...what are you watching...

Baccano 14-15! Why did I not notice these until now? And there's one more coming out in May?
( there's more kickass gore... )

Baccano 10-12! watched these episodes twice because there was so much happening. I love how equally violent and humorous this show is. Miria and Isaac are such pure, silly characters while Ladd Russo and Claire Stanfield(the Rail Tracer) are pure, insane maniacs. This is one show where wiki actually is somewhat helpful though its character list is missing a dozen people or so. i wish I could read the novels since they seem so rich in story. In these episodes, Jacuzzi is trying to save people, Ladd and the Rail Tracer face off, and man, you feel really bad for Czeslaw *poor kid*. The car theft in episode 12 really made me laugh. One more episode is left.

Baccano 6-8! Episode 6 continues to fill in details of who the characters are and how each group on the Flying Pussyfoot interconnects. We see a little more of Dallas who was missing in the beginning and see reasons why he went missing.

Episode 7 takes a flashback a long ways back to when Maiza, Szilard and several other characters were trying to use alchemy to obtain eternal life/cure-all via summoning a demon (the demon's voice sounds familiar within the story..hm). The demon has a snarky attitude..hope he shows up again. This episode alone helps the viewer understand a chunk of who the players are and their relationships.

Isaac and Miria are the comedic relief in the series and after the gloom of the previous episode, they take on episode 8. I wasn't sure if I liked them at first, but their optimistic personalities are really cute and fun. At this point I went back and rewatched episode 1. Episode 1 actually features the end of the train ride, I think. The two amusing writers, Gustav and Carole, haven't appeared again since that episode. The show's storytelling has a similar feel to that of Ocean's Eleven; a suave, hip, good bad guy story where all the scattered pieces supposedly fit. The anime has a tiny bit more fictional violence and fantasy. Start watching if you haven't already.

Is Claire kissing a boy with the same powers as her father and who looks like her uncle? and is twice as tall as she? I think that he'll probably die or get 'cured' this season because who really needs 2-3 flying characters in one show?

Will be bumming in ye grand ol' city of Boston this coming holiday weekend. Please rec me things to do and where to eat since it's my first visit there. I'll be wandering around the city Friday by myself (the only young asian not moving into the dormitories), so I need recs walkable distance from the metro. The rest of the weekend is when we'll be driving around..zoom. Dim sum in Chinatown is already on my list. ♥


Baccano 4! We learn a little about Ladd Russo and his gang of homicidal wackos. I'm thoroughly enjoying how each episode ties all the characters together. I'm sorry to say that I've never heard of any of the Americans referenced. Funny episode though!

Romeo x Juliet 19! where you see Romeo being the girl in the relationship while Juliet takes arms to lead the rebellion. It should have been exciting, but it wasn't.

...again, it seems lj is getting rid of some people with pervy inclinations. Other users are running en mass to other online journal sites...noooo.

nis_chan kindly uploaded this, so I nabbed it.

Baccano 1! is some sort of messed up early 1900's gangster sci-fi anime based on novels of the same title. There's definitely some seiyuu power. Sucker for Koyappi & Kappei. All the other characters sounded familiar, too. The first episode randomly threw all the characters together while the audience literally tries to figure out who is the lead. The animation is high quality and Yuki Kajiura nicely imitates Yoko Kanno once again. The story is intriguing as it mixes a whole lotta characters in one episode, but clearly, it is also confusing...but I'll watch more. Must see if Jacuzzi Splot is a valid character.


Naruto Shippuden 22-23! Sometimes I'm a fanboy. In these episodes, you learn that grandmothers should hug their grandchild every once in a while. Otherwise said grandchild might turn to the dark side. Some of the the serious parts were humorously animated. Sasori versus Chiyo & Sakura might go on for another fifty episodes, so might as well get the popcorn and caffeine.

Got around to watching this, too.
Gedo Senki ~Tales from Earthsea~ which probably wouldn't endear itself to anyone but hardcore Ghibli fans and Earthsea fans. To someone who knows very little of Earthsea (fell asleep three times trying to get through one Earthsea book and then gave up), the story was lacking in explanations and depth. It did however, have similar themes to other Ghibli films; power of names, balance of nature, one's fear, etc. Animation-wise, it was solid, but there wasn't anything truly fantastic or magical outside of the small part near the end. There were some cgi moments that looked out of place; the stone floor dropping, and some backgrounds looked too flat & pseudo-watercolor-like. I like Ursula Le Guin's response to the film. I find that it is probably the most accurate description of the film that anyone can write. Anyway, I don't think the film will do well in the States when it finally gets here, but for someone's first film? It did keep my interest up throughout most of the lengthy film.