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Hello there. My favorite animes...Well there are a lot but my main top ones would have to be:
1) The Slayers
2) Tenchi Muyo In Love(Technically a movie but it is a good one)
3) Iria
and I think the other one is called Soul Hunters bu I'm not sure...OH! And Desendants of Darkness! That is a really good one too. |
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THERE'S A THIRD FILM OF GHOST IN THE SHELL?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Whhhhaaaaaattt...?!
*Ahem*
Anyways, there's Appleseed, Cowboy Bebop, Colourful, Urotsokidu (about 2 or three films), Violence Jack, Blood: The Last Vampire... That's just a few...
Also, if you are into manga also, I would say go and check out the Japanese version of Hana Kimi (tv series, you can watch it on www.hoomie.com as well as many other tv series from asia and such like)... Its over the top like a lot of Japanese Manga, but the live acting is really quite funny and such like. Its classed as a drama, take from that what you will...
Yeah.....
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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Cowboy Bebop is excellent.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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I don't think I've seen every episode of Cowboy Bebop, but what I did see was pretty cool.
It's the start of the new season for anime (well, shortly after the start), anybody found a new series that they've enjoyed or that they think looks interesting?
I'll definately be checking out Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro, it's the anime of a manga series that Panther recommended a while back, and whilst I found the manga to be really interesting I also discovered that it was pretty hard to find. To sum it up as briefly as I can, Yako’s father was recently murdered in a locked room - the case appears to be quite impossible to solve, though the police are still working on it. Not long after her father's murder, Yako happens to meet a demon named Neuro, a creature from Hell who eats 'riddles' (hard to explain, but he solves a mystery and then feeds off the energy that is released the moment the mystery is solved). He quite literally forces Yako to become a detective so he can solve mysteries, as he doesn't want to attract too much attention in the real world. I can't really recommend it without seeing it for myself (as I've seen anime of manga that were simply terrible - anybody seen any Negima anime?  ), but I think it's probably worth watching if you get the chance.
Things that I might check out include: Bamboo Blade (made by the makers of Gun X Sword, and the story seems like it could be funny), Kaiji (an anime about gambling with a unique art style), Shion no Ou (sounds similar to Hikaru no Go, but with shougi instead of go and a more mystery-based storyline) and Genshiken 2 (I liked the first season, though sadly I didn't get to see it through to the end... an anime about a club who watch anime  ).
It might seem like a lot, but I'll probably only end up watching a couple of those .
EDIT: Just finished watching Kaiji, I'll be continuing to watch this one for sure. Quoted so that my post isn't too ridiculously huge
| 3kul (on episode 1 of Kaiji) wrote: |
The unique style is pretty cool, and the story is actually really interesting (so far). Kaiji is a pretty useless guy (the narrator describes it best by saying that "every day of his life revolves around cheap liquor and cheap gambles"), totally unemployed and just scraping by, taking out his frustration with his current situation by vandalizing fancy cars. Then one day, a yakuza turns up on his doorstep, asking to come in. Apparently, Kaiji co-signed a very dodgey looking loan for an old co-worker just over a year ago, and since the co-worker has disappeared it seems that Kaiji is now responsible for it.
The original amount was 300,000  (about US$2,600), an already difficult debt for the jobless Kaiji, but thanks to a ridiculous interest rate (20% monthly ) it's escalated to 3,850,000 (roughly US$33,300). Kaiji becomes putty in the yakuza's hands, when given the choice to either spend the next 11 years working his ass off to make monthly repayments or to erase his debt entirely with a night's gambling on a mysterious cruise (assuming that he wins that is - those who lose are shipped away for a couple of years' hard labour ) he is easily convinced to go on the cruise.
I won't spoil too much more, as the set-up for the cruise itself is interesting too, but what has me most intrigued is wondering just how Kaiji is going to get out of this. The game that they're told to play is nothing like regular gambling, it looks like it's going to be a real 'kill or be killed' kind of game - Kaiji is quick to remind himself not to sympathize with his fellow debtors, as helping each other isn't going to get them out of debt.
