Sabina's Pocket Recs
Dec. 6th, 2003 08:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
petroniaYami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito. Okay, now I get it. It's Italo Calvino's "On A Winter's Night A Traveler" - the hentai edition!
...Ain't nuffin' wrong with that. XD Bring on the incestuous lesbian schoolgirl pretentious meta narrative strategy, is all I'm saying. Seriously, it's clever. And no, it's not all that ecchi, but it does make one wonder if the game is any good. Which I suppose is part of the purpose.
I really want the OP to this, dammit. My love for Avex cannot be divorced from my hatred, and no doubt our relationship is doomed to a tragic finale.
EDIT -- Found a TV rip of it, which suggests that (say it with me) the soundtrack isn't due to be released until next month. This never used to happen; it's a downside to watching anime less than a week after it's been shown on Japanese TV. ...Now that I'm thinking about it, is it just me or aren't anime themes as great as they used to be? Or as pervasive in the fandom at large, somehow? I mean, there're still catchy songs, and good - excellent - soundtracks. But it seems a long time since there's been, y'know, a 'Heart of Sword' or a 'Rinbu Revolution'. A 'Cruel Angel Thesis' or 'Voices' or 'Just Communication', something everyone can hum, practically... Mere result of the fact that there's more series available for the watching, and less people following each? All I can say from my personal experience is that I haven't come across an opening/closing theme in a long time that has the ability to conjure up its series in its totality - all the emotions, the sense of adventure if you will - just to listen to. Catchy, yes, but nothing seminal like that.
EDIT2 -- GIP. XD Because if Ban can have an 80's pop song icon, then Ginji can too.
...Ain't nuffin' wrong with that. XD Bring on the incestuous lesbian schoolgirl pretentious meta narrative strategy, is all I'm saying. Seriously, it's clever. And no, it's not all that ecchi, but it does make one wonder if the game is any good. Which I suppose is part of the purpose.
I really want the OP to this, dammit. My love for Avex cannot be divorced from my hatred, and no doubt our relationship is doomed to a tragic finale.
EDIT -- Found a TV rip of it, which suggests that (say it with me) the soundtrack isn't due to be released until next month. This never used to happen; it's a downside to watching anime less than a week after it's been shown on Japanese TV. ...Now that I'm thinking about it, is it just me or aren't anime themes as great as they used to be? Or as pervasive in the fandom at large, somehow? I mean, there're still catchy songs, and good - excellent - soundtracks. But it seems a long time since there's been, y'know, a 'Heart of Sword' or a 'Rinbu Revolution'. A 'Cruel Angel Thesis' or 'Voices' or 'Just Communication', something everyone can hum, practically... Mere result of the fact that there's more series available for the watching, and less people following each? All I can say from my personal experience is that I haven't come across an opening/closing theme in a long time that has the ability to conjure up its series in its totality - all the emotions, the sense of adventure if you will - just to listen to. Catchy, yes, but nothing seminal like that.
EDIT2 -- GIP. XD Because if Ban can have an 80's pop song icon, then Ginji can too.
