The Anime & Manga Thread [Archive] - Page 3

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23-08-2010, 09:38 PM

I actually enjoyed the first episode a lot. Might watch more to see how it goes.
If you're looking for action, you're going to be disappointed :p If you enjoy boob physics + every fan service you can think of you might enjoy it more. I found the first couple of eps alright & then it just got boring when nothing really happened. Its watchable but Dead Rising/Left4Dead this aint

Watching Darker than Black atm, never seen it before, halfway through ep1. Seems alright, the animation is decent at least

FF Freak

23-08-2010, 10:06 PM

You should have been at Manifest on Saturday. We had Spike Spencer doing Shinji's voice live while we screened it. It was awesome and hilarious.

I kinda wish I'd seen that but I was playing in the Weiss Schwarz tournament around that time.

Neo Sephiroth

23-08-2010, 11:16 PM

I kinda wish I'd seen that but I was playing in the Weiss Schwarz tournament around that time.

How far did you get in that tournament anyway? Both Saturday and Sunday.

FF Freak

24-08-2010, 12:42 AM

How far did you get in that tournament anyway? Both Saturday and Sunday.

Went 0-4 on the saturday (had bad luck), but went 3-1 on the sunday just missing out on top 4. Both days was with the P4 trial deck. Ironically actually learning the second ability on the Yosuke counter card made a massive difference. My friend's brother actually made 4th on the Sunday with the Fate/stay trial deck.

VanAce

24-08-2010, 12:46 AM

I just finished watching the first episode of Blade of Immortal which was just screened on ABC2. It wasn't too bad and I think i will be watching it again next week.

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24-08-2010, 01:15 AM

I just finished watching the first episode of Blade of Immortal which was just screened on ABC2. It wasn't too bad and I think i will be watching it again next week.
So its the first episode tonight? I thought it started last week? Okay, this time I won't miss it! :p Would be cooler if ABC2 got some of the more awesome anime series like Trigun or something

FF Freak

24-08-2010, 10:08 PM

Just watched ep 8 of HOTD and while this series has had some stylised action/violence wtf was with the scenes towards the end of this? When Komuro was shooting Rei's gun while lying over her and the bullets were flying...my only thought was wtf were the director and animators thinking with this scene.

Gunblade89

24-08-2010, 11:27 PM

finished Black Blood Brothers, was enjoyable nothing special though

StorminNorman

25-08-2010, 10:59 AM

Satoshi Kon dies, age 47. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-08-24/award-winning-director-satoshi-kon-passes-away)

This is tragic news. Kon was easily the most important anime director of the past decade. His films included Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers and Paprika. He also directed the very excellent series Paranoia Agent.

This is a huge loss for the anime world.

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25-08-2010, 05:21 PM

Ouch, not another famous person :( Such an important figure too who broke the barrier on how anime can be perceived by people

I'm watching Broken Blade ep1 atm, the production values is mind-blowing! Feels like I'm watching an anime movie on a larger scale than Macross Plus & Full Metal Panic. Speaking of which thats what it reminds me of, a combination of those 2 besides the animation itself which just so happens to include giant mechas with Macross Plus outback scenery + a hint of Nadesico where things are controlled by a person's magical hand touch

Gunblade89

25-08-2010, 10:50 PM

Starscream

26-08-2010, 12:01 AM

topaz

26-08-2010, 12:03 AM

RIP Satoshi Kon :(

I really love his work, this is so tragic...

StorminNorman

28-08-2010, 11:50 AM

Satoshi Kon's last words. (http://www.makikoitoh.com/journal/satoshi-kons-last-words)

Be warned, it's... tough reading.

topaz

28-08-2010, 03:34 PM

Almost cried when he started to talk about his parents... R.I.P. Kon-sensei

VanAce

31-08-2010, 01:21 PM

http://www.madman.com.au/news/rg-recycle-grade-gundam/

Looks pretty cool

StorminNorman

01-09-2010, 11:22 PM

Wow, even the Sydney Morning Herald ran an obituary for Satoshi Kon. (http://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/animator-unafraid-to-tackle-reality-amid-the-dreams-and-fantasy-20100831-14fgm.html)

Says a lot about just how much mainstream recognition he had.

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06-09-2010, 05:58 PM

FF Freak

06-09-2010, 10:23 PM

HSOTD ep10

Why am I still watching this? Today's ep was just crap all over, absolutely no zombie action & mild fan service & the rest was painfully dull - I skipped over a majority. This is one uneven series, possibly the worst anime I've ever seen

Obviously you haven't seen Rosario to Vampire or Ladies Vs Butlers. Yeah HSotD is uneven but it's not nearly as bad as those two series. Mind you I'm yet to see episode 10 so I'm still unable to comment on the episode itself. Episode 9, on the other hand, I actually enjoyed because it continues to show how broken the main characters really are.

On the other hand I'm looking forward to To Aru majutsu no index 2 and Bakuman which start next month.

topaz

06-09-2010, 10:57 PM

Watching Evangelion 2.0 this Friday at Newtown, looking forward to it! Also wanna watch Summer Wars, has anyone seen it?

