Are there many anime fans on here
looking at cpt muntas avatar i see he like deaths note
then someone suggested soul eater so ive started to down load that
so just curious what anime is good/do you watch
my favs are
berserk
death note
initial d
and i just read narruto and bleach manga now (fillers made me rage)
Bokusatsu No Tenshi Dokuro Chan.... Nah not really.
I've taken a bit of a break lately but a few recent releases in Japan have sparked my interest again.
Some faves from the last few years include Samurai Champloo, Death Note, Soul Eater (my favourite), Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei and Valkyria Chronicles, I still have some Elfin Lied and School Rumble on my comp I haven't started to watch yet. Also keen to check out more Eureka Seven, the new series from the people that made Soul Eater.
Moviewise not much has interested me since Spirted Away really apart from Aachi and Ssipak (Korean) and Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo (The girl who leapt through time) both of which are original and really well animated.
Watch yourself some School Rumble!
yakitate japan!
Whats the one with the chick drawn with the massive rack?
I watched that Devil May Cry anime, that was all right, probably just cos i liked the games.
I miss the classic anime from back in the day -wicked city, ninja scroll, devilman etc.
but recently FLCL has been my favourite series.
also Code Gease and of course Naruto.
I should like Anime but the reality is that I don't really follow any or even watch any. I care about the character designs and the art but not so much the stories... Also none are weird or wacky enough for my tastes.
Quote from: CrazyMobius on September 21, 2009, 06:22:04 PM
none are weird or wacky enough for my tastes.
Wow, that's a sentiment I've never heard about Anime before.
Yeah, tell me some of the movies or something you like, I guarantee I can find something close to that in anime
Quote from: CrazyMobius on September 21, 2009, 06:22:04 PM
I should like Anime but the reality is that I don't really follow any or even watch any. I care about the character designs and the art but not so much the stories... Also none are weird or wacky enough for my tastes.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure,
It's in the Title. Probably this and Death Note which I just finished watching over the weekend are my favorites.
As for Movies: Tekkon Kireti, Princess Mononoke, Paprikia
Books: JoJo, Eat man, Samurai Executioner among others.
Dunno how you can call Death Note, Samurai Executioner or any of the movies weird =P JoJo's was pretty cool from what I've seen of it
Oh yeah Afro Samurai is pretty bad too. Is their any anime MOVIES like this (gory) that someone can recommend to me.
Quote from: weazzyefff on September 21, 2009, 06:53:12 PM
Oh yeah Afro Samurai is pretty bad too. Is their any anime MOVIES like this (gory) that someone can recommend to me.
Ninja Scroll is a classic. Also, I just watched Sword of the Samurai the other day... although the story gets a little gay, the fight scenes are fuckin' awesome
Berserk by far one of the most over the top violent anime
Quote from: Barnstorm on September 21, 2009, 07:13:01 PM
Berserk by far one of the most over the top violent anime
Cool. I'ma look for this one when i'm blazed.
Quote from: CrazyMobius on September 21, 2009, 06:22:04 PM
I should like Anime but the reality is that I don't really follow any or even watch any. I care about the character designs and the art but not so much the stories... Also none are weird or wacky enough for my tastes.
Try Bakemonogatari, it's airing this season, by Shaft. It's about an ex-vampire and a girl who had her weight stolen by a crab, the animation style is Shaft quality, lots of visual elements thrown in your face. Same with the sound, atmospheric and strange.
I've been addicted to Souten Kouro recently, as a huge RTK freak I couldn't pass up an anime about Cao Cao being totally awesome and going nuts.
Currently watching Eden of the East - pretty good
Other series ive enjoyed:
Anything Ghost in the Shell
Blood+
Tower of Druaga
Hellsing
Trinity Blood
Sengoku Basara
Macross Frontier
Quote from: Orochi Leona on September 21, 2009, 07:37:29 PM
Quote from: CrazyMobius on September 21, 2009, 06:22:04 PM
I should like Anime but the reality is that I don't really follow any or even watch any. I care about the character designs and the art but not so much the stories... Also none are weird or wacky enough for my tastes.
Try Bakemonogatari, it's airing this season, by Shaft. It's about an ex-vampire and a girl who had her weight stolen by a crab, the animation style is Shaft quality, lots of visual elements thrown in your face. Same with the sound, atmospheric and strange.
I've been addicted to Souten Kouro recently, as a huge RTK freak I couldn't pass up an anime about Cao Cao being totally awesome and going nuts.
It needs more Lu Bu
Quote from: Smoof on September 21, 2009, 08:11:42 PM
Quote from: Orochi Leona on September 21, 2009, 07:37:29 PM
Quote from: CrazyMobius on September 21, 2009, 06:22:04 PM
I should like Anime but the reality is that I don't really follow any or even watch any. I care about the character designs and the art but not so much the stories... Also none are weird or wacky enough for my tastes.
Try Bakemonogatari, it's airing this season, by Shaft. It's about an ex-vampire and a girl who had her weight stolen by a crab, the animation style is Shaft quality, lots of visual elements thrown in your face. Same with the sound, atmospheric and strange.
I've been addicted to Souten Kouro recently, as a huge RTK freak I couldn't pass up an anime about Cao Cao being totally awesome and going nuts.
It needs more Lu Bu
Hey Lu bu and Cao cao are dudes from Dynasty warriors too lol.
Actually yeah I will say I am a massive Ghost in the Shell fanboy. The Stand Alone Complex tv serieses (and movie) are simply amazing.
Quote from: fluxcore on September 21, 2009, 08:17:03 PM
Actually yeah I will say I am a massive Ghost in the Shell fanboy. The Stand Alone Complex tv serieses (and movie) are simply amazing.
Yeah ditto that, GITS rocks.
The 2nd film Innocence was also excellent. Funnily I find the first film to be the least engaging - though still very good.
You might also like Eden of the East, also production IG - less action & less Tech (more current day) than GITS but similar social commentary etc.
Quote from: Smoof on September 21, 2009, 06:41:40 PM
Dunno how you can call Death Note, Samurai Executioner or any of the movies weird =P JoJo's was pretty cool from what I've seen of it
Yeah JoJo's is cool of course the books are better. There's even a scene not in the anime with a stand that plays for their souls but beting on beating them in video games!
Yeah I only meant Jojo's is wierd but that's probably what the " :P " was for ;)
Quote from: Barnstorm on September 21, 2009, 03:45:56 PM
and i just read narruto and bleach manga now (fillers made me rage)
god i hate saucekay. also starrk is too cool.
also, why is there no mention of cowboy bebop? that shit is awesome.
Quote from: samurai black on September 21, 2009, 08:56:57 PM
Quote from: Barnstorm on September 21, 2009, 03:45:56 PM
and i just read narruto and bleach manga now (fillers made me rage)
god i hate saucekay. also starrk is too cool.
also, why is there no mention of cowboy bebop? that shit is awesome.
Man i tried to get into Naruto but it's boring as. It has more talkng shit and less fighting then DBZ.
Quote from: Smoof on September 21, 2009, 08:11:42 PMIt needs more Lu Bu
There's a lolicon series about Lu Bu being trapped in a little girls body in present day Japan, it's called Ryofuko-chan. The show is pretty lame, but anything with Guan Yu flipping cars has its merits...
I just saw Grave of the Fireflies tonight. Not as good as I was expecting. Very depressing...
I just remembered some I liked Perfect Blue and Tokyo Godfathers. Oh and Akira of course.
Quote from: weazzyefff on September 21, 2009, 09:18:27 PM
Quote from: samurai black on September 21, 2009, 08:56:57 PM
Quote from: Barnstorm on September 21, 2009, 03:45:56 PM
and i just read narruto and bleach manga now (fillers made me rage)
god i hate saucekay. also starrk is too cool.
also, why is there no mention of cowboy bebop? that shit is awesome.
Man i tried to get into Naruto but it's boring as. It has more talkng shit and less fighting then DBZ.
Of cuz no one beat DBZ the best anime ever . in the Meantime nothing interesting then Naruto right now...so no choice....
Back to DC Green Latern was good :o :o :o
Just downloaded last week will buy DVD 4 collection soon :P
Quote from: weazzyefff on September 21, 2009, 09:18:27 PM
Man i tried to get into Naruto but it's boring as. It has more talkng shit and less fighting then DBZ.
