{"id":144,"date":"2006-10-20T00:41:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-20T08:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toybox\/2006\/10\/20\/post-413-more-japanese-tv\/"},"modified":"2009-08-08T14:28:32","modified_gmt":"2009-08-08T22:28:32","slug":"post-413-more-japanese-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2006\/10\/20\/post-413-more-japanese-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"post 413 ~ more japanese TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellpadding=\"5\" border=\"1\">\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"110\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fruits-basket.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ec1.images-amazon.com\/images\/P\/B00006SFK7.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg?w=120\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><br \/>\n&#8220;fruits basket&#8221; (anime; 2001-2)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tv-asahi.co.jp\/shichauzo\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carablog.blogspirit.com\/images\/medium_arrest.4.jpg?w=120\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><br \/>\n&#8220;you&#8217;re under arrest&#8221; (live-action; 2002)<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dm8.cn\/Files\/Pic\/2006-4\/3\/ksschq6413.jpg?w=120\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><br \/>\n&#8220;NANA&#8221; (anime; 2006)<\/a>&#8211;&gt;<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><b>post 413<\/b> ~ more japanese TV, hehe ;)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>fruits basket<\/b> ~ last night, finally finished the 26-episode series via netflix!&#8230; and WOW, i never would&#8217;ve guessed that i&#8217;d find myself so fond of yet ANOTHER (seemingly stereotypical) high-school-teenaged story (like &#8220;shuffle&#8221; or &#8220;negima&#8221;)&#8230; but like many of these anime series, what starts out as funny and cute &#8212; emotively hooking you and forging bonds with the characters &#8212; then dramatically evolves into a darker drama, exploring the more profound depths of the characters and interrelations&#8230; here, the concluding 3 episodes were simply powerful&#8230; so what i initially and instinctively assigned as 4 stars rightfully earned 5 of 5 stars!&#8230;\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>you&#8217;re under arrest<\/b> ~ last night, finished this too!&#8230; just 9 live-action episodes based on the comedy-action anime&#8230; and yeah, the acting was pretty cheesy&#8230; but perhaps that&#8217;s what made it lovable as well&#8230; sad to say bye to &#8220;miyuki&#8221; and &#8220;natsumi&#8221; and &#8220;nakajima&#8221; after such a short run&#8230; 4 stars!\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>NANA<\/b> ~ finally!!!&#8230; after about a month, the newest download finally made available&#8230; episode 22&#8217;s new opening theme rocked!&#8230; and once again, everything &#8212; humor and drama and twists and music &#8212; were all packed again into yet another half hour&#8230; according to wikipedia, there are a total of 26 episodes, and so far #22 will be the 24th episode (including 11.5 and 21.5), so only two more shows for this 5-star season&#8230; a continuing second season is definitely likely, i hope!&#8230; lol, can&#8217;t wait!\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;fruits basket&#8221; (anime; 2001-2) &#8220;you&#8217;re under arrest&#8221; (live-action; 2002) &#8220;NANA&#8221; (anime; 2006)&#8211;&gt; post 413 ~ more japanese TV, hehe ;) fruits basket ~ last night, finally finished the 26-episode series via netflix!&#8230; and WOW, i never would&#8217;ve guessed that i&#8217;d find myself so fond of yet ANOTHER (seemingly stereotypical) high-school-teenaged story (like &#8220;shuffle&#8221; or &#8220;negima&#8221;)&#8230; &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2006\/10\/20\/post-413-more-japanese-tv\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[222,125,70],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7rIwb-2k","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":145,"url":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2006\/10\/24\/otaku-merchandising-from-lucas-to-vegas\/","url_meta":{"origin":144,"position":0},"title":"Otaku Merchandising: From Lucas to Vegas","author":"xjaymanx","date":"October 24, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Otaku Merchandising: From Lucas to Vegas Fig. 1. 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