Anime fans?

[darkwing]

I have been hanging out on this site for a while, and I've noticed a few people bring Anime up from time to time. I wonder if some of you otakus would like to identify yourself.

As for me, I have too many DVDs to list. I've spent about $7000 on them over the years and have probably somewhere between 400 and 500. I have never pirated any of it.

While I'm here, let me generate discussion by saying that Eva is probably the worst anime I've ever seen in my life, but yet it seems quite popular amongst the masses.

[e²Studios]

I like Anime, i dont own quite as much as you but i do enjoy some of the Classics like Metropolis, Akira, etc. I also like Princess Mononoke, Ghost in the Shell, and some others that i cant seem to remember.

I remember one, Orange something or another, it was pretty good. Having a decent grasp on Japanese has helped me in watching Anime, and if i dont understand I usually just end up bugging my wife to translate it for me, or switching captions on :p

good stuff, id love some reccomendations if you have any

Ed

[devilot]

I like some anime, but admittedly, I go to my local Blockbuster so I have a limited selection to choose from. ;) I've seen Eva, over 30 Kenshin ova (a friend had VCDs), Escaflowne, His and Hers Circumstance, Steel Heart Angels (?), a really short one called Video Girl Ai (?), something something about DNA, Nadesico (ova and the movie), Tenchi (way overrated I think), El Hazard, Rahxephon, er... I know I've seen more.... Ninja Scroll, Cowboy Bebop, er... I'll edit when I think of the others. Hee.

I don't like the drawings but do like the storyline for Escaflowne. I liked El Hazard and Rahxephon a lot, too.

[aloofman]

I like anime, although my brother is the real fanatic. I don't really own any. That's what Netflix is for. Almost done with the Ghost in the Shell series (not as good as the original movie). Next up will be Neon Genesis Evangelion and Initial D.

[yellow]

Samurai Champloo.

[Onizuka]

I am like you, many, many DVD's (and tons of OLD VHS). I've seena ton of stuff. Dragon Ball Z cannot even be considered Anime, and I wish death upon anyone that thinks it's decent animation/story/plot or characters. By the way, they ripped off the hair turning blond/spikey from Akira.

So, Eva being the worst anime? No. Eva is great. It has a point at the end of it. It's not your usual Giant Robot anime. Speaking of which, Giant Robo is awesome.

Samurai Champloo and GITS:SAC are the two series of late that are quite good. In fact, jsut finished the GITS:SAC series and have the metal collectors box and laughingman t-shirt. I could list most series/shows I have. I tend to stay away from msot movies as they're basically jsut crap now a days.

Thee's a lot of good Anime and a lot of bad. You know its bad when Akira, a film made in the mid 80's has superior animation to it (that and 98% of Akira was hand-drawn).

So, yes, I love anime.

Hentai? Sure, I own it, it's cool, but it's not my fav. I prefer real women. Ah, I love the japanese.

[eva01]

I've seen Eva

yes you have o_O since i am eva

but anywho i run an anime website animetunes.com

i <3 anime

150+ DVDs of it and 70+ manga

[SamIchi]

I use to watch all I could. Now I only watch Naruto... It just seems all the same to me now. It definitely doesn't interest me as much.

[iindigo]

I recently got into anime and I must say that I love it. My first anime was Cowboy Bebop (awesomeness) and I'm currently watching these series on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim:


Inuyasha
Fullmetal Alchemist
Samurai Champloo
Paranoia Agent (odd, but interesting)
One Peice
s-CRY-ed


My favorites out of those are Inuyasha and Fullmetal Alchemist. I also plan to watch Neon Genesis Evangelon on Adult Swim when they start running it in October.

[eva01]

I hate inuyasha and FMA, they are atrociously boring in my opinion.

I stick with Bebop, Eva, CCS, Nadesico

[Mechcozmo]

I don't mind watching it so long as it has a good story line and avoids incessant screaming for no real reason.

It tends to be better than some crap on T.V. and sometimes it is the crap on T.V. :rolleyes:

[yellow]

Am I the only one?

I find that after many years of watching anime and playing plot-heavy games that originated in Japan, that often there are holes in the plot (poor translation?) or plot twists that are simply bizarre to a gijin and chalk it up to the cultural differences. This happens so very very often (the most obvious is deference, something that simply doesn't exist in the same way in the west), but I always write it off. Consequently, I think sometimes I am too lenient in what is "good" anime, and what is "crap" anime.

It's gotta be really good for me to get into.

[Onizuka]

Cowboy Bebop is Godlike. Macross Plus: Godlike. SE Lain: Godlike.

I can't tell you how bored I am with FMA and Inuyasha. When I saw that girl shatter that jewel and it scatter all over the world, I was like : "great, now we'll have to sit through 300 episodes of this d@mn show just to see them get these little shards back." *sigh* Boring.

Naruto? Eh. I could care less, honestly.

Escaflowne was a good show too. Man was that awesome.

Well, I'll be going to NDK next month, hopefully get the last couple of Range Murata artbooks that I need. I got this awesome Last Exile metal/leather keychain there last year. Hopefully some decent musicians there and all. I dunno. I'm just rambling cos I'm so tired that I can feel myself nod off in my office. GAH!

[Cooknn]

My favorite Anime DVD is Samurai X Trust & Betrayal Director's Cut. Good stuff.

[sprstu]

I do like a bit of cowboy bebop, but the series I couldnt have not finished is Initial D. It may be because I am a car freak, but even the story was good. but thats just me. And to tell you the truth, I havnt really seen all that many shows, besides the fake crap on fox saturday morning that my lil bro used to watch.

[quagmire]

The Gundam series. I am finishing up with Gundam Seed Series now.
Inuyasha.

[2jaded2care]

At risk of sounding like an old fogey...

My favorite "Japanimations" were Mighty Atom, Speed Racer, Kimba, Space Cruiser Yamato, Galaxy Express and Harlock. And later ones like... Akira.

Hey, what do you know, I am an old fogey!

[strider42]

I get most of my anime from cartoon network, like many others. but I foudn a few there I really like. I loved outlaw star, I enjoy dragon ball Z (though get frustrated by how a scene that should take 10 minutes gets spread out over three episodes). I loved the cowboy bebop movie, and the show was decent too (the movie was much better though in my opinion and had the best DVD sound mixing I think I've ever heard). Princess mononoke, spirited away, nausicca of the valley of the wind, all those are good. I though Kiki's delivery service was cute and very watchable (and a nice change of pace from the normal anime violence or sex stuff).

Ever see Urusie yatsura (not sure if I spelled that right). That's a funny show to watch drunk with some friends.

Grave of the fireflies is a really depressing but really well made movie.

A lot of anime I've watched is completely over rated. Evangellion I hated, Metropolis I didn't like at all. I never got into any of the Gundam series. samurai Champloo looks OK but hasn't spoken to me when I've watched bits of it. I thought Ninja Scrolls was ridiculous. I guess there's very specific things I like about anime, so I don't end up liking a lot of what other people I know who like it do.

[darkwing]

I like some anime, but admittedly, I go to my local Blockbuster so I have a limited selection to choose from. ;) I've seen Eva, over 30 Kenshin ova (a friend had VCDs), Escaflowne, His and Hers Circumstance, Steel Heart Angels (?), a really short one called Video Girl Ai (?), something something about DNA, Nadesico (ova and the movie), Tenchi (way overrated I think), El Hazard, Rahxephon, er... I know I've seen more.... Ninja Scroll, Cowboy Bebop, er... I'll edit when I think of the others. Hee.

I don't like the drawings but do like the storyline for Escaflowne. I liked El Hazard and Rahxephon a lot, too.

Over 30 Kenshin OVAs? Considering there were only 3, each with 3 eps, I find that a little hard to swallow. You sure you didn't see episodes of the TV series? :) I think there were 3 to start with, and then the 3rd recently made which showed an ending to his and Kaoru's life.

Kenshin OVAs were called Samurai X.

Steven

[darkwing]

I like Anime, i dont own quite as much as you but i do enjoy some of the Classics like Metropolis, Akira, etc. I also like Princess Mononoke, Ghost in the Shell, and some others that i cant seem to remember.

I remember one, Orange something or another, it was pretty good. Having a decent grasp on Japanese has helped me in watching Anime, and if i dont understand I usually just end up bugging my wife to translate it for me, or switching captions on :p

good stuff, id love some reccomendations if you have any

Ed

Ed, you must be thinking of Kimagure Orange Road, which means something along the lines of "Whimsical Orange Road." It's about a typical anime high school love triangle drama with a twist -- the main character, whose name escapes me at the moment, has weird psychic powers he got from his mom's side of the family. It's pretty interesting, but the last few episodes are heart-wrenching because of what happens to poor Hikaru. :(

The classics are always good, but I never got into Akira. I like Anime with a bit more of a "fun" feel to it. Since you like some of the classics, I'd look for Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex on Cartoon Network's adult swim and give Bubble Gum Crisis and BGC 2040 a try. They're good cyber-punk animes.

Steven

[darkwing]

Samurai Champloo.

I'm enjoying that quite a bit :) I think the same people who made Cowboy Bebop did that, because Mugen looks just like Spike don't you think?

Steven

[darkwing]

I am like you, many, many DVD's (and tons of OLD VHS). I've seena ton of stuff. Dragon Ball Z cannot even be considered Anime, and I wish death upon anyone that thinks it's decent animation/story/plot or characters. By the way, they ripped off the hair turning blond/spikey from Akira.


I didn't even remember the Akira hair thing. DBZ started in the late 80s, but it was just after Akira was released. However, I would submit to you that the DB Manga was made throughout the 80s, and the anime came years after. It's possible Akira was made after the hair changing stuff in the DBZ mangas were aleady released.

Steven

[darkwing]

I recently got into anime and I must say that I love it. My first anime was Cowboy Bebop (awesomeness) and I'm currently watching these series on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim:


Inuyasha
Fullmetal Alchemist
Samurai Champloo
Paranoia Agent (odd, but interesting)
One Peice
s-CRY-ed


I could not get into Paranoia Agent. I have the whole first season box of IY but haven't even watched yet. :( So busy with full time work and school. One Piece is kinda amusing. My ex's brother was really into that back in the day. There are 55 episodes total of it, I believe. I looked it up just last week. I wish that long nose guy wasn't on the show. He ruins it for me.

I only saw a little bit of s-CRY-ed. What is it about really? Looks like some guy with a metal arm punches things or something.

Steven

[darkwing]

I hate inuyasha and FMA, they are atrociously boring in my opinion.

I stick with Bebop, Eva, CCS, Nadesico

Nadesico is the first series I ever bought on DVD. I love it! It's hilarious, and a great spoof on all the cheesy robot anime. I recently picked up all 7 robotech boxes for $17 each from an ADV blowout sale.

You think IY is boring, but like CCS? :P At least it isn't as bad as Eva. The first 4 eps of Eva were great, and then until the last 2, it was just the same thing every day. They wake up, the penguin does its thing, what's her name chokes back a few cold ones, the angels come, they fight, someone has a problem with their Eva, and then nobody gets any sex0r.

Steven

[darkwing]

Ever see Urusie yatsura (not sure if I spelled that right). That's a funny show to watch drunk with some friends.


UY is my favorite anime. I have all 34 manga (first prints) and all the DVDs so far released by Animeigo. That is Rumiko Takahashi's first work. She also made Ranma 1/2 and Inu Yasha, as well as a few lesser known ones like Maison Ikkoku.

I will take a picture of some of my massive amounts of anime for everyone tonight. I only have a cam on my cell phone though. :(

Steven

[eva01]

I love the art in CCS, the art in Inu sucks.

and have you seen the Eva movies, absolutely amazing

[G5Unit]

I like any anime as long as they have huge mouths, small torsos, long legs, and huge feet.

[Midnight]

Mugen looks just like Spike don't you think?



I thought that, also. I even think Spike and Mugen's voice sound similar, too. One of these days I going to check to see if it's the same person who voices these characters.

Edit: Checked Wikipedia, it's the same person (Steven Blum).

[darkwing]

I love the art in CCS, the art in Inu sucks.

and have you seen the Eva movies, absolutely amazing

I have not seen the Eva movies, but I understand they end better than Shinji wanking off and then killing everyone. How lame is that?

[darkwing]

I like any anime as long as they have huge mouths, small torsos, long legs, and huge feet.

You forgot about the giant bosoms.

[darkwing]

I thought that, also. I even think Spike and Mugen's voice sound similar, too. One of these days I going to check to see if it's the same person who voices these characters.

Edit: Checked Wikipedia, it's the same person (Steven Blum).

I could tell that just by listening to the voice. However, you should really look up the Japanese voice actors, or seiyuu. I think Geneon is localizing Champloo, but I know Bandai did Bebop.

