I hate people!

[Andromeda18_]

yeah, while I am still a teenager, I must say that some parents are idiots. My friends mom flips out if there is anything violent in her house. its funny cause she has no cluew what he keeps on his computer. My parents don't really care what I watch, so long as it isn't insanely violent and that my little brothers arent around. as for violent anime, my dad watches that stuff WITH me lol.

EDIT: btw andromeda i love your new avatar/sig, whats it from?

What many parents don't seem to realize is that real life can be and is much more violent than any movie or video game. In order to truly shelter their children from that they'd have to cover their eyes and ears.


My avatar is from the amazingly great manga Nana by Ai Yazawa and the sig is from the movie based on the manga that premiered in Japan last month (it's a huge hit).
The manga is one of my absolute favourites, not only Nana in fact, I'm a huge fan of Yazawa's other works (Paradise Kiss, Gokinjo Monogatari, Kagen no Tsuki...) as well.

Here's a little something about Nana:

Japan is a country of booms, cults, and fantasies of freedom. All are found in the rich world of manga . The current manga rage is in the pages of Shojo Beat , the creation of the artist Ai Yazawa .

Two young women - each named Nana, one a punkette, the other a "classical modern" girl - meet on a train and become friends, sharing a flat and pursuing their dreams of love, career and happiness. The layered characters, rich plotting and sympathetic observation make the adventures of Nana a compelling read for a generation of young women who find there an echo of their own evolving lives.

Now Nana is immortalised on the screen. Directed by Kentarô Ôtani, the eagerly anticipated Nana: the movie premiered in Tokyo on 3 September, and according to the fan site Everyone needs Nana is estimated to make around 10 billion Yen at the box office.

The Nana phenomenon has also spread to the US , see Comic Readers and iComics for reviews of the American Shojo Beat .

Ai Yazawa created the manga "NANA." This tale of two girls, both name Nana by coincidence, has left behind an enduring and very realistic fantasy.

I don't know how you feel about shoujo manga but I have male friends who read Nana, as does my boyfriend, and they all love it! There's a punk feel to the series that just makes it even better.

And the movie! Oh Lord, the movie! I could kill to get my hands on it. I've watched the trailers and it looks superb! The cast is great, the actress that plays Nana Osaki (my avatar) is nothing short of perfect (she's gorgeous) and from what I could see in the trailers the movie is very faithful to the manga, right down to the clothes, the concerts and the apartment where the two girls live (number 707 - nana means 7 in japanese). Since Kagen no Tsuki the movie is faithful to the manga I expect this one to be too. I just hope the Japanese edition of the DVD comes with english subtitles, same as Kagen no Tsuki.

Anyway, sorry for talking so much about it but I'm completely in love with this series! I've even convinced a guy to buy the manga so much is the enthusiasm with which I talk about it. :p
The English edition of Nana will be on sale in December so if you're interested you can look it up. http://www.viz.com/news/newreleases/200512.php
So far there are 13 volumes on sale in Japan, I have 11 (French edition though).
You can also take a look at the movie's official website and watch the trailers: http://www.nana-movie.com/
http://wire-d.net/seven/movie.html
http://nana-nana.net/index.html


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