My Current Obsession.

[crazychicknlady]

S and C have been watching the anime off and on for a couple of years. Glancing at it over their shoulders every once in a while never gave me a true appreciation for the depth of it's characters nor the breadth of it's story. It really just looked like another light weight anime with a boastful annoying main character.

Since the first several seasons of Naruto are on Netflix, I decided to try watching it. Mostly this decision came about as H and I listened to an incomprehensible conversation S and C were having in front of us in the kitchen one night. They were cheerfully and energetically discussing some aspects of the show and as far as H and I were converned they might as well have been speaking a foreign language.

As it turns out, I really loved the show. The main character wasn't as two dimensional as I thought. He also had a compelling backstory I hadn't grasped from only peeking in every once in a while. After talking with someone at our Rec Center after karate about Naruto, I decided to check out some of the manga. I loved it even more than the anime. Now I have something new to spend some of my frivolous money on.

Comments

[kirstene.livejournal.com]

I thought I knew what anime was, but manga is definitely in another language, and after reading this I know I am not so fluent as I assumed. Sounds fun though :)

[crazychicknlady.livejournal.com]

Manga is Japanese graphic novels. Their popularity is such in the US, that many are published in English. So, I've been watching the anime dubbed into English (though Netflix does offer the option of watching in Japanese with English subtitles on most of their anime), and I've started buying the English translated Manga. The nice thing about Naruto is you still have to read right to left, so they haven't flipped the artwork to accomodate the folks used to reading left to right.

[kirstene.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see -- I was using "anime" for both the graphic novels and the animation, and thought maybe manga was a similie. We've seen Ponyo and Totoro in both formats. Naruto is totally new to me.