Anime and manga discussion

[Shenlong]

My friend is going to give me the whole series of school rumble, just finished watching Gundam Seed Destiny, weak ending in comparison to the ending of Seed, but theres an Xmas special that wraps it all up can't wait for that, loved the rest of the series other then the final episode didn't feel right. Currently downloadin Wolf's Rain, also 228 or is it 288, Rapture TV basically people, not sure if you know already, but 8.30 for Full Metal Alchemist on Tuesdays, and same time on Thursdays for Wolf's Rain, only 3 episodes in so if you can't download the whole series get the first few episodes and watch from there on.

[Herr Dark Wolf]

A new Ghibli film has been announced and will be released in July 2006: www.nausicaa.net

[Xeal]

Hey, I like Zabuza. I got naruto manga 1-7. Started getting manga and anime last year. Dont know why it took so long, I first saw akira when it was on BBC 2 in the early 90's. my first purchase was ninja scroll.

lately I'm going through my rune soldier dvd's again (only cost £22 the series). Probably my favourite right now.

A mate of mine records his own voices/script for Get Backers. They're really quite funny.

Want to get samurai champloo, samurai deeper and trigun.

[kellett03]

i think i have a new fav anime movie, appleseed. wow. story line AAA along with presentation. its the new one they made last year. great action sequences. highly advised.

[masaki86]

Half way through RahXephon at the moment; I don't know why I put off watching this series for so long, it really is an awesome show; much beter than Eva in my opinion.

[Daisy]

I otally agree with you masaki86, I personally found RahXephon a better anime than Eva (which was a bit too depressing for me), for now I hooked on the Fruits basket manga, FMA and Bleach (animes).

[Cheapshot]

Wow I've never heard of any of those, I'm pretty new to Anime/Manga so can someone recommend me something that isn't Bleach or Naruto?

Can't believe how long this thread has been around.

[Xeal]

Anime:
Ninja scroll, R.O.D, RahXephon, G.I.T.S stand alone, Akira, Rune soldier, Get backers, Love hina, Trigun (really good), Fist of the North Star (old skool).

Manga:
Samurai deeper kyo, Trigun, Trigun Maximum, Eerie queerie (kinda gay, obviously), Kenshin, GTO, Eye shield 21, One piece, Sgt frog.

I'm Pretty new too, although I had been interested from the 90's. Anyway, this is where I started.

[Cheapshot]

Thanks alot. I think I'm gonna try RahXephon since everyone here seems to like it. :)

[Xeal]

I've only got 1, but it was really good for the first volume. Been a bit crazy buying alot of other anime's, but when I get some more money I will buy the rest. No doubt.

Do you buy Neo? Thats a good magazine to keep up to date. Some prefer it to New Type.

[The3rdChildren]

Eva is quite old now, whilst Rah is fairly recent. Rah is better than Eva, yeah... although it pains me to admit it.

[Shorty]

I reccomend the animes featured in my avatar and signatures as two series' which will never die.

[MonkeyPunch]

I recently bought the Ghibli films 'Whisper of the heart' and 'Pom Poko'.
If your looking for high quality anime...don't look any further than studio Ghibli, they're the masters of their craft.
Whisper of the heart is now my 3rd favorite anime, after Spirited Away and Porco Rosso.

[Xeal]

Yeah, love that Vash. Never seen Eva. There's like a million different box sets. Which should I get?

Also check out BLACK JACK, DOMINION Tank Police, and PERFECT BLUE and MILLENIUM ACTRESS.

[Daisy]

Trigun is an excellent anime series in my opinion, and as Xeal breifly mentioned Eyeshield 21 is a great sports / comedy manga series to read.

[Herr Dark Wolf]

I recently bought the Ghibli films 'Whisper of the heart' and 'Pom Poko'.
If your looking for high quality anime...don't look any further than studio Ghibli, they're the masters of their craft.
Whisper of the heart is now my 3rd favorite anime, after Spirited Away and Porco Rosso.

Agreed, Whisper of the Heart is also one of my fav anime.

[Xeal]

My brother stole Eyeshield right from under my nose.

By the way, Eerie Queerie is getting a bit much for me (after 2 volumes).

[elniro]

I won RahXephon the motion picture a while ago, i think its a summarised version of the series, im not sure.
But it was damn good, it had similarities to neon genesis, except better animation and it wasnt confusing (confusing = bad, understandable = good)

[Xeal]

Yeah. It's not confusing, but has a sense of mystery that grips you from the start. A bit like the suspense in Black Jack, don't you think.

[Destiny Blade]

watching: wolfs rain hellsing evangelion megas xlr one piece
watched:shaman king naruto dragonball dragonballz dragonball gt
reading(manga):bleach one piece .hack:the thwilight bracelet saiyuki
can anyone recommend any animes/manga for me? :indeed:

[Herr Dark Wolf]

Watched the first episode of Bleach yesterday. Seems quite good.

[Shenlong]

i think i have a new fav anime movie, appleseed. wow. story line AAA along with presentation. its the new one they made last year. great action sequences. highly advised.

Is that the 3d esque movie, cos i got to back you up on that claim, i love that film its amazing! Go see it, i mean i wouldn't say its the future of anime, but its a nice change in visual style.

[Cheapshot]

Watched the first episode of Bleach yesterday. Seems quite good.

It's a bit cack at the start mathinks, it get's really good when they get to the soul society.

[Herr Dark Wolf]

Agreed. It is a bit rubbish at the beginning.

[Xeal]

Haven't seen anything bleach. Sounds interesting. Wouldn't recommend the saiyuki anime. Not towards the end anyway. And they changed the music.

[Herr Dark Wolf]

I'm finding it quite hard to get into. I think it's a bit dark for me. I loved Naruto.

[Shino]

I was quite disapointed with Bleach, the fights have no strategy, they all go dragon ball style, when they're almost losing some super power awakens and kills the enemy in badassness, the last episodes have a good fight for people who havent seen Naruto (what a fucking ripoff of the fight gaara vs rock lee!!!), the story is the best part and what made mee keep interest in the anime. If anyone here hasn't seen Naruto, stop everything else and go see it.

[Shorty]

Yeah, love that Vash. Never seen Eva. There's like a million different box sets. Which should I get?
Get the new Platinum one... and then give it to me and buy yourself some bootleg.

[Herr Dark Wolf]

Just had a possible spoiler for Bleach, but I don't know if it's a joke: Top of the page, the picture. Could someone just say it's a joke please? http://www.bleachlegacy.com

I'm only on Episode 10 :(

[Sanchez]

Not a joke, sorry. But it's ok, there are plenty of other plot twists and such to not get spoiled.

[Jordan]

Mai Otome!
http://www.earth-alliance.org/Memento/Mai_Otome/05/B05.jpg
Mai Otome!
http://clemox2.free.fr/mai_otome/multimedia/musee/musee4.jpg
Mai Otome!
http://animeblog.sub-kultur.de/content/mai-otome-02.jpg
Mai Otome!
http://www.earth-alliance.org/Memento/Mai_Otome/05/B01.jpg

*breathes*

[The-Ironflame]

http://www.fullmetal-alchemist.com/forums/uploads/1137065697/med_gallery_1_5_69177.jpg

[darkcloud]

I've been watching Mai Otome, Bleach and Yakitate Japan (damn this contest really needs to end o.O) recently...... I have quite a few more to watch as well that I downloaded and just kinda abandoned on my hard drive. XD

A quick suggestion to those that were asking for some nice anime to watch...... Get FLCL and Narutaru....... Two animes you won't here TOO much about even though they are great just because they aren't one of the big series that people watch... Really worth while checking out. lol

Oh and if anyone wants a quick laugh download Dokuro Chan...... Don't do any research into it though, just get the first episode and be prepared for a shock. lol

Oh one thing....... Please someone tell me...... Is ah my goddes worth watching? I downloaded the series randomly when I saw a torrent up for some reason and after a bit of the first episode I was a bit dissapointed. v.v If it's not I could really use freeing up some space no my computer. lol

One last thing........ I have like 99.9% of every episode of Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien as I was downloading it when it got licenced (well kinda people got ordered to remove it v.v)........ So yeah, at 99.9% of my download I was cut off...... If someone with the whole series (subbed by Lunar) could add me to msn I would really, really like to talk to you....... >.<

[Supergrunch]

Well... thanks to Christmas I now have samurai champloo vol 2 and cowboy bebop vol 1, which are good as ever.

[Shorty]

Yesterday Cartoon Network had an 8 hour Naruto marathon. It was pretty awesome, I have learned to love Naruto but hate the frequency of commercial breaks in the USA.

[Sanchez]

Oh and if anyone wants a quick laugh download Dokuro Chan...... Don't do any research into it though, just get the first episode and be prepared for a shock.
Oh man, that was hilarious. I couldn't stop laughing.

