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Anime freak-out: I'm finally watching Love Hina and Vandread. (And Excel Saga disc 3 is waiting to be unwrapped.) I've seen the first few discs of LH, and it's pretty obvious how MegaTokyo... draws inspiration from it (including the bit about the young schoolgirl trying to return the artist's notebook). As with all "dorky boy surrounded by beautiful girls for no good reason" anime, it's pretty cheesy at first, but you get attached to the characters pretty darn quick.
Vandread also continue the "fine" tradition of Japanese anime having really really weird gender problems -- in this case, it's a far-flung future where a group of human colonists somehow get split into male and female societies, and because of this, their gender stereotypes get REALLY fucked up and exaggerated. Which might turn you off from the series at first, which is a shame, because it's pretty damn good. The animation quality reminds me of the quality of many animated movies -- the frame rate seems high, and the art quality is excellent. The combat sequences are all done using CG, and it's better than some CG I've seen -- but it's still not as good as Babylon 5 was, several years ago. The series is presented in widescreen, but it's not anamorphic, so that's pretty irritating if you're not using a standard-sized display. 11:39:51 AM () 
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