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It's Lion Turtles all the way down ([personal profile] lettered) wrote2007-08-28 10:12 pm
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phantom of the opera-anime

When I was first getting into POTO, someone linked me to this fanvid someone made of the ALW POTO Overture...dance mix...played over this...anime. I always remembered it forever because 1) it creeped me out. 2) it's utterly fascinating how well this anime seems to fit POTO. 3) I spent hours and hours wondering what the anime could possibly be about. 4) there were skulls and roses and stuff, and sad phan that I am, I get all fascinated by flowers and death.

Anyway, so I mentioned the vid to [livejournal.com profile] my_daroga, and she hadn't seen it before. Thank god for YouTube.

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[identity profile] stefanie-bean.livejournal.com 2007-08-29 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
I looked it up on amazon: it's called Katsuhiro Otomo Presents: Memories. It looks really good, and is pretty cheap used. Thanks for posting it! I don't watch much anime at all, but this looks like something I'd like. And it does really fit well with the POTO song.
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[personal profile] my_daroga 2007-08-29 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
S recognized it right away; we're not going to watch the rest of the video because we've been meaning to see it!

But I'll save it, and come back to it. Thanks, J!
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[identity profile] tkp.livejournal.com 2007-08-29 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, how did you hear about this anime?

I actually saw it for rent at Blockbuster, of all places, once, and was going to rent it but was with people who Would Not Understand and I didn't have my card, so I thought I'd come back. But then I did and they weren't carrying it any more.
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[personal profile] my_daroga 2007-08-29 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
It's based on short stories by a guy S loves. You should see the books. They have absolutely everything available to rent out here, so if we get a hold of it I'll get you a copy.
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[identity profile] tkp.livejournal.com 2007-08-29 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, cool. Maybe I'll give the manga a try someday.
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[identity profile] tkp.livejournal.com 2007-08-29 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, now that I've found it again I looked it up too. I've never watched anime before (except Dragonball Z. Is that anime? Anyway).

As I said to K below, I actually saw it for rent at Blockbuster but then fate had me over and I never did get it while it was there.

The thing is, I'm not even sure I want to see the actual cartoon; I have so much fun trying to figure out what the plot could possibly be. It's like 2001 Space Odyssey meets POTO.
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[personal profile] seraphcelene 2007-08-29 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
Anime. Anime. You can't call it a cartoon, it's Anime!!

I love Anime.
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[identity profile] tkp.livejournal.com 2007-08-29 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I've never watched anime. Unless you count dragonball Z. I used to watch that fairly regularly.
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[personal profile] seraphcelene 2007-08-31 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
I used to watch DBZ, but it gets kinda annoying because of the drawn out fight sequences. Talking heads all over the place and battles that last for Episodes. I will never forget the Cell arc because I will never get those days of my life back that I lost as the gang fought and were beaten into the ground by the uber unstoppable super villan. I tend to go for the dark, angsty, shorter serials like Wolf's Rain and Trinity Blood. Bleach has been interesting, but it's got a little of the DBZ battle Syndrome, although the battles in Bleach don't usually go on for more than two or three eps.

Hmmm .... Blood Plus has been really, really good. Basilisk is AMAZING. Trigun is also very good. Love Inuyasha for one of the longer series and also the original Ranma 1/2 episodes. The later series are just ... odd to me. I've been wanting to try Naruto, but no joy yet. I can't seem to manage to keep sync with Full Metal Alchemist, so even though I like it, I'm never quite sure if I know what's going on. Then, of course, there's always movies. Kiki's Delivery Service is tres cute. Spirited Away is probably one o' my favorites.

[identity profile] stefanie-bean.livejournal.com 2007-08-29 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Yup, DBZ is anime.

Anime isn't a genre; it's a medium (like watercolor, oil, fiction, etc.) There are many different genres within anime. I favor the more dramatic stories, in full length movies like Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, and Howl's Moving Castle (all by Hayao Miyazaki), or the modern magical realism tale Tokyo Godfathers, or the poignant and bitter World War II story of the firebombings, Grave of the Fireflies.
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[personal profile] my_daroga 2007-09-03 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
I've never watched anime before (except Dragonball Z. Is that anime? Anyway).

Oh my god, J, you are sorely lacking in a fundamental area of good pop culture. This must be remedied.
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