I've been trying to create a list of my "10 Favorite Anime," in response to a question someone posted, and it can't be done. But I can list some "bests", which I admire for multiple reasons, including great music on all of them!

Best Historical Drama and Best Swordplay: Samurai X OVA Trust/Betrayal

Best Science Fiction (tie) and Best Yaoi: Ai No ( Read more... )

Samurai X Trust/Betrayal, (original versions) are together my favorite historical anime - story, art, music, era, all of it. But the new Region 1 "Director's Cut" of OVA 3, Reflections, is a rip-off ( Read more... )

NEW!! I'm thrilled to have scored this cel of Kaoru from the Samurai X OVA series!! Most cels from the OVAs cost hundreds of bucks; a great cel of Sano I was bidding on recently sold for over $300, and some go far higher. I was so lucky!

I happily have, in my hand, Cel #A32 with unstuck sketch, from OVA 3, Reflections. A pensive, lovely Kaoru in a ( Read more... )

Whew, the Holiday Challenge is over. I was given learan, who asked for "Yohji/Omi (or the other way around)... with warm fuzzies and/or cute innuendo." I'm not practised with either warm fuzzies or cuteness, so I sighed at first, but working on them got me through this season which is far from jolly for me ( Read more... )

Challenge: Celebration on wk_100, if I can cut this down without losing it
Title: Fate
Team: Schwarz
Words: too many
Characters: Crawford, Takatori
Series: Weiss Kreuz
Rating: PG-13 for language.

( Fate )

New Weiß Kreuz drabble posted to wk_100 "Costume" challenge. Ever noticed how alike Nagi and Tot are? I mean, except for the clothes and the attitude and the behavior...
Forever

Saiyuki drabble posted to 100_roadtrips, for the "Dirty Laundry" challenge. Since it's my first Saiyuki fic as well as a new community, it's G.
Arid

Dang, addiction is harsh. The auction was closing and I bought the cel, even though I haven't located the scene yet. If anyone recognizes the Weiß Kreuz episode it's from, please let me know! Here's the cel.

I'm also still looking for the episode in which this cel occurs. Aya is dressed like this in the early Weiß Kreuz episodes. Note: the ( Read more... )

Hn. Unbelievable. The kinsugi who is obsessed with darkness, violence, and angst is actually starting to get into cuteness, which has always made me want to barf. I know who to blame: Tabyk. All his fault. I can't believe that the latest additions to my collection were Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, Cardcaptor Sakura and Fruits Basket. What is ( Read more... )

My book "Reading and Writing Japanese" has 85 different kanji for "ko", but a kanji I'm looking for, part of the verb "sa shi KO mu" written in a combination of kanji and kana, isn't in the list. I'm going to have to spring for a big kanji dictionary eventually if I keep this up ( Read more... )

This whole thing is so depressing. Now the true horror begins at home and in Iraq. The headlines: we escalate the bombing in Iraq, bringing back memories of Viet Nam ( Read more... )