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06-09-2010, 10:59 PM

Also wanna watch Summer Wars, has anyone seen it?
I have, its awesome :D You seen 'Girl Who Leapt Through Time'? Its the same styled animation, has the occasional humourous moment & its more to do with the internet & avatars that actually control things in the real world

Starscream

06-09-2010, 11:30 PM

Watching Evangelion 2.0 this Friday at Newtown, looking forward to it! Also wanna watch Summer Wars, has anyone seen it?

Probably an import copy from HK ;)

VanAce

07-09-2010, 12:08 AM

HSOTD ep10

Why am I still watching this? Today's ep was just crap all over, absolutely no zombie action & mild fan service & the rest was painfully dull - I skipped over a majority. This is one uneven series, possibly the worst anime I've ever seen

I gave up after watching episode 5 and seeing that episode 6 was bath tub fan service. I am currently watching Speed Racer on Crunchy Roll. Been singing the theme song at random times during the day. And I am now going to watch Blade of The Immortal which is just about to start on ABC2.

topaz

07-09-2010, 12:09 AM

I have, its awesome :D You seen 'Girl Who Leapt Through Time'? Its the same styled animation, has the occasional humourous moment & its more to do with the internet & avatars that actually control things in the real world

Yeah I've seen 'The Girl Who Leapt...', I liked the first 2/3 of the movie, then it got weird and depressing at the end from what I remembered. The animation was great though.

Haha I resisted getting an import copy, didn't even know it came out to be honest.

Starscream

07-09-2010, 11:06 AM

Definitely worth importing Eva 2.0 , given how long it took for them to do an English dub for Eva 1.0 (even without the full original English cast).

topaz

11-09-2010, 12:30 AM

Evangelion 2.0 (spoilers galore):
Almost went into rage during the first minute, thinking they were showing the dubbed version. Calmed down once they started speaking nihongo lol

Impressed with the movie for the most part. VERY different from the events in the series, which was surprising since 1.0 was for the most part a shot-for-shot remake. The pacing and character development were still not very good, but I guess they tried.

Didn't like Mari, hopefully they'll explore her character in 3.0, but in this one she felt like Poochie in Itchy & Scratchy to me.

Disappointed that they left out one of my fav angel battles, and modified the other:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie5kYMHyAEI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ihOLrQIy8g

Mostly happy with the new scenes and scenarios though, and great fan service (in both sense of the term...)

Cerebral

11-09-2010, 02:33 AM

Almost went into rage during the first minute, thinking they were showing the dubbed version. Calmed down once they started speaking nihongo lol

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6705127/TheSimpsonsS05E01HomersBarbersho-6.jpg

TAT

11-09-2010, 08:35 AM

>nihongo
>all my hate

diaf

Watchers

04-10-2010, 08:50 PM

Does anyone know any good CG anime ala Karas and Appleseed?

FF Freak

04-10-2010, 10:15 PM

You might consider checking out Vexille.

Gunblade89

04-10-2010, 10:27 PM

everyone here should watch Maison Ikkoku, amazing anime

Nic Xtreme

04-10-2010, 11:23 PM

everyone here should watch Maison Ikkoku, amazing anime

I just looked it up, and it sounds incredibly appealing! It's 96 episodes though, so that's an expensive buy/time-consuming download @_@

Gunblade89

05-10-2010, 10:11 AM

I just looked it up, and it sounds incredibly appealing! It's 96 episodes though, so that's an expensive buy/time-consuming download @_@

Yeah it's an appealing romantic comedy, a friend of mine recently told me about it i have a link to the whole series to download one by one if your interested? I've been slowly watching only up to episode 17 but it can be addictive as the story is very well told and paced :)

Clockw0rk

05-10-2010, 11:57 AM

Summer Wars was terrible. Aside from the brilliant animation it was full of terrible, unlikeable characters and a retarded plot.

dinopoke

06-10-2010, 08:21 PM

Clockw0rk, you have terrible taste!

Almost went into rage during the first minute, thinking they were showing the dubbed version. Calmed down once they started speaking nihongo lol
When I watched this, I could physically feel the weeaboo rage in the whole cinema when this happened.

Silverwolf

07-10-2010, 01:45 AM

When I watched this, I could physically feel the weeaboo rage in the whole cinema when this happened.

Man, if only it was the english dubs, rampaging neckbeards would be awesome.

VanAce

11-10-2010, 11:28 AM

Madman's website died last night after the $10 sale had more traffic than it could handle. I just missed out on a bargain as everything in my cart disappear as I was confirming the transaction.

FF Freak

11-10-2010, 03:33 PM

yeah I had the same thing happen to me Van...pain when I was about to checkout.

Starscream

11-10-2010, 06:51 PM

Madman's website died last night after the $10 sale had more traffic than it could handle. I just missed out on a bargain as everything in my cart disappear as I was confirming the transaction.

