Went There Did That Dept.

I spent Sunday at my parent's house — first time I'd seen them in months, since they were overseas and enjoying the company of relatives in Turkey and Ireland. There was home cooking, tech support (dad's notebook needed a wipe-down) and some musing about Comic-Con and Otakon, much to my surprise.

Popped back through the city on the way home and hit Book-Off. Among the things I found there was the soundtrack to the NHK taiga drama version of Furin Kazan (aka Samurai Banners). The score's by Akira Senju, he of Mystery of Rampo — but more notably to some, the composer for the Fullmetal Alchemist movie. I also ran into a cheap copy of one of the untranslated Black Jack volumes — that'll come in handy for comparison when the corresponding translation arrives.