The Anime and Manga discussion thread.

[bigpoppa]

Has anyone here seen the series Nightwalker? If not, i suggest you watch it. its really short.....there are only 12 episodes, but it is REALLY good

it's about a half-human/vampire detective named, Shido, who is trying to hunt down and kill all the dark creatures known as Nightbreeds....they're evil creatures that possess, torture, feed and kill humans. He is partnered by an attractive police woman named Yayoi and his secretary Riho. Shido has some vamperic powers like enhanced self-healing, speed and strength and he is also able to walk in daylight without a problem. There is also a fairy-sized demon called Goonie that accompanies him on his shoulder who also helps him.

It gets pretty gory(which is one thing i love about it) with body parts, guts and even a bit of cannibalism. Shido also has a strange arrangement with his female partner who lets him suck her blood when they do a job; this just adds to the overall mystery and a bit of erotic undertone to the noir atmosphere of the series.

The episodes are well paced with an excellent balance of dialogue and action scenes.The english voice-overs are excellent as is the overall production quality of the artwork and animation.

I HIGHLY recommend it

[orka]

Fate/Stay Night episode 2 is out! In a hindsight, it's pretty decent. All the voice actors match pretty well except for Rin maybe. And Saber is finally in the story!!

[tempest]

Fate/Stay Night episode 2 is out! In a hindsight, it's pretty decent. All the voice actors match pretty well except for Rin maybe. And Saber is finally in the story!!



the ep2 made up for the first , happy geneon has it
now if they say they have

pardisekiss
jihokushoujo* hellgirl*
rozenmaiden
honeyand clover
and of course monster.

watch the end of samurai champloo ending was really good wish they do another season ,but oh well still good. now unto 2d vol of gankutsuou^_^

[Dan?]

Okay, I'm going to come clean: the mechanical designs from the series StarBlazers are sexy. They are so ridiculously cool I just have to see this show.

Anybody seen this old-school show and know if its any good?

[WasFemto]

Isn't StarBlazers really Galaxy Express 999? If so, yeah I've seen the movie. Currently watching the tv series.


On a another note...I'm gonna start writing reviews for anime and manga. Nothing big but just for the anime/manga club at 1up. I'll post them here in this thread so constructive criticism is VERY much appreciated.

[capconian]

any black cat fans here?

[Mr. Bastos]

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On a side note, I saw My Sassy Girl at Animethon 12. IMO, the best romantic-comedy movie ever. They are currently making an English remake of it, but as we all know, remakes are garbage. Nothing can top the orginal, nothing I tell you.

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I just saw this movie myself last week and I agree that it is fuckin awesome. I hope they don't remake it and just bring it over subbed like crouching tiger.

[WasFemto]

Here's my review of Gantz vol.1 It's nothing great but I'm just starting sooooo...lay it on me.



Taken from my 1up blog.


Manga-ka: Oku Hiroya

Completed? Still in Progress

Contains: Graphic Violence, Nudity, Strong Sexual Content, Rape, Adult Language

General Summary: When you die, you are sent to a room with nothing but a black sphere in there named Gantz. It is their, that the recently departed find out that they still have one more mission before going to Heaven or Hell.


Review:...and so begins the wonderful world of Gantz. In the first volume of this fine manga, we are introduced to a handful of characters that range from self-centered teens, salry men, pretty boys, yakuza, naked women and a dog.

The story starts out with the introduction of Kei Kurono and Masaru Kato. An old-bum falls onto the tracks and both Kei and Kato jump down and help the man back on the the platform. No problem...except at that moment a speeding train comes buy and it's the non-stop express. Needless to say the two high-school boys are hit by the train and their body parts are strewn across the subway, only to find themselves in a room with 7 individuals in a normal apartment. All of them are cofused to whether they are alive are not. The only thing they know is that they all in a room and their is black sphere in there, but with no idea what it does or it's purpose and then suddenly a beam comes out from the ball which starts drawing something and much to the suprise of everyone a naked women appears. Now completly confused, they still have no idea of the twisted and heinous adventures that Gantz has in store for them.

To give away anymore might be ruining it and this is something you definetly don't want ruined. The first volume does a really nice job of setting the pace and what to expect as far things go that can happen in this world. The characters are setup in way that you either love them (Kato) or hate them (Kei Kurono) but you are no less intrigued by them. Piece by piece ever so slowly Oku introduces elements in the story that make you go "WHOA!". There's no shortage of violence, nudity, or cursing here and it's all done with feeling, like it's supposed to be there.

Aside from the story and breathtaking action the art is quite something to behold. Using a mix of hand-drawn and 3d CG, the art in this manga is quite a treat for the eyes and sometimes give it an almost-real look to it. The end of the first volume even has a "How Gantz is made" section to see what goes into the creation. There are 11 chapters in each volume with each chapter bein good sized for each, but you'll find out that it's still not enough seeing as how fast you'll want to read this to see what happens next.

Thus concludes the first many reviews for Gantz. Hopefully you found something in this review that will make you check it out. It was a little vague but I really don't want to spoil anything but from this poing on except MAJOR spoilers.

[dialupsucky]

Ichigo 100% Strawberry Diary (Tomy Collection Best)

anyone know if this is going to be the same game? Or are they going to add little here and there things(cough more readable font cough). Maybe less retarded specfic gameplay etc????

[orka]

Clayton, you'll probably like Kashimashi ~Girl Meets Girl~. Granted, it's a pretty horrible show IMO but it's the biggest mainstream lesbo anime since Maria-sama ga Miteru. lol

[Geese Pants]

any black cat fans here?

Someone sent me the first episode of Black Cat.................and I thought it was pretty cool.

I tried looking for more, but I heard that Black Cat got licensed in the US and it's hard to find other episodes.....

I'll probably wait until it hits TV I guess.......

[Shin Akuma]

Did anyone watch any of Hayao Miyazaki's films on TCM (Turner Classic Movies)?
I saw:

Only Yesterday
A 27-year old Japanese office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing her childhood in Tokyo.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102587/

last night.

I thought it was so good, it became my favourite Miyazaki film after only watching it once. IMO better than Mononoke-hime and Spirited Away.

[orka]

Wait 'till they air "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind". His first (I'm disregarding "The Castle of Cagliostro" since that's a Lupin) and still the best Ghibli film. You should just buy the DVD and watch it in original JP track if you want the real experience, though.

The dubbing in all the Disney distributed Miyazaki films are pretty bad... which is kinda ironic since they usually enlist all these well established actors. Having James van der Beek as the main role in Laputa was a total wtf though. lol

[dialupsucky]

Clayton, you'll probably like Kashimashi ~Girl Meets Girl~. Granted, it's a pretty horrible show IMO but it's the biggest mainstream lesbo anime since Maria-sama ga Miteru. lol


Strangly enough I think someone else told me to watch this not to long ago... *rubs chin* then again I assume its been going on for at least a little bit so im to lazy to dl multiple episodes cuz im lazy.... Thanks anyway... Maybe ill check it out later once the whole series finishs and just watch it all the way through or something. (That is assuming its not all done of course.)





EDIT: Hrmm speaking of laputa, does anyone have that "main" theme for the song that they could upload some where so I could steal it cough cough.....

[orka]

I think 3 EPs (or 4? dunno) of Kashimashi has been aired so far.

As for Laputa, you're referring to the original score right? Not the re-edited garbage that came out 3 years ago. I should have some Joe Hisaishi CD's sitting around the house so I'll rip it I find 'em.

[Dan?]

I had hoped orka might know something of Starblazers, but alas! I am left alone, without hope or knowledge, drifting dead and cold amongst the great expanse between the stars, an derelict parody of the warships I so covet.

Maybe I'll just chance getting the DVD's and diving in head fi-

$130?! Dear God! The otaku is weak with this one...

[Sacr3D]

any black cat fans here?

Yeah its a pretty good anime. Damn Creed is a wacko :confused:

[Mr.Q]

anyone know were I can download ep's of Read or die tv? Cause Limewire ant given me shit.

[fernboi]

I know where to get the complete series + ova. Ill pm you the link cuz its licensed. its a torrent btw

[Mr.Q]

K thanks

[orka]

I had hoped orka might know something of Starblazers, but alas! I am left alone, without hope or knowledge, drifting dead and cold amongst the great expanse between the stars, an derelict parody of the warships I so covet.

Maybe I'll just chance getting the DVD's and diving in head fi-

$130?! Dear God! The otaku is weak with this one...

Are you talking about Yamato?

Here's the thing... I honestly don't know too much about this anime (aside from the fact that it's based on a space SF manga inspired by the famous WWII battle ship). It's something that my parents' generation watched. It was extremely popular, though, and stemmed to multiple series and films I believe.

Sorry. :(

[tempest]

Someone sent me the first episode of Black Cat.................and I thought it was pretty cool.

I tried looking for more, but I heard that Black Cat got licensed in the US and it's hard to find other episodes.....

I'll probably wait until it hits TV I guess.......


some say funi has it but they havn't came out and say it yet maybe this weekned at a con, although they may ay they have beck, Tsubasa tv, and xxxholic, i hope black cat license that be sweet.later

[Crusader]

Of the currently airing series right now, I am watching:

Mai Otome - excellent show, one of the best, especially if you've seen Mai Hime.
Jigoku Shojou - good.
Magikano - Hm, can't really decide right now... it's seem okay so far I guess.
Kage Kara Mamoru! - Pretty funny, I like it.
Kashimashi - This show is really, really weird... I don't know whether to decide if it's good or not, but right now I'm leaning on not good.
Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora - Meh, it's alright.

[orka]

"Fate/Stay Night" EP 4 is out. Damn Berserker.

[Dan?]

Are you talking about Yamato?

Here's the thing... I honestly don't know too much about this anime (aside from the fact that it's based on a space SF manga inspired by the famous WWII battle ship). It's something that my parents' generation watched. It was extremely popular, though, and stemmed to multiple series and films I believe.