Sunday sale = Madman FAIL.

Couldn't help but laugh since they didn't learn from their 10th Anniversary sale.

All Madman had to do was to allow you to enter a code during checkout to have the DVD titles to the reduced price.

Blame server overload! Ha ha.

StorminNorman

11-10-2010, 07:23 PM

They did learn from their 10th Anniversary Sale. They added enough extra servers to handle 500% more than their normal traffic.

Problem is, they ended up getting hit by around 1000% more than their normal traffic. The response was even bigger than it was during the 10th Anniversary sale.

Gunblade89

11-10-2010, 08:21 PM

Watched Whisper of the Heart, the other day what an amazing film.

And i rewatched Kiki's delivery Service today :)

Gunblade89

15-10-2010, 01:42 PM

Anyone else watching two of the new anime series out ?
Panty & Stocking (From Gainax) and Star Driver (From Bones)

http://myanimelist.net/anime/8795/Panty_&_Stocking_with_Garterbelt

http://myanimelist.net/anime/8934/Star_Driver:_Kagayaki_no_Takuto

Both are pretty promising so far (only 2 episodes into both)
Panty & Stocking is like japans powerpuff girls on speed with alot of sexual innuendo, Good stuff.
Star Driver has nice flashy animation, and is a little hard to follow at times but it's pretty enjoyable with nice mecha action.

FF Freak

15-10-2010, 04:03 PM

I'm watching a lot of other new stuff but not those two as I had no interest in either series.

VanAce

16-10-2010, 09:32 PM

Clift

19-10-2010, 02:12 PM

Over the last two days I've really been smashing through Ghost in the Shell (Been through the series once or twice before, first time watching it consecutively though :p). It's probably a bit late asking now seeing as I'm about 2/3 of the way through all the animated releases, but it might help when I inevitably watch it all again! :p

What is the recommended viewing order (if any)? From what I could gather from my quick search on the net it's meant to be: 1st movie -> 2nd movie -> 1st Series -> 2nd Series -> Solid State Society.

But I do recall reading awhile ago of it being a bit more staggered (Something like 1st Movie -> 1st Series -> 2nd Series -> 2nd Movie -> Solid State Society).

Thoughts?

topaz

19-10-2010, 11:00 PM

Been watching Persona: Trinity Soul, got two more eps to go. Pretty dark and unsettling at times. Very interesting to see the parallels and common themes between this and Persona 3.

FF Freak

20-10-2010, 01:14 AM

imo Trinity Soul was very under-rated when it was released.

FrozenSoul80

20-10-2010, 02:24 AM

No Madman sale on BluRay? This makes me sad :(

VanAce

20-10-2010, 10:10 AM

No Madman sale on BluRay? This makes me sad :(

Too Shiny

dinopoke

20-10-2010, 04:25 PM

What is the recommended viewing order (if any)? From what I could gather from my quick search on the net it's meant to be: 1st movie -> 2nd movie -> 1st Series -> 2nd Series -> Solid State Society.

I think the first two movies are set in a different universe compared to the series' (ie different continuity). So I guess the above should be right. Alternatively, it can also be 1st Series -> 2nd Series -> Solid State Society -> 1st movie -> 2nd movie.

StorminNorman

20-10-2010, 08:18 PM

The movies are in the same continuity as the manga. Standalone Complex is a different continuity.

The first movie is a retelling of parts of the manga, while the second movie is a whole-cloth sequel, although you could argue it follows on somewhat from Man-Machine Interface.

nintendo

20-10-2010, 10:11 PM

Bleach is getting pretty interesting now that they are fighting Aizen. Also the new opening and closing credits are not too bad. The Closing ones include characters that haven't been in the show in a very very long time.

dude. just wait. it gets so much meaner. im up to date in the manga and its getting really interesting now. out of curiosity where is it up to exactly in the anime?

sucks that its on a 2 week hiatus though. back next week iirc

also, one piece is awesome now. wanna see how ownage people have gotten after the hiatus.

FF Freak

21-10-2010, 01:39 AM

Kinda sucked that the Bleach manga had a 2 week Hiatus as it feels like there can't be more than a couple of chapters left to round out the series.

topaz

21-10-2010, 01:49 AM

imo Trinity Soul was very under-rated when it was released.

I think most of the complaints were that it's too slow-moving and boring at times, which I can understand if people felt that way. I thought it was quite decent, a solid 3.5/5 series. Still not sure what the 'whale' is though, lol

nintendo

21-10-2010, 02:35 AM

@ff freak

Yeah they could end it but I don't think they would. If anything I think there will be a time skip ala shippuden or what's just happened in one piece. They keep mentioning this place above soul society so they'll have to go there which will involve the usual training and all that shit.
Also he has to be able to come back. Look at ichigos dad. He obviously has used the final getsuga tenshou and has now got his shinigami powers back. They haven't explained what happened there, who he is, how he lost his powers, or anything really. They nicely set the whole thing up to continue.