[Whyren]

Don't own a whole lot, but apparently I've been watching anime for some time. Used to watch Transformers, The Adventures of Tom Sawyers (very bizarre) and Reboot (which I don't see as anime, but some do) when I was young.

As for now:
Cowboy Bebop
Inuyasha
Escaflowne
Ghost in the Shell: SAC
Saber Marionette J
FLCL

I tend to have more soundtracks than DVD/VHS though as I love Yoko Kanno's music and Maaya Sakamoto's voice. And somehow the animes I enjoy often have Paul Dobson voicing (English) an evil character: Faust-SMJ, Naraku/Myoga-Inuyasha, Folken-Escaflowne, Matrix-Reboot (not really evil there, but still).

[darkwing]

Don't own a whole lot, but apparently I've been watching anime for some time. Used to watch Transformers, The Adventures of Tom Sawyers (very bizarre) and Reboot (which I don't see as anime, but some do) when I was young.

As for now:
Cowboy Bebop
Inuyasha
Escaflowne
Ghost in the Shell: SAC
Saber Marionette J
FLCL

I tend to have more soundtracks than DVD/VHS though as I love Yoko Kanno's music and Maaya Sakamoto's voice. And somehow the animes I enjoy often have Paul Dobson voicing (English) an evil character: Faust-SMJ, Naraku/Myoga-Inuyasha, Folken-Escaflowne, Matrix-Reboot (not really evil there, but still).

I agree with you about Kanno's music. Awesome stuff. I didn't like the escaflowne movie much, to be honest. Saber Marionette J is one of my all time favorite anime. J-X was ok, and J Again was silly. SMJ was so awesome. I admit I had tears in my eyes during the last episode when the girls did what they did.

[Whyren]

I agree with you about Kanno's music. Awesome stuff. I didn't like the escaflowne movie much, to be honest. Saber Marionette J is one of my all time favorite anime. J-X was ok, and J Again was silly. SMJ was so awesome. I admit I had tears in my eyes during the last episode when the girls did what they did.

Agreed on the Escaflowne movie, the show was much better. The movie attempted a different direction and it didn't quite work.

[Dale Sorel]

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[lem0n]

i like anime, but like manga more... somehow when a manga is make into an anime, the drawing is never as good [maybe i prefer the black and white]... I remember when Chi in Chobits has the same name as me I got teased to no end... >_< argh... but I really like all the crazy costumes in anime and mangas

[Roger1]

At risk of sounding like an old fogey...

My favorite "Japanimations" were Mighty Atom, Speed Racer, Kimba, Space Cruiser Yamato, Galaxy Express and Harlock. And later ones like... Akira.

Hey, what do you know, I am an old fogey!

Speed Racer is good. Space Cruiser Yamato (Starblazers) is really good. I also like Gumdam, Justice League, Batman Beyond, and Teen Titans.

[darkwing]

Agreed on the Escaflowne movie, the show was much better. The movie attempted a different direction and it didn't quite work.

I never saw the show. I heard they were going to dub it for Fox Saturday morning or something. Did that ever happen?

Steven

[darkwing]

i like anime, but like manga more... somehow when a manga is make into an anime, the drawing is never as good [maybe i prefer the black and white]... I remember when Chi in Chobits has the same name as me I got teased to no end... >_< argh... but I really like all the crazy costumes in anime and mangas

lem0n, some anime has higher budgets than others. Just like in American cartoons, some anime has great animation and some is very cheap. I see you are from Vietnam. Isn't your country doing some animation now? I heard they were looking past Korea for a lot of cheaper animation solutions.

[darkwing]

Speed Racer is good. Space Cruiser Yamato (Starblazers) is really good. I also like Gumdam, Justice League, Batman Beyond, and Teen Titans.

The last three are not considered anime, as they are American shows. However, Teen Titans is obviously taking a lot from the Anime way of doing things.

Has anyone seen The Air Bender on Nick Friday nights? That's basically American anime, as well. It's actually pretty cool. Lots of action. I wish the main character was older so he wouldn't talk like a girl, though.

[darkwing]

Here's some of my anime. I have two more shelves full below. The top three shelves are double stacked, so there's more dvds behind. The bottom shelf you can see is all Urusei Yatsura.

Why is this sideways? It's straight up on my Mac. Weird.

[Counterfit]

give Bubble Gum Crisis and BGC 2040 a try. They're good cyber-punk animes.
I'd say skip BGC 2040. It's a semi-remake of the first series, and not quite as good. Bubble Gum Crash is pretty good though.

I'm enjoying that quite a bit I think the same people who made Cowboy Bebop did that, because Mugen looks just like Spike don't you think?

Steven Both series were directed by Shinichiro Watanabe, who also co-directed Macross Plus, and one of the Animatrix shorts. him + Yoko Kanno for music = pwnage



I'm not going to list all the anime I've watched yet again, I should just make a list on my website and refer everyone to that. I only own 4 anime DVDs (so far) because I'm usually broke, and manga is less expensive (I have 94 volumes of varying series, all bought since last april/may-ish :eek: )


Anyways... anyone else here going to Otakon next weekend? :D

[Counterfit]

I could tell that just by listening to the voice. However, you should really look up the Japanese voice actors, or seiyuu. I think Geneon is localizing Champloo, but I know Bandai did Bebop.
You are correct. Geneon has released at least the first 3 DVD volumes. I have the first 2, and they did a good job on them. But of course they did, that's what Geneon (formerly Pioneer) does :cool:

[darkwing]

You are correct. Geneon has released at least the first 3 DVD volumes. I have the first 2, and they did a good job on them. But of course they did, that's what Geneon (formerly Pioneer) does :cool:

They also charge a lot. :)

[darkwing]

I'd say skip BGC 2040. It's a semi-remake of the first series, and not quite as good. Bubble Gum Crash is pretty good though.

You're crazy. BGC 2040 was amazing. The original series had horrible songs (except maybe for Mad Machine) and lame plots. BGC 2040 had character development that was intense and so well written, I watched the last 3 dvds straight through.

Both series were directed by Shinichiro Watanabe, who also co-directed Macross Plus, and one of the Animatrix shorts. him + Yoko Kanno for music = pwnage

Didn't he also do Excel Saga? I think the dude with the big afro that was always in and out of the show was Mr. Watanabe. They all used their afro powers at the end of the show and they did a massive DBZ parody with it. Funny stuff.

I'm not going to list all the anime I've watched yet again, I should just make a list on my website and refer everyone to that. I only own 4 anime DVDs (so far) because I'm usually broke, and manga is less expensive (I have 94 volumes of varying series, all bought since last april/may-ish :eek: )

It's funny. I started studying Japanese years ago so that I could read manga. Now I can, but I am not really interested in it anymore. Ironic, isn't it? :)


Anyways... anyone else here going to Otakon next weekend? :D

Where is that one? This girl I used to date would always go to some convention in San Jose and another somewhere on the east coast every year. I don't like conventions. I hate seeing fat dudes dressed up like Sailor Moon.

[eva01]

I have not seen the Eva movies, but I understand they end better than Shinji wanking off and then killing everyone. How lame is that?

The evangelion movies are absolutely the most amazing things ever EoE (end of evangelion) is outrageously awesome. and best of all it is in 6.1 DTS!!!!!!

[Counterfit]

Didn't he also do Excel Saga? I think the dude with the big afro that was always in and out of the show was Mr. Watanabe. They all used their afro powers at the end of the show and they did a massive DBZ parody with it. Funny stuff. I'm pretty sure he wasn't involved in Excel Saga (just picked up Vol 13 of that manga today :D along with some other stuff*) You should watch Puni Puni Poemi if you liked Excel Saga. Same crew, with the afro dude and everything. ****ing hilarious!
It's funny. I started studying Japanese years ago so that I could read manga. Now I can, but I am not really interested in it anymore. Ironic, isn't it? :) Ironic, I guess. Your loss though. :p
Where is that one? This girl I used to date would always go to some convention in San Jose and another somewhere on the east coast every year.
Otakon is in Baltimore. Biggest conference of its type on the east coast, probably the country, and possibly the world! The registration cap is 22,000 this year, and when I looked yesterday, there were about 2,100 registration spots left.
I don't like conventions. I hate seeing fat dudes dressed up like Sailor Moon. I am hoping and praying that Man Faye (http://www.cosplayuniverse.com/cosplay/manfaye/gallery/1/page1.html) does NOT make an appearance :eek:


*other stuff: Steamboy on DVD (w00t! :D) Vol 3 of Blade of the Immortal, Vol 6 of Oh My Goddess. $58.14 total. Thankfully, today was tax-free shopping day in MA (the closest Borders!)

[Dr. Dastardly]

I saw all the Eva movies and really got into them in the begining but as you progressed through the series it just got more and more bizarre. The movie just didn't make any sense to me when I saw it, maybe I just need to see it a second time to soak everything in. That movie had stuff coming at you at a mile a minute.

But as for picks some of the best that I have watched but haven't seen in a while was "Ninja Scroll", "Princess Mononoka" and "Grave of the Fireflies". Fireflies still always makes me tear at the end (very hard thing for me to do for any movie, especially an anime).

[Dr. Dastardly]

So this is my dark and dirty secret as well...

I prefer dubbed over subtitles in anime. Other Foreign movies I'll prefer subtitles but I just cant get into a anime movie if its subtitles.

Please tell me I'm not the only one. :p

[iindigo]

So this is my dark and dirty secret as well...

I prefer dubbed over subtitles in anime. Other Foreign movies I'll prefer subtitles but I just cant get into a anime movie if its subtitles.

Please tell me I'm not the only one. :p

Same here. Subtitles bug the hell out of me, and I lose a good bit of the emotion/expression in Japanese that I would have picked up in English.

[darkwing]

The evangelion movies are absolutely the most amazing things ever EoE (end of evangelion) is outrageously awesome. and best of all it is in 6.1 DTS!!!!!!

I could film myself pinching a loaf after a week of buffets and holding it in, and mix all the audio in 6.1 DTS, and it'd still be me pinching a loaf. Not making fun of the movies, only saying... :)

[darkwing]

So this is my dark and dirty secret as well...

I prefer dubbed over subtitles in anime. Other Foreign movies I'll prefer subtitles but I just cant get into a anime movie if its subtitles.

Please tell me I'm not the only one. :p

I studied Japanese for many years, but haven't had much practice with conversation. As such, if I listen to the Japanese I tend to focus on what they're saying rather than reading the subtitles, and since I'm thinking I am not enjoying the show. (Let's face it, you don't think when you watch tv.) So, I tend to use dubs unless the dub is just horrible. That often happens.

[darkwing]

But as for picks some of the best that I have watched but haven't seen in a while was "Ninja Scroll", "Princess Mononoka" and "Grave of the Fireflies". Fireflies still always makes me tear at the end (very hard thing for me to do for any movie, especially an anime).

You know what made me tear up as a 14 and 15 year old boy? Lufia I and Lufia II. Both games were so emotional they actually made me cry, and these were just SNES RPGs. Scary huh?

[darkwing]

Oh, I forgot to mention. I have Puni Puni Poemi. In fact, in the dub, when talking about the Asu sisters, I laughed immensely when Puni Puni Poemi mentioned getting a piece of Asu. (the u is silent)

[Onizuka]

Actually, David Lucas did Spike's voice scenes in Cowboy Bebop (It's Blums Screen name). He's also done voices in Wolf's Rain, X (the TV series), FLCL, Great Teacher Onizuka and a ton more. check out his profile
here (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0089710/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxsbT01MDB8dHQ9MXxmYj11fHBuPTB8cT1EYXZpZCBMdWNhc3xodG1sPTF8bm09MQ__;fc=1;ft=20; fm=1)

Yoko Kanno has a lot of relationships with Anime Directors. She's done soundtracks for multiple people on multiple projects, and continues to be the best composer around (take a look at Ghost In The Shell: SAC or Wolf's Rain or Macross Plus or Cowboy Bebop's OST's, they're amazing.) Her vocalist, Gabriella Robin is amazing. Wish I could find a picture of her, cos if she's as hot as her voice....YABBA!

Dubbed only goes when it's done well. GTO's voice dubbing was horrible. Excel Saga....God, I hope the voice actors get shot. After seeing 1 episode dubbed at an anime shop (and had seen over half the series fansubbed before it's USA release, mind you), I found my ears bleeding. Ruined the hole series for me and I can never watch it again.

The ORIGINAL dub to Akira was awesome. It's sad they didn't keep some of the best lines for the re-dub (circa 2000). Sure, there were some crappy lines in the original and it wasn't translated over to the best it could have been, but hearing Tetsuo's "Bitchin! I feel like I can take on the whole world today!" was always such fun.