I almost gave up with the naruto the original
but shippuden is really good besides some retarded plot/characters
maelgrim
about blood+ i thought that was rubbish i watched 20-30 eps and it appeared to go absolutly nowhere so i stopped watching it
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/142150720X.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)
Oh, and Full Metal Alchemist. The rehashed series does the manga justice :D
Quote from: Barnstorm on September 21, 2009, 11:04:10 PM
maelgrim
about blood+ i thought that was rubbish i watched 20-30 eps and it appeared to go absolutly nowhere so i stopped watching it
Well you need to watch all 50 :)
I thought it was great (but I do like Vamps) - probably my 2nd fav series after GITS SAC1.
Though ive only watched blood+ once (fansub) while ive watched all the GITS stuff at least 3 times, hopefully it holds up as well with repeat viewings.
Quote from: gunsmoke on September 21, 2009, 11:00:18 PM
Back to DC Green Latern was good :o :o :o
Just downloaded last week will buy DVD 4 collection soon :P
Fuck yeah! You reading the new Blackest Night arc? That shit is arc of the year imo.
Quote from: CrazyMobius on September 21, 2009, 10:46:20 PM
I just saw Grave of the Fireflies tonight. Not as good as I was expecting. Very depressing...
Uhh yeah, that was kind of the point...
I remember liking perfect blue quite a lot.
Perfect Blue is AWESOME, well it was when it came out I haven't seen it since then.
Grave of the fireflies is one of my all time favourite anime movies even if it is fucking depressing!
In terms of animation quality Ghost In The Shell: Innocence is still one of the best movies I have seen.
Has anyone else seen Aachi & Ssipak? I fuckin' loved it. Was good to see high quality animated movie out of Korea, also made it seem even more original becasue it doesn't stick to established traditions we have become used to from Japan. Shit is funny as fuck (literally if you have seen the movie) I have it on my comp of anyone wants a copy.
aww man, aachi and ssipak is amazing. i had a pirate copy too, and i liked it so much i went and picked up the dvd ;D ;D
and was perfect blue the one with the popstar and her nutcase stalker? if it is, then i liked that one as well. still waiting for jb to bring afro samurai: ressurection, so i can have a legit copy
also, this isnt really anime, but any of you guys watch the venture bros.? its friggin awesome
I watched Perfect Blue the other day... fucking amazing movie, both in plot and animation quality (for an early 90s anime)
I also watched Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade the other week as well... So amazing... It's quite sombre, but it's really well animated and has an interesting plot... I'm sure a lot of you would like it
I liked jin roh as well, when I re-watched it it wasn't as compelling though.
i hated jinroh cause the whole thing just went over my head.
Quote from: fluxcore on September 22, 2009, 01:42:15 PM
I liked jin roh as well, when I re-watched it it wasn't as compelling though.
I agree, once you know the story it's not as good a second time.
Visually awesome all the way through though.
Jin Roh is ok - definitely not so great a 2nd time.
Just remembered some more I enjoyed:
Wings of hominesse
Metropolis
Princess Monoke
Tekkonkrinkreet
Paprika
Quote from: CrazyMobius on September 22, 2009, 03:13:22 PM
Well if I knew it was depressing I wouldn't have watched it. Why would anyone want to get depressed from watching a film?
Thank you. I was beginning to think I was the only one who thought like this.
I like a lot of films that have depressing endings, I think it's unrealistic and twee to end every movie with 'happily ever after'. Just as a particularly strange example, I really hated in Wall-E that he regained his memory and everything, I thought it was really awesome that he basically got smashed to bits and then forgot everything. I think that would have been an excellent end.
Anyway, I take it you did absolutely no research into Grave of the Fireflies before watching. A war movie where a sibling dies, yeah, SURE TO BE A BARREL OF LAUGHS AYE
Agree, sometimes there just shouldn't be a happily every after.
But you do really need to be in the mood for such a film.
I love it when the ending is more ambiguous e.g Pan's Labyrinth
you can believe it ended happy or not - up to you :)
QFT Alan. Did you think it was going to be a bunch of mecha stopming on fireflies or something? Even the poster looks pretty sad, it's not like they made it out to be a comedy or action.
Quote from: CrazyMobius on September 22, 2009, 03:13:22 PM
Quote from: fluxcore on September 22, 2009, 11:09:23 AM
Quote from: CrazyMobius on September 21, 2009, 10:46:20 PM
I just saw Grave of the Fireflies tonight. Not as good as I was expecting. Very depressing...
Uhh yeah, that was kind of the point...
Well if I knew it was depressing I wouldn't have watched it. Why would anyone want to get depressed from watching a film?
For the quality of the film and it's story.
I watch heaps of depressing movies. I recently watched a Korean movie called Secret Sunshine, now that's a REALLY depressing movie.
Some of my favourite movies are depressing as hell. Reqieum for a dream, Trainspotting etc. Lifes not fair and you can't be posi all the time. I embrace my dark side, it makes more a more rounded person haha
I also listen to a lot of depressing music 8)
Quote from: Smoof on September 22, 2009, 03:39:19 PMDid you think it was going to be a bunch of mecha stopming on fireflies or something?
I love this... "Grave" + Anime = Mecha. 'Nuff said
Quote from: geneterror on September 22, 2009, 03:42:42 PM
I recently watched a Korean movie called Secret Sunshine
That shit was =(
currently im getting
code geass and
elfen lied
they sound reasonably good
anyone seen them?
Elfen Lied was ok... Code Geass is only good if you enjoy clamp art robots stomping on each other...
Fuck nearly forgot
s.CRY.ed -- I think it was around 2002/03 ? I really enjoyed it... Great balance of beat em up and character development/morals ... it's good whether you want to sit down and enjoy a story or just watch a whole lot of crazy ass fights
oh god scryed... I watched all of it, but I hated myself while doing so. I think the main reason I persisted was because of how hilarious I found the ad-spacers where they say SCR_SCR_SCRYEEEHHHHDDOOOOO
Quote from: geneterror on September 22, 2009, 03:42:42 PM
For the quality of the film and it's story.
I watch heaps of depressing movies. I recently watched a Korean movie called Secret Sunshine, now that's a REALLY depressing movie.
Some of my favourite movies are depressing as hell. Reqieum for a dream, Trainspotting etc. Lifes not fair and you can't be posi all the time. I embrace my dark side, it makes more a more rounded person haha
I also listen to a lot of depressing music 8)
Yeah depressing music is funnier too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suyIFBbJbr0&feature=related
Way to pick one of my all time favourite bands Ben! Also one of my favourite songs ever, I was listening to it yesterday. This shit gets me pumped.
Quoteanother day in paradise
i don't think i've been happy
more than twice in my life
the first time i fucked
the first time i got high
i think there was a third
the first time i saw a man die
Sadly I know a couple too many people that this is way to close to the truth. I know I only got into it because I could relate to it.
By the way that's angry music not depressing music.
Depressing music would be Swans, Roses Never Fade, Blood Axis, Catacombs etc
edit: More awesome 100 Demons lyrics...
Quotemy hatred is unstoppable
and death for you will be slow
your sins are unforgivable
and your god can't save you now
i'll be your judge and jury
sometimes justice moves to slow
and i will show you no mercy
when i drop the final blow
too many times you fucked me over
too many times i believed your shit
i smell your fear and weakness
and it makes me fucking sick
Depressing music is like Flo Rida cause you realise people actually like it and it makes you sad =(
Quote from: geneterror on September 22, 2009, 04:40:25 PM
By the way that's angry music not depressing music.
Depressing music would be Swans, Roses Never Fade, Blood Axis, Catacombs etc
edit: More awesome 100 Demons lyrics...
Quotemy hatred is unstoppable
and death for you will be slow
your sins are unforgivable
and your god can't save you now
i'll be your judge and jury
sometimes justice moves to slow
and i will show you no mercy
when i drop the final blow
too many times you fucked me over
too many times i believed your shit
i smell your fear and weakness
and it makes me fucking sick
Haha oh the man the intro to Suffer cracks me up. No fucking around just straight into a breakdown.
