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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

[daegaer.livejournal.com]

You should absolutely watch Yami no Matsuei. The anime is beautiful (the manga is far less so), the storyline is good, there's more (fully deserved) angst than even the Weiss boys could handle and everyone is gay. Gay as in gay dead detectives.

[strangefrontier.livejournal.com]

I second this! Most fervently!

I would normally have more recs, but half of my anime collection is in Kent and the other half is on loan to my cousin. Um, the first things that come to mind are Witch Hunter Robin, Serial Experiments Lain, Paranoia Agent and GetBackers.

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

Ah - I found Witch Hunter Robin (vol 5) in HMV and thought it looked good. I think YouTube is going to become my Very Good Friend :)

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

I've just found Episode 1 on YouTube. The chicken thing pisses me off, as does the change to kiddie-style when Tsuzuki gets embarrassed, and I don't know enough about Japanese mythology to appreciate the supernatural side of things - but otherwise, it does look promising :)

(p.s. It was Gluhen episodes 5,6,7,12 and 13 that wouldn't download from YSI for me, if you really don't mind trying again. Thanks!)

More on Gluhen...

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

I've just found episodes 12 & 13! *glares at PC*

But I'd still really appreciate eps 5-7, if it's no bother? Thanks :)

Re: More on Gluhen...

[daegaer.livejournal.com]

Certainly! I can do that next week (but you should probably bug me).