The anime did an excellent job staying true to the manga and it was a very, very impressive adaptation. Just finished watching it while cleaning my room today -- well, I guess it was more like me cleaning during the opening & ending, while watching it during the actual 20 minutes of story. Out of the several anime I've been watching this season, I've got to say that Antique Bakery was one of the few that got my interest hooked on. The animation style was kind of poor, but the direction was really good. Now I really want to go and dig through my closet for my manga ^_^ This is one of my most favorite stories ever written on the face of the planet, and also the first Yoshinaga Fumi work that got me hooked on all her stuff. I worship the ground she walks on and look forward to more stories by her ^_^
My other favorite story, D.Gray-man, is stopping at 103 episodes today -- well, I guess it's technically yesterday in Japan. I'm a bit sad that there's no more D.Gray-man to watch after this one, but it can't be helped. There really isn't a lot of storyline material to work with after the "Attack on Headquarters" arc since Hoshino-sensei took a couple hiatuses. If they went on with the production, they'd only have enough material for maybe 5-10 episodes at most. It'll probably be a year or two before they can start a second season for the series. I think if that is the case, it is a wise choice on their part. I only hope that it doesn't end up like Fruits Basket where it will NEVER EVER finish ^_^.
Itazura na Kiss wrapped up earlier this month and the anime adaptation was pretty good too. Though it omitted quite a lot of elements found in the manga, it still stayed pretty true to the original. It's a shame that the mangaka died before the work could be completed, but the anime still ended pretty nicely. I also finished watching the Taiwanese version of the drama, and though it was quite painful on many occassions, I sat through and finished it. (Yes... I still wonder why I did it) Well, I actually skimmed through most of it and only watched the parts that somewhat interested me. I can't tell if Taiwanese actors are truly awful at their profession or the directors need to be hacked or the dialogue in Mandarin just sounds so corny and wrong to begin with @_@ (Wrong as in very mawkish and disturbingly sweet in a sickening way). Maybe I'm just not supposed to watch Chinese/Taiwanese dramas, listening to their sappiness kind of drives me off the wall.
Well, anyway... rather than think about how disturbing Taiwanese drama is to me, I'd like to focus on some more fun things ready to come our way ^_^. Nodame Cantablie season two is starting in a few weeks. Vampire Knight is continuing off where it left off in season one -- though I've yet to watch season one as well -- a very cutesy-looking anime called Hakushaku to Yousei (The Earl and the Fairy) seems to attract my attention, Junjou Romantica 2 will continue from where it left off, and SKIP BEAT has finally been made into an anime. I really do not agree with the animation design, but I can live since Miyano Mamoru, Konishi Katsuyuki and Inoue Marina are the leads ^_^ I love all three~ I think Inoue Marina will do a great Kyoko and I am trying my best to envision what Miyano-san will sound like doing Fuwa Sho, but it's not really working so I'll just have to wait & see. Konishi Katsuyuki will probably do his deep, Soubi-like (from Loveless) sounding voice ^_^ for Tsuruga Ren.
Anyway... probably should stop watching so much stuff and get around to doing the important things... but I still have Dragonauts & Natsume Yuujincho to finish and Katekyo Hitman Reborn to make a dent in =_= otherwise my computer's going to explode. (I have way too many episodes on this hard drive right now)
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