Madoka Magica 2-3-Fabulous. Just utterly fabulous.
KnT 1-2- Okay, getting back into the swing of things. Probably should have seen the recap episode.
Mirai Nikki OVA- What is this I don't even-?!?!?! Okay, seriously? I have been waiting for about, oh, 12 months for this and I get a 5 minute or so PREVIEW?! GAAAAH! I'm so very, very disappointed.
What anime are you watching?
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So it's a good thing it isn't anime, right?Happyfeet (post: 1455160) wrote:I got bored and downloaded Avatar, so far it's pretty meh.
Also, I've watched episode eleven of Natsume, going to finish the first season this weekend.
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I just started watching Monster this week; I've watched up through episode 5or 6. It seems really good so far, but I keep wondering "Can it really stay this interesting for 74 episodes?" (Up till now, all the series I've watched have been relatively short.)
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Sorry, miss-post. Accidentally forgot to switch tabs...Anyway, I'm about to watch some Samurai Champloo, then maybe Slayers...
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Recently have watched:
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya S2- Endless Eight parts 4-6
Gosick episode 3
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Gosick episode 3
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Watched 2nd episode of Fractal. The doppels remind me of Dr. Seuss characters.
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Well, as I mentioned in my introductory post in "Who's Who", I came across this site a few months ago as I was just starting to really get into anime and manga, but I only joined as a member here a couple days ago, so this post is going to be pretty long (er, I hope that's alright... my apologies in advance! 
).
Guess I'll go in viewing order...
Technically, I actually began by rewatching Digimon Adventure 01 & 02 (dub) out of nostalgia (I'd grown up with it as a kid, watching it every weekend and never missing an episode until they threw out the continuity at the beginning of the third series, which really turned me off... hence my rewatch of only the first two)-- and for the kid's show that it was, it was actually pretty good.
Interestingly enough, though, right after I had finished that, my best friend offered to show me some Studio Ghibli movies, which I accepted gladly! First was The Cat Returns (dub), which was cute and enjoyable, and then the absolutely excellent Castle In The Sky (older dub) (which I loved-- it's easily one of my favorites).
I watched Howl's Moving Castle (dub) next, and (having read and loved the novel it had been based on a few years back) found it an... interesting adaptation. And there were some weird plot holes in it at the end because of all the changes they had made to the story, too. But despite that, and despite not being a 'faithful' adaptation, I did still end up enjoying it as a movie. (Though I do have one note about the voicing-- my friend and I actually shared a good laugh the first time we heard Howl, because from the way we imagined him when we had read the book, neither of us had expected to hear such a MANLY sound come out of his mouth, hahaha {though I can't say I didn't like it}! 
)
Next came Whisper Of The Heart (dub)... and that is now one of my favorite movies (of any kind!). There's no action in it whatsoever, it's just a sweet little romantic character story-- and it's excellent!
Wanting to try a series next, I went with... InuYasha (sub)! Haha, yep, for my first ('real') series I chose one with nearly 200 episodes
... but the reason I went with that one first is (again) because of my best friend, who had just begun the series herself and was enjoying it a lot. And since we have nearly identical tastes in entertainment, I knew I'd like it as well. (And I did!) Can't really pin down favorite ep.'s (well, without making this post even longer than it has to be, at any rate!), but my favorite season was The Final Act, with the great "Band Of Seven" (nearly-season-length I think?) arc coming in as a close second. (BTW, can't say anything about InuYasha without saying this as well: Sesshomaru is awesome. )
After finishing IY I decided to try another movie (this time non-Ghibli just for variety, even though I do still have more Ghibli on my to-watch list...)-- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (dub). And... well, since I do like time-travel stuff quite a lot, I figured I'd like this. And I did-- sorta. You see, it was a quite well-done movie, and its overall message was good, and the time-leaping mechanics were indeed intriguing. It's just that I didn't really like the ending. I mean, call me old-fashioned, but when there's a main-character romance in something I'm watching or reading, [spoiler]unless it's an obvious tragedy like Romeo & Juliet or something, I at least like to have a bit more certainty that there's going to be some fulfillment of their feelings! And while I did end up discovering a bunch of theories people had come up with-- some fairly good, actually-- about how that could be possible, the actual canon way it was left in the movie was just a little too open for my liking.[/spoiler]
After this, I went back to yet another recommendation from my friend, the series Scrapped Princess (sub). And I loved it! Great characters, great humor, some good emotion, and the clever sleight-of-hand with its actual genre (!) -- how could I not? [spoiler]And yes, I know, there's actually a truly unfulfilled romance in this one, but for some weird reason that didn't bother me like the end of TGWLTT did. I mean, it was very sad, and it would have been awesome had that one character avoided death, but in the context of SP's story it didn't dampen my enjoyment of the series as a whole. I don't really know why-- guess it just depends on the circumstances...?[/spoiler]
Next up, Trigun (sub and then dub, but overall I personally preferred the sub)-- well, I just had to, as it seems that everyone who's ever watched anime has either seen this or will see it at some point!