[Xeal]

Yesterday Cartoon Network had an 8 hour Naruto marathon. It was pretty awesome, I have learned to love Naruto but hate the frequency of commercial breaks in the USA.

Dont get it England. downloaded though. Only disapointments so far is that zabuza doesn't look as sinister in the anime, and Naruto's voice isn't what I was expecting.

[darkcloud]

Oh man, that was hilarious. I couldn't stop laughing.

XD So glad someone actually did. ^^d

When I first saw it wasn't actually in the anime itself, but, some random compilation video and I watched it like 5 times over before pausing it and finding out wth the anime was. lol

My only problem is I can't find anything after the 3rd episode. ; ;

Oh and English Naruto dub = ; ;

[masaki86]

Just finished GITS:SAC a couple of days ago, brilliant series....wish i didn't penny pinch on the dvd's though(i waited till i could find each volume for the sub £9 mark...)as I would have had it sooner.

Ah well, started Irresponsible Captain Tylor yesterday. Had the R1 ultra boxset for a few months now, but never got round to watching it...

[elniro]

I finished reading the mai hime manga yesterday and the author has said its completely different to the anime which from the descriptions looks like it.

I know a few people here have seen the anime, so i was wondering if Tate Yuuichi is a main character in the anime?

[Supergrunch]

Yea, but Mai is the main character... Tate nevertheless is close behind.

Oh, and you should watch the anime- in my opinion it's much better than the manga.

[elniro]

ahhh thats good
but still i dont think i'd wanna watch the anime after i read the manga, i kinda dislike totally different stories with the same characters and such, i dunno.

I might decide to watch it, but im not too sure.

[Supergrunch]

You really should watch it- it's by far the best anime I've ever seen.

[kellett03]

bleach 62 holy shite, plot just got ten times better, it good to see the producers are thinknig up something original.

im watching GTO dvd version atm. qutie funny even the side characters have a personality.

[Happenstance]

Just thought id bring this thread back to the first page again.

Basically spent all of today watching anime (got no money so couldnt go out before you ask :p )

At the moment im watching Outlaw Star and Fullmetal Alchemist for the first time, both which I love and im working on getting some more Trigun dvds.

The anime series boxsets I actually have (bootleg) are Street Fighter II V and Cowboy Bebop

[Mr. Bananagrabber]

Azumanga Daioh is the best thing ever. Beside Scrubs.
Osaka is awesome.

[The-Ironflame]

Azumanga Daioh is the best thing ever. Beside Scrubs.
Osaka is awesome.

I found it alright not that funny however episode 23 of samurai champloo is another matter.. :D

[Mr. Bananagrabber]

I found it alright not that funny however episode 23 of samurai champloo is another matter.. :D
Oh no he didn't!
I found Azumanga better than anyother anime because of the fact that it has well developed, and generally likeable characters. Which, imo, most anime's don't.

[spirited away]

just got nausicca and grave of fireflies cant wait to watcht em!

[Herr Dark Wolf]

It's Fireflies, not Waterflies.

[spirited away]

yer no idea y i put that :shock:

[darkcloud]

Dabooker the link doesn't work. ; ; Glad to see someone else pays attention to such suggestions. XD


Oh and I would just like to use to time to complain about the fact that all 4 of the animes I download regularly (one fansub only... Damn my loyalty... v.v;) are taking sooo long to come out. ; ; Naruto, Bleach, Yakitate Japan and Mai Otome I'm looking at you (well your respective groups)..... So yeah.... Complaining over......

*Goes to hunt down every last member of Aone...*

[elniro]

Yea Aone are probably one of the best fansubbing groups in my opinion but these days they take frickin ages to release anything

[spirited away]

i watched grave of the fireflies yesterday and can safely say it one of the best animes ive seen, Its a powerful, emotinal film and i strongly recomend it :yay:

[Happenstance]

Yeah ive been meaning to watch it, may have to get a mate to bring it around on friday.

[darkcloud]

Yah I'm about a billion miles behind on Naruto because of them. lol

Lunar are making me trail on Bleach and Static Subs are with Mai Otome..

Damn me and my hatred for spead subs. ; ;

[Android18a]

Android18a's anime recommendations, Jan 2006

-Kashimashi. The story of a love triangle between two girls and a guy who was killed by aliens accidentally then given a female body as replacement by accident. Silly, romantic, on torrent now.

-Rizelmine. The story of a guy who likes older women who is married to some kind of genetic alien weapon lolita girl by the goverment. She has explosive tears.

[Happenstance]

-Rizelmine. The story of a guy who likes older women who is married to some kind of genetic alien weapon lolita girl by the goverment. She has explosive tears.

Damn, I really want explosive tears now!

[Jordan]

For anyone that watches Mai Otome:
Ep 16 had a new opening intro.
Lots of "spoliers" not plot specific, great new opening song and it show that Otome is finally getting down to the action.

[darkcloud]

I just watched ep 13 of Mai Otome (yay static subs lol) and I have to say it was quite a nice episode.... ^^d But the end left me like :shakehead "Don't end now ahhhhhh!"

I'm kinda hoping they make another series of this one as well (I know, getting ahead of myself =P) because for some reason I really like both of them. XD

[Jordan]

I just watched ep 13 of Mai Otome (yay static subs lol) and I have to say it was quite a nice episode.... ^^d But the end left me like :shakehead "Don't end now ahhhhhh!"

I'm kinda hoping they make another series of this one as well (I know, getting ahead of myself =P) because for some reason I really like both of them. XD

Just give in, watch the Doremi subs. They are fine, just delete them after and watch the static ones if you want after that.

[AshMat]

Downloading Kashimashi. This will be the first Anime i ever watched i think.. Does sailor moon count as anime?

Can't be arsed downloading naruto or bleach, i won't know where to start

[Jordan]

Does sailor moon count as anime?


Yeah, it does. I used to love that, even if it was a little girly!
First anime i ever saw (and i didn't know it at the time) was Cardcaptor Sakura (aka Cardcaptors) :)

Now i'm a little anime whore...

[AshMat]

Oh good, i love sailor moon. Jordan, seing as you probably know the most about torrent. Im using Utorrent is there a way i can gkeep my donwload at a constant speed? It was at 150kps at one point, then dropped to 10, now it's at 40/50, is there a way i can keep it high?

[Mr. Bananagrabber]

Yeah, it does. I used to love that when I was a little girly!

That's how I read it at first.
I always thought it was a bit rubbish. I watched Dragonball instead :D

[Jordan]

Oh good, i love sailor moon. Jordan, seing as you probably know the most about torrent. Im using Utorrent is there a way i can gkeep my donwload at a constant speed? It was at 150kps at one point, then dropped to 10, now it's at 40/50, is there a way i can keep it high?

Theres nothing you can do about, it's just people leaving and joining the torrent! It's kinda annoying, but usually if you leave something over night it's usually done by the morning.

Also, good choice of client, uTorrent has come on in leaps and bounds in the past few versions :) :yay:

[AshMat]

Ok, im gettin about 30kbs down speed now, almost 40% done after 42 mins. About an hour left. Im gonna go pass the time on my n64..

[Jordan]

Because i was bored, i ripped this from the raw and uploaded it:
http://media.putfile.com/Mai-Otome-Intro-2

[AshMat]

Very pised off now. After 1 and a half hours of downlaoding, and probably almsot exceedeing my crappy 2gb download usage. it doesn't even have english subtitles!

[Jordan]

Wait, download Vobsub. That should show subs if its an OGM or an AVI file.

[AshMat]

Will that work if there are no subtitles in it at all?

[Jordan]

Ah... then no, obviously.
Also 2GB a month? What the hell is your ISP?
*hugs unlimated Telewest*

[AshMat]

Fuck, im using BT. they don't charge extra if you go a little voer every now and then though.. agh, pissed off now

[darkcloud]

ROFLMAO..... Check your pm's cause I'm not exactly sure about the rules link posting... o.O

But yeah, don't download RAW's not very helpful. =P

[Sooj]

Well Play.com are doing a sale and I've just bagged Perfect Blue and Millenium Actress, I've heard that they are good, right?

What other dvds on the play.com sale are worth buying? BBarefoot Gen / Barefoot Gen 2?

I already have grave of the fireflies, ghost in the shell, spirited away etc

[Happenstance]

Theyve got the Trigun volumes in the sale, great show.

[Hellfire]

Don't know if anyone said this, but do yourself a favor: watch Samurai Champloo.

[Konfucius]

I don't know if this was answered before and I'm too lazy to read 14 pages so my question.
Do any of you know when the Naruto main storyline continues, these filler episodes begin to annoy me.