FF Freak

21-10-2010, 01:08 PM

It's a possibility. I heard rumors that once this series of Bleach was over they'd be going onto Bleach 2 which would cover a European Soul Society and Shinigami but it was unconfirmed rumors.

It would be hard to see quite how a timeskip may work though as:

Ichigo lost his shinigami powers. Though Aizen being alive can link to that idea.

And as I don't read One piece I have no idea what's just happened there. But I've been interested in this place above Soul Society that they kept mentioning because it seemed a lot more important than the way it's been treated.

VanAce

21-10-2010, 04:53 PM

dude. just wait. it gets so much meaner. im up to date in the manga and its getting really interesting now. out of curiosity where is it up to exactly in the anime?

sucks that its on a 2 week hiatus though. back next week iirc

also, one piece is awesome now. wanna see how ownage people have gotten after the hiatus.

They are not much further past when Tosen dies. Roughly around the chapter 390 in the manga.

EDIT: Just watched #293 and you are right it gets even better.

VanAce

11-11-2010, 11:40 AM

I was just on the HorribleSubs site and read their announcements. It makes them sound like a bunch of assholes.

Also I finished watching Gurren Lagann the other day. Man it was cool. Going to start watching Soul Eater now.

Gunblade89

13-11-2010, 07:07 PM

I finished watching Crest of the Stars today, What a great ending :)

VanAce

16-11-2010, 11:45 PM

Studio Ghibli will be unveiling their next film on the 15th of December.

FF Freak

17-11-2010, 01:34 AM

so new arc of Bleach has been rather meh...it's kinda like Ichigo's new life but you just know they're gonna bring soul society back into it.

VanAce

18-11-2010, 03:11 PM

ZJvOd20J0WU

Should be good.

nintendo

26-11-2010, 12:54 AM

@ff - totally bro. it needs to htfu and something needs to happen. Just read the latest and the whole chapter is padded out crap. Need someshit to go down.

Also got to see evangelion 2.2 at the cinemas a couple of weeks ago. *****ing amazing on a screen that size. Also mad that Yuko Miyamura was there and I got her signature. Pretty mad.

Nic Xtreme

07-01-2011, 02:48 PM

Starscream

08-01-2011, 03:28 AM

I finally watched Neon Genesis Evangelion (the originally-aired version). I absolutely loved it, although those last two episodes... <_<

Next up is to watch the Director's Cut for Episodes 21-24, followed by the two movies (very much so looking forward to End of Evangelion's new Episode 25 & 26).

Then I'll watch those new fancy versions. Hooray!

NGE (IIRC) got a western release back in 1997! Where have you been the past 14 years? :P

Gunblade89

08-01-2011, 10:44 AM

I finally watched Neon Genesis Evangelion (the originally-aired version). I absolutely loved it, although those last two episodes... <_<

Next up is to watch the Director's Cut for Episodes 21-24, followed by the two movies (very much so looking forward to End of Evangelion's new Episode 25 & 26).

Then I'll watch those new fancy versions. Hooray!

Yeah i need to watch the original 25 episode series, although i've seen the two movies Death & Rebirth & End of Evangelion. I bet they will make more sense once i see the series :p

Been enjoying Cowboy Bebop & Black Lagoon lately.

StorminNorman

08-01-2011, 02:32 PM

Watched Nausicaä on Blu-ray the other night. It was glorious. Really impressed at how well such an old film holds up in HD. The quality of the animation is just stunning.

Also got the first half of the Dirty Pair TV on DVD recently. Again, it's held up amazingly well, with the only real let-down being the mono audio.

Gunblade89

08-01-2011, 05:08 PM

Nausicaä on blu-ray would be amazing, hell it looks great on dvd.
Will be a must buy for me when i get a PS3.

VanAce

08-01-2011, 11:20 PM

Been watching through DBZ for the last 6 months with a friend. We have just got to roughly the end of the World Martial Arts Tournament.

Once we have gone through it all I have decided to read the original DragonBall manga.

Also about 3/4 of the way through Soul Eater. It pretty much takes certain ideas of Bleach and takes them in a different direction.

VanAce

31-01-2011, 12:44 AM

Akira is on SBS2 tomorrow night at 10.30. Apparently they are having an anime season with Ninja Scroll, Ghost in the Shell and others to follow. Also Howls Moving Castle is on SBS1 at 10.05 on Wednesday night.

Shame the Monday night films weren't on a tiny bit later as I don't get home from pub trivia till almost 11. Although I have seen Akira cheap at JB lately will have to pick it up.

Gunblade89

31-01-2011, 04:41 PM

Cool i might rewatch a few if i feel like it, i own GITS on dvd though.

TAT

31-01-2011, 05:11 PM

Movies just aren't the same on SBS since they introduced commercial breaks

Lazlow

31-01-2011, 05:16 PM

They're not the same since Des Mangan stopped introducing them

Nic Xtreme

31-01-2011, 07:49 PM

I watched End of Evangelion. The extra eps were...alright I guess? Evangelion turned out to be pretty full of itself, really. The first 85% of it was good though! I'm looking forward to one day watching Rebuild.

