Busted

[lebateleur]

Dollar movie night at the local Tsutaya franchise last weekend found me renting a couple of DVDs, namely the first Gankutsuoh and Saiyuki Gunlock vol. 5.

I've had all the other Gankutus since they were released; for some reason the store didn't buy the first volume until about a week ago. It was nice to go back and actually catch the beginning.

Saiyuki is for some reason never in. Thus I have not seen any of the series beyond Gensoumaden and the first three eps of Reload, which amasugiru put on a birthday CD for me a few years ago. I'd say I average about 90 minutes of animated Saiyuki a year.

Which may not be much, but is sufficient enough to remind me how utterly embarrassingly awful it is as an animated series. So DVD having been faithfully viewed, I am set to head into another Saiyuki anime-free year.

Jun is a 30-something Japanese guy who works at Tsutaya. He's also fluent in English, having lived in the west for most of his childhood.

Egads, I thought as I was returning the DVDs. I hope Jun isn't working tonight.

He was.

"Oh, you're renting cartoons this time?" he asked. (I usually go for Korean dramas or Beat Takeshi stuff.) "What did you get?"

I told him.

"Hmm, this one, I would watch," he said, holding up good ole Gankutsu. "This one..?" He held up Saiyuki. A moment of teeth-sucking ensued. "I don't know why anyone would watch."

So totally busted, my aura of gaijin-ergo-cool-ness so carelessly squandered.

But then again, I have it from the horse's mouth that Alien v. Predator was one of the best movies released in recent history, so all may not be lost.

これで以上です。

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[mikeneko.livejournal.com]

'Cause fannishness requires sacrifice! Thus you must watch! (Then try to forget the experience, but that's just how it is.)