About xxxHolic and fansubbers

[katikat]

I've finished all the seven books of the xxxHolic manga and I must say that I liked the 6th and 7th book best. Not because there were new, not yet animated stories there, but because of how they depicted the relationship between Watanuki and Doumeki. It wasn't just about fighting and yelling anymore, it was about what they were ready to sacrifice to save the other. Amazing. Other than that, the stories are mostly the same like in the anime. Sometimes, the wording is a bit different and there are more x-over scenes with Tsubasa Chronicle but that's it. The manga is still fantastic and I don't regret buying it!

On a completely unrelated note: I find myself loosing interest in various anime - Saiyuki Reload Gunlock, Angel Heart, Kyou Kara Maou, Cluster Edge, Noein and Black Lagoon are just some of them. Why? Not because the anime is bad. No, they are really good, some even excellent. But because of the lack of new releases by fansubbers. When I have to wait weeks, sometimes even months for one episode a) I completely forget what happened in the previous one and b) I start not looking forward to it anymore since I've turned my interest elsewhere. I'm NOT bashing the fansubbers since I know that RL can be a real bitch (trust me, I know how hard this sort of stuff is - I translated all the 7 books of FAKE for a friend of mine). But that's why I happily turn to fansubbers who maybe don't produce such a quality stuff, but at least they release the eps regularly. Enough of a rant!

Comments

[moonraven-croft.livejournal.com]

But because of the lack of new releases by fansubbers.
- Gah! I know what you mean! When I finally download episode 13 for Gunlock, I had to re-watch several episodes... And I stopped downloading the subbed KKM. I just go with the raw and read episode summaries on the comm. ^_^;; They're almost as good and so much faster.

[katikat.livejournal.com]

I do keep downloading the subbed KKM eps but I downloaded the raws too to know how it will end.