Anime

A couple of years ago we came upon the world of Japanese anime with Miyazaki's Spirited Away. The artwork is amazing in this film and the storyline of the spiritworld has captivated my children, their little friends, and me.

This led to the further discoveries of Nausicaa and Kiki's Delivery Service.

About four months ago Anime on Demand, a service provided by our local cable company, began weekly episodes of a series titled Noir.


Noir
This one is really not for small children because the story line involves a young woman and a young girl who are professional assasins who team up to "travel around the world, being hired to kill and hoping to find the answers they seek." Additional story information is here.

The older daughter and I are hooked on this series. It's the first thing in years that I have looked forward to watching with any regularity.

Last night the girls and I went to dinner and a movie (Valiant), then hit our local video store. Older daughter found the DVDs for all 26 episodes of this series. Fortunately, the ones available began with number 16 and this week's episode was number 15.

The rest of this holiday weekend will be spent enjoying Noir.

Have a great holiday weekend everyone!