Gundam W fever

[meemi_nekota]

I had the TV on at 10:30 pm because it's my habit to relax while watching the news. It happened to be on a different channel, though. I thought it was a joke when I saw/heard the prelude to the OP. Oh my god it's Gundam Wing O_O Ahhh the memories...!! Re-runs are nothing to be excited about in US because they usually air the series several times,

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[impervection]

Very interesting to get the Japanese fan perepective on the anime. Those of us Westerners who don't speka Japanese miss out on a lot. So Japanese men like girl like Relena, huh? =) The innocent yet dominant woman doesn't go over to well were I live. I have many theories about the female characters in GW and the reason for why they're simply not popular among female fans here, even ones who aren't into yaoi, but it's really all just random speculation, as I have no real knowledge about how things are in Japan in this modern age.

Poor Trowa's hair often looks like he just had an eletric shock. He need's to get another hair stylish. In the few pictures where he's drawn from the right angle (like the one in my avatar) he's frightfully bishounen like, though. :-P'

[meemi_nekota]

Hehe, yes men in Japan would love to serve girls like Relena XD
It'd be great to hear your opinion on GW! O_O I'm really interested in
Westerners' take on the series...

That Trowa in your icon is elegant XO I didn't notice he's the only orthodox
bishounen of the five pilots until recently...all because of that electrick-shock
hairstyle O__O I think Trowa with tied hair would look nice too! X)

[impervection]

Hm... I think that over here, for a female character to go over well she would have to be either very suave in combination with the dominant side, more like Une (minus Une's sycophantic sides where she fusses over Treize, that tendency in the female GW characters to fuss like that over some man is really why they don't go over well with the Western audience, I think), or else an innocent little girl who's sweet and well intended.

Heh, are you sure you really want to see my more passionate fandom rants? I don't write them very often, but every now and then I find something about the GW fandom that annoys me and write an angry rant about it that I f-lock, because of past experiences when I've shared those kind of opinions with people who took offense...

I hadn't thought about any of the gundam boys as a classic bishounen either, maybe because theyäre a bit too young. In EW thought, when we get to see Trowa shirtless, he had grown a bit of muscle. :) And he so wouldn't like like himsel in a different haircut.

[meemi_nekota]

Thank you for your comments on GW!! I've added you if you mind X)
Exactly what I thought about anti-Relena-ism. Relena pestering him shouting in the air "Heerooo come and kill me!" was just too much for the fans in the West, I noticed ^^; What freaked me out about the character was that her limousine is pink and she's pampered by crowd of classmates at school ^-^; And about Lady and Noin constantly fretting about the men, that's the pitiful fantasy of many Japanese men... being chased by strong dominant officer-type women XD

Last night I was reading this fanfic this fanfic my dear LJ buddy here showed me.
It's a hilarious one with Trowa as the leading character X)
I do think Trowa is a traditional bishounen type, even he's a bit young (but his age is actually unknown :9
I'm now fond of his hairstyle too.*^-^*

Just wild beat communication~ \^o^/

[kaye_shisou]

Mimi, this fan rant is absolutely fabulous~! >*o*<

Some years back GW was aired in the Netherlands, and I watched it all the way through. Decided to tape it, and I was really psycho about being at home to tape it properly, without those annoying commercial breaks in between (until I missed ONE episode and my brain exploded). >8O~
Of course, it was the Funi version, but at least it was not a Dutch dub. *shudders* I did not yet manage to watch the series in its entirety in the original Jap dub, but it's high on my To Do-list. ;)

Got a memory like a Swiss cheese, but I recall --besides being gravely annoyed by Relena's antics XD-- the lingering feeling of a lonely type of disappointment and a sore depression, if you catch my drift. Melancholy may be the best description indeed

Re: never seen that image before 8)

[meemi_nekota]

no winners, except Quatre and his test tube sisters. :P LOL XD
*wants to huggle Quatre*

The reason I couldn't come to like Relena was the way she was pampered by all her classmates and her pink limo X) And of course "Heeeeroooo come kill me nooowww"was way too unpopular with the viewers in the West, haha. Intresting to find out you like Trowa the most now. Which was the one you liked the best in the begining? :D One of the resons I was totally into Duo when I was 10 was his voice. I really hope you watch the original with original voices. They're probably available on You Tube? Oh, speaking of which a few days ago I found the official GW joke recordings by Sunrise co. It's played by real VA's. It was hilarious... pne of the stories involved Treize playing prank on the five pilots and everyone believed the fake secret data from OZ that Quatre is female. So everyone acts very gentle with Quatre and this makes Quatre suspect something is happening. After finding out about everything he `goes Zero` and destroys everything. In this

Re: never seen that image before 8)

[kaye_shisou]

Nantekotoda~, forgot to mention that the (aforeposted) GW image I use for my desktop was not created by me. Forget where I found it originally

By the way, ... ^^

[kaye_shisou]

Just noticed you were listening to Within Temptation whilst writing the 'fan rantry'. ^^
You probably already knew it is a Dutch band?

[meemi_nekota]

Yes I hope you get to rewatch the series in subbed original X)
Omg this is as if I am watching the series for the first time because
back then I didn't focus much on the actual story and the details.
We must buy the DVD's! XD

[meemi_nekota]

(ToT)/~~~~ Hi! I hope you are well??

I exist...and I have been wanting and meaning to update this journal. But I better finish this grad paper that's due next month X_X *sob*
Will see you soon 8D