Well, if I may be totally pedantic, the anime is a sequel, takes place decades after the events in the novel, and has a mostly new cast. And being a sequel to a successful work that doesn’t directly involve the original author, its potential crap factor is over 9000.

The fact that it’s such a winning movie despite having (IMO) so many hurdles in its way, makes me like it even more.

If you want to be technical, the Tokikake novel predates all the schoolgirl cliches we see in anime and manga, so that’s why the anime doesn’t suck. [I can't vouch for the live-action movie, though...]

subatomic: “I, uh, don’t think DBZ’s success ever lay in the quality of its writing.”

True, but at least it had *some* writing. I imagine the Hollywood version will just wing it, since “The One” hack is directing, and all…

But if I may regurgitate Daryl’s thoughts, just because other people have nauseatingly overused certain genres or subject matter, talented creators can spin gold out of shit.

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time does this by forming an exciting and dramatic story out of mundane components. When a character takes a nasty tumble on the street, it’s heart wrenching. Lucky Star almost literally shits gold, given how awful the original 4-koma are. I found the show to have some topical elements, but this is mostly window dressing, and not integral to understanding the jokes. The vast majority of the the humor is character-based, not referential. When they do a 24 reference, it’s in service of a joke about Konata staying out late; people who know not of Jack Bauer will still understand the gag.

(I was hoping Clarissa would do Legend of the Blue Wolves for the next hentai episode, but I guess there’s always show 169.)

Has anyone found a fansub of the Lensman TV series? I can’t even begin to imagine 25 episodes of that badness.

But Lensman was the first “Official” Anime VHS I’ve ever purchased.

In many ways, I’d like to “make a difference” to those that aren’t ready to make the commitment I did to get to where I am now.

The interesting this was I knew something was familar with the way the animation looked and then I looked at the credits from ANN and I knew that it was Koji Morimoto. Very fluid animation! I really hope that someone like Media Blasters decides to release it on DVD.

Assuming any company would want to pick it up at all. I feel like I’m the only one qualified for stuff like this anyway. Hell I’d like to pick up the renmants of stuff Streamline had as well as those Geneon titles MB passed up on.

Dan said…
carl: I guess. I can’t wait to see Akira and DBZ bomb from bad writing and set designs.

Don’t we all!