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3nodding Yu Yu Hakusho was my very first anime, and it is still one of my favorites. For many reasons, though the one you mentioned is a good point. I remain a huge Kurama fangirl.

I still say that there's nothing wrong with ranting about our anger over the fillers here, though. That's kind of the whole topic of this thread ^^; So, I mean, while there's nothing wrong with you guys liking the fillers, if you don't want to hear people ranting about them... just don't come to this thread, since anger over fillers is, again, kinda the topic here. I think that's why the "don't like, don't watch" thing was annoying. Yes, we could write to whoever produces them or whatever, but that wouldn't do much good, to be honest. Besides the fact that it's nice to talk to others who are just as frustrated as I am.



Well, I'll use the fanfiction analogy again, for the 'insight' thing. Yes, they may keep the characters 'in-character', but it is still not giving any real insight. A fanfiction could have every character perfectly in-character (I've read some excellent ones that do), but that does not make it canon. Again, Kishimoto is not writing it, so it isn't canon. He created these characters. Besides the fact that whether or not the fillers are actually keeping everyone in-character is really open to interpretation. I don't watch many of them, but I have friends who say that they think Naruto is being portrayed horribly. Something about making him look like more of an idiot than he actually is ^^; I'm not sure, as I haven't seen the episodes in question.

As for Kishimoto not letting the fillers continue if he didn't approve of them... well. Allowing anyone to take enough control over your series to make it into an anime would involve giving up a certain amount of control, I imagine. I can't claim to know how all of these things work, but I know that sometimes when something becomes popularized, the original creator loses a lot of control in the process. For example, I heard that Anne Rice really hated the way the movie Queen of the Damned turned out (I know I did, as a rabid fan of the book).

And even if that's not the reason, as much as I'd hate to think this of Kishimoto, it's possible that he just doesn't want to lose any money. Even if he dislikes the fillers, pausing the anime long enough for the manga to get far enough ahead might cause him to lose money and fans. As much as I'd hate it, it's understandable if he doesn't want to risk that. There are really many reasons why he could allow the fillers to continue even if he doesn't necessarily approve of them, so it's really impossible for us to say whether he does or doesn't.

@__@ I adore Armand; he's always been my favorite character. I loved him in The Vampire Lestat, and his (admittedly small) part in Queen of the Damned (the book, not the movie, though the only redeeming factor of the movie was that they actually got a better character to represent him; the one who was supposedly him in the movie for Interview With a Vampire was SO far off from what his character was supposed to look like that it was sad). As for The Vampire Armand, I got about halfway through it when my cousin stole the book x.x; I haven't seen it since.

XD I like Marius, too, but Armand will always be my favorite. Just the right amount of crazy. Marius was totally misrepresented in Queen of the Damned the movie, too >.>; I wanted to walk out of the theatre when they said he turned Lestat.

He wasn't as attractive as he should have been, but at least Armand was blonde and looked young x.x;; The one in Interview With a Vampire was tall, had long black hair, and looked to be in his thirties. I was like, "...Everything about this guy is the exact opposite of what Armand is supposed to look like. *stabs*"

^^; I couldn't remember who it was. I watched the movie once and didn't really want to watch it again. They did pretty well with it, a lot better plot-wise than they did with Queen of the Damned, but the combination of Armand not looking like himself and Lestat being played by >.>; Tom Cruise kinda ruined it for me. Plus Lestat turning Daniel at the end... crying nooo, so wrong.

The Armand in Queen of the Damned at least looked to be around the 16 or so years old he's supposed to appear to be, and the hair color was closer. x.x; I just couldn't deal with the straight black hair for Armand, it made me sad.

Urg, I thought he was terrible. Maybe just because I don't like Tom Cruise? Because I thought Brad Pitt did fine, and I don't even really like Louis.

I won't even go into Stuart Townsend. I swear they just picked him because he's pretty. Though, I have to admit, the scene with him and Akasha in the pool of blood? Drool-worthy.

XD A musical would be a tad strange... >.> but I'd definitely go see it anyway, if I get the chance.

Patience wearing... thing. D:!