the wall from ep 0 and the first couple of eps) Still not looking at most MVs of any Sorata/Atashi ones until I finish, though. Throwing in a Kakyou one, too. He's the dreamseer for the Dragons of Earth I've been babbling about a bit. Why do the bad guys get the interesting, noble, tragic and caring dreamseer and the good guys get Hinoto, huh? *wubs him* (doesn't dislike Hinoto, but enough with the weeping about fate already, ok?)
( 2 MVs )
next anime?
Apr. 28th, 2007 05:00 pmShould finish X tonight, unless I get distracted(which, knowing me, is not only possible but entirely probable) and am pondering my next anime. Options are:
Ai Yori Aoshi/Ai Yori Aoshi: Enishi: Boy meets clutzy hopeless girl in a kimono, learns she's his childhood friend and his fiance(I guess no one thought to tell him?) and romance and comedy ensue. Enishi is a sequel(I think? They came together)
E’s Otherwise: Teens with superpowers working for Evil Organization(or so I gather) Boy who worked for them to get his sister medical attention decides to leave when she doesn't get any better. Sounds rather liked S-cry-ed, if Kazuma had started out working on the other side.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2: Detective robopunk noir about a team of cyborgs(most of them, anyway) who serve in whatever peacekeeping, terrorist/conspiracy stopping capacity they're needed for, even if it'stheir own higherups stirring up trouble. Liked the movie, love the first series.
Gungrave: Hitman returns from the dead to get revenge on his killer and protect his girlfriend's(his? I have no idea) daughter. I think someone on my flist described it as Knives from Trigun, if he'd gotten his act together and been the protagonist. Or something like that. *vague memories of the post*
Inu Yasha: Forget what eps I have waiting off hand. Main plot is essentially stalled out with the occassional baby steps forward, mostly worth watching for Sesshomaru, Rin, Sango, Miroku, Koga and Sango/Miroku(any of which makes it worth casual viewing, though)
Kyo Kara Maoh: Season 1: The ONLY shounen ai/yaoi to ever interest me, and that's because of the setup. Watched at liked the first few eps when it first came stateside. Parody of all the shojo manga about a girl from our world being the destined/special one in another(Fushigi Yugi, Inu Yasha, Escaflowne, Red River, From Far Away, etc.) About a boy who gets sent to another world(I want to say he gets flushed down a toilet, but that sounds a little TOO odd so maybe I'm wrong) and learns he's the demon king, that his(male) sage is in love with him, and his lack of knowledge about local customs results in his finding himself engaged to the son of the former queen. He, of course, being used to such stories having the normal person being the hero who vanquishs the demons, has a few problems adjusting to ideas like humans=meat and that he needs a demon sword to destroy the humans instead of a holy sword to save them, etc. I'm always up for a well done parody, and everything about this is very much that.
Samurai 7: Scifi retelling of Seven Samurai. Seen a few eps. Very good, very gorgeous, keep putting it off because I want to watch the movie first, but I think I'm through waiting to feel like setting aside 3 1/2 HRs for a subtitled movie(not that I don't still plan to watch the movie)
Soul Hunter: Based on Chinese Mythology, end of the world, send a younger sorcerer not quite up to the job, etc. Mostly wanna watch it for themythology aspect.
Opinions?
(oh, I also have Last Exile on the way, but don't know when it'll get here)
Ai Yori Aoshi/Ai Yori Aoshi: Enishi: Boy meets clutzy hopeless girl in a kimono, learns she's his childhood friend and his fiance(I guess no one thought to tell him?) and romance and comedy ensue. Enishi is a sequel(I think? They came together)
E’s Otherwise: Teens with superpowers working for Evil Organization(or so I gather) Boy who worked for them to get his sister medical attention decides to leave when she doesn't get any better. Sounds rather liked S-cry-ed, if Kazuma had started out working on the other side.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2: Detective robopunk noir about a team of cyborgs(most of them, anyway) who serve in whatever peacekeeping, terrorist/conspiracy stopping capacity they're needed for, even if it'stheir own higherups stirring up trouble. Liked the movie, love the first series.
