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scottobeargood news badnews.
good news, got my net connection at home working, at last.
bad news, apparently not in time to talk more to my dearest one. She's tucked in bed, deeply a sleepy at this point. Hopefully, I'll get to talk with her tomorrow.
anyhow, got a fresh cartoon from a friend in new york. The poor guy's trying to get me to like anime, but I'm not really much of a fan. some of the storybits are fun, and much of the art is interesting, but to paraphrase sturgeons law, I think that 98% of all the anime I've seen is pooties. (the 2% has been good though, which is why I'll still eyeball some, if it is reccomended to me by someone I trust)
Here's the latest on a big ol' tape of his. (on a borrowed VCR from Tim! Thanks Tim!)
Basically there's a high school student who gets a disease (it was hard to tell what with the fan subbed, billionth-generation tape - but it was probably bone cancer). He takes some special medicine that only gives him a fever for a week. Then, 5 years later, he witnesses a pillar of supernatural light and a ball of ghostly energy passes through him.
From that point on, he sees big spiders on some people's chests and necks. After failing a wide variety of stress checks, he stumbles upon the fact that these spiders are the memories of regret, guilt and shame - and he starts taking them from people and eating them. Sin-eater indeed.
Anyway, he gets addicted and (to spoil the episode) starts going to greater and greater lengths to get these spiders. Then Boogie Pop Phantom herself (the God of Death, what a name for her, eh?) shows up and "collects" him. She says that she's not the one who is killing him though, and points at his chest, where we see all the spiders he's been eating latched onto him.
Very nice stuff.
The show has some strange direction as well. The first two episodes happen at the same time, but have different plots and characters - they just intersect in the middle. I have the feeling that this "same story, different angle" approach will continue. The show itself is also rather odd, drawn with fuzzy borders and colored almost entirely in cepia. That's sure to piss some people off and for those who know stuff about anime, it's apparently written by the Lain guy and directed by the man who made Slayers. An odd combination that ends up being nothing like Slayers at all, and strikingly similar to Lain.
Definitely something people should check out if they get the chance, if they like that sort of thing. :)
good news, got my net connection at home working, at last.
bad news, apparently not in time to talk more to my dearest one. She's tucked in bed, deeply a sleepy at this point. Hopefully, I'll get to talk with her tomorrow.
anyhow, got a fresh cartoon from a friend in new york. The poor guy's trying to get me to like anime, but I'm not really much of a fan. some of the storybits are fun, and much of the art is interesting, but to paraphrase sturgeons law, I think that 98% of all the anime I've seen is pooties. (the 2% has been good though, which is why I'll still eyeball some, if it is reccomended to me by someone I trust)
Here's the latest on a big ol' tape of his. (on a borrowed VCR from Tim! Thanks Tim!)
Basically there's a high school student who gets a disease (it was hard to tell what with the fan subbed, billionth-generation tape - but it was probably bone cancer). He takes some special medicine that only gives him a fever for a week. Then, 5 years later, he witnesses a pillar of supernatural light and a ball of ghostly energy passes through him.
From that point on, he sees big spiders on some people's chests and necks. After failing a wide variety of stress checks, he stumbles upon the fact that these spiders are the memories of regret, guilt and shame - and he starts taking them from people and eating them. Sin-eater indeed.
Anyway, he gets addicted and (to spoil the episode) starts going to greater and greater lengths to get these spiders. Then Boogie Pop Phantom herself (the God of Death, what a name for her, eh?) shows up and "collects" him. She says that she's not the one who is killing him though, and points at his chest, where we see all the spiders he's been eating latched onto him.
Very nice stuff.
The show has some strange direction as well. The first two episodes happen at the same time, but have different plots and characters - they just intersect in the middle. I have the feeling that this "same story, different angle" approach will continue. The show itself is also rather odd, drawn with fuzzy borders and colored almost entirely in cepia. That's sure to piss some people off and for those who know stuff about anime, it's apparently written by the Lain guy and directed by the man who made Slayers. An odd combination that ends up being nothing like Slayers at all, and strikingly similar to Lain.
Definitely something people should check out if they get the chance, if they like that sort of thing. :)
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Date: 2000-11-10 11:46 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2000-11-10 11:49 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2000-11-10 11:59 pm (UTC)"Utena has it all. Beauty. Power. Faith. A sense of justice. She is the idol of her classmates at the exclusive Phtori Academy. And yet, she is driven by a childhood memory of a prince on a white horse who comforted her when she was grieving her parents' death. He gave her an enigmatic signet ring emblazoned with a rose crest, and this memory drives Utena to do the impossible: To become a prince, herself, as she duels the members of the Student Council to protect the mysterious 'Rose Bride.'"
She's just trying to find her prince and she gets mixed up in this whole dueling thing.
I want to get bootleg copies of the episodes not released in America, yet. Ugh. But I haven't gotten down to Chinatown to look for them...
sounds keen!
Date: 2000-11-11 12:03 am (UTC)Re: sounds keen!
Date: 2000-11-11 12:05 am (UTC)But, this is the NYC Chinatown. It kicks ass...
Animae!
(1) AKIRA-This is animae at its best VERY kewl... there is 1 scene where some chik loses her shirt in a fight but its only for about 2 sec.s
(2) ANYTHING that says Robotech! ANYTHING! Its an old cartoon series from the 80's about a starship that crashes on Earth. The ship is rebuilt and when its launch it gets chased out to pluto via teleportaion whee the teleported (called a fold generator) gets lost and the crew has to get back to Earth via man made thrusters... ITS VERY COOL! AND NOT EVEN THE SLIGHTEST BIT OF NUDITY
Re: Animae!
Date: 2000-11-11 12:11 am (UTC)robotech... that's flashing back to whn I was a wee tot... used to watch that before school in the early 80s. very nifty, indeed!
Re: Animae!
Id reccomend the books as well. Dont worry they're full blown novels not kid like stuff.
Re: Animae!
Date: 2000-11-11 12:15 am (UTC)robotech... that's flashing back to whn I was a wee tot... used to watch that before school in the early 80s. very nifty, indeed!
Hrm.
Date: 2000-11-11 12:36 am (UTC)As long as you get good Anime.
My suggestions would be the following (in no particular order), some of which are easier to find than others:
Ninja Scroll - Decent story, great animation.
Dagger of Kamui - Good story, good animation, long feature.
Record of Lodoss War - Fun story, good animation. If you liked Dungeons & Dragons, you'll like this.
Ranma 1/2 - A funny comedy series. It's one of the best of the sillier animes.
Vampire Hunter D - A good gothic horror type anime. Good animation, good story.
Escaflowne - Cool story, good animation.
Dominion: Tank Police - It's got really cool cat chicks for bad guys. What more could you ask for?
Oh! My Goddess! - One of the most amusing out there. Well worth watching.
Princess Mononoke - One of the greatest Anime's ever. Currently the second highest grossing movie of all time in Japan. Created by Hayao Miyazaki, the best guy in Anime, period.
Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind - My all time favorite Anime. Absolutely amazing. EVerything about it is just impressive. Very difficult to find. Never watch the english dub/hack, called Warriors of the Wind. In the edit, they cut around half an hour, half the plot, to make it more action for kids. Totally ruined it. Another one by Hayao Miyazaki, considered by many (including me) to be his masterpiece.
Hrm, there's a lot of others I like, but I can't think of them off the top of my head right now.
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