Animes, animes, animes..... just finished watching quite a lot of animes these days. Started about a few weeks back, always having anime marathon during weekends. Either that, or I'll be having so many things which I have to do, but so little time. Animes which I've completed and my comments:
1) Fate Stay Night - Yes Xav, I have finally watched this! :p Hmm, I thought the main guy (Shiro) was quite a wimp... =x Overall, I found his "path" throughout the entire anime was "ouch this, ouch that" or trying too hard to be the tough guy when obviously he is not. I don't really get why he always puts himself infront when actually he can help the others alot more by staying away from being hurt and supporting them instead. (In this aspect, I will probably compare him to another character from another anime.)
Saber's really cool though, but I found the "love" between them to be either bitter-sweet, or not convincing enough for me. I still don't think Saber would have loved him and be in a relationship with him. (He seemed too childish?) The ending was a little sad though.... but I too think it would have been better for everyone this way.
2) ToraDora! - One of the funniest anime I have seen in a very long time. The characters are cute and likeable, the jokes are really hilarious, the storyline is fast enough for me (Can't really stand it when storylines keep repeating the same ol things over n over.)
My fave char in this series would have to be Ryuuji. He's such a nice sweet guy who is even willing to sew breast pads for Taiga. Now, how many guys would actually do that?! As compared to Shiro, I don't think Ryuuji is a "wimp" even when he does all the "auntie" things like household chores, looking out for cheap buys at the supermarket, cooking and taking care of the girls. It just feels so sincere, and I'm believe it actually takes more out of a guy to be gentlemanly and sweet, as compared to a role like Shiro's always wanting to act the tough cookie. I'll be soooo lucky if he's my bf!^^ Out of the rest of the characters, Taiga and Ami's roles were quite predictable. But Kitamura and Minorin's were more subtle and interesting to me. Although Minorin can be quite cranky sometimes, it seems to me that she is the most observant and perceptive. Even though the active, sporty people in animes always have shallower characters. Kitamura's story is also quite different from the usual, he's the vice-president for student council but he always has this fun / weird / crazy side to him as well. (Remember Episode 9? The most hilarious one where he appears almost naked!)
Still, like Fate Stay Night, I didn't have a good vibe when the anime was taking a turn towards the end. Where Ryuuji and Taiga inevitably falls in love with each other and end up being a couple. That was quite hard for me to swallow because Taiga looks too much like a xiao mei mei in the anime. If her char looked slightly more mature like Minorin or Ami's, it would have been much better. (Honey & Clover's Hagu also looks too much like a small kid for me to relate any romance to her.) I would have preferred Minorin to end up with Ryuuji, they obviously liked each other. If Minorin had not rejected him because of Taiga, probably they would end up really happy with each other. They both deserve each other because both are really nice people. But of cos, we all know that's not going to be the final pairing, because the anime title is such a no-brainer. Tora = Tiger, Dora = Dragon which obviously meant the 2 main leads.
3) Gundam 00 - This anime has finally come to an end...... but it only leaves the audience craving for more!!! (omg, this is neverending) Why? Because they had to announce that there will be a Gundam 00 movie releasing next year in 2010.
The ending was a good and nice one for me, I think it was cool that Ribbons and Setsuna destroyed each other's Gundam until they had to use the old ones. (lol, talk about being retro!). It was good to see everyone had a good ending eventually, even the guy who killed his own father. The wedding was hilarious (is this the first time I'm seeing anyone in Gundam actually going through a wedding ceremony? o.O) and it was nice how they made "clones" of Ribbons and Anew amongst the crowd during those speeches etc. Setsuna and Lockon continued being with Celestial Being, Tieria's body died but soul combined with Veda. Hallelujah and Marie went off on their own to spend some time together (seems like a peace-searching journey). Billy and Sumeragi ended up together (omg Billy, don't deny that you're so darn happy to be reunited with her! XD Okay, he was even smirking when Bushido appeared behind him.) There was no ending for Felt though..... I always thought someday she would end up being with the younger Lockon (but he had to like Anew this crazily instead. And she had to forget about the older Lockon when there's a total clone flocking around infront of her, that's really difficult.) Oh yah, Setsuna still seems like he ended up girl-less, but there were subtle-ness between Princess Marina and him alright. (1 of those couples where you just feel like banging their heads together and asking them to open their eyes wider.)
I actually prefer-ed the story of Gundam 00 to Gundam Seed because it was less dramatic and more realistic. But of cos, sometimes Gundam Seed really feeds the "emo" side very well^^ Gundam 00 reminds me more of those boyish-mecha cartoons/animes during my time, where they usually have like 4 to 5 members in the good guys' team. I just luv watching shows which emphasize on teamwork instead of 1-person "imba" reign over the rest. (Setsuna was the lead, but he didn't give off a super imbalanced, "immortal"-state as compared to Kira.)
After finishing these 3 animes, I'm kinda stuck on what other anime I should watch again. Maybe continue with Kuroshitsuji, or even La Corda D'Oro?? While stumbling on La Corda D'Oro again, came across the ending theme song "Crescendo" by "Stella Quintet". I thought Stella Quintet was some boyband from Japan. Until I searched youtube for a video of them. Turned out they were those voice actors for the anime, singing the ending theme song. I've uploaded this song into the music player^^
Guess what? Jun Fukuyama was one of the singers! Hehe, not bad, they could all sing quite well....
Maybe anime voice actors normally can sing well because they had to emote so much only from just using their voices.
Speaking of all these talented voice actors, stumbled upon this clip on youtube which I would like to share with you:
I'm sure many people are amazed by Miyano's voice acting of that evil laughter of Light in Deathnote. It almost seemed like their facial expressions were the same! Jun Fukuyama's voice always sounded different to me, although Kei's voice in Special A is quite similar to Lelouch's. And Ryoga's voice actor is so talented! He can voice all 3 characters, Ryoga, the guy in the china uniform and even the black pig! >.< I always knew Edward's voice actor was a lady, but I never thought she also voiced Nana!
I'm actually still quite taken aback, every time I come across finding out who had voice acted as who...... for example:
a) Azuma in La Corda = Shinobu in Junjou Romantica (yes, the gay anime where he plays a 18-year-old in love with his brother-in-law! Uh-oh, too much details?) = Kuran Kaname in Vampire Knight
b) Hihara in La Corda = Tidus in FFX = Pang De in Dynasty Warriors 5
c) Tsuchiura in La Corda = Hiroki in Junjou Romantica (fave char in JR, oops =x) = Rou Ensei in Saiunkoku Monogatari
d) Len Tsukimori in La Corda = Takahiro in Junjou Romantica (okay, the non-gay elder brother)
f) Senri Shiki in Vampire Knight = Hikaru in Ouran = Kira in Gundam Seed!!! (wow O.O)
So basically the song you've heard by Stella Quintet = Kuran Kaname, Tidus, Hiroki, Takahiro and Lelouch! (I'm sure there are more famous chars than Hiroki and Takahiro but thats the best I could associate them with anime characters I know... )
I get really reminded of Taiga's voice when I watch this:
Haha, "Baka-Chi!" =p Love the way she says that......
Found the whole list of Vampire Knight voice actors from crunchyroll: http://www.crunchyroll.com/group/Vampire_knight_foreva/pages/voiceactors4vampireknight
which is quite amazing...
I shall continue to blog on the DMC movie, and some Gundam stuff on the next post! :)
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