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At 8/10/08 03:40 AM, Mendou wrote:

At 8/10/08 03:35 AM, Wonko-the-Sane wrote:

And when did "we" decide on this? The God-King was not consulted, this decision is therefore not one of my holy/royal decree's/commandments.

Well, their's no harm in bringing it back right? It was something fun at least(Nerdy yeah, but still fun) Least I can go around the forums claiming I'm the awesome Duke Togo.

I don't even remember exactly who my character was. I can recall starting off as Shippou from Inuyasha, then switched to some scientist when I earned my Associate's Degree in Chemistry, and changed to Miles "Tails" Prower from Sonic the Hedgehog because I missed being a kitsune. I have no idea what I did after that, and I'd rather not take the time to search my posts for answers.

So i got done watching Elfen lied in on Friday, it was ok but not one of my favorites. Now i´m watching Code Geass, i have to say it quite reminds me of Death Note.

I have so much anime to watch.. I finally found a Japanese dub of the Ninja scroll TV show, i have to finish Code Geass and then i guess i´ll start watching Berserk.

I'm really into GTO now. I'm picking up the pace, now, watching more episodes at a time.

At 8/10/08 05:06 PM, DeIirium wrote: I have so much anime to watch.. I finally found a Japanese dub of the Ninja scroll TV show, i have to finish Code Geass and then i guess i´ll start watching Berserk.

Berserk is really good, but be prepared for one of the worst endings in history. And the Ninja Scroll series wasn't very good. My friend gave me the DVD box set for free probably a couple years ago now. I think I watched it all the way through once.

Well I just needed some background noise so I put in Ikkoku and well, guess I might as well start watching the series again. It's still an excellent series since I last watched it back in late october-early November. Hopefully I won't get full blown addicted to it again and get so caught up in the show, that I can't stop watching it.(Damn that drama was too good to miss)

Also I started on the Black Jack TV special, Black Jack: The 4 miracles of life. It's only 4 episodes(obviously). I finished episodes 1 and 2. So far it's pretty good. But I have do have a bit of a problem. In terms of character designs I much prefered Osamu Dezaki's way of directing Black Jack. The character designs just make the show a bit...too light hearted and a tad cutesy.

But still doesn't make it bad by any means. Just prefered the OVA's way of portraying him.

A lot of people don´t seem to like Ninja scroll... I thought the movie was pretty awesome. I like the theme, and the villains are cool.

At 8/11/08 03:36 AM, Mendou wrote: Also I started on the Black Jack TV special, Black Jack: The 4 miracles of life. It's only 4 episodes(obviously). I finished episodes 1 and 2. So far it's pretty good. But I have do have a bit of a problem. In terms of character designs I much prefered Osamu Dezaki's way of directing Black Jack. The character designs just make the show a bit...too light hearted and a tad cutesy.

If you have read the comics, they would have been more or less the same style in the first place; possibly Makoto Tezuka's way of honoring his father's (Osamu Tezuka; better known as the God of Manga) debut 30 years before 2003 (when several animated Tezuka Works aired on TV).

Don't forget that the OVAs and Movie by Dezaki are all original stories without borrowing too much from the books.

It cannot be helped; since they are aiming at a younger audience with a TV release unlike the movie and the ten OVAs by Dezaki.

Though in the same style and art direction, Black Jack 21 certainly feels darker but at the same time does not leave out breathers for younger fans. But hey; a medical story turning into something out of a James Bond Final Hour event makes the Epic Doctor Story all the more enjoyable.

Speaking of Dezaki works; his version of Air (Movie) did make me go D'AWWWW near the end.

At 8/11/08 10:34 AM, DeIirium wrote: A lot of people don´t seem to like Ninja scroll... I thought the movie was pretty awesome. I like the theme, and the villains are cool.

The action scenes were not very good and the antagonist died off just way too quickly. I just never saw a point for the film. I doubt I'll be watching the Ninja Scroll tv series either.

At 8/11/08 10:51 AM, HaroFreak wrote:

If you have read the comics, they would have been more or less the same style in the first place; possibly Makoto Tezuka's way of honoring his father's (Osamu Tezuka; better known as the God of Manga) debut 30 years before 2003 (when several animated Tezuka Works aired on TV).

Unfortunetly the manga has yet to be released into the states.(Viz released two volumes but they're out of print) Good thing in the fall of this year the whole manga series will finally be translated into english. Looking forward to it.

