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britannicamoore
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...dear God that scares me. I'm sorry you found that in your drink.
and believe me- i've met heartless girls like Sae. I don't know if they don wigs- but they have been known to steal others boyfriends, get them drunk and mak out with them, or simply have a one night stand with their best friends bf. i think that's the only reason I haven't been able to bring myself to buy peach Girl- it'd remind me too much of those girls. So the High school drama. ....and I loved Boston Public until they took my favorite teacher off. the one who got stabbed in his classroom? *sigh* memories... ...Space Pirate Mito. I had a sampler disc of it...I think it was like the frist four episodes...and I enjoyed it. but not enough to purcahse it. But its a nice reminder- maybe someday i'll grab it. A pair of Queens looks...well. I don't think i'd like it. ...as for the shelf- Where did you get that Axel plushie? And the Spiral poster? As for the manga...awesome! I think theres about five seris there I don't own- but i've got others in their place. i wish I could get it all together though. *fumes* Awesome colmun! Go to a different starbucks from now on. |
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sabriyahm
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Glad to see Saiunkoku getting the love it deserves. A lot of people do compare it to Fushi Yugi. I don't think there similar at all. But this is mainly because I HATED FY and never made it past the second disc. Saiunkoku on the other hand has just the sort of female lead I look for in anime. The show getting licensed singlehanded restored my faith in the chances of josei shows. Everyone go buy it so they will license season 2
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Buster Blader 126
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Oh, I see. Damn, that's definitely a predicament for me. I'm not one who'd like to throw away the DVD cases either, yet I generally like to keep the series I collect in a box. Better think this one through carefully. Thanks for the explanation. |
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ANN_Bamboo
ANN Contributor
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Totally tangential... for anyone who's heard the full version of the Saiunkoku opening theme, "Hajimari no Kaze," do you think the instrumental bridge sounds like Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time?"
Every time I listen to the song, I want to start singing Cyndi Lauper. |
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Hika Yagami
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[quote="domino"]Saiunkoku is indeed an amazing series, but are the quality issues I hear about true?
I heard they got Shuurei's name wrong... (used the Chinese reading of her name instead of the Japanese reading? I never expected a big DVD company to make a bootleg-level blunder...... ) I'm not a big fan of the DVD box, either. Seems a bit plain for a series that carries the meaning "many colors" in its title, no?[/quote] They probably did it so that her last name won't be confused with the Yellow clan's name(since both the Red and Yellow clan are both called "Kou" in the Japanese version). I can't wait until I get my copy! |
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Futagi
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I'm going to have to try this Sauinkoku series now, seeing as how Fushigi Yuugi was a stepping stone for cementing my love of anime as well. At least on the surface they seem to have a lot in common: beautiful art, set in China, girl surrounded by a bunch of hot guys, Midorikawa Hikaru and Seki Tomokazu both cast in major roles.
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domino
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Somehow their explanation of why they changed Shuurei's name makes me only more displeased. Seems like one of those "we tried to make this less confusing but only ended up making it more confusing" bits. A simple translation note would've saved them the trouble of having viewers scratching their heads when they hear "Kou" but read "Hong". Or if they were going to change a character's name to make the names less similar, why change the main character's name instead of the more minor character's? And they changed Shuurei's name to something that means "yellow", when the character's names are supposed to be the other way around... (Shuurei's "kou" is crimson, while the other "kou" is yellow.... yet they changed Shuurei's name to be "yellow" and not the other way around?!). And one look at Shuurei's clothes made her "crimson" name all the more significant... Though I'm upset over it, Saiunkoku is still definitely on my "must buy" list. |
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Richard J.
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It was easier with R.O.D. the TV, because that particular toss-the-single-cases art box was so perfect for the series. I mean, it was like a real book! I'm just not sure I want to not have that first volume cover though. It may be very pink, but it's so awesome! 
I think Peach Girl is about the only true shoujo I've got. (Unless Diamond Daydreams is shoujo. I love that series.) Going back to Saiunkoku, I'm not really bothered by the name change. I think the explanation is reasonable if not necessarily needed and I doubt it will impact the story negatively. (Of all the blind buys on my current list, this is one of only two with a "Will Buy" next to them. The other is Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha is anyone cares. I've heard and read good things about this one and anything magical girl is good in my book.) |
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Jamee
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This week's Shelf Obsessed is impressive. I too love those big phonebook mangas straight from Japan. I just wish we could see the doujinshi titles he has. I also collect doujinshi, and have about 125 to date, all either Naruto or by the circle Strawberry Lunch (Arina Tanemura's assistants make up that circle).
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LadyCels
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I got the Axel plushie at this year's Connecticon. They also had a Roxas plushie. The Spiral Poster was from a Japanese magazine, gotten at the Japanese bookstore in Rockefeller center. I feel ecstatic that I made shelf-obsessed, but there is one thing I feel I should correct. I'm a girl. Not a guy. ^^; |
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LadyCels
Posts: 2 Location: CT, soon to be NY |
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"She" has. Most of my DJ's are yaoi (Naruto and Full metal Alchemist leading the pack.) I've also got a few gag doujinshi from Shaman King/Matantei Loki Ragnarok/D. Gray-man. A few doujinshi magazines are also in there. (somewhere )
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Ryllharu
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I have mixed feelings about Saiunkoku. The series starts out fantastically strong, and hooks you in. But then it seems to lose direction and falter. To me, it lost a lot of the potential it had.
If you are familiar with korean manwha, Goong is a series that had a similar premise to the beginning of Saiunkoku (though set in modern day, alternate reality unified-Korea), but took it in an appropriate direction, ensuring that who you know the main character is, stays the focus of the series. Don't get me wrong, it's definitely has great start, but you may have to put some effort in to stick with it. |
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Dargonxtc
 Posts: 4463 Location: Nc5xd7+ スターダストの海洋 |
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 Sad we will never see it.
As far as the whole big enough a man to watch X and Y. I think that it can get a bit silly. I mean you like a show you like a show. I know when I watch shows I try to erase all preconceived classifications that are associated with it. It is hard to like a show when you are thinking "this is aimed at girls, I shouldn't be liking it so much", or "this show is for boys I must like it". Stuff like that. Don't get me wrong I get what everyone is saying, but I think it is silly to take such notions with anymore than grain of salt. It doesn't make you anymore a man or a woman to just like what you like. Ask any Bleach fangirl. Or even better a DBZ fangirl. More on the box: I don't know, I mean everyone says it is plain. But the way I am looking at it, it seems like that ribbon will be facing the outside, so that should look pretty good and different on the shelf I would think. |
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cherry_blossom
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Wow. I daresay, your pube in the iced tea tale is worse than the time I was eating in the mall and found a cockroach crawling around in my half-eaten pita from Wendy's! ::shudder:: I feel your pain
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Redbeard 101
Oscar the Grouch
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I have watched Hello Kitty actually. Would you consider Fushigi Yugi, Loveless, and Gravitation shojo? If so seen em all. Own Loveless actually. While not really shojo, I don't think, I do also have Mirage of Blaze and Descendants of Darkness. |
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