nznz's Comments

Is it just me or are the font colors used in your profile for comments not the standard default?

I enjoyed the earlier segments in S&W - the wandering, the banter, the carefree not-much-going-on pace of the show. I also liked Horo's intimidating character (finally, a lead that ain't a ditz!). I didn't care so much for the economics 101 nor the later conflicts which made for the bulk of the show. It didn't bother me or push my buttons, so to speak, but I felt the show exhausted itself early - turning into a shonen after some episodes rather than keeping to its contemplative pace.

I agree, for these kind of shows, characters are paramount. The difficulty is getting picky audiences - perhaps people such as us - to accept the characters. Tougher folks will point out that's not how a child acts/talks/behaves, not how a policeman speaks, or that X character serves no purpose but to push Y plot-point, et cetera, ad infinitum, seculo seculorum, and reject the show altogether. In the end, it simply comes down to the particular viewer and whether or not the story "clicks" - or doesn't.

Thanks again for the share. Good episode, especially the "don't think too hard about it" message at the end. I don't have any context to back this up on, but I think the writers were using the situation to push their characters adorably off-character, if that makes any sense. It showed for Rei-l at least.

I do the same thing, ffwding through shows old and new, making what I can of individual sections. MAL is a good tool for this purpose: pick a potential show, click Forum->See All Discussions, identify the episodes with the most replies, and try those first. Another simple method: google the show title followed by the line "favorite episode" - sometimes anime magazines will list top episodes by popularity. Going on a tangent, but If you enjoy brief, intense moments as I do, I'd also recommend picking up some acting scenebooks. They are meant as practice material for actors, but often contain exceptional scenes from plays and film, prefaced with an introductory paragraph for context. My favorite is "Great Scenes from the World Theater" by Steffensen.

Let me throw an episode back at you. Try this episode of City Hunter (s1e7). I think you'll like it considering your interest in Samurai Champloo (which is excellent), Bebop, Lupin

Cute episode, thanks for the share. I agree I may have dropped it early. I found the animated series a bit bubbly, that's all. I did read the Usagi Drop manga, and though I didn't complete it, I read through the events in the anime and well past the timeskip.

Presentation (music, voice, timing, &c.) plays a big part for me. There are several series which I ended up dropping in favor of the manga - and ended up loving. I watch things on a scene-by-scene basis, and in that respect, found absolute gems of scenes within series I generally disliked. These I usually clip out with a video editor and stash in my "inspiration box". Just a armchair-hobbyist artist/writer doing her thing, haha.

I'm not up-to-date yet, but yeah, it's not that good. In the beginning it had the Samurai Champloo kind of feeling, but that soon changed. The first episode was good though, but I'm not sure.. Well, exams are coming up soon, so I won't really have the time to finish it. And once summer holiday starts, I'm not sure if I'll ever finish it.

I'll put in my plan to watch list, so I'll definitely give it a try once I got more time. Thanks for letting me know. Is there really no main story at all, or just every now and then like Natsume?

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Where's your profile pic from? :>

I'd agree that mere downloading for private use doesn't seem illegal, unless there's some creativity in interpretation in a test case. I'd qualify that with P2P file sharing, though, because you upload as well as download the copyrighted material.

I imagine there are partial harmonisation in the western hemisphere, at least. I don't think that would change the fact that more-total harmonisation would be more preferable to those interested parties. Heck, I can see the benefits in clarity for us, the consumer, in such laws. Re: the problem of the internet, you should quickly scan the Digital Economy Act 2010 to see how the responsibility has been shifted to the ISPs to deal with, and that the internet isn't truly anonymous.

I can appreciate the argument that mere consumption of unlicensed media should be considered infringement, especially in cases where such media is easily obtainable at a reasonable price where you live. I try to purchase such media when it is as such. Obviously I'd disagree with it's actual enforcement, mind you, because a) I have benefited from it, (even from watching simple YT videos) b) It's more efficient and easier to go after the providers.

More difficult is where it is not possible to access such media where you live (i.e. anime). I cannot see any justification for criminalisation of that.