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Random Musings

Published by
kimagure
at April 8, 2006 in Rec, School Rumble, Shakugan no Shana, Information and Shuffle. Closed

It’s been a while since my last post. Life has come at me a little fast and annoying lately, but I’m back now to vent…er…write about some anime.

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha

I’ve never really been one for the Mahou Shoujo genre, but after idling in the Animeblogger IRC channel, and getting thwacked by Fate-chan a few times, I figured I’d better find out what this was all about before I got into anymore trouble with Fate-chan. I’m happy to say that I’ve finished watching the first season of the show. I enjoyed it. I don’t think I got anything profound out of the show, but it was good entertainment. I’ll leave it at that. I will be watching Nanoha A’s shortly.

Rec

I still love this show. The small doses it comes in are very spot on, but I think a proper season of the show certainly would be welcome in my home.

Karin

I hate vampires. In fact, the occult pretty much annoys me. This little show about the blood making vampire Karin, really amuses me for some reason. It’s rather standard boy meets girl vampire, boy cleans up girl vampire’s nosebleed/keeps her secret, boy and girl vampire fall in love. The show has also had some rather dismal moments, but always seems to redeem itself when Karin’s family gets involved. I should be more specific, that Karin’s mother and father are actually quite a pair. Her brother is a little too bishounen for me, and the episode where they focused on his past was pretty lame. Karin’s grandmother, whom everyone mistook for Karin, even though her hair was about 10 times longer, also was somewhat annoying. But for some reason it’s amusing. Sort of a guilty pleasure.

Shuffle!

I posted a while back about me starting this show.  I haven’t gotten past episode 3.  There may be a post called “Stopping Shuffle!” very very soon.

Shakugan no Shana

The show ended at the 24th episode. It was left rather wide open, and they’ve already announced a movie, so open is good. I’ll watch more if they make it.

Neon Genesis Evangelion

I’ve been watching this show on Cartoon Network as it’s been airing. It ends next week, so I’ll have more thoughts on it after I see it to completion. Preliminary to that post: I think it’s a pretentious piece of crap. I’ve seen some creative ways to cut budgets in a show, but this one has more than I imagined. More next week.

School Rumble Second Semester

Words cannot express my excitement at the return of this show. This is one of my top all time favorite shows.

And finally:

Kage Kara Mamoru

Watching this show cannot be called a guilty pleasure. You’re just guilty of watching bad anime if you watch this. I’m watching it, but I don’t know why. I feel like a poker player that has a bad pocket pair, and I’ve bet so much that I just have to finish it to completion. You know you’re gonna go bust at the end, but you just have to see what the other guy has. I hope it ends soon.

REC

Published by
kimagure
at February 27, 2006 in Rec. Closed


REC is the show I’ve fallen in love with this winter. A short show consisting of nine twelve minute episodes. It’s an odd format but the fast pace of the show works well.

Onda Aka is an aspiring voice actress. Fumihiko Matsumaru is an advertising worker. The two meet by chance while Matsumaru is waiting for another date. As he’s stood up Aka comes and saves his ticket from being thrown away. A night of movies, drinking and other fun ensues. Oh yeah, Aka’s apartment burns down and Matsumaru takes her in. She boffs him in the first episode, and thus begins their complex relationship. Later on she ends up being the voice of a character that Matsumaru helped create for a snack line.

This show has a few surprises. First, there’s sex! Not that they show anything, but yes, two characters in an Anime had sex, and it didn’t involve tentacles. The sex was more implied, but the effect is there. What I like about it, is that they have to deal with the consequences of it. Aka now basically lives with Matsumaru, since her apartment is basically ashes, and she doesn’t want him to get the wrong idea. Second, if this show mirrored my life any closer, I’d have to sue for prior art. Replace voice actress with opera singer, and there I am. Now it’s not all the same, but when Aka does her voice warm-ups in episode 3, it was spot on, down to Matsumaru’s reaction.

It’s not just that, the show is paced well, the character designs are lovely, the story is cute, blah blah blah. At risk of starting to sound like a total REC fanboy, I will end this here, for now. This is one I’ll be writing more about in the future.