[Hellfire]

I think one of the subbers says how many filler episodes are left before continuing the main storyline. They're also annoying me :x

[Shino]

From my calculations the naruto fillers end in about 11 weeks or 2 months and 3 weeks, without counting with Kakashi Gainden episodes, so it might be less.

[Mr. Bananagrabber]

If life was fair it would have ended before it began.

[Sexual Chocolate]

Not sure if this has been posted in previous pages but The South Bank Show will be doing a special on anime/manga on February 19th on ITV1 followed by Ghost in the shell on Itv4

[elniro]

After every filler episode i have to think hard why naruto was so good before this, but once they get onto the main storyline and start following the manga again then it'll be extremely interesting.

On a sidenote i just ordered "full metal panic vol.6" manga :grin:

[ShadowV7]

What channels are the animes you watch on ,right now I order FullMetal Alchemist DVDs,Gundam Wing DVDs and DragonBall Z DVDs ,FMA is amazing only half way through it

[darkcloud]

What are these channels you speak of?

Oh and I get my anime from tokyolibrary..... (Wonders who will get this. >.<)

Also, just so you all know and are prepared, there will be bad news for bleach fans soonish....... We will be faced in the near future with one of 3 possible outcomes........

1) An ending to the series which doesn't follow the manga.... :shakehead :cry:

2) A long break to the series..... So no more bleach for ages...... :shakehead :cry:

3) This could be the worst of all ::shrug: FILLERS! :cry:

Yeah this is basically going to happen because the anime is quickly catching up to the manga and I do mean quickly...

I'm pretty sure bleach will get fillerised soon so yeah.... We might end up with real Naruto and fake Bleach through this year. XD

I personally think there is more potential for filler bleach then naruto though... If they can do the style of episodes the series started with I'll be happy... They didn't really cover TOO much story, but, were still enjoyable. ^^d


And someone please remind me about the anime show closer to the 19th. lol I wanna see what they come up with. :)

[Konfucius]

After every filler episode i have to think hard why naruto was so good before this

Watch the first episode again and you'll remember.
I did that.

[elniro]

O god no! Not bleach fillers, if they were inline with the initial episode style it'll still be bad because i didnt think too much of the first 10 or so bleach episodes.
I wouldnt mind a bleach break, its what they did with hunter x hunter so that the mangaka could produce more manga in that time.

Watch the first episode again and you'll remember.
I did that.

i just might hav to watch the first 20 lol

[JGonspy]

You know what would be even better? Fillers that don't suck. Saiyuki had loads of filler, heck, the second half of the first series was all filler, but it was actually pretty entertaining. Same thing with Saiyuki Reload, although that was more hit and miss.

[ShadowV7]

Does anyone order anime DVDs from the US? if so what sites and what channels are all these anime on ,I had no idea there was this much in the UK

[elniro]

Does anyone order anime DVDs from the US? if so what sites and what channels are all these anime on ,I had no idea there was this much in the UK

Yea i order anime DVDs from US, although not in ages now cos i go uni and dnt earn my own money. I get mine from

www.dvdpacific.com

Their prices are extremely good, much much cheaper than UK DVDs and their shipping prices are real damn good, even with the shipping added to the price, it is still so much more cheaper.
I managed to get Gasaraki boxset for only £20 in p&p in christmas 2004 from there.
It's all legit too!

[ShadowV7]

Yea i order anime DVDs from US, although not in ages now cos i go uni and dnt earn my own money. I get mine from

www.dvdpacific.com

Their prices are extremely good, much much cheaper than UK DVDs and their shipping prices are real damn good, even with the shipping added to the price, it is still so much more cheaper.
I managed to get Gasaraki boxset for only £20 in p&p in christmas 2004 from there.
It's all legit too!
Thanks a lot for that site,its quite a bit cheaper than places I order from and shipping is great,Thanks again :D

[killer kirby]

just finished watching Gundam seed, and it's one of the best animes that i have ever seen, i am looking forward to seeing the sequal to it but right now i waiting to see excel saga and samurai champloo.

[Android18a]

http://www.animesuki.com/series.php/739.html !_! Try it.

[elniro]

http://www.animesuki.com/series.php/739.html !_! Try it.

Lol this series. The one where a guy gets into an accident and his face becomes unrecognisable so the surgeon reconstructs his face to the picture he found on the guy, and picture is of the girl he fancies. funny plot

[darkcloud]

Oh I forgot to mention...... I just watched Iriya No Sora, UFO No Natsu and I have to say it was better then I expected when I randomly downloaded it. XD Really is a very story based anime without much action (I guess), but, it's still exciting and keeps you very hooked......... It's especially a good series for people with a slow connection to watch seeing as it's only 6 episodes long... Oh and nows a really good time to get it as a new group has just started subbing it (dunno why o.O) and they have released 5 eps in like 5 days..... So yeah, lots of seeds. ;)

[JGonspy]

just finished watching Gundam seed, and it's one of the best animes that i have ever seen, i am looking forward to seeing the sequal to it but right now i waiting to see excel saga and samurai champloo.

Yes! Change that "one of the best" to "the best" and you'll be completely right!

If you watch Destiny, make sure you get the special version of the last episode. It's an extra 20 minutes or so longer and makes for a much better ending. And if you haven't found it already, the little five minute OVA for the first Gundam Seed is kinda fun to watch too.

[masaki86]

so....who actually buys legit dvd's here? :p

[ShadowV7]

so....who actually buys legit dvd's here? :p
Me I buy FullMetal Alchemist,DraognBall Z and Gundam Wing DVDs

[MonkeyPunch]

so....who actually buys legit dvd's here? :p

I'll download what I can't buy in the shops.

[Konfucius]

In this week's Naruto episode the translators stated that there'll be another 10 weeks of filler.
I don't know if I should be happy that it's over soon or angry that it'll take another 10 weeks.

[Jordan]

Aaaaaaand this is why long running series blatently suck.
I prefer 26-32 eps max. Unless it runs over 3-4 series. But i'd never watch something that is over 100 episodes.

Mai Otome raw ep 17 came out. 2 words.
FUCKING CRAZY

[masaki86]

I'll download what I can't buy in the shops.

Ah; so being in the uk; that'll probably be a large amount then. I was only doing this as I was wondering if anyone was interested in a collectors thread; updating is with pics/info of your purchases, so people can see what new titles are out to buy and how they look(packaging wise and such).

[Mr_Odwin]

This may be a slightly strange question, but what are the common types of subs? I.e. what are the file extensions? .ssa?

[gaggle64]

Will anyone be getting Howls Moving Castle? I loved it. When it was in the cinema I went to see it twice. What I love is that you can watch it on two different levels. You can really think about the themes and characterisation, or you can simply sit back and enjoy the spectacle. I saw the English version, and it was another excellent dubbing job from Disney studios. Billy Crystal was surprisingly good as Calcifer. I bought another one of Dianne Wynne Jones novels after seeing it, but haven't got round to reading it yet. Must do that soon...

[Supergrunch]

Aaaaaaand this is why long running series blatently suck.
I prefer 26-32 eps max. Unless it runs over 3-4 series. But i'd never watch something that is over 100 episodes.

Mai Otome raw ep 17 came out. 2 words.
FUCKING CRAZY

When does mai-otome get as good as hime (I'm only on ep 5)? I mean when character dev stops and drama sets in.

[Herr Dark Wolf]

Will anyone be getting Howls Moving Castle? I loved it. When it was in the cinema I went to see it twice. What I love is that you can watch it on two different levels. You can really think about the themes and characterisation, or you can simply sit back and enjoy the spectacle. I saw the English version, and it was another excellent dubbing job from Disney studios. Billy Crystal was surprisingly good as Calcifer. I bought another one of Dianne Wynne Jones novels after seeing it, but haven't got round to reading it yet. Must do that soon...

It is an awsome film. I bought the Japanese DVD release and the Japanese voice acting is far better than the English dub. I do feel that it's one of Miyazaki's weaker films, the story can be awfully confusing the first time round, but it's still fantastic.

[Jordan]

When does mai-otome get as good as hime (I'm only on ep 5)? I mean when character dev stops and drama sets in.

It took ages to get going, unlike HiME. Hmmm i'd say ep 12 or so, but there are moments early on in the series.

At the moment, Arika and Nina are both Meistar Otome. Basically the highest level, Mai will also definatly appear in the series as she is in the 2nd intro (the one i posted last week). We can expect HUGE fights between 3 groups of people: Otome's, Aswald and Shaltz (i can't spell that...)

