Castle in the Sky, and KH2 get!

On Saturday, I saw Castle in the Sky (again, on Toonami's Month of Miyazaki). I missed the first 15-30 minutes of it, but apparently I didn't really miss out on much, as I could follow the plot just fine. It was quite good, actually, right up there with Spirited Away - it seems I like the whimsical, non-preachy adventures best. I also loved the dragonfly-inspired flying machines the pirates had - cool design.

Now, the only movie left is Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. I'm kind of dreading it, though - it seems to be considered Miyazaki's magnum opus, and the commercial makes it seem like it's über-über-preachy. We'll just have to see if it can live up to expectations, eh?


Anyway, today I went to pick up Kingdom Hearts 2 from Babbage's (Not going to play it yet, though, as I still have to even so much as START Suikoden V. What can I say, I'm a slacker. ^^;;). I also decided to pick up the SuikoV player's guide, and surprise surprise - remember the artbook + soundtrack freebie that you got for preordering the game that I said I was sad for not getting? The guy at the counter gave me one of their leftover ones! I was so happy! :D I'm so lucky - the people at both that Babbage's and the EB on the first floor of the mall are truly nice. :D :D

I also put in my preorder for Final Fantasy XII while I was there. I've heard a few complaints about the battle system from people who've played the demo, but I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Oh yeah...

...almost forgot, I MUST pimp this:

Forbidden Fruit, by tsaiko

It's cherry tomato yaoi.

Yes, you read that right: CHERRY TOMATO YAOI.

Go read. Pure, pure hilarious crack. XD

Suikoden V first impressions.

I'm only two hours in, but part of it was just wasted flipping through the game menus, so it's only like, an hour of actual gamage. ^^;

Anyway:

-The Prince is fairly cute, even if a bit too pretty for my usual tastes.
-Arshtat is clearly nutters. She's beautiful, though.
-Ferid is all kinds of HOMINA HOMINA HOMINA HOTT. :D~~~~~~~~~~~~ And it was funny to see how Arshtat suddenly snapped to her senses when he showed up, hee.
-Georg seems pretty nifty, and is also pretty hot himself.
-I know they were going for cute and innocent with Lymsleia, but she came off as a bit too damn clingy for my taste. It's just a first impression, though - we'll just have to wait and see.
-Kyle's (the blond Queen's Knight) pretty amusing. Hope we'll get to see more of him.

And that's about it for now.