Amatsuki

[suanz]

I found out about this manga/anime from pixie_blade and decided to check it out.

Mind you, I have seen this manga appearing in my Zero-Sum magazines which I have been faithfully subscribing since Jan 2010 and did not paid any attention to it. Anyway I'm so glad I did. (On a side note, these Zero-Sum magazines are so darn thick, I'm running out of storage space!!)

It's very nice!!!! In the beginning, I thought the protagonist looks a bit weird - what's with those huge eyes but I grew to love it after 3 episodes? or less.....

What's so nice about this series?? I dunno exactly - just that the characters, the storyline and the animation appeals to me.

And I checked out the artbook over at BL Academy and the art is gorgeous - rich, colourful and kinda abstract (that's how I'll describe it).

Anyway this has been a very fruitful weekend. I sat thru' 16 episodes of Uraboku (that's another story) and all 13 episodes of Amatsuki. It's kinda sad that the production of the anime was abandoned due to some drug scandal. Anyway that's what I gathered from searching online. If that's true, with all due respect, this is one thing I can never understand about their culture..... Sigh.

Anyway all this is possible, thanks to pixie_blade . Because of her (in good faith, of course) she has helped me discover Kuroshitsuji (kya~~~), 07-Ghost, Hakuoki Shinsengumi (drools) and now Amatsuki. My next target should be Monochrome Factor... I think., on top of checking out the rest of the Amatsuki manga. And why the bloody f--- is this not translated???

      
 

Comments

[kirathaune.livejournal.com]

I love Amatsuki! And yes, I too was sad to see the anime end so abruptly. *sigh* Bonten,,,

I will be downloading and watching Uraboku as soon as I'm out from under my 7th Night fic!

[suanz.livejournal.com]

LOL!!! Yes, everyone has been talking about Uraboku. I only got hooked from episode 11 onwards, while lawless523 was sold by the 1st or 2nd.

Can't wait for posting to start for 7thnight.... :)

[lawless523.livejournal.com]

The art, character design, and animation in UraBoku (other than the pointy chins) are very nice - better than Saiyuki. And it's mildly BL instead of just slashy. Having never seen the manga, though, which is licensed but won't arrive here until (I think) next year, I don't know how true it all is to the manga, especially the character design.

If it's any consolation, whymzycal is still working on her fic, and seshats_prodigy just sent hers for beta review.

[pixie-blade.livejournal.com]

If you'd like to read up through the beginning of v 3 you can check here:

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=7535585eaw1le

[lawless523.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[pixie-blade.livejournal.com]

np!

[pixie-blade.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad I could corrupt you (even more lol)! Once you're all done with those you can check out Durarara! Which I'm just getting into. I'll post some more about it once I've gotten a bit farther.

[suanz.livejournal.com]

Ooohhhhh.... Will do thta. :)