Something Pleasant for Once
Feb. 21st, 2007 09:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kaitouIn order to celebrate surviving the audit I went to Best Buy to pick up a treat. I really wanted some anime as I haven't seen/purchased anything good in a long time. My Gidget Brain became briefly enamored of the Robotech boxed set and needed to be pried off with a hammer. I reminded it that it was only two weeks or so ago that it had an intense but brief fling with Saiyuki nostalgia. (which is really impressive since I thought the anime was pretty crummy the first time around) Reminding the Gidget Brain was a bad idea because it made it latch on to both the Saiyuki boxed set and the half-box set of Saiyuki Reload Gunlock...(Gunlock Reload? Gunload Relock?).
But saner minds did prevail in the end and I picked up the thinpak boxed set of 'His and Her's Circumstances' aka KareKano. It's such a good series that I felt like it was worth it. I really identify with Yukino in many ways, except that I'm a little to lazy to even attempt some of the perfections she takes on.
When I watched the first two episodes over again I was really surprised though. It does show it's age. In my head it was crisp and sharp with bright colors. But actually it's pretty obvious it's a late 90's anime. I also think that the fansubs I watched in college did a slightly better job with all of the subtitles, but the official version does a pretty decent job. I still find myself cackling and delighting over all the same parts as I did back in college.
But saner minds did prevail in the end and I picked up the thinpak boxed set of 'His and Her's Circumstances' aka KareKano. It's such a good series that I felt like it was worth it. I really identify with Yukino in many ways, except that I'm a little to lazy to even attempt some of the perfections she takes on.
When I watched the first two episodes over again I was really surprised though. It does show it's age. In my head it was crisp and sharp with bright colors. But actually it's pretty obvious it's a late 90's anime. I also think that the fansubs I watched in college did a slightly better job with all of the subtitles, but the official version does a pretty decent job. I still find myself cackling and delighting over all the same parts as I did back in college.
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Date: 2007-02-21 06:23 pm (UTC)Also exceedingly tempted by the Robotech boxed set, but must hold off for now.
Still, though - really an end of the 90's series? I thought it was newer than that. Still fun, though. (I think my only problem with the English version was Arima's voice, if I remember correctly. We tried watching it in the English so the parental units could enjoy it as well, and there were too many subtitles flying around if we left it entirely in Japanese, so... And Arima's English dub grated on my nerves.)
Robotech
Date: 2007-03-13 01:11 am (UTC)