Forum - View topicNEWS: Girl Who Leapt Through Time Staff's New Work in August
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Andrew Cunningham
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Oda Hideji's book A Patch of Dreams had been translated into English by Ponet Mon.
He's one of the best, but reeeeeeeeeally slow. It takes him years to do a single volume. |
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CloverKuroba
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This just makes me want to see Miyori no mori more. The Girl who Leapt through time is a excellent movie, I'm sure the staff will be able to work their magic here too.
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HellKorn
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It was one of the more unique manga released last year in English (which is both saying a lot and not much at all considering a lot of good stuff came out in '06... but at the same time this is still North America). A lot of the musings in A Patch of Dreams felt... I dunno, forced, but I still liked it. Hideji stated at the back that you could read the manga without having any knowledge of Coo's World, but I think it would've helped with knowledge of it. For that one I'm just waiting for the "usual means" to finish the second volume so I can check it out. (Or perhaps Ponent Mon/Fanfare can bring it over?) I suppose I'll look forward to Miyori's Forest. Hideji seems to be a writer capable of putting together a pretty interesting fantastical setting; not quite on Daisuke Igarashi's level, yet still fascinating. As it's getting a pretty high budget, I'd hope that his art makes a good transfer to animation. That the screenwriter behind The Girl Who Leapt Through Time -- right now my second favorite anime film -- is on board hopefully sweetens the deal. |
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Andrew Cunningham
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Reading the two Coo's World volumes definitely helped with A Patch of Dreams.
I did find Miyori no Mori to be easily his best work, though. Igarashi I must read more of - I really liked Sora Tobi Tamashii, but have yet to read anything else by him. Based on that, I'd say he's a lot more disconnected, narratively weaker than Oda. Favors surrealism over the themes the fantasy world supports. Which has never been a bad thing in my book... |
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HellKorn
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Is Miyori's Forest a sort of sequel/prequel to either? My memory is piss-poor so I don't remember if the main character of A Patch of Dreams is named Miyori.
I'd suggest Witches in a heartbeat. It's easily one of my favorite manga. The first volume hosts some interesting takes on different cultures with magic but things really explode into something wonderful volume two, particularly with the first story. His two-page spreads are spellbinding. Hanashippanashi, another collection of shorts by Igarashi, I haven't read. From what Kagemusha has told me, though, it's nowhere near as great as Witches but it's still good. He also has another series that came out recently whose title escapes me... might be the one that you've read, might not. |
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Andrew Cunningham
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No connection. I think he is working on a sequel to it now, though. I have the first volume of Witches on my to read pile. Will have to find time for it soon. Sora Tobi Tamashii is his first book, a collection of his early short stories. |
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GATSU
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That pic makes me think of a moe version of Mushishi.
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Kagemusha
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No one is on Igarashi's level when it comes to that; I'm convinced the guy is some kind of mad hermit in the mountains of Japan, growing his own food and various "other" crops (he did do that manga devoted completely to farming). I second the Witches recommendation, though I think that the first volume is very nearly as good as the second (I particularly liked the ideas about the life/death of different cultures in the first story, and the insane final panel of the second). But the final volume of the series really is something else. The first story is CRAZY epic, but I think the real highlight is the serene, lyrical second tale. As for Hanashippanashi, is basically a collection of very-short stories, usually around 10 pages. He isn't an author like Nananan Kiriko who can really inject substance into such a short number of pages, but they make up for it in trippyness. But Oda is a fine author, and I've heard nothing but great things about The Girl... (I really need to stop being lazy and watch it), so I'm looking forward to this. Should be fascinating if nothing else.
 I guess the real surprise is that someone hasn't already done it...
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Andrew Cunningham
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Isn't that called Mokke? Oda is about as far from moe as possible. |
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