And yeah its only depressing if you listen to the lyrics. Actually most people I know be looking like this this (http://www.soundoffcolumn.com/images/50-6-07.jpg) when they listening to 100 Demons lol
Quote from: fluxcore on September 22, 2009, 03:27:43 PM
I really hated in Wall-E that he regained his memory and everything, I thought it was really awesome that he basically got smashed to bits and then forgot everything
omg blasphemy. go watch UP, the intro for that movie makes you feel terrible.
Quote from: Smoof on September 22, 2009, 04:53:06 PM
Depressing music is like Flo Rida cause you realise people actually like it and it makes you sad =(
COZ IM KING O' DA CLUB
AN' IM WEARIN' DA CROWN
Quote from: samurai black on September 22, 2009, 05:40:42 PM
Quote from: fluxcore on September 22, 2009, 03:27:43 PM
I really hated in Wall-E that he regained his memory and everything, I thought it was really awesome that he basically got smashed to bits and then forgot everything
omg blasphemy. go watch UP, the intro for that movie makes you feel terrible.
I really want to see that movie.
Back on topic. Me and Suzannah are currently 3 discs into The Neon Genesis Evangalion box set, curious to see if I can finish it this time.
Here's a question for everyone subs or overdubs?
Quote from: geneterror on September 22, 2009, 07:19:08 PM
Here's a question for everyone subs or overdubs?
That isn't a question.
Haha I've seen people defend overdubs.
I've heard of holocaust deniers as well :P
R.O.D TV
I liked that heaps. Though I cannot watch it again.
Oh, and Air Gear. That was cool.
Those lyrics are pretty deep in that 100 Demons song.
So what's the best site for watching anime ya think.
www.animecrazy.net
Ive been watching all the oldschool samurai pizza cats episodes.
Quote from: geneterror on September 22, 2009, 08:07:42 PM
Haha I've seen people defend overdubs.
I will for Ghost in the Shell & Hellsing Ultimate
The english voices are damn good in these.
But most shows I watch are fansubs so no choice anyway.
Quote from: ILL_BILL on September 23, 2009, 01:46:14 AM
www.animecrazy.net
Ive been watching all the oldschool samurai pizza cats episodes.
Hey I was gonna mention Samurai Pizza Cats.. Awesome.
anyone watched the out takes for the dubs in berserk?
fucking funny as hell.
Any1 fans of Studio Ghibli - gake no ue no Ponyo eng subs . Just watched this morning... ::)
So damn good man. Not action , not drama , not romance but Fantasy animation.Best masterpiece anime in all times .
Gonna wait 4 the DVD's to be release and keep it as collection
oh yeah, the highlander anime wasnt bad either.
i think you still have it right ben?
Quote from: budafist on September 23, 2009, 06:57:01 PM
anyone watched the out takes for the dubs in berserk?
fucking funny as hell.
now I must see this, lol :D
Quote from: samurai black on September 23, 2009, 10:11:44 PM
oh yeah, the highlander anime wasnt bad either.
i think you still have it right ben?
Yupe of cuz i like it , waiting 4 u to Yifan then i can return . then give Punyo , fighting and Green latern
I will get one copy at JB 4 Highlander ::)
Quote from: gunsmoke on September 23, 2009, 10:07:53 PM
Any1 fans of Studio Ghibli - gake no ue no Ponyo eng subs . Just watched this morning... ::)
So damn good man. Not action , not drama , not romance but Fantasy animation.Best masterpiece anime in all times .
Gonna wait 4 the DVD's to be release and keep it as collection
Fuck yeah. The way they did the water in that is amazingggg
Well since there have been a few mentions of non Anime.
I thought i'd bring up one of the best animated shows
Samurai Jack !!
Quote from: maelgrim on September 24, 2009, 10:47:57 AM
Well since there have been a few mentions of non Anime.
I thought i'd bring up one of the best animated shows
Samurai Jack !!
The scottish guy with the machine gun leg is the greatest character ever conceived by man.
"magic runes laddie!" :)
Got all 4 seasons on DVD - great stuff
aww man, i want them on dvd. i only have season 1, the rest are dirty pirate copies. jack learns to jump good is like, one of my favourite eps. ever.
"YOU CAN FLY!?"
"No, jump good!"
and wasnt tartakovsky supposed to finish samurai jack off? i remember him saying something like 'jack will be back'. last i heard, him and his team were storyboarding the action scenes for iron man 2
Yeah I had heard him mention that he wanted to finish the story with a movie.
But that was a while ago and ive heard nothing since :(
Quote from: samurai black on September 24, 2009, 11:38:31 AM
aww man, i want them on dvd. i only have season 1, the rest are dirty pirate copies. jack learns to jump good is like, one of my favourite eps. ever.
"YOU CAN FLY!?"
"No, jump good!"
and wasnt tartakovsky supposed to finish samurai jack off? i remember him saying something like 'jack will be back'. last i heard, him and his team were storyboarding the action scenes for iron man 2
Iron man 2? I heard they were making an Avengers movie. What happened to that Tekken movie? It was suppose to come out in June. WTF.
They have all combined to make The Smoof movie.
Quote from: Smoof on September 24, 2009, 12:15:52 PM
They have all combined to make The Smoof movie.
Aww fuck, that movie sounds gay, lol nah jk
You'd watch it, and it'd be the only movie you owned legally. You'd only have edidtion 2 of the DVD though since Bill would've camped for three days to get 1st edition
Quote from: Smoof on September 24, 2009, 12:21:25 PM
You'd watch it, and it'd be the only movie you owned legally. You'd only have edidtion 2 of the DVD though since Bill would've camped for three days to get 1st edition
Nah, i would've just drunk my Up and Go and then carried his sleeping ass to the back of the line.
Quote from: weazzyefff on September 24, 2009, 12:02:35 PM
Iron man 2? I heard they were making an Avengers movie. What happened to that Tekken movie? It was suppose to come out in June. WTF.
they cant make an avengers movie with no captain america or thor. although a hulk/ironman movie would be awesome.
anyways, mickey rourke is the new bad guy in this one, i forgot the name of the villain he's playing though.
Quote from: Smoof on September 24, 2009, 09:32:00 AM
Quote from: gunsmoke on September 23, 2009, 10:07:53 PM
Any1 fans of Studio Ghibli - gake no ue no Ponyo eng subs . Just watched this morning... ::)
So damn good man. Not action , not drama , not romance but Fantasy animation.Best masterpiece anime in all times .
Gonna wait 4 the DVD's to be release and keep it as collection
Fuck yeah. The way they did the water in that is amazingggg
Everything is alive.....the way she drive the car , eating hamm..lol oldschool ...hope they sell at Armegeddon... ::)
Oh, I remembered another anime I quite enjoyed
Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoi yo!!! Masaru-san
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexy_Commando
I also remembered one
Kara no Kyoukai -- it's a movie series (up to 6 at the moment) really awesome animation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_no_Kyoukai
I just finished watching Elfen Lied
dont know if anyone else has seen it but i thought it was really good and had a cool story
7 eps in to soul eater not sure where its going at the mo
and watched the first ep of Code geass
what little i saw of soul eater, i really enjoyed.
and how was elfen lied, were limbs falling off left, right and centre?
I thought the ending to Elfen Lied was baaalllllllzzz.
Manga ending was much better, the anime only really covers the first volume of manga ><
not really anime, but i saw princess and the frog today and didnt wanna make a fresh topic. not a bad movie, real real pretty. few too many songs for my liking though, and no real stand outs like the classics. they got john lasseter in to produce, over from pixar since roy disney carked it a couple weeks back.
things be looking up for classical disney movies.
They need to do some Disney Marvel crossovers. THE AVENGERS VS TOON TOWN! Miley Cyrus vs Peter Parker BEST OF BOTH WORLDZ CHALLENGE
Quote from: Smoofologist on January 08, 2010, 12:35:04 PM
They need to do some Disney Marvel crossovers. THE AVENGERS VS TOON TOWN! Miley Cyrus vs Peter Parker BEST OF BOTH WORLDZ CHALLENGE
LOL, yeah and right before her Ultimate Ultra, smoof jumps on the screen and says ''OMG its Mylie'', then bang K.....OHHH.
Quote from: weazzyefff on January 08, 2010, 01:25:44 PM
LOL, yeah and right before her Ultimate Ultra, smoof jumps on the screen and says ''OMG its Mylie'', then bang K.....OHHH.
I realise this was a dig at smoof, but i think this would be a fucking WINNER.
