Comments on: Yaoi Review: Kyo Kara Maoh! (DVD) http://www.yaoi911.com/yaoi-review-kyo-kara-maoh-dvd/ For all your Yaoi emergencies... Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:34:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: jen http://www.yaoi911.com/yaoi-review-kyo-kara-maoh-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-46 jen Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:22:38 +0000 http://www.yaoi911.com/yaoi-review-kyo-kara-maoh-dvd/#comment-46 I wasn't at Otakon, actually! I'm a West Coaster and I just graduated college, so I don't exactly have the funds for many cross-country trips ;) Maybe next year, though. Glad to hear that about the novels!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('46','jen'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('46','jen','I wasn\'t at Otakon, actually! I\'m a West Coaster and I just graduated college, so I don\'t exactly have the funds for many cross-country trips ;) Maybe next year, though. Glad to hear that about the novels!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I wasn’t at Otakon, actually! I’m a West Coaster and I just graduated college, so I don’t exactly have the funds for many cross-country trips ;) Maybe next year, though. Glad to hear that about the novels!
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]]> By: Alex Woolfson http://www.yaoi911.com/yaoi-review-kyo-kara-maoh-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Alex Woolfson Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:16:44 +0000 http://www.yaoi911.com/yaoi-review-kyo-kara-maoh-dvd/#comment-45 Hm. I haven't seen <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzumiya_Haruhi" rel="nofollow">that</a>, but if you think the anime is good, I will check it out. And you went to Otakon 2006, right? So you've probably already heard <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention.php?id=370" rel="nofollow">this</a>: <blockquote>The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya does not currently have a distributor, but Kadokawa has received several offers from companies; Sakuda expects it to be released in the US next year. With the first volume having sold 60,000 units in Japan, it is one of the most successful anime properties currently on the market.</blockquote> Optimistic news about its appearance here, at least for the anime... :-) And as for the novels: <blockquote>When asked about the Haruhi novels and manga, Sakuda said that the company has received offers, and there is a chance that those too will be seen next year.</blockquote><div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('45','Alex Woolfson'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('45','Alex Woolfson','Hm. I haven\'t seen <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Suzumiya_Haruhi\" rel=\"nofollow\">that<\/a>, but if you think the anime is good, I will check it out.\n\nAnd you went to Otakon 2006, right? So you\'ve probably already heard <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/convention.php?id=370\" rel=\"nofollow\">this<\/a>:\n\n<blockquote>The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya does not currently have a distributor, but Kadokawa has received several offers from companies; Sakuda expects it to be released in the US next year. With the first volume having sold 60,000 units in Japan, it is one of the most successful anime properties currently on the market.<\/blockquote>\n\nOptimistic news about its appearance here, at least for the anime... :-) And as for the novels:\n\n<blockquote>When asked about the Haruhi novels and manga, Sakuda said that the company has received offers, and there is a chance that those too will be seen next year.<\/blockquote>'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Hm. I haven’t seen that, but if you think the anime is good, I will check it out.

And you went to Otakon 2006, right? So you’ve probably already heard this:

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya does not currently have a distributor, but Kadokawa has received several offers from companies; Sakuda expects it to be released in the US next year. With the first volume having sold 60,000 units in Japan, it is one of the most successful anime properties currently on the market.

Optimistic news about its appearance here, at least for the anime… :-) And as for the novels:

When asked about the Haruhi novels and manga, Sakuda said that the company has received offers, and there is a chance that those too will be seen next year.

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]]> By: jen http://www.yaoi911.com/yaoi-review-kyo-kara-maoh-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-44 jen Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:51:41 +0000 http://www.yaoi911.com/yaoi-review-kyo-kara-maoh-dvd/#comment-44 I don't know anything about the novels other than that they exist, which is why I hope someone will license them. (*Pokes DMP-- this title would be a good match for you guys!*) I don't know much about the manga either-- although it's drawn by a mangaka known for yaoi, including BLU's title "Shinobu Kokoro," Matsumoto Temari. I expect that it will be licensed eventually though. The novels I'm less sure of. On a non-yaoi-related note, when will someone be smart enough to license the Suzumiya Haruhi novels? The books are huge in Japan and the anime has been a fan favorite from the first. Yeesh!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('44','jen'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('44','jen','I don\'t know anything about the novels other than that they exist, which is why I hope someone will license them. (*Pokes DMP-- this title would be a good match for you guys!*)\r\n\r\nI don\'t know much about the manga either-- although it\'s drawn by a mangaka known for yaoi, including BLU\'s title \"Shinobu Kokoro,\" Matsumoto Temari. I expect that it will be licensed eventually though. The novels I\'m less sure of.\r\n\r\nOn a non-yaoi-related note, when will someone be smart enough to license the Suzumiya Haruhi novels? The books are huge in Japan and the anime has been a fan favorite from the first. Yeesh!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I don’t know anything about the novels other than that they exist, which is why I hope someone will license them. (*Pokes DMP– this title would be a good match for you guys!*)

I don’t know much about the manga either– although it’s drawn by a mangaka known for yaoi, including BLU’s title “Shinobu Kokoro,” Matsumoto Temari. I expect that it will be licensed eventually though. The novels I’m less sure of.