If you're looking for an anime that will get you thinking, or if you have an interest in underworld-style gambling, Kaiji might be a good one to check out (hard to say though, the first episode is mostly set-up), but you action fans might want to steer clear of this one. |
EDIT2: Finished watching Kaiji episode 2. SPOILER ALERT! (I can't comment much without elaborating on the details).
| 3kul (on episode 2 of Kaiji) wrote: |
The game appears to be quite simple. It's rock-paper-scissors, but limited - each player has 12 cards, four of each hand sign. Each player also receives three stars, and every time you play with somebody, you must gamble a star. In order to win you must use up all of your cards and have three or more stars remaining. Run out of stars and it's game over, run out of cards with less than three stars and you're basically screwed.
However, it's not as simple as it sounds. The money is considered as 'war funds', and serves no official purpose. Unofficially however, you can use it to buy stars from people who have extras, and this is where the game begins to deepen. What makes things complex is the people playing and how they choose to play it.
As Funai, the man who made Kaiji realize that borrowing 10 mil was the best way to go, explains, if you can get a partner you can cheat your way through the game - just keep playing the same cards as each other. 12 draws means that nobody wins, and so you lose all of your cards, keep your 3 stars and your debt is cleared. Kaiji points out that his loan from the 10 mil will be more than his initial loan (only 3.85 mil), but Funai reassures him that this method takes almost no time at all, and that they can be done before 20 minutes have passed. 20 minutes at 40% makes for a debt of 300,000 (sound familiar? ), though this is sounding pretty sweet to Kaiji now that he faces the possibility of a much greater debt and he takes Funai up on it.
We can all see what's going to happen, but Kaiji seems to find the lure of the 100% chance of success too good to resist. Funai tricks Kaiji on the 10th card, playing a paper when he was 'supposed' to play a rock. Kaiji loses a star, but the all-too-apologetic Funai assures Kaiji that this was an honest mistake, and shows him a rock card, saying that if Kaiji beats him then he'll get his star back and they'll believe him. The naive Kaiji believes him, and is duped once more - Funai's been practicing his card tricks, and he reveals a scissors card. 20 minutes into the game and Kaiji's left with one card and one star. Funai reveals his true colours, and Kaiji is left distraught.
After spending a bit of time crying and realizing how stupid he was for trusting Funai, Kaiji notices a certain somebody wandering through the room - it's Furahata, the man who Kaiji had cosigned the debts for. Furahata seems to be in a bit of despair also, as he's got only one star left, but before Kaiji can catch him (apparently to beat the crap out of him), he's made his way to the 'break room'. This is supposedly a room for resting from the efforts of gambling, but it's really full of men crying, lamenting at their own impossible situations.
It's here that Kaiji gets a rather clever idea. He gets Furahata (cutting him of from practically begging him for forgiveness) and decides to combine forces - together they have 2 stars, five cards and 12 mil. Kaiji begins to explain that they could buy themselves enough stars to gain freedom, but is suddenly struck by another brilliant idea. After a bit of searching, they find Andou, a man with two stars and no cards.
Alone, they're all screwed, but Kaiji convinces them to band together and pool what they have in order to survive. Together they have 4 stars, 5 cards (four scissors and one paper) and 14 million yen.
Things are moving a little slowly, but I'm really getting into this now. It's a decent strategy, and Kaiji has learnt to avoid the obvious tricksters (he observes another pitiful looking man falling for the same trick that he did moments earlier). They can afford to lose once without getting kicked out, and though they don't have much variation in cards they have enough money to get themselves out of trouble if need be. The fact that they are all dependent on one another makes for a kind of forced trust, though I'm wondering just how long that might last. |
I'll probably edit this post again when I've finished watching something else (or post if somebody else has posted).
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Well I tried watching some animes, and I found them (sorry everyone) rather awful.
