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   From: whinebucket@comcast.net   
      
   "Bobbie Sellers"  wrote in message news:jed1lp$q6t$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   On Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:20:31 +0000, Rob Kelk wrote:   
      
   > Just thought an on-topic thread might be appreciated, so...   
   >   
   > What anime did you watch most recently?   
   >   
   > I finally got my R2 DVD player hooked up (running the cables for a   
   > second DVD player was a pain), so my most recent anime was "Nanoha the   
   > Movie 1st". In some ways it's better than the TV series (Precia in no   
   > longer one-dimensional, for example), in others it's almost as good   
   > (Nanoha's backstory is barely touched upon, for example).   
      
   > I have been reading a lot of manga though stuff that   
   > most likely will never be brought to market, translated, in the USA.   
      
   >          Family Compo - Strange family with mangaka dad   
   > who is actually a born female father to a child who is secretive about   
   > actual gender.  Mother is a male TV/TG playing full time.  Lots of Humor   
   > from the encounter of a male college student relative (taken in when   
   > parent is killed) with this redoubtable family. Mix in love- maddened   
   > yakuza and a exploitative school club as well as homophobic grand dad.   
   >           I liked this so much that I am buying the   
   > books in the Japanese language at Kinokuniya and no I don´t read Japanese.   
      
   I've seen and like this too. Doesn't hurt that it's by Hojo Tsukasa from   
   City Hunter and Angel Heart.  Sohelpme, I'd swear Will Eisner immediately   
   reincarnated as a mangaka.   
      
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