entertainment

[cornerofmadness]

First, the books I've read recently
reading list


And now i have netflix which means I've been getting a lot of anime lately, let me give a rundown

Chevelair D'Eon vaguely based on real historical events and a person in the prerevolutinary days of France. D'Eon in real life was a cross dresser. In the anime he's actually possessed by the spirit of his murdered sister and like the titles says he's a knight. It's very interesting. I'll be looking forward to volume 2 (i've been getting one vol. of each selection so I can sample)

Witchhunter Robin - I had found the back half of this series in a used bin in IN and it was boring but my flist loved it. Well after seeing #1 I do like it better (horrid voice actor in English for Robin) Basically they hunt down errant magic users and Robin herself does use magic (unlike her new companions).

Rurouni Kenshin set in the Meiji period it's part sword's action adventure melded with romantic comedy. It doesn't really work much for me (I know my Flist adores this). It's okay. They gave Kenshin an even more annoying speech eccentricity than he has in the manga.

Gunslinger Girls rather disturbing. Young (and I do mean young) girls who are dying from sickness or injury are turned into cyborg assassins under the control of their male handlers. It's creepy but interesting.

Slayers: return I thought this was something else, something i had seen when I was in Madison so it's been about 10 years...It wasn't this. This was easily one of the worst anime I've seen in years. It's badly drawn. It did have a plot. A ludicrous one but it was there...and worse the two main characters were so obnoxious. They're demon hunters/witches/who the hell knows what in it for the money, two women, one so big boobed you don't know how she stands up. She also has a laugh like a halloween witch bred with a donkey. Run from this. Somehow it earned 3 1/2 stars on Netflix. Gah.

D.N.Angel was one I had heard a lot about but I think it's too 'young' for me. The main character is 13. And apparently all his relatives are wizard/thieves and in him is Dark (a taller more handsome young man with black wings) and whenever he thinks about the girl he loves he turns into this creature. It's so odd. my REAL problem with this is the girl in question is so unworthy of anyone liking her that I just can't feel sorry for anyone in this.

Samurai Deeper Kyo almost wished it was as perverted as it sounds. This is another sword adventure where Demon-Eyed kyo is somehow melded with another young man, a rather perverted little pharamcist (i think) and of course everyone wants a piece of Demon-Eyed Kyo. I might get the next one just to see...

Get Backers This i liked a lot. They're both two unusually powered individuals (with lousy money sense) one has the ability to make you have nightmares at a glance and he has a super strong grip and the other is like a human electric eel. What do they do? If you lost something, they get it back. Has a jazzy sound track too.

(and yes I should be talking about the first day back but I'm tired so tomorrow)