[elniro]

i just finished watching Mai Hime and it was real good. The last 6 or 7 eps were the best and in my opinion lifted the series. It's one of the few series that makes you wonder what happens next nearly all of the time, and make u shout inside ur head like "what the fack u doin" lol

This series will lie just outside my favourites, i guess one reason bein cos i kept comparin the manga and anime (which follow the same storyline but are developed completely differently), i probably would have liked this series a whole lot more if i didnt think bout the manga while watching it.

edit: o yea is tate yuuichi and mai tokiha in mai otome or is it jus some of the girls? and if they r do they share a similar relationship as in mai hime?

[Jordan]

Tate is called Sergay in the new series. Although, there is a story in Mai Otome which shows shadows of Tate and Mai holding hands... (its in a book of some sort.)

But no, Mai Otome is set in a totally different universe. But shares several qualities with Mai HiME. Alot of returning characters basically, thats what makes it so fun to watch because they change so much.

[darkcloud]

To whoever asked, I don't tend to buy anime, although I have some..... I do however buy anime/game models.... ^^;; I don't have TOO many yet, but, this collection will grow.... XD

[ShadowV7]

Its like the smaller the series the better it is Gundam Wing and FullMetal Alchemist is round about 50 and are amazing

[gaggle64]

One anime that really surprised me was Patlabor. I bought Patlabor 1 & 2 on the basis that I was gettingsome nice stompy-robot action. What I wasn't expecting was the fantastic techno political thriller that the stompy robot action was just a small part of. Patlabor 2 especially is a particulary gripping and philsophical film about the morality of war set amongst a major crisis in Japanese politics as the country slowly spirals towards civil war. Excellent stuff.

[darkcloud]

Yah, Patlabor was cool...... I remember catching them when the sci-fi channel used to show anime every thursday. ; ;



*hints at sub groups they should hurry up and heads off to school*

[Dr Kong]

Has anyone seen the movie Metropolis? The art style is the same as Astro Boy as its by the same Art director and it has the same themes about a robot with a human like personality. I am in love with this film, as everything from the animation to the music to the characters themselves as well as theme and plot are impecable. But what really amazed me was the ending sequence, its so sweet and sad at the same time, its absolutely unmissable and if anyone hasn't seen it yet, I urge you to ASAP. I'm sure you can get it for cheap at Play.com, you won't regret it.

[CooInTheZoo]

Anyone going to Amecon?

[chrizkerr2]

Just watched episode 17 of Mai-Otome, and all i have to say is wow, just wow...

Best episode so far!

Anyone going to Amecon

Hopefully i will be going, if i can find accomdation...

[Happenstance]

Anyone got any recommendations for some good anime movies that are actually out to buy overhere? Im in the mood for one but ive seen most of the usuals.

[elniro]

legend of the overfiend


NOOOOOOOOOOO
DO NOT LISTEN!
Unless you wanna watch the stereotypical anime of the 90s with demon rape and all that then watch it otherwise dnt.


anyway you'll find lots of good recommendations throughout this thread, and most are released here

[darkcloud]

London expo? :-/

[Jordan]

http://www.londonexpo.com/
There ya go Cloudy! :p

[darkcloud]

Ok thanks........ It looks poop..... I'll stick to going to any random expo in Japan when I'm there this september. >.>

[Jimmy3000]

just saw howls moving castle yesterday and though it was pretty good. I had it on my comp for months before watching it >.> P.s i saw Akiras and many other Anime dvd's on sale in music zone for £6 =)

[The3rdChildren]

Just a head's up for fellow Evangelion fans. Someone has the extended opening montage from the Japanese renewal preview DVD TEST-TYPE up for download. What this clip is... is basically a montage of scenes covering the entire series compiled to play along with the full length opening. Very cool, slightly upsetting and very spoilerish.

For anyone who likes the series, or someone wanting to see what the big fuss is about, look no further than http://www.evamonkey.com/test_type_opening.avi for the answer.

[Happenstance]

Just a thought after reading Jimmy3000s post, if any of us notice any Anime dvds going cheap online we could post it in this thread for others. Im always in the mood to pick up some cheap anime.

[darkcloud]

Wooh thanks 3rd...... Gunna watch that as soon as this download finishes..... Which won't be long from now. lol

[Cheapshot]

Has anyone watched Samurai Champloo? Just got the DVD; one of the best anime I've ever seen. There's no teen angst bullshit and it has the best intro I have EVER seen. :shock:

[elniro]

Has anyone watched Samurai Champloo? Just got the DVD; one of the best anime I've ever seen. There's no teen angst bullshit and it has the best intro I have EVER seen. :shock:

Yea when i first watched it i loved it, instantly became one of my favourites, but after that month or so break (they had to change channels) i didnt like it as much.

[darkcloud]

Zankoku na tenshi no you ni
Shonen yo, shinwa ni nare...


I love the feeling nostagia causes so fun. XD I really need to buy the rest of the DVD's for Evangelion...... I've only got like half of them. ; ;

[Cheapshot]

@Elniro - Why don't you like it now? I've only seen 6 episodes - what happened to it?

[elniro]

@Elniro - Why don't you like it now? I've only seen 6 episodes - what happened to it?

I have no idea why, its strange. Although there is one real real sucky "filler-like" episode.

[Jordan]

Sunrise, you evil bastards. Aoi (Mashiro's maid) commited suicide so a gang of thugs wouldn't torture her so they could find out where the Queen was!

^ Mai Otome ep 18 spoiler.

[darkcloud]

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members/members_videoinfo.php?v=57521

OK! Everyone sign up to this site because of its complete awesomeness....... There you go, step one complete! Now, all the bleach fans here (I know you're there) download this AMV! XD So completely amazingly awesome!


.......... Why am I saying awesome? I never say awesome......... That's how great it is I guess.... Watch. XD


"Who you gunna call? GHOSTBUSTERS!" :bowdown:

[Supergrunch]

Sunrise, you evil bastards. Aoi (Mashiro's maid) commited suicide so a gang of thugs wouldn't torture her so they could find out where the Queen was!

^ Mai Otome ep 18 spoiler.

Damn me and my readage of spoilers! Come on static, release ep 16... (I won't give in to Doremi!)

[Jordan]

Doremi subs are very good quality actually!
Oh, you haven't seen ep 16 yet? New intro that episode. Alot better than Mai Otome's first one, but not as good as Mai HiME's!

[Supergrunch]

Doremi subs are very good quality actually!
Oh, you haven't seen ep 16 yet? New intro that episode. Alot better than Mai Otome's first one, but not as good as Mai HiME's!

Yeah I know, I must have watched it on youtube about 50 times- I'd say it's better than the mai-hime OP. Unfortunately there's no new ED though- the current one is crap- just the same animation the whole way through.

Actually, have you seen the mai-hime "specials" on youtube? They're DVD extras that give you more insight into the characters.

[Jordan]

Yeah, i have all 26.
You wanna see the Mai HiME movie trailer ;) (it's a joke by sunrise, apparently) it was on Mai Otome DVD 1. It should be on youtube, if not check animesuki Mai Otome page. It's really worth watching, and it would be awesome if only it was real ;_;

[Supergrunch]

Yeah yeah I've seen it...

But I can't find numbers 8-12 of the specials, or where to torrent them.

[Jordan]

Doremi (your fave...) did it. There should be some on animesuki, or you can just try mininova.org (DON'T DO PIRACY... IT'S WRONG.) ;)

[masaki86]

Yea when i first watched it i loved it, instantly became one of my favourites, but after that month or so break (they had to change channels) i didnt like it as much.

huh? Are you in americaland?

[weeyellowbloke]

I've just finished watching Last Exile, and it is seriously excellent. Just a couple a downsides I found were that it could have perhaps done with a couple more episodes to help the ending not feel so rushed and to explain some details, but over all I'd recommend it.

[elniro]

huh? Are you in americaland?

no lol

In Japan there was a break in airing the series halfway through, due to some issue with the channels, so while it was being transferred to a different channel there was about a month or so break before they showed the next episode of samurai champloo.
And i followed the series when the first episode was fansubbed, hence there was a break for me too

[The3rdChildren]

Not sure if anyone fancies a bunch of hi-res anime images scanned and collected in one place, but there's a pretty sweet collection over at:

http://animepa.csusm.edu/galleries/

Enjoy, you mooches.

[Blackfox]

T3C showed me some Evangelon. I was impressed, the animation is superb. I might do a Jordan and set sail to Torrent Bay. Ahoy!

[The3rdChildren]

T3C showed me some Evangelon. I was impressed, the animation is superb. I might do a Jordan and set sail to Torrent Bay. Ahoy!

Artwork is superb. The budget goes a bit way-hay in the end and you get a mixed bag. Some episodes are also drawn horribly (episodes three, four and six as examples), but those are just teething problems and easily overlooked in the grand scale of things.

[Shorty]

Just a head's up for fellow Evangelion fans. Someone has the extended opening montage from the Japanese renewal preview DVD TEST-TYPE up for download. What this clip is... is basically a montage of scenes covering the entire series compiled to play along with the full length opening. Very cool, slightly upsetting and very spoilerish.

