Best anime ... most gayest!
Nov. 12th, 2006 11:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Okay, so I just got through watching the first episode of Strawberry Panic! and it the most magical, gayest anime ever. I kid you not, it is even gayer than the first couple episodes of Revoluntionary Girl Utena. *dreamy sigh* Shizuma, please be mine ... *girlish twirl*

Description: Nagisa Aoi is a first year high school student who has been sent to the Astraea Dormitory after her parents are transferred abroad. The dormitory houses girls from three different girls' schools: St. Spica's Academy, St. Le Rim Girls School and St. Miatre Girls Academy. There she meets the representative of the three girls' schools, Shizuma Hanazano, also know as the Etoile, who is beloved by all students at all schools. The two of them have an interesting first encounter and Hanazano seems to take an instant liking for Aoi.
Genre: Drama/Romance/Yuri
Episodes: 26 (series complete)
Download Links:
1x01 - Cherry Bloom Hill - www.sendspace.com/file/fze3me
1x02 - Etoile - www.sendspace.com/file/003f52
And while I'm on the subject on anime I'll take the time to pimp Death Note as well. I watched the first episode of this series and loved it so much that I went out and bought the manga last week, and I'm already on vol. 7 of it, because it is manga crack and I can't stop reading it. This one's not so much with the gay, but it is cool as hell, and full of Prof. Moriarty/Sherlock Holmes type battles of the wit between the main characters L and Light and I totally dig it.
Description: Shinigami own notebooks called “Death Notes” which are used as killing devices. Whoever’s name they write down in a death note will die within 40 seconds. Shinigami Ryuk dropped his Death Note in the human world where it’s found by honor high school student Light. With the death note actually having directions in it for its use, Light discovers he now has the power to discreetly kill people, and with this new power he plans to change the world in his ideal world by killing off criminals. Eventually the governments of the countries around the world notice the unusual amounts of deaths of their criminals, and figure out someone is behind them, but they have no way of discovering it themselves. That’s when they hire L, a master detective, to find out who is behind the murders.
If anyone's interested in checking out the first couple episodes of the anime, let me know and I can upload them
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Date: 2006-11-13 03:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-14 11:38 pm (UTC)The full episode downloads are taking so long, but the series is up on Youtube which is where I've taken to watching it because I'm an impatient whore, lol.
And I'm downloading Death Note for my roomie, but not watching it.
Ooh, why not? Death Note is tres bon!
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Date: 2006-11-13 05:19 am (UTC)http://www.doremi-fansubs.com/
go to the right hand side under completed projects.
couples-wise, it's not just nagisa & shizuma. all of the characters pretty much dabble in "teh gay". one of the most cracktastic things i've ever seen. shizuma's my fav, though :)
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Date: 2006-11-14 11:40 pm (UTC)Thanks so much for the link, I've started downloading the rest of the series *happy dance*
couples-wise, it's not just nagisa & shizuma. all of the characters pretty much dabble in "teh gay". one of the most cracktastic things i've ever seen. shizuma's my fav, though :)
lol, Shizuma/Nigsa is my fav so far, cause Shizuma's my girl. Shizuma is the shiznit, love that chick. Hikari and Amanae are cute too. But yeah, I love how all of them have crushes on each other, it's so bizarre but wonderful. Bring on the crack!
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Date: 2006-11-15 06:44 am (UTC)well, you'll love the fact that a few eps on, we see that she sleeps naked.
i really do love shizuma -- her gay & cracktastic self is everything sachiko (from maria-sama ga miteru) should have been if she were more in touch with her wild gay side :) instead of being such a lovable stick-in-the-mud that she is.
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Date: 2006-11-18 10:21 pm (UTC)Still, after one episode Sachiko is totally my homegirl (rich, beautiful, refined girls who serve as mentor figures just *le sigh*).
Totally looking forward to the rest of the series, even if everyone doesn't end up having sex like in SP (except for poor Tamao-chan, lol. Awwww).
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Date: 2006-11-18 10:30 pm (UTC)http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/tv+movies/anime-manga/www.muffindomain.com/Maria-sama%2520ga%2520Miteru/
and yeah, sachiko's a giant tease, but yumi's a lucky gal anyway -- sachiko's constantly touching her, btw. yumi must be a very frustrated girl too ;-)
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Date: 2006-11-18 11:24 pm (UTC)*seems to doing this quite a bit, considers buying a comfy kneeling pillow*
Thanks for the link! And that site allows multiple downloads Woo Hoo! I don't know how I missed the rec before, but I'm certainly going to rectify that situation. I've been so trained on subtext that it doesn't matter to be really as long as they continue to tease, sometimes the teasing is hotter (e.g. South of Nowhere Season 1).
sachiko's constantly touching her
LOL. Oh Sachiko, doesn't know the power she has over the fairer sex. The touching thing much run in the family, I remember in the first episode her brother had his arm around Yumi's younger brother. Just a sexy mentor family that I guess, lol.
*goes off to download more schoolgirls in love*
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Date: 2006-11-18 11:52 pm (UTC)and that's not sachiko's brother -- it's her gay fiance. and he does have a thing for yumi's brother.
that other site (where the SP downloads are) offers the second season of marimite. the direct download link i gave ya has first season eps.
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Date: 2006-11-20 01:39 am (UTC)Thanks for the heads up, I was so confused! I had no idea what was going on, I didn't even notice that some of the episodes had 'haru' attached to them until you mentioned it. I've got it all straightened out now though :D
and that's not sachiko's brother -- it's her gay fiance. and he does have a thing for yumi's brother.
lol. Seriously, everyone's having a gay (slightly incestuous, oh kissing cousins) old time on this show.
