Anime marathon, go!

[soc_puppet]

I have discovered what I am going to do with my copious free time this summer! Apparently, I'm dedicating it to watching anime :Db

...Yeah, I don't know either.

Today, I finished .hack//SIGN, which I picked up from Half-Price Books ages ago.

I enjoyed it! I liked the music, and pretty much all of the characters, and it did indeed make me want to play the game(s) more. 'Cuz I'd already mostly played through the first one, and this really does add something to it.

I cared for pretty much all the characters. Silver Knight was probably the exception, but I don't think we were supposed to like him :P He did get a little less stuffy towards the end, and it was totally cool to see Subaru trounce him politically, though.

For the first four plus episodes, I was staring at the screen and going, "Man, where are all these people getting Tsukasa/Subaru from?" 'Cuz I wasn't seeing it. It didn't help that they had yet to be on the same screen. I honestly felt Mimiru/Tsukasa more. And then, wham, they were both in the same place at the same time, and I totally got it. Those two were pretty much focused 100% on each other. Or at least 90%. And it was sweet and smooshy and yeah, the romantic in me totally ships it. A part of me still likes Mimiru/Tsukasa more, and the OT3-er in me is quite annoyed that there isn't really enough development of the Mimiru/Subaru relationship to justify a completely three-way threesome, but it's definitely waffy and cute.

I found the ending somewhat confusing, but I probably shouldn't have been expecting much in the first place ^^a

Finding out about Aura's origin, seeing more of Helba, and meeting Crim were totally awesome, definitely. And I liked the extra episode about Mimiru's early gameplay and her mentor, though the way the other extra episode just seemed to be a clipshow/summary episode kinda annoyed me once I'd seen the first one.

All in all, I quite enjoyed it, and would probably watch again :3b


Next up, I think I'm going to finally watch all of Princess Tutu, and probably follow it up with Madlax. After that, I'm not entirely sure where I'll drift. Possibly I'll finally get around to watching the Magic Knight Rayearth anime, or maybe Dead Like Me (which, not an anime, but I seem to be having fun marathoning, so). And a part of me is definitely demanding I mainline Detective Conan like there's no tomorrow ;)

And now, it's time for fun with rats ♥

Comments

[ningen-demonai.livejournal.com]

Sob, I needta watch the Detective Conan movies, Haruhi, Gurren Lagann, the second season of Princess Tutu, The Girl Who Jumped Through Time (or sommat like that), and so many other things. orz

[soc_puppet]

Iiii could probably stand to watch almost anything Detective Conan, since I've seen almost none of it ^^a My knowledge of the series is kinda based first on fics and then on some of the comics :D;;; Argh must work on Communications argh argh.

Oh! I've heard that girl/time thing is good! And yeah. So much to watch, so little time :{ *dutifully adds Merlin to the list*

[ningen-demonai.livejournal.com]

Hahah, when I get into a canon, I really become obsessed with it. Example: I marathoned all of the Detective Conan manga in less than 24 hours, overnight. Yeah.

I heard so too! And it looked shiny, so I DLed it and cannot wait to check it out. :<b *Pfft*

[soc_puppet]

Good gravy O_O Now that is what I call mainlining a canon! *ttly impressed*

I'll have to track down DLs, then :3 So glad we have that box that lets us play .avi files on the television.

[ningen-demonai.livejournal.com]

I'd pretty much only do it for manga though, cuz Anime takes a while to watch. At least for manga, I can control how fast I go through it. :>

... Lucky!

[soc_puppet]

Yeah, that's why I usually favor manga over anime X3 Thought I'd try something different over the summer, though ;)

Don't I know it XD

[tyrjiora.livejournal.com]

AAAAH I LOVE .HACK//SIGN!! It was the first anime series I ever really finished, haha. And yeah, the ending's a bit crazy because it leads into the four .hack// video games, which then apparently lead into the OTHER .hack// anime?! idek.

ps if you want any of the songs, I have all of the soundtracks that were released with the special edition DVDs o/

[soc_puppet]

It was so pretty! And the characters were so well developed! And there was so much thought put into the story! And and and! I am definitely going to have to find the rest of the video games. Definitely.

Well, "isolated score audio tracks" is listed as an extra on the box, but that would definitely save me the trouble of trying to figure out if it means what I think it means and consequently ripping. So. ♥? S'il vous plait?

[tyrjiora.livejournal.com]

I kind of forgot that there are 3 discs worth of songs for just //SIGN, lololo. I'll be uploading stuff to this folder (http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=a034ae204097e3de19747bd91027d4dd2906758062342653) o/

[soc_puppet]

Musiiiiic ♥_♥ Thank you so much!

[bard-linn.livejournal.com]

Thing about the MKR anime....the first season is REALLY drawn out. It has some cute character moments, but not much else to recommend it. The second season is a lot better, not only being more developed but the animation/plot are also better. *just finished watching it herself*

[soc_puppet]

Y-yeah, I tried watching it through a couple of times, and definitely noticed that about it >_< Don't think I ever got past episode ten or so. Definitely gonna watch the second season, though!

[bard-linn.livejournal.com]

I watched it on fastfoward. That helped. XD;;

[soc_puppet]

That's a good idea; I think I'll follow your example X3

[kaitodoushi.livejournal.com]

asdl;fkajsd *is required to know what you think about Princess Tutu =D*

[soc_puppet]

XD I totally blame you (and also Candy somewhat) for me picking it up. Just so you know.

[kaitodoushi.livejournal.com]

Hee hee~ I think I'm responsible for a lot of people watching it. Especially the ones I grab and say "YOU'RE WATCHING THIS WITH ME!!" to XD

[soc_puppet]

I'll admit, 'twas CFUD that got me to watch the first half of the series a while back, but you definitely convinced me not only to give the whole thing a shot, but to spend money on it as well ;) And then I can make anteater jokes at you 8D

[comic]

I'd like to think each version of .hack was better than the last. But each version has it's own charms.

That said, if you plan on continuing the series for things set after the first set of games, don't watch the anime for Twilight's Bracelet, stick with the manga. After you've read that you can watch the anime. (Because it's still pretty cute, it's just not... as sound of a story to put it vaguely? I guess. It's not canon.)

Then after that is .hack//ROOTS which leads into the .hack//GU games which make those games really great too (but they stand much better without it than the first series of games).

[soc_puppet]

Oooo, comprehensive series timeline :DDD I'll have to see where I can track down the other animes and games, then.

[comic]

The .hack//AI Buster novels are collections of stories set mostly before/during .hack//SIGN too, iirc. The first one was fun, the second is mostly skippable, but if you have a short amount of time in a bookstore... they're really short reads.

The .hack//....Another Story? I think? novels are retelling of the game from BlackRose's point of view and also interesting, if only because you get to see what she was dealing with in real life.

The .hack//XXXX manga is a reimagination of the first game series and aren't really good for much but icon fodder >D They're not BAD though. It was just too short. Hmm hmmmmm I think that's all I can think of at the moment.