But after watching it myself, I agree that it does indeed deserve its classic status. The humor is great, the music is great, the characters are just awesome, and I really like the fact that the series also actually has an unexpected, deep moral/philosophical core. Loved it!
Then I tried out Fantastic Children (sub). This... well, it was different. You have very little idea of what is going on for about the first 6 or 7 episodes, but while that made them almost frustratingly slow at times, that was actually the point and the story did eventually come together as the series went on (the explanation floodgates opening around halfway through the series, at which point it also starts getting fairly intense). Don't know whether I'll watch this again, but it was worth a watch once.
And, finally, most recently: After reading the absolutely excellent Death Note manga and (upon hearing the anime series had a fantastic soundtrack, which it definitely does!) listening to the series' OST's, I watched the (subbed) anime of it as well. And, well... I'll say this: The music (as I mentioned) is awesome; and the animation is beautifully done, including some excellent uses of dynamic 'camera' shots, 3D movements, and etc. at appropriate times. And minus a scant couple of rather-humorously OTT moments and one small bit cut out of the "deduction skills test" scene in the restaurant (I assume for time), the first 24 episodes are literally just about as perfect an adaptation as possible. So to that point, I loved it. But then came episode 25... where, for some strange reason, they decided to write in some filler that starts out as symbolic foreshadowing but ends up just plain weird (and, as I suspect, simply a bit of bait thrown to a certain subset of fans... *cough*
). Plus, [spoiler]a certain death scene wasn't quite perfect, either-- not to say it was bad (indeed, both visually and musically it was quite properly dramatic), but in the manga there was a lot more drama beforehand with the questioning of Rem about the notebook's rules and then several characters' thought-dialogue leading right up to the death (which I would obviously have much rather seen instead of that aforementioned weird invented sequence), and they also left out the character's dying thought, which I think to me made it just a little bit more emotional in the manga rather than just having the character give a silent stare like they did in the anime.[/spoiler] Also, what was actually the latter half of the manga series is in the anime compressed *quite* a bit (going by the manga, what should have been the halfway point or so of the TV series ends up happening about 2/3 into it instead), so a *lot* of events, background info, details, and nuance ended up being removed... and at the same time they also started revealing some stuff in its chronological order when it should only have been learned in flashback like the manga to heighten the surprises. (And one more nitpick-- I also don't like the voice of Near! I mean, I know full well that female VA's quite often voice boys, and indeed I've heard some very good ones. But, unfortunately, this one sounded WAY too girly.) ...All of which was obviously not ideal! So in all, I wish they could have done two full seasons rather than one-and-a-bit, as (like I said) almost the entire first season was excellent, while the latter 12 or so ep.'s were not so much. Thus, I'd recommend it, but (past ep. 24, at least) really just to those who've already read the manga.
*Whew!* So, that's what I've been watching. (Sorry for the kinda epic length!)
).
Guess I'll go in viewing order...
Technically, I actually began by rewatching Digimon Adventure 01 & 02 (dub) out of nostalgia (I'd grown up with it as a kid, watching it every weekend and never missing an episode until they threw out the continuity at the beginning of the third series, which really turned me off... hence my rewatch of only the first two)-- and for the kid's show that it was, it was actually pretty good.
