Day of anime!

[elaby]

Yesterday, coastal_spirit, caitirin, and I went to the Mustard Seed, a lovely metaphysical shop, to a nearby vegan restaurant (OMG so good!), played Wii, and then watched a bunch of anime :3

We continued Ouran and started The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. I was not thrilled by the first few episodes of the latter, because "pushy girl" characters like Haruhi tends to annoy me, but once the plot began to unfold, I was hooked. I can't wait to find out what's going on :3

After coastal_spirit went home, we watched the first DVD of Baccano!. It's incredibly good, in that "OW MY BRAIN" sort of way. It didn't hurt my brain like some anime does - Lain, for example - but because it features majorly non-linear storytelling. From what I can tell, the series (or at least the beginning of it) is about the simultaneous robbery, by three separate parties, of a train going from Chicago to New York in 1931. However, the first episode takes place mostly around the time the train arrives in New York. The next three episodes switch back and forth between ten months before, five months before, the incidents on the train, things that take place during/directly before the train is robbed in different cities, several years later, and, um, some times I haven't been able to figure out yet. It's COOL, but it's not the sort of show you can devote anything but your entire attention to. There are also about a frillion characters, and we watched the opening sequence every time because it matches everyone's names with their faces. From what I could gather, there were at least three New York Mafia families, some extraneous people who hang around with them, two groups of people who like to kill people from Chicago (no indication as of yet that they're families), some thieves, some children, some rich people, and... monsters? Also, did I mention that some of the people in these Mafia families are immortal? Yep.

It's extremely violent, but fascinating. There's also a scene of rat-brutality, which I thought I should warn my ratty-loving friends about. The animation is gorgeous and the costumes, scenery, cars, and other things that make up the setting are just as much a reason to watch the show than the plot is. The next DVD better come out soon or I'm going to forget what happened!

Comments

[coastal-spirit.livejournal.com]

I kind of wish I'd stayed to watch a little bit of Baccano!, but it sounds like the type of thing that I should watch all at once, not in little bunches.

[elaby.livejournal.com]

Seriously! You should see it, but all at once. I'm afraid I'm going to forget everything by the time the next volume comes out.