Angevon's Fantasy Life

Title picture from the Netflix page . Years ago, when I asked for manga recommendations, my buddy ZRoc on the Mabinogi World Wiki told me to try Pumpkin Scissors. Since I have a hard time getting into manga, it's taken me this long to look at that list. In fact, I watched the anime first, and then I read the manga, so this will be a look at both. Pumpkin Scissors is set in a fictional world loosely based on post-WWI Germany. The country is trying to recover from a devastating war. Many people are without work and starving, and they are becoming resentful towards the militaristic government. In an attempt to 'patch up' -- but not necessarily fix -- the mounting unrest, the army formed a propaganda unit known as State Section III. This unit's task is to help people recover from the ravages of war by sending out supplies, running soup kitchens, etc. -- small things to make the common people think that the government is doing something to help them. State Sec...

A Miyazaki film now playing in theaters. Synopsis It's from the creators of Howl's Moving Castle. A young little goldfish lives under the sea. She is the daughter of the ocean's guardian, and she wants to be human. One day she swims away from home, gets stuck in a jar, and washes up on the shore, and a little boy named Sosuke rescues her. He names her Ponyo. Through her magic she begins to turn into a human, but her father is against it completely. Will Sosuke and Ponyo be able to stay friends? My thoughts It's definitely a Studio Ghibli creation; the animation gives it away real fast. There are some funny old ladies in it, and they reminded me think of the evil fat witch in Howl's Moving Castle. The father was a really funny, eccentric, creepy guy. I wish we were given more background on him. The fish and water under his command (and Ponyo's) was something to see, very animated and interesting. There was a long, stormy ocean scene, and...

I've been reading Foruba (the 'cute' Japanese nickname for Fruits Basket ) manga for a while now. The series started off wonderfully.  I loved it and was hooked rather fast.  I actually bought the first 12 volumes for a steal on eBay. The plot sounds lame, but the characters are quite likable.  Basically, Tohru is living alone, has nowhere to go, and she happens across the Sohma family, and they take her in, only for her to find that many of the Sohmas are cursed and change into animals when they come into close contact with people of the opposite sex.  This last part always sounded ridiculous to me, so I avoided the series until Herro asked me to watch the anime with him online once. I also avoided it because Tohru's eyes are freaking huge and scary! Pic from this site . If you can get past this plot element, the series is rather interesting as you get to know the characters and their struggle with the curse.  It starts off rather comedic (haha you can turn i...

EDIT: Death Note is worth it for this .