My new Obsession!
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jedishampooI have a new fandom. Dammit. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sharpeslass was out of town over the weekend (at the Serenity/Firefly convention), and so I decided to get a start on the 50 episodes of (Gensomaden) Saiyuki that I'd purchased cheaply a while back.
OMG, this is not a fandom, it's a religion. And unlike my other anime fandoms, where I get into it YEARS after it's been over, they're still making manga and anime. Hooray!
It's yet another adaptation of the old Chinese story "Journey to the West." Four hot guys (well, three of them are hot) in a Jeep, traveling to India on the orders of the Buddhist gods, trying to stop the resurrection of an ancient evil demon. Smoking. Drinking. Chasing women. It seems formulaic, but the characters are interesting and the series has TONS of heart. It really caught me, like nothing has in the last couple of years, even Fullmetal Alchemist.
See my icon for my new boyfriend, Buddhist monk Sanzo. Yum!
Bye, y'all. Off to buy more "Saiyuki" stuff. And the next two 25-episode seasons. OMG, Anime, Crack would be cheaper.
sharpeslass was out of town over the weekend (at the Serenity/Firefly convention), and so I decided to get a start on the 50 episodes of (Gensomaden) Saiyuki that I'd purchased cheaply a while back.OMG, this is not a fandom, it's a religion. And unlike my other anime fandoms, where I get into it YEARS after it's been over, they're still making manga and anime. Hooray!
It's yet another adaptation of the old Chinese story "Journey to the West." Four hot guys (well, three of them are hot) in a Jeep, traveling to India on the orders of the Buddhist gods, trying to stop the resurrection of an ancient evil demon. Smoking. Drinking. Chasing women. It seems formulaic, but the characters are interesting and the series has TONS of heart. It really caught me, like nothing has in the last couple of years, even Fullmetal Alchemist.
See my icon for my new boyfriend, Buddhist monk Sanzo. Yum!
Bye, y'all. Off to buy more "Saiyuki" stuff. And the next two 25-episode seasons. OMG, Anime, Crack would be cheaper.
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Date: 2008-02-05 04:44 pm (UTC)It's those big chibi-eyes, they make me think, "too young for me!" (Though actually they're all probably too young for me, heh heh!) ;)
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Date: 2008-02-06 05:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-06 04:40 pm (UTC)http://pics.livejournal.com/jedishampoo/pic/0005qrk3
Hee hee! That one makes me want to write nasty fic every time I see it.
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Date: 2008-02-06 04:48 pm (UTC)^_^" Also, that's actually one of the few pics of Gojyo that I don't like. The perspective doesn't do it for me. If it's 'mrowr' you want, in my opinion you don't need much more than this one.... (http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e137/Oozaruangel/SaltyDog3p14.jpg)
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Date: 2008-02-06 05:37 pm (UTC)The perspective on that other one is indeed strange but I think that's why I like it. He just looks so... dark or upset. And shirtless and tattooed. Hm.
There are some extremely tasty pics of all the boyz on the Saiyuki 2008 calendar... my roommate bought it for me for Christmas and even she thought the pics were sexy enough (for cartoon guys, she says) to hang that calendar in the kitchen. Minekura-san can draw some hot guys, sure enough.