I also watched Pom Poko. It was a typical enjoyable Ghibli film!

Aaaand I saw Millennium Actress. Which was astoundingly brilliant and is now one of my favourite movies of all time. I can't believe it took me so long to see it!

StorminNorman

31-01-2011, 08:18 PM

Millennium Actress is my absolute favourite movie of all-time, animated or otherwise.

Gunblade89

31-01-2011, 08:20 PM

Pom Poko is great, but not a favourite of mine when it comes to Ghibli films.
I actually enjoyed Ponyo more than it even. I really need to see Millennium Actress! A friend of mine told me it's an amazing film.

Did you end up watching Maison Ikkoku? I'm still up to episode 24 or something since it's such a long series. :p

Nic Xtreme

31-01-2011, 10:10 PM

Haha, yeah I'm only up to Episode 12 even though I've downloaded 49 of them. I will watch it eventually! It's really great!

Ponyo is my favourite Ghibli film! Pure magic!

Gunblade89

31-01-2011, 11:11 PM

Awesome, probably best to take your time with it anyway. One of the funniest animes i've seen.

Yeah Ponyo was amazing, Classic Miyazaki animation oozing with detail.
To be honest i don't think i could pick a single favourite Ghibli film, as they are all pretty much classics apart from Tales of Earthsea.

Starscream

01-02-2011, 12:35 AM

AranchineD

01-02-2011, 12:58 AM

It's the subbed version so it's a good start....

olol

get out you weeaboo ****

Lazlow

01-02-2011, 01:05 AM

I remember when I bought the DVD special edition of Akira with the new 5.1 English track. I couldn't stand the new voices for the freaks making them sound like pre-schoolers.

2.0 English 4 lyfe!

Starscream

01-02-2011, 01:07 AM

olol

get out you weeaboo ****

Hahaha. Ended up watching Cheers on 11 instead. Watching Roseanne now.

VanAce

01-02-2011, 05:01 PM

Also for those who live in melbourne

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs258.snc6/180656_186535211369126_158452070844107_531270_5727 037_n.jpg

Nic Xtreme

06-02-2011, 01:18 AM

Totally got these as part of my birthday presents today:

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/7029/img6531l.jpg

...and despite the fact it isn't the right Angel, I had to re-enact my all-time favourite scene...

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1733/img6554l.jpg

nintendo

06-02-2011, 05:54 AM

Unbelievabley awesome.

also bleach is lame as shit these last few chapters

StorminNorman

06-02-2011, 11:52 AM

So anyway, Fractale is pretty great.

dinopoke

06-02-2011, 02:24 PM

Any recently finished series worth checking out?

Kao

06-02-2011, 07:22 PM

i liked this one (http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=7525)

VanAce

06-02-2011, 07:48 PM

I started watching Level E. Only watched the first episode so far but it is an amusing and interesting enough sci-fi/ comedy. The concept reminds me a bit of Men in Black.

Gunblade89

06-02-2011, 10:37 PM

Any recently finished series worth checking out?

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt.

Gunblade89

06-02-2011, 10:54 PM

So anyway, Fractale is pretty great.

Planning to start watching that series, the art style looks pretty nice.

VanAce

23-02-2011, 07:35 PM

Vexille is on SBS tonight at 10.05. Is this worth watching?

StorminNorman

23-02-2011, 09:05 PM

If you liked the Appleseed movies, then yeah, it's well worth checking out. The soundtrack for it was done by Paul Oakenfold, of all people.

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt.

I have heard nothing but bad things about this show.

StorminNorman

08-03-2011, 07:04 PM

So anyway, in a move that can only be described as the most retarded move since ADV caved on the whole six-disc issue, K-On will be released as individual discs rather than a set. (http://www.rightstuf.com/cgi-bin/catalogmgr/8JmUr7O-9xti92sSMJ/browse/item/91103/4/0/0)

I honestly don't understand this at all. It's almost as though Bandai want this show to fail in the West.

It's a great show, sure, but when I can entire seasons worth of decent-quality TV for the same price, I don't really see why I should have to pay so much for just four episodes.

Gunblade89

08-03-2011, 07:59 PM

I have heard nothing but bad things about this show.

Strange you say that, everyone i know of has nothing but praise for it.
I'm only halfway through it, but it's pretty funny most of the time.
If you enjoyed FLCL you should like this, as it's also made by Gainax.

VanAce

11-04-2011, 03:10 PM

So anyway, in a move that can only be described as the most retarded move since ADV caved on the whole six-disc issue, K-On will be released as individual discs rather than a set. (http://www.rightstuf.com/cgi-bin/catalogmgr/8JmUr7O-9xti92sSMJ/browse/item/91103/4/0/0)

I honestly don't understand this at all. It's almost as though Bandai want this show to fail in the West.

Looks like Madman is doing the same thing.

