May
20
2008
Well, that was a short long weekend. And I still don’t have much time to blog. I suppose I was plying myself with the anime La Corda D’Oro while marking half-heartedly and really couldn’t be bothered to update. I’d complain about a lack of readership but who can quite possibly blame the readers for not prancing by when there’s lack of content in the first place. Astounding!
You’ve noticed I’ve picked up a few anime of late and I’ve just added Soul Eater to my current watch list. One can never have enough anime. Meanwhile I’m still going through the backdated stuff and watching to my heart’s content. I’m already in holiday mode.
Among the ones that I’ve watched, I’ve had the most pleasant experience taking in Hachimitsu to Kuroba (Honey and Clover), both the first and second seasons. Surprisingly (yet maybe not), I prefer the anime to the live action by a long shot. I think that’s because there’s more room for the funnies in the anime while the live action squeezes a lot of the heavy drama into 11 episodes, leaving out quite a bit of the slapstick.
I love Morita, both in the live action and anime, but much prefer the latter. Here’s why:
Morita Shinobu 森田 忍, the brilliant ninja. His brilliant name testifies to that fact. 何だ、その顔は？
I’ve already established myself as a baka-lover, so hell.
At any rate, it’s almost time for work (again), so I’ll end here with a promise of some reviews to come during the holidays. Woo!
Apr
19
2008
There is nothing I love more than my gorgeous shiny white mac, but I’ve been off it for more than a month (maybe even two, horrors!) since my hard drive failed some time ago. Obviously, I’ve been lazy or else I could’ve gotten it back within a week if I’d bothered to troop down to the service centre.
Nonetheless, it’s back with a new hard disk and logic board and I’m blogging on it once again.
That’s not all though. Apart from the craploads of work I’m straining under, I’ve managed to wheedle some new anime into my schedule.
I haven’t had time to screenshot anything so the titles will have to do.
- Code Geass is back with a vengeance in its second season. I loved it from the very first episode but haven’t really caught up with the latest releases. The version I’ve got is a very large .mkv file which makes watching on my Windows Vista machine a real pain. I’m not sure how it’ll fare on Macbook here, but we’ll see. It’s on my “must watch eventually” list.
- xxxHolic is back as well, this time, named xxxHolic kei, whatever that means (like I said, no time to check it out). I’ve got the first two episodes but have yet to watch them. Really loved the hilarity of the first season so this should really be a good watch.
- Itazura na Kiss is a shoujo anime about a girl from the F class who comes to live with her crush after a series of mishaps. Unfortunately for her, her crush is a cold, handsome young chap from the A class in her high school who hates stupid girls.
- Special A. is a fun shoujo anime that reminds me a little of Ouran High School Host Club in terms of its character style and overall art. It’s about two eternal rivals in wrestling, both in high school, who have been at loggerheads since they were young. She thinks about beating him in every sphere while he goads her on. He loves her, though she is unaware of it. It’s pretty slapstick and I really enjoy what I’ve seen of it so far.
It’s a pretty half-hearted attempt at an update, but I’m doing my best considering the constraints. Besides, my excuse is poor readership. Heh.
The slapstick (and adorable) cast of Special A スペシャル・エ. If you enjoyed Ouran, you’d probably love this too.
Mar
16
2008
I knew that one of my favourite seiyuus, Sakurai Takahiro 櫻井 孝宏, would, at some point, take on voicing a flat-out yaoi character. After all, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion 『コードギアス反逆のルルーシュ』 was fairly suggestive being a Clamp-characterised anime. This is the first time I’ve encountered his voice in such a production, but if I’m mistaken, do let me know. I tend to be a little outdated.
The yaoi anime in question is Kirepapa 『キレパパ』 (lit. meaning: beautiful dad). I’m a little late in picking this up simply because I don’t watch exclusively yaoi anime and I’m far too busy with work to keep up with things on a regular basis.
Kirepapa is based on the manga kirei na PAPA 『きれいなパパ』 and as its title suggests is the story of a pretty father, Chisato Takatsukasa (voiced by Midorikawa Hikaru 緑川 光 who also voiced Shi Seiran in Saiunkoku Monogatari 『彩雲国物語』), who has an equally pretty son. Unfortunately for Chisato, due to some event in the past, he has a complex and refuses to allow anyone to get too close to his son. Even worse for him, his son has a relentless friend, Sakaki Shunsuke (voiced by Sakurai), who remains too close for comfort regardless of his many sabotage attempts. Things change, however, when Chisato is confessed to. How will it end?
Chisato’s antagonism is fairly obvious despite Sasaki’s beauty.
Hell, I don’t know but I do know they tried to squeeze as much plot as possible into one episode. Some say it’s messy but I thought it was reasonable considering how yaoi anime tend to be fairly short. I’m not sure how many OVAs there will be at this point but suffice to say I’m looking forward to more slapstick comedy. A fun watch, but beware please as content is very very R.
Chisato and Sasaki faceoff after one of Chisato’s sabotage attempts from which Sasaki escaped unscathed
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