So, I picked up the Black Jack DS game after thinking long and hard, and then finding out that Rock was in the game(coughcoughfangirlcoughcough).

At first, I was afraid I would have trouble playing, since I don’t even know kana. But it turned out to be pretty easy, as long as you have basic Tezuka knowledge, even the story is easily understood at times. Note that I say “at times” because most of the time, you’ll have a pretty good idea of what’s going on. Dialouge and such are complicated, but it’s fun to watch that too, because the sprites are entertaining and they’ve got voice acting, too- ^W^ I’ll try to post some screenshots later on. I’ve decided to take as many as I can along the way.

I really hope Rock doesn’t die in this game… I mean, the guy never gets any happy endings. Uh, I should probably save my fangirl-banter for later..

Anyways, I really should write up a review of this game once I’m finished with it, :3 I really reccomand this game, no matter how good/bad you speak japanese.

Look what I got in the mail. :3

OK, so I know it’s technically not the very best movie ever made… That one might still be in the works. But I do know that it is one of the best movies I’ve seen so far, and one of my personal favorites. ^0^ It was the first thing by Tezuka(OK, not really, but still) that I ever saw.

See, back when I was a kid, Sweden seemed to want nothing to do with anime/manga. There was some anime dubbed, but that was really low-quality-dubbing. We did have Sailor Moon on TV though, only most kids seemed to hate it. I loved it. So I learnt it was an anime and, uh… The rest is history. Really. (And it involves a little 8-year-old desperatly hunting for anime.)

Anyways, I first saw Metropolis when I was ten. I wasn’t really sure why I picked it up, probably because I thought “Hey, that looks like anime!” And then I read the back of the cover. Then Astro Boy was mentioned, and I knew then and there: I HAD to see that movie.

Sadly, the lady who was supposed to take me to rent a movie did not agree. She pointed out that the movie was “From ages 11 and up”. I nearly threw a fit. Needless to say, I was not allowed to watch it that time.

So I manage to get my dad to rent it for me(He’s actually got a clue of how these age-thingys work). I had a terrible cold when I saw it, so I couldn’t enjoy it as much as I otherwise would. It was a wonderfull movie, though. I remember being dissapointed at first, since everybody looked like disney characters with long eyelashes. Then Rock entered the picture. I had no idea of any of Tezuka’s characters at the time, but I liked Rock. He had a gun. He shot things. Therefore, he was cool. I felt really sorry for him, too… All he wanted was to be loved.

The VHS-movie was DUBBED. Yeah, dubbed. I sighed about it, but I saw it anyway. Thing is, it was dubbed in english. ENGLISH. Most movies in Sweden are only dubbed if they are: a) For children, or b) Animated. But this one was dubbed in english, and it’s still the only anime dub I actually think is pretty good. Especially Rock and Tiima’s voice, they were pretty close to the original.

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I loved the ending scene to bits. My dad cracked up when they started playing old jazz-music to scenery buildings crashing down. I nearly cried at the end, where Tiima falls to her doom… But it’s a bit of a happy ending too, I think. I love bittersweet endings, for some reason.

So, now I have the DvD. It’s a been given a wonderfull treatment that you don’t see often in anime over here, seeing as it has bonus material and dubbing in several langueges. Including RUSSIAN. And it has two disks, ^0^ lucky lucky me.