Sorry. :(

Yep, that'd be the one. Thanks though. Curse those mechanical designs, haunting me with their beauty!

Hmmm, yeah, is the new Fatal Fury anime worth anything? The trailer was both impressive and despairing.

[WasFemto]

Wait 'till they air "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind". His first (I'm disregarding "The Castle of Cagliostro" since that's a Lupin) and still the best Ghibli film. You should just buy the DVD and watch it in original JP track if you want the real experience, though.



That's why I like TCM, every Ghibli movie I passed by (channel surfing at friend's place...) were subbed. Too bad I missed Only Yesterday....is Disney bringing that over?

Anybody know if edits or censors found their way into the Jojo's manga? I't spretty cheap and I'm thinking about picking it up.

[InfiniDragon615]

Just finished watching the first volume of Burst Angel, which I came across for free (and didn't have to download, heh). It's a damn good thing I didn't pay for it, cause good lord that show sucks...the opening is really cool, but the cons FAR outweigh the pros:

-lame-ass FFX-2 girl power stereotypes (in fact, I'd dare say worse than X-2's)

-blatant fanservice (and not nearly enough shooting stuff to compensate for that)

-Meg's a fucking joke. Jo pulls that "don't waste my time" extreme crap with an untrained, civilian preteen boy, but defends the biggest waste of oxygen in Tokyo, as far as that show is concerned.

-Jo herself is annoying as fuck too...mainly since she only cares about that asshat Meg. Plus, her outfit (if you can call it that) is reminiscent of a bad ripoff of Jet Enduro from Wild ARMs 3. All I wanted while that whole show was going on was for him to step in front of Jo saying "quit making my style look bad" and blast on every one of those bitches with his Airgetlamh. :rofl:

-That little chef kid is Shinji 2.0. :annoy: But then again, Meg is Asuka 2.0, so I guess it fits.

Overall, I knew it was gonna be bad going in, but I didn't think it would be that awful. When a show has violence galore and action non-stop, yet all I can think about are Wild ARMs characters killing the entire cast and Meg getting hung, shot, and displayed in front of Jo so that she'll kill herself in angst, that's a real issue.

Screw this, I'm going to watch more Samurai 7.

[orka]

That's why I like TCM, every Ghibli movie I passed by (channel surfing at friend's place...) were subbed. Too bad I missed Only Yesterday....is Disney bringing that over?

Anybody know if edits or censors found their way into the Jojo's manga? I't spretty cheap and I'm thinking about picking it up.

O, they're airing the subbed version? That's cool. I dunno about Only Yesturday. But I kinda assume that it has to be licensed by somebody, considering that it got aired on American TV.

And eh... I actually own the region 1 Burst Angel DVD's 1-5 out of 6 with the collector's box. Granted, I agree that it's not very good. One of those shows with good concepts (it can't be argued that the designs for main characters are awesome, esp. Jo) and poor execution. Why have I been buying them, then? Beats me. :(

Still, I don't think it's "bad" as in Naruto bad or Bleach bad... I actually kinda wish Gonzo spent more money making this show instead of Samurai 7 back in 2003/2004.

On the other hand, I have Alter's Meg (http://www.alter-web.jp/collection/011megu/) 1/8 PVC figure pre-ordered. Can't wait 'till March!!

I should be recieving the limited edition Sachiel XX (http://www.gainax.co.jp/goods/angel_xx/angel_03.html) and Zeruel XX (http://www.gainax.co.jp/goods/angel_xx/angel_14.html) in the mail soon too. Lilith XX (http://www.gainax.co.jp/goods/angel_xx/angel_02.html) is where the real money's gonna be at though.

[orka]

Yep, that'd be the one. Thanks though. Curse those mechanical designs, haunting me with their beauty!

Hmmm, yeah, is the new Fatal Fury anime worth anything? The trailer was both impressive and despairing.

Are you referring to King of Fighters: Another Day? The characters and plot are based on Maximum Impact. I've watched the first episode, and thought it was okay but I personally don't see it as anything special.

But since I assume that you're a big KOF fan it shouldn't hurt to check it out. Episode 2 came out a bit over a week ago. It's a Production I.G. OVA so the animation is really clean and fluid, regardless of liking the story or not.

[tempest]

Of the currently airing series right now, I am watching:

Mai Otome - excellent show, one of the best, especially if you've seen Mai Hime.
Jigoku Shojou - good.
Magikano - Hm, can't really decide right now... it's seem okay so far I guess.
Kage Kara Mamoru! - Pretty funny, I like it.
Kashimashi - This show is really, really weird... I don't know whether to decide if it's good or not, but right now I'm leaning on not good.
Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora - Meh, it's alright.


add black cat to that list, like now very good show one of the better shows gonzo has put out this year.

and sm7 is far better then burst angel

.later

[orka]

Geh. Black Cat is good... only if you're into Naruto/Bleach/One Piece/Get Backers kind of stuff.

[BEWD]

I already said this in the bad guy thread, but I felt it needed to be here. For all anime fans who want to see probably the best bad guy in recent anime, I suggest watching Basilisk. You can still get the subs on tokyotosho. Yakushiji Tenzen hits quite a low for villains, especially with the huge plot revelation near the end(You'll be like WTF!!!!!! this dude's nuttier than a fruitcake)

[AlphaDragoon02]

Just finished watching all of Samurai 7...damn, what a badass series. A few thoughts, which will have spoilers.


- FUCK Kirara. That bitch screwed Katsushiro, then tried a power play to get into Kambei's pants...after turning Katsu into her personal assassin and making him all the bullshit promises about how she'd "be there and stand by him". But, after that shit didn't fly (because Kambei was gangsta and completely shut her down), she tries to go back to Katsu like some Nina Purpleton shit...only for him to shut her down too. Bitch. :tup:

- Speaking of Katsu, I'm glad they didn't keep him a little bitch like he was in the beginning. That fool was a straight killer by the end of the series, and he finally got respect from Kambei when he passes his sword onto him. If the characters in the actual Seven Samurai movie look kinda like the Samurai 7 guys (of course, in a realistic Japanese form), then I bet that this is where Kaede from Last Blade came from.

- Kyuzo got SCREWED. Getting GGPO'ed by a sub-machine gun hail that wasn't even meant for him, after whooping like 50 bijillion of the bandit's asses...not cool.

- Komachi was the shit. Cute little girl characters always own. Much more of the shit than that punk-ass Kirara.

[tempest]

Geh. Black Cat is good... only if you're into Naruto/Bleach/One Piece/Get Backers kind of stuff.
ummm blackcat is cross between bebop with the train past linked to creed, but it is jump show, which isn't bad, and if gonzo keeps it up::knocks on wood : like gankutsuou


umm bewd i have say count from gankutsuou is far better bad guy how like he just useing albert so easy, and everybody else.

i know Kyuzo didn't desvered go out like that. peace

[Mr.Q]

anyone seen Neo Ranga? Cause im thinking about DLing it.

[orka]

I own the original Neo Ranga boxset. Studio Pierro, circa 1998. It's not too well known among most people, but it's a anime highly influenced by the likes of Evangelion (i.e. RahXephon). Except that Neo Ranga focus more on the social construct and concept of millenarianism than the inner self emphasized in Eva. The comparison is quite interesting, actually because the lead character is voiced by the same actress that played Asuka in Eva.

Here (http://www.advfilms.com/trailers/wmv/High/NeoRanga_h.wmv) is the ADV trailer from about 3 years ago.

ADV recently re-released (I actually think this week or the week before) the series as slim-pack set with retail tag of $39.99 so it shouldn't hurt to buy it either.

Each episodes are 15 minutes long, and there are 48 of them altogether.

[tempest]

anyone seen Neo Ranga? Cause im thinking about DLing it.
medicore at best

[WasFemto]

I'm hooked on sports anime and manga. I don't know what it is but I love this stuff more than anything. It's a fever burning inside me.

[kz0060]

anyone seen Neo Ranga? Cause im thinking about DLing it.

I haven't seen all of it. All I know is the first 3 eps go by with like nothing happening at all.

[tempest]

I'm hooked on sports anime and manga. I don't know what it is but I love this stuff more than anything. It's a fever burning inside me.


i agree, and so does viz they have now said that POT is comming out, hope that eyeshield is next ., heck maybe geneon just go head do new season of ippo.


i think in time sports gene catch up with other jump shows like onepiece, bleach, and naruto.

[Hoonyo]

shakugan no shana - any input for this anime?

[dialupsucky]

laaaaaaaaaaaaaapyuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuutt tttttttttttaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[orka]

o fuck. i totally forgot about it. sorry clayton.

[dialupsucky]

lol its ok, you were doing it as a good deed anyway nothing you have to do in the first place shrug

[Kyoujin]

I need some clarity people:

I bought the translated manga volume of Bobobo by viz, but it seems to be half way through the story. I have read the first chapter before, and it did not sync up with what viz released. There is also no volume number, as this leads me to believe that there is not going to be another release. Any information?

EDIT - Nevermind -> http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=7500

[shinobi00]

thanks to on demand (and me being sick and unable to do anything) I'm getting back into anime a whole lot more.

I just got Area 88, because I used to play the game alot(Un Squadron) but it dosen't seem very good so far.

I just saw elfen lied which was really good, but sad at the same time. Unforturnately a couple of weeks later, I saw Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien which was depressing like elfen lied. It's probably something I'll never forget though.

I hear fruit basket is kind of a depressing anime has anyone see it and can reccomend it? Also I read that air TV is kind of comparable to Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien, has anyone seen that? Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien was different from the typical romantic anime though(which I really don't like) so if any of those are like that(typical), I think I'll probaly avoid them.

Are there any furture setting animes out there kinda like gits?
Or anymore animes as depressing as Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien?

