next anime?
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meganbmooreShould 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)
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