I had a marathon today and just finished the season 1 finale and now declare Sachiko/Yumi the cutest ever. Sachiko learning how to order food (and then forgetting to pick it up), buying blue jeans together, and then the nervous post-date phone call = love. Bring on season 2!
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Date: 2006-11-20 03:56 am (UTC)::chuckle:: actually, sachiko's gay fiance is... wait for it... her cousin. yup. lol. sachiko's mother's brother's son. lol.
btw, i'm posting the marimite manga (i thinking of just posting the yumi-sachiko arc thus far) on my LJ, so heck, drop by if you've got time to read up. as far as the manga, the scan group is up to the "white petals" -- sae (i.e. rosa gigantea) arc, so you've already seen that if you've polished off season 1.
Sachiko learning how to order food (and then forgetting to pick it up), buying blue jeans together, and then the nervous post-date phone call = love. Bring on season 2!
lol. scahiko's adorable like that -- and gosh, so rich that she's never had fast food! and the phone convo was cute to the extreme :)
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Date: 2006-11-13 06:48 am (UTC)Strawberry Panic! sounds like my kind of anime! I'll check for it on YouTube.
And Death Note is LOVE! I need to finish reading the series so I can get started on the anime! :D
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Date: 2006-11-14 11:44 pm (UTC)Oh, it is tres bon! And youtube totally has the whole series up. In fact thanks for suggesting it, because my full episode downloads are taking forever, and I'm now totally addicted to it, so I've been watching the episodes on youtube now!
And Death Note is LOVE! I need to finish reading the series so I can get started on the anime! :D
Isn't it though *dreamy sigh* I'm on like Vol. 6, but now I have to order the rest on-line *kicks Chapters* I like the anime, but because I'm so far ahead in the manga I'm finding it a little anti-climactic cause I already know what's going to happen (it hasn't deviated at all in the first 6 eps.).
strawberries and anime creme...
Date: 2006-11-16 04:46 am (UTC)-a-
direct downloads of SP
Date: 2006-11-18 12:22 am (UTC)http://id-tv.info/anime/StrawberryPanic/
Re: direct downloads of SP
Date: 2006-11-18 01:04 am (UTC)[pulls self together]
Thanks so much for the link, the downloads from there are really fast, and I really do prefer to be able to watch things full screen instead of squinting at tiny youtube videos.
*bows down*
*anticipates full screen Shizuma*
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Date: 2006-11-24 11:50 am (UTC)Would you know the YouTube link?
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Date: 2006-11-25 05:40 am (UTC)As for youtube, search for "Strawbery Panic! 1 (1 of 3)" and it should bring up the first episodes first part. Then just change the numbers for the episodes and parts that you want.
Downloading for the site above is the better option though, cause the gay will be much larger (*wink*) and a full screen episode is much easier on the eyes with the subtitles.
Enjoy :D
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Date: 2006-11-27 09:28 pm (UTC)Sachiko is all 'stay over at my place baby, and we'll sleep on ajoining mats
You got all that after the first ep? This is why I love the way your mind works :lol:!
Sachiko's definitely with the touchy feely when it comes to Yumi chan though, which is not very japanese. The girl's got potential.
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Date: 2006-11-28 04:32 am (UTC)Actually, in my ignorance I accidently watched the first episode of season 2, instead of the first episode of season 1, and in 2x01 Yumi does indeed sleep over at Sachiko's house on an ajoining mat, and spends the whole night (presumably, at least what we see of it) staring at Sachiko adoringly. They totally would've done it, but unfortunately Sei (Rosa Gigantea) was there and Sachiko's to prim and proper to try any funny stuff under the blankets with Yumi with another person in the room ;D
Sachiko's definitely with the touchy feely when it comes to Yumi chan though, which is not very japanese. The girl's got potential.
She is really touchy feely with Yumi which is great because you definately get the feeling that Sachiko doesn't generally casually touch people. But she just can't keep her hands off of Yumi. Plus, I love how stoicly jealous she gets whenever Sei touches Yumi, like she's thinking "my petite soeur, my Yumi, NO TOUCHING!" lol.
The last episode of season 1 is total love, it is the cutest that ever cutest'ed (or something), especially for a Yumi/Sachiko lover.
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Date: 2006-11-28 05:52 am (UTC)Hee! Something to look forward to.
They totally would've done it, but unfortunately Sei (Rosa Gigantea) was there
It's really quite sweet how the girls are looking out for each other. In the first few eps, the other girls are trying to help Sachiko face her issues with her cousin and get with Yumi chan by making her jealous.
She is really touchy feely with Yumi which is great because you definately get the feeling that Sachiko doesn't generally casually touch people.
The piano duet in ep 2 where Sachiko's all over Yumi chan was like o_O. Sachiko's totally using her feminine wiles on Yumi chan to win her over.
I love how stoicly jealous she gets whenever Sei touches Yumi, like she's thinking "my petite soeur, my Yumi, NO TOUCHING!" lol.
Yeah, definitely fun to see how easy it is to make her get all jealous. And Sei's doing it all for Sachiko's own good too. Lol!
The last episode of season 1 is total love, it is the cutest that ever cutest'ed (or something), especially for a Yumi/Sachiko lover.
I downloaded the rest of the eps. Will probabaly be watching while jetlag's keeping me up tonight.