Okay, there was this period when Geneon USA was circling the toilet when they started doing these horrifically, ruinously bad offshore dubs. This is one of those dubs. Unfortunately, when I was watching this show, I was busy gathering medical records and stuff, so I didn't have the time to watch it in Japanese with English subtitles while not gathering medical records. So I think the show is better than my English-dub impression of it. It must be or everyone would hate it instead of just 50% of the people. It's the story of a boy and his dog-like spirit companion. This boy is the grandson of a famous spiritualist, but he's notorious mostly for having no spiritual powers AT ALL. Then he meets up with this critter, and his life changes, and he discovers his real powers and meets a girl and has all these weird adventures involving the mythology of the Japanese spiritual world. Did I mention the dub is really bad?"What good is love if the fireflies aren't real?"b Taisho Baseball Girls: This cute little series about junior high girls who form a baseball team for various reasons is short and sweet. The team interactions are fun and cute for the most part, and you respect their grit and determination and the troubles they face. It's also a fun glimpse at an interesting time in Japanese history as East and West collide and traditional views of womanhood seem on the verge of changing.
b You're Beautiful: So, I had a certain amount of expectation built up for this show. It more and less met these expectations. There were some surprises in the end, but it was a good experience over all. One of the most interesting parts was actually the extras. Some of these folks are really quite good at acting. In real life some of them are very different. The female lead and the happy-chipper dude (Blondie in Sarah's review that started it all) are SO DIFFERENT, I was floored. The DVD box set seems somewhat impossibly priced out of print, but you can watch it legally streaming at Amazon.
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