I don't normally post about books too much on my LJ because I have enough people to discuss them with in real life (as opposed to dramas, anime or BSG). But I do want to recommend Lao She's Cat Country , which is considered one of the first Chinese scifi novels. For some reason, I was remembering it today. I first read the novel when I was about 12, in Russian translation, and fell madly in...

"If I sing in front of people, I'll be less than a man." A-ha-ha-ha-ha. I have started Utahime . One ep in and it's mad love. LOVE. LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE. I haven't fallen for a drama this hard and this fast in a very long time. Also, I aways find Nagase Tomoya hot, even when he has floppy hair and/or plays a dork or a simpleton, but with a short haircut, dark clothes and presence of brains? I...

So, for mynext jdrama, shall it be Utahime (finally! But I didn't feel like angst earlier) or Love Story ? Help.

Thanks to Kitsune714 and vierran45 , I have just learned of an existence of an old, old, old Yamapi drama where he is a store-clerk virgin who gets kidnapped by four women (two of whom are named Metallica and Sam Raimi) so they can date rape him and lose their own virginity. WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT See Kitsune's post . WHAT

Yup, the anime set in fantasy version of medieval China, whose heroine wants to become a civil servant (click on tag for more summaries). I stopped a while back because I liked the characters, but there was too much world-building. But I can't help it! I simply must see more of Ryuuki, the Emperor, and the heroine's one-time husband. He is probably one of my Top 10 anime males, what with awesome...

One of my earlier and still one of my favorite (in the Top 3) anime is Fushigi Yuugi . FY is very famous but for those who don't know, FY is about a 15-year old high school candidate Miaka, a Japanese girl who ends up trapped in a magical and dangerous world of a book she finds by accident in a library. The world of the book is a fantasy take on ancient China and Miaka fits the description of a...

Special A is an anime based on a manga of the same name. It's fun, it's romantic, and it's cute. Sort of like a poor man's Ouran . And considering how much I adore Ouran , that is not a bad thing. The story revolves around our heroine, Hanazono Hikari. Hikari is athletic, smart, and a high schooler. She also has an overwhelming goal in life: once, just once, to be better than Takishima Kei...

Today's recommendation of the day? One of my favorite animes of all time, Full Metal Panic . FMP consists of three series: the first one, called simply Full Metal Panic, then Full Metal Panic: Fumoffu (which takes place during some of FMP and after) and, my favorite of them all (and probably my favorite piece of TV animation ever), Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid. Here is a MV: FMP is the...

According to dramabeans, a production company for upcoming kdrama Personal Taste almost finalized hiring Joo Ji Hoon and Yoon Eun Hye to star opposite each other again. OMG OMG OMG OMG. Yes, I am a mad Goong fangirl. But also, I adore YEH and if they cast her in a drama, I am automatically excited. And I am a mad JJH fangirl, so if they cast him in a drama, I am also automatically excited....

I have started watching a delicious Korean drama called 9 End 2 Outs , starring Soo Ae as Hong Nan Hee and Lee Jung Jin as Byun Hyung Tae. So far I am three eps in and it's wonderful. Nan Hee and Hyung Tae have been best friends for 30 years, almost since the day they were born. And now they are reassessing their lives as they hit that bit 30-yr mark. Nan Hee is someone who is not viewed as...