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reileenI recently finished watching the live-action series Nodame Cantabile, which is based off a manga by the same name. It's eleven 46-minute-ish episodes, with two two-hour "special" episodes set in Europe, and it revolves around the story of two music students at Momogaoka Music Academy: Chiaki Shinichi the super-serious student with aspirations towards being a professional conductory, and Noda Megumi a.k.a. "Nodame" the...uh...super-not-serious student with aspirations towards being a kindergarten teacher. Wacky hijinks, of course, ensue.
I recommend giving this series a try, although depending on what type of media you usually consume, you may be put off by the animanga-style effects and outlandish characters that populate the story. And, of course, it's a drama, so yes, there is ~*~*~draaamaaa~*~*~. But overall, I found the series to be enjoyable, touching, and even a bit inspiring. It's a very feel-good series, and to me it has a nice balance of Serious Business and Cotton Candy Fluff. And new pieces of classical music are introduced in every episode! How could you not love that? By the end of it, you'll never be able to hear Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 without thinking about Nodame Cantabile.Which...you might not find an enjoyable thing, depending on your tastes in music and whether you like the series or not.
Also, the actor playing Chiaki is kinda hot. And Ueno Juri is a cutie.
You can find the episodes here on crunchyroll.
In more depressing news, the Chinese scanslations for Neuro 183 is out and daaaamn. D:
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From cracked.com come a series of "Top ___"-style lists:
*The 7 Most Terrifying Disney Movie Deaths
*The 6 Cutest Animals That Can Still Destroy You
*The 5 Most Horrifying Bugs in the World
But this is my kind of list: The Top 10 Reasons Why Books Are Better Than Sex
Here's an interesting Pagan sci-fi short story entitled "Until Forgiveness Comes", done in the style of a news article.
iSerenity has free ambient sounds that you can use as background noise when you don't want to turn on music! (I think I'll employ this for when I get back to NaNoing.)
John Scalzi ruminates on whether we, in the year 2008, are actually "living" in a sci-fi movie.
Thinking of or needing to make maps for your stories? Here's some things to think about.
Finally*, I present thee with Pornogami. No, srsly.
-Reileen
I will fuck you up
*Actually, no, I have one more thing I'd like to inflict on you guys. I dare you - dare you with whipped cream and cherries on top - to watch this video for Tila Tequila'srecording of organized noise song "I Love U". With the sound on. Because I did**, and therefore you guys have to suffer too.
**Okay, yeah, so I had to keep pausing the vid every now and again, but that was mostly because I was ranting to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
vyctori about how bad it was.
I recommend giving this series a try, although depending on what type of media you usually consume, you may be put off by the animanga-style effects and outlandish characters that populate the story. And, of course, it's a drama, so yes, there is ~*~*~draaamaaa~*~*~. But overall, I found the series to be enjoyable, touching, and even a bit inspiring. It's a very feel-good series, and to me it has a nice balance of Serious Business and Cotton Candy Fluff. And new pieces of classical music are introduced in every episode! How could you not love that? By the end of it, you'll never be able to hear Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 without thinking about Nodame Cantabile.
Also, the actor playing Chiaki is kinda hot. And Ueno Juri is a cutie.
You can find the episodes here on crunchyroll.
In more depressing news, the Chinese scanslations for Neuro 183 is out and daaaamn. D:
***
From cracked.com come a series of "Top ___"-style lists:
*The 7 Most Terrifying Disney Movie Deaths
*The 6 Cutest Animals That Can Still Destroy You
*The 5 Most Horrifying Bugs in the World
But this is my kind of list: The Top 10 Reasons Why Books Are Better Than Sex
Here's an interesting Pagan sci-fi short story entitled "Until Forgiveness Comes", done in the style of a news article.
iSerenity has free ambient sounds that you can use as background noise when you don't want to turn on music! (I think I'll employ this for when I get back to NaNoing.)
John Scalzi ruminates on whether we, in the year 2008, are actually "living" in a sci-fi movie.
Thinking of or needing to make maps for your stories? Here's some things to think about.
Finally*, I present thee with Pornogami. No, srsly.
-Reileen
I will fuck you up
*Actually, no, I have one more thing I'd like to inflict on you guys. I dare you - dare you with whipped cream and cherries on top - to watch this video for Tila Tequila's
**Okay, yeah, so I had to keep pausing the vid every now and again, but that was mostly because I was ranting to
vyctori about how bad it was.