December 17, 2008
He read through the paperback and considered its contents. He could not help but laugh.
I came across Tokyopop’s translation of Kino no Tabi in my school library. Naturally I snapped it up and flipped through the pages all prepared to go on a journey to magicland and beyond.
I couldn’t get past the first chapter. Here’s why:
November 26, 2008
I just had the chance to watch this awesome film. It’s in French (being a French movie) but dialogue is almost non-existent so it’s very watchable even without subtitles. All there is is music, mayhem and many zany scenarios along the way. It’s an audiovisual Tour de France–on snuff.
November 18, 2008
The most popular series today are shows with robots, plug-suited men and big-eyed chicks. What happened to everything else?
"Sigh."
Please give me back my white coffee. Too much black brew kills me senses.
EDIT: On a more positive note, the black cat in Chi’s Sweet Home turned into something good in the end. Hooray! I also enjoyed how Chi went totally bonkers and started to treat him like some omnipresent spirit by the end. What a way to end a show!
Another EDIT: Aww isn’t Kafka cute?
November 5, 2008
Watching the little cat prance around the room made me forget why Chi’s Sweet Home’s comic manifestation was originally published in a seinen magazine. No, it wasn’t the spaceship anal probes. It all came to me in this episode.
October 30, 2008
I’ve gotten too infatuated with Chi’s sweet home to watch anything else. Oh the terror!
October 22, 2008
I just found out today that the god-handsome YAMAMURA-HOLYSHIT-KOJI is coming to Singapore as well! This year just turned into the best year of my fucking life.
If you don’t know who Yamamura Koji is, he’s a genius.
We kids in poverty get free tickets for the seminar so if you’re as into this handsome guy as I am, do get your ticket fast!
http://sfs.org.sg/animation2008/seminars.html
And on another note, Genius Party will be screening at the fest’ as well. I’m so going to watch it.
/me ejaculates
October 21, 2008
So yeah. It’s coming. I’m coming. I’m coming because MORIMOTO-HANDSOME-KOJI IS COMING.
And so I’d like to extend an invitation to any Singaporean garang enough to meet me and to beg on knees for his autograph… <- This part is very important
Facts about me:
1) It’s extremely embarrassing to be with me. I jump into song impulsively and make a fool of myself when excited and in big crowds.
2) I’m a slob.
3) I’m short, skinny and on an overall scale, not impressive.
4) I could offer to give people a ride, given I pass my driving test one week before this event. That’s a big if, of course, since no one usually does.
5) After the event it is highly likely that I’d invite anyone over 18 to a club (probably double O or St. James) for a night of fun. Of course, the general mood of the group has to be considered too.
Excited to meet new people ^_^.
October 18, 2008
Next episode: Wintermute the Evil AI
Okay, so the man likes his references. There’s also a mysterious organisation behind the scenes and, well, you know the works. Thankfully, he hasn’t completely thrown away the humans-growing-on-bots theme he developed well in the first episode. The door was a neat gimmick as well.
I’m excited to see how the cafe fits into all this.
September 19, 2008
说真的.
September 16, 2008
Have you ever watched an anime only to feel a been-there-done-that feeling in your gut? While it is inevitable that for any given work, material has to be borrowed from anywhere and everywhere to create it. However, sometimes it’s just a little obvious when the material in question is borrowed from ’somewhere in particular’.
Indubitably, such recycles of successful concepts and formulas are needed for the survival of the industry. But does anyone yawn upon seeing the same things over again? No matter what the objective quality of a show it, it may be undermined simply because the material it used has been borrowed heavily from a previous title. Of course, this depends on whether you like the content presented. One can eat much of one’s favourite pie, after all.
The question is, do you find good shows with heavily recycled material lacklustre or do you pretend that it is a completely original piece to give it fair judgement? Furthermore, is considering whether a show is rehashed a factor to consider when appraising it?
