[TL;DR theme plays]
Nina Liu asks: Can you do a TL;DR on your favourite animes?
A.K.A. this topic is not for me. See you later.
But... Yes, yes I can.
Aren't you lucky that I just happen to have something here.
[she snorts] It's a book. With a list of all the animes and manga
and other things like that that I want to share with you guys about this topic.
And...um... Let me just calm myself and start from the beginning.
[she breathes deeply] We got a lot of questions actually
regarding Korean anime and Korean manhwa
which is not to be mistaken with manga, which is the Japanese one.
Now some people are surprised to find that when they come to Korea,
there isn't actually a big selection of Korean manhwa or Korean anime to buy or to watch.
There used to be a lot of book stores, like SooZee was telling me
[Old man voice] back in her day when SooZee was a youngster
in high school. She used to actually see people, like reading
manhwas and stuff, but eventually it died out.
If you hit a book store in Korea, you're actually going to see a lot of Japanese mangas
available so like, Kyobo Books, you'll see an entire section
with Saran wrapped 'Slam Dunk' and 'Skip Beat'
and like, 'Bleach' and 'One Piece' and 'Deathnote' and there's tons of that!
But I really rarely see anything Korean. When it comes to anime,
It's kind of the sad same truth. There aren't really any Korean anime out there.
Wait, let me think if that is actually true. SooZee?
Headphones on.
(SooZee): 'Pororo'? Pororo does not count as an anime!
He's a penguin, and it's usually 3D animation now, it's not even like 'anime' anime,
It's not like moon crystal power with big eyes.
He's like: 'I'm a penguin and my name is Pororo.'
Anything else? (SooZee): 'Pooh'! 'Kimchi Warrior'!
All right, conversation over!
So since there aren't a lot of manhwas and stuff, what is happening in Korea is something called a webtoon.
It really looks like a normal manga series, it's really beautifully done,
but they upload it online to the site and every week, or every day you get an update.
So there's one that I started reading called 'Noblesse'
It's about a vampire of course, and this vampire wakes up
in a modern soul and then he has to, like enroll in school
and go to this high school
and the high school principal ends up being part of his vampire crew who take care of him.
He's vampire royalty. I really did not realise
this was a web series. It is so well drawn,
you would think that this is a scanning from a manga.
I think web series are popular here because people are really into their mobile devices.
If you're commuting somewhere, you'll see a lot of people on their phones
[phone ringing] and they're like, either reading things or watching tv shows
or they're playing like those online internet games. I think 'Maple Story' was really really huge here.
Perhaps it still is huge here. Sometimes animes get turned into online games
that you can actually play on your phone, and other times I heard those games
get turned into animes. But there just isn't really a huge constant anime department happening here
Kind of like in Japan where you have a new anime coming out. For example:
'Attack on Titan', which is taking the whole of Japan by storm
and Korea as well, might I add. All right, enough back story and history.
Onto my anime and manga list
Don't you click out of that vid- I see you trying to click away from this video!
You! Listen! Hey! Don't think that comics are nerdy or for children.
Hey! You stay here and you listen to my recommendations,
and then you're going to read the comments section, and then you're going to find other recommendations
and then, soon you will be converted, okay? And you will not ashamedly, secretly read your mangas
in hopes that no one sees you. You will read them and get t shirts with pictures on it.
I'm gonna begin with some of my favorite Korean manhwas.
One of my favorite ones was 'Bride of the Water God',
and I was absolutely blown away. It's insane!
Every page is so elaborate, it has like, a combination of
elaborate dresses and gears and all this like, old school kind of drawings.
It's a great series. It's pretty long too, so prepare yourself.
These manhwa series get made into live-action dramas,
'Full house', if you can believe it. I actually did not read it,
nor did I see the drama, which I should have.
I know it's like, epic, but that was actually based off of a Korean manhwa.
Now you've learned something! This is my learning rainbow sign.
[she hums]
'Hana-Kimi' is one of my all time favorites. I actually read the manga
before I watched the TV show, and I prefer the Japanese one
over the Korean one. I didn't like the acting in the Korean one.
I said it! I did not even believe Sulli was a boy,
she totally looks like, clearly a girl with a short haircut.
I felt the Japanese version was so much better.
but if you want, like, an unbiased one involving characters, just read the actual manga, it's awesome.
'Hana Yori Dango', also known as 'Boys Over Flowers', or 'Boys Before Flowers',
which I'm sure a lot of you saw Lee Min-Ho make his debut
as the curly haired bully. I read the manga first,
and it was awesome! It's like a huge series, I mean
the animation style's kind of interesting
because the clothing that they're wearing is really part of the generation
that the person animating it is in. So when you're reading it, you're kind of like:
'This clothing is really cheesy.' And there's so much turtle-necks!
What's with the turtle-necks? Is it just easy for someone to draw?
They're like: 'What can I put this person in today? We'll just put them in a turtle-neck.'
Hey, turtle-necks need to stop! So that was also made into an anime,
which, I preferred the manga still, and it was also made into a million live-action ones.
I love the Japanese one, I also loved the Korean one, I cannot make a choice between the two.
'Gokusen' is another one that I really loved. Great, totally great as a manga
and awesome live-action one. I don't even know which one I can pick that I like more,
because it was so well done. Even the theme song.
#I say feel your breeze...#
Even Simon liked it. He watched it with me and he totally loved the series.
Speaking of series that Simon loves, he also really likes 'Ouran Host Club'.
Which, let us never speak of the re-make that occurred
There was no live-action version of 'Ouran Host Club, what are you talking about?