Interestingly enough, though, right after I had finished that, my best friend offered to show me some Studio Ghibli movies, which I accepted gladly! First was The Cat Returns (dub), which was cute and enjoyable, and then the absolutely excellent Castle In The Sky (older dub) (which I loved-- it's easily one of my favorites).
I watched Howl's Moving Castle (dub) next, and (having read and loved the novel it had been based on a few years back) found it an... interesting adaptation.
And there were some weird plot holes in it at the end because of all the changes they had made to the story, too. But despite that, and despite not being a 'faithful' adaptation, I did still end up enjoying it as a movie. (Though I do have one note about the voicing-- my friend and I actually shared a good laugh the first time we heard Howl, because from the way we imagined him when we had read the book, neither of us had expected to hear such a MANLY sound come out of his mouth, hahaha {though I can't say I didn't like it}! )
Next came Whisper Of The Heart (dub)... and that is now one of my favorite movies (of any kind!). There's no action in it whatsoever, it's just a sweet little romantic character story-- and it's excellent!
Wanting to try a series next, I went with... InuYasha (sub)! Haha, yep, for my first ('real') series I chose one with nearly 200 episodes
... but the reason I went with that one first is (again) because of my best friend, who had just begun the series herself and was enjoying it a lot. And since we have nearly identical tastes in entertainment, I knew I'd like it as well. (And I did!) Can't really pin down favorite ep.'s (well, without making this post even longer than it has to be, at any rate!), but my favorite season was The Final Act, with the great "Band Of Seven" (nearly-season-length I think?) arc coming in as a close second. (BTW, can't say anything about InuYasha without saying this as well: Sesshomaru is awesome. )
After finishing IY I decided to try another movie (this time non-Ghibli just for variety, even though I do still have more Ghibli on my to-watch list...)-- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (dub). And... well, since I do like time-travel stuff quite a lot, I figured I'd like this. And I did-- sorta. You see, it was a quite well-done movie, and its overall message was good, and the time-leaping mechanics were indeed intriguing. It's just that I didn't really like the ending.
I mean, call me old-fashioned, but when there's a main-character romance in something I'm watching or reading, [spoiler]unless it's an obvious tragedy like Romeo & Juliet or something, I at least like to have a bit more certainty that there's going to be some fulfillment of their feelings! And while I did end up discovering a bunch of theories people had come up with-- some fairly good, actually-- about how that could be possible, the actual canon way it was left in the movie was just a little too open for my liking.[/spoiler]
After this, I went back to yet another recommendation from my friend, the series Scrapped Princess (sub). And I loved it! Great characters, great humor, some good emotion, and the clever sleight-of-hand with its actual genre (!) -- how could I not? [spoiler]And yes, I know, there's actually a truly unfulfilled romance in this one, but for some weird reason that didn't bother me like the end of TGWLTT did. I mean, it was very sad, and it would have been awesome had that one character avoided death, but in the context of SP's story it didn't dampen my enjoyment of the series as a whole. I don't really know why-- guess it just depends on the circumstances...?[/spoiler]
Next up, Trigun (sub and then dub, but overall I personally preferred the sub)-- well, I just had to, as it seems that everyone who's ever watched anime has either seen this or will see it at some point!
But after watching it myself, I agree that it does indeed deserve its classic status. The humor is great, the music is great, the characters are just awesome, and I really like the fact that the series also actually has an unexpected, deep moral/philosophical core. Loved it!
Then I tried out Fantastic Children (sub). This... well, it was different. You have very little idea of what is going on for about the first 6 or 7 episodes, but while that made them almost frustratingly slow at times, that was actually the point and the story did eventually come together as the series went on (the explanation floodgates opening around halfway through the series, at which point it also starts getting fairly intense). Don't know whether I'll watch this again, but it was worth a watch once.
