Rose of Versailles: a classic for a reason

Last night I finished watching the classic anime Rose of Versailles. This anime should sound familiar to anyone who has poked about in the the history of our beloved art form. RoV and its source manga was one of the most powerful influences upon both genres. Exactly how Rose of Versailles has helped shape the face of modern-day anime and manga is something others have written before and much more eloquently than me, so I'll sum up my version with this:

Rose of Versailles is important. It's big. It's something every anime fan who considers themselves more than the generic Cartoon Network Adult Swim crowd needs to watch. Trust me, it's worth it.

( Continuing, spoiler-free unless you slept through the French Revolution in History class. )

So. Rose of Versailles. Originally aired in Japan from 1979 to 1980. A nostalgic favorite for a large portion of the Japanese population. 40 eps long, and worth every single minute. Think outside the box and go try it. :D

It's not quite as bad as my icon shows....yet.

Script for the 2nd chapter of New Title 3 came today. *fights down some insane laughter* I'm trying to wrangle a couple extra weeks out of SE4 so I can letter it without going insane, so wish me luck.

Oh, and I can announce NT3's shourai, since it was revealed in the May issue of Shojo Beat. It's Captive Hearts, the first series by Hino Matsuri. To give you an idea of how intricate it is, take four pages of Vampire Knight and compress the content down to fit on one. There you go. O.o

Kiokonai is moving to Houston for a month this weekend, to attend training for her upcoming job. Everytime I try to pack for my move to Portland, I get bogged down in the enormity of it all and just stare at it like a deer caught in headlghts. I have 6 simultaneous titles again. The next couple of months are going to be very interesting.

At least my two copies of Clay 12 arrived today. A spark of good news, hmm?

*fights down more laughter*