[devilot]

Our sales tax in CA is like 7.75% state-wide.
Eh? The sales tax that I get taxed on every single receipt shows 8.25%...

[dubbz]

I've watched Ghost in the Shell, GitS 2: Innocence and (I belive) all of GitS: SAC.. as well as some of 2nd GIG.

Watched part of Yu-Gi-Oh! with a friend, but we got bored halfway through (I'm not sure if we even got that far).
Watched part of a series about a boy that finds a female android in the trash or something. It was painfully bad. Don't remember the name.

Generally, if the main cast consist mostly of kids, there's a good chance I won't like it.


Guess my interest in anime is limited to Ghost in the Shell...

On another note, I prefer subbed to dubbed. Dubbing just doesn't sit well with me. Don't know a single word of Japanese.

[eva01]

Ugh i hated GITS: SAC (because originally director didn't help on it) but in the 2nd gig he is working on it, which means i will watch it

[krimson]

Eh? The sales tax that I get taxed on every single receipt shows 8.25%...


7.75 is the minimum, you get county taxes and such added on later. :mad:

[fistful]

I was into anime much more a few years ago. I'd like to get into it more but I have a little trouble finding series that can feed my interest yet not drag on too long.

My Favorites are probably Fooly Cooly (aka FLCL), it's just strange, I love that. The other is probably Perfect Blue, if Disney made a Psychotic triller it'd be that. :D

I also own Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Princess Mononoke the Animatrix as well as the Escaflowne series and the Cowboy Bepob series. The latter two I bought off of ebay and I'm almost positive they're counterfeit. :o

Recently I've been watching a series called Bleach, it's pretty good and for the most part I enjoy it but now it's starting to get on my nerves the way it's been dragging on.

[Onizuka]

Ugh i hated GITS: SAC (because originally director didn't help on it) but in the 2nd gig he is working on it, which means i will watch it


I hope you're not talking about Mamoro Oshi. His renditions of Ghost In the Shell are HORRIBLE, as was RONIN, as was anything he's ever done. The first movie is based on the first graphic novel. Only, it's about 1/3 of the whole story line. And there were no fuchikomas (now known as Tachikomas).

GITS:SAC OWNS GITS the movie.

And the series (two-part OVA) of the boy finding a robot girl in the trash, known as GUNM or Battle Angel Alita, is awesome. You go to hell. You go to hell and you die. It's a shame GUNM didn't get animated into a full sized show. God, how awesome that would be.

[dubbz]

And the series (two-part OVA) of the boy finding a robot girl in the trash, known as GUNM or Battle Angel Alita, is awesome. You go to hell. You go to hell and you die. It's a shame GUNM didn't get animated into a full sized show. God, how awesome that would be.

I *seriously* doubt we're talking about the same thing here.

Battle Angel Alita?

There was no battle in the series I watched, that's for sure. Unless you're talking about the battle going on in the main characters pants.

No, it was no hentai. But I was half-excepting it to be become one. Maybe it did, but I stopped watching it before it went far.

If going to hell means I don't have to be in the same existence as this series, then I don't mind.

Edit: Well, I digged some stuff up about Battle Angel Alita. I'm pretty sure now it's not the same thing. It has a concept I could actually like. The artwork I found were the first clue.

Also; Battle Angel (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0437086/) on IMDB. Scheduled for a 2007 release. Not drawed or 3d rendered though. Seems to be Live action. OOoops.

[Counterfit]

Counterfeit,

Sorry for messing up the directors. Oops. :)
You should be more worried about misspelling my name! :eek:

That series about the boy finding an android in the trash was probably Chobits.

The Battle Angel OVA sucked. It covered a grand total of 2 of the nine volumes of the GUNM/Batle Angel Alita series. It did use the main character's original name though.
I hope you're not talking about Mamoro Oshi. His renditions of Ghost In the Shell are HORRIBLE, as was RONIN, as was anything he's ever done. The first movie is based on the first graphic novel. Only, it's about 1/3 of the whole story line. And there were no fuchikomas (now known as Tachikomas).

GITS:SAC OWNS GITS the movie. Could you possibly imagine anyone managing to make a Shirow manga into a 2 hour movie? I don't think it's possible. Also, the movie and the series are really completely separate from each other, and neither have Shirow's humor in them (the game does though :D). That's part of why I didn't like the new Appleseed. It looked ****in amazing, but they almost completely changed the relationship between Deunan and Briarios, and really cut corners on the music (half was the stuff they hyped, the other half was MIDI voiced). Heck, even the assassins were completely based on the suits from Bubble Gum Crisis/Crash (not that they're bad, but Shirow can do some damn fine mechanical designs himself. Like the tanks in the opening scene. :eek: completely his style there)


Of course Bleach is going to drag on, it's based on a Shonen Jump manga :rolleyes: just like Naruto (170+ episodes :eek: ) and others.

I hope James Cameron doesn't cast the wrong person for the main role in Battle Angel, that part will make or break the movie.

[Whyren]

I never saw the show. I heard they were going to dub it for Fox Saturday morning or something. Did that ever happen?

Steven

Yes, Fox did do that, but they toned down the violence and language, made an "English" version intro (i.e. replaced Maaya Sakamoto's) and dropped the series about halfway through right before an immense battle.

I believe that Bandai now has the entire TV series dubbed in a much more complete manner than Fox had it.

[dubbz]

That series about the boy finding an android in the trash was probably Chobits.

Yes... Looked up that name and it seems to be the same thing as I watched.

[Onizuka]

Come to think of it, there's a lot of "finding girls in trash heaps" kinds of Anime. Battle Angel, Chobits, Buttobi CPU (I Dream of Mimi, eck). Yeah, i wasn't too amused by Chobits either.

As for AppleSeed, you have to admit it was a lot better than the original Anime. Better than the Manga? No, not at all, but WAY better than the original anime.

Speaking of Shirow, if you haven't read GITS 2: Man-machine interface, don't. The art is amazing, but the story is this waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay out of bounds philisophical, dramatic and rather boring BS that I think Shirow was on drugs to create. Kind of like ol' Walt and Fantasia.

And, as one of you mentioned Bleach and Naruto being VERY long, I agree. Some things just need to end. I would hav eloved to see another Season of Cowboy Bebop, or Wolf's Rain, or tons of other Anime, but those were all PERFECT the way they were.

Now, Trigun was horrible for the fact that it screwed around with all of these stupid episodes while they could have gone on with the story. Then the last two DVD's they cram in as much info as they can. GAH! Torture.

[eva01]

Trigun is horrible, absolutely horrible.

And i LOVE battle angel, i am working on all of the mangas now

[darkwing]

Eh? The sales tax that I get taxed on every single receipt shows 8.25%...

The bay area counties are higher. Alameda county recently voted a .5% increase in sales tax for a health clinic for deadbeats and illegal aliens.

The state tax itself is either 7.25% or 7.75% i forget.

I live in Fremont, btw. Close to you.
Steven

[darkwing]

7.75 is the minimum, you get county taxes and such added on later. :mad:

Looks like Crimson beat me to it. As soon as I finish graduate school, which is cheap because of our outrageous taxes here, I'm fleeing to a lower taxed state. Thanks for the help, California taxpayers. :)

Steven

[darkwing]

Trigun is horrible, absolutely horrible.

And i LOVE battle angel, i am working on all of the mangas now

I thought Trigun was ok. Did anyone else notice how light it started and then how dark it became? Scary.

Steven

[eva01]

I thought Trigun was ok. Did anyone else notice how light it started and then how dark it became? Scary.

Steven

Chobits did the same thing (sorta)

Have you read the Trigun mangas, they are also bad.

[Counterfit]

As for AppleSeed, you have to admit it was a lot better than the original Anime. Better than the Manga? No, not at all, but WAY better than the original anime. I couldn't really get past the opening scene of the first Appleseed anime. It just never clicked for me.

Speaking of Shirow, if you haven't read GITS 2: Man-machine interface, don't. The art is amazing, but the story is this waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay out of bounds philisophical, dramatic and rather boring BS that I think Shirow was on drugs to create. Kind of like ol' Walt and Fantasia. I have MMI, and yeah, it's ****ed up. The entire second half, which is in wonderful color, was so out there, I don't think a sober person (heck, most people whacked out on anything you could imagine) wouldn't be able to understand it. Fantasia on the other hand, was/is some animation directors expressing what they hear in the music, put into animation.

And, as one of you mentioned Bleach and Naruto being VERY long, I agree. Some things just need to end. I would hav eloved to see another Season of Cowboy Bebop, or Wolf's Rain, or tons of other Anime, but those were all PERFECT the way they were. Kind of hard to do a second season when the protagonist dies :rolleyes:

[eva01]

You do a season just about Ed and Ein :P *huggles Ein plushie*

[Onizuka]

You do a season just about Ed and Ein :P *huggles Ein plushie*

WOOF!

[darkwing]

Chobits did the same thing (sorta)

Have you read the Trigun mangas, they are also bad.

Nope I haven't. Sorry!

[darkwing]

I couldn't really get past the opening scene of the first Appleseed anime. It just never clicked for me.

I thought the movie they showed a few months back was great.

Kind of hard to do a second season when the protagonist dies :rolleyes:

Hey man, you know they all lived. :P

Sorry for misspelling your name before, btw. Won't let it happen again. :)

[eva01]

WOOF!

that episode almost made me cry when edward left. and i am in love with that song Call me, Call me.

Anything by Yoko Kanno is amazingly good.


and darkwing, i suggest you don't read the mangas they are horrible

[darkwing]

You do a season just about Ed and Ein :P *huggles Ein plushie*

That's wrong on so many levels.

I love how I have like over a hundred anime backdrops, and many of the cute girls are like 14 or so. People make comments like "wow I'd love to hit that" or whatever and I chew them out cuz she's underaged. Of course, you can't really tell most of the time.

[eva01]

That's wrong on so many levels.

I love how I have like over a hundred anime backdrops, and many of the cute girls are like 14 or so. People make comments like "wow I'd love to hit that" or whatever and I chew them out cuz she's underaged. Of course, you can't really tell most of the time.

Why Ein is the dog, your not down with beastiality?

:P

[easymac800g4]

im really just a newbie into anime, but i watch them in the same way that i watch a movie. there has to be a good balance between all points of the story, the animation, the charachters, and the MUSIC. i tend to put more emphasis on the music because that is what can turn a good story into a gripping one. with that said Cowboy Beebop is awesome, and one that i was told to watch but diddnt think i would like is BLEACH. the music in the anime grabbed me from the first episode and the storyline, although not the best in the world, has me wondering how the whole Soul Society system runs on a day to day basis.( of course i wont learn that, there is always going to be a fight or something expoding and people running and disobeying orders from their captains for it to be anywhere close to a normal day) if anyone else is watching this at the moment let me know what you think. Good or Bad?

[eva01]

i watched the first like 15 episodes, i didn't like it so i stopped watching Bleach ^^

why do i ahve a better anime conversation here than on my anime based website

[darkwing]

Why Ein is the dog, your not down with beastiality?

:P

I'm sorry, man. No MR for me first thing in the morning! I read that as "Ed plushie."

Sorry!

[eva01]

hey man thats ok i don't mind it at all ;)

PS. Sakura is hot

:D

[darkwing]

hey man thats ok i don't mind it at all ;)

PS. Sakura is hot

:D

It's all about Lum. Possibly Ryoko.

[Counterfit]

Natsumi and Miyuki 4eva!

[Counterfit]

So, I guess I'll ask my question again. Is anyone else here going to Otakon this year? Maybe I should start a thread just for that. I figure out of 22,000 people, at least one other person would be a member here.

This being my first (anime ;)) con ever, I'm somewhat nervous. I feel at home with geeks and nerds, but I've never really met a crazed/obsessed otaku before. That and being in a "crowd" of 22,000-ish people kinda unsettles me. I don't deal well with crowds sometimes (I was really annoyed by some people when I was at the post-Super Bowl rally in Government Center in Feb of '04.) I hope I have fun though. If not, I'll just find someplace to have a few drinks or something. Maybe the Ravens are playing an exhibition game at home on Sunday..

[darkwing]

So, I guess I'll ask my question again. Is anyone else here going to Otakon this year? Maybe I should start a thread just for that. I figure out of 22,000 people, at least one other person would be a member here.

This being my first (anime ;)) con ever, I'm somewhat nervous. I feel at home with geeks and nerds, but I've never really met a crazed/obsessed otaku before. That and being in a "crowd" of 22,000-ish people kinda unsettles me. I don't deal well with crowds sometimes (I was really annoyed by some people when I was at the post-Super Bowl rally in Government Center in Feb of '04.) I hope I have fun though. If not, I'll just find someplace to have a few drinks or something. Maybe the Ravens are playing an exhibition game at home on Sunday..

