Author Topic: Anime [General] (Read 22282 times)

BlkPaladin · « **Reply #25 on:** September 06, 2004, 01:42:16 PM »

I have been watching anime for years now. My family's anime collection is well over 1000 titles right now. (I use to have the entire collection Cataloged by my computer decided to die on me.) My favorites hmmm... Slayers (All three series and OAVs), Trigun, almost anything that was orginally written by Clamp (X, Magic Knights Rayearth, Sakura Cardcaptors) , and Rumiko Takahashi (Lum, Mermaid Scars, Maison Ikkaku, Ranma 1/2 and Inuyasha).

Some of my other favorites Knight Hunters, Vandred, One Piece. Almost anything in the relm of Anime.

Syl · « **Reply #26 on:** September 06, 2004, 04:38:48 PM »

Just got back from the mall, Gamestop was having a "buy 2 anime get one free" sale, so i ended up just going out and buying volumes 2, 3 and 4 of Haibane Renmei. $50 was a nice price for 3 disks. Now i just need the first disk + box and i'm set.

Of course, that does mean later on i'll have less of a chance of getting something like Viewtiful Joe 2. bah, damn sale and its good timing.

...Have i mentioned how much I love haibane renmei? If not, I need to tell everyone to watch it.

BlkPaladin · « **Reply #27 on:** September 06, 2004, 07:06:42 PM »

Yeah it always seems you go in just looking for one thing and you usally come out with more than your fair share of sales. (I was sucked into buying some manga for a simular sale when I really needed the money for gas....

Eminem · « **Reply #28 on:** September 30, 2004, 11:08:46 PM »

So far I've only gotten into the Dragon Ball series, Inuyasha, Case Closed, and Yu Yu Hakusho. I've seen a part of Neon Genesis Evangelion, but not much.

I'm a huge fan of DBZ. It's fun to argue about that show.

PaLaDiN · « **Reply #29 on:** October 01, 2004, 12:01:11 AM »

I take back my comments about Champloo.

The last few episodes have redeemed it... it's totally awesome now, and I like it more than Bebop because I like samurai more than Space Cowboys.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #30 on:** October 01, 2004, 05:57:49 AM »

By now I've declared Galaxy Angel my favourite anime. I mean, get this, its main cast consists of five girls and I haven't seen a single bit of "fanservice" (I hate fanservice, I prefer my pr0n separate from my stories) so far! Every other anime would have them run around naked for half the time (the fact that a google image search turns up approx. 50% pornographic images probably makes up for that...). It annoys me that no site carries it because it's apparently licensed in the US but it's not available here. It's got that absurd/insane style of comedy you usually only get with british series, books, etc (well, okay, it doesn't reach british level, but it's pretty good, nonetheless).

mantidor · « **Reply #31 on:** October 01, 2004, 12:33:46 PM »

YAY! Anime ^_^, my favorite among all is of course SAINT SEIYA! unfortunatly people from the states received a horrible edited version an thus hate it with their guts T_T its really sad, you missed on hell of a show. As for the recent ones few called my attention, but I like a lot Maria Sama ga Miteru and Monster, Monster is such a great series that everyone should give it a try.

Im tired of the regular animes of samurais swords, although I do like samurai 7.

Draygaia · « **Reply #32 on:** October 03, 2004, 06:17:19 AM »

I mainly watch anime on Adult Swim and its mostly Inu-Yasha and Wolf's Rain. I watch on DVD at times but only when I rent. I don't like to buy unless I know for sure I will keep watching it since it is usually more expensive than lets say something else that would be on DVD that people will know more about. I like to spend my money on something I can keep going back to.

Perfect Cell · « **Reply #33 on:** October 03, 2004, 07:57:04 AM »

FLCL for me... I havent enjoyed anything more than those 6 episodes..

odifiend · « **Reply #34 on:** October 03, 2004, 01:38:11 PM »

Try Abenobashi, Perfect.

Hostile Creation · « **Reply #35 on:** October 03, 2004, 03:37:38 PM »

I am a Cowboy Bebop man, I must say. I like some others, but I haven't watched much, and I am a huge fan of da Bebop bebop.

Syl · « **Reply #36 on:** October 03, 2004, 04:34:21 PM »

I need to see Paranoia Agent, i think i'll just go and flat out buy it volume by volume after i finish buying all of Last Exile.

(I now own all of Haibane Renmei, w00t)

Uncle Rich AiAi · « **Reply #37 on:** October 04, 2004, 07:14:47 PM »

Reporting here to say I've given up on Azumanga Diaoh. Saw 8 episodes. While the character designs are good, I didn't find the show to be funny (except the first few) and predictable in some scenes. And I didn't like the slow pacing in some of the scenes ie: Sakaki patting Chiyo's dog for minute (WTF?), among others and kamineko got tiresome too fast.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #38 on:** October 04, 2004, 07:59:14 PM »

It's hit or miss.
I love damn-near everything about the series, and bought the soundtrack. I find the language jokes even more interesting since I'm learning Japanese now.

Try GTO now. It's completely different, more mainstream.

Uncle Rich AiAi · « **Reply #39 on:** October 05, 2004, 04:31:58 AM »

I thought I would like Azumanga Diaoh since I have one of the wackiest and strangest humor around.

Ohhhhhhhhhhh............learning Japanese! Sugoi desu ne.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #40 on:** October 05, 2004, 02:05:54 PM »

Maybe the heavy cute-factor doesn't appeal to you like it does for me. And it's packed with details I find humourous. You missed out on ep16, arguably the peak of the series. I found it refreshing given the years of anime I've seen before it.

