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[quote name='GuilewasNK']You know, I am seriously considering selling a large portion of my game collection to feed my anime/manga habit. I am getting a lot more joy out of it than gaming at this point.[/QUOTE]
Anime is still too much of a ripoff in cost at this point for me to ever consider selling off my games for it.
 
[quote name='Ikohn4ever']next week of bleach should be interesting[/QUOTE]oh, most definetely, I cant wait to see what happens with gbhfra naq gngfhxv, cyhf, Ubyybj-Vpuv frrzf gb or vapuvat pybfre naq pybfre gb uvf arkg nccrnernapr.
[quote name='FriskyTanuki'] Anime is still too much of a ripoff in cost at this point for me to ever consider selling off my games for it.[/QUOTE]agreed, I just buy manga that I truly enjoy and dl both manga and anime. Maybe I'll start buying anime when 3 episodes of a series on dvd are less than $20-$30
 
[quote name='LiquidNight']
agreed, I just buy manga that I truly enjoy and dl both manga and anime. Maybe I'll start buying anime when 3 episodes of a series on dvd are less than $20-$30[/QUOTE]
Yeah, the only 3 episode anime DVD's I'd consider buying at the moment are the DBZ Uncut that are $15 each. Otherwise, I like getting 10-20 episodes for $30 in Dragon Ball and 26 episodes of Kaleido Star for $35 when the idividual DVD's are $23 each for 4-6 episodes.
 
I usually buy older titles that are already in box sets or I just wait until box sets of newer titles come out. The only thing that is fairly new that I have bought single DVDs for is volume one of Samurai Champloo and Tenjho Tenge.
 
finally got the last samurai champloo dvd yesterday...that's about it for me and anime. I can't think of another series I want to watch. Maybe it's time to finally bust out the Naruto DVDs that Sub hooked me up with!

anyone have any recommendations for older anime movies and series? like back when Akira, Perfect Blue, Ninja scroll, Vampire Hunter d and the original GITS came out?
 
[quote name='Apossum']finally got the last samurai champloo dvd yesterday...that's about it for me and anime. I can't think of another series I want to watch. Maybe it's time to finally bust out the Naruto DVDs that Sub hooked me up with!

anyone have any recommendations for older anime movies and series? like back when Akira, Perfect Blue, Ninja scroll, Vampire Hunter d and the original GITS came out?[/QUOTE]

Dirty Pair is pretty good old school anime IMO. Not too wacky, not too serious, but very good action for an older show. I've seen Dirty Pair: Affair of Nolandia a few times already. I still need to watch Project Eden and Flight005 Conspiracy though.

I also enjoyed New Cutey Honey and Project A-Ko. Goldenboy isn't too old (1995) but it is still one of the funniest shows I have ever seen.
 
[quote name='Apossum']*jots down dirty pair* how about Bubblegum crisis?[/QUOTE]

I haven't seen that one yet, but I have wanted to for awhile.
 
[quote name='Apossum']finally got the last samurai champloo dvd yesterday...that's about it for me and anime. I can't think of another series I want to watch. Maybe it's time to finally bust out the Naruto DVDs that Sub hooked me up with!

anyone have any recommendations for older anime movies and series? like back when Akira, Perfect Blue, Ninja scroll, Vampire Hunter d and the original GITS came out?[/QUOTE]

Well those all came out spanning over a decade but I'll toss some out with their release year:

Vision of Escaflowne (1996, I think)
Record of Lodoss War (1991)
Rourni Kenshin (1996)
Macross (1982)
Battle Angel (1994, soon to be a major motion picture)
Armitage III (1994)
Patlabor (1990)
Dunbine (1984)
Gunbuster (1989)
Galaxy Express 999 (1979)
Lupin the III (1971, try Castle of Cagliostro first though, 1979)
Ronin Warriors (1988, be forwarned though I've met many that hate this show)
Harmegdeon (1982, same here)
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
City Hunter (1987)
Caslte in the Sky (1986)


There's more too, plus the really vintage ones like Cyborg 009, Astro Boy, Star Blazers, etc if you're into that kind of thing and obvious ones like Gundam and so on. Sorry if the concepts of those sound similar too (not that the 80s-early 90s carried a huge variety of anime anyhow), but there's not really an abundance of older anime titles being produced here in america either.
 