And, finally, most recently: After reading the absolutely excellent Death Note manga and (upon hearing the anime series had a fantastic soundtrack, which it definitely does!) listening to the series' OST's, I watched the (subbed) anime of it as well. And, well... I'll say this: The music (as I mentioned) is awesome; and the animation is beautifully done, including some excellent uses of dynamic 'camera' shots, 3D movements, and etc. at appropriate times. And minus a scant couple of rather-humorously OTT moments and one small bit cut out of the "deduction skills test" scene in the restaurant (I assume for time), the first 24 episodes are literally just about as perfect an adaptation as possible. So to that point, I loved it. But then came episode 25... where, for some strange reason, they decided to write in some filler that starts out as symbolic foreshadowing but ends up just plain weird (and, as I suspect, simply a bit of bait thrown to a certain subset of fans... *cough*
). Plus, [spoiler]a certain death scene wasn't quite perfect, either-- not to say it was bad (indeed, both visually and musically it was quite properly dramatic), but in the manga there was a lot more drama beforehand with the questioning of Rem about the notebook's rules and then several characters' thought-dialogue leading right up to the death (which I would obviously have much rather seen instead of that aforementioned weird invented sequence), and they also left out the character's dying thought, which I think to me made it just a little bit more emotional in the manga rather than just having the character give a silent stare like they did in the anime.[/spoiler] Also, what was actually the latter half of the manga series is in the anime compressed *quite* a bit (going by the manga, what should have been the halfway point or so of the TV series ends up happening about 2/3 into it instead), so a *lot* of events, background info, details, and nuance ended up being removed... and at the same time they also started revealing some stuff in its chronological order when it should only have been learned in flashback like the manga to heighten the surprises. (And one more nitpick-- I also don't like the voice of Near! I mean, I know full well that female VA's quite often voice boys, and indeed I've heard some very good ones. But, unfortunately, this one sounded WAY too girly.) ...All of which was obviously not ideal! So in all, I wish they could have done two full seasons rather than one-and-a-bit, as (like I said) almost the entire first season was excellent, while the latter 12 or so ep.'s were not so much. Thus, I'd recommend it, but (past ep. 24, at least) really just to those who've already read the manga.
*Whew!* So, that's what I've been watching. (Sorry for the kinda epic length!)
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Watching "Gosick", "Dragon Crisis" and "Level E"
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battletech - Posts: 600
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Watched episode 4 of Mazinger Z. More hilarity ensued.
Watched more Macross. Hikaru, seriously dude, get over Minmay. Also EWWWWW KAIFUN KISSED HER THAT IS SO GROSS.
Watched more Macross. Hikaru, seriously dude, get over Minmay. Also EWWWWW KAIFUN KISSED HER THAT IS SO GROSS.
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ShiroiHikari - Posts: 7564
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Started Dragon Crisis and actually enjoyed it. It is definitely something I'd probably only want to watch when doing something else/falling asleep. But it was still fun. A bit fanservicey though. Might watch Hourou Musuko tonight...and see. Already following too many things though, but oh well. I don't have to finish them right when they're done airing.
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MightiMidget - Posts: 754
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More Macross. Kaifun still sucks and I wish him ill. Minmay also sucks. Hikaru is FOREVER ALONE.
Also
[spoiler]This whole Max and Miria thing was just...wow. Max is all like "she's pretty, I want to date her." And Miria is all like "I MUST KILL YOUUUU". And then the next day THEY GET MARRIED. MARRIED. THE NEXT DAY. WHAAAAAAAT[/spoiler]
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[spoiler]This whole Max and Miria thing was just...wow. Max is all like "she's pretty, I want to date her." And Miria is all like "I MUST KILL YOUUUU". And then the next day THEY GET MARRIED. MARRIED. THE NEXT DAY. WHAAAAAAAT[/spoiler]
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well, time to see if I can actually finish a sports-related anime for once. This is my second attempt to do so. The anime in question: Slam Dunk.
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I hear Slam Dunk starts out slow but then ends up being pretty good. I'd like to watch it someday.
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the_wolfs_howl (post: 1454852) wrote:Trigun episode 15...
I just watched that today, so we're either tied or you're ahead of me and I don't know it yet.
It's getting progressively rough to watch.
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Htom Sirveaux (post: 1435089) - "We should all start speaking telepathically."
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(post: 1481465) "Overthinking is an art."
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I watched episodes 6-14 of Black Cat. Man, I'm loving this series! It seems to get better every episode! Kyaaah!!! The charrie Monica Rial plays finally showed up!!!
I just hated the fact that....
[spoiler]Saya gets killed by the creepy Creed!![/spoiler]
I just hated the fact that....