Gungrave: Hitman returns from the dead to get revenge on his killer and protect his girlfriend's(his? I have no idea) daughter. I think someone on my flist described it as Knives from Trigun, if he'd gotten his act together and been the protagonist. Or something like that. *vague memories of the post*
Inu Yasha: Forget what eps I have waiting off hand. Main plot is essentially stalled out with the occassional baby steps forward, mostly worth watching for Sesshomaru, Rin, Sango, Miroku, Koga and Sango/Miroku(any of which makes it worth casual viewing, though)
Kyo Kara Maoh: Season 1: The ONLY shounen ai/yaoi to ever interest me, and that's because of the setup. Watched at liked the first few eps when it first came stateside. Parody of all the shojo manga about a girl from our world being the destined/special one in another(Fushigi Yugi, Inu Yasha, Escaflowne, Red River, From Far Away, etc.) About a boy who gets sent to another world(I want to say he gets flushed down a toilet, but that sounds a little TOO odd so maybe I'm wrong) and learns he's the demon king, that his(male) sage is in love with him, and his lack of knowledge about local customs results in his finding himself engaged to the son of the former queen. He, of course, being used to such stories having the normal person being the hero who vanquishs the demons, has a few problems adjusting to ideas like humans=meat and that he needs a demon sword to destroy the humans instead of a holy sword to save them, etc. I'm always up for a well done parody, and everything about this is very much that.
Samurai 7: Scifi retelling of Seven Samurai. Seen a few eps. Very good, very gorgeous, keep putting it off because I want to watch the movie first, but I think I'm through waiting to feel like setting aside 3 1/2 HRs for a subtitled movie(not that I don't still plan to watch the movie)
Soul Hunter: Based on Chinese Mythology, end of the world, send a younger sorcerer not quite up to the job, etc. Mostly wanna watch it for themythology aspect.
Opinions?
(oh, I also have Last Exile on the way, but don't know when it'll get here)
next anime?
Apr. 28th, 2007 05:00 pmShould finish X tonight, unless I get distracted(which, knowing me, is not only possible but entirely probable) and am pondering my next anime. Options are:
Ai Yori Aoshi/Ai Yori Aoshi: Enishi: Boy meets clutzy hopeless girl in a kimono, learns she's his childhood friend and his fiance(I guess no one thought to tell him?) and romance and comedy ensue. Enishi is a sequel(I think? They came together)
E’s Otherwise: Teens with superpowers working for Evil Organization(or so I gather) Boy who worked for them to get his sister medical attention decides to leave when she doesn't get any better. Sounds rather liked S-cry-ed, if Kazuma had started out working on the other side.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2: Detective robopunk noir about a team of cyborgs(most of them, anyway) who serve in whatever peacekeeping, terrorist/conspiracy stopping capacity they're needed for, even if it'stheir own higherups stirring up trouble. Liked the movie, love the first series.
Gungrave: Hitman returns from the dead to get revenge on his killer and protect his girlfriend's(his? I have no idea) daughter. I think someone on my flist described it as Knives from Trigun, if he'd gotten his act together and been the protagonist. Or something like that. *vague memories of the post*
Inu Yasha: Forget what eps I have waiting off hand. Main plot is essentially stalled out with the occassional baby steps forward, mostly worth watching for Sesshomaru, Rin, Sango, Miroku, Koga and Sango/Miroku(any of which makes it worth casual viewing, though)
Kyo Kara Maoh: Season 1: The ONLY shounen ai/yaoi to ever interest me, and that's because of the setup. Watched at liked the first few eps when it first came stateside. Parody of all the shojo manga about a girl from our world being the destined/special one in another(Fushigi Yugi, Inu Yasha, Escaflowne, Red River, From Far Away, etc.) About a boy who gets sent to another world(I want to say he gets flushed down a toilet, but that sounds a little TOO odd so maybe I'm wrong) and learns he's the demon king, that his(male) sage is in love with him, and his lack of knowledge about local customs results in his finding himself engaged to the son of the former queen. He, of course, being used to such stories having the normal person being the hero who vanquishs the demons, has a few problems adjusting to ideas like humans=meat and that he needs a demon sword to destroy the humans instead of a holy sword to save them, etc. I'm always up for a well done parody, and everything about this is very much that.
Samurai 7: Scifi retelling of Seven Samurai. Seen a few eps. Very good, very gorgeous, keep putting it off because I want to watch the movie first, but I think I'm through waiting to feel like setting aside 3 1/2 HRs for a subtitled movie(not that I don't still plan to watch the movie)
Soul Hunter: Based on Chinese Mythology, end of the world, send a younger sorcerer not quite up to the job, etc. Mostly wanna watch it for themythology aspect.
Opinions?
(oh, I also have Last Exile on the way, but don't know when it'll get here)
Ai Yori Aoshi/Ai Yori Aoshi: Enishi: Boy meets clutzy hopeless girl in a kimono, learns she's his childhood friend and his fiance(I guess no one thought to tell him?) and romance and comedy ensue. Enishi is a sequel(I think? They came together)
E’s Otherwise: Teens with superpowers working for Evil Organization(or so I gather) Boy who worked for them to get his sister medical attention decides to leave when she doesn't get any better. Sounds rather liked S-cry-ed, if Kazuma had started out working on the other side.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2: Detective robopunk noir about a team of cyborgs(most of them, anyway) who serve in whatever peacekeeping, terrorist/conspiracy stopping capacity they're needed for, even if it'stheir own higherups stirring up trouble. Liked the movie, love the first series.
