• 11Jun 08

  Elven Lied *spoilers*

  ~Elven Lied~
  
  
  Kind of short, I finished it in about a day. And by "finish" I mean it said the end, it obviously isn't over cuz they left so damn much unanswered and unresolved. I mean I don't mean to sound so harsh, but what the hell was resolved? The research lab is still up and going with AT LEAST 31 more little girls with horns being tortured in the name of science (unless some of them are already dead) and the diclonius dude who owned the lab and wants to kill off humanity is still alive. Not to mention we don't know who the girl standing at the gate of the hotel was and there's still some random chick who got infected out there. (the one Lucy infected while she was wandering about.)
  
  Now I know that leaving a story open ended for interpretation is awesome sometimes (Shadow of the Colossus FTW) but there's a bit of a difference between open for interpretation and leaving loose ends. If I'm missing something and there is a couple of clues that lead to a possible answer to those things then please tell me them.
  
  However, I know it's not quite over, there's always the manga. However, I'm worried about what if there's other differences. See, they left a bunch of loose ends, but what they DID end I really liked. I liked that Nana and Mayu were able to live peacefully (they deserved it) and I really like the whole thing with Kurama and his daughter Mariko (#35). Actually that probably was my favorite part, I gots teary at it.>.> And I accidentally caught a bit of the Wikipedia article and that's not how it turns out.
  
  Plus another thing I liked about it was the **** That amount of explicit nudity and gore is often looked down upon but I think they pulled it off in a very artistic manner. I mean sure some of the nudity was just fanservice but most of it was just supposed to make you feel utter pity and had nothing to do with getting boners. (unless of course you're sick you sick sicko) And well, I guess I should judge a book by it's cover but...
  
  
  
  Just looking at this I kind of get the feeling that I'm not going to have the same respect when they have lots of nudity.>.> I just can't take boobs that large seriously. In the show they didn't make it all about their boobs, they were just naked for some sad reason. (once again, minus the fanservice.)
  
  So I don't know, the manga seams like a bad idea at first glance, but I just need more depth. There weren't any major twists that made me gasp, it didn't really end and I just didn't have much to think about when it ended. It just seamed like it had all the potential in the world and was just kind of shallow IMO. I think part of it is my fault though, I have a feeling I emotionally blocked it out. I watched it fully intending to be depressed for a week. And it delivered, I really should of cried, but I didn't. I don't know why, but it didn't hit me as hard as it should of.
  
  The exception is Kurama though, (guy with glasses) it seams like everything around him delivered. The three saddest things were the whole situation with Nana in ep 2-5 (I think), the part when his wife came into the room bleeding all over the place begging him to let her kid (#35) live, and the last part with him and #35 which started out sad then turned out sweet and sad. Also the one thing I latter went "oh that's why" while thinking back on things was the reason why Lucy didn't kill him. Seriously, it's like all the best parts had something to do with him.
  
  Meh, I feel kind of like this is a random rant. Main question, do you think the manga is worth it or will it kill what little I have with the show?
  
  PS: Is this a common theme in animes or did I just get lucky? It starts with some guy finding a naked girl and bringing her home to find out that she has no intelligence about anything. Latter you find out she's actually something quite big that can cause a crap load of problems so some people are hunting her down. She also has a second personality that knows what's going on and is thought to be evil at some point. I've only seen two animes, Chobits and Elven Lied. That fits them both.
  • Posted Jun 11, 2008 2:33 am GMT
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• 6Jun 08

  Finished watching Chobits. (My first anime^-^)

  Ok, so I actually finished watching it a few days ago. I've only gotten around to making a blog about it now though....
  
  ~Chobits~
  
  
  I thought it was an amazing show and really liked it.^-^ It was dramatic yet not too stressful, I wasn't biting my nails though half the series over some **** that just never stops. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, (or that I wasn't biting my nails at some points of Chobits) but not having it made it more, I don't know, relaxing. Everything played out really nicely over all, but there's still a bunch of things I don't know. This isn't the last of it I'll be seeing that's for sure.
  
  It was definitely aimed mostly for girls though, shōjo by far. But you know what, I'd take that over the plan action and little to no emotions of shōnen any day. (Not saying all of shōnen is like that, I'm saying things like Chobits >>> things like Naruto.) Especially the not-so-subtle message of "you can't let anyone into you (data base) except for the one just for you." Being even more obvious with the fact that the switch only "the person just for her" is allowed to touch is located at the same place it is with real girls. Not that I minded at all, it's cool.
  
  But, I have to admit this, I watch it on YouTube. Yea I know you're not supposed to, but I'm new to this anime stuff and just wanted to try it out. I still want to buy it though, I want to re watch it in a better quality and without having to switch to dubs cuz the person forgot to upload that portion of the episode. (I don't hate dubs that much I just prefer subs.) So question, can I get it with subs only at some place like Best Buy? Cuz right now I'm in no position to buy anything online (long story) and I want to pay for this, it's worth it.
  