[spoiler]Saya gets killed by the creepy Creed!![/spoiler]
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Remembered that there was an Oofuri S2 extra episode. I've found I don't really enjoy these extra episodes as much because they tend to be about the characters from the other team and those guys just haven't been developed enough for me to care for the majority of an episode's running time. It did remind me that a third season fo Oofuri would be nice.
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Starting to catch up in Bakuman,and I must say I find it somewhat boring. It has interesting tidbits but it's so flat. But I'm going to finish the first season anyways since I don't have the money to buy the manga (our library is useless) and I don't like scanlations... and the subber has the most hilariously snarky and degrading-to-the-anime notes at beginning and end, that it's worth it. xD
Unfortunately, since my sister had her LotR extended marathon today (which I partook in), I'm tired and do not care enough about tv and going to bed now. Enough for one day. xD
Unfortunately, since my sister had her LotR extended marathon today (which I partook in), I'm tired and do not care enough about tv and going to bed now. Enough for one day. xD
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Watched episodes 15-16 of Black Cat. This show is like...so addicting.....
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Let's make an AMV together!
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Ooh look! I have fanfiction! YAY!!!!!!!
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If you like Tsubasa and Cardcaptors, then you might like what I've written (if I didn't slaughter the series... XD)
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds - Pslam 147:3
Let's make an AMV together!
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Ooh look! I have fanfiction! YAY!!!!!!!
http://www.fanfiction.net/~sevencandlesticks
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Mazinkaiser is pretty fun. Not exactly high art, but it sure is entertaining.
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The Mazinkaiser movie has possibly the finest launch sequence in any Mazin* title if you can track it down (sadly I don't think it ever had an official English release).
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[color="Plum"]Watched the final HeartCatch PreCure episode 49 just a little while ago. I really like this anime.[/color]
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Watching Samurai Champloo.
Checking out Dragonaut to see if it's worth it.
That is all.
Checking out Dragonaut to see if it's worth it.
That is all.
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((Note: Thought I had posted this the other day, but apparently not... maybe I had gone over a character limit or something? So, I guess I'll try splitting it up into two posts. My apologies again!! ))
As I mentioned in my introductory post in "Who's Who", I came across this site a few months ago as I was just starting to really get into anime and manga, but I only joined as a member here a few days ago, so this is going to be pretty long (er, I hope that's alright... my apologies in advance! ).
Guess I'll go in viewing order...
Technically, I actually began by rewatching Digimon Adventure 01 & 02 (dub) out of nostalgia (I'd grown up with it as a kid, watching it every weekend and never missing an episode until they threw out the continuity at the beginning of the third series, which really turned me off... hence my rewatch of only the first two )-- and for the kid's show that it was, it was actually pretty good.
Interestingly enough, though, right after I had finished that, my best friend offered to show me some Studio Ghibli movies, which I accepted gladly! First was The Cat Returns (dub), which was cute and enjoyable, and then the absolutely excellent Castle In The Sky (older dub) (which I loved-- it's easily one of my favorites).
I watched Howl's Moving Castle (dub) next, and (having read and loved the novel it had been based on a few years back) found it an... interesting adaptation. And there were some weird plot holes in it at the end because of all the changes they had made to the story, too. But despite that, and despite not being a 'faithful' adaptation, I did still end up enjoying it as a movie. (Though I do have one note about the voicing-- my friend and I actually shared a good laugh the first time we heard Howl, because from the way we imagined him when we had read the book, neither of us had expected to hear such a MANLY sound come out of his mouth, hahaha {though I can't say I didn't like it}! )
Next came Whisper Of The Heart (dub)... and that is now one of my favorite movies (of any kind!). There's no action in it whatsoever, it's just a sweet little romantic character story-- and it's excellent!