I'm not going. I love anime, but I hate cosplay/role play/anyone who dreams in anime. I like anime for the stories and plots more than anything else. I'm not much of an artist. From what my con-going ex told me, anime cons are loaded with people in need of reality checks (like herself) and people looking for gay hook-ups.

So no, I won't be going. If you are ever out near San Francisco, though, hit me up and we can blow a whole day on anime and pizza. (That's all we'll be blowing, convention goer. :P)

[Counterfit]

Well, I guess I'll have to say that my overcrowding fears were completely unfounded. The BCC is abso-****ing-lutely HUGE! 22,000 people, and there's very little real crowding.
I don't have a problem with cosplay, just when people half-ass it. Some quality cosplay from today: clicky (http://homepage.mac.com/counterfit/Otakonohfive/PhotoAlbum12.html)
I also saw a staff member with the same headgear that John Cleese wore in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, where he plays the dude making all the explosions.

[Counterfit]

I put my pics from yesterday (http://homepage.mac.com/counterfit/Otakonohfive/PhotoAlbum12.html) up. I only took them if I recognized the character, and felt like asking them for a photo (well, the group was there already :p)

[dubbz]

Ugh i hated GITS: SAC (because originally director didn't help on it) but in the 2nd gig he is working on it, which means i will watch it

Just watched a bunch of 2nd Gig episodes. I'm no Anime connoisseur, but I loved them. Of course, the last ep. ended when it was getting exciting...

[efoto]

I have dabbled in the past more than present, but a few I really liked were Bebop (series and movie), Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away was cool, I didn't mind Eva but it did repeat quite a lot, Gunslinger Girls was entertaining, and a host of other randoms I watched an ep here or there. A friend across the hall is completely addicted, has two 250Gb externals full of eps and manga, crazy guy.

[Counterfit]

A friend across the hall is completely addicted, has two 250Gb externals full of eps and manga, crazy guy.
I have: 160GB and 200GB externals, filled. Mostly anime, a few movies (Netflix + DVD ripper software ;)), and in my (sorta-dead) beige G3, a 120 filled with DVDs, and a 200 (sadly, only seen as 137, stupid un-updateable tempo trio :() nearly filled with anime (some of it duplicated, some not). PLus the DVDs...

[Lara F]

I've started watching Chobits and actually like it, at least the first half. :o (The second half introduced an unreal twist, so I'll have to reserve judgement till I see the next episodes.) Hilarious as long as you check any feminism at the door. :p

I guess I like CLAMP as the first anime I watched was Angelic Layer - really cool concept even if the battle results were predictable.

[eva01]

I've started watching Chobits and actually like it, at least the first half. :o (The second half introduced an unreal twist, so I'll have to reserve judgement till I see the next episodes.) Hilarious as long as you check any feminism at the door. :p

I guess I like CLAMP as the first anime I watched was Angelic Layer - really cool concept even if the battle results were predictable.

CLAMP = teh sex, i love them, because i love CCS, Chobits, X, Tokyo Babylon, and especially XXXHOLiC

[darkwing]

I've started watching Chobits and actually like it, at least the first half. :o (The second half introduced an unreal twist, so I'll have to reserve judgement till I see the next episodes.) Hilarious as long as you check any feminism at the door. :p

I guess I like CLAMP as the first anime I watched was Angelic Layer - really cool concept even if the battle results were predictable.

I've never liked clamp. (which is why eva01 likes it, because he's a sissy pansy boy) All their stuff is too girly.

If you want to see something weird as hell, check out Shamanic Princess. WTF was that about anyway? I watched it and don't know. I recall being told that was clamp...

[Onizuka]

X the TV series was awesome. The movie was absolutely horrible.

I'm not a huge fan of clamp. They do some good work though.

And yes, eva01, Yoko Kanno is a msuical Godess. She's not really that hot though. :(

[eva01]

Just to drag up this thread since i am working on affording to get my own site back up and running :P

Bought ROD 7, Gilgamesh 2, and Nausicaa these past two days

[Onizuka]

I bought the Special Edition version of GITS: 2nd Gig, and Range Murata's Future Rythem artbook (Godlike) and Ugestu Hakua's Flamboyant artbook (also godlike).

Now, they've released the Cowboy Bebop REMIX DVD 1. Now I have to collect it all over again. S-O-B!

[eva01]

Now, they've released the Cowboy Bebop REMIX DVD 1. Now I have to collect it all over again. S-O-B!

i have to do that with Bebop and Eva

[Whyren]

Now, they've released the Cowboy Bebop REMIX DVD 1. Now I have to collect it all over again. S-O-B!

So are the CB Remix DVD's supposed to be comparable to the 5.1 Channel Box Set (http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BCBA-2022) I've been thinking of getting? If so, may be better to go with these.

[eva01]

So are the CB Remix DVD's supposed to be comparable to the 5.1 Channel Box Set (http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BCBA-2022) I've been thinking of getting? If so, may be better to go with these.

I believe they are indeed 5.1

[Counterfit]

I need more money. Why? Well, I haven't bought any manga since I got back from Baltimore, and I haven't gotten much anime (Macross Plus box, Burst Angel Vol. 2, Gunsmith Cats) since then either. :(

[eva01]

I need to get Blame! 2, Hyper Police 3 & 4, and the rest of Tokyo Babylon and Ray, and a bunch of others. Most importantly XXXholic ^___^

but the last quote of ROD hurt me a lot, it was way to close to the Evangelion quote of "God's in his heaven. All's right with the world."

[Counterfit]

I need to get Blame! 2, Hyper Police 3 & 4, and the rest of Tokyo Babylon and Ray, and a bunch of others. Most importantly XXXholic ^___^

but the last quote of ROD hurt me a lot, it was way to close to the Evangelion quote of "God's in his heaven. All's right with the world."
I have Blame! 1, it's ****ed up. They might as well have printed it white on black to save ink! Tokyo Babylon didn't appeal to me much, too many bishonen. I guess the only CLAMP I like so far is Chobits.

[eva01]

I have Blame! 1, it's ****ed up. They might as well have printed it white on black to save ink! Tokyo Babylon didn't appeal to me much, too many bishonen. I guess the only CLAMP I like so far is Chobits.

I have the Blame! short anime as well, it is so good i loved the manga.

I don't know i love CLAMP for some reason i don't particularly care for bishonen but i love CLAMP. They are my one exception to the rule.

Chobits is awesome "Panties" ^______^

[tsaxer]

Yeah, I have had to wean myself a bit lately, but, I like Trigun, at least the early eps, bought it and then it came on CN grrrr....
FMA is a little too depressing/frustrating for me. I really dug Bebop, Mononoke, Kenshin, Chobits. Love hina was kinda funny. Azumanga is ADHD, and funny for it. Totoro - I love the scene ar the bus stop, it's understated but funny. I really have seen too many... And I am a sub snob. I can only take a few dub versions, most just hurt.

Edit: I saw Chris Gore's review of the New Bebop set on AOTS; his verdict was that there was nothing new except 5.1, so if you already have it, might want to save your money.

[Onizuka]

If youd don't have the MAcross Plus movie, I suggest you buy it. It's the same as the OAV's, but it's not dubbed (subbed), and it has different scenes and actually gives a little more perspective to the whole thing. It also has a different fight scene between Guld and the Ghost Fighter. Pretty damn sweet.

Yus, the new REMIX DVD's of Bebop are 5.1 and the video has been cleaned too, it also has more special features, I think.

X the TV series by Clamp is amazing. You can buy it now in two seperate box sets, DVD's 1-4 and 5-8. Sweet deal.

Last Exile is excellent. I also recommend Wolf's Rain, FLCL, Samurai Champloo, Escaflowne, and Serial Experiments Lain.

Tokyo Babylon is hella old. I have the original VHS of it. lmao.

[efoto]

<snip>
Yus, the new REMIX DVD's of Bebop are 5.1 and the video has been cleaned too, it also has more special features, I think.

X the TV series by Clamp is amazing. You can buy it now in two seperate box sets, DVD's 1-4 and 5-8. Sweet deal.

Last Exile is excellent. I also recommend Wolf's Rain, FLCL, Samurai Champloo, Escaflowne, and Serial Experiments Lain.

Tokyo Babylon is hella old. I have the original VHS of it. lmao.

I'll have to get the new boxset for Bebop then. 5.1 would be quite awesome, plus dad is getting a new tele for the family room so the cleaned up video is just a justification ;)

I love Love Hina, Wolf's Rain was good, FLCL, Escaflowne was a little odd at times....seems to shadow Eva in a lot of ways to me.

For a relative anime noob, what are some good starting series to look at? I have heard good things about Chobits but have never seen it.

[Onizuka]

I'll have to get the new boxset for Bebop then. 5.1 would be quite awesome, plus dad is getting a new tele for the family room so the cleaned up video is just a justification ;)

I love Love Hina, Wolf's Rain was good, FLCL, Escaflowne was a little odd at times....seems to shadow Eva in a lot of ways to me.

For a relative anime noob, what are some good starting series to look at? I have heard good things about Chobits but have never seen it.

It depends on what you're into. Chobits...Eh. Not so great. Neon Genesis is a classic but IS over-rated, IMO.

Series: Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex and 2nd Gig.
Serial Experiments Lain
Hellsing
Great Teacher Onizuka
X the TV series
Azu Manga Daioh
ROD the tv series
Earth Girl Arjuna
Saikano
Last Exile


There's a lot of good ones out there. I tend to stay away from the cutesie crap like Chobits, Fruits Basket, and digi-carat. I also stay way from Witch Hunter Robin (BOOOOOOOOORING) BubbleGum Crisis 2040 (boring as well), Dragon Ball (anything DB because it flat out sucks in every way and I wish the creators and anyone who works on it and likes it all die horrible deaths) among other things.

But again, whatever you're into most.

There's some good movies out there too:
Akira (classic)
Ninja Scroll (over-rated by wannabe Otaku, but still a must-see)
Perfect Blue (uncut)
Escaflowne (movie)
Ghost In The Shell and GITS 2 just for the animation

I could go on and on...

[efoto]

Series: Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex and 2nd Gig.
Serial Experiments Lain
Hellsing
Great Teacher Onizuka
X the TV series
Azu Manga Daioh
ROD the tv series
Earth Girl Arjuna
Saikano
Last Exile

There's some good movies out there too:
Akira (classic)
Ninja Scroll (over-rated by wannabe Otaku, but still a must-see)
Perfect Blue (uncut)
Escaflowne (movie)
Ghost In The Shell and GITS 2 just for the animation

I could go on and on...

Have already seen:
Serial Experiments Lain (I think I missed one or two eps.)
Hellsing (same as Lain, one or two missing I think)
Akira
Ninja Scroll
Perfect Blue (I think I saw all of this one, might have fallen asleep....often watch anime drunk with roommate :o)
Escaflowne
GITS (original movie, not the standalone)

I'll take your words on the others and go rent something tonight to give it a try. Thanks.

[eva01]

anything by Satoshi Kon (perfect blue) is wicked good.

I have been watching all of Azumanga Daioh today

i need to buy the rest of paranoia agent (kon) and samurai champloo (watanabe)

[eva01]

dear god is Naruto so badass. ^_^

my website is coming back up soon

[Counterfit]

I started watching Naruto last night. It's surprisingly good! :eek:
Found this (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=81062742) tonight. He says he doesn't like J-pop, anime, or manga, but it's still cool.
Also, I hang around the Megatokyo forums a bit, and apparently, one of the mods there is in the industry, and I was linked to the blog (http://www.jefflawson.net/blog/archives/2005/08/16/comic-market-68/) of someone who went to Comic Market 68 (huge-as-**** con in Tokyo). The blogger met with the mod (Yagami) and got to meet Range Murata and Yoshitoshi ABe.

So let's see, that's... 4 degrees of separation between myself and two very famous members of the anime industry? :D

[eva01]

i just can't wait till i finally get my website back up and running ^_^

now i need to watch 154 of Naruto today, Tsunade, Shikamaru, and Sakura are the best characters in the show by far.

[wdlove]

i just can't wait till i finally get my website back up and running ^_^

now i need to watch 154 of Naruto today, Tsunade, Shikamaru, and Sakura are the best characters in the show by far.

I will be looking for you website also eva01. I sure that it will be awesome. With that many films, be sure to give your eyes some rest.

