+5 Music, Anime
+1 I lost the headphones I'd been using last week, which really sucks because 1) I do not want to pay for new headphones and 2) I've recently stumbled upon a lot of good new music that I want to listen to, but can't. Luckily there should be headphones coming with my new iPhone. (Which I guilted my father into buying for me for my birthday, but that is a story for another day.)
+2 All of the new music I am into is pop. Mostly that of Yelle and Robyn. I'll do not know how to talk about music - especially pop music - well, so I will try to let their music speak for itself. Both of them are just delightful and light, but also kind of serious in a way; this music manages to discuss interesting/tough/serious topics in a easy-going way that (I don't think) diminishes the message.
I would take my words with a lot of salt though, as I don't really know what I am talking about when it comes to music.
Yelle Pop Up (2007) | Safari Disco Club (2011)
Robyn Body Talk (2010)
+3 So, anime. I know it is not something that most people ever want to hear anyone talk about, but I will.
Mawaru-Penguindrum is legitimately one of the best television shows I have watched. Period. The way in which Kunihiko Ikuhara layers the narrative is genius, and the amount of work he puts into the plot, setting, symbols, etc. is mind-boggling.
On the surface of the show (more-so the first half than the second), it is a nonsensical mess. The first twelve episodes appear to the be a random assortment of plots and characters and penguin shenanigans, but there is something behind that. Behind the randomness of the plot there is a heart. All of the random sequences are actually quite symbolic in nature, and even the symbols are usually some sort of clever commentary on Japanese culture.
And lets not forget the characters!
They are so complex and flawed and human. I could write for hours about Shouma, Kanba, Himari, and the Takakura family ruse that they upheld or about Ringo's fantastic character arc and her organic development from a deranged girl obsessed with becoming her sister to a person painfully in love. Even Masako and all of her complexities could keep me writing for hours; I could write about her self-sacrificing nature and obsession with saving Mario and Kanba, or her unique similarities to both Shouma and Himari despite their large surface differences.
It is my assertion that this show needs to be given a shot by everyone, even people who are not into anime, because it really is that good. If you like complex plots, wonderful characters, and meaningful arcs, then Mawaru-Penguindrum is for you.
+4 I should really write up a long post about the characters of Mawaru-Penguindrum, but knowing me, I won't.
+5 Gosh this post has a lot of links in it.
+2 All of the new music I am into is pop. Mostly that of Yelle and Robyn. I'll do not know how to talk about music - especially pop music - well, so I will try to let their music speak for itself. Both of them are just delightful and light, but also kind of serious in a way; this music manages to discuss interesting/tough/serious topics in a easy-going way that (I don't think) diminishes the message.
I would take my words with a lot of salt though, as I don't really know what I am talking about when it comes to music.
Yelle Pop Up (2007) | Safari Disco Club (2011)
Robyn Body Talk (2010)
+3 So, anime. I know it is not something that most people ever want to hear anyone talk about, but I will.
Mawaru-Penguindrum is legitimately one of the best television shows I have watched. Period. The way in which Kunihiko Ikuhara layers the narrative is genius, and the amount of work he puts into the plot, setting, symbols, etc. is mind-boggling.
On the surface of the show (more-so the first half than the second), it is a nonsensical mess. The first twelve episodes appear to the be a random assortment of plots and characters and penguin shenanigans, but there is something behind that. Behind the randomness of the plot there is a heart. All of the random sequences are actually quite symbolic in nature, and even the symbols are usually some sort of clever commentary on Japanese culture.
And lets not forget the characters!
They are so complex and flawed and human. I could write for hours about Shouma, Kanba, Himari, and the Takakura family ruse that they upheld or about Ringo's fantastic character arc and her organic development from a deranged girl obsessed with becoming her sister to a person painfully in love. Even Masako and all of her complexities could keep me writing for hours; I could write about her self-sacrificing nature and obsession with saving Mario and Kanba, or her unique similarities to both Shouma and Himari despite their large surface differences.
It is my assertion that this show needs to be given a shot by everyone, even people who are not into anime, because it really is that good. If you like complex plots, wonderful characters, and meaningful arcs, then Mawaru-Penguindrum is for you.
+4 I should really write up a long post about the characters of Mawaru-Penguindrum, but knowing me, I won't.
+5 Gosh this post has a lot of links in it.