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shirenomad) wrote2003-02-21 04:35 pm
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In the lab right now, trying to stall on doing my latest batch of coding. To that effort, I've typed up descriptions of the current stuff showing in the campus anime club!
Great Teacher Onizuka (up to Episode 7) - The most well-known of the series we're watching, and the only one currently released in America (the rest have been imported or downloaded from across the Pacific). Eikichi Onizuka (22 years old) is a former biker who decides to become a teacher and spends the series whipping the worst class at Kissho Academy into shape. Unlike John Keating or Jaime Escalante, he's got a lot of attitude and no sense of etiquette... and I haven't actually seen him teach anything to date, at least not in class. Mildly amusing, especially when he resorts to violence against some of the nastier kids.
Full Metal Panic (up to Episode 7) - Mithril, a special forces group, discovers that the Soviets (yes, the Reds are still around in this series) are after a particular Japanese teenager named Chidori. No one in Mithril is sure why she's so important, but they decide to send in Team Wurz to protect her: Kurtz Weber, on heavy patrol in his cloaked Arm Slave (20 foot mech), Melissa Mao, in charge of observing the house and running HQ out of an apartment, and Sagara Sousuke, who's infiltrated the girl's high school as a student. Sousuke has an especially hard time from the start; he's doing his best to blend in but quickly gets labeled as a "military fanboy". Despite the comedy filler, there's also been some mech shootouts, and a couple good cliffhangers.
Azumanga Daioh (up to Episode 14) - Absolutely hilarious slice-of-life comedy about a bunch of students going through all three years of Japanese high school life. Includes Chiyo, child genius who skipped five grades, Sakaki, quiet and cool-headed on the outside but soft on the inside, Osaka, the slowest brain in the class, and others. Brilliant characterization, and humor ranging from slow subdued buildup to out-of-nowhere chaos. Best series in the lineup right now.
Princess Tutu (just started) - Don't laugh. ...okay, laugh. Comedic mix of mahou shoujo and Swan Lake that scores high on the WTF meter. Our heroine, Abiru, a ballet student, turns into Princess Tutu (for reasons that have yet to be explained) and uses ballet moves that create superhero effects. It would be the ballerina version of "Violinist of Hamelin" (which was crap) but for the utter, drugged-out insanity of most of the events thus far. This series doesn't even remotely take itself seriously. Plus, in Episode 2, she's going to take on a dancing anteater. Zot zot zot.
Saishuu Heiki Kanojo (up to Episode 4) - Better known as SaiKano, or by the English translation, "She, the Ultimate Weapon." High school romantic angst drama where the girl happens to have been experimented on by the military and turned into a cyborg war machine. I'm not all that fond of it, really, but maybe the translation just needs work: we're watching the Japanese DVDs, which include slightly amateurish English subtitles. Region 1 discs won't be available for a while still, and there's been no known effort to fansub them.
Witch Hunter Robin (up to Episode 13) - "Witches," people with the power to harness the elements and the forces of nature, exist. SNTJ stand against those who use their powers to hurt others; those who don't are hired on as "Hunters" to fight the nastier of their own kind. Robin, a fire Witch, is one of those Hunters. Fairly monster-of-the-week until Episode 12, when you finally start really learning about Witches, the power behind them, and their motivations.
We also just finished Abenobashi Mahou Shotengai last week; that was a short 13-episode series about these two kids who keep hopping realities (all with the same people within, but in settings like sci-fi, battlefields, amusement parks, etc.) General silliness, rising to the level of gut-bustingly funny for a couple episodes.
Great Teacher Onizuka (up to Episode 7) - The most well-known of the series we're watching, and the only one currently released in America (the rest have been imported or downloaded from across the Pacific). Eikichi Onizuka (22 years old) is a former biker who decides to become a teacher and spends the series whipping the worst class at Kissho Academy into shape. Unlike John Keating or Jaime Escalante, he's got a lot of attitude and no sense of etiquette... and I haven't actually seen him teach anything to date, at least not in class. Mildly amusing, especially when he resorts to violence against some of the nastier kids.
Full Metal Panic (up to Episode 7) - Mithril, a special forces group, discovers that the Soviets (yes, the Reds are still around in this series) are after a particular Japanese teenager named Chidori. No one in Mithril is sure why she's so important, but they decide to send in Team Wurz to protect her: Kurtz Weber, on heavy patrol in his cloaked Arm Slave (20 foot mech), Melissa Mao, in charge of observing the house and running HQ out of an apartment, and Sagara Sousuke, who's infiltrated the girl's high school as a student. Sousuke has an especially hard time from the start; he's doing his best to blend in but quickly gets labeled as a "military fanboy". Despite the comedy filler, there's also been some mech shootouts, and a couple good cliffhangers.
Azumanga Daioh (up to Episode 14) - Absolutely hilarious slice-of-life comedy about a bunch of students going through all three years of Japanese high school life. Includes Chiyo, child genius who skipped five grades, Sakaki, quiet and cool-headed on the outside but soft on the inside, Osaka, the slowest brain in the class, and others. Brilliant characterization, and humor ranging from slow subdued buildup to out-of-nowhere chaos. Best series in the lineup right now.
Princess Tutu (just started) - Don't laugh. ...okay, laugh. Comedic mix of mahou shoujo and Swan Lake that scores high on the WTF meter. Our heroine, Abiru, a ballet student, turns into Princess Tutu (for reasons that have yet to be explained) and uses ballet moves that create superhero effects. It would be the ballerina version of "Violinist of Hamelin" (which was crap) but for the utter, drugged-out insanity of most of the events thus far. This series doesn't even remotely take itself seriously. Plus, in Episode 2, she's going to take on a dancing anteater. Zot zot zot.
Saishuu Heiki Kanojo (up to Episode 4) - Better known as SaiKano, or by the English translation, "She, the Ultimate Weapon." High school romantic angst drama where the girl happens to have been experimented on by the military and turned into a cyborg war machine. I'm not all that fond of it, really, but maybe the translation just needs work: we're watching the Japanese DVDs, which include slightly amateurish English subtitles. Region 1 discs won't be available for a while still, and there's been no known effort to fansub them.
Witch Hunter Robin (up to Episode 13) - "Witches," people with the power to harness the elements and the forces of nature, exist. SNTJ stand against those who use their powers to hurt others; those who don't are hired on as "Hunters" to fight the nastier of their own kind. Robin, a fire Witch, is one of those Hunters. Fairly monster-of-the-week until Episode 12, when you finally start really learning about Witches, the power behind them, and their motivations.
We also just finished Abenobashi Mahou Shotengai last week; that was a short 13-episode series about these two kids who keep hopping realities (all with the same people within, but in settings like sci-fi, battlefields, amusement parks, etc.) General silliness, rising to the level of gut-bustingly funny for a couple episodes.
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