However, there was one series I was addicted to from start to finish, Death Note!
(And for historical referance, when the dubbed version comes out, it's going to be simply awful.)
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Well I tried watching some animes, and I found them (sorry everyone) rather awful.
However, there was one series I was addicted to from start to finish, Death Note!
(And for historical referance, when the dubbed version comes out, it's going to be simply awful.) |
Death Note is so pretentiously awesome. Just like Ergo Proxy, actually.
[s:3f7aa620ae]I still haven't seen the entire anime.[/s:3f7aa620ae]
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| Shaon wrote: |
| Fort wrote: |
Well I tried watching some animes, and I found them (sorry everyone) rather awful.
However, there was one series I was addicted to from start to finish, Death Note!
(And for historical referance, when the dubbed version comes out, it's going to be simply awful.) |
Death Note is so pretentiously awesome. Just like Ergo Proxy, actually.
[s:c81762b411]I still haven't seen the entire anime.[/s:c81762b411] |
But is that good or bad? What was with the quiz episode thing? I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND! At first I thought it might have been shoved into the English version so it would be worse... But all the writing was in Japanese so I couldn't read it.
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I guess it depends what you watch really, as like you said Fort, whilst you didn't like the others you really liked Death Note. I enjoyed Death Note a lot too, but as it was so faithful to the manga I kinda lost interest in it before the series ended (as I'd already read the entire thing many times over by then ).
Dubbed anime is getting better and better imo, it's not always destined to be awful (as some anime fans will insist ). Given it's high popularity I'd suspect that Death Note has a good chance of being done pretty well.
I will freely admit that there are more bad dubs than good out there (eg: One Piece ), but for those of you who just mindlessly hate all dubs it's time for a case study comparison!  Watch this sample of the dubbed version of Samurai Champloo and compare it with this sample of the subbed version. The only complaint I have is the mispronunciation of Jin's name (in the English version he is called 'Jean'), but I find that I'm easily able to get over it as the actors do a great job of re-capturing the character's personalities and the english script is pretty faithful to the Japanese one.
Ah, I should probably mention that Samurai Champloo comes with an 'M' rating, so even though each sample is only about 10 minutes mature audiences only please .
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 6:36 am Post subject: |
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I enjoyed the dubbed version of Cowboy Bebop. Is that a crime?
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:39 am Post subject: |
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| visagepoissons wrote: |
| Shaon wrote: |
| Fort wrote: |
Well I tried watching some animes, and I found them (sorry everyone) rather awful.
However, there was one series I was addicted to from start to finish, Death Note!
(And for historical referance, when the dubbed version comes out, it's going to be simply awful.) |
Death Note is so pretentiously awesome. Just like Ergo Proxy, actually.
[s:da43d3b7cd]I still haven't seen the entire anime.[/s:da43d3b7cd] |
But is that good or bad? What was with the quiz episode thing? I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND! At first I thought it might have been shoved into the English version so it would be worse... But all the writing was in Japanese so I couldn't read it. |
I can see why you'd be confused about the quiz episode, seeing that you haven't seen the original.
I've actually seen "Nightmare Quiz Show" (why did they change it from Quiz Show From Hell D in english (and loved the preformance of MCQ's dub voice, it captures the stereotypical game show host character perfectly.), and I can see how confusing that is.
In the original version of Ergo Proxy, most episodes of the show sound like the voices were translated from english to japanese, unlike the Quiz Show From Hell, which was entirely in japanese and broadcast throughout the world in Japanese, which is how Raul Creed and Donov Mayer were able to watch it, but were unable to understand it because, to them, it's in a foreign language. Thus, Raul goes crazy and releases Rapture in an attempt to kill Vincent.
I think it would be more awesome if they just used subtitles for the Nightmare Quiz Show episode. Would capture the essence more.
MCQ is my favorite character, and he dies. Figures.
(Itsuki doesn't die )
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I swear it get weirder as it goes along.
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