Living Inside My Head

One of my favorite anime shows from childhood is G Gundam. And a few days ago, I started re-watching it. Couple of years ago, I was able to purchase a DVD copy if it in Japanese language with an English subtitle. It's a completely different feeling to watch it in its original language after many years (I watched it for the first time when I was 14 or 15 years old when it was aired in a local channel and it was translated in Tagalog). Few days ago, I started watching it in English dub, and although I love the feeling and emotion of the Japanese dub (the Japanese dub is top-notch and nothing could ever reach that level), the English voice actors also did a great job in portraying the characters, which is quite a rare thing in English dub anime these days.

These past few days, I've been spending much of my free-time watching old-school anime. Back when I was young, I used to watch Japanese anime a lot. I remember turning on the TV early in the morning to watch my favorite animes, and the anime programmes would continue until early in the evening. I also remember being impatient to go home to watch, and end my day going to bed feelings satisfied but at the same excited for the next day. Those were the glorious times of anime in our local television channels. Nowadays, almost no anime is being shown on TV. They were disappointingly replaced by Korean and Mexican soap operas. I have nothing against this current phenomenon, but as a child growing up devouring every single anime on TV and turning them into inspiration, I was and am totally sad and disappointed with what is happening. Children of the '90s in our country, in my opinion, were more well-grounded, simpler, more inspired, more well-motivated and more care-free but cert...

I really love this Van and Hitomi painting (from the anime Vision of Escaflowne ) done by French artist Nathalie Roberts. I had this printed from my computer printer and hanged it in my room. Van and Hitomi are my favorite anime couple, and seeing a painting of them showing that after the series they were finally reunited greatly satisfied me. It gives me such a feeling of nostalgia. The painting shows Van and Hitomi, reunited. Aren't they such a cute couple? They are wearing Fanelian traditional costume, which speaks that they are now the rulers of the Kingdom of Fanelia. Hitomi is probably pointing at the sky and the Mystic Moon (or Earth). Perhaps she's giving Van a little geography lesson. ^_^ All credit goes to the creator of this painting, Ms. Nathalie Roberts.