[ReggieHadoken]

Oh man. I just saw eps 6-20 of Fighting Spirit (Hajime No Ippo). I freaking love this anime. It is now one of my all-time favorites and I don't even like boxing. Ippo's match with Miyata was a nail biter. Then there was Ippo's match with Jason Ozuma was amazing. They were matching each other blow for blow. I like how each fight is never the same and how there are so many characters in this series. I soooo wish they'd bring the manga over here. I don't care if it is 50+ books. I'd buy every single bit of it. And Takamura is feaking hilarious. On top of that, he really can back up all is claims. After being knocked down, he started beasting on this dude ep ep 20 after hearing some words from Ippo. Dude was beating on his opponent like he owed him money.

And Full Metal Alchemist continues to amaze me. This show has a plot twist every ep. Gah, I can't wait for this Saturday's ep. BTW, anyone know the name of the song to the new opening theme? It rocks my socks.

[Hoonyo]

Yes. Takamura is the coolest character ever made. Not only is he badass, but he's fucking hilarious. I think Hajime no Ippo has made me laugh more than any other anime out there, and it's an action first anime.

[shinobi00]

Oh man. I just saw eps 6-20 of Fighting Spirit (Hajime No Ippo). I freaking love this anime. It is now one of my all-time favorites and I don't even like boxing. Ippo's match with Miyata was a nail biter. Then there was Ippo's match with Jason Ozuma was amazing. They were matching each other blow for blow. I like how each fight is never the same and how there are so many characters in this series. I soooo wish they'd bring the manga over here. I don't care if it is 50+ books. I'd buy every single bit of it. And Takamura is feaking hilarious. On top of that, he really can back up all is claims. After being knocked down, he started beasting on this dude ep ep 20 after hearing some words from Ippo. Dude was beating on his opponent like he owed him money.

And Full Metal Alchemist continues to amaze me. This show has a plot twist every ep. Gah, I can't wait for this Saturday's ep. BTW, anyone know the name of the song to the new opening theme? It rocks my socks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Metal_Alchemist -- It's near the bottom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Kay

Yeah hajime ippo is pretty good. Theres a similar series called baki the grappler, which I've seen the first few episodes. Any good?

[ReggieHadoken]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Metal_Alchemist -- It's near the bottom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Kay

Yeah hajime ippo is pretty good. Theres a similar series called baki the grappler, which I've seen the first few episodes. Any good?

Thanks, much!:wonder:

Somebody rep this man!

[Warpticon]

So I just learned YESTERDAY that Eyeshield 21 is about football, so I've started trying to follow it. The idea fo a Japanese show about American Football is amusing. And after watching Buzzer Beater, a show about playing basketball IN SPACE, and actually enjoying it in the non-ironic way, plus following POT for a while, I'm just really intrigued by sports anime.

Speaking of which, anybody watch Play Ball? It's pretty new. I watched the first two episodes. Odd art style. May have some potential.

[orka]

First episode of Ergo Proxy leaked online (It doesn't air 'till Feb. 22).

You can get the raw file at Tokyo Toshokan. There's no OP or ED, but it's good.

[Angry Black]

any good martial arts animes beside

airmaster,naruto,grappler baki,real bout high school, shura no toki, variable geo, tenjou tenge?

and is there a japanese version of the ultimate muscle series i think kiniku something or what ever its called

[Master Chibi]

Air the anime sucks. Really bad. Tiring, boring, goes absolutely nowhere, not worth watching.

Magikano is fucking hilarious. I suggest you check the show out, it does well to mock the harem anime while still managing to hold a coherent plot worth paying attention to.

[Angry Black]

Air the anime sucks. Really bad. Tiring, boring, goes absolutely nowhere, not worth watching.

Magikano is fucking hilarious. I suggest you check the show out, it does well to mock the harem anime while still managing to hold a coherent plot worth paying attention to.

if thats in reply to my post, im talking about airmaster not air. ive downloaded the first ep of air thinkin it was air master and was mistaken, (who wants to watch an anime about some dude who can manipulate puppets and spend time wit some 16 year old kid)

and whats magikano and whats harem?

[jinsaotome800]

hey has anyone see the zone of enders anime and if so thoughts?

[SNkNuT]

my friend gave me some episodes of Gokusen. so far i'm liking this real live thing. it's like anime. any more shows like this to recommend?

[HeaT]

have you guys seen Steamboy??? how is it???

im outi

Roberth

ps...read the manga "BLAME!" that is some revolutionary shit...

[Crusader]

and whats magikano and whats harem?
Harem any refers to anime that is a romantic comedy that involves one guy who is surrounded by tons of girls. Examples include Tenchi Muyo, Love Hina, Negima, and Ai Yori Aoshi. Magikano is a harem anime about a guy who lives with a bunch of girls who are secretly witches (unknown to him). From what you've listed as anime you are interested in, it doesn't look like you'd enjoy it very much. I think it's a pretty funny show myself though...

[tempest]

realbout highschool, and V.Geo good..... says air tv is bad* which i can understand *unless you never saw the specials,and etc anyway might want try these shows out
maihime, or Basilisk jubichan 2 or heck try ippo i place that over any fighting anime, or try new craze blackcat before funi does say do have it ,and freezes all the groups on it.

back to air tv





and to go along lines of crusader harem also means shows that have alot of fanservice.


Warpticon if your getting into sports anime might want try slamdunk, touch, and ippo ,now slamdunk, and touch are old so be warned about the animation is'nt the greatest.

reggie wait till you get around when date enters ippo world , and i really hope geneon coproduce more ippo that be so freaking awesome, i'm around when ippo bout jump in the ring with volg.


baki is ok,but the story and characters wont grab you like ippo does, oh and baki father is a MONSTER.
i'll wait for ergo proxy show to come out here, and air on As, you know thats where that show, and couple other new funi shows are going , and since 2d season of Gits is doing very where , that as air bandai new show Eureka 7.

k later

[shinobi00]

Air the anime sucks. Really bad. Tiring, boring, goes absolutely nowhere, not worth watching.


I agree somewhat about air but it has it's moments. But most of the time it dosen't make any sense at all. Overall I thought it was pretty good, but not as good as it's average score on animenfo. For some reason I'm kinda compelled to watch the movie though.

[WasFemto]

EDTI: Found what I was looking for regarding Salary Man Kintaro. How this release escaped my sights is beyond me.

Looking foward to Desert Punk when that releases.

[orka]

Air is good... if you're a lolicon (or inclined to become one).

I'll just flat out say that's the case for virtually all Key games. For me, I have simply avoided them cus the drawings are so ugly to me.

[shinobi00]

Air is good... if you're a lolicon (or inclined to become one).

I'll just flat out say that's the case for virtually all Key games. For me, I have simply avoided them cus the drawings are so ugly to me.

lolloicon = child pornographer?
It's kinda bad, but not that bad. Of course I didn't play the game, and i'd honestly rather not. The show wasn't that bad though.

[dialupsucky]

No air is good if you have a fetish for deformed characters with big ass chins. And yea not wanting to play the game isnt nessacarly a bad thing. Unless your japanese is good theres probably no way you could enjoy the game as the game is exttttttttreeeeeeeeeeeemly text heavy. Some of the music is ok though I guess...

Then again granted I couldnt even get through 15 mins of the game it was just to much. Supposedly the story is "good" though....

[versus addict]

have you guys seen Steamboy??? how is it???



I have it, really liked it...but it got a lot of hate because its not Akira. Whatever, the artistry in the movie and the 3d modeling and how its incorporated was pretty slick and well done. Lots of work went into it, lots of craft. It is a tad bit long, story is not the greatest but overall I think it can be appreciated for the effort that was obviously put into it. Worth owning, thumbs up.

[orka]

No air is good if you have a fetish for deformed characters with big ass chins. And yea not wanting to play the game isnt nessacarly a bad thing. Unless your japanese is good theres probably no way you could enjoy the game as the game is exttttttttreeeeeeeeeeeemly text heavy. Some of the music is ok though I guess...

Then again granted I couldnt even get through 15 mins of the game it was just to much. Supposedly the story is "good" though....

Clayton, I'm fluent remember?

And some games are EXTREMELY good. *hint* See my avatar and title *hint*

[dialupsucky]

yea I know, but I feel the need to warn everyone. And the character designs whatever you want to call them also must be talked about as it angers me when I see art like that makeing money.

[Angry Black]

ive seen every single ep of ippo and all the specials, but aside from fighting what about good comedy anime, and i mean good comedy along golden boys lines but not necesarilly sexual humour.

and where could i get salary man kintaro

[shinobi00]

ive seen every single ep of ippo and all the specials, but aside from fighting what about good comedy anime, and i mean good comedy along golden boys lines but not necesarilly sexual humour.

and where good i get salary man kintaro
I've seen the first 6 eps of GTO and it's pretty good. If your a full metal panic fan, Fummofu(If you haven't seen it) is funny. Fummofu seriously has some priceless scenes. Kare Kano is another poplular one, but I haven't seen it.

There are alot more, but I suck so thats all i really know.

[Angry Black]

I've seen the first 6 eps of GTO and it's pretty good. If your a full metal panic fan, Fummofu(If you haven't seen it) is funny. Fummofu seriously has some priceless scenes. Kare Kano is another poplular one, but I haven't seen it.

There are alot more, but I suck so thats all i really know.

thanks but ive seen up to ep 20something of GTO and ive seen all of fumoufou speaking of which why is the second season of fullmetal panic so serious?