Gungrave: Hitman returns from the dead to get revenge on his killer and protect his girlfriend's(his? I have no idea) daughter. I think someone on my flist described it as Knives from Trigun, if he'd gotten his act together and been the protagonist. Or something like that. *vague memories of the post*
Inu Yasha: Forget what eps I have waiting off hand. Main plot is essentially stalled out with the occassional baby steps forward, mostly worth watching for Sesshomaru, Rin, Sango, Miroku, Koga and Sango/Miroku(any of which makes it worth casual viewing, though)
Kyo Kara Maoh: Season 1: The ONLY shounen ai/yaoi to ever interest me, and that's because of the setup. Watched at liked the first few eps when it first came stateside. Parody of all the shojo manga about a girl from our world being the destined/special one in another(Fushigi Yugi, Inu Yasha, Escaflowne, Red River, From Far Away, etc.) About a boy who gets sent to another world(I want to say he gets flushed down a toilet, but that sounds a little TOO odd so maybe I'm wrong) and learns he's the demon king, that his(male) sage is in love with him, and his lack of knowledge about local customs results in his finding himself engaged to the son of the former queen. He, of course, being used to such stories having the normal person being the hero who vanquishs the demons, has a few problems adjusting to ideas like humans=meat and that he needs a demon sword to destroy the humans instead of a holy sword to save them, etc. I'm always up for a well done parody, and everything about this is very much that.
Samurai 7: Scifi retelling of Seven Samurai. Seen a few eps. Very good, very gorgeous, keep putting it off because I want to watch the movie first, but I think I'm through waiting to feel like setting aside 3 1/2 HRs for a subtitled movie(not that I don't still plan to watch the movie)
Soul Hunter: Based on Chinese Mythology, end of the world, send a younger sorcerer not quite up to the job, etc. Mostly wanna watch it for themythology aspect.
Opinions?
(oh, I also have Last Exile on the way, but don't know when it'll get here)
Finished watching X. Is it wrong that I saw the ending coming from the beginning? It also managed to NOT become fubar...ending could have been better, but for Clamp, it was golden(Clamp tends to have great ideas but no idea what to do with them once it gets going. See: Chobits and Wish.) It was a little TOO in love with its angst at time, but not to the point that it really annoyed me(though enough that it occassionally amused me) I had a blast watching this, but, to be honest, I'm not sure it was GOOD, if you know what I mean.
The animation and imagery are gorgeous, I really liked most of the characters(and absolutely adored some), it was often predictable(especially when it came to the angst) but had some good twists, and an interesting story. It also had a plot that tended to be overly complicated at times, and wasn't always explained when it should have been, and some time that should have been spent on the main plot was spent on sidestories.
What makes it stand out positively to me, though, is one of the things that give a number of my favorite animes and mangas(Blade of the Immortal, Basara, Wolf's Rain, Saiyuki, Samurai Deeper Kyo, etc.) favorite status is that there's no clear line between good and evil. Two of the nicest, most honorable characters in the series are on the side of the bad guys, one of the good guys is a traitor, and then a traitor to the bad guys(both to protect a loved one), and the main hero actually isn't nice AT ALL in the beginning and when he chooses to be the good guy, it isn't out of any concern for the world or well being of others(he has none) but because he thinks it's the path that will make the girl he loves happy, and it's not until he loses everything that he starts to be come a hero. And the main villain? ALMOST the nicest, most caring guy in the series, until the hero unintentionally kills his soul so that destiny can force him to be the villain. Also, one of the main themes of the series is sacrificing everything for someone you love, which is a theme I rather like.
A favorite? Probably not, though I see myself pulling it out to watch random eps from time to time. Worth watching? Yuppers.
Also, I've been meaning to switch to a layout that allows for a locked friends only(or in my case, introduction) post, and I FINALLY made a banner for it, my first graphic that's not an icon.
Comments on that would be very much appreciated.
The animation and imagery are gorgeous, I really liked most of the characters(and absolutely adored some), it was often predictable(especially when it came to the angst) but had some good twists, and an interesting story. It also had a plot that tended to be overly complicated at times, and wasn't always explained when it should have been, and some time that should have been spent on the main plot was spent on sidestories.