Thanks for the list duo! Wow, i coulda sworn nausicaa was more recent. I've been trying to see it forever, but i've never seen it checked in at any blockbuster anywhere.

how about the original fist of the north star movie? is that on dvd yet? I've only seen the new fotn on dvd. is the new fotn any good?
 
[quote name='Apossum']Thanks for the list duo! Wow, i coulda sworn nausicaa was more recent. I've been trying to see it forever, but i've never seen it checked in at any blockbuster anywhere.

how about the original fist of the north star movie? is that on dvd yet? I've only seen the new fotn on dvd. is the new fotn any good?[/QUOTE]

Oh yeah, I forgot about Nausicaa. I saw that on TCM a few weeks ago and it looked OUTSTANDING. I had no idea it was from 1984 until after it was over.
 
[quote name='Apossum']
how about the original fist of the north star movie? is that on dvd yet? I've only seen the new fotn on dvd. is the new fotn any good?[/QUOTE]

The old FOTS movie is very violent and not too great of a movie, but still worth watching for the shock factor. The DVD has long been OOP though and is worth a nice hunk of change. It's not that great of a DVD though--no extra features and no japanese language track.
 
I really don't understand internet people sometimes. Why would you break a set of manga chapters up into a bunch of .rars inside the torrent? That just makes people download the entire thing to get single chapters. It baffles me...

edit: oh well, at least there's a new chapter of FMA out. That's pretty good...I guess.

edit2: man, manga Scar makes anime Scar look like a total wussbag! Badassest Scar action yet!
 
[quote name='jmcc']I really don't understand internet people sometimes. Why would you break a set of manga chapters up into a bunch of .rars inside the torrent? That just makes people download the entire thing to get single chapters. It baffles me...

edit: oh well, at least there's a new chapter of FMA out. That's pretty good...I guess.[/QUOTE]
When I see torrent file that's full of rars, I just have to extract the first one to get everything. I'm not sure if that's how your torrent file is setup, but that's how mine usually work.
 
[quote name='Ziv_Zulander']Can't you just select the specific chapters you want? All the non-shitty clients let you do that.[/QUOTE]
I can usually, but this assbutler broke the file up into 40-some .rar files. If it's one .rar or a batch of uncompressed files I can pick and choose, but for some reason, this one I can't. Bitcomet, why hast thou forsaken me in the face of this overwhelming dumbassery?
 
[quote name='Ziv_Zulander']The old FOTS movie is very violent and not too great of a movie, but still worth watching for the shock factor. The DVD has long been OOP though and is worth a nice hunk of change. It's not that great of a DVD though--no extra features and no japanese language track.[/QUOTE]

Figures. I'm sure they'll re-release a special edition. It was the first anime i've seen, so it's got some sentimental value, i guess. My friends and i must have watched it a trillion times in high school.

jmcc-- each ep is in a .rar? it doesn't all extract to one iso? that's just plain moronic if that's what the uploader did...
 
Heh, I have the same thing for Voltage Fighters. It's a god awful anime but it was one of the first I ever saw, so it's got sentimental value.
 
[quote name='Apossum']Figures. I'm sure they'll re-release a special edition. It was the first anime i've seen, so it's got some sentimental value, i guess. My friends and i must have watched it a trillion times in high school.

jmcc-- each ep is in a .rar? it doesn't all extract to one iso? that's just plain moronic if that's what the uploader did...[/QUOTE]
No, it's for the One Piece manga. They .rared each chapter, then stuck all the chapters into a single archive, only they split the archive for some reason into 50 30 meg .rar parts. I suspect they just took a usenet flood and torrented it, but regardless, it's totally useless if you want just certain chapters.
 
[quote name='Ziv_Zulander']Heh, I have the same thing for Voltage Fighters. It's a god awful anime but it was one of the first I ever saw, so it's got sentimental value.[/QUOTE]
So much that you yearn to purchase the NeoGeo game?
 
[quote name='jmcc']So much that you yearn to purchase the NeoGeo game?[/QUOTE]

If someone supplies me the console and money to buy the game, why not?
 
All i remember from FOTNS is "you're already dead" *head explodes* :lol:


[quote name='jmcc']No, it's for the One Piece manga. They .rared each chapter, then stuck all the chapters into a single archive, only they split the archive for some reason into 50 30 meg .rar parts. I suspect they just took a usenet flood and torrented it, but regardless, it's totally useless if you want just certain chapters.[/QUOTE]

my head hurts just from reading that :lol: when i used to dl games, they'd come up in huge archives like that, to save space I suppose, but it always sucked when one .rar was corrupt.
 