Don't forget that the OVAs and Movie by Dezaki are all original stories without borrowing too much from the books.

I figured that the episode with Black Jack helping a sick latino drug lord(Well supposedly one) crossing the border wasn't an original story in the manga.

It cannot be helped; since they are aiming at a younger audience with a TV release unlike the movie and the ten OVAs by Dezaki.

Well it's probably just me then since I got into Black Jack by watching the Dezaki stuff. So I'm more used to Black Jack being more dark and gritty.

Though in the same style and art direction, Black Jack 21 certainly feels darker but at the same time does not leave out breathers for younger fans. But hey; a medical story turning into something out of a James Bond Final Hour event makes the Epic Doctor Story all the more enjoyable.

hahaha, been meaning to watch that and the Two Doctors of Darkness. But yeah, I love how the series can also be such a great thriller at the same time.

At 8/11/08 10:51 AM, HaroFreak wrote::

Don't forget that the OVAs and Movie by Dezaki are all original stories without borrowing too much from the books.

No true, all but two episodes of the OVAs are adaptations of manga stories.

Though in the same style and art direction, Black Jack 21 certainly feels darker but at the same time does not leave out breathers for younger fans. But hey; a medical story turning into something out of a James Bond Final Hour event makes the Epic Doctor Story all the more enjoyable.

Yeah, 21's globe-trotting action/mystery twists make it quite the fun show.

At 8/11/08 03:27 PM, Gendo wrote:

No true, all but two episodes of the OVAs are adaptations of manga stories.

Which is pretty odd since the latino one just seems far too outlandish. Even for Black jack's standards.

At 8/11/08 03:27 PM, Gendo wrote: No true, all but two episodes of the OVAs are adaptations of manga stories.

Disregard that then.

Yeah, 21's globe-trotting action/mystery twists make it quite the fun show.

If done by Yamamoto Kenji of Kiroi Ishi fame in Dynamic Studios... it'll be an instant best seller.

At 8/11/08 03:49 PM, Mendou wrote: Which is pretty odd since the latino one just seems far too outlandish. Even for Black jack's standards.

I did not think so, given Tezuka's occasional ups and downs when writing uncountable amounts of comics. I don't even think 100% of them are even recorded on one source.

Oh, hey, I remember there was a bit in Sayonara Zetsuboy Sensei (why do I insist on calling Animus by their Japanese names...) where he drops a Black Jack Manga into a fountain that detoxes people, removing their negative qualities, and then shows a panel where BJ demands proof of medical insurance.

At 8/12/08 03:29 AM, JohnnyWang wrote: (why do I insist on calling Animus by their Japanese names...)

Because it's a fancier sounding name than 'Goodbye, Mr. Despair'.

It's only a select few that I call by their Japanese names, and that's only because that's how other people identify them.

I remember that episode having a rather bizarre Lucky Star reference.

It also happened in a number of other episodes, I couldn't get why.

At 8/11/08 03:22 PM, Mendou wrote:

At 8/11/08 10:34 AM, DeIirium wrote: A lot of people don´t seem to like Ninja scroll... I thought the movie was pretty awesome. I like the theme, and the villains are cool.

The action scenes were not very good and the antagonist died off just way too quickly. I just never saw a point for the film. I doubt I'll be watching the Ninja Scroll tv series either.

I liked the action scenes personally. The antagonist doesn´t die until the very end.

is it not to late to join?
im an otaku to the grave.
also, i play videogames in local tourney's,
cant seem to get a team for national tourney's.
Spirited away is my all time favorite anime movie
Cowboy Beebop is my favorite anime

Oh, btw, have you heard of the upcoming Ultimo?
I read a teaser and thought it was good.
American comics creator Stan Lee
and
Japaneese manga star Hiroyuki Takei
teamed up for this one.

At 7/27/08 05:05 PM, LLStarks wrote: *looks at latest code geass r2 spoilers*

jeez, the next few weeks are gonna be awesome.

not as i hear.
ittl' be good, sure, but i hear its lacking.

At 7/28/08 07:40 AM, MrTrivia wrote: Now and Then, Here and There

Wow, that's actually going to be on TV? awesome. That was a great series.

Yeah, AZN TV ran it pretty much uncut a year or two ago, but I fear it will be blurred and muted (the way the Sci Fi channel censors its anime programs) beyond recognition. If you want to see all the good stuff you miss out on, try renting it from Netflix.

uhhh, IFC is more hentai-ish than most, and its "uncut" Netflix is best.

