This strip is an exaggeration of the Further Misadventures of my Father! After I had my wisdom teeth removed, my dad bought me some anime DVDs to distract me from my pain and swollen face. He knows I’m a huge fan of the manga group CLAMP (see my Halloween strip where Chapel dresses as Cardcaptor Sakura), and he knew I’d never seen Chobits, so he bought the DVDs. And my mom and I settled down for some Wholesome Family Anime Time.
It turned out that Chobits wasn’t wholesome at all, so my mom and I turned it off. Then we watched one of the many Jane Austen mini-movies on PBS, where the ending always turns out the way it should in real life.
The hat Chapel’s wearing is a reference to a (non-yucky) anime called Azumanga Daioh! Azumanga is a hilarious anime that I’ve loved ever since 4th grade. The hat Chapel’s wearing is one that appears in the show. It’s called a “dad cap,” in reference to the cat-like entity that represents the father of Chiyo-chan, one of the main characters. This is also apparently a political reference, but I don’t know anything about Japanese politics, so I don’t really understand it! Azumanga Daioh is one of my favorite anime and you should definitely go give it a shot! It’s very weird at the beginning, but it’ll grow on you, I promise.
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Azu is one of the few animes I can watch over and over.
I think you'd have to copy paste the link directly but that is a list of animes specficially aimed at girls, aged 12 and up. Alot of them deal with high school and romance, but watch out. Some of them ARE more mature than others, but i made sure to remove anything 18+ from the list :p
Has anyone seen his new movie The secret world of arietty?
And don't google any of it :)
Oh, and wishing away MKR second season won't make it go away. it's canon after all.
But at least your dad didn't get X (what with it's Saw-level violence and all).
//btw, I am from Russia and I've read all of your Chapel strips now, so you can call yourself famous around the globe now :)
Chobits is basically about Relationships, & follows the maturing of Hideki's view of them. (This view is probably affected by my own personal focus on Relationships)
Can't remember anything about maturing, though...
I was lucky to stumble upon a link to your strip ^_^
I was interested in Macintosh story but suddenly this link in comments was more interesting then everything else there :) (think there just was no anime in the macintosh stories.. :))
www . folklore . org /StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Alice.txt&showcomments=1#comments
Another try with extra spaces
But I use my tumblr only for reading others' blogs and most (if not all) of my tweets are in Russian...(
Can I write as Emma? :)
that is just the start of it. I have been an anime fan longer than twice your life span so far Miss Emma.
If you haven' t already watch the really early Pokemon.... the pokemon your generation is being given is awful awful stuff. If you can find it try looking for the Live action Sailor Moon... it's hilarious, like Power Rangers but with girls and badly done soft toy puppets.
Another suggestion is Excel Saga....
No I'm messing with you. do not watch Excel Saga, it's terribly wrong on all levels (but funny as anything)
Actually I really wanna suggest Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 because it's really the kinda thing I think you' ll like
Bubblegum Crisis? wooo Boy! now THAT is an anime classic! It's a bit on the violent side, but it was THE perfect example of the 80's belief of our future cyberpunk world. I still remember back when it was brand new too. That is a good one to watch if you can find it anywhere.
They are not that fun but these are certainly what you'd call deep :)