Princess Mononoke

Hello Everyone, its rather late today and I just got back home from school. SUPEER long day on thursdays, lucky me I play music for 1,5 of those hours at least.

Yesterday I watched another movie of Hayao Miyazaki and you've probably all watched this one already, but if not, lucky you I'm writing about it todaaay :D Princess Mononoke is what I guess people call a classic and I understand it very well indeed. I've watched some of his movies and I must say I love all of them! Spirited Away is one of my favourite movies of all time. This one I did'nt think that highly of though since it's rather old (1997 maybe not..?) and I thought the quality if I found it online would be really bad. When I actually found it, it was dubbed aswell..(haaate dubbed anime!!!), however I just thought to myself that I have to endure it anyway and found out what everyone's talking about! Surprisingly enough the dub was'nt that bad :O Rather good I would even say it surprised me. If you've ever heard Sailor Moon dubbed.....you'll hate dubbed anime forever, but I guess Hayao Miyazaki gets good actors even in english since he's so good.

Princess Mononoke started very well and the story development is really interesting aswell. The creativity of Miyazaki's movies amaze me everytime, since everything is just so beautiful and colorfull and aah amazing! The music was REALLY good too! Like Hollywood fantasy movies or Harry Potter but asian and just EPIC xD the music made probably 20% of the movie. But the story is very good too since there is suspense aswell as the other stuff you love in movies and it's very unpredictable. One thing that was interesting is also that the maincharacter or really all the characters in the story, except maybe four or five are either good or bad, even if some have a better moral than others. That made the plot very interesting and confusing, since you never knew who to cheer for xD ( I always do that when I watch movies ) However you would always agree with the maincharacter Ashitaka, cause he's so pure and just good T__T

I LOVED the movie :D as much as I've loved the others. In comparison to for example Ponya this felt a bit like it was made to be watched by people with the age of... made thirteen and up, like Spirited Away I would say and I liked that. The whole movie is almost hand drawn :O WATCH IT and you'll realise how fucked up that feels. It's astonishing what they do in Japan o.O

About

A calm village residing in the mountains comes under attack from a demon-possessed boar one day. Ashitaka, a young man and prince of the tribe, engages the creature in an attempt to save his village. During the battle, the boar bites him on the arm, leaving it blackened and cursed. Following his village's traditions, Ashitaka is exiled and becomes a wanderer, looking for a solution to the curse before it engulfs him.Iron Town is a fortress under the leadership of Lady Eboshi. Through the clearing of the surrounding forests, Iron Town produces large amounts of Ironsand, used for gunpowder and other machinery. However, because of the forests destruction, nearby animal clans seek revenge led by a human girl of the Wolf clan called San.When Ashitaka comes to Iron Town, he discovers the area consumed in battle. Horrified, he attempts to create peace and befriend the Wolf Clan. However, after the forest's eradication and the ongoing war between Human and Beast, will the Spirit of the Forest be forgiving and accept Ashitaka's request to expel his curse? from myanimelist

Love Linda :D

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Monster

Hello everyone! Today I'll tell you about a classic I recently finished. This manga, Monster consist of 18 volumes so I've been thinking for a long time if I really wanted to start reading it...since it would take so much time. However now I'm very glad i decided to read it anyway. It's written by one of my now favourite mangakas Naoki Urasawa. At first I did'nt think much of it, but when the story progressed I realised why people call this a masterpiece. The story is....amazing. It's explained in a very easy way but the story is still very complicated and a lot of characters you meet return in different events and it's just amazing..amazing amazing. This is one of the best manga I've ever read ...for real this time. You never get tired of it and the suspense is killing good and the story, the characters, everything is so well written! If Monster was a novel instead of a manga I would still love it, cause...the story is amazing and the art is unique in it's own way and very fitting for the series. I like the fact that he can draw people so personally. In many manga you read everyone you meet pretty much look the same except maybe hair, height or cloths, but EVERYONE and then I really mean EVERYONE in this manga have their own unique looks and that helps very much in overlooking all the different characters.

Monster is a masterpiece and now I've decided to read 20th Century Boys since it's also a very popular manga by the same mangaka. People I will make a must read list here on the blog and put Monster on top of it. You now I love Naruto and all but some manga you just HAVE to read. Some are entertaining and some are just..classics you have to read. I feel kind of dreadfull that I avoided reading this for 2 years or something.. it was a very bad mistake. It's very long but it just makes you happy since it's so good and the story could be developed in a very nice way.