[eva01]

i am hoping that with my next paycheck it will be back up and running and kicking ass :P

well i started to get back into bleach as well :P

i did watch the first ten episodes of that when it first came out, now to get going with the 43 more episodes

[efoto]

i am hoping that with my next paycheck it will be back up and running and kicking ass :P

well i started to get back into bleach as well :P

i did watch the first ten episodes of that when it first came out, now to get going with the 43 more episodes

How many eps of Bleach are there???

[eva01]

How many eps of Bleach are there???


53 as of today, was just released by lunar it is a double episode 52 and 53 in one

[PharmD]

53 as of today, was just released by lunar it is a double episode 52 and 53 in one
Bleach is my current favorite anime series right now. Naruto is in such a crappy set of fillers arcs right now I don't even watch them. Get back to the manga dangit!

I don't understand all the FMA haters. I loved that series. It's boring a times yes, but I found the whole plot intriguing. My wife, who hates anime, even loved it.

Anyways, I have a question for you guys. I can't watch anything that's from Dattebayo (mainly Bleach and Naruto) on my iMac. I think its because I don't have a proper Xvid codec, can anyone help me? I can watch them if they are encoded by Anime-One and Lunar, but they are just too slow in releasing new episodes. I want it now now now! :D I'm using Quicktime 7 of course.

[eva01]

Bleach is my current favorite anime series right now. Naruto is in such a crappy set of fillers arcs right now I don't even watch them. Get back to the manga dangit!

I don't understand all the FMA haters. I loved that series. It's boring a times yes, but I found the whole plot intriguing. My wife, who hates anime, even loved it.

Anyways, I have a question for you guys. I can't watch anything that's from Dattebayo (mainly Bleach and Naruto) on my iMac. I think its because I don't have a proper Xvid codec, can anyone help me? I can watch them if they are encoded by Anime-One and Lunar, but they are just too slow in releasing new episodes. I want it now now now! :D I'm using Quicktime 7 of course.

yes dattebayo seems to crash Quicktime 7 hard. I use VLC to play them. And yes Naruto should get back to the manga, i am buying all the manga as they are released in america.

[PharmD]

yes dattebayo seems to crash Quicktime 7 hard. I use VLC to play them. And yes Naruto should get back to the manga, i am buying all the manga as they are released in america.

I'll check it out. Thanks! My main reason for wanting to do so with quicktime is to see if it's viable to watch on the new iPod through the conversion available in quicktime pro. I'm converting an old lunar bleach to see how subtitles look as I type this.

[eva01]

I'll check it out. Thanks! My main reason for wanting to do so with quicktime is to see if it's viable to watch on the new iPod through the conversion available in quicktime pro. I'm converting an old lunar bleach to see how subtitles look as I type this.

dattebayo does something weird with their subs i have no idea why, but it changed around episode 70 or 80 i believe, can't really remember but i remember just suddenly i couldn't play them in QT, i have always liked Lunar as my favorite subbers, they do a great job with bleach and also i believe they were one of the groups that did Dears and Tsukuyomi

[eva01]

Just realized that Full Metal Panic! Second Raid has been out for a while o_O now i am downloading all of that too. Chidori is so awesome

[PharmD]

dattebayo does something weird with their subs i have no idea why, but it changed around episode 70 or 80 i believe, can't really remember but i remember just suddenly i couldn't play them in QT, i have always liked Lunar as my favorite subbers, they do a great job with bleach and also i believe they were one of the groups that did Dears and Tsukuyomi

I used ANBU until Naruto was licensed earlier this year then switched to Anime-One until they started getting really far behind, then to Dattebayo. It works on my PC so I haven't missed any episodes yet but I prefer to watch it on my crisp iMac LCD. ;)

[eva01]

I used ANBU until Naruto was licensed earlier this year then switched to Anime-One until they started getting really far behind, then to Dattebayo. It works on my PC so I haven't missed any episodes yet but I prefer to watch it on my crisp iMac LCD. ;)

I have them all on my powermac and watch them on my 2005FPW, it is beautiful in fullscreen ^_~

[PharmD]

I have them all on my powermac and watch them on my 2005FPW, it is beautiful in fullscreen ^_~
Wow, that's a sweet setup. Someday... :D

[efoto]

Just realized that Full Metal Panic! Second Raid has been out for a while o_O now i am downloading all of that too. Chidori is so awesome

Where would one acquire such works if one wanted? I used to know a few friends who ran an ftp site, sadly now I have no connections to anything good as far as anime is concerned.

If anyone knows anything, a PM would be great. I would love to get back into some Anime....but I don't really have the time to go figure out what to watch or were to get it :(

[PharmD]

Where would one acquire such works if one wanted? I used to know a few friends who ran an ftp site, sadly now I have no connections to anything good as far as anime is concerned.

If anyone knows anything, a PM would be great. I would love to get back into some Anime....but I don't really have the time to go figure out what to watch or were to get it :(

A good site is animesuki.com. They are a central hub for all anime series that are currently airing in Japan and have not been licensed here in America. Shows like Naruto and One Piece cannot be found there as they have been licensed. You can find Bleach there since it hasn't been licensed...yet. Boxtorrents.com is another good site for older series. That's where I got FMA and Bebop.

On another note, I finished converting an episode of Bleach to iPod format last night and it's not feasible to watch them on the iPod since the subtitles are illegible. If you speak Japanese however, it's great. :D

[darkwing]

Just to drag up this thread since i am working on affording to get my own site back up and running :P

Bought ROD 7, Gilgamesh 2, and Nausicaa these past two days

I have a box of anime at home worth $400 from RACS, and I haven't even had a chance to open it yet!

It has ROD7 in it, as well as Chrono Crusade 6. I get to put the lid on two series. I have decided ROD sucks. It started off super cool, and then got too surreal and retarded. Same with the OVA. Oh well.

[darkwing]

I have Blame! 1, it's ****ed up. They might as well have printed it white on black to save ink! Tokyo Babylon didn't appeal to me much, too many bishonen. I guess the only CLAMP I like so far is Chobits.

I hate anime with bishounen in it. Maybe because I am not a girl, my immediate reaction is "gay."

[eva01]

On another note, I finished converting an episode of Bleach to iPod format last night and it's not feasible to watch them on the iPod since the subtitles are illegible. If you speak Japanese however, it's great. :D

man that sucks much so :/ too bad, try putting it into MP4 quality, from what i hear the resolution under that is higher than with h264 although file size is larger

[darkwing]

Yeah, I have had to wean myself a bit lately, but, I like Trigun, at least the early eps, bought it and then it came on CN grrrr....
FMA is a little too depressing/frustrating for me. I really dug Bebop, Mononoke, Kenshin, Chobits. Love hina was kinda funny. Azumanga is ADHD, and funny for it. Totoro - I love the scene ar the bus stop, it's understated but funny. I really have seen too many... And I am a sub snob. I can only take a few dub versions, most just hurt.

Edit: I saw Chris Gore's review of the New Bebop set on AOTS; his verdict was that there was nothing new except 5.1, so if you already have it, might want to save your money.

You liked Mononoke? That dude hasn't made a good movie since Kiki. Trigun was my biggest and only ripoff. I never bought Pioneer (now geneon) again until the prices came down a tad.

Love Hina was great until the 3rd dvd, then it got stupid. I did like Azumanga Daioh, though. Especially the scene when the teacher got hit in the face with the pan.

Kenshin had a good first season, but the 2nd one stunk so bad I didn't even watch the third.

I like dubs sometime. The problem with me is I try to understand the japanese more than I watch the story if I have subs. I can't enjoy it. :) The best dub was Slayers after they figured out who was going to voice Amelia and Zel.

I would never watch DBZ in Japanese. Everyone's a woman except Picolo and Vegeta. Their battle cries are along the lines of "why can there not be peace between us, my good friend?"

[darkwing]

Wow, that's a sweet setup. Someday... :D

If Eva doesn't get better soon, he can leave them to you. ;)

[darkwing]

What is this Blame! show everyone is talking about?

[Onizuka]

BAH! Animesuki is over-rated too.

The best places to get Anime (before its licensed in America) are IRC channels. I suggest Aone and Anbu. They have some of the best rips and subtitles available.

I've stopped watching Fansubs for the past couple of years. I remember seeing series like .Hack//Sign, GITS:SAC, Excel Saga (before that became a POS), Saikano, and many others way before most people did in the states. I was all about .Hack and everyone was like "WTF is that?" And I was like "BAKA!!!!!" and then they cried.

If I had the time/motiviation I'd get back into learning Japanese. Great language. Difficult for us round-eyes. :D

I REALLY want Blade of the Immortal to become an anime series. Man, they could really make it good (the Manga is one of the best around).

[eva01]

Miyazaki is amazing i have loved all of his movies.

and BLAME! kicks ass, it is a wonderful manga, go check it out at borders, the anime is just a tiny little thing to show off art and to let people know there is a manga

and Blade of the Immortal is kick ass, i love that manga so much


but we all know Full Metal Panic Fumoffu is awesome

[PharmD]

man that sucks much so :/ too bad, try putting it into MP4 quality, from what i hear the resolution under that is higher than with h264 although file size is larger

I'll try that when I get home. I'm currently at school learning about Inflammatory Bowl Disease. Fun!

Edit: To clarify, Since the video iPods technically aren't available yet, I'm basing this all on viewing the video in iTunes in the small window where the album artwork is shown. It seems lo me like this window is the same size as the new iPod.

[efoto]

BAH! Animesuki is over-rated too.

The best places to get Anime (before its licensed in America) are IRC channels. I suggest Aone and Anbu. They have some of the best rips and subtitles available.<snip>

So despite the foreknowledge that I will be ridiculed, how does one proceed to join/browse/get info off of an IRC channel? I know a few people on them but have never done so myself so I have no idea how to start. Sorry for the complete beginner question, but I am a complete beginner in this :o

If I had the time/motiviation I'd get back into learning Japanese. Great language. Difficult for us round-eyes. :D

When you were into learning the language, were you self-teaching? with software or online tutorials? I was quite interested in giving it a go recently, but again am not sure were to start.

[eva01]

i was taking japanese at school till i had to drop out due to my illness from hell.

and personally i HATE IRC despise of it with all of my being.

animesuki is the only place i get anime because for the most part (minus naruto, because it is my stand against the dubbing company) i refuse to steal anime

[Counterfit]

Love Hina was great until the 3rd dvd, then it got stupid.
Don't bother watching Love Hina Again, because they take the last 7 volumes of the manga, and stuff it into about 90 minutes.
I did like Azumanga Daioh, though. Especially the scene when the teacher got hit in the face with the pan.
AD (both manga and anime) is very very funny :cool:
I like dubs sometime. The problem with me is I try to understand the japanese more than I watch the story if I have subs. I can't enjoy it. :) The best dub was Slayers after they figured out who was going to voice Amelia and Zel.
I've always liked the Cowboy Bebop dub. And the dubbing for Howl's Moving Castle borders on excellent.
I would never watch DBZ in Japanese. Everyone's a woman except Picolo and Vegeta. Their battle cries are along the lines of "why can there not be peace between us, my good friend?"
I'd never watch DBZ anyway :rolleyes:

I think I'll finally get ar]ound to watching some of the stuff I bought last month and at Otakon. I bought Gunsmith Cats last month, and the Iria: Zeiram box (okay, not really a box. a 3 DVD case, with super-duper full-color tin!) at Otakon. I've seen both, but I should watch the extras for Iria.

[eva01]

Don't bother watching Love Hina Again, because they take the last 7 volumes of the manga, and stuff it into about 90 minutes.

AD (both manga and anime) is very very funny :cool:

I've always liked the Cowboy Bebop dub. And the dubbing for Howl's Moving Castle borders on excellent.

I'd never watch DBZ anyway :rolleyes:

I think I'll finally get ar]ound to watching some of the stuff I bought last month and at Otakon. I bought Gunsmith Cats last month, and the Iria: Zeiram box (okay, not really a box. a 3 DVD case, with super-duper full-color tin!) at Otakon. I've seen both, but I should watch the extras for Iria.

honestly why do people steal anime from boxtorrents?

[Onizuka]

honestly why do people steal anime from boxtorrents?
There's a large difference between stealing, and fan-subbing and distributing work that will not be released in America. Macross 7, Tekkaman, and others will never be officially released here, and rather than pay some bastard from China or Hong Kong for their crappy DVD rips, get a fan-sub of superior quality.

Plus, ADV used to have their own fan-sub department who subbed new Anime that wasn't licensed in America yet, just to see if it was popular and worth them investing money in to bring over here and officially license.

Fan-subbing is ideal for getting people into new series without paying royalties until you know its worth it.

[eva01]

There's a large difference between stealing, and fan-subbing and distributing work that will not be released in America. Macross 7, Tekkaman, and others will never be officially released here, and rather than pay some bastard from China or Hong Kong for their crappy DVD rips, get a fan-sub of superior quality.

