Sweet Dreams

16. A manga/an anime that isn't licensed but SHOULD be.

Oh, now here's an easy question: Ginban Kaleidoscope! I want this anime to be licensed so, so much, but I doubt it'll ever happen. It's kinda old (from around 2005 or 2006, I think), and it's a sports (figure skating) anime, which doesn't seem to do very well over here for some reason. Then again, I never thought the second season of Someday's Dreamers would ever make it here either, yet somehow it finally got picked up (thank you, Sentai Filmworks!), so maybe I shouldn't abandon all hope for GK. (Oh, that reminds me that the second season of Story of Saiunkoku would also be a nice licensing pick as well.)

As for manga, my top choice would probably be Naoko Takeuchi's The Cherry Project, which also happens to be about a figure skater. Hey, Codename: Sailor V and the reprint of Sailor Moon are both big hits, so why not license another one of Takeuchi's titles, even if it is old and features a sport? Second choice goes to Kagen no Tsuki by Ai Yazawa of NANA and Paradise Kiss fame. I still don't understand why it hasn't been licensed, especially since the live-action movie based on it was. It's only three volumes long and by a fairly popular mangaka, so it doesn't seem like much of a risk to me. My third pick is either Appare Jipangu or Epotoransu! Mai, both by my favorite mangaka Yuu Watase. The majority of her series have made it over here, but not these two. Again, they're both short -- three and two volumes, respectively -- and by a popular artist, so why not, Viz?  (Okay, Epotoransu! Mai isn't all that great, admittedly, but one of the male love interests is a Sailor Moon otaku, and that's cool. :P And it's still pretty decent, just not as amazing as some of her other series.)

Today was pretty awesome. ^_^

First off, Mom and I went to go see Blades of Glory. Hilarious movie. I did get a little grossed out a couple of times to the point of feeling like I wanted to throw up, but the rest of the movie was so awesome, I didn't really mind. I already can't wait for it to come out on DVD so I can watch it again.

After that, we did a little shopping at the mall, which of course meant a stop at Barnes & Noble. Since I finished watching the Paradise Kiss anime last night (very good ^_^), I really wanted to check out the manga, but, unfortunately, they didn't have it in stock. :( So I decided to grab all the Aishiteruze Baby volumes they had, which was all of them except for the fifth one, instead, and I'm really glad I did. I've only read the first couple of chapters so far, but I already love it. It's so CUTE! ^_^

We then headed to Best Buy. Incredibly enough, they had the Magic Knights Rayearth boxset I was thinking about ordering from Right Stuf for fifteen dollars cheaper, which then got discounted another 10% thanks to a coupon Mom had. (Can you say awesome?) I also got the new Hayley Westenra CD I have been dying to get, and Mom bought the Firefly boxset as well (yay!). 

The rest of the day was spent going to various other stores -- I didn't get anything else -- and having lunch at Cici's Pizza, but that wasn't the end of my great day. When we got home, the Fruits Basket volume I preordered a while back finally came in! That was just the cherry on my sundae. ^_^

In fact, the only bad thing about today was that while we were gone, my best friend Crystle, who is back in Texas for a visit, came by the house. *sigh* Oh, well. The gang's getting together next weekend for a sleepover, and we've made tentative plans to do something during the week as well, so we'll get together eventually. I just really wish I could have seen her today. I can't wait to see her and Hunter again, and finally meet little Ethan.