[tempest]

I have it, really liked it...but it got a lot of hate because its not Akira. Whatever, the artistry in the movie and the 3d modeling and how its incorporated was pretty slick and well done. Lots of work went into it, lots of craft. It is a tad bit long, story is not the greatest but overall I think it can be appreciated for the effort that was obviously put into it. Worth owning, thumbs up.


main heat with steamboy is how it was brought out here, and honesty most anime fans hate akira the haters far out weigh the.

glad i don;t take bad anime designs, i would had skipped alot good shows, like gankutsuou , and couple others that come to mind which i do place "air" in that same bunch. i can't wait see some trailers by genoen like fate/stray, hellsing, ergoproxy, and and i toatally forgot they had
Shakugan no Shana which i think that hellsing ova, and Shakugan no Shana be the first for the 4 come out here first maybe around fall.

then i'm sure geneon say they have roazen madien, and Jigoku Shoujo.
peace out

[Kyoujin]

Hello everyone,

Aside from being absolutely infatuated with HunterxHunter, I juststarted Rave Master and Loveless. Rave Master isn't without its charm, and it rather pretensious, but I was looking for an adventure manga. Loveless caught my eye and Im reading it because it is sothing different than my usual taste. Anyway, this is what I am reading thus far:

-Bleach
-Naruto
-Trigun
-Helsing
-HunterxHunter
-One Piece
-Death Note
-Rurouni Kenshin
-Tsubasa
-Xxxholic
-Rave Master
-Loveless
-Shaman King
-Tsukihime

Can anyone recommend me any manga that they themselves are enjoying? It doesn't necessarily have to be similar to the titles listed above. I intend ot strat reading D. Gray Man when it comes out in May and Read or Die when it comes out in March.

Thanks.

[Mr. Bastos]

Oh man. I just saw eps 6-20 of Fighting Spirit (Hajime No Ippo). I freaking love this anime. It is now one of my all-time favorites and I don't even like boxing. Ippo's match with Miyata was a nail biter. Then there was Ippo's match with Jason Ozuma was amazing. They were matching each other blow for blow. I like how each fight is never the same and how there are so many characters in this series. I soooo wish they'd bring the manga over here. I don't care if it is 50+ books. I'd buy every single bit of it. And Takamura is feaking hilarious. On top of that, he really can back up all is claims. After being knocked down, he started beasting on this dude ep ep 20 after hearing some words from Ippo. Dude was beating on his opponent like he owed him money.

And Full Metal Alchemist continues to amaze me. This show has a plot twist every ep. Gah, I can't wait for this Saturday's ep. BTW, anyone know the name of the song to the new opening theme? It rocks my socks.

Yeah Ippo fuckin rocks a friend gave it to me a few months ago and I loved it. I've been wondering how is the english dub? Is it any good?

So I just learned YESTERDAY that Eyeshield 21 is about football, so I've started trying to follow it. The idea fo a Japanese show about American Football is amusing. And after watching Buzzer Beater, a show about playing basketball IN SPACE, and actually enjoying it in the non-ironic way, plus following POT for a while, I'm just really intrigued by sports anime.

Speaking of which, anybody watch Play Ball? It's pretty new. I watched the first two episodes. Odd art style. May have some potential.

sam here lately I've been watching a lot of sports anime. I'm watching Eyeshield 21, wild Striker, and Slam dunk. and a friend of mine gave me Buzzer Beaters

[shinobi00]

Ugh, damn when do they start fucking in koi kaze. I just watched the first couple eps, and I'm probably not going to watch it for another few days cuz I got other shit to watch. Oh yes, brother and sister love. :rofl:

Sports anime? Is either the football or basketball one anything like playmakers?

[tempest]

Yeah Ippo fuckin rocks a friend gave it to me a few months ago and I loved it. I've been wondering how is the english dub? Is it any good?



sam here lately I've been watching a lot of sports anime. I'm watching Eyeshield 21, wild Striker, and Slam dunk. and a friend of mine gave me Buzzer Beaters


the dub for ipppo isn't that great .


you know i need finish koikaze which i'm this week along with couple other shows, i'm happy that geneon, brought show over here, although i would had guess that Kimi ga Nozomu Eien been brought here, before koikaze oh well.

[Warpticon]

my friend gave me some episodes of Gokusen. so far i'm liking this real live thing. it's like anime. any more shows like this to recommend?

Gokusen is very amusing. You should check out the GTO live action series, too. Similar theme, different approach. There are a few other anime/manga to live action series out there (Kimi wa Petto, Ace wo Nerae, freaking Sailor Moon, and a few others). Most of the dramas I've watched have had no relation, though.

[ReggieHadoken]

The dub for Ippo is OK to me. Nothing spectacular but it doesn't detract from it's excellence, at least not to me anyway.

And does anyone know where I can find the manga to Hajime no Ippo? The manga hasn't even been translated to the states yet and I don't know if it will be translated.:sad: I LOVE the anime greatly and I'd love to be able to read the manga. Normally I don't go for manga reads on the net but for this stuff, I'll make an exception.

My friend let me borrow his AD Police DVDs. Only seen the first two eps. Not bad but not terribly interesting. Still, I see it through to the end since it's a short series.

[bigpoppa]

Has anyone here ever read Godchild?

I was looking around for some different horror manga and i came across it. i noticed it is featured in shojo beat, so i'm wondering if it's girly. if anyone here has read it, is it good? do you think guys can relate to it?

[WasFemto]

My friend let me borrow his AD Police DVDs. Only seen the first two eps. Not bad but not terribly interesting. Still, I see it through to the end since it's a short series.


The song played during the end credits is one of the best songs E V E R! Toki no Nakade is too beastly.

As for Ippo...check the Ippo thread.

[shinobi00]

the dub for ipppo isn't that great .


you know i need finish koikaze which i'm this week along with couple other shows, i'm happy that geneon, brought show over here, although i would had guess that Kimi ga Nozomu Eien been brought here, before koikaze oh well.

well, it was good even though I didn't like the premise of the story at all. I also had to stop watching it a couple times, just because I was kind of disturbed. But overall It was very good.

Well, Geneon USA seems to put out alot of geneon JAP stuff even when it isn't very good or suited to the market here. If kimonozo was made by geneon It probably would have been out here a while ago.

Oh yeah, I hope no one ever watches saikano, because it was a joke. It was a 13-episode laugh fest.

[orka]

That's cus Saikano is aimed at lolicons too. (oooooohhh)

And Kiminozo anime is horrible. The game is good, but the storyline didn't translate well into anime for whatever reason... like most other h-games I guess. And the animation was ugly. :(

[tempest]

well, it was good even though I didn't like the premise of the story at all. I also had to stop watching it a couple times, just because I was kind of disturbed. But overall It was very good.

Well, Geneon USA seems to put out alot of geneon JAP stuff even when it isn't very good or suited to the market here. If kimonozo was made by geneon It probably would have been out here a while ago.

Oh yeah, I hope no one ever watches saikano, because it was a joke. It was a 13-episode laugh fest.

i heard the same, but i had alot shows iw anted finish and starts, and so kk took backseat ,but now i want finish before the ungody amount of shows come out spring/summer/fall.


only reason i thought geneon would license kimi is well they pretty much license most of the big hits of 03, like gungrave, r.o.d tv, and last exile, and kimi was very high in demand back then , and geneon used be huge in roamnce shows, i say either there license or mediablasters. peace

[orka]

Kiminozo was good... only to Americans that had no knowledge about the game. The only reason it had large publicity in the beginning was because the game had such large following, much like the Air anime in 2005. (I personally think it's a bad anime no matter how you look at it, but meh). I think the odds of localization is pretty low.

Green Green is coming over to the U.S. for some odd reason, but that took forever to be licensed as well.

[shinobi00]

Kiminozo was good... only to Americans that had no knowledge about the game. The only reason it had large publicity in the beginning was because the game had such large following, much like the Air anime in 2005. (I personally think it's a bad anime no matter how you look at it, but meh). I think the odds of localization is pretty low.

Green Green is coming over to the U.S. for some odd reason, but that took forever to be licensed as well.

Damn that makes me want to play the game then. Just wondering, Do Most H-games use hirigana or Kanji? my brother picked up a hirigana book a few years ago, and I learned some basic hirigana stuff. Kanji is just too difficult though and I wouldn't even bother with it. From playing some import games, I know some use a combination of all 3. But I can get the basic gist of whats going on usually.

[orka]

Like any other Japanese language material, they're full of kanji (and you gotta keep in mind that they're aimed at audience 18+).

It all depends on what kind of game you want to play, though. You surely won't be able to enjoy text-heavy stories like Kimishine or Tsukihime unless you're absolutely fluent. But if you just want to play through stuff equivalent to porn where story doesn't matter much anyway, there are tons of those too... :confused:

Then there are interactive action games like Duel Savior series, which you might be able to enjoy even if you don't understand the story part.

There is also a universal English conversion/hack program called Oh! Text Hooker frequently used by people that don't know Japanese. I've never used it so I can't comment how good it is, and also heard that it is incompatible with some games. But it's probably better than nothing if you don't know Japanese.

[tempest]

Kiminozo was good... only to Americans that had no knowledge about the game. The only reason it had large publicity in the beginning was because the game had such large following, much like the Air anime in 2005. (I personally think it's a bad anime no matter how you look at it, but meh). I think the odds of localization is pretty low.

Green Green is coming over to the U.S. for some odd reason, but that took forever to be licensed as well.
what you talking about animation nation tried license it 2 years ago, and it was already license by company just for whatever reason it took mediablasters just now say oh we have it and its comming out in may. the only reason that anime havn't been license that much besides geneon, and funi is the whole bluray market,and the market is swamped with alot of compaines already.and i pray that brandi visual doesn;t bring out air tv.

[AlphaDragoon02]

Green Green is garbage.

Anyway, I've been keeping up w/Naruto and Bleach, and I hear good things about HunterxHunter (storywise anyway, due to Togashi's illness the art is kinda meh). I was also wondering when the dubs for Gundam SEED: Destiny were supposed to be out. Not that I like them, I just wanna laugh at 'em.

[tempest]

Green Green is garbage.

