I started some new series and I can say right now that I really love Hakushaku to Yousei and Celeb to Binbo Taro. I have not started watching the new Nodame Cantabile yet 'cause I'm waiting for people to sub in avi versions rather than mkv, but anyway... yes, I love HtY and CtBT 'cause they're definitely my cup of tea.
First Hakushaku to Yousei (Earl and Fairy), is an anime with veterans Midorikawa Hikaru and Nana Mizuki as the lead roles. Midorikawa plays Earl Edgar J.C. Ashenbert, a beautiful blond-haired, mauve-colored-eyed, man known as the legendary Blue Knight of fairy ancestry, who is searching for his family's treasure, the Sword of Merrow. He basically abducts the beautiful, Lydia Carlton, a fairy doctor, to act as his guide since she can see fairies and together, the two go to find this valuable Blue Knight heirloom. A lot of people are after the two as well, since Edgar is the Blue Knight, and Lydia is the only person who can see fairies. Those who want the sword for themselves try to either kill Edgar, or kidnap Lydia. For now though, the two are together on Edgar's ship and it is still uncertain whether or not Edgar can even be trusted.
I really like this series and the music for it too. I kind of disagree with the ending theme though 'cause I'm not a big fan of Midorikawa's singing =_=; (I just don't think he has the talent for it...), but I really like the opening. The artwork is really nice and I like 19th Century fashion so this is definitely a series for me ^_^. I'll probably keep watching this series 'cause I find it so charming.
Next is Celeb to Binbo Taro, which is a drama starring Kamiji Yusuke and Ueto Aya. The story has a Yamada Taro Monogatari sort of feel to it since both title characters are poor as hell and live in a shack, but the difference is that Celeb to Binbo Taro is about a poor 30-year-old widower with three children who comes to work for a 23-year-old hotel & fashion mogul (and probably ends up falling in love with her), while Yamada Taro is about a high school kid just trying to get by in life and do it happily. There's also this Driving Ms. Daisy sort of feel to it too, but I can't seem to put my finger on how similar the story seems to another drama that I've watched before =_=;;; (Binbo Danshi maybe?) Anyway... the story is pretty simple, but very funny as well. It's kind of a cookie-cutter type of story, but one that you can't really get tired of 'cause the elements are pretty hilarious.
Another series I started is Kuroshitsuji, which I can't seem to get into. Though I like the cast and I think the story has potential, the first episode kind of bored me. I am surprised that Sakamoto Maaya really sounds like a boy in this series. I've only heard her voice as the girly-pitch that I remember so well from many of her roles (minus Haruhi from Ouran Host Club), so hearing it sound so shockingly boyish is well, pretty refreshing for me ^_^. (I guess my reaction right now is the same has hearing about Paku Romi or Saiga Mitsuki playing women roles rather than guys since most of their roles happen to be men)
Anyway, Kuroshitsuji has nice artwork and the cast is really good, but I guess it kind of reminds me a bit of Jigoku Shojo in a way. I've never been able to get into that series 'cause Enma Ai only says the same thing over and over again so I get bored easily. I think I may stick around for a few more episodes to see if it's worth the long haul, but I'm exactly a big fan of it right now.
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