Sugoi desu YO.

Reggie-sama wa PSP o tabemasu.

S-U-P-E-R · « **Reply #41 on:** October 05, 2004, 02:55:27 PM »

I just saw Initial D Extra Stage, it is lol.

You can also see Mako's boobs in it

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #42 on:** October 05, 2004, 03:03:53 PM »

Sugoi!

DrZoidberg · « **Reply #43 on:** October 05, 2004, 03:15:19 PM »

I like how my Dad watched some Initial Drifto with me, then saw a program about drifto on the Discovery Channel, and now he want's to get a Hachi-Roku.

Athrun Zala · « **Reply #44 on:** July 10, 2006, 09:07:42 PM »

(I hate bumping old topics, but this had to be done

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Favorite animes? quite a few actually....
- Gundam (everything.....yes, even GSD ¬¬.....although I haven't watched Turn A yet...)
- Mai HiME (Amazing.....I really love this one! ^^)
- Rurouni Kenshin (mainly the OVAs)
- Saint Seiya (not really a fan, but grew up with it =P)
- Cardcaptor Sakura (she is so cute *-*)
- Digimon Tamers (really liked it, obviously the original, the dubs changed many things...)
- Shin Seiki Evangelion (Asuka FTW!)
- *NEW!* Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Agressor (finished this one today, although it has a certain Eva feeling, it's nothing like it, and in the end I like it even more....a lot more ^^)

Next on the "to watch" list:
- Full Metal Alchemist
- RahXephon
- Mai Otome OVAs
- Patlabor: WXIII
- and a lot more....

(yeah, I have a thing for mechs ^^U)

Kairon · « **Reply #45 on:** July 10, 2006, 11:10:30 PM »

I am a hater of anime. This is because I loved 'em as a child.

I grew up with only a limited exposure to anime.

For example, I watched Akira at 6 or younger (incidentally, it seems I watched a bunch of stuff at an early age, like when I got Ninja Scroll as a christmas gift when I was 10).

I practically had a crush on Nausicaa at around 10 years old, when I was able to comprehend the few beautiful Hayao Miyazaki mangas my uncle left behind with my family.

And I had this movie I'm desperate to track down called "Gigi" which starred a little girl who could transform into characters, like more grown up cat burglers or princesses. The little girl was apparently a princess from another world who had two short stubby fairy god parents and, when her earth parents were away, traveled in a flying winnebago. The story of the movie was about this strange floating resort, which turns out to be a bit of a never-never-land where the peter-pan figure it the little girl's romantic interest and the military are defeated when peter pan uses whole armies of toys to shoot everyone with ray beams that turns everyone into kids. ... I consider this movie an early example of certain conceits used in Sailor Moon, but also vastly more complex than that sort of...urgh....

So..uh...yeah. Those 3 animes/mangas were my childhood, and ever since then I've rarely seen a manga/anime I liked and I even got sick of FF7 (and Chrono Trigger) because I saw it as a cross-over into mediocre over-used anime cliches... but I loved the Miyazaki stuff of course!

Seriously, it's almost a crime to call Miyazaki stuff anime. He's heads and shoulders above anything else on the market now.

[edit]Oh, and how could I forget loving the Harmony Gold version of Robotech. That was awesome. I hate almost anything Macross I see now because it just pales in comparison to how Harmony Gold cut up what Japan did and put it together as 6 volumes to be greater than the sum of its parts.[/edit]

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

oohhboy · « **Reply #46 on:** July 11, 2006, 06:33:11 AM »

I guess transformers original doesn't count here.

Ghost in the Shell first Gig. Better than the movie by a long shot.

Already mentioned Gunslinger Girl.

Area 88 is good for a quick fix of top gun.

Slayers for abit of fun fulled fanatsy.

Cromarite High. For sheer randomness.

Mezzo Forte. For a dash of violence. The TV series is only average.

Gundam SEED. Mobile mayhem. Besides the SD this is really the only Gundam series I like. Wing was utter trash.

Elfin Lied. WTF.

Anyone know a good place in Auckland to get Anime? Those who are going to suggest the internet don't bother. Looking to blow a paycheck or two.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #47 on:** July 11, 2006, 09:01:13 AM »

What annoys me with most anime is the tendency to ignore basic physics. E.g. just saw Coyote Ragtime Show, a character there protects another one by firing an antitank missile at a target that's 2 metres away and the protected character remains untouched. Never heard of shockwaves, eh?

Oh and they tend to make heroes way too overpowered (Utawarerumono is very excessive at that), sometimes you wonder why people even bother fielding ordinary soldiers when heroes could take down an army alone.

Seriously, try setting up a ruleset and follow it, don't go "but we like his character so an entire salvo from five machineguns isn't going to hit him just because he's running". If the character is immune to bullets, sure. If the character is like Neo, of course. But an ordinary human running through heavy fire and not getting hit ONCE?

Oh and why the hell do they insist on making characters change their appearance when they change sides (see e.g. Bleach Byakuya without his hairclip, Aizen without his glasses)?

Athrun Zala · « **Reply #48 on:** July 11, 2006, 08:24:58 PM »

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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
Oh and they tend to make heroes way too overpowered (Utawarerumono is very excessive at that), sometimes you wonder why people even bother fielding ordinary soldiers when heroes could take down an army alone.

Kira Yamato says "hi"....

oohhboy · « **Reply #49 on:** July 11, 2006, 10:53:03 PM »

I reckon that the heros from Gundam SEED aren't that overpowered at all. The internal rules that they follow are fairly constant. Intially they are limited by power time. Then later they are simiply limited to where they can be at any one time.

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