Everybody should watch claymore because I said so
Yea Claymore is a great series, I hope for a second season some day.
Watching Neon Genesis Evangelion now, having never seen it before.
i just watched all of trigun this week. pretty cool, but not as good as i was hoping. cowboy bebop definitely tops it. and vag the stampedes incessant crying got old quick.
still worth a watch i reckon, but not something id probably want to go through again.
Quote from: samurai black on February 13, 2010, 10:29:53 PM
i just watched all of trigun this week. pretty cool, but not as good as i was hoping. cowboy bebop definitely tops it. and vag the stampedes incessant crying got old quick.
still worth a watch i reckon, but not something id probably want to go through again.
i felt the same after wathching this much like claymore
it had patential but sort of went nowhere and the end was just meh
felt like id wasted so much time wathcing it but my mate raved about it
Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood. Its a great anime better than the first it follows the manga storyline. Wow, haven't posted here in a while
Bumping old ass thread. Didn't even know an anime thread existed.
But excuse me, what the fuck?
http://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/sakabato24_blog/archive/2010/12/14/is-it-the-end-of-anime-and-manga-bill-156-passed.aspx
That's pretty retarded, but it's interesting you can have a law like that ONLY apply to Tokyo. Sounds more like a nationwide sort of thing... so I guess at least publishers outside Tokyo still have leeway.
Quote from: MistaTCR on February 20, 2010, 06:18:32 PM
Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood. Its a great anime better than the first it follows the manga storyline. Wow, haven't posted here in a while
Old quote for win
Currently watching it as well and gotta say it is really entertaining.
Really, how many people in Tokyo think of doing crimes due to reading/watching something? This just seems silly.
It's pretty fucked up. Imagine every single anime and manga studio fleeing out of Tokyo like some sort of band of refugees.
Disappearance BD preorder from amazonJP arrived today, which means two things to me:
Firstly, today was a good day.
Secondly, 2010 was a good year.
(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5606/suzumiyaharuhinosyoushi.jpg)
Sup syoushitsu?
Lol nice Thomas. Yeah I've watched heaps of awesome girly animes and they are awesome like Ouran High School Host Club. But anyway watching naruto with my dad (still on season 1, dragging pretty long) and FMA. Also almost finished the 2nd series of beyblade for the lolz. I never saw the second series but boy they try and copy pokemon and dbz as much as they can in the english dub and keep saying how worldwide it is to try make all the kids buy them. Like they call their "bit beasts" to return. And from the start of the series they've been doing the dbz powerup to call out their bit beasts, but in the last episode I watched one guy actually got the aura and lighting around him and he was doing kamehamehas for some unknown reason.
Hahahahahahaahahhahhahahaahahhaahahahahahahh
You actually watch Shojos like Ouran High School Host Club, Mason?
(For those of you who aren't clear what this is about; it's about a high school, that has a 'host club' which is pretty much a bunch of pretty guys that are there for girls to swoon over.)
I worry for you.
Quote from: originaljulz on December 22, 2010, 10:30:21 PM
You actually watch Shojos like Ouran High School Host Club, Mason?
(For those of you who aren't clear what this is about; it's about a high school, that has a 'host club' which is pretty much a bunch of pretty guys that are there for girls to swoon over.)
I worry for you.
We power up to Cardcaptor Sakura .mp3's, problem sir?
Mason is the brown haired girl in the hat.
Skullator, you can be every other guy in that audience lol.
P.S. Is that^ your battlestation? Leet.
Nice! There's no way that guys little sister could be that cute though.
And yes I probably would spend money to see a Hatsune Miku gig in 3d lol, I find that technology is mindblowing, and put to great use with J-Pop!
Nah man, I don't think it would be fair to call that 800x600 BD unbox pic my battlestation.
If I was to enter battle, this would be a fair indication:
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Yes - Messy patching does far better in battle than cable management!
Home:
Lightning edition PS3 - OOP, good multizoning at hardware level for Region1 USA\Japan Region1 BD's and Region2 dvds.
60GB PAL launch PS3 - Jailbroken and with 750GB black 2.5" drive for ultimate shenanigans. Easily the most functionable ps3 you could buy.
Softmod Wii \ Legit X360 slim.
Logitech Z5550 speakers.
Samsung 32" LED
Viewsonic 24" LCD
Gibson Les paul - Cherry sunburst, 30W Marshall amp.
i7 Build:
CPU - Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz 8MB LGA1366
Motherboard - ASUS P6X58D PREMIUM ATX (USB 3.0, Sata3, built in OS, definitely a "next-gen" mobo)
Graphics - 1x Gigabyte Nvidia GTX275
Ram - Corsair TW3X4G1333C9A 6GB (3x XMS3 2GB) PC-10600 (1333MHz)... DDR3 RAM 2x240-pin DIMMs
Optical drive - Samsung SH-B083A Blu-ray DVD Combo Drive
Case - Cooler Master HAF 922 High Air Flow black case
Psupply - Thermaltake Evo Blue 750W Power Supply
HDD's - WD Green 2TB SATA 7200RPM 32MB + WD Green 1.5TB + WD 750GB.
Heatsink - Prolimatech Mega Shadow Heatsink
Farm:
2x Domain controllers (Win Server 2008)
Citrix Access gateway, Hardware VPN solution.
Citrix farm containing 3x XenApp servers and 1x Citrix Web interface box.
1x Generic linux web hosting \ .php
1x Generic microsoft web hosting \ asp.net in C# essentially set up as Full VPS.
2x HP Prolient's which are just file and application servers, also win server 2008.
3x UPS - Uninterrupted power supplies, for temporary power during outages.
~ Programmers \ Developers \ Networkers \ Geeks ~
Always ready for battle!
Jee-sus.
Are you looking for a son? Adopt me?
Peppy street-kid who you take in after my parents tragically die in the war, who you treat like a younger brother, because your real brother was killed in the war too? Take me in?
Anything to let me at that set up.
Quote from: Skullator on December 23, 2010, 02:03:08 AM
Nice! There's no way that guys little sister could be that cute though.
I see what you did thar.
P.S. Who did all the art on your PS3s, etc. I fucking love abstract circles and lines 'n shit.
The white one is just how it was bought, some limited edition release which hit with FFXIII release date in Japan.
The other one was black fat PS3 look by default, all I did was buy one of these nice skin\ label things from some custom console modding website I think, same thing with the wii skin.
It's like this special kind of label \ sticker which is actually quite durable and armoring and goes on \ stays on really well. Also peels off without leaving that sticky residue.
Recommend only if you care about the look or resale condition lol, they are pretty cheap and you can find some options on trade me sometimes.
Too young to adopt but if you're ever in Tauranga by all means hit it up lol.
Either way, your set up is fucking sick.
Maybe if I spent all the collective money from my like, 8+ hobbies into one, ie my computer and gaming shit, I might be able to get something like that. But oh well. I like all the other stuff too much. Like 40k and shooting friends with airsoft rifles lol.
Tauranga is kinda near Whangamata right? Excuse my geographical knowledge of anywhere that isn't Auckland lol. I suppose if I lived there I'd prob spend all my money on my computer and gaming and shizz too..
I wish I could be like Shirou from Fate, and be like Trace, ON! And just make carbon copies of all that lol. Because I want iiittt. Waaaaant.
Thanks. Yeah it's easier to blow money when you actually live near a good CBD I find lol.
Geeking is OK but there are better things in life to most people haha. Gotta be careful the mancave doesn't get too epic or it gets hard to ever leave lol.
Whangamata is quite close, you just take a different turn off in Waihi and follow it for the final 30 minutes drive or so.
2 Hours south east of Great south road.
1 Hour east of Hamilton.
Tauranga's really nice this time of year, especially with young people actually here during the uni holidays.. it sucks during simesters as it's not really a student city at all with no proper university.
On leaving the man cave, I thought the exact same thing. I would never be able to leave that, and I'd never get anything proactive done in there. I find it hard enough to leave my computer. I'm on it like, 18 hours of the day lol.
Quote from: Skullator on December 23, 2010, 03:22:39 AM
Geeking is OK but there are better things in life to most people haha.
Like what? Cars? Partying? Nothing wrong with spending all your money on geeky shit, IMO.
