Of Swords and Parasols

So, most of the dorama portion of my f-list seems to be doing "top 10" lists.  calixaand lesbiassparrowtold me to, so I shall, though it's possible that several I hope to watch soon will shake it up. No pics or MVs from me though, I'm afraid.

 Normally I don't post drama news that I know will be posted 5000 times by fans, but since I know a few on my f-list like Gokusen but don't follow that studd:  There will be a Gokusen 3.  No news on the cast yet beyond Nakama Yukie as Yankumi again.  Be nice if they brought Shin(or anyone else from the first 2 series beyond Kuma) in, but it'll probably, as has already been pointed out by others, be the latest crop of JE boys.

But then, all I require from Gokusen is that it cracks me up.  Which is why I love Gokusen 2 even though most won't bother with it, or dismiss it because of the cast changes(which is a very legitimate complaint, just not as much of an issues for me.)

Perhaps this is a sign that I should watch the Gokusen anime this week, as my Princess Tutu DVDs seem to have been abducted by aliens?

Gaah.  I finished Gokusen...10 1/2 hour long episodes of subtitles.  Most of you know how I feel about subtitles, but for those who don't:  I hateloatherespiserevile having to read the show or movie I'm watching.  I flat out will not watch subtitles if dubs are available.  The only exception to this was when I watched the "Grave of the Fireflies" anime, and that was only because it was requested by the person who gave methe movie as a gift.  Beyond that, though, I have yet to encounter a dub that was so wretched I'd rather watch subtitles(and I've encountered some bad dubs.  So, for me to watch about 8+ hrs of dubs in the space of 14 hours(minus a chat and not being home for 2 hours) says quite a bit.  Forwhy, go clickyclicky


Also, I have finally started season 2 of "Veronica Mars"(the "watch one episode of Gokusen to check out the subs, the then on to VM with maybe a movie inbetween" plan didn't work so well...)

(warning, season 1 spoilers inside)



Going back to Gokusen a bit...for those of you on my f-list who have seen it..is the special any good?  It sounds like it's probably graduation stuff, after the series ends.  I don't mean the second series...I've been warned off from that, and I can see why, as they pretty much ditched most of the cast(what made it great) and told the same story again. this is a 100 minute thing, that definately involves Shin, at least.