[quote name='Ziv_Zulander']If someone supplies me the console and money to buy the game, why not?[/QUOTE]
Why not indeed? Well, because it's terrible, I suppose. Still, Voltage Fighter guy went on to do good stuff after that, not the least of which is naughty, naughty pornography. So I can forgive him.
 
[quote name='jmcc']Why not indeed? Well, because it's terrible, I suppose. Still, Voltage Fighter guy went on to do good stuff after that, not the least of which is naughty, naughty pornography. So I can forgive him.[/QUOTE]

Are you sure? All i'm seeing is Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture and Battle Arena Toshinden.
 
I just watched the whole Berserk series... and man was I dissapointed in the ending.. but it was anime after all. Seriously, are there any animes that have endings that don't suck?
 
[quote name='crystalklear64']I just watched the whole Berserk series... and man was I dissapointed in the ending.. but it was anime after all. Seriously, are there any animes that have endings that don't suck?[/QUOTE]
Off the top of my head:

Azumanga Daioh, Cowboy Bebop, Angelic Layer, Princess Tutu, Jubei-chan, Shoujo Kakumei Utena, R.O.D The TV, Now and Then, Here and There, Gankutsuou, Escaflowne...

Oh, your question was probably rhetorical. Whoops.
 
Are there any good fansubbers for DNAngel? The few episodes I downloaded before were good, but the groups that subbed it don't seem to be around anymore.
 
Ah yay.. I forgot.. Escaflowne did have a decent ending. After watching Berserk, I wish there was an anime like it only the main character never became... less angry. If anyone got in his way.. you die. Basically I want an anime with an anti-hero who takes no shit from anyone and kills anyone who crosses him. And none of that learning a lesson stuff either. He needs to stick to his evil morals till the end.
 
[quote name='crystalklear64']I just watched the whole Berserk series... and man was I dissapointed in the ending.. but it was anime after all. Seriously, are there any animes that have endings that don't suck?[/QUOTE]

That's not the ending, that's what happens when funding is pulled from your show and you don't get to finish it. It's where the show stopped hoping to get picked up again by someone and it didn't and was cancelled IIRC, in other words it suffered the fate that most TV shows do now.

[quote name='crystalklear64']Ah yay.. I forgot.. Escaflowne did have a decent ending. After watching Berserk, I wish there was an anime like it only the main character never became... less angry. If anyone got in his way.. you die. Basically I want an anime with an anti-hero who takes no shit from anyone and kills anyone who crosses him. And none of that learning a lesson stuff either. He needs to stick to his evil morals till the end.[/QUOTE]

I think they usually call that character a villian. Heroes, even anti-heroes, generally don't have evil morals (mixed up perhaps but not really evil).
 
I gotta say, FMP:TSR got a hell of a lot better by episode 4. The first couple episodes weren't that great, but by the end of 3 and all of four, I completely remembered how fun this series can be sometimes. Maybe it's also cause there's been a lack of real interaction between Sagara and Chidori. Though I have to say, the lesbian sisters so far are damn cool. The one's fight against Mao was awesome. Though who knows if they can surpass Gauln as my favorite FMP villain.
 
[quote name='crystalklear64']I just watched the whole Berserk series... and man was I dissapointed in the ending.. but it was anime after all. Seriously, are there any animes that have endings that don't suck? [/QUOTE]

FLCL
Miami Guns
Steel Angel Kurumi (The first season only. The second season wasn't bad but it was just filler IMO.)
Strawberry Eggs
 
[quote name='Duo_Maxwell']
I think they usually call that character a villian. Heroes, even anti-heroes, generally don't have evil morals (mixed up perhaps but not really evil).[/QUOTE]

Well, I consider the "hero" the main character of the story. But either way, there should be an anime with a "villian" as the "hero".

[quote name='GuilewasNK']
FLCL
Miami Guns
Steel Angel Kurumi (The first season only. The second season wasn't bad but it was just filler IMO.)
Strawberry Eggs[/QUOTE]

FLCL had a bad ending IMO, Haruko leaves the kid behind and we never learn where she went or what happens to Naouta or anyone for that matter. I want some Disney endings here!
 