Plus, ADV used to have their own fan-sub department who subbed new Anime that wasn't licensed in America yet, just to see if it was popular and worth them investing money in to bring over here and officially license.

Fan-subbing is ideal for getting people into new series without paying royalties until you know its worth it.

fansubbing i am fine with but what is 90% of what is on boxtorrents? Licensed anime.

[Onizuka]

fansubbing i am fine with but what is 90% of what is on boxtorrents? Licensed anime.


They try not to allow those things on the site.

See:
http://homepage.mac.com/onizuka_/bt.gif

it's on the front page there for everyone to see.

http://www.boxtorrents.com/

[eva01]

They try not to allow those things on the site.

See:
http://homepage.mac.com/onizuka_/bt.gif

it's on the front page there for everyone to see.

http://www.boxtorrents.com/

yet they still have naruto up there, witch hunter robin, ai yori aoshi, onegai twins, i could go on forever and other anime, not including movies or live action.

that is just a stupid PR thing to make it seem like it isn't their fault that licensed anime is up for download there

[angelneo]

It depends on what you're into. Chobits...Eh. Not so great. Neon Genesis is a classic but IS over-rated, IMO.

Series: Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex and 2nd Gig.
Serial Experiments Lain
Hellsing
Great Teacher Onizuka
X the TV series
Azu Manga Daioh
ROD the tv series
Earth Girl Arjuna
Saikano
Last Exile

Not really a huge anime fan, but I enjoyed Last Exile immensely and as do with Record of Lodoss War (series 1 only)

[eva01]

Not really a huge anime fan, but I enjoyed Last Exile immensely and as do with Record of Lodoss War (series 1 only)

didn't really care for last exile, probably because of the CG, but for some reason FMP is CG and i love it

[darkwing]

I'll try that when I get home. I'm currently at school learning about Inflammatory Bowl Disease. Fun!

Dang I bought a new bowling ball last night. Do you think I could get inflammatory bowl disease from it? :)

[darkwing]

Don't bother watching Love Hina Again, because they take the last 7 volumes of the manga, and stuff it into about 90 minutes.

Too late. Saw it, it sucks. I've bought all of Love Hina because I watched the first dvd and liked it, so I bought it all. Big mistake!

AD (both manga and anime) is very very funny :cool:

Definitely.

I've always liked the Cowboy Bebop dub. And the dubbing for Howl's Moving Castle borders on excellent.

I'd never watch DBZ anyway :rolleyes:

Yeah bebop's dub was good. I liked dragon ball the original much better. They could have ended DBZ after Freezer and I'd have thought it was cooler. GT sucks. It's like a lot of things. Sailor Moon was cool the first season, but they ruined it making more. More sometimes sucks. A lot.

[PharmD]

Dang I bought a new bowling ball last night. Do you think I could get inflammatory bowl disease from it? :)
Doh, I meant bowel. You'd better watch your back with those shady bowling balls though. No unprotected bowling. ;)

I also converted the same Bleach episode into mp4 and it looked about the same as h.264. After further review of both codecs, the subtitles are readable, you just have to squint a bit. I guess the final verdict will come when my new iPod does and I can view them on there.

[eva01]

just got Samurai Champloo 1-17 in the mail and i like it ^_^ (i have geneon disc 1 and 2 but i just couldn't wait for the rest so i bought online) just that the subtitltes sometimes don't make sense in my new one.

[eva01]

i downloaded BLOOD+ episode 1 last night, and it is ok i guess (hate the movie, loathe it, despise of it) it is wicked yuri thou from what i can tell

[wdlove]

i downloaded BLOOD+ episode 1 last night, and it is ok i guess (hate the movie, loathe it, despise of it) it is wicked yuri thou from what i can tell

Sorry to hear that you didn't like the movie eva01. By the way could you explain "wicked yuri thou?"

[eva01]

Sorry to hear that you didn't like the movie eva01. By the way could you explain "wicked yuri thou?"

yuri is the japanese phrase to mean girl-on-girl, to an extent

[darkwing]

yuri is the japanese phrase to mean girl-on-girl, to an extent

And you meant to say "though" :)

[Onizuka]

just got Samurai Champloo 1-17 in the mail and i like it ^_^ (i have geneon disc 1 and 2 but i just couldn't wait for the rest so i bought online) just that the subtitltes sometimes don't make sense in my new one.


I swear to God if you bought an HK DVD I'm going to eat your soul and kill your family. NOTHING'S worse than HK. Death to Hong Kong!

Although, you're pretty big on anti-piracy, so I'm not so sure you'd do this. BUT IF YOU DID! I'll be knocking on your door in 5 minutes.

[eva01]

hell no HK import, i hate them, i did once get a HK import of Serial Experiments Lain. i was pissed

EDIT: and i will still be getting the Geneon releases, because i like the DVD cases

[Onizuka]

I got the 1st Edition Lain box set (with the blue slip-case) a few years ago. Definately a mind-****.

Geneon is re-releasing some awesome titles. I still ahve to ge the Giant Robo collection (face it, Jin Rei is a cutie!). I refuse to re-purchase NGE, though. Too many and the series already depressed me enough.

I wish they're release the Cowboy Bebop movie with the original Japanese tilte in the US (Knockin on Heaven's Door).

And I need to find out if GITS 2 was ever re-released without those godamn hearing impared subtitles (captions). I lost my original DVD and cannot send it in for replacement.

[eva01]

I have the Japanese version of the cowboy bebop movie with the original title ^___^ as well as american copy

[wdlove]

yuri is the japanese phrase to mean girl-on-girl, to an extent

Do you mean what I think you are saying? Two female lead characters? If not please contact me.

[Onizuka]

Do you mean what I think you are saying? Two female lead characters? If not please contact me.


He means crack snackers. As in, Lesbians. As in, hot. As in, what I will have when I'm rich. :D

[darkwing]

I got the 1st Edition Lain box set (with the blue slip-case) a few years ago. Definately a mind-****.

Geneon is re-releasing some awesome titles. I still ahve to ge the Giant Robo collection (face it, Jin Rei is a cutie!). I refuse to re-purchase NGE, though. Too many and the series already depressed me enough.

I wish they're release the Cowboy Bebop movie with the original Japanese tilte in the US (Knockin on Heaven's Door).

And I need to find out if GITS 2 was ever re-released without those godamn hearing impared subtitles (captions). I lost my original DVD and cannot send it in for replacement.

If you liked Lain, check out Key the Metal Idol. Except for clown-boy, I think it's way better than Lain.

[darkwing]

He means crack snackers. As in, Lesbians. As in, hot. As in, what I will have when I'm rich. :D

Am I the only one who thinks two girls (or two guys, for that matter) "doing it" is disgusting? Why don't you have something better when you're rich? Like a big yacht made entirely of Microsoft's former HQ which you will crush for us to build your anime empire. :)

[eva01]

ah my one day off this week heres to hoping all of Bleach has finally downloaded so i can watch it all. and yes Key the Metal Idol is pretty cool i need to finally buy that boxset, except i get paid friday and i am saving up for a HD TV T_T

[Onizuka]

We all know you're stance on gay/lesbian activity darkwing. No, I don't think either is disgusting. It's human nature. Do I think about two guys? No, hell no, because I'm a straight male. Do I think of two girls? More often then not.

And Key is okay. I got to the movie, and well, fell asleep. Still ahven't watched it even though I own it.

[eva01]

We all know you're stance on gay/lesbian activity darkwing. No, I don't think either is isgusting. It's human nature. Do I think about two guys? No, hell no, because I'm a straight male. Do I think of two girls? More often then not.

And Key is okay. I got to the movie, and well, fell asleep. Still ahven't watched it even though I own it.

reminds me of when i fell asleep during the Escaflowne movie :P

[darkwing]

We all know you're stance on gay/lesbian activity darkwing. No, I don't think either is disgusting. It's human nature. Do I think about two guys? No, hell no, because I'm a straight male. Do I think of two girls? More often then not.

And Key is okay. I got to the movie, and well, fell asleep. Still haven't watched it even though I own it.

Lol. Human nature. My buddies will get a kick out of that one. :)

The movie is the best part of Key! There are two movies technically at the end. I felt Key was much better than Lain. What do you think of the ending of Lain? It suggests to me that she's in some kind of simulated world and is some anomaly able to access the simulator, as it were. It was a weird one, and sure left a lot of questions at the end.

The ultimate mind-**** is an old British sci-fi called "The Prisoner."

[eva01]

forget if this was mentioned before but who here enjoys Boogiepop Phantom. I love the show so much, i am watching it all today, cause i have zero life.

[darkwing]

forget if this was mentioned before but who here enjoys Boogiepop Phantom. I love the show so much, i am watching it all today, cause i have zero life.

Haven't seen it, but I heard that it is good.

[Onizuka]

Boogiebop wasn't something I'd be into, and Lain was phenominal and quite a ride.

As it were, Darkwing, let's keep our opinions of gay/lesbian ideals out of this thread, we're talking about Anime. And you and your friends can quote me on the nature hting, because it's TRUE, not opinion, but fact. But nonetheless...

Eva, The Escaflowne movie was a ltitle hard on me too at some points. Something just did't flow well.

At this point, I'm looking for a fansub of GITS2 because I can't find my disc to get it replaced with the disc that doesn't have captions, and from what I hear the official English version blocked a lot of voice out so they wouldn't have to translate it. So, I'm gonna make my own DVD. SCREW DREAMWORKS/GOFISH!

I also wish they'd release Robot Carnival on DVD, and Tekkaman. WTF is up with that?

[eva01]

Just because you did buy it Onizuka i would assume that boxtorrents has it, and i forget what one site did have it for HTTP download, i can't remember, but it was something like ani-r.......com but the site is no longer in existance

[darkwing]

Onizuka, just because you say something is true doesn't make it any less of an opinion than mine. :)

I did like Lain, I just thought Key was better. My only problem with Lain is the unanswered questions. I hate stuff like that. Anime captivates me because of the stories and long term character development. Seeing where a character came from, and then ultimately having a notion of where they are going, makes me feel all warm and cuddly inside.

[efoto]

Onizuka, just because you say something is true doesn't make it any less of an opinion than mine. :)

I did like Lain, I just thought Key was better. My only problem with Lain is the unanswered questions. I hate stuff like that. Anime captivates me because of the stories and long term character development. Seeing where a character came from, and then ultimately having a notion of where they are going, makes me feel all warm and cuddly inside.

It might just be all of the selected series I have viewed, but doesn't this happen often? (the unknown past/unknown future of characters) It seems to me that anime often leaves unanswered questions and the past/future of characters is almost overlooked completely in some cases, where as the manga it came from usually has all of those holes filled....

Not unlike book-to-movie problems; lack of character development, unanswered questions, often doesn't follow text completely, etc....

[eva01]

now that anime companies are selling and formating shows for the iPod format that is going to hopefully be a huge discussion on my website for its own forum or subforum ^_^ now to sell my 4G 60 gig iPod to get a new one just so i can get anime for it ><!

[efoto]

now that anime companies are selling and formating shows for the iPod format that is going to hopefully be a huge discussion on my website for its own forum or subforum ^_^ now to sell my 4G 60 gig iPod to get a new one just so i can get anime for it ><!

I realize the iPod video format is pretty small and compressed (I think) but it still would have been nice if Apple would have released video iPods in 80/100GB models, or at least 60/100GB models. It seems time for them to up the storage to allow for more expandability and storage. I realize why they did 30/60 but it still would have been cool to have it go to 80 or 100.

[eva01]

I realize the iPod video format is pretty small and compressed (I think) but it still would have been nice if Apple would have released video iPods in 80/100GB models, or at least 60/100GB models. It seems time for them to up the storage to allow for more expandability and storage. I realize why they did 30/60 but it still would have been cool to have it go to 80 or 100.

once a 6 and 8 gig nano comes out then you will see it go to 80 and 100 or 60 and 100 i believe

[Onizuka]

once a 6 and 8 gig nano comes out then you will see it go to 80 and 100 or 60 and 100 i believe

I still want an iPod video, but an Xbox 360 is now my top priority after seeing DOA 4 is coming out for it.

I bought Samurai Champloo, Disc 5 this weekend and man, this seriees never gets boring or old. I love it. And Fuu is so cute. Not as cute as my girl Fey though (will fight for her!)


Apparently Japan is going to see a NEW Hellsign series, which is more based on the Manga and DOES NOT tie in to the original 13 episodes. I think this series will be 13 episodes as well, and will be released in Japan on December 9th.

I download Tekkaman, the original series (because they sTILL have not released it in America) and looking back, the art wasn't that great, but the storyline was decent. I saw the edited for USA version years ago on UPN when they aired less than half the episodes. It's Nostalgic.

