Modern Otaku: Its about everything, see?

Ugh..sick day. Anyway, its been six days since the last post, so I suppose its time to get the show on the road. Be forewarned though, I'm barely conscious, so don't count on a particularly long post. Either way, lets get this going.
This Month in Anime
In this section, it won't necessarily always be about a *new* anime, it's just about something I'm watching. For instance, I won't talk about Deathnote but I might talk about Lupin:III. Anyway, this month has been incredibly busy for anime, despite all the other things going on right now. I've finished watching two series in particular.
- Black Cat

This series is fairly new, actually. Came out (in North America) in the fall of 2005 and into 2006. It's a great show, really, even if it is a little predictable at parts. Basically, the series follows a small group of loosely connected people. A sweeper (a bounty hunter, of sorts), a walking humanoid bio-weapon, a government sponsored assassin and a world class thief, as they do various jobs, and carry out their own personal issues. The world has a generally clean feeling to it, with a quirky cast of characters to balence it out. Its sort of hard to say anything, without spoiling too much...but alas, if you liked Trigun, you should definetly try this out.

-Last Exile

If anyone ever asks me if I concider anime to be true art, I will point to this series and say "yes. It can be." This show is wonderful. I was honestly surprised to find that Hayoa Miyazaki had nothing to do with it at all. The art is of extremily high quality, as good as any anime film years in the making. The characters are deep and understandable, react naturally and logically to the world around them and the issues of every day life. Even minor characters change over time, little by little, as things happen. The music is well done (however, there isn't much of it, unfortunatly.) The world (Steampunk that it is) is interesting. Basically, there are two nations, seperated by circumstance and war, called Anatoray and Disith, and a third faction, the pale-skinned, aristocratic "Guild". The world, the nations, everything is in one way or another, controlled by the Guild. The Guild decides what battles take place between the two nations, where it can happen, and if their ships can even fly (as the "engines" of their vessels are provided by, and can be called back by, the Guild, at any time. Then there are those who are neutral in the conflicts, the couriers who pilot smaller planes, called vanships, around the world, to deliver mail, military orders..or just about anything for the right price. On the whole, the show is a little bit slower. There isn't a tonne of combat, but its enough to satisfy the pallett of an oldschool Gundam fan. The show is truely excellent, and I invite..no..INSIST, that if the show sounds the least bit compelling, to at least watch the first episode.


Well, thats all I can keep myself up for for now;
Later Days!
~Ota-kun