The what Anime Series are you watching at the moment thread?

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 13 Dec 2006, 03:38

Lourdes wrote: I've been too harsh on Renewal, it still needs a proper HD remaster but for a 16mm production it does not look at all bad when you actually watch it.

I thought that Renewal was a revelation, considering that all I had previously seen was NTSC-PAL converted garbage of ADV's rubbish 1996 VHS masters (which had been slapped onto DVD by ADV, Madman, etc).

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 13 Dec 2006, 08:24

I'm currently watching the Street Fighter II V Series.

slasher13 · Post by **slasher13** » 13 Dec 2006, 10:58

BiscLimpkit wrote:I'm currently watching the Street Fighter II V Series.

That took me a while getting into it, because i had the original anime film, which I loved in my head, and this was completely different. It is okay, quite enjoyable, the only thing I don't like, it that the fights only seem to have looping animation, and that put me off on some episdoes. But I did like the training with Dhalsim, where Ryu and Ken are fighting

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 13 Dec 2006, 15:10

That's where I am just now.

So far, it's pretty whack in comparison to the film... the storyline does not really tie in with the games (the film was pretty accurate).

slasher13 · Post by **slasher13** » 13 Dec 2006, 15:49

BiscLimpkit wrote:That's where I am just now.

So far, it's pretty whack in comparison to the film... the storyline does not really tie in with the games (the film was pretty accurate).

Yup try to get that out of your mind, getting the series relating to the film or the game, another reason why at 1st this didn't gel with me. If you can just watch it on it own, you may like it.. (may being the operative word

).

Im still sitting on the fence for this

jimmyscab · Post by **jimmyscab** » 14 Dec 2006, 00:47

Watching Mobile Suit Gundam movie trilogy. God this is OLD skool, was going to give up but it got pretty gripping actually. Looking forward to watching the rest of it.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 15 Dec 2006, 14:22

A little late for the news, but if you haven't already heard Naruto: Hurricane Chronicles (A.K.A Naruto Part 2) will be airing in TV Tokyo on February 15th, 2007.

This news has been confirmed by Kishimoto and the Shonen magazines, and will successfully be the end of the year and a half fillers.

About 9 or 8 more episodes will occur, so bare with us and get through these last few weeks!

Naruto Hurricane Chronicles is the continuation of the original animated TV series Naruto.The story revolves around an older and slightly more matured Uzumaki Naruto and his quest to save his friend Uchiha Sasuke from the grips of the snake-like Shinobi, Orochimaru. After 2 and a half years Naruto finally returns to his village of Konoha, and sets about putting his ambitions to work, though it will not be easy, as He has amassed a few (more dangerous) enemies, in the likes of the shinobi

FINALLYYYYYYYYyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 16 Dec 2006, 02:38

Death Note 11 fansubbed online.

Pick your poison:-
http://www.live-evil.org/
http://www.toriyamaworld.com/

The Toriyama World releases looks better on a TV, but Live-Evil put more effort into their releases.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 16 Dec 2006, 04:32

Latest Ghibli flick, Earthsea is coming on R2UK DVD in Q3 2007.
Earthsea Gets UK Release
While licensing problems are in the way of a North American release of Gedo Senki, UK DVD releaser Optimum will release an English subtitled, region 2 DVD for the UK market in the summer of 2007. Thanks Stephen.
Source: ANN

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 16 Dec 2006, 07:02

Toriyama will drop Death Note like a red hot pancake once it gets licensed in the US, so it might be best for people to not get too attached to their rips & translations.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 20 Dec 2006, 10:20

Death Note did not air this week.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 20 Dec 2006, 11:06

I'm watching Boogiepop, rather like Lain and Para Agent.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 20 Dec 2006, 11:45

Lourdes wrote:I'm watching Boogiepop, rather like Lain and Para Agent.

Superb series, ain't it? "Mother's Day" is particularly excellent.

Be sure to watch it a 2nd time, you'll catch things that you missed the first time. Also watch the (shit) film Boogiepop & Others (a very faithful adaptation of the original novel - Phantom is expansion of a the novel's universe, not an adaptation) as it'll fill in the back-story of the Manticore/Echoes incident that takes place a month before the anime series occurs.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 28 Dec 2006, 22:43

EvaUnit02 wrote:Superb series, ain't it? "Mother's Day" is particularly excellent.

Be sure to watch it a 2nd time, you'll catch things that you missed the first time. Also watch the (shit) film Boogiepop & Others (a very faithful adaptation of the original novel - Phantom is expansion of a the novel's universe, not an adaptation) as it'll fill in the back-story of the Manticore/Echoes incident that takes place a month before the anime series occurs.

I put it down for now. Having watch Para and Lain recently I wasn't really feeling it.

I watched the first 6 eps of Gasaraki today. In two minds about whether I should continue, apparently there's a nice human story in there. But it has so much stereotypical nonsense and if such a thing exists I wonder how long it'll take to be realised.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 28 Dec 2006, 23:57

Downloaded Hanada again. great series. Watching episode 1 at this moment. All time classic, has a bit of a Ghibli feel to it...

