Random anime I love [1]

[rex_sun]

Trigun. Classic! Has anyone NOT seen Trigun? It would weird me out because Trigun was so incredibly popular around here. All the kids watched it when it was running on TV. Even the kids who never watched another anime ever-- those kids watched Trigun here where I live.

Trigun? It makes me want to be a better person.

A lot of it is dumb shit, stupid action, blowing stuff up, and Ridiculous Feats of Badassery. It's shonen from the 90s, what can you do. But of all the other anime that follow this stupid shonen model and try to teach you morals and whatnot-- Naruto and Bleach and whatever --none of them really touch Trigun in that regard. Naruto doesn't make me want to be a better person. Trigun does.

Goofy shonen hero who, despite badassery and the devil's reputation, refuses to kill. Rurouni Kenshin? I think Trigun is better than Rurouni Kenshin. Kenshin is repenting for his crimes of the past. Vash has never killed in his entire damn life. Put that way, Kenshin is more selfish than Vash. Vash is so good and pure that it hurts you and makes you feel ashamed that you aren't as good of a person as you could be.

Also... Knives vs. Vash-- the greatest anime adversaries of all time?! Like, don't get me wrong, the only reason I ever gave two shits about Naruto was Naruto and Sasuke because omg, those two are lovely. But Knives and Vash top it. Top it soooo much.

Go, Vash, go! Save Gunsmoke with your LOVE AND PEACE.

I want to write for Trigun, I honestly do, but plot-wise it is very neatly tied up by the end. There's only one "big" avenue to explore once it's over so of course it's played out.

...also, lololol, English dub for Vash = Johnny Yong Bosch. So of course I have my moments of rofl'ing while comparing Lelouch and Vash and trying to imagine Lelouch making a peace sign and saying that the world IS MADE OF LOVE AND PEACE.

[/just got done rewatching after many years. No one to express feelings to.] This isn't me reccing because I think it's obscure or something, not by any means. This is just me venting the awesome. ...but if you haven't seen it, omg that's weird, but also, go watch it! Gee!

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[transient-words.livejournal.com]

I'll let you know. The way I'm still part of that fandom is one stupid tale of LOLdenial and fkfjkfwhatamIstilldoinghere. Zombie!Itachi is fun actually XD. Ah, Naruto and Sasuke -- I still love those boys, even if I want to a) shake some sense into the former, and b) shake even more sense into the latter. But yeah, I won't deny that their relationship was interesting, intense -- and that in /canon/. Not the fanish version that turns Naruto into 'crying Naru-chan' and Sasuke into a super!seme ._.

...Yeah that killed Bleach for me to. I loved the stylishness of the manga. I loved the whole supernatural/creepy stuff. But then it just became Ichigo fights this, Ichigo fights that.

The first OVA is about Tomoe and Kenshin. I think, with some deviations from the novel. BUT recommended. Heavily recommended.

Oh, I know. I want to read Inuyasha because I really liked the manga ): YYH is something I intend to watch one of those days (who knows when that will be :/).

I really don't like long anime either. Maybe cause I get bored easily, and I think you can always tell a story smoothly in fewer chapters/episodes. Code Geass was perfect to me at 50 episodes too.

Hmm, be prepared that the manga is a bit different. Darker, for one. And yeah, Knives characterisation is different. I don't wanna spoil. Personally I like the manga, I think it's worth reading, but if the style doesn't appeal to you, don't. I felt that, towards the end, things got very messy and convoluted. I didn't hate it, but I wasn't all too impressed either.

[rex-sun.livejournal.com]

Argh. Guess I'll have to start reading Naruto again... I want to see zombie!Itachi !!! ;___;

And yeah. Naruto/Sasuke is gayer and more canonically supported than Lelouch/Suzaku. Which is, uh, really saying something.

YYH? ...eh. I suggest reading it, if anything. The manga dwells slightly longer on the paranormal stuff than the anime. But myself I never finished the series.

[/puts Maximum on reading list] Eh. If I don't like the ending of the manga, I can say fuck it and just pretend I have only ever seen the anime, which has a fantastic ending IM(seemingly-not-widely-shared)O.