Anyway, I've been keeping up w/Naruto and Bleach, and I hear good things about HunterxHunter (storywise anyway, due to Togashi's illness the art is kinda meh). I was also wondering when the dubs for Gundam SEED: Destiny were supposed to be out. Not that I like them, I just wanna laugh at 'em.


er naurto garbage too, and half way through gundam seed destiny becames crap.

and yes hxh is very good shocked nobody brought that out here, i know bleach is going be license by viz, since they like license manga, and anime. although hope they skip monster, doubt it though.

[orka]

what you talking about animation nation tried license it 2 years ago, and it was already license by company just for whatever reason it took mediablasters just now say oh we have it and its comming out in may. the only reason that anime havn't been license that much besides geneon, and funi is the whole bluray market,and the market is swamped with alot of compaines already.and i pray that brandi visual doesn;t bring out air tv.

It's actually a pretty recent aquisition. See this (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8258) and this (http://www.animeondvd.com/licenselist/2006updates.php). I do think its' crappy too, but I was just making it a point that there isn't really much of a market for h-game inspired anime in the U.S.

[WasFemto]

Well ever since I've been bitten with the sports bug I've F I N A L L Y started reading Slam Dunk. I'm only on chapter 8 but this own hard. Love the characters so far and it seems like this story is gonna kick ass. The thing I like most is that it's not like most SJ where the main character is weak and then becomes strong. It's more like he needs discipline. I'm so in love with this already :lovin: :lovin: :lovin: All the hype I've heard is so far justified, I'm loving it that much.

Also (if you can't tell by my title) been digging ES21. Been keeping up more (somewhat...) with the manga more than the anime but the anime is no slouch either. It's just that the manga is faster to dl so I go that route more.

The best thing I can say about the sports genre is that I love both the manga and the anime. The manga is more on edge but the anime is fun in it's own right.

Now to check out Wild Heat Hungry Strikers(I think that's the name....) too much sports. I might eventually get around to Prince of Tennis even....

Will the carnage ever end?!:looney:

[dialupsucky]

*rubs chin* compareing narutos garbageness to green green is deffintly not fair. Green green I think is the only anime I ever stopped watching beacuse it was litteraly so ugly.... well... I had to stop watching it.

[orka]

Suuure Clayton, I bet you watched the OVA. *wink wink*

[WasFemto]

Green green I think is the only anime I ever stopped watching beacuse it was litteraly so ugly.... well... I had to stop watching it.


That bad? I almost stopped watching the Hakkenden because of this. If it wasn't for the fact that I bought it without prior viewing and the fact the story kicked ass I would've stopped.

[tempest]

It's actually a pretty recent aquisition. See this (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8258) and this (http://www.animeondvd.com/licenselist/2006updates.php). I do think its' crappy too, but I was just making it a point that there isn't really much of a market for h-game inspired anime in the U.S.


yes we found out that mediablasters had it just now, but animation nation tried go out after the show last year ,and was told it was already license by somebody else. which i have no idea it took so long for mediblaster say oh we have it .

i disagree about the market there are alot that love fan service shows heck look at the loveless following.



well see naurto is jumpshow.. and they don;t do nothing for me there just rehashs of other shows, although i will agree with somebody and say that hxh is very good and i can't wait till somebody starts deathnote anime ,which is only matter of time.

femto i know the filling i 'm not fond of the animation for gilgamesh ,but the story is very good, i'll say this show is by far the most underrated show out, and the covers are very good.

[WasFemto]

I still don't and will NEVER understand why Loveless has a following. Oh yeah, it's because most anime fans are morons. Seriously I could barely stomach this shit it was so corny. CORNY I TELL YA!!!!!! at least the cover looks cool.....

Anyways that's all I gotta say about that....and yes HxH is the shizznizzle. Haven't seen the anime but the manga is hella twisted.

Anybody picking up Desert Punk at the end of the month?

[Master Chibi]

Green Green was awesome. It had like no harem qualities to it at all. The main character's friends were downright pathetic, but man did it make for some awesome humor. In fact it's when the show bothered to take itself seriously that it got boring, though (ironically, as far fetched as it was) the ending did manage to seal it all nicely. If this anime leaves a bad taste in your mouth then it did its job, and damn well. Haha.

Is anyone watching Mushishi? It's so beautiful.

Also MORE GUNBUSTER PLEASE.

[orka]

Chibi, are you talking about Top wo Nerae! (Gunbuster) or Top wo Nerae! 2 (Diebuster)?

I haven't gotten past second episode on Top wo Nerae! 2 because I can't find EP 3 and 4 online. Maybe I'll just have to wait 'till Gainax finish the OVA and the DVD's come out in the U.S. Or maybe I'll just buy the Japanese discs? Prolly not. :(

PS - That AV is awesome

[Master Chibi]

I'm talking about Diebuster, I can't find Gunbuster online or OFFLINE (to purchase).

Episodes 3 and 4 should be on animesuki, that's where I got them.

Episode 4 made me wet myself.

PS- I love you (got any Illyra art on you?)

[Gasaraki]

Goddamn, MC, you're the FIRST person other than me to say ANYTHING about Mushishi. I'm a fan of it too but no one else seems to care.

On another note, I have the site for that guy's artwork in your av I think.

[Master Chibi]

I've been watching anime for 10 years now, and everytime I talk to someone about anime in general they bring up the whole line of "anime is garbage, it's all big tits and underwear, cliches beyond cliche, and hell it's just plain weird." At that point, honestly, I agree with them, but I tell them that it's necessary to sift through it all, because when you do finally find those anime worth watching, they're incredibly enjoyable, where it flat out makes you happy and proud to be a fan of anime.

Mushishi is one of those anime. It's NOT for everybody. It has no action. No fanservice. Hell it barely has a plot. What it does have though, is soul, and because of that it just eminates beauty from start to finish. Extremely top notch and full of class, the episodes are practically worthy of being shown as stand alone films really. It's just gives you a certain sense of awe you rarely (if ever) get out of anime now a days I guess.

If you're in this thread at all, for whatever reason, I suggest you check it out. Give it a try.

Also, I would kill to have the opening sound track in mp3 form, haven't heard an English opening that good since Gunslinger Girls.

Hook me up with the good stuff otherwise Gasaraki!

:D

[Master Chibi]

Wow, I totally love episode 12, they gave us Ginko's past.

Awesome, really, totally unexpected.

I love it.

[Gasaraki]

Yeah I liked that episode too, great stuff, for a while I thuoght the woman was his mother and the kid was just some random kid. But yeah good stories.

The artist site isn't work safe so I'll PM it.

[Kyoujin]

Yeah I liked that episode too, great stuff, for a while I thuoght the woman was his mother and the kid was just some random kid. But yeah good stories.

The artist site isn't work safe so I'll PM it.

Gasa, can you send it this way, too?

What's up man?

Been meaning to ask you who that is in your av...

[Gasaraki]

no prob, sent.

Not much, same old same old, just GNT stuff, and the random anime.

As for the girl in my av, no idea. I found the pic a while ago on I have no idea where, but it's awesome.

Original image (http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/2103/11100524223527bm.jpg)

[Kyoujin]

no prob, sent.

Not much, same old same old, just GNT stuff, and the random anime.

As for the girl in my av, no idea. I found the pic a while ago on I have no idea where, but it's awesome.

Original image (http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/2103/11100524223527bm.jpg)

Damn, I haven't played GNT for a long time. Did you pick up Bleacg GC yet? If you haven't, wait for it to drop in price.
Thanks for the link.

[Gasaraki]

Nah, a friend had it and showed it to me. We agreed the game was pretty sucky haha. I'll wait until the 2nd game maybe to see if it's worth it.

[WasFemto]

Speaking of GunBuster. I picked vol.3 last month but it's the Manga release. I was wondering what Manga did too fuck it up. I have the first two volumes from U.S. Renditions subbed and the Manga release vol.3 subbed. Did I ask this question before?....:looney:


I'll check out Mushishi sometime but I'm on a manga kick right now(other than sports anime).


Anyone else read Homunculus? If not, need you all need to do so. The Hawks are scanlating so you can find it there.

[Kyoujin]

Last night, I started reading Hajime no Ippo; so far, I am thoroughly impressed.
I picked up Loveless last weekend; it was a strange read, but it is well written thus far.
Im thinking of starting Basilisk; any comments?

Or, if you have any other reccomendations, I would love to hear them.

Gasaraki, call me crazy but I have a feeling that the image you showed me was from a Korean RPG; it looks alot like the art from Magna Carta and War of Genesis. I think they have the same artist.

[GGL-steve]

Basilisk is some pretty good stuff, it's similar to ninja scroll

[Hunter D]

Yeah I liked that episode too, great stuff, for a while I thuoght the woman was his mother and the kid was just some random kid. But yeah good stories.

The artist site isn't work safe so I'll PM it.
PM me the link too, please.

[Rico!]

hey all

i'm a big Ghost in the Shell fan (the only anime/manga i'll actually buy), and I wanted to know if anyone has gotten the new special edition dvd of the first movie? Is it any different from the regular edition (ie worth a re-buy)?

[Gasaraki]

I'll check out Mushishi sometime but I'm on a manga kick right now(other than sports anime).

Anyone else read Homunculus? If not, need you all need to do so. The Hawks are scanlating so you can find it there.
Yes, please check it, and Noein, when you get a chance.

Yeah, Stabby told me about that one. Crazy manga, it's cool.
Gasaraki, call me crazy but I have a feeling that the image you showed me was from a Korean RPG; it looks alot like the art from Magna Carta and War of Genesis. I think they have the same artist.
Definitely not, yes those 2 have the same artist, but this guy's style is too different. As for manga I recommend:

Death Note
HunterxHunter
GANTZ
Berserk
Mahou Sensei Negima, stfu the rest of you, I like it.
Kurozakuro
Otogi Matsuri
Tenjo Tenge
Yakitate Japan
Vulgar Ghost Daydream
PM me the link too, please.
Sent

[Master Chibi]

Gas, do you have scanlations of Negima and / or Tenjo?

