Disney Channel adventures continue

[meganbmoore]

On Disney Channel, they're currently showing a cartoon  (modern times) about a dragon who is has a massive crush on the daughter or granddaughter or something of a dragon hunter who is obsessed with catching him, and he goes to school (High School? Junior High?) with her as a normal student and they sneak around frighting monsters and Totally Not Dating and she is all "We should not do this anymore due to that whole bit where I'm supposed to hunt you down and imprison you and no doubt use you in some arcane ritual!" and he is "But I like you and our love will be stronger than that!" and they go around angsting and fighting monsters and crushing on his part and her co-hunters saw them fighting together.

When I was 12, I would have thought this was the most awesome thing ever.  It's...err...actually enjoyable.  In its way.

I also saw That's So Raven for a couple hours earlier today.  I kind of loathe it.  I think I'm offended by how a lot of episodes seem to be Raven having a vision where she makes a mistake and there are consequences and then it's revealed that none of it happens and so she doesn't make the mistake and never actually has to suffer any consequences or learn.  There was one episode where she had visions and kept trying to stop them from happening and ended up making them happen, but it didn't really help.

Ooooh...my Rose of Versailles torrent just finished...

Comments

[radiotrash.livejournal.com]

Is that American Dragon: Jake Long?

The only reason I wish we had cable is for the Disney channel and possibly one or two more channels. But it wouldn't be worth the price.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

YUP! I learned the name by the end of the ep.

[worldserpent.livejournal.com]

Yay, Rose of Versailles! How I wish the manga was translated so you could read it.

(BTW, speaking of classic shoujo, have you ever read/seen Glass Mask? IMHO I think it would be up your alley, as it has some thematic overlap (in my eyes) with Hwang Jin Yi)

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I've seen GM mentioned as something people really want translated, but don't know much about it.

[worldserpent.livejournal.com]

It is fantranslated, but I know you don't read scanlations. But man, it is of THE AWESOME. There is also an anime that is subbed? (Do you watch fansubbed anime? Sorry if you are offended by the question)

Sadly I haven't extensively posted about it, because I wanted to wait until I finished reading it in Japanese. It's basically the story of a girl who wants to become an actress. But it's not only that: acting is her life, her consuming passion. She's not especially pretty, is poor, but has a godlike talent and is noticed by a retired actress, and becomes a candidate, along with her great rival, to inherit a famous role. However, this isn't enough to get her ahead: Maya faces huge setbacks in the harsh theatrical world, but is sustained through them by her need to act. It's also pretty amazing because of the creativity involved in how the mangaka portrays acting: I would ruin it if I revealed the numerous devices. Also, although many of the plays are made up by the mangaka, there are some that are based on famous stories both Western and Japanese, to the point where the plays put on become like stories within stories. The rivalry between Maya and her rival, Ayumi, is almost like one of those rivalries in a sports manga, but what really makes me love it is that their relationship is especially pure and chivalrious. In a lesser manga Ayumi would be stereotyped as an evil, mean girl, but while Ayumi is less scrupulous than Maya (who is more innocent and less worldly), she also loves acting and takes it extremely seriously, and wishes to defeat Maya for the role fairly and squarely, as an actress. However there are less scrupulous people out there.

There are also romantic plots, but the main plot, refreshingly, is about the acting and Maya's struggle as an actress. (Oh yeah, just to warn you, the art is old school shoujo, sparkly eyes and all. Kind of like Rose of Versailles or Utena. And it is SUPER DRAMATIC also.)

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I', not opposed to reading scanslations, just not fond of it.

It does sound interesting.

[worldserpent.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see. Well, if you do decide to do it for this series, it's totally worth it, IMHO.

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

ZOMG SOMEBODY SCANLATED GLASS MASK? Eeeeeeeeee! *scampers off to Google, squealing all the way*

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Let me know what you find.

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

Ah! So that's the plot of American Dragon! I watched one episode and was completely lost ^^;;;;

yeeeaaaaah..."That's so Raven" means "That's so anti-climactic", really.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't mind as much if the characters were tolerable or at least amusing. Instead, it's like everything that could ever annoy me and still be G rated rolled into one little ball...

[kakkobean.livejournal.com]

Oh, eww. That sounds...horrifying.

"Look, mom, I bullied a kid at school for lunch money and got away with it!"
"Oh, honey--you're not supposed to do that."
"Oh yeah? Why not? He was annoying me."
"Because...well. You're getting grounded."
"What! Why?"
"Because you are. No gameboy for a week."
*one week later*
"Gosh darn it, guys, I'm so glad you helped me run away from home with my gameboy! Now my mom can't ground me ever again!"
"Like, totally, we're the bestest friends ever. Where's the money you lifted from that punk shortie who has a funny nose?"
"I bought some make-up with it~"
"Ooooo~"
THIRTY YEARS LATER
"Say--does lifting money off of guys who sleep with me make me a whore?"
"Naaaawww, you're an entrepeneur!"

*sighs*

[magicnoire.livejournal.com]

You know the funny thing? The voice actors for those characters? Are same ones who do the voices for Zuko & Katara on Avatar.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I noticed Zuko, but not Katara. (His voice is a little more distinctive.)

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

Ooooh...my Rose of Versailles torrent just finished...

YAY! Bara wa bara wa....

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

ARRRRRRRRRGH EARWORM! *sings along compulsively*

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

(BTW, have you heard the Jrock cover (http://www.crunchyroll.com/media-27767/LAREINE-Bara-wa-Utsukushiku-Chiru.html) of the theme song? Ah, visual kei...

[rhap-chan.livejournal.com]

Jake Long would be a cool show if they didn't try to insert all of the slang and things that irritate me about modern children.

Or at least, it would be a slightly better show.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

I tried to ignore the slang.

[havocthecat]

Jake Long, American Dragon, maybe?

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Yup.

[havocthecat]

I read the comments after I posted and got REALLY sheepish. :)

[lotuseyes.livejournal.com]

Jake Long is pretty good your right (though I find it super hilarious that the voice actor for Jake is Dante Basco and the one for his love interest is Mae Whitman--Zuko and Katara from Avatar the Last Airbender).

Disney...oh Disney...there was a time when Disney was way cooler then Nick for me. Now Nick has iCarly and I can't stand Disney's stars at all.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

The Disney personalities, in what I've watched, are rather...smug.

[lotuseyes.livejournal.com]

I think that's because Disney puffs them up so badly. They give these guys unreasonable images that they can't sustain as they grow older and out of the roles (Miley Cyrus anyone?) and promote them as The Next Big Thing. Then when they wash out or do something against their Image or try to make it in the Big Times...problems happen (Shia LaBouf? Lindsay Lohan?).

Nick stars, from what I've seen anyhow, might not become as big as Zac Efron or Ashley Tisdale, but I think Nick gives them a more realistic experience and expectation set so they can move into the big times (look at Keenan Thompson, he's now on SNL!) and have a solid grounding.

That might just be me though.

[sarajayechan.livejournal.com]

♥ RoV~ Enjoy!

[the-fox-bandit.livejournal.com]

I think you saw a season 2 episode of American Dragon. Which is sadly vastly more well written than season 1, if you can even imagine that. :/

Thankfully they killed the show at the end of season 2.

[jessicamee.livejournal.com]

oh disney channel....