ALSO
http://www.madman.com.au/news/new-acquisition-blue-exorcist-anime/

Is the manga which this is based off any good?

VanAce

21-04-2011, 02:41 AM

Just finished watching Trigun (Remastered) and I enjoyed it a lot. Some really good action sequences in it.

Also the new Bleach filler arc seems to be not too bad at the moment. Hopefully when they finish the arc up they don't go to self contained episodes like they did last filler arc. Also the opening is pretty cool.

Gunblade89

21-04-2011, 09:28 AM

Everyone should watch Hanasaku Iroha!

Show of the year so far!

http://myanimelist.net/anime/9289/Hanasaku_Iroha

FF Freak

22-04-2011, 11:00 PM

Gunblade89

23-04-2011, 03:18 PM

@Gunblade89

really?

I would have to say that after 2 episodes C: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control is show of the season for the spring season so far.

Anyway I highly recommend people watch C if you're not already.

In other news it was recently announced that persona 4 will be getting an anime adaptation.

I'm planning to watch ''C'', as i heard it's good although apparently the animation sucks.
If you enjoy character driven anime, Hanasaku Iroha is definetly one to see.

Nic Xtreme

23-04-2011, 10:53 PM

So Maison Ikkoku Episode 29, "Fall Festival Foul-Up! All Swell That Ends In a Well", was amazingly brilliant. This show just keeps on getting better and better <3

Everyone should watch Hanasaku Iroha!

Show of the year so far!

http://myanimelist.net/anime/9289/Hanasaku_Iroha

Thanks for the recommendation! I'll get onto downloading it, along with K-On!, which I completely forgot that I wanted to watch.

Vicious

17-05-2011, 06:30 AM

Well, definitely been watching Hanasaku Iroha and it's been great. Other items I've kept my eyes on are Deadman Wonderland, My Ordinary Life, and Gosick which are pushing some great stuff. There's also Stein's Gate and Hidan no Aria.

Don't think Hidan will be anything that special, mostly just a time killer. Stein's Gate could turn out amazing or turn out to be absolutely awful depending on how it goes from this point. Have to wait and see.

Lex

17-05-2011, 03:27 PM

Dropped hanasaku iroha after the third episode. That shit was just daft.

Tiger & Bunny is clearly show of the season. Ano Hana is good too.

Gunblade89

19-05-2011, 12:13 AM

I think Hanasaku Iroha been great and fairly consistent, i gotta watch episode 6 soon. What didn't you like about it?
I heard Ano Hana was solid, i have the first episode already might watch it now.

oogi2000

19-05-2011, 12:45 AM

Osamu Dezaki died in April ****. Everyone go watch some Golgo 13, Mad Bull 34, Space Adventure Cobra or Black Jack or something.

I want to cry now. :(

Lex

19-05-2011, 05:29 PM

I think Hanasaku Iroha been great and fairly consistent, i gotta watch episode 6 soon. What didn't you like about it?

The third episode. The first 2 set it up as a nice, slow slice-of-life show with nice animation and art.

The third was just goofy. NOBODY acts like that, it was weird, creepy and completely unbelievable.

FF Freak

26-05-2011, 12:57 AM

Discovered today that Fate/Zero, the prequel novel to Fate/Stay Night is getting an anime adaptation, due for release in October. Looking forward to it already as some of the servants are a lot more interesting then those that appeared in Fate/Stay.

Nic Xtreme

07-06-2011, 07:49 PM

Madman has a manga sale, not too much left at this stage. I nabbed:

~ Because You Smile When I Sing (Manga) Vol. 01 (End) - $1.00
~ Samurai Champloo (Manga) Vol. 01 & Vol. 02 (Final) - $4.50
~ Midori Days (Manga) Vol. 01 - Vol. 08 (Final) - $8.00

:D

FF Freak

12-07-2011, 01:00 AM

So Madman is releasing K'On on DvD and Blueray as 4 separate dvds/bluerays of 3-4 eps. My only response (and this is being extremely tame) is yuck...bad move madman. Smart move would have been 1 collection with all 13 eps.

Gunblade89

25-07-2011, 01:38 AM

Currently Watching Penguin Drum, best anime that's airing at the moment.

Actually Hanasuka Iroha is still going strong as well.

Nic Xtreme

27-07-2011, 07:50 AM

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Shihoko Hirata is doing vocals for at least one new song! Hooooooraaaaaaay! I absolutely cannot wait for this and I have to make sure that I finish the game before it's released (which won't happen <_<).

Also passed the halfway mark for Maison Ikkoku yesterday, about to watch Episode 51. And it's still absolutely wonderful!

FF Freak

28-07-2011, 01:04 AM

thankyou whyme thankyou. that trailer has me so psyched for the p4 anime.

nintendo

31-08-2011, 01:20 AM

So. Hunter X Hunter started up again a couple of weeks ago. Id forgotten how slow it can go.

Naruto has turned into an after thought. Nothing particularly good has happened recently, but nothing particularly bad either.

One Piece is still going slow as well.

