It's All About Anime

My Son told me that " The Ghost in the Shell " is going to be made into a Movie starring C. Johanson

 

me either, I've been watching Anime for 15 yrs. and do so for the fact it's animated. however I will pay to see it if it ever happens.

 

The one that still scares me is the constant effort to make a live action Akira.
I think The Ghost in the Shell is doable but for some reason Akira just not.
I do kind of wish they had found an actress who was Japanese for the part as much as I think Ms. Johanson rocks out action movies.

I am looking forward to this.

 

I suspect you would be the coolest teacher ever anyway, the anime is just an added bonus.

 

Another night of insomnia so I watched all of Noragami.
It wasn't hard as there are only 12 episodes.
Yato is a minor god who spray paints his name and phone number on subways and bathroom walls so he can get work.
He dreams of making enough money to build a temple one day but since he only charges 5 yen no matter what he does (including cleaning bathrooms, impeccably I might add) he's got a long way to go.
A high school girl pushes him out of the way of a oncoming bus and finds herself in the unfortunate position of having her soul coming unstuck from her physical body.

There is the the anime trope of humans (in this case dead souls) as being able to turn into weapons for the various gods all of whom look down on Yato.
Yato's sword is a boy named Yukine who gives him no end of trouble.

There isn't much fan service except maybe Bishamonten who is the god of justice and punishment for evil.
She has floor length blonde hair and wears an open trench coat with a bikini top.
But she is also the most badass of all the gods and rides a one eyed lion.

All and all it's nice handled.
Despite my slightly groggy condition I'd say this was well worth the time.

 

So seriously what is with the trope of people turning to weapons?
There's a section in TV tropes for it as Equippable Ally.

Main/Equippable Ally - Television Tropes & Idioms

And I swear I've seen more than they list.
The idea of a sentient weapon isn't as weird as the idea of turning kids into your guns.

 

In the anime the Kazuma says that he owes Yato but then they don't bother to tell you how which was kind of annoying.
Whelp gonna have to find the manga now.

 

Thank you. Checking it out now.

 

Finished all they had.
I even find the page where you got your avatar.
It makes perfect sense in context.
The amount of back story that they took out of the anime is rather startling and unfortunate.
I understand they would have to had at least two seasons to do it right but it missed so much cool stuff.
His childhood and why he used the Nora in the first place was worth a couple of episodes if nothing else.

And talk about Mommy issues, for some of the gods that's a major problem.

Very glad you had me read the manga.

 

That aspect of her does diminish as the show goes on.
There's a point when she becomes a cop like the rest of them.
Also the back story episodes for the other characters (especially the punk musician) are kind of interesting.