On a non-yaoi-related note, when will someone be smart enough to license the Suzumiya Haruhi novels? The books are huge in Japan and the anime has been a fan favorite from the first. Yeesh!

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]]> By: Alex Woolfson http://www.yaoi911.com/yaoi-review-kyo-kara-maoh-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Alex Woolfson Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:44:00 +0000 http://www.yaoi911.com/yaoi-review-kyo-kara-maoh-dvd/#comment-43 Interesting. Well, I'm at episode 31 and while I am disappointed to hear that it does not improve, I can't say that I am tremendously surprised. Glutton for punishment that I am, I think I'll continue my Netflix odyssey with this series for a little bit longer, but I shall consider myself warned ;-) And I'll keep my fingers crossed with you for some good OVAs. BTW, have you heard anything about the novels and how faithful the series is to them? (I also hear there is a manga adaption as well...)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('43','Alex Woolfson'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('43','Alex Woolfson','Interesting. Well, I\'m at episode 31 and while I am disappointed to hear that it does not improve, I can\'t say that I am tremendously surprised. Glutton for punishment that I am, I think I\'ll continue my Netflix odyssey with this series for a little bit longer, but I shall consider myself warned ;-) \r\n\r\nAnd I\'ll keep my fingers crossed with you for some good OVAs. BTW, have you heard anything about the novels and how faithful the series is to them? (I also hear there is a manga adaption as well...)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Interesting. Well, I’m at episode 31 and while I am disappointed to hear that it does not improve, I can’t say that I am tremendously surprised. Glutton for punishment that I am, I think I’ll continue my Netflix odyssey with this series for a little bit longer, but I shall consider myself warned ;-)

And I’ll keep my fingers crossed with you for some good OVAs. BTW, have you heard anything about the novels and how faithful the series is to them? (I also hear there is a manga adaption as well…)

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]]> By: jen http://www.yaoi911.com/yaoi-review-kyo-kara-maoh-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-42 jen Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:33:51 +0000 http://www.yaoi911.com/yaoi-review-kyo-kara-maoh-dvd/#comment-42 It's a male Mary Sue, actually. They're not THAT stupid. ;) I don't think he's particularly surrogate though-- I think he is the way he is because they need someone to push the plot on. As for why I think the plot killed it...what I remember of it (and I haven't watched since something like episode...60? Probably six months ago) is that it felt incredibly forced. It was also very slow-building, but because they had to spend all this time on the plot they lost so much of the comedy. They also lost the characters to the plot! The lively, hilarious characters were a big draw for me for this series, but when the plot really started all the characters were diminished-- you might not get more out of Wolfram than a single line of him being jealous in an episode, for example. So they lost the comedy and the characters, and the plot wasn't even all that good or interesting. An unfortunate case of trying to do too much and giving the show a slow and painful death. And the show is definitely over in Japan-- the last episode was 72 IIRC, which would have been the...let's see, sixth season? The second season would have been over around episode 24-26. But I suppose we can always cross our fingers for some good, silly OVAs. And those novels, of course!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('42','jen'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('42','jen','It\'s a male Mary Sue, actually. They\'re not THAT stupid. ;) I don\'t think he\'s particularly surrogate though-- I think he is the way he is because they need someone to push the plot on.\r\n\r\nAs for why I think the plot killed it...what I remember of it (and I haven\'t watched since something like episode...60? Probably six months ago) is that it felt incredibly forced. It was also very slow-building, but because they had to spend all this time on the plot they lost so much of the comedy.\r\n\r\nThey also lost the characters to the plot! The lively, hilarious characters were a big draw for me for this series, but when the plot really started all the characters were diminished-- you might not get more out of Wolfram than a single line of him being jealous in an episode, for example.\r\n\r\nSo they lost the comedy and the characters, and the plot wasn\'t even all that good or interesting. An unfortunate case of trying to do too much and giving the show a slow and painful death.\r\n\r\nAnd the show is definitely over in Japan-- the last episode was 72 IIRC, which would have been the...let\'s see, sixth season? The second season would have been over around episode 24-26.\r\n\r\nBut I suppose we can always cross our fingers for some good, silly OVAs. And those novels, of course!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> It’s a male Mary Sue, actually. They’re not THAT stupid. ;) I don’t think he’s particularly surrogate though– I think he is the way he is because they need someone to push the plot on.

