Another Anime Love!
Apr. 27th, 2009 01:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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sharpeslass went home for a couple of days, and watched the first part of Ouran High School Host Club that lexsara bought me for an early birthday present.
OMG, I LOVE IT SO MUCH! I got through eight episodes and sat on the couch kicking my feet like a teenager and giggling and squeeing in delight. This anime is so adorable!
Most of my anime/manga friends have probably already seen this, but it's about a super-rich high school where some of the best-looking boys have formed a "host club" for the school's ladies, a place where the girls can be served coffee and flirted with and squee at teh prettehness of the boys. I didn't think I'd like a high school series so much at this point in my life, but I do! The animation style is cute-- in fact, it translates to anime so well you'd think it was made for anime rather than manga first.
I think it's clever and self-conscious and it laughs at shoujo anime/manga while still BEING shoujo anime/manga. And there are arm-waves or ironic nods to class-consciousness, shounen-ai, transvestitism, lesbianism, incest and shota thrown in for good measure. And unlike Ranma 1/2, which is also a gender-bending high-school adventure that I adore, this one has a lot of character development-- the characters are growing and changing, even early on, and I find them utterly charming.
My favorite character by far is Tamaki (see icon). He's so selfless and selfish at the same time, arrogant and sensitive. And cuuuute! ::squeezes:: Anybody else watch this? What are your 'ships, just out of curiosity?
Confession: I watched an episode or so in sub but I must admit that I watched most of the episodes in dub. And I liked the dub. Unlike in Saiyuki Reload, the English-language voice actors seem to be actually acting rather than reading a script. I've definitely heard worse!
In other news, I want a cigarette. I just ate lunch. I started The Patch this morning but it wasn't until I finished eating that I really wanted that smoke. :( Better call mom!
sharpeslass went home for a couple of days, and watched the first part of Ouran High School Host Club that lexsara bought me for an early birthday present. OMG, I LOVE IT SO MUCH! I got through eight episodes and sat on the couch kicking my feet like a teenager and giggling and squeeing in delight. This anime is so adorable!
Most of my anime/manga friends have probably already seen this, but it's about a super-rich high school where some of the best-looking boys have formed a "host club" for the school's ladies, a place where the girls can be served coffee and flirted with and squee at teh prettehness of the boys. I didn't think I'd like a high school series so much at this point in my life, but I do! The animation style is cute-- in fact, it translates to anime so well you'd think it was made for anime rather than manga first.
I think it's clever and self-conscious and it laughs at shoujo anime/manga while still BEING shoujo anime/manga. And there are arm-waves or ironic nods to class-consciousness, shounen-ai, transvestitism, lesbianism, incest and shota thrown in for good measure. And unlike Ranma 1/2, which is also a gender-bending high-school adventure that I adore, this one has a lot of character development-- the characters are growing and changing, even early on, and I find them utterly charming.
My favorite character by far is Tamaki (see icon). He's so selfless and selfish at the same time, arrogant and sensitive. And cuuuute! ::squeezes:: Anybody else watch this? What are your 'ships, just out of curiosity?
Confession: I watched an episode or so in sub but I must admit that I watched most of the episodes in dub. And I liked the dub. Unlike in Saiyuki Reload, the English-language voice actors seem to be actually acting rather than reading a script. I've definitely heard worse!
In other news, I want a cigarette. I just ate lunch. I started The Patch this morning but it wasn't until I finished eating that I really wanted that smoke. :( Better call mom!
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Date: 2009-04-28 08:14 pm (UTC)I think
Oh, I skip the theme song on this one, anyway-- I'd watched four or five episodes before I realized they HAD translated it into English.
And thanks for the
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Date: 2009-04-29 03:56 am (UTC)And I agree on the het in this series, Haruhi/Tamaki is way too cute. I think you'll really like the ending, I thought it worked quite well and was way adorable.
(Darn, I only have the one Ouran icon! Poor Tamaki is about to go into his emo corner...)
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Date: 2009-04-30 06:52 pm (UTC)Going to Best Buy tonight to pick up part 2...