i love animes! part i

now, my next entry is going to be 2 parts. cuz it's LOOOOOOOOOOONG. :D

i love anime. as i've said previously. it's one of the many things christine has passed on to me from her college days (sushi and stories being others). and i am in NO way an expert of anime, so i'm just warning you that if you are, i AM gonna be saying stupid things, or things that i've heard that may not be true. :D . all i know is, it's sad that most popular animation today isn't hand drawn...well ok, that's not true. i'm speaking more in the movie sense. cgi movies are kewl n all, but there's no feeling like watching a show or movie that someone took the time to get hand cramps while drawing. even the flaws of animation...cgi movies are so perfect. kinda creepy. but hey, i'm not saying that i'm a hater. i loved finding nemo, and the beauty & the beast scene where they're dancing in the ball room. computers have done a lot, and it's good. heck, i'm pretty sure they use computers for color and effects in anime, and maybe even certain scenes. but for me, i still love a good 85-95% hand drawn animated movie or show. ;) but i digress. back to the animes!

i'm not gonna list the animes you see on average television today...like pokemon or yugi-oh, if any of you out there know these. i'm gonna stick to the ones i've seen on cable tv, that my sister introduced to me, or that i've just seen by chance.

anime list

1. birdy the mighty - i saw only part of it...but it's about a girl that kicks ass. go girl power! unfortunately, this story also has to do with her merging with a hs boy, so she's part-time girl, part-time boy. ohhhhhh funny people. one day i'll finish watching this one.

2. dragon balls series - ahhhh...dragon balls. this anime makes me crazy...for MORE! hahaha. seriously, one battle can cover 6+ episodes. and it's a one on one battle. there are many episodes for db, and many names for the series as it develops, but it's mainly about one alien of human likeness by the name of goku. it starts out when he's very young (dragon balls) then progresses eventually to his grand children (dbz or dbgt...i ferget). but i seriously had to stop watching this show cuz i would go crazy for the conclusion of a battle or storyline. too much heartache for me! but i loved the show... :)

3. hamtaro - seriously a series for children. it's about a hamster and his friends having adventures while their owners are away like at school. it's cute n all, but definitely for kids.

4. kiki's delivery service - also good for kids. it's a movie about a lil girl that's an actual witch...and that's about as much as i remember.

5. princess mononoke - this one was prolly the closest anime movie to hit big with hollywood. maybe it did hit big. i dunno really, but it was out there with an all star english dubbed cast. GREAT story, with GREAT sceneries. i love the lil tree spirits!

6. spirited away - i'm not sure how popular this one got, but it's definitely a great family movie. n i love the lil dust thingies. lil cuties. ;)

7. voltron - This was probably the first anime i've ever seen in my life. and still one of the best! but i'm afraid i don't remember much about it...i know there was Princess and Pidge...and some 'hot' guy, and 2 other boys? and they formed a kickass team with their kitty robots that could merge into a fighter robot! or were they all different 4 legged animals...anyhoo, i'm pretty sure that anyone who knows anime knows voltron.

8. akira - one of the most critically acclaimed animes...well i dunno if that's the truth, but that sounded really kewl, right? hehehe. actually, akira IS probably the best known anime movie, being ahead of its time when it came to animation. it also has a good futuristic story - motorcycles, gangs, telepathy, telekinesis, revolutions...but i have to watch it again to understand all the gov't stuff goin on there.

9. ninja scrolls - this action movie is quite popular as well. i've seen it, and i think it's pretty good. sure, there are parts that are cheesy, but they gotta throw in a lil romance for the ladies, right? but of course, lotsa battles n blood for the boys!

10. kor's orange road - a girlie series that christine intro'd me to. it's about a boy and his family that all have some sort of esp power...and him trying to be a normal kid in hs that wants to be with one girl, but another set her claws on him, but he's too nice to tell her he likes her friend. ah drama. :)

11. gunbuster - more girl power! another futuristic story of 2 girls picked to operate 2 'buster' engines/spaceships that can merge into a powerful robot so they can protect the earth from alien invasion. it's a great 6 part series that christine also intro'd me to.

12. gundam - another futuristic series composing of series of slightly different names (gundam wing, gundam seed...). it's mostly about boys piloting large powerful fighting robots. and depending on what series, there are differents stories...lots of civil war/revolution things going on. and of course, for the ladies, they throw in a lil romance here n there.

13. .hack//sign and .hack//legend of the twilight - a cute series that also is a video game. there is fighting, but i there's more story than fighting. i think. in the future, a comp virus affects/destroys almost all of the operating systems on the earth, and the last one standing becomes the main os. they in turn eventually make an online multiplayer role playing game using virtual reality head gear n stuff...soon enough, people start going into comas because for some odd reason when their character is killed they can't logout of "the world." i obviously like this series since i wrote so much about it. :D

14. cowboy bebop - a very intersting series. i'm sure this is a well known anime too. it's mostly about bounty hunters in space. i don't want to get too detailed, cuz i'm not sure i can even sum it up. but it's really good! i especially love the corgi in the show.

15. vampire hunter d - i'm a fan of this movie :). it's about a vamp hunter, obviously. it's somewhat of a dark movie, but i like it.

16. trigun - a very funny series that takes dramatic twists n turns! hahaha. ok, it's mostly a comedy, but it does have it's lessons to be learned, and deep moments for the main character, vash the stampede. in this series, there was some big fallout thing on earth, so the future is like old west with hi-tech stuff. n of course, for the ladies, some romance. a smidgen. she mostly just yells at him for being a dumbass. :D

well, it's late. i'm sure this'll tide u guys over for a lil while...until i finish the last half, along with the list of animes that i've heard about and would like to see. mooooohahahahaha...
gnite!