Seeking new show/movie recs

[sanet]

Another quickie post, I'm afraid, but I have a question for anyone who actually has time to do more than skim the Anime News Network in the mornings. What's looking good in the fall anime season? Any promising Noitamina shows? Anything that looks a little different from the usual genre/otaku-bait shows? I've moved away from my RL anime friends and miss their casual advice!

I am also open to recs for North American/live-action shows with fannish potential. Is "Once Upon a Time" any good?

Comments

[matthew w. shores (from livejournal.com)]

Hi Sandra,
I've enjoyed your posts. Everything has been helpful as I try to break into anime/manga, my weak link as an academic.
I read today that Drawn and Quarterly is going to release Tatsumi Yoshihiro's "Fallen Words," which I assume is based on his 2009 "Gekiga yose: Shibahama." I'm wondering, have you had a chance to read this yet? I haven't, and am going to check it out in prep for the translation. Being a rakugo specialist, this may be the best "in" for me as I approach anima/manga studies.
Cheers,
Matt
http://www.kamigatarakugo.wordpress.com (http://www.kamigatarakugo.wordpress.com)

[merin-chan.livejournal.com]

Hi Matt,

Glad the site has been helpful to you! I'm teaching a course on world animation next term and plan to post abbreviated notes from my lectures, so I hope it'll get better.

I haven't read any of Tatsumi's work in Japanese, only the translation of "A Drifting Life," so I'm looking forward to "Fallen Words." There's been something of a Tatsumi Renaissance lately, eh? Between Eric Khoo's film and now the new translation, I think his world-wide reputation is growing. If you want any more recommendations for things to broaden your anime/manga horizons, just ask me in the new year! (I'm home for the holidays now and likely won't be online too much in the next week.)

Rakugo sounds like a fascinating topic of study, and I'll have a look at your Wordpress site too. Happy holidays!