Comments on: School Daze http://www.haikasoru.com/battle-royale-the-novel/school-daze/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 16 May 2012 20:55:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jayjayzian http://www.haikasoru.com/battle-royale-the-novel/school-daze/comment-page-1/#comment-13880 jayjayzian Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:06:50 +0000 http://www.haikasoru.com/?p=1015#comment-13880 Great cover image, definitely an eye-catcher. Great cover image, definitely an eye-catcher.

]]> By: Daniel H. http://www.haikasoru.com/battle-royale-the-novel/school-daze/comment-page-1/#comment-13823 Daniel H. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:05:01 +0000 http://www.haikasoru.com/?p=1015#comment-13823 "Sky Crawlers" is about pilots who never age fighting in a war that never ends. The first book (of five so far, I think) was adapted as an anime movie by Mamoru Oshii. The SF aspect isn't in the front and center; it's there, but the story is mainly about the characters drifting through their lives -- living, eating, fighting, shacking up, dying -- all the while consuming vast quantities of alcohol and tobacco. Oshii said his movie was intended to speak to the kind of young people who don't see the point of life, or of the requirements thrust on them by society -- the same type who often flee into otaku-dom, hikikomori-dom, freeter-dom and the like. I had a different take on the first book when I read it, but it's the kind of story that can support multiple interpretations. The Oshii movie is *almost* a very faithful adaptation of the book -- much of the dialog comes line-for-line from it, but he does make a big change at the end that readers of the original never saw coming. There are several sequels, but I've only read the first book. “Sky Crawlers” is about pilots who never age fighting in a war that never ends. The first book (of five so far, I think) was adapted as an anime movie by Mamoru Oshii. The SF aspect isn’t in the front and center; it’s there, but the story is mainly about the characters drifting through their lives — living, eating, fighting, shacking up, dying — all the while consuming vast quantities of alcohol and tobacco.

Oshii said his movie was intended to speak to the kind of young people who don’t see the point of life, or of the requirements thrust on them by society — the same type who often flee into otaku-dom, hikikomori-dom, freeter-dom and the like. I had a different take on the first book when I read it, but it’s the kind of story that can support multiple interpretations.

The Oshii movie is *almost* a very faithful adaptation of the book — much of the dialog comes line-for-line from it, but he does make a big change at the end that readers of the original never saw coming. There are several sequels, but I’ve only read the first book.

]]> By: nickmamatas http://www.haikasoru.com/battle-royale-the-novel/school-daze/comment-page-1/#comment-13770 nickmamatas Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:28:19 +0000 http://www.haikasoru.com/?p=1015#comment-13770 Hey there. A. Let's just say things like this: http://books.simonandschuster.com/Good-Luck-Yukikaze/Chohei-Kambayashi/Yukikaze/9781421539010 don't show up on the web by accident. ;) B. Not on my short list (or my long list), but I'll Google around a bit to see what it's about. Hey there.

A. Let’s just say things like this:

http://books.simonandschuster.com/Good-Luck-Yukikaze/Chohei-Kambayashi/Yukikaze/9781421539010

don’t show up on the web by accident. ;)

B. Not on my short list (or my long list), but I’ll Google around a bit to see what it’s about.

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