Saiyuki is fabulous - I can recommend the art in Wild Adapter (I haven't read it in English yet) and the frustratingly abbreviated Bus Gamer - like most people, I can't decide if the Saiyuki boys have been reincarnated in WA and BG, or if that's just how Minekura draws. (What she does do is have sneaky or silly cross-referencing - in one panel of WA, Hakkai and Kanan can be seen in the background, doing their grocery shopping, and in BG, a character plays a computer version of Saiyuki!)
Have you read anything by Fumi Yoshinaga? She's the author of Antique Bakery, which starts out frothy and sweetly funny (4 misfits running a cakeshop) and turns into something bizarrely darkly psychological. It's only 4 volumes long, and is very sweet yaoi. Her 2 volume work Gerard et Jacques is more explicit, and set in 18th century France, about a pron writer and his reluctant servant.
I know what you mean about WK and YnM being disappointments if found after Saiyuki. YnM is awfully pretty, but I find the swelling music distracting. WK is awfully insane with touches of genius, but the animation leaves a lot to be desired.
And if you're looking for new anime to not cry over, I have about half of Le Chevalier d'Eon (alchemy, gender-bending, general WTF-ery) and a third of Victorian Romance Emma (no magic, just true love not conquering all) uploaded at the moment!
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Date: 2007-02-24 10:30 pm (UTC)Have you read anything by Fumi Yoshinaga? She's the author of Antique Bakery, which starts out frothy and sweetly funny (4 misfits running a cakeshop) and turns into something bizarrely darkly psychological. It's only 4 volumes long, and is very sweet yaoi. Her 2 volume work Gerard et Jacques is more explicit, and set in 18th century France, about a pron writer and his reluctant servant.
I know what you mean about WK and YnM being disappointments if found after Saiyuki. YnM is awfully pretty, but I find the swelling music distracting. WK is awfully insane with touches of genius, but the animation leaves a lot to be desired.
And if you're looking for new anime to not cry over, I have about half of Le Chevalier d'Eon (alchemy, gender-bending, general WTF-ery) and a third of Victorian Romance Emma (no magic, just true love not conquering all) uploaded at the moment!