I like Negima as well, it's alot more enjoyable than Love Hina, probably because it's much more fun and easier to get into.

Tenjo is Tenjo, it rocks pretty damn hard. I refer to it as Tangy Tangy though, haha.

Anyone watching Pani Poni Dash?

:D

[ReggieHadoken]

Picked up Rurouni Kenshin manga vol. 23 and DBZ vol. 24. Man, the Revenge story arc in Kenshin just keeps getting better. The true intent of the Jinchu has been revealed and it isn't quite what I thought it would be. Kenshin got FURIOUS towards the end of the book. He started beasting on Enishi. HARD.

I also started reading the Hajime No Ippo manga starting from the first vol. I'm soooo behind. Got a long ways to go before I catch up to everyone else.

[orka]

TT is the bestesssst!!!

And I dunno if you guys know, but if you do decide to d/l any of the vol. 14 chapters get the manga scans instead of the Ultra Jump scans. Cus Oh! Great edited and added about 50 pages of material (most of them during Maya and Tetsuhito's battle) for the final cut. And yes, it rocks. I dunno if anybody got around to translating the final cut, though. I'd subscribe to Ultra Jump if they actually had anything interesting other than TT. Steel Ball Run is in there also but I'm not really into Araki Hirohiko's mangas so meh. Or it could just be that Oh! Great's art makes everythign else look like crap lol. :p

Zeruel XX (http://www.hlj.com/product/WAVCC-02) came in the mail earlier in the week, and still waiting on Aria Company (http://www.hlj.com/product/CSP22015) T-shirt. I wanted a Himeya one, too... but those seem to be indefinitely sold out.

I picked up Burst Angel vol. 6 at Best Buy yesturday (as usual, they had it week earlier than they're supposed to). Now the box is complete! Then I watched 4 hours of Kiddy Grade last night for no apparent reason. Thus tired and sleepy right now. :(

Chibi, I could cap some of the gallery art and wallpapers in Fate/Hollow Ataraxia if you want. Maybe later... (Ilya in bloomers oooohhhh)

Off to MWC I go!!

[tempest]

Picked up Rurouni Kenshin manga vol. 23 and DBZ vol. 24. Man, the Revenge story arc in Kenshin just keeps getting better. The true intent of the Jinchu has been revealed and it isn't quite what I thought it would be. Kenshin got FURIOUS towards the end of the book. He started beasting on Enishi. HARD.

I also started reading the Hajime No Ippo manga starting from the first vol. I'm soooo behind. Got a long ways to go before I catch up to everyone else.


ummm no enishi bout beast on kenshin very hard.

[SNkNuT]

besides obvious ebay, you guys know any good cheap discounted site that sells anime dvds for cheap?

[Gasaraki]

Gas, do you have scanlations of Negima and / or Tenjo?

I like Negima as well, it's alot more enjoyable than Love Hina, probably because it's much more fun and easier to get into.

Tenjo is Tenjo, it rocks pretty damn hard. I refer to it as Tangy Tangy though, haha.

Anyone watching Pani Poni Dash?

:D
I know where you can get scans (www.stoptazmo.com) of both, I only carry the lastest couple of chapters to save HD space. I think you have to register on the forum, but it's free.

I mostly like Negima cause it's got some surprisingly good fight scenes, as well as just being a kinda nice easy story.

Yes, TT rocks, a friend of mine is going to go as Bob to AX haha.

I was watching PPD but I've fallen behind, it's pretty funny though.

TT is the bestesssst!!!

And I dunno if you guys know, but if you do decide to d/l any of the vol. 14 chapters get the manga scans instead of the Ultra Jump scans. Cus Oh! Great edited and added about 50 pages of material (most of them during Maya and Tetsuhito's battle) for the final cut. And yes, it rocks. I dunno if anybody got around to translating the final cut, though. I'd subscribe to Ultra Jump if they actually had anything interesting other than TT. Steel Ball Run is in there also but I'm not really into Araki Hirohiko's mangas so meh. Or it could just be that Oh! Great's art makes everythign else look like crap lol. :p

Zeruel XX (http://www.hlj.com/product/WAVCC-02) came in the mail earlier in the week, and still waiting on Aria Company (http://www.hlj.com/product/CSP22015) T-shirt. I wanted a Himeya one, too... but those seem to be indefinitely sold out.
Did volume 14 come out? I might have to import it if fuku doesn't cover it.

Do you know if they have XXL(that's US XL right?) size for that Aria shirt on that site or any other one? I'm a pretty big Aria fan, it just sucks ass that the company that liscenced the manga(ADV) just decided to fuckin stop after releasing 3 volumes :annoy:

besides obvious ebay, you guys know any good cheap discounted site that sells anime dvds for cheap?
Use www.dvdpricesearch.com, best dvd search engine. Period.

[Hunter D]

Is anyone reading Shamo? The shit is bonkers for real.

[SNkNuT]

Did volume 14 come out? I might have to import it if fuku doesn't cover it.



yeah it came out about a month ago and fuku is still covering it.

on another note, i saw ten ten vol 1-14 laying around and i just picked it up in my foreign bookstore. they were $7 each. i'm lucky i guess.

[Gasaraki]

ok cool, thanks for the info

[Master Chibi]

Orka, I'd love anything with Ilya <3 ~

[Shazay]

Anyone watch the Hellsing OVA yet (first eps)? What'd you think?

I thought it was pretty badass. My only complaint is that I already read the manga, and the show follows it almost exactly x.x

[Gasaraki]

Haven't watched it yet but I'm DLing it right now. It's a huge file and there are other things I'm getting too so it'll be a while but I'm lookin forward to seeing this arc animated.

Anyone watching Rescue Wings? I've only seen the first ep but it's already intriguing me. It's about a man who joins up with a search&rescue team, don't know much else at the moment.

[tempest]

Anyone watch the Hellsing OVA yet (first eps)? What'd you think?

I thought it was pretty badass. My only complaint is that I already read the manga, and the show follows it almost exactly x.x


...... and thats bad? thats dream come true for hellsing fans.

although i know its going be while before we see it state sides since their going be slow making it.

oh funi has new show Kimi ga Nozomu Eien

,and alot of there new shows are going come out alot quicker .

[Shazay]

...... and thats bad? thats dream come true for hellsing fans.

although i know its going be while before we see it state sides since their going be slow making it.

Well, not really I was just being nit picky. I can't wait until Rip comes in <3

[shinobi00]

Then I watched 4 hours of Kiddy Grade last night for no apparent reason. Thus tired and sleepy right now. :(


Is Kiddy grade Decent? I saw the first few episodes of it on demand and it seemed pretty decent.


oh funi has new show Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
.
Wow, really? it's about time. I can't expect the english version to be as good as the japanese version, but I'll buy it anyways seeing as how I bootlegged it.

Whats musisshi about btw? I'll check out animenfo later.

[tempest]

Is Kiddy grade Decent? I saw the first few episodes of on demand and it seemed pretty decent.


Wow, really? it's about time. I can't expect the english version to be as good as the japanese version, but I'll buy it anyways seeing as how I bootlegged it.

Whats musisshi about btw? I'll check out animenfo later.


yes kiddy grade is very good watch the 2d half very good.


yea that took everybody by surpise everybody thought it been beck or black cat* which i still believe funi has those has well. the first vol of Kimi ga Nozomu Eien be out in oct which have mothly release, or have 7 weeks. which only thing is that there going go with name change of rumbling heart which is the japanesse licenser idea, but i wouldn;t be shocked if funi does revesre cover for this show.

[SNkNuT]

are there bible black fans here? i just got like 5 dvds of it and besides the highly erotic well done ecchi stuff, i thought the story was pretty good and animation top notch. if only i could be with saeki... (http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b202/jubeininja69/bibleblack.jpg)

[orka]

I think Bible Black lies in the realm of hentai rather than ecchi. :confused:

I personally dun like hentai anime for most part... but would make a exception for Front Innocent cus Satoshi Urushihara is so awesome. <3

Gasaraki, Tenjho Tenge volume 14 has been out since November. I don't dl the scanlations, but for all I know I think Fugu has been translating chapter by chapter every month.

And I don't think any of the shirts come in XXL. Here (http://www.hlj.com/hljlist2/?Dis=2&MacroType=AppSht&from=detail&Word=aria) is the complete list currently available on HLJ. Most are either sold out or back-ordered, but Alicia and Aria (http://www.hlj.com/product/CSP22372) in XL is still in stock. Here (http://www.hlj.com/info/size.html) is the sizing chart if you're not certain if XL will fit you. I personally like my T-shirts a bit small so I ordered the Japanese L.

[Gasaraki]

Well I saw the first episode of the Hellsing OVA and I must say I approve greatly, much better than the older anime. I can't wait to see Seras animated in her vampire form =D

And, thanks for the info orka.

[tempest]

Well I saw the first episode of the Hellsing OVA and I must say I approve greatly, much better than the older anime. I can't wait to see Seras animated in her vampire form =D

And, thanks for the info orka.


thats what were all waiting for.

[Master Chibi]

Where's my baby in bloomers ORKA?

HUH?!?!?!!!

[dialupsucky]

are there bible black fans here? i just got like 5 dvds of it and besides the highly erotic well done ecchi stuff, i thought the story was pretty good and animation top notch. if only i could be with saeki... (http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b202/jubeininja69/bibleblack.jpg)


Bible black is deffintly great. Never before have I gotten off to a anime so much.

Though that bible black new testment is ass, and bible black only ive only(har har)seen the first ep of that.

I dunno seems they drew those ina diff style and the characters just look fucked up. only isnt as bad... but still....









Anywho did anyone ever see that saikano movie that supposedly came out last month? Maybe I missed it being talked about or, maybe its just to horrible to talk about as I assumed it would be.