For anyone who likes the series, or someone wanting to see what the big fuss is about, look no further than http://www.evamonkey.com/test_type_opening.avi for the answer.

Needs more Asuka.

Otherwise, awesome!

Incidentally, just bought the Asuka goth statue.

[The3rdChildren]

Dude, there are some hot Eva figurines I've been wanting lately... I just don't have the financial means to obtain them. God, I'm so poor at the moment it's UNREAL. Medicom have made some super posable Asuka and Rei figurines, I'll link you up if I can find any.

Share with me the goth statue?

[Shorty]

Dude, there are some hot Eva figurines I've been wanting lately... I just don't have the financial means to obtain them. God, I'm so poor at the moment it's UNREAL. Medicom have made some super posable Asuka and Rei figurines, I'll link you up if I can find any.

Share with me the goth statue?
It hasn't arrived, and even when it does my g/f's digital camera never seems to work. On Sunday I go home then I can take a pic with my phone :)

Try www.animecornerstore.com for some figures n stuff. They have some really rare ones back in right now.

[Xeal]

So I just got Barefoot Gen. Cant watch the second part. Anyone else have this problem?

Also, I bought a kai doh maru dvd last year. It ended short of what it said it should be. Was it a misprint or is it actually 48 mins?

[Supergrunch]

That's a pretty cool pic, but not quite traditional anime, although some of the darker comtemporary manga look a bit like that, such as samurai executioner.

[The3rdChildren]

I drew some DragonBall Z fanart a while back.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/The3rdChildren/Fanart.jpg

I think it accurately conveys the premise.

[elniro]

sheer brilliance!

Goku really is so strong isnt he lol

[Supergrunch]

Tomorrows release of episode 9 of mai-otome has got me looking at the official site, using Babelfish... It translates Shizuru as "shizzle", and Arika as "the ant mosquito"... :rolleyes:

[ZeldaFreak]

The best anime ever is: One Piece

And I'm not talking about the crappy dub on Toonami but the Japanese version, subbed by fansubbers

I don't know if its ok to post the groups name but here go's

The best fansubbers the world over (http://kaizoku-fansubs.com/)

[Stefkov]

amazon have some good deals. AKIRA is £17.99 in HMV and on amzon ive bought AKIRA and Ninja Scroll for £19,96. not bad

[1UP]

I wanna start anime. I've only seen first ep of Bleach. Any recomendations?

[ZeldaFreak]

One Piece go to the website i mentioned a few posts ago, thats exactly what anime has, comedy, sadness, revenge, and promises

[Dan Dare]

Anyone ever read a book called the deamon Ororon? It's by Hakase Mizuki, has some damn cool art and an intriguing plot about a half angel girl under protection from the king of hell. it's very odd, but good stuff.

[elniro]

I wanna start anime. I've only seen first ep of Bleach. Any recomendations?

Well for a start watch the rest of bleach until the current ep lol

And it depends really on what sort of genres you like, if you look through this thread there have been lots of different recommendations for all sorts of genres and interests

[masaki86]

I wanna start anime. I've only seen first ep of Bleach. Any recomendations?

Watch bleach, then start buying cheap R1(ie legit not boots or fansubs) releases off ebay or dvdpacific.com.

Azumanga Daioh
Tenchi Muyo
Excel Saga
Fullmetal alchemist
Full metal panic

They are all good titles to start a collection off with. check over at The ANN (www.animenewsnetwork.com) for general show info.

[Herr Dark Wolf]

I’m going to buy some anime this week. I’m thinking of getting Ghost in the Shell and Innoncence (they come together) from Play.com or . Can someone tell me how they are related? Also, does it *ahem* contain anything "dodgy"?

Also getting Metropolis and Akira (finally)

Any other good anime you would recommend? (except Ghibli films, got them all)

[masaki86]

I’m going to buy some anime this week. I’m thinking of getting Ghost in the Shell and Innoncence (they come together) from Play.com or . Can someone tell me how they are related? Also, does it *ahem* contain anything "dodgy"?

Also getting Metropolis and Akira (finally)

IIRC, there is possibly brief naked breast appearances(nothing you havent seen before if you have seen a 15 film).

Innocence is the Sequel to GitS. It follows on a few years after the events of the first film, but doesnt focus of Motoko(lead in the first one)but follows her partenr Batou. I can't say why as It'd spoil the first one.

[Herr Dark Wolf]

So I should get the films then?

[Arragaun]

Out of interest, how many episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion are there exactly? I'm looking at the DVDs on Amazon and there are a ton of volumes all at 15 quid a piece. Just wondering whether I can get them all in one fell swoop...

[Herr Dark Wolf]

hmm, I can't seem to find it anywhere than Ebay. Is it legit?

[The3rdChildren]

there is the platinum collection which has all 26 episodes remastered + 4 extended versions of 21-24. altho theres none in this country, i go the region 1 version of ebay, you will also want end of evangelion as that is the "true" ending of evangelion

Dabookerman is absolutely right. To elaborate:

When GAiNAX was produing the Evangelion TV series (original 26 episode story) they began to run out of sufficient money to produce such a financially demanding show and it shows towards the end. Animation sequences are reused several times throughout the later episodes, there are a lot of cheats used to prevent them having to actually animate ANY movement.

This low-budget run culminated in the last two episodes when GAiNAX was forced to end the series on a different note than planned, with episodes 25 and 26 depicting what was happening with the character's inner conflicts and personalities at the end of the series with very vague hints of what was actually occuring in reality. These final two episodes occur on mostly black backgrounds with endless reused/cheap animation.

Ultimately the series finale was met with mixed reactions, good and bad. Mostly bad. It was a short while after the series ended that GAiNAX decided to do the "PROPER" ending to Evangelion. However due to time constraints in production, they decided it would be best to release to theatres a character-based recap of the animation series up to the episode 24 (Death) and then a preview of their "End of Evangelion" ending, lasting approximately 25 minutes (Rebirth).

This was followed several months later with the theatrical release of "The End of Evangelion", which is labelled as the true ending to the series. It is said these episodes occur as an alternative to episodes 25 and 26, but I see them as an expansion of the themes already introduced. Close inspection of the series and movie endings will give glimpses of The End of Evangelion to support this theory. The two endings occur concurrently, but are told from varying perspectives.

Furthermore, extended versions of episodes 21-24 were produced to incorporate expanded scenes, new animation and tweaked dialogue in order to help fans better understand some of Evangelion's more ambiguous points and events. These are often mis-labelled directors cuts by fans when they are in fact "more true" versions of the episodes than the original 21-24.

The companies responsible for bringing Evangelion to the dubbed world are ADV (original series (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004REOQ/qid=1140643266/sr=1-8/ref=sr_1_11_8/202-5953412-5504657) and extended (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000YEE44/qid=1140643101/sr=1-13/ref=sr_1_2_13/202-5953412-5504657) versions (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00011ZBUW/qid=1140643101/sr=1-12/ref=sr_1_2_12/202-5953412-5504657) of 21-24 that are designed to replace the last two discs in the Perfect Collection boxed set). ADV produced a Perfect Collection boxed set (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000639E0/qid%3D1140642698/202-5953412-5504657) which contains dubbed/subbed original releases of the show complete with poor video quality. More on ADV's part later.

Manga Entertainment are responsible for the movie releases here, and tried to retain as much of ADV's feel for the series as possible. Most of the voice actors return, and ADV's Perfect Collection (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000639E0/qid%3D1140642698/202-5953412-5504657) and Manga's Death/Rebirth (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007OC6LA/qid=1140642749/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_10_1/202-5953412-5504657) and End of Evangelion (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000083EEH/qid=1140642783/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_10_1/202-5953412-5504657) sit together comfortably. Manga have since released a compilation (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009S4J5K/qid=1140642783/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_10_3/202-5953412-5504657) set of the movies which to date remains the best and only legitimate way to own them in this country.

Several years ago, GAiNAX began to put out advertisements speaking about the Renewal of Evangelion. Not a sequel, but a renewal of the series as the name entailed. This would see Evangelion re-released on DVD at last with a brand new digital print and 5.1 audio. This first hit in the form of a limited boxed set (http://geofront.x-y.net/evajpdvdbox/dvdbox3.jpg) that was pre-order only and never sold at commercial retail (damned annoying as a DVD boxed set, but with great collectors value I'll add). They later began to release the DVDs in Japan in standard cases for those who missed out on the renewal boxed set and still wanted the best possible Evangelion experience.

