Comments on: Cary’s Anime Blog http://www.gamesanityblog.com/2009/04/21/carys-anime-blog/ Games from a Parental Perspective Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Colleen Hannon http://www.gamesanityblog.com/2009/04/21/carys-anime-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-21431 Colleen Hannon Fri, 01 May 2009 02:44:36 +0000 http://www.gamingwithchildren.com/?p=2305#comment-21431 Been on a shoujo kick recently, so I watched Skip Beat and Ouran Highschool Host Club and the new version Full Metal Alchemist. Warning - if you run into something called "Strait Jacket" at the video store, parents be very careful. Very very bloody and violent. And the one that goes with the Dead Space game is even worse. There must be a huge shortage of red ink in Japan right now. ;) Been on a shoujo kick recently, so I watched Skip Beat and Ouran Highschool Host Club and the new version Full Metal Alchemist.

Warning – if you run into something called “Strait Jacket” at the video store, parents be very careful. Very very bloody and violent. And the one that goes with the Dead Space game is even worse. There must be a huge shortage of red ink in Japan right now. ;)

]]> By: Simon Windmill http://www.gamesanityblog.com/2009/04/21/carys-anime-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-20917 Simon Windmill Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:45:16 +0000 http://www.gamingwithchildren.com/?p=2305#comment-20917 We found Panda go Panda in the library, and Charlotte loves it. She does a little dance for the theme music. The vast majority of anime I watch is stuck in the teen comedy genre, a lot of it is really just throwaway junk. I wonder if you might like Genshiken though, as while there's a bit of bawdiness, it basically follows the lives of a group of anime/manga/game-obsessed college kids as they come to terms with life. I think it succeeds in showing the loneliness that can be had when you shut yourself away from the mainstream but also the joy when you find like-minded individuals. The anime (as opposed to the original manga) is produced by Sega Sammy, so there are a lot of game references too. PuyoPuyo is a key plot element in one episode :) As my anime tastes tend to run to older teen and adult fare, and the time I have to watch such things is shrinking with the kids staying up later, I've found myself reading manga more than watching anime. I'm finishing up the Ranma 1/2 series which I have always adored, and feeling any sense of masculinity vanish with Ultra Cute, which is about and aimed at young teenaged girls in love. We found Panda go Panda in the library, and Charlotte loves it. She does a little dance for the theme music.

The vast majority of anime I watch is stuck in the teen comedy genre, a lot of it is really just throwaway junk. I wonder if you might like Genshiken though, as while there’s a bit of bawdiness, it basically follows the lives of a group of anime/manga/game-obsessed college kids as they come to terms with life. I think it succeeds in showing the loneliness that can be had when you shut yourself away from the mainstream but also the joy when you find like-minded individuals. The anime (as opposed to the original manga) is produced by Sega Sammy, so there are a lot of game references too. PuyoPuyo is a key plot element in one episode :)

As my anime tastes tend to run to older teen and adult fare, and the time I have to watch such things is shrinking with the kids staying up later, I’ve found myself reading manga more than watching anime. I’m finishing up the Ranma 1/2 series which I have always adored, and feeling any sense of masculinity vanish with Ultra Cute, which is about and aimed at young teenaged girls in love.

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