Anime beckons again...

[alfreda89]

Here's a video of images from Princess Tutu, about a duck who dreams of becoming a girl, and then morphs into a magical dancing princess. That's just a garbled guess from a clip found on Will Shetterly's blog, but looks like fun to me. (He claims it's about the power of Story, not Ballet -- which he hasn't much use for.) The music is a Swedish group, and not soundtrack from the show. I think I need to find the group -- good stuff.

I've really been trying to resist Netflix. I have enough distractions in my life...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NDnqGrgDpk

Comments

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Princess Tutu is worth the other evils of Netflix. Many, many writer in-jokes, some interesting things to say about the nature and strength of story, several surprising twists. Also, the music is wonderful.

But don't take my word for it -- talk to janni and lnhammer. Because, yanno, I also like "Fruits Baskets," though for entirely different reasons...

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Because, yanno, I also like "Fruits Baskets," though for entirely different reasons...

I hesitate to Google...

[sparkylibrarian.livejournal.com]

Heh heh. Er, Are you interested in watching Fruits Basket also? :D

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

I haven't Googled it yet, wicked woman...

Let me guess --

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

They turn into animals, but they have to erase the memory of everyone who sees this little problem? Must make increasing the clan a problem...

And of course, they do not turn into their Western Zodiac form, or even the Eastern form -- but something the authors decided on?

They are all androgynous, and the man wearing women's clothes the most feminine of all?

Of course we should check this out. My own writing just gets weirder to compensate...

[sparkylibrarian.livejournal.com]

Who needs Netflix when you know somebody who has the whole set at home on DVD? And it is indeed about Story, but the music in the anime is all wonderful ballet. It's very good.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Who needs Netflix when you know somebody who has the whole set at home on DVD?

I was afraid of this. On the other hand, if my IQ keeps sinking with the new meds, a day or two of sinking into anime myth might be good for me...

[incandragon.livejournal.com]

That rocks. I've heard great things about it ... although don't bank on happy endings from Anime series!

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

I can't think of a single anime that has a happy ending. But I am so lost in Inuyasha I have no idea if there will ever be an end, or if it ended and we're simply caught in rerun land. "Hopeful" is about all you can get from anime -- and that may be so delicate it's not really there!