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It's not just the looks that make these eyes sore
It's the lifestyle, baby
Not everybody gets to win
But I will win
'Cause I can win
Yeah, I will beat this thing for you
I will conquer
I will learn to be strong

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	metzger | 09-03-08, 7:25 AM Hey, bateszi. I really enjoy reading you blog and commenting there for that matter (I sign as Johny). It's always nice talking with someone with similar tastes. One thing about your anime list here bothers me though - why did you give Millennium Actress a 7? Reply - Anime - Manga

Meiling | 08-29-08, 6:29 AM I like watching anime at the end of the day to unwind and relax, and this summer's offering of slice of life shows are perfect for that. But when term starts I really ought to cut back on time spent on MAL and other forums/imageboards... I'm too weak against procrastination. ^^;; So what did you study at university? I read quite a few blogs here and there. I used to follow just a few back in 2002-3 but the numbers have really exploded in the last 5 years. Please tell the team at Nakama Brtitannica to keep up the good work. :) Swing Girls was a fun movie, wasn't it? Ueno Juri and Eita were also in a movie called Summer Time Machine Blues, which I'd definitely recommend. The Japanese live action industry is really flexible. Once you've watched enough jdrama the same few familiar faces just keep popping up everywhere. Most of the talents are very versatile and often move on to the music industry (and vice versa) and make regular appearances on variety shows (especially the cooking programs!) I plan to starting watching Legend of the Galactic Heroes soon. I only remember it vaguely from my childhood and recently I've only heard good things about it. I've read Tanaka Yoshiki's Arslan Senki novels, which is a fantasy adventure series on an epic scale. I think there was an OVA release but I've yet to watch it. This summer's Yakushiji Ryoko is pretty enjoyable so far, and has a great OP sequence. I like the main cast and the episodic case-solving nature of the story, although most of the episodes so far seem to be based on dubious urban legends. This show has a great ambiance so I'm hoping that the individual stories would become more interesting later on. Btw, do you plan on going to the Osamu Tezuka season at the Barbican? Reply - Anime - Manga

Leuconoe | 08-26-08, 9:36 AM Thanks for sending me that - it was indeed interesting. What he says does line up with the way R2 has gone, though I don't really want to base any big theories on just one interview (and the director isn't always the best interpreter of his own show, I suppose). Suzaku's definitely been fascinating to watch recently. I've read speculation that he and Lelouch may wind up swapping ideals, but we'll have to see. Reply - Anime - Manga

	kirarakim | 08-25-08, 4:35 AM Thanks for watching my Avatar video. I hope you were able to avoid any spoilers because I think the video was full of them. And for a second you threw me off because you changed your profile picture. :) Reply - Anime - Manga

	madeener | 08-24-08, 8:44 AM Hey there! Thanks a lot for visiting my blog. I'm deeply interested in the video you mentioned regarding Hamasaki Hirotsugu. May I have a link to it or its source? Reply - Anime - Manga

Meiling | 08-24-08, 1:50 AM I'll be studying Computer Science and Bioinformatics. Depending on how hectic the course might be, I might not have much time for anime and manga this year. ;_; Let's hope this won't be the case. I personally prefer the anime adaptation of Nodame Cantabile and thought the ending was just perfect. I can't wait til the next seaon because I need more "Gyabo~" in my life. The live action Paris Arc is pretty funny and even features an anime convention that's rather like Japan Expo, which Nakama Britannica had covered. :3 Last Friends is actually quite dark and depressing at times, and deals with issues such as domestic violence and different sexualities. I rather disliked the main character, Michiru, but the rest of the main cast is great (including Mizukawa Asami who played Kiyora in Nodame Cantabile!) The "group house" scenes in the show are especially enjoyable. I definitely plan to watch Tytania. I really like the original novelist Tanaka Yoshiki's previous works such as Arslan Senki, Sohryuden and the currently airing Yakushiji Ryoko no Kaiki Jikenbo. Michiko to Hatchin looks like it could be fun and have a kick-ass soundtrack as well. I'm also really looking forward to Kuroshitsuji and Kannagi, and I might watch CHAOS;HEAD and ef ~a tale of melodies~ if I have time. Reply - Anime - Manga

Meiling | 08-22-08, 3:15 AM Hehe, I guess so, especially when the the Boat Race comes around. ^^; I'm actually moving back to London for postgraduate studies next month, after having spent several years in Oxford. Not looking forward to the public transport, but oh well. I really like Cambridge as well, it's so cosy compared to Oxford. I'll be happy to recommend more Japanese drama series/movies to you. I'm taking a short break from asian dramas at the moment (too much anime to watch as it is) but there have been some excellent shows in recent years. Nodame's actress Ueno Juri was in a series called 'Last Friends' earlier this year, which started well but sadly became a bit repetitive around the middle. Ueno still did a good job in an interesting role that was a sharp contract to Nodame. Are you looking forward to Nodame Cantabile: Paris Arc that's coming next season? Reply - Anime - Manga