ADV negotiated for the Western rights to Renewal but were only able to secure the original 26 episodes and the extended versions of episodes 21-24 because Manga Entertainment held the rights to the movies in the Western world. This did not stop them from releasing Evangelion Renewal under the title of "Neon Genesis Evangelion - Platinum" (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0006SJ3LI/qid=1140643948/sr=8-5/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i5_xgl/202-5953412-5504657) which is available in beautifully designed single disc releases both here and in the United States and as a thinpak (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000767QTA/qid=1140644007/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-0824578-4347068?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=130) cheaper re-release in the states as Dabookerman stated.

As Platinum is the best quality and legitimate way to obtain Evangelion, the best bet is to try and obtain the thinpack from somewhere and then grab Manga's releases of the movies. There -are- methods to obtain remastered dubs/subs of the movies but these are by no means legitimate and would warrent crucifixion (how fitting in the context of this series) if I started to chat in more depth about them here.

In addition to the television series and movies, there is also a brilliant manga series currently in serialisation in Japan and being released in the West by Viz. Whilst the manga diverts from the series storyline and waters down a lot of the philosophy shown, it provides a fantastic alternative take on the events that occured in the Evangelion anime and stands beside it as a fine companion piece. A bonus with the manga is a more consistent level of artwork by renowned artist, and original Evangelion character designer, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto.

I think that's about everything...

[The-Ironflame]

Mai Otome has gotten better. Haven't seen Mai-hime yet myself but it started a bit slow for me. Oh and that sketch of dabookerman reminds me of that captain guy off LAST EXILE. :D
http://animepa.csusm.edu/galleries/K-L/LastExile/lg/Save0703.JPG
The new Otome OP is a bit Gundam SEEDY.

[Jordan]

Mai Otome has gotten better. Haven't seen Mai-hime yet myself but it started a bit slow for me. Oh and that sketch of dabookerman reminds me of that captain guy off LAST EXILE. :D
http://animepa.csusm.edu/galleries/K-L/LastExile/lg/Save0703.JPG
The new Otome OP is a bit Gundam SEEDY.

19 eps in to Mai Otome.
Mai HiME >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Otome.

Simple as.

[Herr Dark Wolf]

I'm quite tempted by Neon Genesis Evangelion, but I need a few more views on the series, no spoilers please.

[Jordan]

Its quite a long series, and the last few episodes are total mind fucks but over all the animation is really well done and the story is quite well contained, but its not as well explored as the manga, due to money and time constraints.

[The3rdChildren]

Its quite a long series, and the last few episodes are total mind fucks but over all the animation is really well done and the story is quite well contained, but its not as well explored as the manga, due to money and time constraints.

The manga is telling a better story, in my opinion. I guess that's to be expected when Yoshiyuki Sadamoto has the original animation to work from. He can simply bend the story any way he wants. Most of his changes have been for the better.

[Supergrunch]

19 eps in to Mai Otome.
Mai HiME >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Otome.

Simple as.

I completely agree with you, but otome is still a pretty good anime (thats how good Hime is...). Although the ep 19 was crap, I reckon the show's story is getting a bit more interesting, and mai's appearance should improve it as well, as long as she isn't just at the very end.

Plus, it's great getting to see all the old characters of HiME reincarnated.

[Jordan]

Ep 19 was a "calm before the storm" episode so to speak. Some serious shit is gunna go down in the next few and final episodes. I can see Mai coming in on ep 20 to get Arika and Mashiro out of their current 'situation'.

[The-Ironflame]

I'm up to Ep 17 with SS good episode.

When Ers chan died yea it was sad but not as much as when Maes Hughes died in FMA. Probably cos they didn't quite set the whole feel of the series or episode for something as dramatic as that, neither the character interaction/development was that great to care about a character like her much. But Episode 17 was overall very good much better than most of the previous episodes.

And Arika looks cool when she materializes :D
Sorry for the editing :p got to go eat.

[Jordan]

I'm up to Ep 17 with SS good episode.

When Ers chan died yea it was sad but not as much as when Maes Hughes died in FMA

Theres much worse to come...

This series unlike the first one, is much much more than a conflict of love interest. It it has the capability of becoming an all out war against nations and the fight for the Otome's survival.

[Herr Dark Wolf]

Watched the first two episodes of Full Metal Alchemist. Good stuff.

edit: I still don't know exactly how the Ghost in the Shell films are related to the series. Could someone shed from light on this for me please?

[Arragaun]

I'd like to publicly thank T3C for his most enlightening post about Evangelion.
Cheers Guy.

[Herr Dark Wolf]

There's just too many series which are meant to be good, but I just don't have the time to watch them all :(

[MonkeyPunch]

Dunno if it's been posted already but this is a link to the first ever footage/trailer of studio Ghibli's next animated feature 'Gedo Senki', set for to release later this year.
Interestingly enough, this new film isn't directed by Hayao Miyazaki but by his son Goro.

http://www.catsuka.com/news_detail.php?id=1140663861

[masaki86]

w00t My GITS/GITS Innocence double pack came today! Lovely, lovely!!

edit: I still don't know exactly how the Ghost in the Shell films are related to the series. Could someone shed from light on this for me please?

Just think of them as compating OOT to MM. Most of the same characters, but in a different universe, with different events and different happenings.

[Jordan]

Oh this is hell on Earth.
Animesuki forums are down, Mai Otome ep 20 just aired in Japan and

apparently Mai WAS in it >_>

[kellett03]

watching samurai champloo, not bad, not great. up to ep 13. the action is top notch but the characters and story line are a a bit underdeveloped but the show shows pertencial- spelling.

Mai hime was great indeed in everyway and i mean that, but otome is not my taste don't know why though. watched up to ep 5 and stop. does it get better from there or just the same old stuff.

[masaki86]

watching samurai champloo, not bad, not great. up to ep 13. the action is top notch but the characters and story line are a a bit underdeveloped but the show shows pertencial- spelling.

Whic route you going; R1 or R2? I'm sticking with the UK releases for this one.

[Jordan]

Not that much really happend in ep 20 of Mai Otome HOWEVER.
Mikoto is back next episode ;)

[Supergrunch]

Not that much really happend in ep 20 of Mai Otome HOWEVER.
Mikoto is back next episode ;)

So is mai back or not? And I assume you mean the real Mikoto. :-p

[Cheapshot]

I'm up to ep 8 on Samurai Shamploo - that episode about the big gay Dutch guy is a bit dodgy...

[elniro]

Watched the first two episodes of Full Metal Alchemist. Good stuff.

edit: I still don't know exactly how the Ghost in the Shell films are related to the series. Could someone shed from light on this for me please?

I havent watched any GITS myself but i read in NEO mag i think, that the films are unrelated to the series.

[Jordan]

So is mai back or not? And I assume you mean the real Mikoto. :-p

Yes, the real Mikoto... shes gunna kick Nina's ass.
You know how Arika and Mashiro have already been to the shrine in a previous episode. Well Nina has now been there too, meaning all 3 song holders are there. Mikoto will come and test them (or in this case her).

And no, no Mai yet ¬___¬

[Supergrunch]

Yes, the real Mikoto... shes gunna kick Nina's ass.
You know how Arika and Mashiro have already been to the shrine in a previous episode. Well Nina has now been there too, meaning all 3 song holders are there. Mikoto will come and test them (or in this case her).

And no, no Mai yet ¬___¬
Bah about mai... Anyway, isn't the next episode just arika and mashiro in the "Jabbal" thingy- I'd have thought it would be a filler if it weren't for the fact that the title is "don't call me ni-na".

[darkcloud]

Wached ep 17 of Mai Otome and I have to say I really enjoyed it... Infact this series has been really good in general always leaves me wanting to watch the next episode. XD

Just wondering, is there anyway to pay on the US amazon website using a solo card? >.< I just got to the payment page and ermmm I can't see anything. ; ;

[Supergrunch]

Wached ep 17 of Mai Otome and I have to say I really enjoyed it... Infact this series has been really good in general always leaves me wanting to watch the next episode. XD

Have you seen HiME, and if so, which do you prefer?

If not, watch it now!

[darkcloud]

Of course I have... I wouldn't be watching Otome if I hadn't. =P

I think Hime was probably better, but, Otome still has a chance depending on how it ends..... That's what really won me over with Hime. lol

[guarana]

1.whats the closest thing to NINJA SCROLL?
2.is there anything better then AKIRA?
3.is Ghost in the Shell 2 better then part 1 , are there more fights in part 2(part 1 had only 2)?
Thankski

[Supergrunch]

Of course I have... I wouldn't be watching Otome if I hadn't. =P

I think Hime was probably better, but, Otome still has a chance depending on how it ends..... That's what really won me over with Hime. lol

Well I hated the ending of HiME...

But the run up to it was great.