At 8/12/08 10:15 AM, wtfman880 wrote: is it not to late to join?
im an otaku to the grave.
also, i play videogames in local tourney's,
cant seem to get a team for national tourney's.
Spirited away is my all time favorite anime movie
Cowboy Beebop is my favorite anime

Nice quadruple post and no it's not, as long as you stop posting conesecutivly your cool with me. I remember the sign up requirement was 5 favorite anime and 5 disliked anime, but whatever.

At 8/12/08 10:31 AM, wtfman880 wrote: uhhh, IFC is more hentai-ish than most, and its "uncut" Netflix is best.

Hm? Just because they show Speed Grapher doesn't mean anyting.

At 8/11/08 10:34 AM, DeIirium wrote: A lot of people don´t seem to like Ninja scroll... I thought the movie was pretty awesome. I like the theme, and the villains are cool.

The movie wasn't bad, but I don't think it was that good either. The 8 devils were cool and the fight scenes were good.. It's just a fun action flick. I used to think it was great. I was in love with it the first time I saw it at age 11.

And the show isn't as entertaining as the movie. Really, I would not recommend it, but I wouldn't say it's completely horrible. I'd watch an episode if there was nothing else to do, I guess, but if I could get 10 bucks or more for it, I'd probably sell my box set.

You should watch Basilisk instead. It's another show that only has action going for it and nothing else, but it's more entertaining, in my opinion. I enjoy it on the same level as I enjoy stuff like Angel Cop, Baoh, Mad Bull 34, or Crying Freeman. same with the Ninja Scroll movie.

At 8/12/08 10:15 AM, wtfman880 wrote: is it not to late to join?

Please refrain from posting in this club ever again.

At 8/12/08 10:31 AM, wtfman880 wrote: uhhh, IFC is more hentai-ish than most

watfestival

Seriously, never post here again.

I really should get back into anime. The last was She, that was good and I watched all of the second Ghost In The Shell series finally, still missing loads of the first one. Also I never did watch the Ghost movie I got a while ago. Also to finish watching Bleach I cant remember what epsiode I was on, 110 something.

Any good anime you can recomend me to try along the lines of .hack gentleness and storyline or ghost in the shell complex thingy storyline, I think I will try for one of those at the moment. Or a love story, those are always nice.

So I watched the first two episodes of Azumanga Daioh

lolwat.

At 8/13/08 04:19 AM, JohnnyWang wrote: So I watched the first two episodes of Azumanga Daioh

lolwat.

As in, "this is funny lolwat" or, "lolwat the fuck is this shit"?

At 8/13/08 04:34 AM, Mendou wrote:

At 8/13/08 04:19 AM, JohnnyWang wrote: So I watched the first two episodes of Azumanga Daioh

lolwat.

As in, "this is funny lolwat" or, "lolwat the fuck is this shit"?

Azumanga Daioh was funny as hell. Actually, I've been two episodes away from finishing that for months. I should get on that.

At 8/13/08 04:35 AM, Wonko-the-Sane wrote:

Azumanga Daioh was funny as hell. Actually, I've been two episodes away from finishing that for months. I should get on that.

I was up to about 14, then ended up not seeing the rest of the show except for the final episode. Not sure why.

I'm still a bit curious to hear the dub, if only just once. It just seems really hard to imagine the show in english and even though I heard it's not too great. Just still wondering what it sounds like.

At 8/13/08 04:41 AM, Mendou wrote: I was up to about 14, then ended up not seeing the rest of the show except for the final episode. Not sure why.

You missed some good episodes.

At 8/13/08 04:41 AM, Mendou wrote: I'm still a bit curious to hear the dub, if only just once. It just seems really hard to imagine the show in english and even though I heard it's not too great. Just still wondering what it sounds like.

Osaka has a southern American accent.

Which I suppose makes sense, but it's quite annoying.

At 8/13/08 04:34 AM, Mendou wrote:

At 8/13/08 04:19 AM, JohnnyWang wrote: So I watched the first two episodes of Azumanga Daioh

lolwat.

As in, "this is funny lolwat" or, "lolwat the fuck is this shit"?

Both, but mostly the former.

Anyway, after I finifh AMD and SZS, I've thought about checking out either Kaiji or Black Jack, but at the moment, my main problem is that I'm a bit confused, since BJ seems to be a bunch of OVA's and Movies or something, and I don't know where to start etc.