All in all I haven't had much of a chance to catch up with anything else lately, (so much uni), but nothing new has really caught my eye.

What are people reading now days?

For awhile there I was really into some of the Korean Manwha (sp?). The Breaker, Aflame Inferno, Zero, Zero: Circle of Flow, Ares, Immortal Regis, Veritas, Cavalier of the Abyss, With Hunter, Ares, Nephilim John and a heap of others. I just found the stories and characters in the korean ones to be DIFFERENT to the typical Japanese shounen/seinen. Added a different feeling to it when I didn't have these preconceptions or whatever with what was going to happen.

Also a lot of the Korean ones actually have an ending. I got so sick of reading Japanese manga that just never had a ****ing ending. So much shit to read.

VanAce

31-08-2011, 11:51 AM

I am about 10 episodes behind Bleach. Currently it is in filler, but for filler it is not too bad. Although Bleach filler arcs tend to be just create fights against characters that would not usually happen.

nintendo

31-08-2011, 12:58 PM

I tried to watch Bleach once way back when. I got up to the Bount (sp?) and it was just so so terrible that I couldn't watch anymore. I'm told it definitely improved after it, I was reading the manga so I know the story got better, but I just couldn't bring myself to sit through that particular filler arc.

Where's the anime up to actually? Because I stopped reading the manga at a certain point, but if the anime is past there then I might actually be able to force myself to catch up.

VanAce

31-08-2011, 01:09 PM

They got to the end of the whole Aizen part then went into filler. The current filler is ok. The anime got really close to the manga (roughly 20 chapters behind) so filler was required. I think the manga is roughly 40 chapters ahead.

nintendo

31-08-2011, 03:00 PM

Hmm. I stopped just as it was getting into the new stuff after Aizen. It really just pissed me of with how bad it was. Im told its getting better but I think Ill just wait for the anime to cover it. It really soured me reading it.

They ended the Aizen stuff so well imo and I wish they'd just called it quits there.

EDIT: Also because of this thread it inspired me to go find where I stopped in Histories Strongest Disciple. Turns out Im almost 100 chapters behind but it shouldn't be too hard to catch up. Its not as if its War and Piece.

Anyone watching or read Fairytale btw? I started it when it began, got up to chap 125 (around there), and gave up. It just seemed like it was trying so hard to capture what made One Piece so good, but always ended up failing at making it interesting at all.

Nic Xtreme

05-09-2011, 10:32 PM

Only 11 episodes of Maison Ikkoku left :(
No anime will ever compare in the same way! Why is such a true classic coming to an end?! (; __________ ; )

Gunblade89, you have my eternal thanks for introducing me to this show! I would have never found it otherwise!

nintendo

07-09-2011, 02:48 AM

New projects (http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/21672/new-projects-from-studio-ghibli) from Studio Ghibli

Gunblade89

10-09-2011, 10:26 PM

Nic Xtreme

08-10-2011, 01:11 AM

Just watched the first episode of Persona 4: The Animation.

My impressions:

- The character animation, whilst very sharp and detailed up close, it really lacking when depicting characters from a medium-to-long distance. Environments, on the other hand, are consistently gorgeous. Some of the shots made me feel like I was experiencing the PS2 game in HD.
- The first episode felt incredibly rushed! I guess it's going to be tough to fit everything into one series (alternatively, they wanted to get the story's orientation out of the way quickly?).
- Final Fantasy/Metal Gear series aside, Persona 4 is one of the few Japanese games which possessed an English voice track that I loved. It's really weird hearing them speak Japanese, especially Teddie. I hope they pick up the game's voice actors for the anime, so I can watch it again in English.
- THE SOUNDTRACK <3
- It's Persona 4! In animated form! PERSONA 4!!!

I can't wait to watch more it!

FF Freak

08-10-2011, 02:35 AM

Just watched the first ep of persona 4. I have to agree with Nic on a number of things. There were a number of aspects of the animation where I felt like it was a bit low quality but otherwise it looked amazing. At the same time it's going to take a bit to get use to the Japanese voices as I loved the english dubbing of the game (probably a first).

However I must say the soundtrack is brilliant (even if it is just the game's for the most part) and all the little tributes to the game had me so hyped up and excited. If they keep the day changes though it may get a little annoying.

It's sad that the little animation problems may be the only thing currently that may stop this from toppling fate/Zero as my anime of the season. However both have only had 1 episode.

nintendo

08-10-2011, 02:43 AM

Cant say the idea of a Persona anime really interests me.

Watched about 13 eps into Gintama before I realized it never actually got a proper story going. **** that shit.

Nic Xtreme

08-10-2011, 08:32 AM

Yeah, I didn't think some bits of dodgy animation would annoy me so much, but they really stand out and disengage one from the show :(

Watched about 13 eps into Gintama before I realized it never actually got a proper story going. **** that shit.

Hahahaha Gin Tama is absolutely hilarious but it is perfectly suited to manga, the anime adaptation always seemed pointless to me.

