Blue Dragon

I also disliked the name changes in English versions. It's as I got older, I found this insulting to the intelligence XD Tenchi Muyo had some poorly censored bathing suits in a few episodes. Also, there's a lot of random stuff edited out of Sailor Moon, but I think the funniest is Sailor Jupiter "Lita" (Makoto) talking about how she should be the lead in a play because she had the most "talent." She actually said the biggest breasts in the Japanese version (none of this was in the manga XD) Besides making Haruka and Michiro incestuous, the US also took out a scene early on where Umino was possessed and flipped up their teacher's skirt revealing her smiley face underwear.

Heard this on KDHX years ago (public radio, human DJs, lots of variety) Wanted to add one more:

I think the student having a crush on Tama-I mean Taka after all the stuff with Yui and everyone one else trying to split the two just put me off. I kept thinking "can't they come up with another reason for this character to want to open the books? Why does everyone have to have a crush on either Miaka or Tamahome?" I think that's why the third series irritated me so much. I had a lot of fun watching the first part of Fushigi Yuugi in college. The second part...was okay. That third one just was the straw that broke the camel's back for me XD I can get wanting to keep the set together; makes sense to me. Totally agree they shouldn't have milked the series. Especially since Watase worked on the stories of the other gods. I was really enjoying Genbu, but couldn't afford to keep buying manga and sadly never finished it.

Man, I totally missed this thread. I love their works! Apoligies if we're not supposed to necro posts. I just grew up seeing his artwork and am sad I haven't been around to art babble! I *think* Vallejo may have being studying Frazetta's work (omg love his works, too! The INK! His INKWORK phenomenal. I digress). But I was first introduced to Vallejo through a lot of fantasy book covers. I still think his cover of The Dragon and George (the original) is gorgeous! Also, a great book, too. Mom used to have some really cool Vallejo book plates (uh...do I need to explain what those are? XD) This design. So pretty *O* I think one of my favorite covers is this Jane Gaskell book (I have yet to get my butt in gear and read this series) that I picked up after stealing borrowing long term the first volume from mom. I used to see some of Bell's work in the Science Fiction Book Club catalogs we got. She's pretty good, too :3 It think it's interesting how well they work together! Aren't they married in real life? Looking up some of her works, I kinda like how she combines a similar style with more vibrant colors *O* May need to invest more time looking at her stuff :3

I dunno how others feel about it, but The Seven Deadly Sins. I had high hopes for it. It had everything I look for in an anime: magic and fantasy, mystery, fight scenes (okay, I did enjoy some of the fight scenes), good animation, a caste of decently differentiated characters...but then...I know they just dropped the ball on all my expectations. I think I made it to the beginning of season three and was just kinda..."meh." I can slog through just about anything. The pig's voice grated on my nerves, too. The second worse anime I ever watched was Fushigi Yûgi: Eikoden. I had to order this online back in the day to see it, and I was so irritated by how stupid the story was, I just got rid of it XD I wasn't really a fan of even the second season (or the second part of the manga series), but I have a high tolerance for...uh...I guess silly stories, and could find a tiny bit of entertainment from it. But not this third season that wasn't part of the manga series.

I just watched Ooku...and having read a goodly part of the manga, I'm a little mixed on how I feel. I'm sure it boils down to time and funding, but some of CGI made serious parts a bit silly. Overall, I did enjoy the anime, but I do think some scenes were rushed, others kinda...linger too long. Hm...not sure if that makes sense. Also been slowly re-watching Magic Knight Rayearth. It's delightful XD (It's free on YouTube. Huzzah!) Uh...I really want to watch that Oshi No Ko. Not sure where to find it. (Sorry, I'm not in here as much as I'd like to be XD) A grumbly rant that's not particularly relevant.

Got a hankering for Neil Young (one of the trifecta of whiny singers I adore XD. Tom Petty, Neil Young, Bob Dylan). I think On the Threshold of a Dream is my favorite Moody Blues album (followed closely by Days of Futures Passed and A Question of Balance). But this song is pretty b*tchin' Maybe I should give their late 70s/early 80s stuff another listen.

I'm diggin' the synth! Found this one by accident when looking up 60s/70s moog (was looking for George Harrison's Electronic Sounds album)

I'm probably always gonna be a little slow, but I also wanted to say congrats!!

Maybe should have waiting for St. Patrick's Day for this one, but it's too good to wait.

Got to see Monster Magnet perform live sometime in the early 2000s. It was a b*tchin' concert with pyrotechnics and dude was in his mid 40s then and running all over the stage in leather pants with flames running up the legs XD It was a pretty good show. Buck Cherry opened for them (and was pretty good. Dude wasn't too doped up to perform. I sometimes wonder whatever happened to them o_O) Kinda rambly tonight XD Anyway, great choice! Spine of God is just an all around solid album Also a classic, I still love this music video XD

Woke up with Queen in my head