anime update
Jun. 17th, 2007 07:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
timepiececlockAn uncommon amount of computer time today has meant I get to do pointless but fun things I haven't done in ages-- like browse anime titles. It's been so long since those days, back in my latter years of high school, when I could spout out the top 30 popular anime titles on the internet and give my opinions on the first couple episodes of each one, and which I planned to finish. I've been a loyal but tangential anime fan for the last couple years-- still watching it obsessively, but only checking out titles that are highly recommended or that have summaries that grab my attention.
Three that I found today that grabbed my attention:
Les Mesirables Shoujo Cossette - an anime about the Hugo novel. AN ANIME ABOUT THE HUGO NOVEL. I'm positively delighted by this, even though I know that the story will be considerably different, and focused on Cossette instead of Valjean. Still! The geek in me crows at the news. I just regret that it's been so long since I read the book, or for that matter watched the film or musical. I've forgotten at lot. I'm not sure why I'm surprised that they'd make an anime out of this-- the story is certainly long and complicated enough to make an appealing anime plotline. And anime most definitely has and will continue to lift classic stories and warp them into new and bizarre interpretations. I just wouldn't have thought they'd pick this story, and then for that matter age it down. I hope the storyline continues past Cossette's childhood, as the later years of the storyline were the most interesting.
El Cazador de la Bruja - It's set in Mexico. I *have* to see this, if only to see the Japanese take on Mexican culture. I also enjoy anime series that branch into different cultures for settings; the regular nation-hopping was one of the things that kept me watching Blood+ as long as I did (still never finished it.)
Romeo x Juliet - It sounds wacked out, fun, and melodramatic. Shakespeare on angel-dust, with a futuristic-fantasy setting. Of course I'll have to watch, whether to worship it or to ridicule it. Who doesn't love ripping apart a bad interpretation of R&J?
Three that I found today that grabbed my attention:
Les Mesirables Shoujo Cossette - an anime about the Hugo novel. AN ANIME ABOUT THE HUGO NOVEL. I'm positively delighted by this, even though I know that the story will be considerably different, and focused on Cossette instead of Valjean. Still! The geek in me crows at the news. I just regret that it's been so long since I read the book, or for that matter watched the film or musical. I've forgotten at lot. I'm not sure why I'm surprised that they'd make an anime out of this-- the story is certainly long and complicated enough to make an appealing anime plotline. And anime most definitely has and will continue to lift classic stories and warp them into new and bizarre interpretations. I just wouldn't have thought they'd pick this story, and then for that matter age it down. I hope the storyline continues past Cossette's childhood, as the later years of the storyline were the most interesting.
El Cazador de la Bruja - It's set in Mexico. I *have* to see this, if only to see the Japanese take on Mexican culture. I also enjoy anime series that branch into different cultures for settings; the regular nation-hopping was one of the things that kept me watching Blood+ as long as I did (still never finished it.)
Romeo x Juliet - It sounds wacked out, fun, and melodramatic. Shakespeare on angel-dust, with a futuristic-fantasy setting. Of course I'll have to watch, whether to worship it or to ridicule it. Who doesn't love ripping apart a bad interpretation of R&J?