Quote from: Skullator on December 23, 2010, 03:22:39 AM
Tauranga's really nice this time of year, especially with young people actually here during the uni holidays..
That sounds like such an old person thing to say. But I see your point. I couldn't handle not having any young people around. Which is why if I lived there, I'd have a mean set up lol. My connection to the outside world.
But lets try to steer this back towards all things anime. I assume you watch a lot then? Any recent shows that you'd recommend?
Recently I've watched/in the middle of watching:
Ookami-san
Amagami SS
Asobi Ni Iku Yo
Bakuman
High School of the Dead
Ore No Imouto ga konna ni kawaii wake ga nai
Otome Yokai Zakuro
and one of my new favs: Seitokai Yakuindomo.
Finished off a few which I never got round to, including quite a few oldies. Like Aria, Airgear, the Haruhi rebroadcast (what the fucking fuck was up with the Endless Eight?), Monster, Durarara, School Rumble, Hikaru No Go. As well as a whole load of others.
It's easy to be proactive on your PC! Just gotta have the passion and the desire to focus on it instead of a game all the time :P Coding ended up being my buzz.
You can try do both too.. but I always found it's very hard if you also have to work and your job is unrelated to your study\goals. There was never enough hours in the day for me to balance work+study+gaming haha.
And thats EXCLUDING a regular social life altogether, good times haha.
TL;DR mancaves are good.
Better go sleep, last day of work is today and I start at 8 lol.
Edit: Saw your edit just after I clicked post lol-
I don't really enjoy very much current anime at all due to the moeblob explosion as of recent, not to say I always dislike that style of show.. but the ones which are brainless and lack plot \ good characters but contain fanservice for the sake of fanservice are often not worth the 20 minutes for me.
From this season though I found Ore No Imouto to be enjoyable due to the characters being interesting.
Here is my archive.. I try not to archive anything I don't enjoy, so I would recommend it all to a degree. I appreciate my taste is pretty niche though lol.
If you liked Amagami, you will like Kimi ni Todoke. It's way funnier and same style. Second season is landing next anime season too, so it's someting to look forward to which I find is always nice with animu.. being current and doing it weekly rather than as a batch that is.
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g'nite, and yea endless 8 was especially bad when you waited each week for the new addition.... LOL. Kadokawa = viral..
Our tastes are pretty similar lol. I've seen/wanted to watch a lot of those on the list. Cept maybe I'm a bit less niche in that I'll watch anything. Not so much love for the Mahou Shoujo though maybe. Lol >o<
I get what you mean about plot lacking and fan service for the sake of fan service though. That's like, Tenjou Tenge (spelling?) in a nutshell. I hate that anime.
You like Ore No Imouto? Lol I think it's ok. I like the animation and the quality. Storyline is ok, but I can't dig the sister love thing. I'm pretty sure most brothers with little sisters can't appreciate these kinda stories as much. Or maybe they do? I don't have a sister complex so I can't say. And maybe verging a bit too much on loli for me. On second thought, I see the appeal. Maybe I should flick Mason a flashdrive with them on it lolz... Also Tsundere characters just exhaust me. More than super genki Haruhi ever did.
I did the wait weekly thing for Bleach and Naruto back in the days. I dunno, I don't really like it as much lol. Prob why I usually like watching it in batches. So either the whole thing after its out, or if its older, then the boxed DVD sets. That, and I don't really have time when it's not holidays. What, with work, study and all my other hobbies.
HoTD wouldn't normally be my kinda anime, but it's one of my favs purely cos of the ZOOOMMMMBIEZZZ.
G'niiiiiiiiight.
P.S I dunno if my watching the endless eight in a marathon (started at 2am-ish) is worse, or waiting weekly. Mine is a good 4ish hours of the same 20 minutes over and over again, but your way spreads over 8-9 weeks. But that also lessons the pain.
Haha, when you waited 3 years clutching at kadokawa's constant viral "LOL-ITROLLU" straws... then get a second seasons confirmed 9 episodes into an un-hyped rebroadcast...
Every single repeat of an endless eight episode.. which was completely re-drawn... and re-voiced... meant 1 less potential fave novel to be animated in the mysterious 28 episode run.
Some people were thrilled when they found out e8 would be a two parter!!! OMG it's 3 parts? crazy but effective! Wtf it's going to be 4 parts?
And did you know that after the 6th conseq. week of broadcasts.. one of the first channels to air the show immediately aired an apology message from kadokawa - "We are sorry, the wrong episode of haruhi was aired this week, what you saw was actually one week ahead of intended scheduled content!"
That's a godlike troll, but you really shouldn't troll your fanbase that hard imo lol.
Every new ep felt like a knife in the back to the hardcore fans haha, personally I actually somewhat enjoyed it all and look forward to re-watching it as a batch in delicious 1080p thanks to last months BD batch release. But it was disappointing to find out that besides bamboo leaf rhapsody, only boring\insignificant novel chapters would be coming to life.
Thanks to the films sucess tho, we will no doubt see season 3 and the final novel series possibly come to its closure finally.
And as for tsun, man kugimiya rie is my FAVE. Best not be bad mouthing that shit around me yo!
Shana-Nagi-Lousie~TORADORABLE! <3 kekekeke.
Thomas, give me half the stuff on your HDD please ;D.
Does most of it have subs? I hate overdubs but know very little Japanese.
Quote from: geneterror on December 23, 2010, 08:44:36 AM
Thomas, give me half the stuff on your HDD please ;D.
Does most of it have subs? I hate overdubs but know very little Japanese.
Wherever possible, japanese audio english subtitles.
I only archive the BEST release possible yo!
Yeahhhh sure.. problem is though I don't lug my desktop around and it has over 4TB in it haha.. my biggest external is 500GB + laptop storage of 320GB, so if there's anime\stuff you actually want single it out and I'll bring it to an event or whatever.
Got like 1TB movies (couple 720-1080 .mkv, majority standard xvid .avi)
250GB of lossy .mp3, 50-100GB of lossless wav\.flac,
150GB apps \ installers.
Some tv series etc. etc.
+ The 850GB of animu.
can do .txt's if you want to see some dir's of any of that shit.
I'm really keen to see Elfen Lied if you have it?
Checking that screenshot, keen to grab:
Chobits
Claymore (only seen a bit but liked it)
One Piece (by the time I discovered it I was WAY to far behind to start getting them)
Samurai Champloo (Suzannah and I loved this, keen to watch it all again!)
Valkyria Chronicles
Probably keen to grab more but we don't really get a lot of spare to watch anime so even just the stuff I posted would last us months. Keen for anything like Soul Eater though!
Will talk to you at the next meetup bro. Happy to give you some stuff in return but I think you have most of what I have already. Have you seen the movie Aachi and Ssipak?
I'd love the movies if you can recommend them =)
I'll bring all you requested up for next time.
I'll just chuck whatever I recovered off my dead HDD onto mt 1TB external before the next event and you can have a look. Aachi and Ssipak is Korean, it makes a refreshing change from traditional Japanese anime.
You are awesome bro, thanks heaps!
Quote from: geneterror on December 23, 2010, 10:08:50 AMAachi and Ssipak is Korean, it makes a refreshing change from traditional Japanese anime.
aachi and ssipak is sick :D
glad i have it on DVD
no me
Lol I didn't like the art to Claymore. Meh.
Dude, Samurai Champloo is one of my favourite animes. My friend was all like it set out to do the same thing as Cowboy Bebop blah blah (you know, music inspired anime etc) and I'm like -__-
Ninja Edit: Sorry that sentence up there should read "Dude, Samurai Champloo is one of my favourite animes. My friend was all like it set out to do the same thing as Cowboy Bebop blah blah but it failed and isn't as good blah blah blah."
The soundtrack Champloo is fuuuuuuucking epic. I card flourish to that shit.
Most of your want list is also on my 'need to watch list' but I can give you Samurai Champloo if you like.
Quote from: originaljulz on December 23, 2010, 11:42:56 PM
The soundtrack Champloo is fuuuuuuucking epic. I card flourish to that shit.
Can you elaborate on this
Also to stay on topic I thought elfen lied started well and just fucked itself over for a lame end
although i read that the manga and anime are completely different in the end
I'm not a big anime fan but Ive just recently watched and finished Wolf's Rain and Trigun and thought they were awesome. If anyone could recommend anime that is similar to those two that would be sweet as.
