> Tsunami's Knight wrote:
>
> > Kath wrote:
> > *snip*
> >
> > > "Ayashi No Ceres".
> > > I liked them both, enough to keep watching.
> > > it was slow, it intrigued me. Ceres was really good, although the dubbing
> was>
>
> > hideous.
> >
> > I've seen all of Ayashi no Ceres fansubbed, and I must say that it is worth
> every
>
> > penny.  Yuu Watase knew what she was doing, and this series is actually 
very
 
> > good.  Be prepared for many plot twists along the way. ^_^

Kath wrote:
> LOL! Ok. :-) That sounds pretty good. I know that I am still thinking about
> that
>
> one, and want to see more.

*nods*  This is one of those series where you think there is more to what's
happening, but you just can't put your finger on it until the secrets are
revealed.  Of course, there are many things in the plot that give it a nice
"shock factor" as well.  I do believe this is a shoujo anime, but it just
doesn't have the feel to it that you would normally expect.  It's depressing at
times, and it has a very solemn atmosphere most of the time.

> > I intend to buy it, but I don't intend to ever watch the dubbed version.
I'm
> > already very fond of the Japanese voices of the characters, so it wouldn't
be
> > prudent to watch it dubbed.
>
> Oh no, you don't want to see it dubbed. I want to watch it all again with the
> Japanese voices, because Aya's voice is just so very, very bad. So bad that I
> wonder why they couldn't figure that out by now....certainly there have been
> enough
>
> good VAs doing anime that they should know how to choose one....not this
> company, I
>
> guess.
> Buck doesn't like to watch subtitles, he hates to have to miss what is going
> on on
>
> the screen...so for his sake we watched it dubbed. Shudder.....

Oy, I see.  Well, after a while, I find it easy to read the subtitles and see
what's going on at the same time.  I guess it's something a person just gets
used to doing.  I used to prefer dubs over subs a long time ago, but now I
mostly watch my anime subbed. ^_^  The Japanese seiyuu are usually much better
than the English VAs.  Of course, there are exceptions to this.  El Hazard is
one such exception I can think of off the top of my head. ^_^

> > Although I personally don't like the way it ended,
> > it was a very good story.  I will tell you that it gets very depressing at
> times,
>
> > but the plot is great.  So, go for it! ^_^
>
> Disappointing ending? Well...that's no surprise. I guess since I haven't
really
> been hooked on a series for so long, I am willing to take the chance. At
> least I
>
> know not to get my hopes up.

Well, the ending just didn't seem to satisfy me.  I would have liked to have
some things turn out a bit differently.  Oh well, you can't win them all.  The
story on the whole is very good though, and I think you'll enjoy it if you can
survive the crappy dubbing. ^_~

> > Hmm . . . I think the licensed version
> > is called "Ceres Celestial Legend", but I still believe "Ayashi no Ceres"
> is the
>
> > most proper and better suited name for the series.  You'll see why if you
> decide
>
> > to continue it. :P
>
> Actually, you are right. I barely noticed the name change, since it isn't as
> weird
>
> as Samurai X <grin>, but I have known about this show for a year or more as
> Ayashi
>
> No Ceres, so I just automatically called it that. I read translations of a
> couple
>
> of the Manga and got hooked that way, so I really have wanted to see it for a
> long
>
> time.

Ah, I see.  Well, "Ceres Celestial Legend" isn't necessarily a bad title, but I
like the other one better.  I just fail to see why they felt the need to change
it.

> > Besides, Ceres-sama is the second most attractive
> > anime woman I've ever seen . . . oh wait, you wouldn't be interested in
> that. ^_~
>
>
> Not as a selling point, LOL! But I do appreciate the art. The animation cuts
> a lot
>
> of corners, but the art and character design is gorgeous. Who is the first
most
> attractive anime woman, in your opinion???

Tsunami-sama. ^_^  Hence my handle, "Tsunami's Knight."  I agree with you about
the art work though.  It is very lovely.  The animation is okay, but I've seen
much better.

> > Well, Yuuhi is fairly attractive, and he's a good guy all around, although
he
> > pretty much gets the crappy end of the stick.  I don't like Touya all that
> much,
>
> > and I already know all of his secrets as well. ^_^  To be honest, I don't
> like
>
> > Aya very well either.  *shrugs*  Perhaps it's a matter of taste, but
> > I like Ceres much more, and I also like Yuuhi (he's my second favorite
> character
>
> > in the series.  Ceres-sama is by far my favorite though.).
>
> Right now, we all love Yuuhi. He is just hilarious and I knew that he was
> going to
>
> be the odd man out with beautiful Touya around. Seems like he is the 'nice
> guy',
>
> and Touya is the mysterious hot dude. Ceres has barely surfaced, so we don't
> know
>
> her yet. Yeah...I gotta get this series. I think it only has three ? DVDs so
> far,
>
> so maybe I will just buy it slowly. Although that is frustrating if you are
> really
>
> into a series!

http://www.animecornerstore.com/cerleg2.html  Well, there are five DVDs
available now.  I get the impression that there is one more to come since they
are 78 minutes per volume (I assume that would mean about 4 episodes.)  There
are 24 episodes total.  Yeah, Yuuhi is pretty much the nice guy though.  I
really like him too.  Touya . . . well, I understand him because I've seen the
whole series, but I still don't like him all that well.  There's nothing I can
pinpoint as to explain why though.  Aya . . . well, I don't really want to 
spoil
 
anything, but she doesn't seem to do anything but obsess over a certain guy.

> > I'd love to see them paired together, but to see if that happens or not,
> you'll
>
> > have to watch more. *evil grin*
>
> Oh, I figure that there is no chance of that. Heaven help it if the pair you
> want
>
> actually get together! LOL! Oh wait, I guess I kinda got to see that with
> Tenchi
>
> and Ryoko.... ;-D

Oy, I find that I usually don't agree with canon couples for some odd reason.
No, it isn't just because it's expected, but there just always seems to be a
person that you want to see end up with <insert main character here> more than
the one who does.  At least that's beem my experience.  Well, it was pretty
obvious who the TV Tenchi was going to end up with after TMIL 2, but we've yet
to see what happens in the OVA series.  I've become neutral in the "love
triangle" of him, Ryoko, and Ayeka.  Of course, I hope he doesn't go with 
option
 
"C" (whoever that maybe) though.

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