You did, and some part of me will always love you as a fellow fan for that effort. Trust me, this is a great deal easier to consume than Princess Tutu. Although I love Princess Tutu and will recommend it till my dying breath, I recognize that it is a) weird, b) girly, and c) a ballet. Emma is neither of those.
Emma is...sophisticated. Actually, it's probably the first anime I've ever watched where you could take it word for word and image for image into a live action series and not cut or change anything-- it lacks almost all the anime cliches in visual imagery and word puns. There's no random fanservice, no superdeformed characters, no powerups, no stand offs between two opposing characters, and never once does anyone say "For this I can never forgive you!". All its eyebrow raising moments come from realistically possible events.
Also, I could watch it any day simply for the pointed stares these characters give each other. The looks they pass when their Victorian manners prevent them from speaking... it's wicked and hilarious and not a little intimidating.
DL'ing the first episode. I'll give you a report once I finish it. I still have an unwatched episode of Trinity Blood here, too. :/ Only hear more unimpressive things as people on my FL continue with that one, however. Less incentive to waste my time with it.
I'm desperate to find someone else who's into the Berserk manga. I'm dying inside because I can't discuss it with anybody. Well, it's either that or my writer's block. One of the two.
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timepiececlock) wrote2005-07-26 09:54 pm
Re: *hug back*
Emma is...sophisticated. Actually, it's probably the first anime I've ever watched where you could take it word for word and image for image into a live action series and not cut or change anything-- it lacks almost all the anime cliches in visual imagery and word puns. There's no random fanservice, no superdeformed characters, no powerups, no stand offs between two opposing characters, and never once does anyone say "For this I can never forgive you!". All its eyebrow raising moments come from realistically possible events.
Also, I could watch it any day simply for the pointed stares these characters give each other. The looks they pass when their Victorian manners prevent them from speaking... it's wicked and hilarious and not a little intimidating.
The first episode is up at sneeze.
Re: *hug back*
I'm desperate to find someone else who's into the Berserk manga. I'm dying inside because I can't discuss it with anybody. Well, it's either that or my writer's block. One of the two.