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[erastes]

Ok, so I finished watching Trigun, and for my first experience of someone watching something pretty alien from start to finish, I have to say I really enjoyed it.  The reason I started to watch it was because Tina Anderson (author of Gadarene) very kindly sent me a cpy of her doujinshi "FUTZ 1 and 2 (which is available for download at LULU although there are no plans to print any more copies) and I was so intrigued - because she hadn't explained who anyone was or anything - that I googled and found that it was a fan-manga of Trigun. So if you are a fan. go and buy FUTZ. It makes a lot of sense.  It was hot hot hot but made little sense to me before but it was so sexy it made me want to find the canon. It's NC-17, but that will make you run faster... My thoughts on the end of Trigun?  Impressed, I suppose.  I've always liked things that might not be made for adults, because I know that adults were still making them.  My mother would always take the piss out of me for really appreciating Bagpuss and Trumpton, but there was skill behind them, in the same way that there was skill behind "The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe."  I liked the way that it drip fed you the plot - I nearly gave up in the first 10 episodes because it just seemed like a kid's thing, but little by little it pulled you in - and Vash became more and more intriguing. I was simply surprised that it ended - because cartoons aren't supposed to end.  Somewhere out there, Tom is eternally chasing Jerry and the Road Runner will be evading Wil E  Coyote forever - so I wasn't used to a cartoon ending. I'm going to try and get the manga now -  I know the story is a little different there, but I wish I'd done the manga first - I'll know better next time. I'm terribly grateful to T.A for introducing me to a media that I'd never have considered and I'll certainly be exploring further into this strange new world, finding new manga to explore.  But they say that you never forget your first loves - so Vash and Nicholas will always stay with me. If I were still in fandom... Well.  Phew.

Comments

[schmoo999.livejournal.com]

If you are looking for A good Manga after Trigun try FAKE. I am not into slash but I adored this one which is only I think 8 volumes. I have bought them all and really enjoyed reading them:)

[zamaxfield.livejournal.com]

Oh, my...a convert... I'm so moved. I came to manga and anime through my kids of course, but soon found yaoi and adult manga with more complex themes and I really have to say I've been delighted and vastly entertained. There is so much out there that it can feel... overwhelming. I like it when the art is lovely but the story is there as well... good luck finding wonderful things, if you want someone to point you somewhere... let me know. I rather liked Trinity Blood, which started out as novels, became anime, and was turned into manga, (I think) The anime is really enjoyable... I thought.

BTW my daughter has a rating system of anime which includes the phrase "slowness of hair" In her opinion, slow hair is hot. Try Knight Hunters for the slow hair factor.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm hugely overwhelmed, that's exactly how I feel. I can't afford to go rushing about and buying a load - and I can only really get it on line (not a great deal of manga/anime shops in Norfolk...) I found Trigun luckily and naughtily on Youtube, so I'll keep looking!

:)

Slow hair, eh? *puzzled *

[essayel.livejournal.com]

I'm a big fan of comics and have drawn a few [for my own amusement] but I'm having difficulty getting into manga. I've only seen a few, maybe not very good ones, and find them confusing. I think maybe there are codes - much as in Western comics Xs for eyes indicate drunkenness, illness or death - that take a while to pick up on. However, I'm persevering because I understand that they are really worth it.