[darkcloud]

Yah that's what I mean, the like ending section..... eps 20-26 or there abouts. ;)

I liked the ending in general though as well. lol

[Supergrunch]

Yah that's what I mean, the like ending section..... eps 20-26 or there abouts. ;)

I liked the ending in general though as well. lol

Episode 25 had to be the best; the demise of Natsuki and Shizuru was done brilliantly.

[Xeal]

youtube went down and now i cant watch onizuka at work :(

[The-Ironflame]

Use spoiler tags people..

[darkcloud]

Spoiler tags suck..... I never know if I should look at them or not just incase it's further in the story then I am. v.v;;

And yah ep 25 was defo greatness, but, I liked 26 as well. XD

[Herr Dark Wolf]

I've heard that Ghost in the Shell (the movie) has full frontal nudity :S Not my type of anime I'm afraid. Must order Akira soon.

[Supergrunch]

Use spoiler tags people..

I felt that spoiler tags were not needed for a series that finished a while ago.

[Calibur]

Not too much into Anime anymore but when I was my favorite series were Hellsing, Dragonball Z, Vision of Escaflowne, Neon Genesis Evangelion and Rurouni Kenshin

[elniro]

I felt that spoiler tags were not needed for a series that finished a while ago.

well should really, cos some people wouldnt have seen that particular series or are in middle of watchin it, and they wouldnt want important parts or the ending spoiled

[darkcloud]

I've heard that Ghost in the Shell (the movie) has full frontal nudity :S Not my type of anime I'm afraid. Must order Akira soon.

Not exactly... That's during the creation..... hmmm spoiler maybe? lolol Well yeah it's only for a couple of seconds and it's not like it's a person or anything..... I'm the kinda person who doesn't exactly go for nakedness in anime, but, this didn't seem out of place or anything it was just there....... Don't avoid this film cos of that one scene that's not exactly how you're describing it anyway. :-/

[Herr Dark Wolf]

Thanks for spoiling the movie...

[Supergrunch]

Thanks for spoiling the movie...

That really didn't spoil it.

And for the record, I've put my spoiler in tags now.

[kellett03]

is anyone watching bleach fillers, i find them alot more enjoyable and watchable than the naruto fillers (which are crap).

ghost in the shell movie is alot more meaning to it than just one scene with nudity in it. some people will take offence but there alot more going around that 10 times worse.

[Jordan]

Mai Otome fans are gunna be happy...
Mai's back in ep 22 ;)
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/316/1141319926262d8361jb.jpg

[Jamba]

1. samurai champloo has awesome fights.
2. theres a few that is better then akira, akira was grounbreaking for the time hence the raves...try fooly cooly (flcl) its got bikes and guitars...
3. jordan says its crap but thats jordan, its worth seeing for the animation alone, but like the first theres a lot of philophical shit


Haha! Fooly Cooly is hilarious! But Don't go expecting anything very serious. On that note what Anime have people seen that they think is actually genuinely funny? I mean all Anime tend to have a bit of humour but ones that actually make you laugh out loud funny.

My money is on Trigun, definitely...

[masaki86]

On the topic of GITS, I will go out on a limb here, and say that Innocence is better than GITS. I watched both films, one day after the other and here is what I came up with.

Innocen has Stunning visuals, great dub, excellent action scenes and an intriguing story. GITS has all of these, but just hasn't stayed in my mind as much as innocence. I really hated the crappy ending with motoko in the first film, it just felt rushed and tacked on. The closing of the story was performed much better in innocence; plus Basset Hounds 4tw.

[Shino]

^^ danm right!

Also Golden Boy is hilarious.

[darkcloud]

On that note what Anime have people seen that they think is actually genuinely funny? I mean all Anime tend to have a bit of humour but ones that actually make you laugh out loud funny.

Love Hina...... FLCL........ Dokuro Chan..... Genshiken (I think quite a few people could relate to this one XD)..... Narutaru (don't ask why >.<)..... Yakakite Japan .... And quite a few others.............. Oh oh oh, I nearly forgot Dragon Half! :o It never actually got finished, but, them two episodes are genious. XD

[masaki86]

Excel Saga is insanely random and funny.

I agree with Genshiken; Brilliant series.

[The3rdChildren]

Mai Otome fans are gunna be happy...
Mai's back in ep 22 ;)
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/316/1141319926262d8361jb.jpg

Well, that at least confirms half of her is. Maybe we're going to see some kind of DragonBall Z Movie 13 Hildegarn complex going down. By we I mean you guys, since I'm not into this whole Mai Hime/Otome stuff.

[EEVILMURRAY]

Excel Saga is insanely random and funny.
I bought the first dvd, but I didn't like it enough to buy the rest. I just wasn't feeling the insane randomness.


I'm working my way through Outlaw Star again, genius series. Plus my friend managed to download the Dragonball Z Brolly movie, so should watch that soonish.

[Supergrunch]

Mai Otome fans are gunna be happy...
Mai's back in ep 22 ;)
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/316/1141319926262d8361jb.jpg

Yes... I am so pleased (although I already knew this). It means she's not just gonna appear in the last ep. And also, ep 21 looks like it will be good.

[elniro]

I bought the first dvd, but I didn't like it enough to buy the rest. I just wasn't feeling the insane randomness.




Yea i dnt like random insane stuff either.
Take FLCL for example i hated it cos it was so random but most other people loved it and it was one of their favourites

[masaki86]

I am up to episode 13 of excel(working my way through the imperfect collection) and the fact that each episode has a different feel to it makes me love it.

Episode 11 was the best-piss take of a youth anime/high scholl with hard knocks sort of thing.

[darkcloud]

Hmmm just wondering, is Excel Saga the anime where they kinda take the piss out of the fact that it's nothing like the manga or something along them lines.... I remember watching a couple of eps a while back and it was pretty crazy/funny..... I never finished watching though for some reason. :-/

[Ten10]

Anime is on sale at HMV for once. Some of the titles include:


Full Metal Panic All volumes £8.99 each
Fruits Basket All volumes £10.99 each
Perfect Blue £8.99
Card Captors the movie £5.99
End of Evangelion £7.99
Ghost in the shell £7.99
Ghost in the shell Stand Alone complex All Volumes £7.99 each
Akira 2 disc edition £9.99
Last Exile £9.99
Hellsing £8.99

[masaki86]

Hmmm just wondering, is Excel Saga the anime where they kinda take the piss out of the fact that it's nothing like the manga or something along them lines.... I remember watching a couple of eps a while back and it was pretty crazy/funny..... I never finished watching though for some reason. :-/

Yeah; parodies of so many different genres(in the first half of the series) and always so different from the manga.

I need to read the manga.....

[Cheapshot]

You guys who haven't seen it HAVE to watch Samurai Champloo - I'm on Ep 18 and it's been mesmirising; the first Anime to have a "magical" feeling on me like playing Zelda OOT for the first time or something.

It absolutely shit-kicks Naruto and Bleach IMO, I can't believe I hadn't noticed it earlier.

[darkcloud]

Yah I thought so....... Them first eps were so funny..... Why did I never watch it all I wonder? O.o

[Shorty]

Here is my Eva collection, I loves it I do :O

Sorry about crap image - poor cameraphone >.<

http://crash-site.net/other/evacollection2.jpg

[Jordan]

Asuka.... yum....

[The3rdChildren]

Here is my Eva collection, I loves it I do :O

Sorry about crap image - poor cameraphone >.<

http://crash-site.net/other/evacollection2.jpg

I APPROVE THAT STATUE.

[Bluejay]

You guys who haven't seen it HAVE to watch Samurai Champloo - I'm on Ep 18 and it's been mesmirising; the first Anime to have a "magical" feeling on me like playing Zelda OOT for the first time or something.


Agreed, bout time I got round to finishing it, I have all the eps sitting here, but I'm only on 21. :smile:

[Stefkov]

i just watched Ninja Scroll, what an amazing film. i really want to buy some series of anime, but theyre going for £18.99 in the HMV i know of. i havnt checked ack for a while but i cant be shelling out nearly £20 for 4 or 5 episodes. anyone know where i can get any good anime cheap?

[darkcloud]

To any fans of Skies of Arcadia and Final Fantasy (well more SoA seeing as the FF part comes from really small segments like errmmm the fact that someone looks exactly like Cid =P) you should really watch Erementar Gerad.... Oh and Fans of Mai Otome's/Hime's music will like it as well as in episode 4 a battle took place and suddenly I noticed omg the music is done by the same person. lol You know the really epic song with women singing..... Ermm you should know........ Well it was exactly like that... I checked who did the music and yeah Yuki Kajiura did all 3 of the series... ^^;;

So yeah people should watch it. lol


EDIT: Scrap that, pretty much every song in Erementar could easilly be in Mai.......... I just listened to Hime's ost and I could swear the songs are identicle in Hime and Erementar. o.O

[masaki86]

hehe; I like pics. Lets post pics of our favoruite anime items.

