But my brother is watching loads of it and so it's cutting my download speed...;m;
But I finally got my brother to watch Steins;Gate...or am getting him. He says he'll watch it when it finishes watching The Big O. He was very reluctant because he hated Chaos;Head. I also didn't like that one, but Steins;Gate just seems so completely different from that you can't even compare (although you probably can).
I wanna play meh DS, too...but it's dead...
I should be finishing my requests or working on manga, but I seem to be having a bad manga drawing day...or just have no inspiration today...'cause NO ANIMOO...;m;
And Boys Over Flowers is seriously killing me. I'm tired of all this drama! I even had a nightmare last night over it...I don't remember what happened, I just remember waking up and thinking 'LE GASP! A BOYS OVER FLOWER NIGHTMARE!'...O.o;
I played some Hikaru Genji...but I got bored. I mean, it's very beautiful...I think it's just that I can read the text very well because my screen is so small and where my TV is located is not in a very practical space...the place where none of my furniture fits...so I have to sit far away from it and I can't read the subtitles.
This isn't Chinese or Spanish either, I can't half way make out what they're saying...
Which is a shame...>3> I wish I could with Japanese, but I can't. I keep getting Chinese mixed up with Japanese. Like I'll see a kanji character and read it in Chinese and then completely forget the pronunciation in Japanese...;m;
Hold on...let me get a reasonable time killing thing to talk about rather than just ranting.
Let's talk about my favourite anime! :D Since I'm in such an anime mood~! Some of this might be obvious, though. Let's saayyy top 5 favourite anime (some of these I haven't finished...I would but...again, download speed is incredibly slow).
I actually haven't watched that much anime...Eheh...XD I need to watch more anime...but they take too long...;m; I wish they'd just come on my TV...>3>
5: Steins;Gate
Genre: Science fiction, Thriller, Mystery
Agh, now I want to watch this again...XD But I won't 'cause I have too many other anime that I want to watch.
When I first heard of this anime I was just looking around at concept art designs and I loved every one of the designs for this one so I waited until it was up on the internet and watched every episode as it came out (because it was that good). When I watched the first episode I was completely confused and had no clue what was going on until the end of the episode where it all came together and everything made sense.
That sort of how the flow of the anime is. It's very subtle and thought provoking. The music is pretty good, too. It's based off of a visual novel so the story itself has to be very interesting and well written, and it is. It's also pretty new so animation is pretty good.
4: Neon Genesis Evangelion
Genre: Mecha, Apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic, Drama, Psychological horror
(Sorry, couldn't find a good trailer of the original series...O.o;)
At one time I had seen every episode. The only thing I haven't seen is Death and Rebirth only because my brother told me it was a waste of time...O.o; Unfortunately I can't remember anything about it (just like with DBZ)...I only remember End of Evangelion, and what I have from the one manga volume I have and the DVD I have. This is why it's not higher on this list.
But I still can't help but be obsessed with this show. I really need to rewatch it. Since I bought the DVD, manga, and several of the OSTs, it's probably an amazing anime. And I'm sure most people on here know about it. To those of you who haven't seen it. DO NOT EVEN HESITATE! JUST WATCH IT!
3: Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
Genre: Drama
(Sorry it's not in English)
Basically it's just a drama about a little girl and her brother trying to get home after an 8.0 magnitude earthquake hits Tokyo. The saddest part is that an earthquake of a greater magnitude hit Japan recently...TT^TT
This anime made me cry for months! It's that good! It won the Excellence Prize in the Animation category at Japan's Media Arts Festival in 2009. It's truly excellent. Everything about it is great...though the music is a bit forgetful.
I think this is the anime I've recommended to people the most...XD
2: Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Supernatural
(Couldn't find a good video that gave this justice so watch the ending)
I think most people probably know how obsessed with this anime I am. I LOVE IT TO DEATH (no pun intended...though if the pun was intended I would've said 'to hell' but I didn't). I do not know why I love this anime so much.
Each episode tells it's own story of hatred. Each episode also tells on how the straw dolls can be used and explains many aspects of the story being told. The story itself is very subtly hidden (except in Mitsuganae...it just jumps out at you).
Although I love this series I have to pick the second season to be my favourite. It's the first season I saw and it was the deepest. Each episode of this season made me cry and the ending was the best of all of them (Mitsuganae just didn't make sense...really, don't watch Mitsuganae).
The first season was more scary and the second season was more touching. So if you want to be scared watch the first season, if you want to watch something touching then watch the second.
This is also an OVA, but it's older so the animation is pretty okay. Not really something worth mentioning for, though.
The music (which I've been listening to this entire post) is ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL! Mitsuganae actually has the best music, but they have beautiful music. It's creepy, sad, and beautiful. Wonderful.
1: Otogizoushi
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
(Again, no video did it justice)
Surprisingly I put this as my number one because after each episode I wanted to draw something, or write something. It inspired the crap outta me (strange sentence).
The story is similar to Mulan, that a girl dresses as a man and fights in battles. But it's much more than that and much more realistic than most anime I've watched. It took on completely different topics than the other historical fantasy samurai anime that I've seen. So much so that it made me want to study more on asian cultures.
The animation and style is like on other. It is an older anime, but it hasn't aged a day. Every episode is almost like a movie in quality (though, yeah, as the series goes the animation deteriorates a tad, but that's goes for every anime, they gotta make the deadlines).
Another surprise! I haven't actually finished this anime. But it's so good I put it as number one!
Why haven't I finished it? Because it has become the type of thing like Fire Emblem and Sailor Moon where I have to suppress my obsessions or else all I will eat, breathe, think of is this anime. I need to finish it...but...again, for reasons above....'orz
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That's the end of my list~! Adios~! X3
