I've heard a great deal about Gankutsuou, but after seeing a few excerpts, I sadly had to pass because the animation style gave me a honkin' big headache. That is, unfortunately, one of the drawbacks of animation over novels, or even movies: the artistic style itself permeates everything, forcing you to see the artist's version of everything from the shapes of people's noses to the way cars and toasters look. At least in a novel, if I disagree that a character is blond (or it just feels to me like the character should be dark-haired), then I'm never in conflict, not really, because I control the image in my head that plays alongside the words on the page.
Which is to say, there have been animated series for which the story may rock, but the style itself just makes me gnash my teeth. Although I will admit sometimes these things can slowly grow on you, in some cases: I couldn't stand Fruits Basket for the first volume or two, but by the end of the second volume, the story had me so caught, I had to keep going.
(I actually first read Furuba after having it recommended as a manga for my niece, but since neither of her folks reads manga, I never send her anything I've not read myself and checked out. I did eventually decide that Furuba was just a little too dark for her quite yet -- she's now 10, so maybe in another year.)
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Date: 28 Sep 2007 07:41 am (UTC)Which is to say, there have been animated series for which the story may rock, but the style itself just makes me gnash my teeth. Although I will admit sometimes these things can slowly grow on you, in some cases: I couldn't stand Fruits Basket for the first volume or two, but by the end of the second volume, the story had me so caught, I had to keep going.
(I actually first read Furuba after having it recommended as a manga for my niece, but since neither of her folks reads manga, I never send her anything I've not read myself and checked out. I did eventually decide that Furuba was just a little too dark for her quite yet -- she's now 10, so maybe in another year.)