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sara_tanaquilLooks like I owe a catch-up post, eh? On the upside, am now happily ensconced at the beach (where the weather is lovely and warm, for the moment, and it would be even nicer if the weird chemical smell in the air would go away. Road work??).
These were all hard!
Most annoying anime character
Argh, I had so much trouble deciding on this one. I considered Rini from Sailor Moon (but apparently she's less annoying in the later episodes of the subbed version?) and Miaka from Fushigi Yuugi (but she has too many redeeming characteristics). I'll have to wimp out and agree with the choice I saw on another meme-er's list:
Seriously, Happosai was just not remotely amusing on any level. Ranma 1/2 deserves a better shout-out in this meme, as it was arguably the anime that launched a thousand obsessions (it was the first one I rented when I found a shop in CT that carried videotapes), but maybe another day.
Favorite anime couple
Hmm, I'm saving my real answer to this question for Day 22, so... if we're sticking with straight couples, a hard call but I think I have to go for
... even though I never completely finished watching the series, which is probably cheating. (I own the whole thing! I just haven't finished watching it!)
There were a lot of near-competitors, though. Yuusaku x Kyoko from Maison Ikkoku. Miroku x Sango from Inuyasha (I have a particular weakness for that pairing). Kyou x Tohru from Fruits Basket. And I have a feeling I've forgotten a number of other favorites.
Most epic scene
Probably not most epic in absolute terms, but in terms of the scene that grabbed me by the throat, I never get tired of the scene in Episode 11 of Rurouni Kenshin where all of Aoshi's villainous team members sacrifice their lives to save him. It just comes out of NOWHERE, and is so awesome.
I was amused by my student's nomination for the category, though (which I have not personally seen, as it happens):
(See further http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitle8px80d2wm3pd).
These were all hard!
Most annoying anime character
Argh, I had so much trouble deciding on this one. I considered Rini from Sailor Moon (but apparently she's less annoying in the later episodes of the subbed version?) and Miaka from Fushigi Yuugi (but she has too many redeeming characteristics). I'll have to wimp out and agree with the choice I saw on another meme-er's list:
Seriously, Happosai was just not remotely amusing on any level. Ranma 1/2 deserves a better shout-out in this meme, as it was arguably the anime that launched a thousand obsessions (it was the first one I rented when I found a shop in CT that carried videotapes), but maybe another day.
Favorite anime couple
Hmm, I'm saving my real answer to this question for Day 22, so... if we're sticking with straight couples, a hard call but I think I have to go for
... even though I never completely finished watching the series, which is probably cheating. (I own the whole thing! I just haven't finished watching it!)
There were a lot of near-competitors, though. Yuusaku x Kyoko from Maison Ikkoku. Miroku x Sango from Inuyasha (I have a particular weakness for that pairing). Kyou x Tohru from Fruits Basket. And I have a feeling I've forgotten a number of other favorites.
Most epic scene
Probably not most epic in absolute terms, but in terms of the scene that grabbed me by the throat, I never get tired of the scene in Episode 11 of Rurouni Kenshin where all of Aoshi's villainous team members sacrifice their lives to save him. It just comes out of NOWHERE, and is so awesome.
I was amused by my student's nomination for the category, though (which I have not personally seen, as it happens):
(See further http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitle8px80d2wm3pd).
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Date: 2011-05-16 02:46 am (UTC)1) I need to re-watch Kenshin. Not only do I not remember more than half of what everyone thinks is "the good part" I think I might actually LIKE that part now.
2) I love how, when asked for something like "most epic", there is almost no way to properly assign such a singular honor in a medium so full of epicness, and people usually just have to revert to the ridiculously dramatic or accidental hilarity. I mean, THE POTATO CHIP scene, for god's sake! (Brilliant and hilarious and so wrong!)
I'm saving my real answer to this question for Day 22
I'm not. Favorite anime couple: Hiro and Nowaki.
If you want a hetero couple, I kind of want to go semi-humor and pick Lina & Gourry (because those two totally deserve each other and the lifetime of adventure they'll share and they provide me with no frustration whatsoever) but for actual coupledom/romance I'm torn between Emma and William or Season 1 Suwako and Kazehaya. There's a special place in my heart for the tragic Rosette and Chrono from Chrono Crusade, though as well. If you put a gun to my head and made me chose, I guess I'd pick Suwako/Kazehaya for sheer d'awwwwness.
"Most epic" gives me a lot of trouble, probably the most for this whole list. Too many choices, and I can scarcely remember details of half my shows other than to remember they blew me away at some point. *sweat* (I don't even want to think about the backlog full of shows with no doubt incredibly epic scenes, either!) That said: going off the cuff, I do have an answer but it will spoil you if you really never finished Sailor Moon. If you want to skip the spoiler, feel free. The death of the sailor scouts at the end of season 5, particularly the Inners in episode 196 I think, where Galexia shoots them thru with light and their bodies fall to the floor - If I'm recalling the "right" death scene (there were so many, hurr), it was the one that just showed their shadows as they fell and died. Very powerful scene.
And most annoying? SO MANY POSSIBILITIES, same problem recalling them (thankfully?). Maybe I can think of something later.
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Date: 2011-05-16 02:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-16 03:39 am (UTC)It was determined that spoiler tags don't work in comments, only in the main entry.
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Date: 2011-05-16 12:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-16 03:39 pm (UTC)No worries -- it's going to be hard to avoid spoilers throughout this discussion, and I generally forget spoilers for things I haven't seen long before I ever get around to actually seeing the original.
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Date: 2011-05-16 03:48 pm (UTC)