First off, I have a review up this morning at Manga Recon, for volume nine of NETCOMICS’ manhwa soap opera 100% Perfect Girl. I’ve had a rough time with this series as its heroine is repeatedly dragged through hell by the men who supposedly love her, but if you love a soap opera this may be the series for you.
In other news, I was thrilled to see this morning (thanks to ANN) that Funimation is going to be streaming the new Fullmetal Alchemist anime series within days of its airing in Japan! Now that the manga is so far along, I have real hope that the new adaptation may be able to approach Arakawa’s genius. There are few stories I love as much as this one, and to be able to watch the new anime series legally as it airs is more than I’d expected.
I hope this means that all this new streaming going on is working out just as the studios hoped, and that this will become the new model (or at least a new model) for anime distribution. We’ve already got a membership at Crunchyroll so that we can stream Shugo Chara! in high quality each week (and we’re excited about trying some other series as well), and aside from a few technical glitches here and there, it’s been a fantastic deal.
jansong@livejournal says
April 3, 2009 at 8:32 amRead your review of 100%. I’ll pass on that series. Appreciate your pointing out its strengths, however. Your reviews always seem fair. (Fair=honest, not fair=mediocre.)
Michelle Smith says
April 3, 2009 at 9:48 amThat was my exact reaction, too. :)
Melinda Beasi says
April 3, 2009 at 7:21 pmI sort of wish I’d passed on it, because now I really want to know what happens. *sigh*
Melinda Beasi says
April 3, 2009 at 7:21 pmHee, thanks, mom. I really try hard to be fair, though it is sometimes really hard.
Ysabet says
April 3, 2009 at 8:42 amFMA may be the shove I need to see if any of these services work in Canada—I watch so little anime these days that I haven’t actually investigated too closely, although I’m thrilled that it’s being offered this way. (But then if I get my hopes up for watching FMA quickly and all legal-like and I can’t, there may be moment of very crushed spirits…)
Melinda Beasi says
April 3, 2009 at 7:22 pmOh, it would be so heartbreaking if it didn’t work! :(
Danielle Leigh says
April 3, 2009 at 8:45 am1) Ohhhh boy. 100% sounds like…well. You describe / explain the series incredibly well. But man, it sounds like NO FUN! (What can I say, I’m in this for the fun!)
2) One of these days can you teach me how to hook a computer up to a television? Do I need a fancy new television to make this work? and perhaps a fancy new computer? (Related question: Why am I tech moron?)
3) FMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4) That is all.
Melinda Beasi says
April 3, 2009 at 7:27 pm1. It is seriously no fun at all. Though now I’m stuck wanting to know what happens. Wah.
2. I can! Well, my husband hooked up ours, but I’ll get some tips. :D I don’t think it’s hard. Tell me about your computer and your television, and I’ll see what I can do!
3. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
4. Hee, you are awesome. :)