[Hokuto no Jeffro]

Does anyone know where to get Jojo's Bizarre Adventure dl's? The manga anyways. And no I won't buy it, I am cheap.

[WasFemto]

Just watched the Hellsing OVA. It's pretty sick, there are something's I like more in the tv series in comparison but this is still pretty solid.

Eyeshield 21 continues to kick ass. Also viewed the first episode of Aoki Dentsu SHOOT! which was pretty nice as well.


Need to get back into Space Runaway Ideon again. Up to ep.16 now...

[tempest]

what makes hellsing ova better then tv is that it keeps the darkhumor , which tv really didn't keep,, and fact that tv never followed up on plot line with seras stepping over ,and being a true vamp,which if she did then she would had killed incogneito in like bout min.

i'm with Gasaraki , can't wait see her turn into full vamp only real bad side is that it might take say bout year or 2.


femto try d/l touch thats one of the golden shows of sports anime very good.

[orka]

Chibi, keep the wang inside your pants. I'll upload later this week. I swear.

[AlphaDragoon02]

er naurto garbage too, and half way through gundam seed destiny becames crap.

and yes hxh is very good shocked nobody brought that out here, i know bleach is going be license by viz, since they like license manga, and anime. although hope they skip monster, doubt it though.

Naruto anime? True. Naruto manga...? False.

Also, I said I want to see how badly they butchered the SEED Destiny dubs as a passing comment, not "ZOMG it is teh R0x0rZ". We all know it went to hell in the end.

And Green Green still fails. As do most h-games turned anime (hell, the games suck, so why not?) with the exceptions of a few, like Tsukihime, Fate stay/night, and from what I hear, KGNE. The anime forms of those are quite nice, especially because they ditch the porn.

In my opinion, that kinda stuff (along with excessive fanservice like fucking Ikkitousen) is what makes most folks think "big titties!!!" when they think of anime, and gives it a bad name like Chibi was saying.

[Master Chibi]

@ ORKA:

Chibi, keep the wang inside your pants. I'll upload later this week. I swear.

HURRY, I CAN NOT WAIT MUCH LONGER.

Oh and KGNE sucked.

[AlphaDragoon02]

Chibi, that Cammy av is fucking sick.

And scratch one more off the list of good anime from h-games. :rofl:

At least Tsukihime is good...and it has those oh-so-nifty fighting games too.

[Gasaraki]

Chibi, that Cammy av is fucking sick.

And scratch one more off the list of good anime from h-games. :rofl:

At least Tsukihime is good...and it has those oh-so-nifty fighting games too.
Seen Fate/stay night yet? It's pretty good too.

Unless that's what you were talking about, then ignore this =(

[shinobi00]

I'm not going to argue wether Kiminozo sucked or not, but the General Consensus everywhere seems to be it does not suck. If you aren't a fan of the genre, then you probably shouldn't have even watched it to begin with.

[dialupsucky]

Blah ive asked this before but since everyone is talking about it maybe someone will know now....

Does anyone know how to make that special fan CD for the kiminozo game "work"? I thought it was just beat the game get the endings then when you start over again somehow you can make it so haruka doesnt get ran over... But obviously I have no idea wtf I was doing.... Am I suppose to be looking for something? I tried dling save states etc and that didnt do me much good ethier.... =[

[evilmuffinmanX]

is the fist of the northstar anime anygood?

[DragonSama]

Well I finally caught up on Naruto and I am looking for something new to fill the void. Should I go with Hunter X hunter or Bleach? (haven't watch anything of either)

Also has anyone seen Paradise Kiss? The only reason I even watched the first episode was because I thought the theme song was really good. Does it get any better or should I give up now and forget the series ever existed?

[Gasaraki]

HunterxHunter, easily. The Bleach anime is subpar both in origin of content and translation of it from paper to screen. HxH is probably one of the best shonen series out

[catchafire]

I've been watching "Beet the Vandal Buster" and I really like it! I'm not sure if there's a manga series for it out there, but if there is please inform.

Also, I watched the DVD set of Hellsing that had 13 episodes and I didn't think the series was that great even though it does have a lot of potential. Is there more to the Hellsing series than the DVD set?

[WasFemto]

That's it for the TV series. The first episode of the OVA series(which sticks more to the manga)is out tho'.

[Gasaraki]

Meh, I didnt' like Beet, but yeah, I know people are scanlating it, I'm just not sure of where to get it off the top of my head.

The Hellsing TV series was pretty good, but the new OVA that's coming out is miles better. There's only one episode out but it is subbed already if you want to get it. I also recommend reading the manga as well.

[WasFemto]

I hear bad things about Bleach but I gotta check it out. I just got the game in the mail yesterday and seen some music videos for it and the character designs are too sick.

[Gasaraki]

At least read the manga then. The anime doesn't handle the action too well. IMO anyway.

[WasFemto]

Yeah, I guess the art jumps around from good to bad while the manga, from what I hear, is easy on the eyes.

[Kyoujin]

Yeah, I would read the manga, as opposed to watching the anime. Watching Bleach is kind of like watching grass grow or eating a tampon.

[Gasaraki]

Yeha, and as nice bonus you get to see all the characters with different costume designs on the title page. Some of which are pretty awesome.

[Kyoujin]

Agreed; one of the newest ones in the snow is one of my favorites. Not to mention the beach spread; you know what I'm talkin' about Gasa.

[Gasaraki]

Yeah that shit rocks. I've seen so many versions of it haha :rofl:

[WasFemto]

Just read to first volume of Freesia. This shit is pretty sick and sexy. It's one of the Hawks scanlated projects.

[Gasaraki]

Yeah, I've read most of it but man, I don't know why. It's so fuckin weird. I have no idea how to describe the story or the reason for it

[WasFemto]

Anyone know where I could find the pics or the creditless ending of A.D. Police To Protect and Serve?

[Master Chibi]

Hey so I'm watching Magikano and I find the middle sister to be totally hot.

yup.

[Gasaraki]

Why? She's a moron. The only good one is what's-her-name, you know who I mean.

[orka]

Bleach is puke. Formulaic and cyclical teenage shit.

[Kyoujin]

Bleach is puke. Formulaic and cyclical teenage shit.

Yes, I agree, but I think the fact that's it's so campy is what makes it so appealing. It's very similar to DBZ. However, I'm enjoying reading Bleach alot more than Naruto; it has always been steadily interesting, which is more than I can say for Naruto at the moment.

[catchafire]

Why does everything have to be compared to Naruto these days?

[tempest]

Why does everything have to be compared to Naruto these days?


cause most "jumpshows" share same ideas and there show there overhype.

later

[Sacr3D]

Why does everything have to be compared to Naruto these days?

Why does everything have to be compared to DBZ these days?

[InfiniDragon615]

Why does everything have to be compared to DBZ these days?

Cause apparently it's cool to hate on DBZ or any show remotely similar, while at the same time thinking that anime that's ten times as bland with total token characters, but shows cartoon titties and ass is an instant classic. :confused:

Not saying that's all you guys, but I want to slap "l33t" fuckers who think like that. I've had the displeasure of knowing a couple of them (and it's a shame really, they're cool peeps besides that).

[orka]

lets face it, we all like dragon ball when we're 12. there's a need to move on after that, though.

fact: kishimoto's rapid rise to popularity is indeed due to the fact that he aped the shit out of toriyama's dragon ball.

[Master Chibi]

I love Dragonball. Easily one of my top ten. One of the few anime / manga out there where it totally shows that its creator just loved making the series from start to finish.

I enjoy DBZ as well, but certainly not on the same level of Dragonball.

And Bleach is NOTHING like DBZ, stop comparing the two.

ORKA I WANT MY BABY.

[orka]

VERY HIGH QUALITY CAPS OF ILYA FROM FATE/HOLLOW ATARAXIA BY ME:

omg ilya (https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/nakano1/shared/omg%20ilya.bmp)

omg bloomers (https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/nakano1/shared/omg%20bloomers.bmp)

omg bloomers 2 (https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/nakano1/shared/omg%20bloomers%202.bmp)

omg bikini (https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/nakano1/shared/omg%20bikini.bmp)

oooo (https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/nakano1/shared/oooo.bmp)

tiger!! (https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/nakano1/shared/tiger%21%21.bmp)

party (https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/nakano1/shared/party.bmp)

wtf (https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/nakano1/shared/wtf.bmp)

this is my house (https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/nakano1/shared/this%20is%20my%20house.bmp)

[GunflameBuri]

.... I think I'm gonna have to start watching Fate now...

[Master Chibi]

<3 x 34023023029302930293

OMFG BLOOMERS

[orka]

i know, i rock

[Master Chibi]

Fuck yeah.

[Crusader]

Hey so I'm watching Magikano and I find the middle sister to be totally hot.

yup.
Really? I always thought the older sister was the hottest.

[FANTASTIPO]

lololololi

nice caps orka

[Hoonyo]

i don't understand why more people don't read hxh or ippo instead of bleach or naruto.

[DeusFNL]

i don't understand why more people don't read hxh or ippo instead of bleach or naruto.

QFT.:rolleyes:

[PsychoSquall]

I just saw an anime series called Desert Punk (AKA Sunabouzu). I recommend it!

[Gasaraki]

PS, yeah that is a pretty funny anime, and another really odd one.

Fuck yeah.
Fuck no.

[Master Chibi]

@ Crusader:

Really? I always thought the older sister was the hottest.

Naw man, the middle one is totally hotter. Taller, more athletic, eats like an elephant, doesn't want to jump her brother's bones, it's all good.

I'm hoping they devote an episode to her sooner or later.

CHIBI NEEDS HIS MIDDLE SISTER LOVING.

@ Gasaraki:

Fuck no.

Um, FUCK YEAH.

[orka]

ILYA!!

Hmm... actually I'm more of a Saber/Rider kinda of guy with a small dose of Rin on the side.

