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Like Water: An Anime Blog: June 2006

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Like Water: An Anime Blog. No longer updated as of 21 November 2006. Wednesday, June 28, 2006. I managed to sneak an internet connection long enough to post this to the internet. Hope you enjoy it, just four more days till AX 2006! I own a video iPod. I have a laptop computer with gig upon gig of fansubbed anime. I have a handy program called 3GP Converter. And I have a lot of time until my flight. The relatively short battery life of the video iPod is one (only a couple hours, or about four to six episo...

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Like Water: An Anime Blog: May 2006

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Like Water: An Anime Blog. No longer updated as of 21 November 2006. Wednesday, May 31, 2006. I'm planning on using a. And check out the second Inspiration post below! It's on Wolf's Rain, and its mythological/religious origins. Posted by Michael @ 6:47 AM. Tuesday, May 30, 2006. Inspiration Part Two: Wolf's Rain. Note: This post goes into similarities between. There have been a few forays by anime into mythology. The feeling of mysticism and fantastical unreality pervades. Is tied more to religion than ...

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Like Water: An Anime Blog: April 2006

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Like Water: An Anime Blog. No longer updated as of 21 November 2006. Wednesday, April 26, 2006. Might ring bells for those who were forced to buy those extremely poor quality voice-overs. Which was hyped partially on the fact that big-name Hollywood actors were taking part in the dub. All the Ghibli releases have received similar treatment, and with good effect - they are some of the best dubs in the industry. As a contrasting example, I prefer to bring to the forefront. Crest of the Stars. Really hit th...

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Like Water: An Anime Blog: August 2006

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Like Water: An Anime Blog. No longer updated as of 21 November 2006. Wednesday, August 30, 2006. Blood : Mediocrity, sadly. Unfortunately, appears unable to suspend realism long enough for the characters to grow. It's an inevitable trade-off. While there are plenty of anime and manga that deal with "realistic" situations (. Every single one must utilize an exaggeration of personality or circumstance to incite growth and interaction between the characters. Prior to this, Fujisaka. Ghost in the Shell: SAC.

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Like Water: An Anime Blog: October 2006

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Like Water: An Anime Blog. No longer updated as of 21 November 2006. Thursday, October 26, 2006. Addicted to the Internet (specifically MMORPGs). Everyone has a particular area in which they tend towards obsession. For some it's cigarettes, for others food. Anime, girls, drugs, all of these can become the center of a person's world. And then for some, it's the internet. I just finished watching the latest episode of. In which Satou finds himself addicted to an online game loosely based on Final Fantasy XI.

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Like Water: An Anime Blog: July 2006

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Like Water: An Anime Blog. No longer updated as of 21 November 2006. Wednesday, July 05, 2006. Zegapain: Style over Substance - the Sunrise way. More than many other companies, Sunrise has always put a great deal of effort into maintaining a crisp, clean feel to their animated productions. You can see it in any of the Gundam series, all of which have very clean styles (particularly. Strong, bold lines, punctuated by a bright color palette are the norm for a Sunrise production, and. That Sunrise is known ...

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Like Water: An Anime Blog: September 2006

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Like Water: An Anime Blog. No longer updated as of 21 November 2006. Thursday, September 21, 2006. Watching the good stuff. This time I want to take a look into the past. It really hit me, just last week when I was watching. Ghost in the Shell. Last week with one of my friends - in my rush to stay current and keep up with all the new shows being fansubbed (. I'd say that the most pivotal anime series in my short-long (approaching ten years) life as an otaku was. Shaped me as an otaku, I would have to give.

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Like Water: An Anime Blog: January 2007

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Like Water: An Anime Blog. No longer updated as of 21 November 2006. Thursday, January 11, 2007. Since "retiring" from blogging two months ago, I've seen a couple of posts pop up that referenced my blog or that dealt with some things I said. One in particular brought a flood of visitors, Stripey. Curious to see what had caused all the fuss, I dropped by Stripey. We can share it to the extent that we say what characters we like, or what particular moments touch us, but we can't really share the depth of f...

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Like Water: An Anime Blog: March 2006

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Like Water: An Anime Blog. No longer updated as of 21 November 2006. Tuesday, March 28, 2006. Ergo Proxy: For a Lost Generation. It's been too long since someone tackled the ". Theme, whether in live-action or anime. The closest things I can remember, with credible production values and a decent plot, are. Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040. And both of those are about ten years old now. Yes, it has been a long time, and never before have the themes and environment been tackled in such an appealing manner.

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Like Water: An Anime Blog: November 2006

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Like Water: An Anime Blog. No longer updated as of 21 November 2006. Monday, November 20, 2006. Sayonara, and Kemonozume. Anime has stagnated. It's not the art form I loved so long ago. As a combination of both my increasing standards (and honestly, who has time to watch upwards of two dozen shows a season? And my increasing age, I feel like I've drifted away from the "pure" love I felt for anime in the past, and I don't feel that this is a bad thing. Or the brilliance of. Now and Then: Here and There.