I also recently saw Steamboy. It was good, although not as impressive as the legendary Akira.

[eva01]

yes i heard about the hellsing new series but i thought it was an OAV maybe they changed that to a series, and the manga is at least 10 times better than the series

[Whyren]

now that anime companies are selling and formating shows for the iPod format that is going to hopefully be a huge discussion on my website for its own forum or subforum ^_^ now to sell my 4G 60 gig iPod to get a new one just so i can get anime for it ><!

*beings drooling* Now all they need is one of these:

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7927/taipodbebop2560x16003rr.th.jpg (http://img444.imageshack.us/my.php?image=taipodbebop2560x16003rr.jpg)

[darkwing]

I download Tekkaman, the original series (because they sTILL have not released it in America) and looking back, the art wasn't that great, but the storyline was decent. I saw the edited for USA version years ago on UPN when they aired less than half the episodes. It's Nostalgic.

I also recently saw Steamboy. It was good, although not as impressive as the legendary Akira.

I saw Tekkaman years ago! Man that was like the mid 90s! Tekkaman was cool. I never liked Akira, though.

[efoto]

*beings drooling* Now all they need is one of these:

[IMG]http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7927/taipodbebop2560x16003rr.th.jpg[IMG] (http://img444.imageshack.us/my.php?image=taipodbebop2560x16003rr.jpg)

That's pretty awesome, good job on the background (whomever did it....). There should be more anime-related iPod ad mockups. Perhaps there are, but I haven't seen them.

[Whyren]

That's pretty awesome, good job on the background (whomever did it....). There should be more anime-related iPod ad mockups. Perhaps there are, but I haven't seen them.

I'd seen it on MacDesktops.com, but it appears that site has gone down since.

[efoto]

I'd seen it on MacDesktops.com, but it appears that site has gone down since.

It's a shame they color-schemed it like the U2 iPod, otherwise it is an awesome background. I just hate the fact that U2 and U2 alone have their own iPod, many other more-deserving groups out there.

Anyway, Bebop is sweet and Spike is the man so that makes the background alright by me :) Do you recall if there was a sheet for each character? Faye would look pretty nice shadowed like that ;)

[eva01]

Anyway, Bebop is sweet and Spike is the man so that makes the background alright by me :) Do you recall if there was a sheet for each character? Faye would look pretty nice shadowed like that ;)

I can try and make a Faye one, cause faye is wicked badass, next to Ein of course.

ahah 3-5 days till my website is back up ><! starting new and fresh and ahve lots of ideas for the coming months

[efoto]

I can try and make a Faye one, cause faye is wicked badass, next to Ein of course.

ahah 3-5 days till my website is back up ><! starting new and fresh and ahve lots of ideas for the coming months

That would be awesome. If it matters, I would love you for a near-long time based on the quality of your work ;)

I'm not familiar with your website....what it was or will be. What caused it to go down? and what content will be on it when it comes up? :confused:

[Skareb]

Waves the small Inital D flag in the Anime thread:(

[eva01]

That would be awesome. If it matters, I would love you for a near-long time based on the quality of your work ;)

I'm not familiar with your website....what it was or will be. What caused it to go down? and what content will be on it when it comes up? :confused:

it is animetunes.com and i have been sick for a long while (1 year now and going) and wasn't able to really do the work on this site that i wanted to. It is going to have anime music available on it as well as reviews and a gallery, to start off with.

animetunes.com

[efoto]

it is animetunes.com and i have been sick for a long while (1 year now and going) and wasn't able to really do the work on this site that i wanted to. It is going to have anime music available on it as well as reviews and a gallery, to start off with.

animetunes.com

Awesome. What were you sick with? I have read a few posts of yours in other threads saying you have been sick, but I can't say I recall what from. So you finally recovered then?

[eva01]

Awesome. What were you sick with? I have read a few posts of yours in other threads saying you have been sick, but I can't say I recall what from. So you finally recovered then?

nope not healthy at all, i have headaches and no one knows what is causing them. however i have taken this year off from school and have just been going to work and staying at home so i have a lot of time to myself and figured to bring my website abck up.

hopefully i can get healthy again :/

i have spinal tap on the 21st of november then i may start going to a cardiologist as well :/

[efoto]

nope not healthy at all, i have headaches and no one knows what is causing them. however i have taken this year off from school and have just been going to work and staying at home so i have a lot of time to myself and figured to bring my website abck up.

hopefully i can get healthy again :/

i have spinal tap on the 21st of november then i may start going to a cardiologist as well :/

Ewwy, I'm not sure how I would feel about someone tapping into my spine....not cool. I hope you get better and they find out some reasons why you are ill now. Sickness/illness sucks, especially when you don't even know how to combat it. Best of luck with everything, keep us posted on both your health and your site ;)

[eva01]

i found one kick ass show to watch, japanese dramas are so awesome. its called Densha Otoko. Its about an otaku finding a bishi. it is wonderful.

EDIT: ahahah the otaku has posters and wallscrolls and figurines, just like i do. hahahah that is so awesome.

or wait everyone else will think i am the ultimate dork and otaku and nerd.

bwahahah <_< but i don't care ^_^

[Onizuka]

i found one kick ass show to watch, japanese dramas are so awesome. its called Densha Otoko. Its about an otaku finding a bishi. it is wonderful.

EDIT: ahahah the otaku has posters and wallscrolls and figurines, just like i do. hahahah that is so awesome.

or wait everyone else will think i am the ultimate dork and otaku and nerd.

bwahahah <_< but i don't care ^_^

I've got figures and wallscrolls and posters and shirts and cards and art books and all sorts of stuff. You're not the only one, friend. We can be Otaku Buddies!

[eva01]

I've got figures and wallscrolls and posters and shirts and cards and art books and all sorts of stuff. You're not the only one, friend. We can be Otaku Buddies!

woohoo buddy buddy ^_^ i even have a Chi Lighter and i have rei on one of my sets of keys and Kakashi on the other set.

[Onizuka]

woohoo buddy buddy ^_^ i even have a Chi Lighter and i have rei on one of my sets of keys and Kakashi on the other set.

I have a die cast plate on leather key fob of a vanship from LAst Exile on my keys. I've only seen it once, anywhere, so I bought it at a Con. I love it. I'll have to show you pcis some time.

[eva01]

I have a die cast plate on leather key fob of a vanship from LAst Exile on my keys. I've only seen it once, anywhere, so I bought it at a Con. I love it. I'll have to show you pcis some time.

I am going to go to boston next paycheck and go to tokyo kid and pick up some more figurines and the such.....I need a digital camera badly :/

|:>^_^<:|

EDIT: here is a link for it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Densha_Otoko

[eva01]

two days till the server is ready and i am hoping 2 days to get site up with gallery and forum and CMPS

[eva01]

well my website is up and i am in the process of waiting for more money to come in for gallery and then getting some sort of anime database scheme going

[wdlove]

well my website is up and i am in the process of waiting for more money to come in for gallery and then getting some sort of anime database scheme going

I'm very happy for you eva01, look forward to seeing you new site. I'm sure that it will be awesome. Please contact me when you have time. If you are in Boston would really like to me you.

[eva01]

once i get the database scheme going i am going to need some writers, just trying to find the best method

[wdlove]

once i get the database scheme going i am going to need some writers, just trying to find the best method

I have a lot of faith in your abilities eva01. Hope that I can be among the first to see you new site, please. As you know I'm usually always available to a good friend. ;)

[dubbz]

well my website is up and i am in the process of waiting for more money to come in for gallery and then getting some sort of anime database scheme going

Cool! :D Looking good.

[efoto]

well my website is up and i am in the process of waiting for more money to come in for gallery and then getting some sort of anime database scheme going

Site looks really good, way to go eva01, awesome stuff. Question for you, is that really you in your profile pic? or just an aspiring cute face like 'me' in my 'tar :p

[eva01]

Site looks really good, way to go eva01, awesome stuff. Question for you, is that really you in your profile pic? or just an aspiring cute face like 'me' in my 'tar :p

that is for you to decide :P

well i made my first beta wiki page.

http://www.animetunes.com/wiki/index.php/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion

still working on it, and trying to get the databases to match up (being an ass it is)

[Counterfit]

that is for you to decide :P

well i made my first beta wiki page.

http://www.animetunes.com/wiki/index.php/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion

still working on it, and trying to get the databases to match up (being an ass it is)
I will certainly be contributing to it ;)

[eva01]

still working on making the databases work together :/ its getting annoying

[efoto]

that is for you to decide :P

So, ugh....is it you? :p

I don't like deciding, I prefer to have answers given to me on highly-polished rare-metal platters. Can you deliver? please?

[eva01]

So, ugh....is it you? :p

I don't like deciding, I prefer to have answers given to me on highly-polished rare-metal platters. Can you deliver? please?

now that you put it that way, i wish it was me, i am not that beautiful. It is Miki Nakatani from Ringu, Ringu2, and Densha Otoko (which will be hosted on my site when i get it all on my comptuer)

Voted best Japanese Drama of 2005

[krimson]

now that you put it that way, i wish it was me, i am not that beautiful. It is Miki Nakatani from Ringu, Ringu2, and Densha Otoko (which will be hosted on my site when i get it all on my comptuer)

Voted best Japanese Drama of 2005


Miki was in Densha?? :confused:

[Onizuka]

Waitafrickinminute.... YOU'RE A CHICK?!

[eva01]

Miki was in Densha?? :confused:

when i went to the IMBD website it said she was :confused:

[krimson]

when i went to the IMBD website it said she was :confused:

unless it's some version of the Dorama i haven't seen, Itoh Misaki (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411725/) plays "Hermes", not Miki Nakatani.

http://home.earthlink.net/~dj_j12/images/Denshaotoko_header.jpg



------edit------
That may be the movie "special", not the actual dorama...

[eva01]

unless it's some version of the Dorama i haven't seen, Itoh Misaki (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411725/) plays "Hermes", not Miki Nakatani.


------edit------
That may be the movie "special", not the actual dorama...

Interesting, maybe i got some wrong information that i read.

thanks.

EDIT: maybe i am just on smack and following bad links from outside sorces

[krimson]

Interesting, maybe i got some wrong information that i read.

thanks.

EDIT: maybe i am just on smack and following bad links from outside sorces

I think i've figured it out..

the IMDB listings aren't very clear.
"Densha Otoko/I" is a movie version
"Densha Otoko/II" is the actual series, which you mentioned was voted the best Dorama of 2005. It's not a "mini" as listed, most dorama's are around 11 episodes.


I suggest watching the Dorama first if you want to know what the hype is all about.

[eva01]

ah thank-you i am watching the dorama now have episodes 1-5 read and downloading the rest.

thank-you for the info ^_^

[eva01]

Ok so has anyone ever cried during an anime?

[dubbz]

Ok so has anyone ever cried during an anime?

I've cried through a couple because they were painfully bad. Does that count?

[eva01]

I've cried through a couple because they were painfully bad. Does that count?

no it doesn't ><!

i want sad cry like in Grave of the Fireflies, Saikano: Last love song of this little planet, or during episode 24 of Cowboy Bebop.

Mine was during Bebop when Ein and Edward left the bebop

[wdlove]

Chances are I would eva01. I cry very easy. My would be because of emotions.

[Aarow]

Is Full Metal Alchemist an anime? That show's pretty cool.

[Counterfit]

Is Full Metal Alchemist an anime? That show's pretty cool.
Yes, yes it is. Now, you must buy/rent/steal/borrow the DVD and watch it with subtitles ;)

As for anime that makes me cry, it oddly doesn't take much. Saikano did it, Cowboy Bebop did it twice. Kiddy grade did it. This year's MLB playoffs...
Of course, a few had me going "WTF?!", like Kiddy Grade, and Steamboy to a small extent (the whole ice thing was kinda... off), and Chrno (Chrono?) Crusade's ending just pissed me right off.

[eva01]

hmm i have to get Kiddy Grade. Going up to Tokyo Kid on Sunday YAY. :P

Made it to New England Comics and the Asian Market yesterday, mmm Manga and Pocky.

Gallery on my site is coming up Monday

I need to get the rest of Saikano :/

[7on]

Ok so has anyone ever cried during an anime?

I cried in One Piece when Nami left her island and Genzo put his Pinwheel uptop Bellemere's grave.

Then I cried when the Strawhat Pirates left Vivi standing on the shore of Arabasta

Then cried at the pure awesomeness that was at the end of the Rainbow Mist arc.

What can I say? I like the One Piece.

[efoto]

Ok so has anyone ever cried during an anime?