Bazette from Hollow Ataraxia isn't bad either.

[Gasaraki]

Hmm... actually I'm more of a Saber/Rider kinda of guy...
Agreed, Rider is teh awesome.

Dunno anything about ataraxia yet though, so can't comment on that. A pic or 2 maybe? :wgrin:

[Master Chibi]

I like Ilya best, but I'm fine with all the rest.

Fuck yeah.

[orka]

Agreed, Rider is teh awesome.

Dunno anything about ataraxia yet though, so can't comment on that. A pic or 2 maybe? :wgrin:

hmm maybe later.

the ilya caps i posted are all from hollow ataraxia though.

[Gasaraki]

Anyone seen the xxxholic movie yet? I'm getting it right now I'll leave my opinion on it when it's done. If it's anything like the manga it should be pretty awesome.

[orka]

beh clamp

[tempest]

beh clamp


and whats wrong with clamp?

and production IG did the movie and is doing tv so again whats so bad? it can't be bad has Tsubasa Chronicle which only reason its bad is bee train did the anime.

[tempest]

oh don't worry p.s i will check out , but i have mai hime, and Eureka Seven comming soon.


only reason ippo, or hunter xhunter isn't big has naurto or bleach is well word of mouth , and how much hype is on naurto, and bleach.

alot people didn't know bout ippo till it was license ,and brought here,and now its spreading like wild fire, and the manga is very long form what i was told.

hxh case may have ask stabby i'm not into hxh that much.

[WasFemto]

I just saw an anime series called Desert Punk (AKA Sunabouzu). I recommend it!


This is one I've been looking foward to for awhile. Maybe I'll pick up the first vol. today.

[WasFemto]

Anybody know a site that lists edits and what not in licensed manga? I hear VIZ brought Eyeshield 21 here to the states but that their track record isn't that great.

[tempest]

Anybody know a site that lists edits and what not in licensed manga? I hear VIZ brought Eyeshield 21 here to the states but that their track record isn't that great.


i think all they did with eyeshield is edit out swear words i'm not sure though.

[Hoonyo]

oh don't worry p.s i will check out , but i have mai hime, and Eureka Seven comming soon.


only reason ippo, or hunter xhunter isn't big has naurto or bleach is well word of mouth , and how much hype is on naurto, and bleach.

alot people didn't know bout ippo till it was license ,and brought here,and now its spreading like wild fire, and the manga is very long form what i was told.

hxh case may have ask stabby i'm not into hxh that much.
yeah i've been trying to spread hxh/ippo around to make it more well known... two of the best shounen series IMO

also, anyone else sick of black cat? that shit is just getting stupid. all that potential gone to waste...

[Gasaraki]

oh don't worry p.s i will check out , but i have mai hime, and Eureka Seven comming soon.
FINALLY someone else mentions Eureka Seven. It starts out a little average but after a couple of episodes it just gets better and better. Good series.

[tempest]

FINALLY someone else mentions Eureka Seven. It starts out a little average but after a couple of episodes it just gets better and better. Good series.


oh i agree the show is just style, and very good,and the dub is not bad either, i think there plan for it to air on AS after fma ends.


about black cat see thats one of the major draw backs of gonzo doing show based on manga, there follow the manga the start of the show, then midway make up there own stories, and come up with ending they see fit. don't get me wrong some of there shows are good like kiddygrade, vandread, S.G , gankutsuou, cc, and last exile . but when they try do anime based on manga its more like hit, and miss.

[Warpticon]

Man, is Eyeshield 21 a *lot* better in the manga?

Because the football action in the anime is god-awful through 8 episodes, and aside from Mamori and maybe the fat guy whose name I can't remember, there's not a character I really give a damn about thus far. The story is vaguely interesting, but I don't know if I have the patience to watch anymore if something doesn't improve, and quick.

[Gasaraki]

I haven't seen the anime but the manga is pretty funny and worth reading just for that even so maybe you should just give it a try anyway.

[Ki Shima]

it seems like yu yu hakusho is better than HxH/naruto/bleach/ippo yet nobody talks about it :confused:

my friend keeps tellingme the fight scenes arewicked in bleach but i havent seen any good ones yet, any recomendations?

ill watch HxH just for the art direction

im justaboutto watchsome ippo now

naruto has like a million top characters that diffrent people will find interesting, thats why its the most successful

[Gasaraki]

HxH is way better than YYH. At least the fights are actually intresting. Even then, Ippo is way better than all of them in action and emotion.

[Ki Shima]

HxH is way better than YYH. At least the fights are actually intresting. Even then, Ippo is way better than all of them in action and emotion.


truth most probably, its just yyh brings back memories when anime's were rare and much more adult orientated than todays pop anime :sad:

ippo looks very top tier, i like kicks just as much as punches though so a big chunk of lovin is missing :rofl:

i dont give a fuck what people say, i want a new generation of dragonball, cos you know if the series is making a return ALL the things people critisized about it will be fixed making it possibly the best anime evAr made

fuck to be honest at a point i was sick of dragonball, but as soon as you watch it again after a long time passes, theres STILL nothing quite like it

[tempest]

it seems like yu yu hakusho is better than HxH/naruto/bleach/ippo yet nobody talks about it :confused:

my friend keeps tellingme the fight scenes arewicked in bleach but i havent seen any good ones yet, any recomendations?

ill watch HxH just for the art direction

im justaboutto watchsome ippo now

naruto has like a million top characters that diffrent people will find interesting, thats why its the most successful

yyu more adult what....? the only good arc in yyu was the 2d season DT,.. the rest were.... umm they were good, just never match up with the emotion that DT carried.

and yes ippo is better then other shows from start to finish. you will get hooked by all the charcaters, even the boxers that ippo fights you understand why they want win like mashiba .,and of course the ippo has one of the best surpporting charcater in takamura who is just ...nuts.

later

[Muff Daddy]

anyone know where you can get FMA music, from the show?

i love the symphonic music that they play when they are doing flashbacks or explaining something that happened in the past with the faint singing in the background: "whoa ooh oh ooh oh oooh" ...so cool.

[Master Chibi]

Eyeshield 21 manga > anime

Ironically enough.

Yup.

[orka]

manga > anime

that's almost always true... except in few instances (nadesico is a major example)

school rumble also comes to mind in recent memory

[WasFemto]

Picked up Deser Punk vol.+box+hat. The second episode > your soul.

Picked up vol.3 of Genshiken(still got one episode left). This has been an awesome series.

Picked up Lupin III:Missed by a Dollar. Don't know the Japanese name...yet. But I look foward to watching this.

As far as ES21 I've seen 16 eps. and I agree the manga is better(as in any case when a manga has an anime based off of it) but I still find it enjoyable. The main problem that I had was the Tv show is too slow paced in comparison.

[catchafire]

Are there anime episodes of Derert Punk? If so, can I get it on the net?

[WasFemto]

Are there anime episodes of Derert Punk? If so, can I get it on the net?


:confused:

[Hunter D]

Mahou Sensei Negima is going to start up again.:wasted:
Akamatsu is a hack IMO, with is simple ass, reptitive works. The guy ripes of characters and story style form other people. If it wasn't for is art style he wouldn't sell at all.

[Kyoujin]

Mahou Sensei Negima is going to start up again.:wasted:
Akamatsu is a hack IMO, with is simple ass, reptitive works. The guy ripes of characters and story style form other people. If it wasn't for is art style he wouldn't sell at all.

Agreed; I was really dissappointed with Negima because it was essentially the product of a drunken, one-night-stand between Love Hina and Harry Potter.
I never even bothered with AI Love You, it just looks like more of the same. I think Akamatsu is the Tom Clancy of manga; all he does is rehash old ideas and stale cliches.

Gasaraki, I agree with you about HxH and YYH; I used to really enjoy YYH when I was thirteen, but this was alos back when anime was considered none existent, especially in the small town where I was growing up. HxH is many steps above YYH; infact, I haven't been this excited for a manga since One Piece, which is still in my opinion, one of the most exciting mangas out there.

[RoninChaos]

Can anybody tell me if a Samurai Champloo is going to come out in a box set? Or should I just cop something like this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Samurai-Champloo-Complete-UNCUT-TV-Series-DVD-ENGLISH_W0QQitemZ9112034210QQcategoryZ617QQrdZ1QQc mdZViewItem

[Emil]

If you guys haven't seen the first episode of Ergo Proxy, you really should. This is another GITS-like anime. I believe the producers of Witch Hunter Robin and GITS are working on this. Looks very promising so far.

[Hunter D]

Can anybody tell me if a Samurai Champloo is going to come out in a box set? Or should I just cop something like this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Samurai-Champloo-Complete-UNCUT-TV-Series-DVD-ENGLISH_W0QQitemZ9112034210QQcategoryZ617QQrdZ1QQc mdZViewItem
That set is hong kong bootleg. No way to know if the video quality is good.
Geneon, the company that releases SC, don't usually re-release boxes, but you can go to rightstuf.com and buy the volume 1 + box, wait fo it to be put on the weekly sales list and snatch the whole series, or check geneon website because they sometimes re-release boxes for popular series.

[Gasaraki]

Bah, Negima is awesome and you haters can die a painful death. Besides, Negi is a way better protaganist than either of em from LH or HP. :wgrin:

Ergo Proxy is pretty intresting, but I don't know if I like it yet, too early.

[Gasaraki]

That set is hong kong bootleg. No way to know if the video quality is good.
Geneon, the company that releases SC, don't usually re-release boxes, but you can go to rightstuf.com and buy the volume 1 + box, wait fo it to be put on the weekly sales list and snatch the whole series, or check geneon website because they sometimes re-release boxes for popular series.
I know they've done it a few times. They have the Trigun SE set 1 and 2, there's a GunGrave one, and a couple of others I've noticed. While I don't think they have one now and probably not for a while, I think it's very likely they'll release one