Gaz: Big in Japan

I don’t really watch anime much these days, it seems that coming to Japan made it all the less interesting. It is something I regret to one extent and celebrate to another. I honestly appreciate the artistic licence afforded to anime creators that is impossible for those in more traditional movie and television to utilise in the same way, so by not really following the anime world anymore I feel like I’m missing out on some exposure to fantastic creativity. However, this benefit is seldom employed to full effectiveness and more often than not we often end up watching the same recycled tripe or diverged filler storylines.

In the recent Bleach  episodes, in the middle of a major story arc Bleach suddenly skipped over to a 12-15 episode nonsense filler arc before skipping back, seams and all, to the very middle of an encounter with just a casual “and now back to our real story” message. Is it just me or is that bullshit? It’s not like they even tried to disguise the fact that they wasted quarter of a year butchering an excellent source manga. The production company responsible (Studio Peirrot) also pull the same crap in Naruto on a regular basis. Its hardly any wonder I don’t watch anime anymore, it seems like a slap in the face to me. Anyway, if you are thinking of taking it up, I reccomend both series’ very highly assuming that you either skip the filler or just read the manga instead.

This fascinates me, we must discuss the significance of the onion:

EDIT: Got my Greyjoy decked owned by Terence (winner) and Theo last night. Although looking back I’m unsure why I put a lot of the cards in my deck that I did.