	Meiling | 08-22-08, 12:57 AM Hi, I've been lurking about your blog for sometime now, thought it was about time I said hi. :3 Nice Berserk blog header too! Reply - Anime - Manga

	Tsundere | 08-11-08, 4:08 PM LOOL haha alrighty I'll check it out :D Reply - Anime - Manga

OGT | 08-05-08, 8:00 PM So I just watched episode 2 of Kaiba, and it was much better. I think what happened is that I watched the first episode (which is entirely dialogueless), which lined straight up with how I perceive "high art" attempts being--weird, obfuscated, disjointed, and utterly soulless, which, coupled with a negative preconception, didn't really help things out much. I don't think watching episode 2 after 1 would have helped much (I might, for instance, have focused too much on what I didn't like versus what I did. I think the fact that there was actually dialogue helped. A lot. So, yeah, I just put charcoal in the grill and we're gonna have us a word barbeque. edit: Also, I may have not liked Kaiba, but at least it wasn't this. Dear God, I only had a coworker describe vaguely a half-hour of it and I wanted to punch the creator in the face. Reply - Anime - Manga

kirarakim | 07-19-08, 10:18 AM You are actually starting right when the series is about to end here. The last 4 episodes are airing tonight. But then it is never to late to watch something like Avatar. :) But you are in for a real treat. If you enjoyed the first two episodes the series just gets even more amazing as it goes on. From the first season my favorite eps are the Storm and Blue Spirit so look forward to those. Reply - Anime - Manga

THM | 06-16-08, 10:45 AM Chihi, glad you liked the site,, how bizarre though...almost no one has had the patience to see that short movie through, I guess it's just too mundane for romanian viewers. It was filmed around my hometown. In the summer hoards of tourists assail the coast engulfing the tranquility of the off season with their absurd taste for plastic and turbofolk music They call it joie du vivre, i call it kitsch. I suppose it looks quite harmless on the surface., this lifestyle of theirs.Summer truly is the apotheosis of my hikikomori ways :)). Being an anime fan in romania can be quite lonesome at times, you can only buy manga over the internet from manga.ro and the only dvds in shops are from huge releases like Tekkon , Spirited Away, Naruto and if you live in a marginal town, as i do, well you're doomed. Very paleolithic, i know. My good friend (we have common aesthetic tastes) came from paris comafied after beholding the marketing ebullience of japanese productions there. And yet there is a rapidly growing fan base, also Otaku magazine which sells world wide (an effort of a dedicated team of people who are not in it for the profit), two wonderful anime convention each year, cosplayers, manga artists etc. Here is a link with Otaku Fest 2 held last autumn in the capital, people from all over the country assembled, joy! I participated myself with a short movie and an amv ( for which i won some manga , yay! ) http://www.otaku.ro/v2/index.php?itemid=308 The sad things is that most fans seem to be rather young and well...idiotic, consuming just about everything regardless of quality. I actually tried to introduce anime to the city folk round here with an illegal screening of refined works but...only 30 people showed up, and most were my friends :)) so... . Hope to have enlightened you a little bit :) Cheers' Reply - Anime - Manga

THM | 06-14-08, 1:46 PM Ou my, hello back! What an honour mr Bateszi, I've been reading your blog since forever now and I've always found charming the fact that you take the time and reply to everyone. I don't always inwardly agree to everything you say of course, but i find your constant readiness to discern between fraud and quality in the anime world most endearing, which is why I keep sniffing around for your new editorials. And yes, i have started blogging recently since, much to my despair, i realized I've forgotten the proper use of my native tongue and spoke with the eloquence of an ogre. I use it as a language exercise mostly, but i also find dissecting anime terribly entertaining, alongside organizing my words I learn to organize my thoughts and also get to ejaculate all my sorrows and joys in a pseudoacademic fashionable manner. Thanks again for adding me and such. Perhaps one summer day I'll take the trouble to translate all my horrid rumblings and rise to that superior blogosphere of elite commentators that you seem to be floating around in :) Squeak! Reply - Anime - Manga

	kirarakim | 05-27-08, 4:13 PM Yep episode 3 is what made me start really enjoying the series. I just think I couldn't emotionally connect to the characters before that. But I am definitely glad I stuck with the show. Reply - Anime - Manga

Zero | 05-27-08, 4:11 AM indeed Blame is very different from most mangas and the only similar one i can think of is BioMega since it is from the same mangaka and maybe Eden: It's an Endless World since it is a cyberpunk manga but even if they belong to the same genre i could not compare them also a good cyberpunk anime is gits i see u watched the 1st gig,what did u think of it? maybe u should try the 2nd gig i enjoyed them both the same Reply - Anime - Manga