Comic Site Rant: RUMBA RUMBA RUMBA
I like this script. It’s solid. Gets the point across. Art is kind of bland, but let’s just say it’s a joke on Gunslinger Girl 2’s poor quality animation. I was going to give GSG 2 the three episode test, but once episode 3 rolled around and I hadn’t even watched episode 2, I gave up since I could only stand the show one episode at a time. I’m buying the manga now, so it’s not as if I’m missing out on anything.
In other site news, we have some new fanart and a new wallpaper. And yes, if anyone was wondering, I will eventually get around to updating the reference guide.
Caught six episodes of Baccano! at MIT last night. I had planned to watch the show when it first aired, but didn’t really get around to it. I was going to marathon it, but after it was over, all the wrong people where praising it, so I passed. I noticed MIT was showing it, so decided to go since if I can’t be arsed to download it, I’ll just walk 20 minutes watch it with something like 30 other people. It’s quite a good show. As of right now, not as good as some people make it out to be, but it’s good fun. The series is special because it has a lot things you don’t normally find in anime, and instead pulls from older American films with a hint of anime craziness to spice it up. It works well. I like the ensemble cast– each character gets a decent amount of time to show off how fun and wacky they are, so the show is never really boring in that respect. Naturally, my favourites are Isaac and Miria. The story is full of mysteries right now, but the show bogs you down with so much stuff that it’s hard to really wonder about them. But that’s fine, since half the fun is just watching it all play out, and hoping all the stupid commotion makes sense in the end. I should note that the opening is really awesome, and is now one of my favourites. It also gets bonus points for doing the Snatch thing.
Also, MIT anime club, as much as I love you, I find issue with what is considered to be “Essential Anime.” Actually, I only really object to two titles, those being Nodame and Gravitation. Replace those two with an episode of Zeta Gundam and Space Battleship Yamato. Hell, even episodes of Haruhi and Lucky Star would do– they’re far more “essential” than the likes of Nodame and Gravitation.
That’s all for right now. Time to use the free time I have now to get through some backlog. Later.
You are very right there is only one Gunslinger Girl TV series. And yeah Gravitation is really stupid….oh and gay. They are showing Gravitation at MIT I think I just lost so respect for MIT.
>all the wrong people were praising it
;_;
MoYFan: They’re good people, no need to be hatin’
roast-beefy: Well you are the guy who likes Place Promised over 5cm :v
i fucking hate those Type-Moon fans, however the comic is funny.
Also, I’m guessing that I’m definitely one of the ‘wrong people’. Even though I like the shit you like >_>
So…Tina has glasses all of a sudden?
sometimes. I guess it’ll depend on my mood.
>Well you are the guy who likes Place Promised over 5cm :v
Oh yeah?! Well, I Promised your mom a Place on my 5cm…wait, that’s really self degrading.
>sometimes. I guess it’ll depend on my mood.
More of this mood plz
I haven’t gotten around to watching Baccano! either, although it certainly looks fun.
Good comic :)
I really like Nodame, but I wouldn’t consider it one of the “essentials”.
Also Gravitation just sucks. ಠ_ಠ
Yeah, Tsukihime Anime? When’s that going to air, I wonder?
~Chun
What is this Tsukihime anime you speak of, hmmm?
IT DOESN`T FUCKING EXIST!
Essentials is kind of an odd term – the idea is to expose non-fans to a wide variety of what’s out there, which includes stuff like Nodame and Gravitation.
Ah, makes sense.
But Gravitation D:
There isn’t a Tsukihime animé, but there is a similar series with similar themes, characters, and title. It was so horrible that the director apologized for it.
If it was me, I’d send a Vindicare Assassin at him :P
“Essentials is kind of an odd term…”
Agreed T_T Still, Honey and Clover would probably be better than Nodame as a example of josei :\
Nobody at the business meeting thought of H&C for some reason.
Eh. It’s all a matter of personal taste. I feel like a dick for bringing it up now. I was just trying to be elitist for the sake of lulz.
No problem, I didn’t take it seriously. I should have just kept quiet.