Saturday Anime on AS - Paranoia Agent #1

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Trying to decide whether I want to watch the dub for Scryed. I could only stand about 8 or 9ish episodes of the sub before I quit in disgust and frustration. Hm... I might watch it just to see who the VAs are. Sort of sadistic curiosity.


Inuyasha

Ooooh. This ending theme song is really pretty. Anyone have it?

Is Jakotsu's VA the same as Envy? I was hoping for more of a guy's voice, based on what little I knew of the character.

Koga twisting that evil guy's head around was pretty cool though.

This is the first episode of IY that I've watched in a while, and I enjoyed it. Though I do feel like I missed out on everything with this Ayame character. Still, maybe it's time I started watching IY regularly again.


Samurai Champloo

What's up with giant animatronic crab on the building? Isn't this like the early 1800s or something?

Heh. Jin is *such* a bleeding heart. Love him.

The little boy's voice is older sounding than I expected.

The dub for this show is getting better with every episode. I'm enjoying the translation for Mugen's dialogue especially--- his diction is anachronistic but appropriate.

But there's a lot more to come that could be either very good or very bad. Like the rap. And the tagging. And the fake-Christians. And the ninja baseball. And the Engrish.

Jin is pretty. As a man and a woman. Though he shouldn't quit his day job (what day job?) to be any sort of musician.


Paranoia Agent

"You know, we're living in the 21st century. Let's investigate this scientifically. Let's bet if it's real or phony. Loser buys dinner."

Betting on a meal. How modern and scientific.

The younger cop oddly reminds me of Detective Bayliss from Homicide: Life On The Street.

This show is weird. Like Azumanga Daioh meets Serial Experiments Lain. The happy/pretty/bizarre opening and closing credits just add to the weirdness.

I think I've solved the mystery identity of Little Slugger: obviously he is Naota Nandaba, spiralling into a depressive cycle of violence and insanity after being dumped by PsychoAlienWoman Haruko at the end of FLCL. There. Problem solved. IRON OUT THE WRINKLES IN THE WORLD! AND THE WRINKLES ON YOUR BRAIN!

Scryed

Steven Blum *again*? Jeez. That's lame. Man needs a different acting job. Or a way to vary his voice acting a bit.

The only thing I liked about this show after a while was the Guy With The Jeep.

Ugh. Too bad Guy With The Jeep's voice kinda sucks in English.


FLCL
I never noticed it before, but in the first episode Naota's dad calls him "Naota-kun" at one point. That's cool. I don't think I've ever heard them use honorifics in dubs before. I wonder why I didn't notice it last time I watched? Maybe I'm just so used to hearing "-kun" pronounced in fansubs that my ears just absorb it without thinking.

Comments

[bulletsofjackal.livejournal.com]

Inuyasha was always like bad crack to me. I know it's horrible, but I can't tear myself away from it. And Ayame is this wolf chick who had it going on for Koga because he saved her once when she was a kid and swore to marry her. And now he's all over Kagome and forgot ALL about that promise to Ayame and Ayame's jealous and very much dislikes Kagome, but Kagome is so obiviously Inuyasha's girl and...I need to stop. I'm scaring myself. *shakes head*

Samurai Champloo rocks it hardcore. I love Jin like whoa. He's awesome. And when a man can crossdress and not feel stupid, he must be worshipped, lol. He's so pretty.

As for Paranoia Agent. The opening theme is disturbing. The end theme was annoying on that game music level. And I whole-heartedly agree about the golden baseball bat kid. He had to compensate for the missing bass with a bat.

Oh, and I'm half-paying attention to S-CRY-ed right now. The kid with the reddish brown hair, his VA is the same as Spike's and Mugen's and Darcia's and just about every other male anime character on AS. No surprise really, but it's so not fitting.

[donna-c-punk.livejournal.com]

The opening theme is disturbing.

I need to repost the lyrics for it. It's about nuclear bombs dropping and that whole feeling of living in the nuclear age. Very fitting for the series.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Really? That's whacked. I'd love to see the lyrics.

[donna-c-punk.livejournal.com]

That's how I understood it, anyway. I'm not exactly known for successfully pinning down the meaning behind songs.

I'll hunt up the lyrics later on today. My head's about to explode - physically and mentally.