Current anime/animation experiences

[amanuensis1]

I have given Fullmetal Alchemist (the original series) three episodes, and that's one more than I gave Bleach, and it doesn't have me, so, I'm stopping. I will give the new version of the series a try.

And I had thought 07 Ghost had me with the first episode--military-in-training BFF boys! Lost amnesiac royalty! He-killed-my-dad revelations!--but then episode two changed the setting and started inserting the supernatural stuff in handfuls, and that's a story I no longer care about so much.

Who was it who asked me to check out Soul Eater? I watched the first episode. It's cute and well-done! But it's not dark enough to hold me. (No, I can't explain why something needs to be "dark enough" and yet I can't get enough of Chi's Sweet Home/Chi's New Address. The rest of you are free to tell me why.)

Those of you gleeful that I'm watching Avatar, I've finished the first season and am squee-dancing as I wait for more discs to arrive. It's wonderful.

Back to mainlining Hikaru no Go. I've read the manga and am reliving the joy and tears all over again now that I'm watching the anime. (The manga's so huge I can't even remember how some of this s**t goes down and I'm on the edge of my seat every episode. That's a series.)

Comments

[noveltynovelist.livejournal.com]

I've never read nor watched Bleach but it terrifies me that something could have like, what, 300+ episodes of mostly fillers?

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Hee, I suppose when a series gets that big fillers have to be expected. Somewhere in my heart I'm sure the size of the series intimidates me.

[gnomeyhead.livejournal.com]

lol Sounds like Inuyasha.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I love the fox-guy in Inuyasha! It's just a little too light for me, though.

[masakochan.livejournal.com]

The manga goes sooo much faster (and there's no filler :D), even though there's like... 362/363 chapters now.