The manga has an anime aswell. I watched a couple of episodes before I started reading the manga and then regretted not reading it instead and stopped looking at the anime. The anime is very faithful towards the manga and I recommend you to read the manga first and then watch the anime. The anime consist of 74 episodes approximately so.. it's a project if you're not free for a week or so.

About

Dr. Kenzo Tenma is a renowned young brain surgeon of Japanese descent working in Europe. Highly lauded by his peers as one of the great young minds that will revolutionize the field, he is blessed with a beautiful fiancé and is on the cusp of a high promotion in the hospital he works at. However, all of that is about to change with one critical decision that Dr. Tenma faces one night – whether to save the life of a young child or that of the town's mayor. Despite being pressured by his superiors to perform surgery on the mayor, his morals force him to perform the surgery on the young child, saving his life and forfeiting the mayor’s. All of a sudden, Dr. Tenma’s world is turned upside down by his decision leading to the loss of everything he previously had. A doctor is taught to believe that all life is equal; however, when a series of murders occur in the vicinity of Dr. Tenma, all of the evidence pointing to the young child who he saved, Tenma’s beliefs are shaken. Naoki Urasawa’s Monster is a tale full of mystery, suspense and intrigue as Dr. Tenma journeys to find out the true identity of the young child. In turn, the fate of the world may depend on it. From Myanimelist

Read it people :D Love Linda

Watashitachi no Shiawase na Jikan / Our Happy Hour

Watashitachi no Shiawase na Jikan is a manga I read a couple of weeks ago, and this people. this is the real shit. It's a real masterpiece! It made me cry that's how good it was T_T. The manga brings up thoughts about suicide and how wonderfull life really can be. No matter how down we feel if we just find love or friendship or you know, find someone to talk to, it can change everything.

This manga gives you hope and if you're suicidal READ IT....not that I think many are, but people that commit suicide is very common in Sweden unfortuneately.The story is very beutiful and even though its tragic it really moves you and it gave me something even though it's "just a manga". I can admit that some manga is just entertainment that you easily forget. Alot of people I know see manga as something very unsserious, "low value of litterature", and yes I would consider some series being that, but there are also a lot of manga I would consider genious. There are masterpieces, and in my opinion manga can be a real artform of litterature. This series is one of those. It was originally a novel by Goong Ji-Young from korea, but Sahara Mizu rewrote it and illustrated it as a manga. Well :D This is one of the best manga I've ever read so, read it. Maybe it gives you something or maybe you just hate it or whatever, but it's really good, and the illustrations are wonderfull. It consits of only 8 chapters, so its really short, but still... very good.

About
“I have something I don’t want to lose
So much so that these terrible feelings have grown.”
A pianist who attempted suicide 3 times, Juri, is taken to help her aunt at a prison where murderers who killed indiscriminately are sentenced to death. There, she meets a man named Yuu who took the lives of 3 people. A mother's antagonism--a brother's death... Together they embrace the violent rebellion in their hearts caused by the large, deep scars they carry. However, before long, they both embrace an earnest hope in their hearts. "I want to live"... from Psycho PandasWhen I searched for pictures to this post I almost started crying :C
Freaking read it people!

Love Linda :*

Death Note

I suppose you already have seen or read this manga/anime, and that you loved it, if not I will give you a brief summary about its contents here so you can join the death Note lovers club. You have probably already heard of it before but I guess its my duty to recommend it anyway. It's a manga and a anime as you already know and its one of the best. I have'nt read the manga but seen the whole anime and its really good. The story is well planned and well Death Note is one of the most exciting animes I've seen. You cant stop watching. Its deffinetly one of my favourite animes of all time. The story has also been made into film and I've een the first one and its good too. I recommend you though if you're totally unfamiliar with Death Note to watch and read them in this order, manga-anime-movie cause then you wont be bored with either of them. Its always fun to see a manga you've read made into anime, and its always fun to see an anime you've seen into a film. The characters are really nice, and if L was a real life human I would be so into him. You can read the manga here, and search the internet for the anime. Its written by Obha Tsugumi and drawed by Obata Takeshi. I hate dubbed anime but this trailer was the best so.
About the MangaLight Yagami is an ace student with great prospects--and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal... or his life?