Mmm, butter

[fishpatrol]

1. My friend gave me this really awesome strawberry dangly thing:



Oh, look, something's coming out!


And, ta-dah!


Then it magically turns back into a strawberry and I hang it on my bag.



2. Supernatural anime trailer
My shallow side thinks it's a shame that they went for such a harsh style for the art. I wasn't hoping for sparkly eyes and floating flowers or anything, but characters in shounen anime can still be pretty! *eyes Prince of Tennis* (or even Eyeshield21! or Whistle! the list goes on!) Yeah, yeah, I'm one of those people who think Dean should look like a bishounen. But even if you don't agree with me on that point, you have to agree that this is a terrible design for John Winchester (Mary looks pretty good, if a bit on the young side -- especially compared to John!). Complaints aside, though, I'm still looking forward to the anime. ;)

3. I'm going to go gorge myself on extra-butter popcorn now. I have a feeling my stomach won't thank me when it gets coated in a thick layer of buttery oil. Mmm, buttery oil. :>

Comments

[sharona1x2.livejournal.com]

The strawberry is so cute!

At Otakon, I got to ask the founder of Madhouse (the studio making the Supernatural anime) about the series. I told him I liked the character designs. He said they wanted to keep the essence of the live action characters, but they wanted it to look anime style. I'm pretty sure he's expecting not everyone will be pleased, but he seemed happy that I knew about the project.

Since it's from Madhouse, I wasn't expecting bishounen. (He also explained that Warner approached Madhouse about making the show, not the other way around.)

[fishpatrol]

Madhouse did produce the Death Note anime, and I really liked the art style they used (Raito and L can be considered as bishounen ;)). The only other anime I recognize from Madhouse are shoujo series, so I can't really compare their art to SPN's. I'm surprised that Warner came up with the idea to turn SPN into an anime -- have there been many other English live-action shows to be turned into anime?

[sharona1x2.livejournal.com]

As far as I know, SPN is the first TV show that a Japanese company has been asked to animate. (There may be something else, but I don't know it.)

One of the other things that looked cool is the Marvel and Madhouse collaboration (http://marvel.com/news/all.8994.marvel_and_madhouse_collaboration_a_big_hit). There's so much more you can do in anime than in live action.

[fishpatrol]

I've never been into Marvel comics (not really into the style of art ;)), but the sneak-peek of the anime art there looks fantastic!