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Saturday, August 23, 2008

   Actually going to talk about anime today
One of my favorite anime series is Full Metal Panic & Full Metal Panic TSR. I found out about a very amusing fan service in FMP TSR. In the episode where Sousuke goes to a salon for a harcut, when they cut to the street scene after he atacks the hairdresser, they have Light and Misa from Death Note on the street. Immediately after - L rides by on a bicycle. Quite amusing.

I once again found out that memory is fluid and not static. I have watched the FMP series multiple times. I should know it pretty well by now. Unfortunatley, I have also read the manga and the first 3 novels multiple times each. There are minor differences, but apparently some of those differences get blurred with the anime. For example, in the giant AS episodes, they hide out at a neighboring high school and get the assistance of a janitor there. Well, that is how thought I remembered it from the anime. Turns out, in the anime they were at their own high school & there was no janitor. I could have sworn I saw it, but apparently, it was one of the times where my imagination stood up to the challenge and made a pretty good image from reading the novels & basically overwrote the original memory from the anime series. Weird, but interesting.

Another animated series I enjoy is Avatar on Nick. Or more appropriately, I should say that I enjoyed. They had the series finale this summer with a 2 hour special (ok - 4 1/2 hour episodes shown back to back). I think it was a very suitable climactic battle. I have the first 2 seasons on DVD already & the 3rd is due out in Septmeber. I would prefer if the box set was a little cheaper though. $60 for a season is a little high for just over 20 1/2 hour episodes. I prefer my animation to cost less that $2 per episode. Not sure why, I just kind of came up with that figure & it seems reasonable to me.

ok - That's it for today. Take care everyone.

-bunraku
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