Wanting to try a series next, I went with... InuYasha (sub)! Haha, yep, for my first ('real') series I chose one with nearly 200 episodes ... but the reason I went with that one first is (again) because of my best friend, who had just begun the series herself and was enjoying it a lot. And since we have nearly identical tastes in entertainment, I knew I'd like it as well. (And I did!) Can't really pin down favorite ep.'s (well, without making this post even longer than it has to be, at any rate!), but my favorite season was The Final Act, with the great "Band Of Seven" (nearly-season-length I think?) arc coming in as a close second. (And BTW, can't say anything about InuYasha without saying this as well: Sesshomaru is awesome. )
After finishing IY I decided to try another movie (this time non-Ghibli just for variety, even though I do still have more Ghibli on my to-watch list...)-- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (dub). And... well, since I do like time-travel stuff quite a lot, I figured I'd like this. And I did-- sorta. You see, it was a quite well-done movie, and its overall message was good, and the time-leaping mechanics were indeed intriguing. It's just that I didn't really like the ending. I mean, call me old-fashioned, but when there's a main-character romance in something I'm watching or reading, [spoiler]unless it's an obvious tragedy like Romeo & Juliet or something, I at least like to have a bit more certainty that there's going to be some fulfillment of their feelings! And while I did end up discovering a bunch of theories people had come up with-- some fairly good, actually-- about how that could be possible, the actual canon way it was left in the movie was just a little too open for my liking.[/spoiler]
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As I mentioned in my introductory post in "Who's Who", I came across this site a few months ago as I was just starting to really get into anime and manga, but I only joined as a member here a few days ago, so this is going to be pretty long (er, I hope that's alright... my apologies in advance!
).
Guess I'll go in viewing order...
Technically, I actually began by rewatching Digimon Adventure 01 & 02 (dub) out of nostalgia (I'd grown up with it as a kid, watching it every weekend and never missing an episode until they threw out the continuity at the beginning of the third series, which really turned me off... hence my rewatch of only the first two
)-- and for the kid's show that it was, it was actually pretty good.
Interestingly enough, though, right after I had finished that, my best friend offered to show me some Studio Ghibli movies, which I accepted gladly! First was The Cat Returns (dub), which was cute and enjoyable, and then the absolutely excellent Castle In The Sky (older dub) (which I loved-- it's easily one of my favorites).
I watched Howl's Moving Castle (dub) next, and (having read and loved the novel it had been based on a few years back) found it an... interesting adaptation.
And there were some weird plot holes in it at the end because of all the changes they had made to the story, too. But despite that, and despite not being a 'faithful' adaptation, I did still end up enjoying it as a movie. (Though I do have one note about the voicing-- my friend and I actually shared a good laugh the first time we heard Howl, because from the way we imagined him when we had read the book, neither of us had expected to hear such a MANLY sound come out of his mouth, hahaha {though I can't say I didn't like it}! )
Next came Whisper Of The Heart (dub)... and that is now one of my favorite movies (of any kind!). There's no action in it whatsoever, it's just a sweet little romantic character story-- and it's excellent!
Wanting to try a series next, I went with... InuYasha (sub)! Haha, yep, for my first ('real') series I chose one with nearly 200 episodes
... but the reason I went with that one first is (again) because of my best friend, who had just begun the series herself and was enjoying it a lot. And since we have nearly identical tastes in entertainment, I knew I'd like it as well. (And I did!) Can't really pin down favorite ep.'s (well, without making this post even longer than it has to be, at any rate!), but my favorite season was The Final Act, with the great "Band Of Seven" (nearly-season-length I think?) arc coming in as a close second. (And BTW, can't say anything about InuYasha without saying this as well: Sesshomaru is awesome. )
After finishing IY I decided to try another movie (this time non-Ghibli just for variety, even though I do still have more Ghibli on my to-watch list...)-- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (dub). And... well, since I do like time-travel stuff quite a lot, I figured I'd like this. And I did-- sorta. You see, it was a quite well-done movie, and its overall message was good, and the time-leaping mechanics were indeed intriguing. It's just that I didn't really like the ending.
