I haven't actually managed to see 5D's 13 yet, stupid crappy internet, but I saw 14 last night!

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I've been kind of ignoring LJ for a good long while now, so let's see if I can get back into the swing of it.

What's caught my eye lately? First of all, the Gakuen Heaven Musical. It's old news now, I guess, and I hear the tickets sold out in like a day. I'm happy to see a musical where the subtext may well become text! Nevertheless, I feel the old rivalry stirring within me again. Why couldn't it have been an Angel's Feather musical? That would've been glorious.

According to Okazu, the yuri blog, there is now a word for works that 'smell of BL' - Kyo Kara Maoh and the like I guess - 'Nioi-Kei'. I've been looking for a word like this so I will now use it as much as possible.

I've been watching Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's lately, and I kind of love it. The main character, Yusei, might as well be called Woobie McWooberson. Barely an episode goes by where he's not getting tortured in some way, sometimes with his shirt off. Plus he's got this amazingly shippy ex-friendship-rivalry with the other major character, Jack Atlas (although Jack's been a jerk thus far so I don't yet ship it myself). And they play holographic card games on motorbikes. It's fabulous.

Early on, there was a kid character, Rally, in a dress with rather pretty long hair who I thought was a girl, but it seems (and I still am not entirely sure if it's true, even if he does use 'ore') that he's a boy. And I'm all for gender ambiguity, but one thing that's bugging me is that thus far (11 episodes in) there's only been one woman with a speaking role. And she doesn't even play card games, let alone ride a motorbike. The opening credits suggest that a few more women may be forthcoming (unless they're also traps) but it's starting to annoy me.

YES!

I thought they were bound to come eventually, but it was taking such a long time. And from what I've seen, Tokyopop's way better than DMP at novel translations, so they should be actually readable too!

I'm so happy!

Wow.

So Bandai Entertainment will now be releasing Gurren-Lagann instead of ADV. While I'm glad that it's been rescued, I'm still a bit disappointed for a couple of reasons.

First, I really like ADV's dubs and I was looking forward to seeing this one. I have no idea what Bandai's dubs are usually like, but I hope it'll be good.

Second, it's really starting to seem like ADV no longer has Keroro Gunsou. All of their titles came back after disapperaring except GL and KG. If GL's gone, it seems likely to me that KG is as well. I guess it could be rescued, I certainly hope it will be, but it's still disappointing.

Well, at least now I can look forward to seeing GL in English sometime soon.

Oh geez, I just checked and today's Gurren-Lagann event only has 80 tickets available. You know what? I think I'm just going to stay home. No crowds for me today.

And Seirei no Moribito will be on Cartoon Network? Unexpected but well deserved.

The Tokyo Anime Fair starts at 10. I arrived at 8:45, thinking that I should be able to get in at a decent time. No such luck. I ended up standing around in what seemed to be the most freezing place possible until 10:45. There were two Gurren-Lagann talk show events I wanted to go to, but each of them had only 100 tickets, and they had all gone by the time I got in. I did, however, get to see 'Haru da! Drill da! Gurren-Lagann Matsuri!' which was in a much bigger area. They had most off the cast announcing the upcoming movie (which, if I remember correctly, will be out in September), and then Nakagawa Shoko came out to sing Sora-iro Days, Happily Ever After, and another song I didn't recognise. I think it really was live too, not just a recording like the last time I saw her performance. Nia's actress didn't get all flustered today, but maybe that's because no one had much of an opportunity to talk (it was only half an hour long).

I could probably have hung around the GL booth to see the talk show, but it was seriously crowded, and at that point I was sick of standing around and gave up on it. There's one more event tomorrow - if I get there early enough, maybe I'll get a ticket. Or maybe I won't bother. I don't know yet.

Other things of interest I saw included posters for 'Highlander the Movie'. I never saw the original series, but I've heard of it, and I would never have expected an anime version. And I've got to say, I thought the character designs were kind of ugly. There were also ads for Vampire Knight, which was notable because they actually had a man in cosplay handing out flyers. There were Yoko cosplayers around the GL booth too, of course, as well as a Simon, who was a woman. I wonder why the Simon cosplayers are always women? And why can't we have a Kamina? He'd be bound to get a lot of attention!

The Seirei no Moribito anime will be released by Media Blasters. Yay! I adore the show and can't wait to get it. I also read somewhere that the novels are being released in English, though I'm not sure when.

PS, anyone going to TAF, want to text me?

I just finished watching the TV adaption of the Colour of Magic. It was as good as it could have been, in my opinion. I still say it was a mistake to choose those particular books to adapt. But it was good fun, and it was lovely to see Ankh-Morpork brought to life again, and Jeremy Irons as the Patrician was brilliant.

I was speculating about what book they'll adapt next. I still reckon the best choices would be Guards Guards, Witches Abroad or Maskerade. Possibly Mort, or maybe, at the least, Equal Rights. But no - according to this, it will be Going Postal, of all things. They do keep doing what I don't expect. Going Postal is a better choice than the Colour of Magic, at least, and I'll love seeing Adora Belle Dearheart on the screen. There'll be a lot more of the Patrician, too! I wonder how they'll manage with the golems, though.