Also don't mention Bleach or Naruto I gave up on that shit. They're seriously dragging those two shows on....
Quote from: Barnstorm on December 24, 2010, 01:29:05 AM
Can you elaborate on this
Card magic's lesser known, yet cooler cousin. All about hand dexterity, muscle memory. Harder than magic too. Once you get the pinky breaks, false cuts, false shuffles, and forcing cards down, you have the B&Bs for magic. For flourishing, every trick is so insanely different, you need to become a student to learn that shit. Which is why I never progressed to this pro a level. I have too many hobbies. And too many of those hobbies need to be like, a persons main hobby to be any good :/
Another reason is you go through cards so fast, and they're not cheap for decent flourishing cards.
Oh, and this is my fav song from the Sam Champ soundtrack, and it's one of the ones I used to like flourishing to. Sitting there with my friend playing with cards during uni breaks while listening to this kinda stuff is priceless.
Agreed with Samurai Champloo's beast music status
I love the soundtrack to Samurai Champloo! Nujabes is one of my all time favourite Hip-Hop Producers! I was seriously saddened when I heard that he died earlier this year :'(
Also, from the soundtrack Aruarian Dance is my favourite track too ;D
How dare you mock OHSHC Julian. I got it in a shitstorm of stuff in a lan and didn't know what it was, watched like 2 episodes and it was wtf is this shit. Watched more and it was WTF THIS SHIT IT AWESOME. So yeah. And damn Thomas I didn't know you had such an awesome setup. Gimme some of your anime. I did dl K-ON like you recommended lol. Haven't watched it yet though as the player on my itouch doesn't really support mkv well. And ewww I don't want that brother and sister shit. I got a little sister, what kinda person do you think I am :D
Quote from: originaljulz on December 24, 2010, 04:41:39 AM
Card magic's lesser known, yet cooler cousin. All about hand dexterity, muscle memory. Harder than magic too. Once you get the pinky breaks, false cuts, false shuffles, and forcing cards down, you have the B&Bs for magic. For flourishing, every trick is so insanely different, you need to become a student to learn that shit. Which is why I never progressed to this pro a level. I have too many hobbies. And too many of those hobbies need to be like, a persons main hobby to be any good :/
This is what I thought you meant
I used to rock out with cards knew quite a few card tricks and i really like colour changes
And i definitely fit into the same category as you way to many hobbies not enough time
Also can anyone recommend some good shows I really liked naruto and bleach b4 fillers maybe a top 5 list might get champloo though if its really good
Quote from: Eddy_COMBO on December 24, 2010, 03:08:11 AM
I'm not a big anime fan but Ive just recently watched and finished Wolf's Rain and Trigun and thought they were awesome. If anyone could recommend anime that is similar to those two that would be sweet as.
havent seen wolfs rain, but i thought trigun was shit. everytime vash cried it made me want to throw the remote through the tv.
and vash cries in like every fucking episode.
Yah Champloo is real good. Um, I liked Afro Samurai, but I don't think that it's an anime.
I really enjoyed watching Eyeshield 21.
Samurai Champloo is awesome. Highly recommended.
Soul Eater! Really funny, particularly the Excalibur character ;D
Deathnote is really good but it's a bit more serious.
fuck, watch some cowboy bebop. always good.
Quote from: geneterror on December 24, 2010, 11:14:29 AM
Soul Eater! Really funny, particularly the Excalibur character ;D
Oh man, I tried sooo hard to watch this as everyone I have spoken to rave on about it. But I cant. I make it to the episode where they are in that Pyriamid and I just can't get any further.
Deathnote starts off well, but they should have ended it far sooner.
Quote from: Ngati Kahungunu Champ on December 24, 2010, 11:20:32 AM
Deathnote starts off well, but they should have ended it far sooner.
Ugh, this was about as bad as Prison Break for that. I only read the manga, which I thought was awesome, and then roughly when the 2nd death note chick comes along it turned to shit.
Quote from: LN on December 24, 2010, 12:05:44 PM
Ugh, this was about as bad as Prison Break for that. I only read the manga, which I thought was awesome, and then roughly when the 2nd death note chick comes along it turned to shit.
Haha yeah man. I reckon the only thing that could top them both is Heroes!
Um. I've watched a ton of anime, but can't remember the names. I don't watch that girly shit though. If there isn't fighting or gun in it, then it can fuck off. Tried watching that shit with the guy that bakes bread, not my deal. Kept waiting for a fight to break out.
If you like the homo anime stuff, apparently Onegai Teacher is decent. Kingpiccolo used to watch it.
Bro what about robots?
I got my PSN handle off Death Note ;D But if you're into Death Note you should cheack out Code Geass. It starts off a little slow but in the end it's a real mind fuck haha Probably my favourite anime (along with FMA: BH) in recent years.
Nah, the robots have to fight.
If you have a robot that isn't fighting, then what's the point?
To summarise:
Robot+no fight=BAD
Robot+fight=GOOD
If there is anything as ungodly as robots that DON'T fight, then this planet isn't worth living on IMO
Oh my god Lenny, you didn't like Yakitate? What isn't to like about a kid trying to find an epic bread that Japan can call it's own?
That sounds really sarcastic in my head, but it's not lol.
Fuuuuck I've watched quite a bit of anime but I can never remember what I've seen when people ask for recommendations. Two recentish ones that I would tell you to see is Durarara and Baccano. So well made, good stories, always good characters.
Oh and Mason, I wasn't reeeaaally making fun of Ouran Host Club. I've watched it too lol. Like, I really do watch everything and typically enjoy it all. I say I like your little magic girls the least, but I still watched Cardcaptors and enjoyed it back in the day lol. Wasn't Sakura's brother's best friend named Julian? And wasn't he like, the moon spirit thing and a total badass? Fuck yeah.
3 words....
Samurai Pizza Cats
8)
Yeah his name was Julian in the english dub which is like 100x worse than the Japanese version. They cut half the episodes in the english dub and made half the series flashbacks and cut out most of the relationships like her best friend tomoyo who was a raging lesbian for sakura. I had no idea til I watched the japanese version this year. Now I try to avoid dubs whenever possible. Beyblade dub even had some editing. I think one of the characters died but they didn't show it kind of mildly implied it.
Also want to find pokemon in japanese with subs, season 9+. Cause they replaced every single VA in season 9 and I can't stand it at all. Ash just sounds aweful and so do team rocket. But I wanna watch this shit cause it's pokemon.
Watching through Durarara!! again.
Definately one of my favourites. It's not even full of action and stuff. If anything it's more like a Drama. But man it's interesting.
And Seitokai Yakuindomo is probably one of my new top 5 fav animes of all time. SO funny. Watched through it all again, because I enjoyed it that much.
Just recently got into KHR. At first I thought it was a little boring. No char development, story not even moving foward and basically a lot of the first few eps felt like fillers. Took like 20 something episodes to get interesting but now I'm actually enjoying it.
Glad I didn't give up on KHR :D
Reading through Tenjho Tenge on my kindle. I guess it's kind of interesting.
I didn't like the Tenjho Tenge anime. The storyline annoyed me, hated the character designs. I hate that it's all about T&A and shitty fight scenes.
I remember being annoyed with all the flashbacks. It took up like over half of the anime series and when the flashback was finally over the anime was over too. The story was only just beginning too :-\
Still pretty hyped for the new Berserk anime though. I hope it starts from the beginning again (like FMA:BH) since the first anime skipped some key points of the manga.
Yeah I don't really watch anime because generally it's just a shit version of the manga that you can't get through at your own pace.
Quote from: Nick4now on January 08, 2011, 07:42:06 PM
Still pretty hyped for the new Berserk anime though. I hope it starts from the beginning again (like FMA:BH) since the first anime skipped some key points of the manga.
Oooooh! I'm keen to watch Berserk. Didn't even know they were doing a remake so cannot wait.
Also, can some one recommend to me something to watch that doesn't involve high school with romance complexes. Looking for something that is either a thriller/action/suspense anime?
Ooh watch Monster.
A little old now, but man the story was good. I thought so, anyway.
It's pretty much exactly what you're asking for too.
Lol I'm always like, man I like watching all kinds of anime etc. It's better to have a wide range etc etc.