[quote name='crystalklear64']I just watched the whole Berserk series... and man was I dissapointed in the ending.. but it was anime after all. Seriously, are there any animes that have endings that don't suck?[/QUOTE]


u do realize that berserk was a manga first, and if you did a lil looking you would see that they continue to release new issues.
 
I think the original FMP had a pretty good ending, though it left it open as there's still more books that can be turned into more series, like TSR and the side-stories of Fumoffu.

As for some other series, I definitely can't recommend FMA for a good ending. It's an ending you either love or hate. I personally love it, as it went along with the entire theme of the show the whole time, especially Mustang's speech in the epilogue-type-thing. Plus it was being left open for the movie. Mai-HiME also has an ending you'll either love or hate. But both shows are worth the ride. Try them out if you haven't already watched them, as they both have endings you'll either love or hate, but I personally loved both endings.
 
[quote name='crystalklear64']I did indeed realize this, but that changes nothing about the anime nor the name of this thread...[/QUOTE]


I am sorry this is my first time to one of these anime threadss and I guess you are right no one here has ever talked about manga. Also you complained about the crappy ending of the story in the anime, but I was statin that you just do not care enough to continue the story without moving pictures.
 
[quote name='Ikohn4ever']I am sorry this is my first time to one of these anime threadss and I guess you are right no one here has ever talked about manga. Also you complained about the crappy ending of the story in the anime, but I was statin that you just do not care enough to continue the story without moving pictures.[/QUOTE]
I've actually read all the Berserk manga as well, but again, manga and anime aren't the same. I don't favor one over the other, but I do like to see the full story in both formats.

[quote name='karsh']I think the original FMP had a pretty good ending, though it left it open as there's still more books that can be turned into more series, like TSR and the side-stories of Fumoffu.

As for some other series, I definitely can't recommend FMA for a good ending. It's an ending you either love or hate. I personally love it, as it went along with the entire theme of the show the whole time, especially Mustang's speech in the epilogue-type-thing. Plus it was being left open for the movie. Mai-HiME also has an ending you'll either love or hate. But both shows are worth the ride. Try them out if you haven't already watched them, as they both have endings you'll either love or hate, but I personally loved both endings.[/QUOTE]

I'm certainly not a fan of FMA, the series or the ending. However, I read a description of Mai-HiME and it didn't sound very appealing..

"Fuka Gakue is a unified school from primary through senior high school. In Fuka Gakuen, there was a rumor that a mysterious monster appeared, and that the only counter measures for the monster were girls called "HiME". They have abilities of HiME (Highly-advanced Materializing Equipment).

Mai was a transferred and she didn't know the rumor. However, she was suddenly told her she had the power of a HiME. After facing a few problems, she learns to live her life as a HiME."

Sounds like sailor moon to me...
 
[quote name='crystalklear64']I've actually read all the Berserk manga as well, but again, manga and anime aren't the same. I don't favor one over the other, but I do like to see the full story in both formats.



I'm certainly not a fan of FMA, the series or the ending. However, I read a description of Mai-HiME and it didn't sound very appealing..

"Fuka Gakue is a unified school from primary through senior high school. In Fuka Gakuen, there was a rumor that a mysterious monster appeared, and that the only counter measures for the monster were girls called "HiME". They have abilities of HiME (Highly-advanced Materializing Equipment).

Mai was a transferred and she didn't know the rumor. However, she was suddenly told her she had the power of a HiME. After facing a few problems, she learns to live her life as a HiME."

Sounds like sailor moon to me...[/QUOTE]

A bit of a weak comparison. If you want a more accurate description, it's more like an all female version of S-CRY-ed with a dash of Pokemon & Highlander (In the end, there can be only one) for variety. If you haven't seen s-CRY-ed, it's basically what would happen if the Xmen took place in a post apocalyptic wasteland. Now take that story & instead of post apocalypse, put it in an "exclusive elite high-school" setting & you've got Mai-HiME. If you check out the sequel... or rather the 're-imagining'... of Mai-HiME called Mai-Otome, throw that Xmen-in-a-high-school setting & put it on desert planet with some pockets of oases in between like Trigun.

EDIT: and speaking of Otome, good plot development storywise in 15 though it's a bit weak on the action side.

