Chatterbox - Anime & Manga

Unlike the previous season where there were things like Ano Hana, Nichijou and Hanasaku Iroha, nothing has really stand out for me this season (not even Penguindrum). In terms of how much I'm enjoying a show it's probably a tie between Usagi Drop and Ikoku Meiro No Croisee however, Ro Kyu Bu is the one I anticipate the most, probably becuase of how good the first episodes were.

Definitely le penguinfuck.

PENGUINDRUUUUUUUUM.

I like Naruto, despite what other people say.

Please, real men watch other men raise their aunts.

I wonder how well that show did. If it achieved a decent commercial success, then Yotsubato} anime adaptation (preferrably done by Kyoto Animation), if Azuma Kiyohiko changes his mind, would be a possiblity too.

There aren't enough Schoolgirl Series featuring plushy character designs, swimsuit scenes, and lesbian subtext nowadays, are there. :/

I personally want to see more animes like Cowboy Bebop and Black Lagoon. Until Death Do Us Part and The Breaker deserves a good anime adaptations.

edited 12th Sep '11 4:00:11 AM by dRoy

Bunny Drop seems to be doing well in preorder sales at least.

edited 12th Sep '11 5:00:56 AM by PikaHikariKT

Please, real men watch other men raise their aunts.

But in the end that aunt will fall for her nephew. Incest + May–December Romance much?

edited 12th Sep '11 6:12:19 AM by djmaca

Huh?

Bunny Drop, aka. one of the best shows of the year.

...and controversial.

STEINS;GATE. :3

Lucky Star would've been one of those moe shows (look, don't, just don't) that I would have condemned immediately, but it had its own merits, namely amusing references to other works and general humor, so I don't mind it too much.

My reaction to Lucky Star was really weird and kind of an outlier, honestly. I was kinda like "oh, that was okay" when I watched it subbed, and then I watched it dubbed and I loved the hell out of it. Pretty sure I'm largely alone in that.

Digimon Xros Wars is one of the most hotblooded mons shows I've ever seen.

Helps that it adds even more sentai and mecha elements to Digimon than ever before.

I found another interesting manga called Maoyuu Maou Yuusha, which actually seems to be growing in popularity.

It starts out when The Hero is about to fight the evil Demon Queen (Those are their names. Seriously). Hero believes that if he kills her than the war between humans and demons will end.

Then The Demon Queen uses the power of economics on his ass....

Its a pretty interesting deconstruction on most fantasy tropes. You should definitely check it out.

So, Koizumi might be dead, but his legend lives on!

Does that count as a spoiler?

Regardless, I have a bad feeling about the way this is going, mainly because one part of what made The Legend Of Koizumi so amusing was its pastiches of political and historical characters. The all-new cast and the Butt-Monkey just don't leave that same impression. Still, we'll see how it goes. It's probably too early to tell.

I'm finally resuming my watching of the last third of Revolutionary Girl Utena after a 18-month hiatus. I had forgotten how impressively good it is (and head and shoulders above anything else I watched in the meantime) : the artstyle may be a bit dated (and my crappy DVD copy doesn't do it any favours), but the cinematography, composition and storytelling are top-notch and in service of compelling story and characters.

(Well, except for the comedy Nanami episodes, but they're so funny it doesn't matter.)

Even the recaps are mandatory watching : I've just hit #33 and, wow. ("Wait, why does Utena sound so intense while rambling about preparing the next day's bento ? Oh...")

Ghost In The Shell sounds so cool. I really want to check it out.

>2011
>not having seen GITS yet

Hahaha why, sorry for being outdated.

I haven't watched it either.

Neither have I.

Watching it at the moment. (The movies I watched a long time ago, though.)