Sunday, June 4, 2006

Reccomendations...
Okay, so I have maybe 5 new animes and one manga to recommend to you people looking for new stuff this summer. I've personally seen at least one episode of each of these (and in a few cases, own some of it)and I can promise they're good. Just a warning, a lot of them are yaoi. Sorry! ^_^ It's a lovely addiction if you find good stuff.
DVD 1: Sukisyo! (Suki wa mono wa suki dakara shoganai!) is a cute series that lives up to it's name: I like what I like, so there! You can buy all three DVDs from rightstuf.com, but I have to warn you, it can get somewhat graphic (as in you can tell what's going on but they don't show it happening well) and it's only in subtitles but that doesn't make it a bad series. One of my friends doesn't care for subtitle, and she borrowed the whole series and loved it. The extras are original music videos (Matsuri's is hilarious, fyi!) and voice actor commentary, and the story caught me from episode one. Sora fell from the fourth story of his school and survived, but he doesn't remember a thing, so it's up to Sunao to remind him. But Sunao hides a secret, and a split personality that loves Sora's other side (Ran and Yoru, respectively). Watch to find out what happens.
DVD 2: Kyo Kara Maoh! God (?) Save Our King!- I'm not putting it second because I liked it less than Sukisyo, it's second because I saw it second. Yuri Shibuya has been pulled into an alternate dimension through, of all things, a toilet! When he awakes in this strange world, he finds out that he's the new king. Before he has a chance to learn what the heck is up with these crazy people, he slaps someone who insults his mom and finds out that he's just proposed to the guy! This series is in dub and sub, and you can get it through rightstuf.com as well (though I picked up my copies at Hastings) It doesn't really seem it at first, but it is yaoi. You won't see any action, though; the engaged boys hate each other.
DVD 3: Weiss Kreuz Gluhen- thinking about putting a review up for this. Basically it's a continuation of the original Weiss, with a few twists that make it a really good show. No clue how to get this, I rented it from Hastings, though, and I have seen copies availible from there as well.
DVD 4: Gundam Seed Destiny- This one goes out to the Gundam fans! Destiny brings Athrun into the spotlight, and the first DVD of the series? Don't start watching if you don't have a while, it's massive! The series switches to a whole new alliance to watch, and brings some basic human questions into play, like Seed. It's hard to describe without giving spoilers, so just watch. Availible in dub and sub, no idea about the extras, and no clue who produces it. Once again, this was a rent from Hastings.
DVD 5: Loveless- I also recommend the manga, which is well done, and has some very interesting situations. Once again, we have a yaoi on our hands, and a great one. Ritsuka is a young catboy still trying to get over the death of his older brother Seimei (which is very difficult to do when you have a crazy mom saying you aren't her son!) and a transfer to a new school where a young catgirl named Yuiko won't let him be alone. And to top it all off, a crazy adult (who apparently has some... experience, since he has no cat ears and when you lose your virginity you lose your cat ears and tail)named Soubi tells him he's the sacrifice part of a fighting team, and a name his brother told him was his true name binds them... even though Seimei and Soubi's name was beloved, and Ritsuka is Loveless. Availible through rightstuf.com, and only in sub. No idea about the extras; Newtype readers may remember it from a sample DVD a few months back.
Manga 1: Gorgeous Carat 1- Set in turn of the century Paris (with a few discrepencies, but that just makes it a good story). Florian is the son of a fallen aristocrat who is in desperate need of money (or a wake up call, one). In a moment of desperation, she calls a distant (rich) relative of theirs and asks for money. Ray (said relative)instantly liked Florian for his amethyst eyes and offers a blank check to the woman, tells her to fill in an amount if she'll give him Florian. Florian agrees, but only to find out that Ray is the Phantom Theif Noir! This can't be good... Book one is out from Blu, and book two is coming out sometime in June.
Hopefully that gives you something to do this summer... Yes, I have no job as of yet, so I've had time to watch this stuff. Pathetic, but true. This is what happens. I've taken to sleeping all day and chatting at night, writing stories in the time I'm awake. I think I'm ticking mom off somedays when I get an idea that takes all day to get down and don't get any housework done. Another advantage to all this anime: it keeps little brother busy. ^_^ Okay, so he's mostly been watching some of my tamer animes, but I think I may get him watching Kyo Kara Maoh! soon.
Well, that's all I have to say. Solaris out!
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