  There's another thing I'm excited about, this means my sense for knowing when a game is good carries over to anime. I'm sure a lot of you know what I'm talking about, after playing video games all your life you sometimes look at small bits of one and know that it's awesome and kind of why. I only saw pics of Chobits and an AMV and I knew it was going to be awesome. I don't mean to brag or anything but I was totally right. This makes me even more intrigued about Elven Lied, that's something I've been curious about for years, before I even cared about anime. (And yes, I know it's the opposite of Chobits don't worry.)
  
  Ack, long blog again. Thx to anyone who actually read the whole thing. And if you didn't that's cool, but if you know rather or not I can buy Chobits in Jap with Eng subs from a place like Bets Buy can you tell me plz?
  • Posted Jun 6, 2008 5:29 pm GMT
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• 30May 08

  I have anime burned into my retinas... and Chii is cute.^-^

  I knew this would happen, I saw it coming a mile away. I knew if I hit a really good search of anime pics I'd keep looking until I fried my brain. Whenever I close my eyes I see anime. Ok, background time...
  
  For those of you who don't know, (If there's any of you left) I really like the art style of anime / manga. I enjoy doing a search for random pics cuz I just like to look at it. (No, I don't actually watch or read any.) I always make things a bit specific though, like I'll Google search "manga red hair" then "manga blond hair" just so I hit a bunch of random crap too. That way I get a few neat anime pics along with a dog names Ben, a lawnmower, fat chicks in bikinis, (ewwww) swords and a bunch of other stuff that doesn't make sense. This is because I knew if I did a search that got all neat anime it would be too much of a good thing. I'd probably skip some small things and never want to stop searching.
  
  Yesterday I decided to see what kind of anime stuff was on Photobucket. So I went to "find stuff" searched for anime (or something like that I don't remember.) and BAMN, I got lots and lots and lots and lots of anime. Every page had a couple things worth saving and many things worth looking at. Some of them even had neat slide shows that lead to someone's profile that had even more stuff. I just kept going and going. (here's a link in case anyone wants to look around to. But be warned you can and will come across some crap.)
  
  Instead of telling you all the things I looked at and the over 100 pics I saved, I'll just tell you that I didn't go to bed last night. (I peeked back here every once in a while though.) Every time I wanted to stop I just clicked one more page and then like a fat kid with skittles I went from one more to shoving hand fulls in my mouth.
  
  (completely random note: The power went out for a second while I was typing this. Point one for laptops.)
  
  It was also fun because I just got this new FF add on called fire gestures or something. It made things so much smoother. I'd just make a line up to open a pic in a new tab and make a little circle to save a pic.
  
  But in the end, I think it was so worth it. I looooooove the art style of anime.^-^ Probably a couple dozen skips away from normal. I don't even know why I like it so much it just clicks with me and I enjoyed every bit of it. (except for that section with the chicks who's boobs were like garbage bags full of pudding. I hate that kind of crap. ) There's still more pages and profiles I haven't even looked at that I'm saving for latter. I'll probably save it for much latter though, for now I'm just going to enjoy my ever changing desktop which just doubled it's variety. Maybe today I'll actually draw something instead of just think about it.
  
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  I was meaning to make a blog about this before, but I think I'll just bulk it in with this one. I have realized that Chii is by far the prettiest anime character I have ever seen....
  
  
  
  EEEEEEEE!^-^ She's like a perfect combo of mythical beauty and adorable cuteness with a hint of sexiness just to spice things up. I also love it how nothing about her is over exaggerated. (at least as far as anime goes.) No over sized or misshaped boobs, no twig like arms / legs. She's drawn to be beautiful in many ways women really are. (I know there's ways to argue against that but just try to understand.) She's usually in a very graceful pose too, she doesn't sit like a slut or anything. I could go on for a while talking about her but I think I'll stop.
  
  I'm thinking of watching the show Chobits, I kind of know the plot thanks to a random AMV I watched. Lawl, I was like "WHAAA?!" when I saw it. Cuz from her pics I assumed she was like some uber respected elvin princess or something.O_o (minus the elf part, you know what I meant.) I think I heard somewhere that t was a romantic comedy right? I haven't watched an anime series before so I want to start with something that isn't going to make me puke blood with stress and have to watch the next one. (like Elven Lied which I'm also curious about.) I mean I don't want it to be void of any plot I just want to be able to watch one and do something else if I feel like it.
  
  I still find it hard to believe what she is. She's like... mechanical and only says Chii right? (not saying there's anything wrong with that, it's cute.) Cuz from all of her pics she seams like the princess of some magical land or something... Well, all but this one, this doesn't seam very princess like.....
  
  
  
  PS: I know long blog is very long and you've already wasted a bunch of your time if you actually read the whole thing but I just want to add a side note. Yesterday was the first time I got kind of tipsy from drinking beer. It wasn't much, I just semi chugged two bottles and got kind of light headed and giddy. So yea, killing a few brain cells then staying up the whole night, my brain must worksing great now be yes. So yea, if I seam a bit odd there's a reason.
  
  ADDED NOTE: I'm not looking for THAT kind of anime btw.O_o This is just normal stuff, no hentai or anything like that.
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