Hi there,

Anybody read Tsunami Channel?

I did over the holiday. I like it a lot. It seems to come out pretty consistently and without a lot of whining like some OTHER web comic I know. The comments are cool too.

Last night I had BBC America on and just happened to catch French & Saunders: Lord of the Rings. This has got to be one of the sillier parodies I’ve seen of LotR, and one of the better ones. And yes, it does have Teletubbies in it.

I just finished watching

the boxed set of Sports Night. I’d gotten this for my birthday with a gift certificate from a friend. Watching the end of this show reminded me how much I was annoyed it got cancelled when it did (and that nobody else picked it up). At least the show didn’t end on a major cliffhanger or anything like that.

With the beginning of the year it looks like a couple of new shows might be interesting. Two sites to help see what’s on Anime-Fansub’s AnimeDaisuki (Not to be confused with the original Anime Daisuki site). In looking around for more details on some of the shows coming out, I also found Itsumo Anime’s list of shows for winter 2003. Hopefully this won’t slow up any of the current fansubs I’m watching (especially Robin and Haibane Renmei, both due to be finished up any time now).

Tom Stoppard. “We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered.” [Quotes of the Day]

I just got through episode 13 of Naruto and I am really enjoying this show. I’d seen a bit of it in the Shonen Jump preview issue, but it just didn’t quite do anything for me. Based on that I hadn’t really been that interested in downloading this show. It’s got two things that appeal to me: ninjas and a sense of humor.

Naruto is the story of a young ninja. At the very beginning he hasn’t passed the test to be a ninja, and as the show goes on he becomes a full fledged (though entry level) ninja. The show follows the adventures of him and two other new ninjas. The show easily slips from bits of humor to fairly serious fight scenes, reminding me a little of shows like Kenshin. And though we’re only at episode 13, I get the feeling that this is going to be one of those long running shows.

All the characters in this show are really fun. From Naruto, to the two other members of his team, to their current instructor. The show is also quite creative. Ninjas all have techniques they learn. There’s one to shape change. There’s one to swap your body with an inanimate object (someone goes to stab you and after doing so they discover they stabbed a log). And the cool part is seeing the characters learn to use these together to outsmart the bad guys they run into (though at times it makes your head spin a little).

If you’re looking for something fun to watch with lots of action, I definitely recommend this show (for the 2nd time I think :)). Also, this is one of the stories that will be showing up in Shonen Jump with issue 2, though I’ve already heard depressing things about the translation. (Bleh.)

When you wake up in the morning, you can go for at least 30 minutes without saying a word, then remember it is the first of the month and yell out “RABBIT! RABBIT!”

Did everyone else remember to today?

someone has to make a post for the new year.
so, without further ado,
^_^ Happy New Year, minna-san ^_^

may 2003 bring me more debt which, of course, means lots
more anime dvd, cd, manga, plushy, figures debt.
and of course, accomplish the near-impossible, pay off most of
my credit card.
it’s all about the fangirl otaku g00dness ^^

acquiring new used transportation will be nice too.
what’s everyone’s new years resolutions, if any?