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[minervasolo]

Toast did the half marathon yesterday. Came in under 1h50, which is very impressive. Unfortunately, it meant that we didn't get there in time to see him come in! :( It was a real shame. But now he has a jumper and everything, and is deserving of much praise. I don't think I could run one mile, let alone 13.1

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Which Country has the Best kittens?

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I realised two things at anime last night. Firstly, the reason I'm having trouble getting along with FMA is because Ed and Al are (to borrow a phrase) "thick as two short planks held together with stupid glue". Most of the audience had figured out by the end of the first intro spiel that 'equivalent exchange' meant a life for a life. It's interesting that they might be overturning this at the point we've reached, but it still doesn't help me feel any sympathy at all for the brothers.

Secondly, Trinity Blood. Vampire priests. Robot priests. Fleurs de Mal. Telepaths. Rosenkreuz...

I need to find out who made this anime, because right now I'm thinking it might be enjoying an in-joke about being a sequel to Weiss Kreuz. Apparently Rosenkreuz was doing genetic work on people before the armageddon, which sounds promising. But research shall happen later.

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Presentation! Meep!

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[daegaer.livejournal.com]

Trinity Blood. Vampire priests. Robot priests. Fleurs de Mal. Telepaths. Rosenkreuz...

I need to find out who made this anime, because right now I'm thinking it might be enjoying an in-joke about being a sequel to Weiss Kreuz. Apparently Rosenkreuz was doing genetic work on people before the armageddon, which sounds promising.

Good Heavens. I really must find and watch this!

[minervasolo.livejournal.com]

It's very pretty. And considering I only saw the first four episodes, seems to have a lot of plot in it. Though I suspect it's mostly actually background, and the real plot involves tragic pasts and secret societies. Also, the Pope kinda reminds me of a very timid Omi, which is amusing me.

[daegaer.livejournal.com]

the real plot involves tragic pasts and secret societies

. . . it is Weiss Kreuz!

[ultharkitty.livejournal.com]

The kitten thing led me onto an almost identical site to ratemykitten.com. Those things are addictive!

*dies of cute*

[odangochan.livejournal.com]

Trinity Blood is based upon a series of novels written by a now deceased Japanese author and currently being carried on by a ghostwriter. It is STUFFED with plot, and you only get to see snippets of the whole in the anime. It has been around for a while, so people who think it's ripping stuff off or parodying are wrong! Rosenkreuz is in fact an historical order, though their intentions were somewhat different to those in TB, which might explain why other shows have used the name - it's like the name Aleister Crowley turning up in any gothic magic stories.

Um. That's the summary. If you want to know more, ask me and I'll direct you to a few places. It's sorta my latest obsession and that's why I insisted it be shown!

[minervasolo.livejournal.com]

The animation style looked very recent. It is gorgeous. It's interesting that Rosenkreuz actually existed, and that various shows have used it in the same way (as far as I can tell). I am curious as to who's the director - the sense of humour inherent in some of the character designs and dialogue still reminds me of WK, and it wouldn't be surprised if hte director of that had chosen TB as a project because of some of the similarities.

[odangochan.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, the anime is brand new, I was just illustrating that the stories/characters etc. have been around for a while.

Great piles of information here: http://s7.invisionfree.com/Trinity_Blood/index.php?act=idx

Director is Tomohiro Hirata. He did not work on Weiss.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=374

In fact, looking at the info site for TB, none of the main guys worked on Weiss. The character designs originate from THORES Shibamoto's illustrations for the original novels. As far as they go, they follow various conventions (eg Abel is a fairly typical silver-haired bishounen, round glasses type, see Ilpalazzo etc).

It's not that there aren't parallels, I'm just of the opinion that they're due to anime convention and coincedence rather than any deliberate attempts to make them similar.