TsundereStorm » Overview http://tstorm.bwys.org Animanga × Real Life Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:53:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Art of Miyazaki’s Spirited Away http://tstorm.bwys.org/2009/01/spirited-away-artbook/ http://tstorm.bwys.org/2009/01/spirited-away-artbook/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:24:56 +0000 tai http://tstorm.bwys.org/?p=701 asdf

Hardcover, 244 pages.

My second artbook review will be for Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away. This book was a nice grab from amazon.ca, $25 shipping included (I added it to my friend’s order so she could get the free shipping quota). Compared to my Clannad Visual Fan Book it’s not as in-depth, but there are a lot of early development sketches, rough line art and unedited watercolour backgrounds which I was really looking forwards to, especially for a production from Mr. Hayao Miyazaki. There’s a certain beauty that is expressed through draft-quality hand-drawn watercolour paintings, I expect Ponyo on a Cliff is following through with that logic.Because this book is in English I can understand all of the captions, however there isn’t nearly as much text as the Clannad Visual Fan Book.

“Most people panic and collapse while shouting, “It can’t be true.” Those people will be erased or eaten up in the situation in which Chihiro finds herself. In fact, Chihiro’s being strong enough not to be eaten up is just what makes her a heroine. She is a heroine not because she is beautiful or because she possesses a unique mind. This is the key characteristic of this work.”

Unfortunately my scanner can’t handle this book so I can only give photographs of the pages. There are high-quality scans of individual images out there but I wanted to show it with all the context. If you like, you can download the entire collection of images shown below (only the images below, not the entire book)

]]> http://tstorm.bwys.org/2009/01/spirited-away-artbook/feed/ 5 Autumn 2008 Programme http://tstorm.bwys.org/2008/10/autumn-2008-programme/ http://tstorm.bwys.org/2008/10/autumn-2008-programme/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:57:49 +0000 tai http://tstorm.bwys.org/?p=290 Well, I don’t have the diligence to constantly churn out posts like the previous one on a regular basis, so don’t expect a constant stream of such posts. Instead, it’s much easier to create a steady schedule of consistent subjects. So, in alphabetical order, here is my anime blog-cliché autumn 2008 overview and initial comments. List obtained from the whosubswhat wiki. Anything unmentioned either did not strike my interests at all or it is something I totally missed, hopefully the former.

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Akane-Iro Ni Somaru Saka

Prevalent genre: harem
I don’t think this will interest me, but it reminded me of wind –a breath of heart–, which I have not yet watched. I will check out the first episode. Or I will just watch wind instead.

Clannad After Story

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Prevalent genre: romance
I loved the first series, and I expect the same for this. Expect per-episode posts for this show; I will look at the smaller, easily overlooked details and individual character instead of the story as a whole.

Chaos;Head

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Prevalent genre: thriller/murder mystery
Ever since watching Ghost in the Shell, I’ve been more and more interested in psychology especially from a criminal/detective standpoint. Hopefully this series will be something along those lines, I’ll check out the first few episodes for it.

Ef – A Tale of Melodies

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Prevalent genre: romance
I’ve heard good things about the first series, but I haven’t actually watched it. If this series ends up well that’ll give me more reason to watch its prequel. Somehow I don’t feel comfortable watching a show before watching all the prequels.

Hyakko

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Prevalent genre: daily life
Lucky Star wannabe? The enjoyment I found in Lucky Star is quite hard to explain, I usually tell people it’s a dull show in a very good way. If it sounds like this show is along those lines I’ll check it out.

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Kurozuka

Prevalent genre: no idea
From the description it sounded a bit like Juuni Kokuki, if I read or hear good things about this show I’ll look into it.

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Lucky Star OVA

Prevalent genre: comedy
Judging by its cover it feels like it’ll lean towards a comedy as opposed to the slice-of-life emphasis of the series. No tsunderecon could possibly resist this release.

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Mouryou No Hako

Prevalent genre: murder mystery
Another murder mystery series, again by Madhouse. I’ll be taking a peek at the first few episodes.

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Nodame Cantabile: Paris-Hen

Prevalent genre: josei
A definite watch. As I have background in music performance, I will provide musical commentary on an occasional basis, probably three times through it’s 11-episode run. Somehow I feel that this arc will lean towards a more typical drama, however, as opposed to whatever the first season was.

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Shikabane Hime: Aka

Prevalent genre: thriller
I don’t normally do well with supernatural stuff like this, but the cover art piqued my interest. I will check out the first few episodes.

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Yozakura Quartet

Prevalent genre: slice-of-life?
The description sounds like another slice-of-life along the lines of Mushishi and Natsume Yuujinchou. With Yuujinchou just ending this show seems like a good way to continue feeding my slice-of-life appetite.

This is the end of my autumn 2008 anime candidates. Clannad + LS OVA + Nodame, this season is going to be so win!!!!!1!

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