(Deep voice): Didn't exist! (Normal voice): And it was a great anime!
It was awesome, and we love it! They should really think of making
a live-action drama version. Maybe they could cast the boys from Boyfriend
since they're twins. It'll be the first of its kind, right guys?
Right!?!
And of course, I have to mention 'Sailor Moon', which started out as a manga
and became an anime and then also became a live-action, which is totally insane, if you haven't seen it.
It is hillarious, OK? I loved the live-action.
I didn't consider it...good. Like if I watched a Korean drama, and I was like: 'This is amazing!'
But I mean, it was just really great to see them come to life.
It was just really like over the top costumes and kind of cheesy and-
Zoisite looked really creepy. But that's kind of the charm of the show.
It just looked really fake. It's like they didn't even try to make it look realistic.
It was awesome! And, of course, the manga and anime is amazing
and for those of you that don't know, Sailor Moon just made her comeback!
They're back! I spent my childhood reading 'Sailor Moon',
and when the anime series was cancelled, I kept it going by reading the manga
that my friend brought back for me from Tokyo. I couldn't even read it.
The internet came along and I started translating and subing for people. And I read the entire series
[record scratches] Anyway, 'Sailor Moon Crystal' has just started.
Episode 1 came out. I didn't watch it yet because
if I watch it, I'll need to see the next episode right away.
And then I'll be sad and empty with my life. So I'm going to wait
until a couple more episodes come out. I already know it's going to be awesome.
I don't care what any of y'all say. I'm already happy about this episode, and give it 100/100.
Oh my god, you're so 'Sailor Moon' biased!
It's true. Other favorite animes, I'm going to say 'Cowboy Bebop'
Simon also started watching with me, way back when we first started dating.
(Old man voice): Back in the day! (Normal): And he actually really liked that as well.
Kind of got bored of it after a while, and I was slightly offended by that.
It has one of the best intro themes songs ever!
[she hums theme]
I'm not going to do the whole thing.
Are you ready? 3, 2, 1, Let's go!
[she hums theme]
But Simon did really like 'Avatar', so we ripped through that entire series.
So, so good! Cried at the beginning of 'Legend of Korra' because it actually
talks about the last seasons of 'Avatar' and I got so attached to the characters.
Currently, we're watching 'Attack on Titan' and we are a little bit frustrated
with the main character, who is totally incompetent.
I don't want to spoil it for anyone, but he's just always like:
I can do it, I can do my best, I'm gonna do this!
And then he just gets, like slapped around, it's very frustrating.
[baby cries] And I know that's just how they made the character, but there are two
other people in the show that are way cooler, who should be doing so much better,
but 'Attack on Titan' is very, very big in Japan right now, and in Korea 'Attack on Titan' is quite big too.
OK, before I finish off this TL;DR, I have a question for you guys.
You have to tell me if you know the name of it, because it's going to make me crazy.
It involves a household with a bunch of very old vampires.
All of them turn into different things, like insects or spiders.
And it's really creepy that they turn into spiders. But this girl was in an accident,
I think she was in a bike accident, and then she woke up in the hospital,
covered in spiders or something. And then she's turned into, like a vampire,
But the vampires actually have to kill her, in order to continue on,
but they can't, because they develop feelings for her, and it's like, 1 girl
living in a house with a bunch of other vampires, and she can't go back to visit.
And I can't remember it whatsoever. Help me, guys! Help me!
I'm gonna talk a little bit more about my favorite mangas,
I'm gonna save it for the blog post though, because I have so many that
I want to talk about 'Fairy Tail' and 'Black Butler',
'Vampire Knight' and 'Blackbird'
and 'My President is a Maid'. A lot of them involve strange breast physics,
but you know what? That's part of it. It's a fun culture to be a part of, right?
So my question for you this week is, Do you like any of the anime, or manga, or manhwa
that I was talking about? If you like them, let me know and if you don't like them, let me know as well.
And if you can recommend any to me, please let me know in the comments section below.
If you don't like these whatsoever, and you think that it's weird, let us know why!
And then we will all attack you and tell you that you are wrong.
[evil laughter] Just joking!
Last, last week's TL;DR, not last week because we had a special thing happening Jen From Head to Toe,
We told you about our experience of going back to California,
and we talked about some of the weird culture shock things we've had,
and here are some awesome comments that you guys had to say about it.
Clarellyn from our website said she's from Oregon, but then she moved.
Oregon? Oregan? From Oregon originally,
moved to Norway,and she said she noticed a
total difference when it comes to small talk. In fact,
she could remember the times anyone's ever talked
to her outside of her normal circle. She said '0'.
If you compliment someone in Norway, they're kind of like:
'Why are you complimenting me? That's weird!'
Amanda said she studied abroad in Europe, and then she came back home,
she arrived at the Chicago airport and was totally shell-shocked to remember
that people actually small-talk with her, while standing in line waiting for stuff.
And she said she should know that because she's American,
but living in Europe, people don't really chit-chat as much as they do in America,
and it just really caught her off guard as well. It's not just us, guys.
And mormander on YouTube said that Northern California cops appear to be nicer than Southern California cops.
And apparently - where are my glasses? - California biomes are quite different.
Some places can be dry and hot, and other places can be quite humid
and some are very polluted, and some are quite nice.
And then there was a lovely thread that unfolded with people agreeing with the whole comment.
Hmm! Well haven't you been learning properly at school!
Martina gives you 1 thumb up. And then two thumbs up.
And then it transforms into a dragon and flies away because she was always a dragon the whole time.
[She hums]
[She hums song]
I'm done.