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[puddingcat]

I finished Weiss Kreuz (Kapitel) last night. Wah! Consequently, I've just been out scouring the shops of Stockport for anime. moony, I remember you recommending Cowboy Bebop as a Firefly equivalent, and Inu Yasha, but what else? What was the one where the wonderful bad guy dies?

Anyone else have any suggestions? What I liked about WK was the style of the characters - they were drawn as (admittedly gorgeous) adults, not excessively "cute" kids. Oh, and the uncertain moral standards certainly helped. There's nothing worse than good=beautiful and evil=grotesque to make me lose all interest. Give me good=tortured-angst and evil=just-a-different-point-of-view any day. With good cheekbones.
Largely because of this post, I'm tempted to try Yami No Matsuei. Anyone ever read / seen it?

ETA: Ok; I've now seen episode 1 of YNM. More preferences appear to be: Guns good, cars good, gore & general violence./;;;;lioklllllllllll good, humans (or dead humans) good. Cute animals bad, cute chicken librarians Very Bad, dragons baffling. Cats on keyboards irritating and fuzzy.


A meme from SB:

Fell in love: Probably 18. I think. Not counting animals & Bruce Dickinson.
Lost your virginity: 18 (different person).
Lost someone close to you: 15, Nanny.
Drank alcohol: No idea, though I was given a glass of champagne aged 2 (cousin's 21st), downed it & said "More!".
Smoked weed: 18. I was so good until Uni.
Got your heart broken: 18. See first question. Interestingly, the 2 people who've f*cked me up most are both called David.
Got arrested: Not yet.
Smoked a cigarette: 16.
Broken a bone: 11 - my wrist. I fell off my bike while practising for my Cycling Proficiency Test...
Got cheated on: 18. Not by either of the people in (1) or (2).
Rode the city bus: I suppose since I was tiny, when we went to see Gran in Edinburgh.
Went to a concert: 16. Bruce Dickinson's Tattooed Millionnaire tour, at the London Astoria.
Met someone famous: Heavens, I can't think back past Sunday ;)
Dyed your hair: 15
Got your first cell phone: 21
Got a Myspace: Never.
Snuck out of the house: Um. Never? Snuck *in* several times...
Got your own digital camera: 31
First time you got drunk: 15.
Read Harry Potter: 26
Travelled across the ocean: Never have done.
Wore a toga: I've worn a Greek thingy, when our (all girls) school put on Oedipus Rex. I was Creon.
Shopped at Abercrombie: I'm not a chav.
Went to Disney World: never.
Went on a date: 16. Ick.
Saw a Broadway/West End play: 15 - my birthday present was to see Cats.
How old are you now: 32

Comments

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

Those sound good. I like lots of gore and a high "ew" factor :)

[sogoth.livejournal.com]

I *may* have copies of all those at home. I'll try and remember to have a look tonight. If I do I'll get Claire to post them to you if you want? (Computer watching will be needed)

[sogoth.livejournal.com]

Another series that I love to bits, but may not appeal quite so much, is Naruto. The main characters are kids, but they are training to be Ninjas so there's a lot of fighting and death going on as well as humour.

The Big O is pretty good, though I've only seen a couple of episodes. Big O is pretty much Batman with a big stompy robot rather than a car :)

Some clips/art from each series

[sogoth.livejournal.com]

Gungrave

Hellsing

Trigun

The Big O

Cowboy Bebop

Full Metal Alcheumst

FMA may have a kid as the main character, but it gets pretty sick at times. Children being murdered, kids being mutated into monsters etc. etc.

[sogoth.livejournal.com]

Can't currently find the CDs... but if you're interested we've got a voucher for a free month at Screenselect.co.uk that you're welcome to if you want? They have lots of anime with all the series I"ve mentioned available (in part as none are finished on DVD yet)?
Let me know and I can email you the code :)