FF Freak

22-10-2011, 04:05 AM

Just watched ep 3 of Persona 4 The Animation and I just feel that this series keeps on improving. While they still seem to lack on animation when portraying characters from a distance it's not quite as bad as ep 1. Interesting to see how well they've incorporated the change mechanic for the protagonist and I'm looking forward to seeing how they continue to use it.

Favourite line of the show so far: "I wish I recorded it." - Narukumi to Yosuke about Yukiko's midnight channel showing.

VanAce

21-11-2011, 08:48 PM

I noticed the very first Mobile Suit Gundam series has been released on DVD recently. Is it worth watching? Also is it best off to watch subsequent series in chronological order of release or based off the timeline?

VanAce

05-12-2011, 05:24 PM

For those who might be interested Madman has a big sale for Manga on their website

http://www.madman.com.au/actions/catalogue.do?method=browse&saleId=64&sortKey=3

oogi2000

15-12-2011, 09:05 PM

Star Driver on blu-ray (region free too) is faaaaaaaaaaaaaaabulouuuuuuus.

Gunblade89

16-12-2011, 12:36 PM

Star Driver on blu-ray (region free too) is faaaaaaaaaaaaaaabulouuuuuuus.

I never managed to get past the third episode, maybe i'll revisit it sometime.
I can imagine it would look quite nice on bluray.

Australian Ninja

07-01-2012, 11:01 PM

Has anyone watched Ergo Proxy? I've only seen maybe the first three episodes, and am tempted to buy the first collection. Is it worth it, are the stories decent throughout?

Gunblade89

07-01-2012, 11:19 PM

Has anyone watched Ergo Proxy? I've only seen maybe the first three episodes, and am tempted to buy the first collection. Is it worth it, are the stories decent throughout?

I've also only seen the first few episodes, i thought it was decent but i don't know if i'll finish it or not.

Anyway there are some reviews of the series
http://myanimelist.net/anime/790/Ergo_Proxy

Australian Ninja

07-01-2012, 11:24 PM

I've also only seen the first few episodes, i thought it was decent but i don't know if i'll finish it or not.

Anyway there are some reviews of the series
http://myanimelist.net/anime/790/Ergo_Proxy

You've been entirely too helpful.

Well if you do watch em, let me know your thoughts. A new JB store opened up in my area (one that takes me only thirty minutes to drive to, instead of the usual ninety-plus minutes for the next nearest store) and I'm looking to pick up some of their anime shows, seeing as they have a few good in store specials that are better than their online prices.

Starscream

21-01-2012, 07:40 PM

Anyone heard of the movie called Redline? All I know is that it was made by the people that drew Ninja Scroll (Madhouse Studios).

I just watched it at my cousin's place. From what he said, it's all hand drawn and no CG animation. Even if you are not an anime fan, this is one BR to showcase your home theatre setup (especially the audio). Killer soundtrack.

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VanAce

22-01-2012, 11:49 PM

That looks super crazy.

Gunblade89

11-05-2012, 12:54 PM

Some new anime series i've been watching:

Sakamichi no Apollon (Kids on the Slope) - This series is brilliant so far, i was hooked from the first episode. Highly recommend this one!
http://myanimelist.net/anime/12531/Sakamichi_no_Apollon

Eureka Seven AO - Very good so far, probably the best BONES show since the original Eureka Seven.
http://myanimelist.net/anime/12471/Eureka_Seven_AO

Roman Salute

17-05-2012, 08:48 PM

Agreed on Sakamichi no Apollon, there's more content in a single episode then whole seasons of other modern anime. Last few episodes have been kinda moving. Having that & Tsuritama on the same day is something really nice I think.

With that said I recently watched Hannape Bazooka & Angel Cop and it reminded me of a time when I'd rent some ova on vhs without knowing anything about it & it'd always contain ultra violence, swearing (mostly due to an embellished dub), tits, tentacles etc. I swear I've seen it before but never in Japanese. Anyway it was difficult but I found a good 2 minutes of footage that wasn't nsfw to take some pics of:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8142/7214426194_de943373a3.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31727956@N07/7214426194/)http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7216/7214424906_92b9c82f24.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31727956@N07/7214424906/)http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7071/7214424272_8b27a38c9b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31727956@N07/7214424272/)http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8025/7214425596_351aedf79b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31727956@N07/7214425596/)

When he uses his rape finger on the girl he likes but she thinks he's the professor she's been banging for grades, he snaps her out of it and she goes mental and starts choking him with those crazy eyes (2nd last pic) it's just the creepiest shit. There's something about a good sadistic smile that really ups that creep factor. I really wanted to post a pic of the jizzing-flower/re-birthing bit from the end but I think that might be pushing it a bit.

It was very nostalgic to watch. The closest thing I've found to that lately (creeped out faces) is this bit from Polar Bear Cafe, pretty amusing but would have freaked me out as a little kid for sure:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7234/7214422984_65768c4b92.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31727956@N07/7214422984/)