As for why I think the plot killed it…what I remember of it (and I haven’t watched since something like episode…60? Probably six months ago) is that it felt incredibly forced. It was also very slow-building, but because they had to spend all this time on the plot they lost so much of the comedy.

They also lost the characters to the plot! The lively, hilarious characters were a big draw for me for this series, but when the plot really started all the characters were diminished– you might not get more out of Wolfram than a single line of him being jealous in an episode, for example.

So they lost the comedy and the characters, and the plot wasn’t even all that good or interesting. An unfortunate case of trying to do too much and giving the show a slow and painful death.

And the show is definitely over in Japan– the last episode was 72 IIRC, which would have been the…let’s see, sixth season? The second season would have been over around episode 24-26.

But I suppose we can always cross our fingers for some good, silly OVAs. And those novels, of course!

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]]> By: Alex Woolfson http://www.yaoi911.com/yaoi-review-kyo-kara-maoh-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Alex Woolfson Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:24:04 +0000 http://www.yaoi911.com/yaoi-review-kyo-kara-maoh-dvd/#comment-41 A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Sue" rel="nofollow"><em>Mary Sue character</a>!</em> Well, heck, I can't say I expected that, but depending on what kind of Mary Sue she is, it might make sense -- if the Mary Sue is an audience surrogate, I think that might go along with the winks and nudges to the fandom this series is into. If she's an author surrogate, though, I wonder of whom -- the novel's original author? I guess I'll find out. :-) And I agree -- at the point I'm at (end of disc 7), shorter would have been better. But for me that would be because, in that case, the plot would have felt more satisfying as opposed to drawn out and repetitious. I'll be curious to find out what you mean when you say "having a real plot kind of killed it." And now I'm curious, is the series really over? For some reason I understood that they were still in the middle of creating their second season...<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('41','Alex Woolfson'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('41','Alex Woolfson','A <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_Sue\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Mary Sue character<\/a>!<\/em> Well, heck, I can\'t say I expected that, but depending on what kind of Mary Sue she is, it might make sense -- if the Mary Sue is an audience surrogate, I think that might go along with the winks and nudges to the fandom this series is into. If she\'s an author surrogate, though, I wonder of whom -- the novel\'s original author? I guess I\'ll find out. :-)\n\nAnd I agree -- at the point I\'m at (end of disc 7), shorter would have been better. But for me that would be because, in that case, the plot would have felt more satisfying as opposed to drawn out and repetitious. I\'ll be curious to find out what you mean when you say \"having a real plot kind of killed it.\"\n\nAnd now I\'m curious, is the series really over? For some reason I understood that they were still in the middle of creating their second season...'); return false;">Quote</a></div> A Mary Sue character! Well, heck, I can’t say I expected that, but depending on what kind of Mary Sue she is, it might make sense — if the Mary Sue is an audience surrogate, I think that might go along with the winks and nudges to the fandom this series is into. If she’s an author surrogate, though, I wonder of whom — the novel’s original author? I guess I’ll find out. :-)

And I agree — at the point I’m at (end of disc 7), shorter would have been better. But for me that would be because, in that case, the plot would have felt more satisfying as opposed to drawn out and repetitious. I’ll be curious to find out what you mean when you say “having a real plot kind of killed it.”

And now I’m curious, is the series really over? For some reason I understood that they were still in the middle of creating their second season…

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]]> By: jen http://www.yaoi911.com/yaoi-review-kyo-kara-maoh-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-40 jen Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:31:52 +0000 http://www.yaoi911.com/yaoi-review-kyo-kara-maoh-dvd/#comment-40 Interestingly, Jordan and I were just chatting about this series yesterday! We kind of lamented its length (she just finished catching up on the end of the series in Japan)-- she and I both think it would have been better as a 13-episode series. Having a real plot kind of killed it. (And I don't know how far the US DVDs are, but eventually we even get a total Mary Sue character-- that annoyed the hell out of me!)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('40','jen'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('40','jen','Interestingly, Jordan and I were just chatting about this series yesterday! We kind of lamented its length (she just finished catching up on the end of the series in Japan)-- she and I both think it would have been better as a 13-episode series. Having a real plot kind of killed it. (And I don\'t know how far the US DVDs are, but eventually we even get a total Mary Sue character-- that annoyed the hell out of me!)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Interestingly, Jordan and I were just chatting about this series yesterday! We kind of lamented its length (she just finished catching up on the end of the series in Japan)– she and I both think it would have been better as a 13-episode series. Having a real plot kind of killed it. (And I don’t know how far the US DVDs are, but eventually we even get a total Mary Sue character– that annoyed the hell out of me!)
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