December 17 (5M^_^: Five-Minute Hell Girl)

[Zeke]

Pay no attention to <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/5mv/50696.html">the man behind the curtain</a> -- Five-Minute Anime continues! Today we have not just a new fiver, but a whole new <i>kind</i> of fiver. I've recently become a huge fan of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigoku_Shoujo">Jigoku Shoujo</a></i>, a.k.a. <i>Hell Girl</i>. It's a supernatural show with a fascinating premise that reminds me of <i>The Ring</i>. The art and music are gorgeous. A box set of the first season with English dub recently came out, so I highly recommend taking a look.

That said, the show can be a little... formulaic. It's always worth watching, but the anthology format lends itself to repetition. How much repetition? This much repetition:

<a href="../a1/hellgirl.html">Five-Minute <i>Hell Girl</i>: <b>any episode</b></a>

(Yes, I know none of you have ever watched it. Indulge me. It's my birthday.)

[MaverickZer0]

Not seen it, but heard of it, and...well, it's on the list now, anyway. Nice one, Zeke.

[Derek]

Happy Birthday, Zeke.

Bad Guy: Are you calling me prideful? ME? Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Sounds like a real nut Job.

[NAHTMMM]

(Yes, I know none of you have ever watched it. Indulge me. It's my birthday.)
As if I ever let that hinder me before. :p

Happy birthday!


Good Guy: *keeps coming to the brink and putting it off*


Good Guy: GRRRRRRRR! Revenge! REVENGE! Where did I leave that doll?
Wanyuudou: (If he takes a month to check under his bed like the last guy, I quit.)
Oh, wow. It's like I got a guest spot in this one, or something.

Anyway, quite a funny fiver, and interesting development of the form too. :) This new modular approach to compressing entire series into five minutes has a lot of potential, and no doubt about it. ;)

[Wowbagger]

Whoa. I... actually don't know how to deal with two in a week. Not anymore. Geeze.

I liked it, though. Happy birthday.