Yes, we HAVE been watching anime. We have the ImaginAsian channel now so on Tuesdays we catch some then (and sub-titled-YAY!), and the SciFi channel is showing some on Monday nights.
Most of the ones on Tuesday are not too interesting (saw the end of the Count of Monte Cristo), but we came in on about episode 20 of Kyo Kara Maoh!, which we have found enjoyable. Pretty boys, some humour, some swords and magic - good stuff.
So I was watching the vocal cast listing at the end and I thought I recognized a name. I asked rat if he caught who Guenter was. When he told me, I started laughing. I couldn't help it. The seiyuu who had voiced uber-semes Yuki Eiri (Gravitation) and Kagetsuya (Earthian), who voiced wise men like Hatake Kakashi (Naruto), Oriya Mibu (Yami no Matsuei) and Sôma Hatori (Fruits Basket), was now doing a foof-head, using a high voice. Yes, it was Kazuhiko Inoue, the man who could read the back of a cereal packet to me and make me happy.
Oh, last weekend I saw the very first black and white Astro Boy. I really liked it! I can see now what the book I was reading about the anime was talking about. It was interesting seeing the old-style anime again. The new stuff really spoils us. I thought I had taped it but rat has all the VCRs tied up in a way I cannot simply tape things anymore. We went looking for the old black and whites and rat could not find them, except for something about releasing them soon at an outrageous price. I just wanted the first one to show in my art and anime class next Spring.
I got Ouran High School Host Club DVDs from eBay. I haven't had a chance to watch them yet. I suspect the translations are going to be the usual bad bootleg translations but until it gets licensed, at least now I will have a copy of it where I can turn off the sub-titles.
In dub-land on CN, Bleach is still interesting and I still watch Blood +, though rat is no longer interested in it. And yes, even though the dub sucks, we watch Naruto. rat still watches One Piece - I don't find it interesting anymore.
As to manga, I need to budget some money into getting the rest of the translated Yami no Matsuei (I have 11 of the original 12 Japanese manga and four of the translated) and get number nine of Ouran. Still waiting for the next Fruits Basket. I need to get the rest of Saiyuki Reload, too.
Thanks: --> to Lia, my sensei, who has inspired me to draw again. I
wouldn't be doing this without your support, Domo Arigato!
--> to Talon, for sending me her fabulous fics, inspiring me with her writing to draw my first
illustration for a story and actually liking what I drew.
--> to Dasia, for her words of encouragement when drawing her original chara.
--> to Joules, a wonderful epic fic writer, for liking my art enough to want to post them with Talon's
and her own stories.
--> to Lutra, the other half of the epic team, for being so supportive.
--> to Jacque' & Becca Raddittzu, we met on eBay as bidder and sellers and now we are face-to-face
friends. You showed us the real DBZ with your fansubs. It's all your fault the house is full of
doujinshi! *LOL*
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