I'm still sick. Which is why I haven't been updating. Oh, and some fucker stole my wallet this weekend. Bastard.
My thesis is due next week. You all know what that means.
Too much anime is out. And again, a lot of it doesn't seem that great. Updates from the past few weeks of watching:
Kenran Butoh Sai The Mars Daybreak 2 - As I was watching, I noticed that Yagami looks a lot like Tezuka. Wishful thinking, I guess. Anyway, the hints of fanservice in this show annoys me. One of the women has a really large chest and the other has her uniform jacket slightly unzipped, I guess to show more cleavage. Gah, this just seems like a theme in every show. Except, so far, the next series...
Kyou Kara Maou 1 - Ok, now we're talking about the most slashy show this season. Lots of hot guys and one not so bright lead. Plus, there's a distinct lack of females on the show. At least until the next episode. Think Escaflowne but with a guy. And he gets transported to the other world by getting flushed down the toilet. This one's a keeper just for the stupid humor.
Melody of Oblivion 1 - This is the WTF! show of the season so far. More stupid fanservice but that's not the greatest part. It's set in modern day Japan (or whatever city they want) where warriors fight monsters on motorcycles. Yes, motorcycles. And the motorcycles apparently can travel in space too. June, this is obviously a worse idea than Kenran Butoh Sai with the underwater mecha fighting. At least it's not on motorcycles. The show is filled with so many cliches that it's very easy to predict what happens next.
Tenjou Tenge - THE fanservice show of the season. And, uh...I actually kinda like the show. I could do without all the cleavage or butt shots, but it's really funny. Plus, we can say hello again to Seki Tomokazu and Hoshi Souichiro.
Well, that's it for thoughts on the new season for now. I'm too lazy to type more out about it. Although it seems like Naruto has been licensed. By Funimation of all people. Now we can look forward to Naruto being transformed into a horrible, horrible copy of Dragonball.
Let me just say that a lot of the anime and manga being brought over is being translated very well. Unfortunately, we also get wonderful people who take the manga and totally change the meaning or plot behind the story. Such as Battle Royale. This line made me want to poke my eyes out:
Battle Royale had stuff like, "I have to kill you first, because you would have killed me otherwise." The translation is right on the nose. You can't give that to an American audience. Specifically, in the scene where the wicked girl almost slices her friend's head off with a sickle - in the translation, she said, 'I had to kill you before you killed me.' No way - I changed it to 'Fashion tip, red's not your color,' as the dead girl lies on the floor in a growing pool of blood.
Why couldn't he give this to an American audience? The whole plot is about survival and death, in that you have to kill people before they kill you. The addition of his dumbed down, Americanized line totally takes the punch out of the original statement and instead turns it into a cliched, overused one-liner.
Onto happier thoughts, I want more Gokusen! And I suppose I should watch Tenipuri Musical 2. Someday.
My thesis is due next week. You all know what that means.
Too much anime is out. And again, a lot of it doesn't seem that great. Updates from the past few weeks of watching:
Kenran Butoh Sai The Mars Daybreak 2 - As I was watching, I noticed that Yagami looks a lot like Tezuka. Wishful thinking, I guess. Anyway, the hints of fanservice in this show annoys me. One of the women has a really large chest and the other has her uniform jacket slightly unzipped, I guess to show more cleavage. Gah, this just seems like a theme in every show. Except, so far, the next series...
Kyou Kara Maou 1 - Ok, now we're talking about the most slashy show this season. Lots of hot guys and one not so bright lead. Plus, there's a distinct lack of females on the show. At least until the next episode. Think Escaflowne but with a guy. And he gets transported to the other world by getting flushed down the toilet. This one's a keeper just for the stupid humor.
Melody of Oblivion 1 - This is the WTF! show of the season so far. More stupid fanservice but that's not the greatest part. It's set in modern day Japan (or whatever city they want) where warriors fight monsters on motorcycles. Yes, motorcycles. And the motorcycles apparently can travel in space too. June, this is obviously a worse idea than Kenran Butoh Sai with the underwater mecha fighting. At least it's not on motorcycles. The show is filled with so many cliches that it's very easy to predict what happens next.
Tenjou Tenge - THE fanservice show of the season. And, uh...I actually kinda like the show. I could do without all the cleavage or butt shots, but it's really funny. Plus, we can say hello again to Seki Tomokazu and Hoshi Souichiro.
Well, that's it for thoughts on the new season for now. I'm too lazy to type more out about it. Although it seems like Naruto has been licensed. By Funimation of all people. Now we can look forward to Naruto being transformed into a horrible, horrible copy of Dragonball.
Let me just say that a lot of the anime and manga being brought over is being translated very well. Unfortunately, we also get wonderful people who take the manga and totally change the meaning or plot behind the story. Such as Battle Royale. This line made me want to poke my eyes out:
Battle Royale had stuff like, "I have to kill you first, because you would have killed me otherwise." The translation is right on the nose. You can't give that to an American audience. Specifically, in the scene where the wicked girl almost slices her friend's head off with a sickle - in the translation, she said, 'I had to kill you before you killed me.' No way - I changed it to 'Fashion tip, red's not your color,' as the dead girl lies on the floor in a growing pool of blood.
Why couldn't he give this to an American audience? The whole plot is about survival and death, in that you have to kill people before they kill you. The addition of his dumbed down, Americanized line totally takes the punch out of the original statement and instead turns it into a cliched, overused one-liner.
Onto happier thoughts, I want more Gokusen! And I suppose I should watch Tenipuri Musical 2. Someday.
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