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[quote name='Ikohn4ever']I am sorry this is my first time to one of these anime threadss and I guess you are right no one here has ever talked about manga.[/QUOTE]

I wouldn't say ever. More like rare but if you talk about any of the regular anime discussed in these threads, the manga most likely talked about will be Naruto, Bleach & FMA. As was suggested to me, I think by karsh, check out the manga Death Note.
 
Yeah, HiME doesn't sound appealing from that description, but it's far from the actual plot. Especially once you get about halfway through the series. And quite frankly, all I've heard from you since you came into this topic is "Bitch bitch bitch," which is starting to get annoying.

[quote name='jaykrue']EDIT: and speaking of Otome, good plot development storywise in 15 though it's a bit weak on the action side.[/QUOTE]

Yeah. Otome 15 was interesting. Seems like ol' Major Wong really is a little pedophile there. It'll be interesting to see what happens coming up in the graduation battles.
 
[quote name='karsh']Yeah, HiME doesn't sound appealing from that description, but it's far from the actual plot. Especially once you get about halfway through the series. And quite frankly, all I've heard from you since you came into this topic is "Bitch bitch bitch," which is starting to get annoying.
[/QUOTE]

Opinions and bitching are different, and if you don't like opinions you shouldn't be on forums. At the very least if you don't like my posts there is always the ignore function.

Example:
Opinion-I believe there is a severe lack of anime with endings that don't suck.

Bitching- S-Cry-Ed is fucking retarded, I saw a 1min. trailer for it and just know it will suck.


Sidenote: Yes I have seen S-Cry-Ed and once again, it was a case of awesome anime, bad ending. Kazuma was teh seckz. Closure is good, ties are bad.
 
[quote name='karsh']Yeah. Otome 15 was interesting. Seems like ol' Major Wong really is a little pedophile there. It'll be interesting to see what happens coming up in the graduation battles.[/QUOTE]

Yeah he does... especially considering the hints as to who his earthly counterpart is:

*SPOILER*















Wong = Tate
Arika = Mai's daughter


*SPOILER*
 
[quote name='crystalklear64']
FLCL had a bad ending IMO, Haruko leaves the kid behind and we never learn where she went or what happens to Naouta or anyone for that matter. I want some Disney endings here![/QUOTE]

I normally that don't like endings like that either but considering how wacky the show was to start with I thought it worked rather well.
 
[quote name='GuilewasNK']I normally that don't like endings like that either but considering how wacky the show was to start with I thought it worked rather well.[/QUOTE]
Yea, I really enjoyed the anime just for how crazy it was, and the music was awesome, but the ending the ending....

Sidenote: I recently aquired the 2 soundtracks for the show and they are freakin' great! The Pillows are a pretty good J-Rock band.
 
[quote name='crystalklear64']Yea, I really enjoyed the anime just for how crazy it was, and the music was awesome, but the ending the ending....

[/QUOTE]

I agree with some of what you are saying about Haruko. I just look at it as a coming of age story with Naota, and when he finally swung the bat it completed it for me.
 
[quote name='jaykrue']Yeah he does... especially considering the hints as to who his earthly counterpart is:

*SPOILER*















Wong = Tate
Arika = Mai's daughter


*SPOILER*[/QUOTE]

*Spoiler*













Or does Tate actually exist as far as Otome's world is concerned, considering the story about Mai/Ruby of Flame or whatever it was. Since the whole being torn between love and duty, I'd have to imagine it's Tate. Who knows. I personally believe that Arika is the real queen, Nina is Rena's daughter, and Mashiro is just some random child they found. But who knows.













*End Spoiler*




And yeah, crystal, I was a bit out of line. I was just getting annoyed at the fact that you seemed to be shooting down every single suggestion after asking for some. So, my bad.
 
[quote name='karsh']And yeah, crystal, I was a bit out of line. I was just getting annoyed at the fact that you seemed to be shooting down every single suggestion after asking for some. So, my bad.[/QUOTE]

Its all good. I hate to seem so negative about all the anime you suggest, but I really do feel that the majority of the endings are not satisfactory, and that they almost always leave loose ends open (potential new series I suppose?), which is why I seem to enjoy anime movies more than a series since they typically try to wrap it up in some way to make a semi-decent movie. Also, the only thing you said was that you were getting annoyed... not that you hated me or anything like that, so I don't really think your apology was required, but it was nice and it is accepted.

:grouphug:
 
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