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Anime News Nina! - 2009-06-03

Rastage wrote:

walw6pK4Alo wrote: Just as a comment on Fushugi Yuugi, does it ever get good? I'm borrowing the DVDs from my friend, who could only make it halfway through before giving up, and it seems pretty bad. I finished the first seven episodes. It's generic shoujo, there's no comedy, the lead is irritating in both languages, less on the dub because the voice is slightly deeper. On top of that, the art is terrible; backgrounds = what? Why does everyone love it so much? Are people who like all like the girl using Kevin, insane? Do you realize that Fushiugi Yuugi came out in 1995? It was a instant hit as a shojo anime back then. Of course it looks bad when it's compared to many animes being produced nowadays.

I've still seen plenty of anime from that era that have decent animation and are of comparable length, I wasn't comparing it to shows today. It might also be somewhat due to Geneon cramming 6-7 episodes on a disc.

Teriyaki Terrier wrote:

Rastage wrote: Emma Iveli wrote: Okay in my 2nd novel, I have this nerdy character who also happens to be named Kevin (purely consindental), anyways he's a total nerd who gets teased in the story who decides to seek revenge against those that harmed him by joining Damien the villain(so he's an antagonist for much of the novel)... any ways, he's 16 and yet he has not reached prubity so he had the psyiyic of a 12 year old... So I think it's safe to say... that Kevin is more patheic than my Kevin... sad... Side note to this: Kevin's love interest (who was introuded in my frist novel) happens to be named Nina... I wasn't think about the comic strip when I came up with the names, it just happened that way (and I came up with the names when the comic was new so it didn't matter) ehhh.. what? Just some weboo who made a fanfiction with the names of Anime News characters.

No it's not a fanfic, I am a fanfic writer, it's not an Anime News Nina fic but rather an actual novel I'm writing with the same names.... I was jut pointing out the fact that Kevin is more pathetic than the 16 year old who has yet to go thorough prubity who also happens to be named Kevin.

Thought I shouldn't have brought up Nina from my novel (who happens to be the complete opposite of Nina from the comic)

Can't help but think that the artist being asked to look at Kevin's non-existent chest is Robin's cameo appearance into her own comic.

Perhaps ironically, Fushigi Yuugi is one of my all-time favorite shows, but I can recognize why it wouldn't be looked well upon now. I was in middle school when I first watched it (on VHS fansubs!)- I had certainly NEVER seen anything like it before, and despite watching anime for a number of years already, this was the first show that REALLY got me super addicted. That said, I recently bought the DVDs and rewatched the first few episodes- it's a lot rougher and more low-budget than I remember, but it's not the worst looking show for its time (ever try to rewatch Trigun? That came out years later, but MY GOD). But yeah, I think this was one of the first shojo fantasy series (and a LONG series at that, so I give the low budget some slack) that a lot of American fans from VHS days saw, so at the time it did seem pretty original.

I also still really like all the characters as well, except for Miaka and Yui.

Emma Iveli wrote:

Teriyaki Terrier wrote: Rastage wrote: Emma Iveli wrote: Okay in my 2nd novel, I have this nerdy character who also happens to be named Kevin (purely consindental), anyways he's a total nerd who gets teased in the story who decides to seek revenge against those that harmed him by joining Damien the villain(so he's an antagonist for much of the novel)... any ways, he's 16 and yet he has not reached prubity so he had the psyiyic of a 12 year old... So I think it's safe to say... that Kevin is more patheic than my Kevin... sad... Side note to this: Kevin's love interest (who was introuded in my frist novel) happens to be named Nina... I wasn't think about the comic strip when I came up with the names, it just happened that way (and I came up with the names when the comic was new so it didn't matter) ehhh.. what? Just some weboo who made a fanfiction with the names of Anime News characters. No it's not a fanfic, I am a fanfic writer, it's not an Anime News Nina fic but rather an actual novel I'm writing with the same names.... I was jut pointing out the fact that Kevin is more pathetic than the 16 year old who has yet to go thorough prubity who also happens to be named Kevin. Thought I shouldn't have brought up Nina from my novel (who happens to be the complete opposite of Nina from the comic)

Your actually serious? One would be surprized on how many people claim to be writing something and there is no evidence of it. Sorry about that, jumped the gun this time.

That's okay... a lot of people say they're working on novels... but rarely ever really work on them.

I'm half way done with the current draft of Guardians of Darkness (the 2nd Novel), I plan to look for a publisher when I'm done with the final draft.

Did someone say their novel is called Guardians of Darkness? No offense, but it sound an awful lot like Descendants of Darkness, the anime and manga by Yoko Matsushita.

c'mon people, if crazygirl can overlook Kev's flaws, maybe he can overlook hers... assuming he ever comes out of that coma... maybe he's forgotten to eat. So I wonder what the rest of her harem thinks... can't wait to see the sparks with Paolla, 'because you just have to know there will be some

and what will happen when Paolla meets eyes with one other guy in her harem, and the heavens open and cherubs descend playing violins? Methinks an opponent has appeared...