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Past L-E Projects / Re: Yawara

« on: June 19, 2006, 03:58:54 pm »

Nope, it's actually the 1992 Barcelona Olympics Yawara is (not) aiming for, rather than the 1996 Atlanta Games.  If you look at the countdown until how many days it is until the Barcelona Olympics at the end of every episode, and count from July 25, 1992, the date of the opening ceremonies, then you can get the date of when the episode aired.  Or you could just go to this page for the air dates.   

But yes, thank you for putting out ep 56.  Looking forward the the next one!

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Current & Future L-E Projects / Re: Yawara, yet again \o/

« on: May 26, 2006, 11:02:37 pm »

Thank you for releasing the recap eps!  I don't know what it is about this series that keeps me coming back for more, but I'm glad more has come out.   

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Current & Future L-E Projects / Re: Yawara, yet again \o/

« on: May 17, 2006, 04:52:07 pm »

I'd imagine that NANA and Tsubasa (both good shows) are taking up a lot of L-E's time, but I for one would really like to see the next episode of Yawara out, even if it is a recap episode.   

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Current & Future L-E Projects / Re: Yawara, yet again \o/

« on: March 19, 2006, 04:43:05 am »

Yes, I registered just so I could commend Live-Evil on the job you're doing in fansubbing Yawara.  Thank you so much for picking this up and subbing what should be called a classic of the seinen sports genre. 

Incidentally, does anyone get the feeling that Ginban Kaleidoscope was written as a response to Yawara?  Tazusa is aggressive, cocky, and usually angry, has no doubts about wanting to win a gold medal in figure skating, and doesn't strive at all to find a man and be a "normal" Japanese woman (Pete finds her, after all).  Plus Tazusa's rival, while beautiful, is very yassashi and not at all boastful as Sayaka is on her humblest of days.  Though I sing Yawara's praises, you have to admit that the show is a bit, err, dated as far as gender expectations go.  It's likely that Ginban Kaleidoscope was written by women who felt a need to strike back at Yawara's 1980s sensibilities.  That is, a female Olympic-level athlete can be Yawara's personality opposite and still gain a following, as well as a man.  Err, sort of (watch the series to see what I mean).