I mean, call me old-fashioned, but when there's a main-character romance in something I'm watching or reading, [spoiler]unless it's an obvious tragedy like Romeo & Juliet or something, I at least like to have a bit more certainty that there's going to be some fulfillment of their feelings! And while I did end up discovering a bunch of theories people had come up with-- some fairly good, actually-- about how that could be possible, the actual canon way it was left in the movie was just a little too open for my liking.[/spoiler]
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Watched the last 4 episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Book 1. It was amazing, but it was just so sad that
[spoiler]Princess Yue dies! Well, she became a moon spirit, but poor Sokka! He seemed to really love her![/spoiler]
And I just finished watching Black Cat. Man, those last few episodes were intense! It had a decently satisfying ending, though I just wish
[spoiler]Train stayed with them! It didn't even show if he ever takes a liking to Kyoko or not (though I doubt he would XD!!) or if he ever visits Sven and Eve again. So not exactly bittersweet, as they took Eden down and the bad guys, but I just wish the trio would remain together and have more sweeping adventures![/spoiler]
Other than that, I LOVED IT!!! I'm so buying it and watching it again. And I am happy that some of my fave, not-used-very-much dub actors were in it! My bro and I kept laughing whenever Train called Eve "Princess" though sarcastic, sometimes it sounded serious, and he sounded so much like Syaoran (considering it is Jason Liebretch, after all). It makes Train look like, I don't know, a laid-back version of Syaoran or something XD!! Anyway, I will start reading the manga, as I think it's over 20 volumes and might go a different direction. But I will still love this anime, and now I got voices to hear when I read it!
[spoiler]Princess Yue dies! Well, she became a moon spirit, but poor Sokka! He seemed to really love her![/spoiler]
And I just finished watching Black Cat. Man, those last few episodes were intense! It had a decently satisfying ending, though I just wish
[spoiler]Train stayed with them! It didn't even show if he ever takes a liking to Kyoko or not (though I doubt he would XD!!) or if he ever visits Sven and Eve again. So not exactly bittersweet, as they took Eden down and the bad guys, but I just wish the trio would remain together and have more sweeping adventures![/spoiler]
Other than that, I LOVED IT!!! I'm so buying it and watching it again. And I am happy that some of my fave, not-used-very-much dub actors were in it! My bro and I kept laughing whenever Train called Eve "Princess" though sarcastic, sometimes it sounded serious, and he sounded so much like Syaoran (considering it is Jason Liebretch, after all). It makes Train look like, I don't know, a laid-back version of Syaoran or something XD!! Anyway, I will start reading the manga, as I think it's over 20 volumes and might go a different direction. But I will still love this anime, and now I got voices to hear when I read it!
"For what use is there in praying if you will only hear what you want to hear." - As I Lay Dying *The Sound Of Truth*
Let's make an AMV together!
Kokoro no Uta The thoughts of an aspiring mangaka (yeah...this is my blog >.>)
Ooh look! I have fanfiction! YAY!!!!!!!
http://www.fanfiction.net/~sevencandlesticks
If you like Tsubasa and Cardcaptors, then you might like what I've written (if I didn't slaughter the series... XD)
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds - Pslam 147:3
Let's make an AMV together!
Kokoro no Uta The thoughts of an aspiring mangaka (yeah...this is my blog >.>)
Ooh look! I have fanfiction! YAY!!!!!!!
http://www.fanfiction.net/~sevencandlesticks
If you like Tsubasa and Cardcaptors, then you might like what I've written (if I didn't slaughter the series... XD)
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds - Pslam 147:3
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AnimeGirl - Posts: 1053
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Started Gundam 00, currently on episode 4. I must say, the picture that this show paints of the U.S./Union is probably the most accurate I've seen in any anime, in my opinion. And I'm starting to get really curious about this Setsuna kid. I really want to find out more about his past, since the first 5 minutes show a 10 yr old Setsuna shooting a machine gun at a low-quality mobile suit spouting jihad-like sayings. And also because....he's cute. :3 yay for Gundam bishies. 
and big pluses for this series: L'arc en Ciel, Mamoru Miyano, and Yuichi Nakamura. fangirl happiness!!!!!
But I'm mad: just today, bandai pulled the rest of the series from Youtube after episode 9. WHAAAAT?!?!? BANDAI I KILL YOOOOUUU!!!
Shiroi Hikari, arent you proud of me? It's not UC, but its not C.E. either.
and big pluses for this series: L'arc en Ciel, Mamoru Miyano, and Yuichi Nakamura. fangirl happiness!!!!!
But I'm mad: just today, bandai pulled the rest of the series from Youtube after episode 9. WHAAAAT?!?!? BANDAI I KILL YOOOOUUU!!!
Shiroi Hikari, arent you proud of me? It's not UC, but its not C.E. either.
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