I have cried during a couple of anime series, not full on balling but some teary-eyed action I guess. One was during Love Hina, mostly because at the time I was watching it there were some life experiences that lended me to being cry-prone :(
I also cried during parts of Bebop, mostly because of the music during specific scenes. I'm a sucker for great music coupled with an emotional visual....great series, both of them in my mind. Some don't like Love Hina, but I really liked it.

[Onizuka]

I cried at Bebop (it is required to do so), Macross Plus (also required as Kano did the music for it too), Grave of the fire flies (if you don't cry during this, you're a robot), and very few others. I guess what hit me hardest was that I relate so much to Spike. Betrayed, removed, and always hunted. It's funny, but it was almost as if I saw a part of me die. Ah, but that again is what makes a series so great... Being able to relate to the characters, eh?

[eva01]

yoko kanno does the absolute best music in anime

[efoto]

<snip>I guess what hit me hardest was that I relate so much to Spike. Betrayed, removed, and always hunted. It's funny, but it was almost as if I saw a part of me die. Ah, but that again is what makes a series so great... Being able to relate to the characters, eh?

That is what makes a series so incredibly great. I felt the exact same way when watching Bebop, especially the first time. It was crazy because I would watch it with a group of people on 'anime night'. We would watch a few episodes each night, once a week just to change-up the tele norm. As we watched I always wondered if anyone else was feeling what I was feeling, because at times it really felt like I was Spike, I related to everything he said and did! It was amazing.

Part of those same feelings is why I loved Love Hina so much as well. I related to Keitaro quite well and thus the series made a notable impact for me.

[efoto]

yoko kanno does the absolute best music in anime

Yep :) I completely agree. I love just listening to the soundtracks for great series. The music makes such a note during the show that I can basically re-watch the entire thing with only the music, I love it!

[eva01]

Yep :) I completely agree. I love just listening to the soundtracks for great series. The music makes such a note during the show that I can basically re-watch the entire thing with only the music, I love it!

Cowboy Bebop has the best OST i have ever heard.

woo doing angel bios on my site

[Onizuka]

Cowboy Bebop has the best OST i have ever heard.

woo doing angel bios on my site

It's certainly the most extensive. For only being one full series it's got what? 7 CD's to it?

Macross plus had 4 CD's (Soundtrack 1, 2, Cream Puff, and For the Fans or something, I can't remember the fourth title off hand, but I have them all.) .Hack//Sign actually has quite a few as well.

I dunno. If I can't relate to a series at all, then there's no sense in watching it. X the TV sereis is another favorite, and I'm pretty sure no one's seen a pic of me, but I got my UserName as a nickname from GTO (cos I look a hell of a lot like him, or is it he who looks like me?)

[eva01]

It's certainly the most extensive. For only being one full series it's got what? 7 CD's to it?

Macross plus had 4 CD's (Soundtrack 1, 2, Cream Puff, and For the Fans or something, I can't remember the fourth title off hand, but I have them all.) .Hack//Sign actually has quite a few as well.

I dunno. If I can't relate to a series at all, then there's no sense in watching it. X the TV sereis is another favorite, and I'm pretty sure no one's seen a pic of me, but I got my UserName as a nickname from GTO (cos I look a hell of a lot like him, or is it he who looks like me?)

wait you look like GTO? from the anime or the Drama?

X is indeed fun.

I need to borrow kenshin the series again from my friend

[Onizuka]

wait you look like GTO? from the anime or the Drama?

X is indeed fun.

I need to borrow kenshin the series again from my friend

From the Anime/Manga.

X the movie sucked badly. TV series is awesome.

Kenshin pales in comparison to Samurai X. Well, IMO anyway.

and you never answered MY question asking if you're female a page back or so, regarding someone's comments about your avatar looking like you. :D

[efoto]

and you never answered MY question asking if you're female a page back or so, regarding someone's comments about your avatar looking like you. :D

My comments, his question, your answer....so cough up. Lets have it eva01, what's down there?? (male/female will be acceptable answers, no need for graphic responses :p)

[Pastorius]

I find one of the best soundtracks EVER to be Hellsing's. Raid and Ruins (the two soundtracks) are awesome stuff, as good as Cowboy Bebop's stuff. Trigun's soundtracks are good too. Wolf's Rain also. Curious how most anime that's considered "classic" has awesome soundtracks. Guess it's partly because of the soundtracks...

Hey, anyone here ever watched GantZ? That's some wicked stuff, that is. Even though I'd never been too into gore, this series just stuck to me, as much as Bleach and Naruto did, only with Naruto it went all the way up to episode 130 and then they started having fillers. As far as I know, there are still 20 more filler episodes to go (yes, they're gonna start the new arc at episode 178). Just down-right sad, it took away ALL the momentum for Naruto...

[Onizuka]

I find one of the best soundtracks EVER to be Hellsing's. Raid and Ruins (the two soundtracks) are awesome stuff, as good as Cowboy Bebop's stuff. Trigun's soundtracks are good too. Wolf's Rain also. Curious how most anime that's considered "classic" has awesome soundtracks. Guess it's partly because of the soundtracks...

Hey, anyone here ever watched GantZ? That's some wicked stuff, that is. Even though I'd never been too into gore, this series just stuck to me, as much as Bleach and Naruto did, only with Naruto it went all the way up to episode 130 and then they started having fillers. As far as I know, there are still 20 more filler episodes to go (yes, they're gonna start the new arc at episode 178). Just down-right sad, it took away ALL the momentum for Naruto...

Haven't watched GantZ yet. As for Hellsing's soudntrack, it's alright.

Bebop, Wolf's Rain, Ghost In the Shell: SAC and 2nd Gig, MAcross Plus, Escaflowne, and many many others have their soundtracks composed by legendary Yoko Kanno.

I find Naruto to be a more modern Dragon Ball Z, which I absolutely despise. It does not appeal to me whatsoever.

[efoto]

I find Naruto to be a more modern Dragon Ball Z, which I absolutely despise. It does not appeal to me whatsoever.

I have a friend at uni who loves Naruto and can't wait to see new eps. I sat and watched one with him and although I found it moderately interesting, I said the exact same thing, "a modern DBZ" which I don't like at all. I have since caught a few eps on CN and I still hold my opinion, there just doesn't seem to be much there for me.

Who did the music in Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke?

[eva01]

i actually like naruto, hate DBZ thou. I think it is better art, music, fights, and better character development.

gantz can be cool aside from the fact that it is two episodes per disc.

[Onizuka]

i actually like naruto, hate DBZ thou. I think it is better art, music, fights, and better character development.

gantz can be cool aside from the fact that it is two episodes per disc.


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! Quit avoiding the questions! *cries*

[efoto]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! Quit avoiding the questions! *cries*

I think it's a sick game now....we may never get an answer simply because we want an answer so bad.

Boy / Girl / Unsure

Circle one and pass this back

Go grade-school :p

[Onizuka]

I think it's a sick game now....we may never get an answer simply because we want an answer so bad.

Boy / Girl / Unsure

Circle one and pass this back

Go grade-school :p

I think eva is scared, because if "she's" a she, then "she" might think we'd be like "we're nerdy fanboys that want to hump you." And if "he's" a he, he'll really just be lying to us. And eva does not want to lie, so obiously he's a she!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She's a she! BUT AHA!

[efoto]

I think eva is scared, because if "she's" a she, then "she" might think we'd be like "we're nerdy fanboys that want to hump you." And if "he's" a he, he'll really just be lying to us. And eva does not want to lie, so obiously he's a she!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She's a she! BUT AHA!

Close enough for science, I'll buy it :)

I'm like my women, but I don't do the internet thing, and it would suck to burden the anime talk with personal fanboy-humping (just sounds funny), so regardless of your gender eva01 we'll still treat you like one of the guys....or one of the girls if you are a girl, but it will be like sister style not 'other' style :rolleyes: ;)

[Onizuka]

Close enough for science, I'll buy it :)

I'm like my women, but I don't do the internet thing, and it would suck to burden the anime talk with personal fanboy-humping (just sounds funny), so regardless of your gender eva01 we'll still treat you like one of the guys....or one of the girls if you are a girl, but it will be like sister style not 'other' style :rolleyes: ;)

Agreed. Although, if you come on to me, I will have no choice but to turn on my mojo. And if you're a guy (which I doubt at this point) and you come on to me, I will crawl under a rock and hide there until you start chasing after efoto.

:D

Don't worry, eva01, we're still homies either way. :)

[eva01]

hey here is another question.

What is the one anime you can watch no matter what mood and no matter how long ago you watched it.

Mine just happens to be Martian Sucessor Nadesico, no matter what i can watch the series, so cute ^_^ i love it.

For the other side of everything, i have to be depressed or going insane to be able to watch Perfect Blue

[efoto]

hey here is another question.

What is the one anime you can watch no matter what mood and no matter how long ago you watched it.

Mine just happens to be Martian Sucessor Nadesico, no matter what i can watch the series, so cute ^_^ i love it.

For the other side of everything, i have to be depressed or going insane to be able to watch Perfect Blue

I want a gender answer before anymore anime talk....seriously :p

I can always watch Princess Mononoke even though it makes me sad. I love the show and how it works....happy yet sad at the same time, so f***ing good. I love it.

[Counterfit]

What is the one anime you can watch no matter what mood and no matter how long ago you watched it.

Mine just happens to be Martian Sucessor Nadesico, no matter what i can watch the series, so cute ^_^ i love it.
I have yet to find a series like that, but I am watching Nadesico (yay Netflix! :D), thanks in part to Megatokyo (Naze Nani Megatokyo was inspired by the Naze Nani Nadesico "show" in ep 8 )

[Counterfit]

hmm i have to get Kiddy Grade. Going up to Tokyo Kid on Sunday YAY. :P

Made it to New England Comics and the Asian Market yesterday, mmm Manga and Pocky.

Gallery on my site is coming up Monday

I need to get the rest of Saikano :/
I need to go to Tokyo Kid again. Maybe I should talk to friend in beantown more often, as he brought me there the first time.
I tried Pocky at Otakon, as there was a box of Giant Pocky (one original, one strawberry) up as a prize for a raffle. Some kind soul offered me a stick of her Pocky, as I had never had it before. It was good, but nowhere near good enough for me to be addicted to it like some people are. Now, if they made a Dr. Pepper flavored version... :D

[Onizuka]

I need to go to Tokyo Kid again. Maybe I should talk to friend in beantown more often, as he brought me there the first time.
I tried Pocky at Otakon, as there was a box of Giant Pocky (one original, one strawberry) up as a prize for a raffle. Some kind soul offered me a stick of her Pocky, as I had never had it before. It was good, but nowhere near good enough for me to be addicted to it like some people are. Now, if they made a Dr. Pepper flavored version... :D


Pockey's okay. The chocolate covered green jelly things are the best. There used to be this strawberry drink that I can't get anywhere now that was from Japan. The best EVER. They also make these Jelly candies in clear containers shaped liek the fruit (cherry, strawberry). DAMN I LOVE THE JAPANESE!

As far as Anime I can watch anytime: Bebop, Champloo, and Macross Plus, hands down.

I have to be in a really ****ed up mood to watch Lain, Perfect Blue, NGE, Saikano.

[eva01]

I am trying to open up a small business in the middle of the southshore in plymouth MA for selling anime, CDs, DVDs, figurines, wallscrolls, posters, and rentals. As well as art done by the co-owner.

^___^ it will be a wonderful store as of right now the closest store is Tokyo Kid in Boston. Other than that there is nothing.

[CHAOS STEP]

There should be much more love for Miyazaki / Studio Ghibli in here.

My Neighbour Totoro, Spirited Away and Laputa are my favourite anime films.

Check out here (http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/features/) for more info and reviews and stuff.

I am a fan of Otomo too, I love Akira (manga & the filme equally) although I was a *little* disapointed by Steamboy.

I also like a couple of Korean animaed films, namely 'Oseam' and 'My beautiful Girl Mari'.

check em out :)

[Onizuka]

There should be much more love for Miyazaki / Studio Ghibli in here.

My Neighbour Totoro, Spirited Away and Laputa are my favourite anime films.

Check out here (http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/features/) for more info and reviews and stuff.

I am a fan of Otomo too, I love Akira (manga & the filme equally) although I was a *little* disapointed by Steamboy.

I also like a couple of Korean animaed films, namely 'Oseam' and 'My beautiful Girl Mari'.

check em out :)

I liked Mononoke. I cannot stand Miyazaki's other works.

Otomo is good, ecept for that one flick eh directed the art for, HARMAGEDON. And what's his nuts that directed the 1st and 2nd GITS movies along with PAtlabor? GHA! Can't stand him.

[eva01]

found another one that made me cry.

Onegai Teacher T____T