Comments on: Weekly Recon, 5/14/08 http://www.popcultureshock.com/weekly-recon-51408/43703/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:28:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Katherine Dacey http://www.popcultureshock.com/weekly-recon-51408/43703/comment-page-1/#comment-402543 Katherine Dacey Sat, 17 May 2008 15:09:15 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/weekly-recon-51408/43703/#comment-402543 Hey Mack--nice to hear from you! Glad to hear "The Scoop" is back. I really liked <i>Toto!</i>, but it's not going to be everyone's cup of tea, especially if you're not a big fan of shonen heroes who are dreamy, impetuous, and not super-smart. (Kakashi, the hero of <i>Toto!</i>, won't be winning the Nobel Prize in Economics anytime soon.) The <i>Wizard of Oz</i> references are there, but it's not a retelling of Frank L. Baum's story per se. If anything, it reminded me more of a Miyazaki movie than anything, with its colorful cast of pirates, its flying ships, and its spunky heroine. Hey Mack–nice to hear from you! Glad to hear “The Scoop” is back.

I really liked Toto!, but it’s not going to be everyone’s cup of tea, especially if you’re not a big fan of shonen heroes who are dreamy, impetuous, and not super-smart. (Kakashi, the hero of Toto!, won’t be winning the Nobel Prize in Economics anytime soon.) The Wizard of Oz references are there, but it’s not a retelling of Frank L. Baum’s story per se. If anything, it reminded me more of a Miyazaki movie than anything, with its colorful cast of pirates, its flying ships, and its spunky heroine.

]]> By: mack http://www.popcultureshock.com/weekly-recon-51408/43703/comment-page-1/#comment-401862 mack Sat, 17 May 2008 02:30:07 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/weekly-recon-51408/43703/#comment-401862 I am going to have to go through a Recon in depth one of these days. But for now, I am back to doing the "Scoop". Short edition on TP and a longer edition in a forum on LoS. I saw in my very quick surf of the anime sites that Toto was like a spiced up Wizard of Oz. From your review (yes I actually read it) it sound like something I would want to avoid. I mean I don't really like One Piece. I am going to have to go through a Recon in depth one of these days. But for now, I am back to doing the “Scoop”. Short edition on TP and a longer edition in a forum on LoS.

I saw in my very quick surf of the anime sites that Toto was like a spiced up Wizard of Oz. From your review (yes I actually read it) it sound like something I would want to avoid. I mean I don’t really like One Piece.

]]> By: Katherine Dacey http://www.popcultureshock.com/weekly-recon-51408/43703/comment-page-1/#comment-400228 Katherine Dacey Thu, 15 May 2008 22:01:04 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/weekly-recon-51408/43703/#comment-400228 I have <i>Parasyte</i> on my to-read list on the strength of your recommendation, Ken--I just have to work my way through that backlog of review material first! (By then the fourth volume should be available... ) I have Parasyte on my to-read list on the strength of your recommendation, Ken–I just have to work my way through that backlog of review material first! (By then the fourth volume should be available… )

]]> By: Ken Haley http://www.popcultureshock.com/weekly-recon-51408/43703/comment-page-1/#comment-400157 Ken Haley Thu, 15 May 2008 20:27:23 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/weekly-recon-51408/43703/#comment-400157 Parasyte vol. 3 for me! It kind of caught me by surprise too, it wasn't on the new arrivals list my LCS sent out. Glad I checked though, they only had one volume in. Yikes. Parasyte vol. 3 for me! It kind of caught me by surprise too, it wasn’t on the new arrivals list my LCS sent out. Glad I checked though, they only had one volume in. Yikes.

]]>