But my top 3 anime are all high school settings lol. (Azumanga Daioh, Haruhi Suzumiya, and Seitokai Yakuindomo.)
Yay Haruhi Suzumiya is awesome. But Stu you should watch Gakuen Alice, it's awesome. They;re not in high school yet lol.
Quote from: massi4h on January 08, 2011, 08:56:20 PM
you should watch Gakuen Alice, it's awesome.
"Wow, what is that, some sort of mature anime? You surprise me Mason."
Quote from: massi4h on January 08, 2011, 08:56:20 PM
They;re not in high school yet lol.
"...lol. Mason."
Quote from: stereomonkey on January 08, 2011, 08:17:36 PM
Oooooh! I'm keen to watch Berserk. Didn't even know they were doing a remake so cannot wait.
Also, can some one recommend to me something to watch that doesn't involve high school with romance complexes. Looking for something that is either a thriller/action/suspense anime?
I've said it before and I'll say it again because it's that awesome. Watch Code Geass! It's kinda like Death Note but better lol
Oh and you'll find some Berserk trailers around in this thread somewhere. Or it might be in the "Superheroes Animation or juicy / awesome artwork ??!! Anyone" thread lol It's probably easier just to youtube it lol
Quote from: massi4h on January 08, 2011, 08:56:20 PM
Yay Haruhi Suzumiya is awesome. But Stu you should watch Gakuen Alice, it's awesome. They;re not in high school yet lol.
What order you watching it in?
What viewing order you watching in? That shit must be confusing as fuck to jump into late with all 28 eps available lol.
Broadcast order does not equal DVD order
Broadcast order does not equal chronological ordering of events (It was televised out of order or anachronologically)
Broadcast order has 2 part episodes which do get interrupted without any explanation by other eps which make literally no sence in between (Frustrating \ confusing when you have to wait a week lol)
DVD order does not equal order eps were aired in, company wouldn't allow them to sell DVD's in such a confusing anachronological format lol.
Through it all tho, I still recommend the shit out of broadcast order. It's a very unique show which unfortunately got a very "Iffy" second season.
Season 1 was (and still is) the most thought provoking anime I had ever seen.
Also a series of light novels, which are still being released. (Novel 10 to come after several years delay)
Doubles as my all time fave, till death bro.
I watched series 1 in Kyon order was kinda wtf but then yeah I got it. Then somehow there's a season 2 but I think it may be based before whatever. I'm watching the endless 8 or whatever, they did the same thing 3 episodes in a row so now I'm too scared to watch the next few (as I assume it may be 8 of the same bloody episode). So I've been finishing off xxxholic and watching a bit of FMA atm.
Yeah good guess on e8..
The OP .mp3 to xxxholic, let the magic happen hahaha.
Quote from: originaljulz on January 08, 2011, 08:34:03 PM
Ooh watch Monster.
A little old now, but man the story was good. I thought so, anyway.
It's pretty much exactly what you're asking for too.
Shit, 74 episodes. Need to invest a chunk of time into that one but will give it a crack.
Quote from: massi4h on January 08, 2011, 08:56:20 PM
Yay Haruhi Suzumiya is awesome. But Stu you should watch Gakuen Alice, it's awesome. They;re not in high school yet lol.
WTF, I wikied that shit and no thank you.
Quote from: Nick4now on January 08, 2011, 09:20:56 PM
I've said it before and I'll say it again because it's that awesome. Watch Code Geass! It's kinda like Death Note but better lol
I will get the series tonight and give it a go. Being it was in 2008 hoping there is a 720p rip otherwise 480 will be good enough.
Quote from: massi4h on January 08, 2011, 08:56:20 PM
Yay Haruhi Suzumiya is awesome. But Stu you should watch Gakuen Alice, it's awesome. They;re not in high school yet lol.
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Nothing but the best for Mason...
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1080p of Code Geass season 1 and 2 found. Start watching it tomorrow :)
bro, just go watch digimon.
Or some manly shit
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Fuck yeah Fist of the North Star (Hokuto no Ken) is awesome!!
@StereoMonkey: Niiiice I wish I still had the eps. I feel like watching it again now lol
But they have magical powers...
Anyway finally got through that e8 in haruhi, far out that was boring. Just found out there's a movie as well, so any chance I can get it off you at WellyLan thomas? Also downloaded code geass about a week ago so I might give a watch.
Is anyone interested Tantei Opera Milky Holmes?
It attracts me after I watched the following boxing videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApkGeUXCeIk
part 1, the show starts from 4:30-7:50, the fight start from part2, 1:30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfh0GF-MPo0
part2
Hahaha I think Mason and Skull will love the intro but I found the fight a lot more entertaining :P Aoki must be embarrassed that he got knocked out in 4 seconds at his own game AND to a crossdresser/cosplay dude at the same time hahaha
^ hahaha, good times.
Sure Mason, would you prefer the xvid .avi or the 1080p .mkv?
Code Geass is a good show. Make sure you are paying attention though as it gets pretty intense plot wise, haha.
1080p mkv I guess shot bro. Got a new laptop and I'm considering bringing it down or else I got an 8 gb and 16 gb flash drive to grab stuff or whatever.
Yeah, and then you can give it to me, Mason :D
Why was there never a zoid game?
There is for GBA ;D
There is for arcades in japan. You sit in a cockpit and everything
Zoids, was a big fan of the show. Lucky to have them on hard drive.
hey, just noticed nicks avatar.
tried watching the anime its from, its so stink. tried watching some of the more badass fights, nope they were bolo too :(
Yeah I actually wouldn't recommend this to anyone lol Especially to the one's who are impatient because it takes soooo long for the story to progress and when it finally does 5 eps later it stops again... It's pretty much an anime with A LOT of fillers.
BUT He's my Avatar because I actually like the character lol
That's right I have zoids I should watch it again. It was definitely one of the best shows around when I was young. Every season had like kinda the same zoid but slightly different and all the series were awesome.
Started watching Shinzo again (really enjoyed that when I was young) but atm it seems kinda dated.
Has anyone seen Kaiba?
It's by Masaaki Yuasa http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1482702/ (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1482702/) who also directed the Kemonozume and the movie Mind Game.
Kaiba has a really clever storyline and trippy, fluid animation. One of the best things I've seen in years.
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Quote from: Nick4now on January 25, 2011, 12:24:30 AM
Yeah I actually wouldn't recommend this to anyone lol Especially to the one's who are impatient because it takes soooo long for the story to progress and when it finally does 5 eps later it stops again... It's pretty much an anime with A LOT of fillers.
oh bro, sounds even worse than the manga. that took like 60 chapters to get anywhere :/
youd think a fighting shounen about the mafia and people with flame powers would be more awesome.
Holy shit, Shinzo. Is that the one where there's those three guys, and the main one has fire powers, the kinda girly dude has water powers and the lion dude has lightning powers? Or was it earth... Is that the one? That one was the shit. You should give me Zoids and Shinzo next time we're both at ranbats or something Mason
Yeah man that's the one. Then when they defeat the enemies they turn into cards and then you can suck them in and transform with their power. Only got both in English cause apparently Japanese Shinzo is like impossible to find. I think I'll watch Medabots as well, that was awesome when I was a kid.
But yeah I won't be at the first ranbats but I should be able to make the rest.
Quote from: samurai black on January 25, 2011, 11:11:06 AM
youd think a fighting shounen about the mafia and people with flame powers would be more awesome.
That's exactly what I was thinking. Mafia > Ninjas, Pirates, Shinigami/Samurais and Mages. Too bad it ended up being KHR < Naruto, One Piece, Bleach and Fairy Tail :-[
Hahaha @Shinzo. A few days ago I remembered that Anime but I couldn't remember the name of it and it was fucking annoying the hell outta me. Shot Mason, I can finally rest easy ;D
I need some Manga. Tell me you fanboys what should I give a read?
Currently reading Hellsing and Air Gear.
Quote from: stereomonkey on January 25, 2011, 10:36:09 PM
I need some Manga. Tell me you fanboys what should I give a read?
Currently reading Hellsing and Air Gear.
I've been reading stuff by Junji Ito.
