Watched the 80s movie
They Were 11 last night, followed by a rewatch of
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and
Paprika.
Eleven had some nice backgrounds but was pretty run-of-the-mill otherwise, and even the settings and whatnot were standard fair for 80s anime sci-fi. I must have fallen asleep at the end because I don't remember the last ten minutes. I should watch that part again tonight.
TGWLTT was, as always, great. The ending still makes no sense at all, but Hosoda's form is impeccable and his manipulation of tension through the length of time between cuts is awesome. The pacing of the ending was still a little disjoint but not as crazy as it felt the last time I watched it, especially since it fell neatly into a pretty solid 3-act narrative structure.
Paprika was a very recent rewatch, since I first saw that last month. Stunning visuals, insane plot, surrealism everywhere, fuck yeah who cares about narrative coherency when it looks this fucking cool. That's about all I have to say on Paprika, even after rewatching it so soon.
And Marmalade Boy continues to be kickass. I ordered the first two sets of the series (the first half) for pretty damn cheap. I’ll get the rest next month.
Does anyone know how the
You’re Under Arrest series stacks up to the OVA? I’ve heard it’s basically more of the same with poorer animation (to be expected), but other people who also liked the OVA have said that the series is pointless episodic shit with unrealistic physics and wacky characters (which seems like complaining over nothing, since you could say the same about the OVA).
Xard wrote:haven't actually watched anything in days due to being too depressed and when not depressed too busy
It's because you're not watching enough shoujo.
(also what was the deal with ep 12 having the non-animated version that was in the first 3 episodes? lol)