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 30 Dec 2006, 14:06

Word of warning:- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is an AWFUL AWFUL show. Completely devoid of any plot at all or actual character development and is just a series of strung along gags and post-modern references.

I don't why there's so much hype on the internet, the majority of anime viewing communities probably just suffer from mass severe mental retardation - probably the same condition that caused unfunny childish dirge like Azumanga and School Rumble to be popular.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 30 Dec 2006, 14:33

I loved Azumanga. Die! Didn't plan on seeing School Rumble as it looked like a pathetic copy and I'd already assumed Haruhi was awful.

I'll warn anyone away from Gasaraki and Otogizoushi. Otogizoushi is like Kaidoumaru the series, NOT a good IG work. Gasaraki is just the usual kids in robots, secret organisations and supernaturalities. Also Battle Angel Alita is crap, but I'm still holding out hope that one day I'll find some really cool cyberpunky type thing amidst the trash. Yeah, right.
Cat Soup may interest festival animation fans. Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu was hilarious the first time I saw it, second time, not so much.
Perfect Blue is still incredible.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 30 Dec 2006, 17:06

Super Dimensional Fortress Macross - 4/5
A terrific space opera where the characters and their development is just as paramount as the action. A thoroughly well-written story that is rarely seen in anime these days.

Melodramatic at times, but no worse than Battlestar Galactica 2003 I'd say.

The frequent (and terrible) J-pop songs are grating on many occasions and the theme of using pop music as a weapon is frankly absurd.

Animation is rubbish, but that's the fault of low budgets and tight schedules that were common in that era.

Macross: Do You Remember Love? - 3/5
Film adaptation of the series. Terrific animation (that shits all over the original show) and battle scenes, but 2 hours hardly can even scratch the surface that is covered in the 34 episode series. The J-pop is even more annoying here than in the series.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 30 Dec 2006, 17:22

Lourdes wrote:I loved Azumanga. Die!

HAHAHAHA. To paraphase you "some people on this forum have the most bizarre tastes."

Otogizoushi is like Kaidoumaru the series, NOT a good IG work.

Add Blood+ to that list. They took the badass OVA The Last Vampire and turned it into a shounen series for 16-year-old girls who love shit-loads of melodrama, by adding the major themes of family and making the archetype angsty teen male lead into a female.

That upcoming Romeo and Juliet steam-punk series looks dreadful.

Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu was hilarious the first time I saw it, second time, not so much.
Perfect Blue is still incredible.

So it's basically just the "fish-out-of-water" comedy shit from the original series taken to the nth degree? That stuff was fucking lame and unfunny. "HAHAHA, Sousuke doesn't know how to behave in an everyday environment and his superior officer is a 16 year old girl who commands a battleship!" The blue-haired chick is the type of bitch I'd throw down a flight of stairs in a heartbeat.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 30 Dec 2006, 20:01

What's this Romeo and Juliet series? I know Gonzo are doing a 'traditional' one next year.

Near spot-on with Fumoffu.

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 31 Dec 2006, 18:20

Fumoffu was put into production because they felt the original series didn't include enough of th ecomedy that was in the books. Apparently The Second Raid is more like the usual FMP style. Not seen it yet though.

Oh and I think Azumanga Dai Oh! is fantastic as well.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 01 Jan 2007, 04:56

Lourdes wrote:What's this Romeo and Juliet series? I know Gonzo are doing a 'traditional' one next year.

Sorry, it is indeed Gonzo, I have no idea where I got the "steam punk" impression from.

Regardless, it looks like crap. Seriously, why can't GONZO ever find decent writers?

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 01 Jan 2007, 11:42

EvaUnit02 wrote:Regardless, it looks like crap. Seriously, why can't GONZO ever find decent writers?

They lack decent staff in all departments.

I really wanted to see Last Exile (I've had the unopened R1 set so long I'd forgotten about it) and Samurai 7 but since I noticed Gonzo in the credits...

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 03 Jan 2007, 14:01

Excellent R2UK 2nd Gig boxset coming for only £30. Lourdes, you pissed off now?

Finally - news about a 2nd Gig boxset. Listed as being releases on the 26th February. Same format as season 1: 7 thinpacks with the 1st disc from each set (ie no dts), but with a total cost of around £30.

http://www.anime-on-line.com/xcart/...&cat=767&page=1
source

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 03 Jan 2007, 14:21

Wow... thats a very good price.
I normally dont buy anime unless it's movies, but for 30 pounds I'm kinda tempted.
How is the series? I've seen the first 4-5 episodes of the 1st season, and they were kinda hit and miss... with some eps being just boring, while others very entertaining (like the runaway robot shooting the town up)

edit: I've gone old-skool btw... watching Ranma. Nice and funny show, and its about martial arts and such, so it's just entertaining