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Gyo is the longest one of his that I've read and it's fuckin great http://www.onemanga.com/Gyo/ (http://www.onemanga.com/Gyo/)
Try one of his short stories first maybe and see if you like it. this one is a little weird and unsettling
the enigma of amigara faulthttp://brasscockroach.com/h4ll0w33n2007/manga/Amigara-Full/Amigara.html (http://brasscockroach.com/h4ll0w33n2007/manga/Amigara-Full/Amigara.html)
Shintaro kago is my favourite tho.
his stuff is pretty heavy.
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this one called Labyrinth is good.
http://samehat.blogspot.com/2007/12/labyrinth-by-shintaro-kago.html (http://samehat.blogspot.com/2007/12/labyrinth-by-shintaro-kago.html)
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NSFW tho
i started reading gyo. that shit is weird.
Hooo-ee I've seen some of that stuff. It's so fucking weird. Too weird for my tastes lol.
Stereomonkey, have you read Dogs? That's a good one. One of the main characters is awesome. He's this like, usually docile journalist kinda guy (who looks badass with an eyepatch though) who goes crazy and awesome when he hasn't had a cigarette.
I just read this one 'My dear ancestors', it's the freakiest one I've found so far.
it's fucked up.
http://www.mangatoshokan.com/read/Itou-Junji-Kyoufu-Manga-Collection/unknown/4.5/1 (http://www.mangatoshokan.com/read/Itou-Junji-Kyoufu-Manga-Collection/unknown/4.5/1)
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any of you kungs watching DBZ kai?
i heard they streamlined the fuck outta it, so all the filler is gone and the planet namek saga isnt stupid long anymore.
Yeah i have been watching it
They have cut massive amounts of crap out of it which is good
They are already up to the cell games at episode 90 compared to 150 in the original
Quote from: samurai black on February 03, 2011, 12:25:10 PM
any of you kungs watching DBZ kai?
i heard they streamlined the fuck outta it, so all the filler is gone and the planet namek saga isnt stupid long anymore.
Yeah I've been watching it since it came out.
It's so good now. It's gone from 300 episodes down to 100, and it flows really quickly with good stuff happening every episode. I think by like episode 30, Frieza is dead. Big difference from the torture of the version that used to be repeated over and over on TV3.
Fucking aye. I remember Frieza telling Goku that Planet Namek is going to explode in 5 minutes but that took like at least 5 eps to actually happen. Dragged on waaaaaaaaaaay too long >:(
Not watching it but vegeta says it's over 8000... ??? ??? ???
I've got all of GT and I think DB, I watched the last 10 episodes recently for nostalgia and omg it was the same damn fight every episode. Good times.
Also I think I'll watch this lol though cbf watching the other 7 or so series:
Lol Mason what the fuck is that
Just finished Soul Eater
It was ok seemed very anticlimactic
Just finished ready Monster and am happy to have read it. I had the whole anime series as well but I probably would have rather watched a dub version of it instead.
Anyone can recommend something else similar to Monster?
Monster is awesome man :O
YES IT IS! Finished reading Another Monster as well.
I tried to watch some of the anime but because I started reading it I have them in my head as if they were german speaking and not Japanese.
I tried watching the new xmen anime with my dad. We start watching and they start speaking Japanese. It just felt way too awkward. Characters weren't really acting like we're used to as well. Wolverine wasn't very awesome. Plot was kinda crap, so we dropped it. Anyone else watching it, or watched the Wolverine and Iron Man ones?
But it loses its meaning when it's translated out of japanese
I'm shocked you tried to watch them at all tbh. They look like poo and I just seem plain silly.
Is that this?
Didn't even know there was a Japanese X-men show. The animation and models look awesome!
yeah thats just the japanese intro for the 90s cartoon. theres a new one.
Then that must be this. :-[ Once again they suck all the colour and fun out of it.
There's a wolverine anime lol
yeah i heard it blows. ive got the first episode of the iron man one but its real boring, so i havent gotten into it.
Man I hate the feeling I get when I finish a really good anime. It's like, what the fuck do I do with my life now? I always finish them in like, 2-3 nights on average which is way too fast to enjoy it. Though I never finished School Rumble, and I'm about to finish the second season after it being like 4 years since I saw my first episode. I think there's a third season though so I might try to find that.
I got some much anime to watch. I just finished watching Tsubasa Chronicles but they stopped making more eps for the anime so I need to read the manga.
Yeah, that anime was horrible. Stopped watching after a couple of episodes and read the entire manga instead. So many volumes to go through but really worthwhile in the end.
I thought watching anime will be good but I think I find it more fun reading the manga instead.
Fuck you Stu, Tsubasa was awesome. It's got Sakura and Syaoran. OVAs were real good and that's where most of the story from the manga gets put in. Still reading through it though. Getting it out from the library cause it feels nicer to read. Manga is good so far.
Quote from: massi4h on April 26, 2011, 06:46:53 PM
Fuck you Stu, Tsubasa was awesome. It's got Sakura and Syaoran. OVAs were real good and that's where most of the story from the manga gets put in. Still reading through it though. Getting it out from the library cause it feels nicer to read. Manga is good so far.
Hahaha Kurogane and don't get mad i like tsubasa lol.
Quote from: massi4h on April 26, 2011, 06:46:53 PM
Fuck you Stu, Tsubasa was awesome. It's got Sakura and Syaoran. OVAs were real good and that's where most of the story from the manga gets put in. Still reading through it though. Getting it out from the library cause it feels nicer to read. Manga is good so far.
Nah, anime looked like shit which is what you like Mason?
Serious though I read through the whole lot a couple of weeks ago. I was collecting the volumes back in oz but think I only made it to vol15 and vol13 of xxxholic. Thank god I have a tablet to read them on :D
Aren't those girls comics?
Nah Tsubasa is Shonen version of CCS based more around Syaoran I guess (yeah I know most of the spoilers and stuff, but don't ruin it for me please :D)
I watched all of xxxholic including the ova that just came out to end it. There are heaps of gaps I wanna fill in but I didn't really enjoy the characters enough to want to read the manga. Zashiki-warashi was the best looking female character in the anime and I wanted to see her get somewhere with Watanuki. And then bam the first ova comes around and she's not in it anymore and Yuuko dies straight away and then she says "I'm back" through the girl in the end of the first ova and then nothing comes from it.
The ending didn't seem like much of an ending either (coulda been better in the manga), seemed more of a we're tired of this series now lets just end it.
Quote from: originaljulz on April 26, 2011, 08:28:46 PM
Problem, Officer?
Actually you're right. Reading comics for adolescent girls is no worse than reading comics for adolescent boys. I guess it's just how the new generation rolls. That's cool.
K-ON!!
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K-ON come with me second live bluray coming soon
Hey it's Thomas! Come to ranbats/grind session. And K-On is awesome, thanks for the recommendation of this great anime with massively strong plot :D Movie in October!
Yeh I have been slack, I'll start coming back up for the auck missions.
Glad you like it haha, it would seem our taste for such things is quite similar.
Let me know if you wanna buy this Ritsu Hoody, some company messed up my order and accidentally sent me two of the same item lol.
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Lol wtf. I couldn't do that to poor Yui. I'd say that looks awesome but it's just a bit too blaringly powerlevel exposing.
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It's > 9000
Lol I do want. Have you seen Madoka yet?
Nah I downloaded it all now that its finished, I hear good things so I'll give it a watch.
Ever wondered what the Japanese opening to Samurai Pizza Cats was like?
lol wtf , tell me you guys arent gunna wear that around ......
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Wore it to work today bro
Quote from: CrazyMobius on April 27, 2011, 08:47:20 AM
Actually you're right. Reading comics for adolescent girls is no worse than reading comics for adolescent boys. I guess it's just how the new generation rolls. That's cool.
Holy shit, srs bsns lol.
Because we're not all watching cartoons and reading picture books.
Quote from: originaljulz on April 29, 2011, 02:13:11 AM
Holy shit, srs bsns lol.
Because we're not all watching cartoons and reading picture books.
You got it bro. Sometimes I don't even read the words in comics. ;)
Hey Thomas I actually saw 2 people last night at tz with a Mio and Yui hoodie. I was like woah. It was a dude and a girl.
Obviously they were ballers haha.
Half minecraft, half anime thread. I'll compromise and put it in both.
Quote from: originaljulz on May 20, 2011, 09:43:10 PM
Half minecraft, half anime thread. I'll compromise and put it in both.
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