What makes it stand out positively to me, though, is one of the things that give a number of my favorite animes and mangas(Blade of the Immortal, Basara, Wolf's Rain, Saiyuki, Samurai Deeper Kyo, etc.) favorite status is that there's no clear line between good and evil. Two of the nicest, most honorable characters in the series are on the side of the bad guys, one of the good guys is a traitor, and then a traitor to the bad guys(both to protect a loved one), and the main hero actually isn't nice AT ALL in the beginning and when he chooses to be the good guy, it isn't out of any concern for the world or well being of others(he has none) but because he thinks it's the path that will make the girl he loves happy, and it's not until he loses everything that he starts to be come a hero. And the main villain? ALMOST the nicest, most caring guy in the series, until the hero unintentionally kills his soul so that destiny can force him to be the villain. Also, one of the main themes of the series is sacrificing everything for someone you love, which is a theme I rather like.
A favorite? Probably not, though I see myself pulling it out to watch random eps from time to time. Worth watching? Yuppers.
Also, I've been meaning to switch to a layout that allows for a locked friends only(or in my case, introduction) post, and I FINALLY made a banner for it, my first graphic that's not an icon.
( banner )
Comments on that would be very much appreciated.
Finished watching X. Is it wrong that I saw the ending coming from the beginning? It also managed to NOT become fubar...ending could have been better, but for Clamp, it was golden(Clamp tends to have great ideas but no idea what to do with them once it gets going. See: Chobits and Wish.) It was a little TOO in love with its angst at time, but not to the point that it really annoyed me(though enough that it occassionally amused me) I had a blast watching this, but, to be honest, I'm not sure it was GOOD, if you know what I mean.
The animation and imagery are gorgeous, I really liked most of the characters(and absolutely adored some), it was often predictable(especially when it came to the angst) but had some good twists, and an interesting story. It also had a plot that tended to be overly complicated at times, and wasn't always explained when it should have been, and some time that should have been spent on the main plot was spent on sidestories.
What makes it stand out positively to me, though, is one of the things that give a number of my favorite animes and mangas(Blade of the Immortal, Basara, Wolf's Rain, Saiyuki, Samurai Deeper Kyo, etc.) favorite status is that there's no clear line between good and evil. Two of the nicest, most honorable characters in the series are on the side of the bad guys, one of the good guys is a traitor, and then a traitor to the bad guys(both to protect a loved one), and the main hero actually isn't nice AT ALL in the beginning and when he chooses to be the good guy, it isn't out of any concern for the world or well being of others(he has none) but because he thinks it's the path that will make the girl he loves happy, and it's not until he loses everything that he starts to be come a hero. And the main villain? ALMOST the nicest, most caring guy in the series, until the hero unintentionally kills his soul so that destiny can force him to be the villain. Also, one of the main themes of the series is sacrificing everything for someone you love, which is a theme I rather like.
A favorite? Probably not, though I see myself pulling it out to watch random eps from time to time. Worth watching? Yuppers.
Also, I've been meaning to switch to a layout that allows for a locked friends only(or in my case, introduction) post, and I FINALLY made a banner for it, my first graphic that's not an icon.
Comments on that would be very much appreciated.
The animation and imagery are gorgeous, I really liked most of the characters(and absolutely adored some), it was often predictable(especially when it came to the angst) but had some good twists, and an interesting story. It also had a plot that tended to be overly complicated at times, and wasn't always explained when it should have been, and some time that should have been spent on the main plot was spent on sidestories.
What makes it stand out positively to me, though, is one of the things that give a number of my favorite animes and mangas(Blade of the Immortal, Basara, Wolf's Rain, Saiyuki, Samurai Deeper Kyo, etc.) favorite status is that there's no clear line between good and evil. Two of the nicest, most honorable characters in the series are on the side of the bad guys, one of the good guys is a traitor, and then a traitor to the bad guys(both to protect a loved one), and the main hero actually isn't nice AT ALL in the beginning and when he chooses to be the good guy, it isn't out of any concern for the world or well being of others(he has none) but because he thinks it's the path that will make the girl he loves happy, and it's not until he loses everything that he starts to be come a hero. And the main villain? ALMOST the nicest, most caring guy in the series, until the hero unintentionally kills his soul so that destiny can force him to be the villain. Also, one of the main themes of the series is sacrificing everything for someone you love, which is a theme I rather like.
A favorite? Probably not, though I see myself pulling it out to watch random eps from time to time. Worth watching? Yuppers.
Also, I've been meaning to switch to a layout that allows for a locked friends only(or in my case, introduction) post, and I FINALLY made a banner for it, my first graphic that's not an icon.
( banner )
Comments on that would be very much appreciated.