Boogiepop Phantom Ultra LE Edition

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/masaki86/DSC00225.jpg

oh, and here's the rest of my collection: 177 DVD's and growing

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v502/masaki86/DSC00226.jpg

[The3rdChildren]

Super sweet DVD collection up there. I love the RahXephon DVD box artwork.


I don't really own that many super cool anime items, but here are a couple of my favourite anime posessions.

The Japanese Neon Genesis Evangelion Renewal DVD box, released as a limited edition and out of print. It's also somewhat noteworthy to mention that customs totally raped me with this one. It's the most inconvenient DVD boxed set design ever conceived but it wins on cool factor alone. Beside it are the original region 2 Japanese movie releases with a beautiful cover illustration by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/The3rdChildren/IMG_0584.jpg

The biggest Rei Ayanami statue I could obtain without going into the thousands for a lifesize one. It has a bizarre colour variation between the head and neck (separate pieces) that I really should get around to amending sometime. Also you might notice a few nicks and chips on it that mysteriously appeared one day (scary story). Beside it is a bag of loose figurines from various franchises (Bucky o' Hare, Asterix, Resident Evil 1 and 2) and my 1:1 lifesize Gremlins 2 statue.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/The3rdChildren/IMG_0585.jpg


Another favourite useless thing are my Trigun sunglasses which I can sadly never wear (I have regular glasses, and people would beat me up) and aren't being pictured. I've posted a picture of me wearing those before and someone from the forums sent me a fucking nail bomb in the post.

[darkcloud]

http://conbox.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/DSCF0005.JPG

http://conbox.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/DSCF0007.JPG

Most of my models....... Oh and incase you're wondering.... Yah that is a koopa trooper just there in the first pic. XD lol

[The3rdChildren]

http://conbox.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/DSCF0005.JPG

http://conbox.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/DSCF0007.JPG

Most of my models....... Oh and incase you're wondering.... Yah that is a koopa trooper just there in the first pic. XD lol

Those Final Fantasy statues must have set you back a fair bit. I think I remember us chatting about them in a thread a while back.

[masaki86]

may i see a bigger picture of your collection pllllleeeese

Will be able to do it, but not today. I haven't got my digital cam, borrowed it to a mate who went to the arsenal game yesterday.

@The3rdchildren: What is so inconvenient about the NGE Renewal box?

[darkcloud]

Yah Sephiroth and Cloud were £70 each....... The High Wind was a birthday present from my girlfriend... It cost £60 I think... :-/

Them 3 alone prob cost 3 times the amount of the rest of my stuff. XD

[The3rdChildren]

What is so inconvenient about the NGE Renewal box?

http://geofront.x-y.net/evajpdvdbox/dvdbox3.jpg

It's just a huge campaign to open the damned thing, select a disc through trial and error because they have no episode names on them (stupid Japanese), and then finally have to put it all back again. Conventional boxes are so much better. Plus the jewel holders the discs come in are held together very flimsily. It's a typical cheapo GAiNAX move. The entire box reeks of their "maximum in, minimum out" policy.

Not to say it doesn't LOOK fantastic and unique, it does. It's just that the individual DVD releases have such nicer artwork, so nice in fact I may just consider investing in the ADV renewal releases sometime soon.

[Shorty]

hai I have a n00b question plz thx;

is Naruto only dubbed up to 026?

I'm not anime-cool enough to like subs.

[darkcloud]

v.v;; "Believe it!" v.v;;

*walks away ashamed*

[Shorty]

v.v;; "Believe it!" v.v;;

*walks away ashamed*

I think it's funny, I mean - he is just a kid after all, and kids say these things. Not only that but his own teammates make fun of it, proving that the dubbers themselves know the hilarity of it. Sure we'd prefer them to remain a little more sensible from time to time - but that doesn't mean I'm going to pretend that the Japanese which I can't understand at all sounds any better, or spend the whole time reading subtitles and missing the action.

This is just IMO, and I know it's controversial for the 'hard-core' fans - but that's just me :)

[EEVILMURRAY]

Me and my flatmate watched Howl's Moving Castle last night. It sucked prime donkey balls. I'm not joking, it was shit.

[kellett03]

You guys who haven't seen it HAVE to watch Samurai Champloo - I'm on Ep 18 and it's been mesmirising; the first Anime to have a "magical" feeling on me like playing Zelda OOT for the first time or something.

It absolutely shit-kicks Naruto and Bleach IMO, I can't believe I hadn't noticed it earlier.

i don't know OOT thing but its deffinitly more polished gem than your average anime. great watch along with a ending that was not FCuked up, well not nearly as FCuked up as most anime endings (well i like it) but some people thought it was stupid, it was not.

[Herr Dark Wolf]

Me and my flatmate watched Howl's Moving Castle last night. It sucked prime donkey balls. I'm not joking, it was shit.

I thought it was rather good.

[darkcloud]

I think it's funny, I mean - he is just a kid after all, and kids say these things. Not only that but his own teammates make fun of it, proving that the dubbers themselves know the hilarity of it. Sure we'd prefer them to remain a little more sensible from time to time - but that doesn't mean I'm going to pretend that the Japanese which I can't understand at all sounds any better, or spend the whole time reading subtitles and missing the action.

Ermmm he does actually say something at the end of pretty much all his lines, but, it's really nothing like "Believe it!" Infact it means nothing really..... Oh and ermm as far as I can remember no one ever makes fun of it. o.o So yeah that's something nice added in for you guys or something. lol

Anyway that's not really my main problem with the dub..... It's a mass gathering of crapness that annoys me..... Believe it!

Ohhhh that's addicting.... =P

[Herr Dark Wolf]

I need some anime movie recommendation. I have so far seen:

Akira
10 Ghibli films
Tokyo Godfathers

I'm going to download Ghost in the Shell 1-2 and Complex soon. Any recommendation for films? I've heard that Cowboy Bebop is good but I don't know if you have to have seen the series to be able to watch it. And is Steamboy any good?

[Herr Dark Wolf]

You mean Pom Poko? Anyway, I can't get google video to work. I have downloaded the software.

[Cheapshot]

Ack! Somebody help me! I can't find an Anime that matches Samurai Champloo, I'm getting a bit frustrated. I watched a few episodes of Evangelian and that was a bit meh... anyone know any of some great Anime?

I think my standards are too high now after I finished Champloo - It's one of those Anime you wish would last forever. :cry:

[Shino]

I think my standards are too high now after I finished Champloo - It's one of those Anime you wish would last forever. :cry:

It's not THAT good, it has its moments.

And for anyone who cares, Naruto fillers will end in less than 3 weeks!! :bouncy: :bouncy: :bouncy: :bouncy:

[Cheapshot]

...well does Evangelion get interesting? It's pretty slow at the moment but a lot of dudes here seem to like it.

It's not THAT good, it has its moments.

Blasphemy!!

[The3rdChildren]

...well does Evangelion get interesting? It's pretty slow at the moment but a lot of dudes here seem to like it.

I haven't seen this Samurai Champoo thing people keep ranting about, but if it's your first major anime series it'll leave a big print on you forever, and you'll always be comparing it to everything else, which will sadly ALWAYS fall short of your expectations due to the deep shade of red we rose tint things.

Evangelion starts off as a rather generic-with-subtle-hints-at-something-more robot show where every week a new monster shows up and the characters deal with it in new ways. It isn't until midway through the series that we start to see hints of what's actually going on and the series starts to move into the direction that made it so controversial/popular.

The series is set up in the following way:

Prologue Arc - Episodes 1-7
Action Arc - Episodes 8-13
Descent Arc - Episodes 14-19
The End - Episodes 20-26, extended episodes 21-24 and The End of Evangelion that expands and retells episodes 25 and 26 of the series.

If you're more than halfway through and still finding it slow, it might not be the one for you. I watched Evangelion as one of my first animes and thus it left something of a print on me rose-tinting it. It isn't perfect and it has aged sort of poorly, but I hope you can enjoy it for what it is. I'd see it through incorporating the movies and then pass judgement.

If you enjoy these mysterious, dramatic robot shows then I'd suggest RahXephon as your next watch. It takes elements we've seen in Eva and presents them in a much more (in my opinion) up-to-date fashion with nicer animation, a more entertaining main character and a plot similarly apocalyptic.

[Cheapshot]

OK, thanks for the heads-up. I'll give it a shot.

[Stefkov]

i just watched howls moving castle earlier and thought it was great!
ill say spoiler??>the prince didnt get a very big part, seen as though the war started over him wasnt it, he just turned back from the scarecrow and left, that was it. no story how he got to how he got put like that.
also i thought it was scary watching that old woman climb the stairs, and what she looked like when she came into the room after being fried! i was scared