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

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 03 Apr 2007, 01:57

Figured Wolf's Rain would be a risky recommendation to you, I might start on that Karas very soon then on the basis of what you say. Right now I'm going through GTO again, one of my all time faves that.

BTW Yi: I've now read the Death Note manga and seen the films. If anyone's watching the Anime right now then I seriously recommend you avoid the films! For a start they're a fucking shit adaptation of the source, but they also will spoil some of the most important parts of the story.

Does anyone know the details of the last episode of the Death Note anime that has been fansubbed? Just wondering how far into the story they are now (so I can estimate how many will be needed to faithfully bring it to a close).

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 03 Apr 2007, 08:16

Thanks for the heads up on Wolf's Rain. Honestly the only reason I would've bothered watching is cuz Yoko Kanno did the score.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 03 Apr 2007, 21:43

Shingster wrote:Figured Wolf's Rain would be a risky recommendation to you, I might start on that Karas very soon then on the basis of what you say. Right now I'm going through GTO again, one of my all time faves that.

It was the classic clichés and inconsistencies that bothered me. Wasn't too bad else I would never considered watching 26 episodes of it (I skipped the FOUR, FOUR?!!?!! recap ones). It had a bit of atmosphere and I really liked Hubb.

I started watching the GTO drama a few weeks ago before forgetting to finish it. Of thre three versions the anime is probably my favourite but I enjoy all three. Have you seen Ping Pong Club? You may like that as well.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 03 Apr 2007, 21:44

EvaUnit02 wrote:Thanks for the heads up on Wolf's Rain. Honestly the only reason I would've bothered watching is cuz Yoko Kanno did the score.

I'd have thought Wolf's Rain would be something you might like, give it a try sometime.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 03 Apr 2007, 22:11

Shingster wrote: BTW Yi: I've now read the Death Note manga and seen the films. If anyone's watching the Anime right now then I seriously recommend you avoid the films! For a start they're a fucking shit adaptation of the source, but they also will spoil some of the most important parts of the story.

Does anyone know the details of the last episode of the Death Note anime that has been fansubbed? Just wondering how far into the story they are now (so I can estimate how many will be needed to faithfully bring it to a close).

I'm still downloading Death Note whwnever a new episode comes out, but stopped watching it. My reason is that I first want to see if Animanda will keep subbing the series untill the very end. I dont want to watch 25 episodes and suddenly they stop being subbed and I will have to wait to get the official releases. So for now I'm just downloading them.

I thought about buying the manga as the art is very good, but havent done so yet. Maybe later. Not really sure if I'm interested in watching the movies. If the manga and the anime are better, I dont think I'll bother.

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 04 Apr 2007, 10:35

Lourdes wrote:I started watching the GTO drama a few weeks ago before forgetting to finish it. Of thre three versions the anime is probably my favourite but I enjoy all three. Have you seen Ping Pong Club? You may like that as well.

I've had Ping Pong for ages now and still not gotten round to watching it, it does sound right up my alley. If you're after a good comedy show that doesn't have too much dodgy melodrama (and is reasonably low on fan service) then you could give Jungle wa Itsumo Hare Nochi Guu a go. It's very surreal and quite manic, but I don't think i've ever laughed so hard as I did with some of the episodes of that show.

Yi-Long wrote:I'm still downloading Death Note whwnever a new episode comes out, but stopped watching it. My reason is that I first want to see if Animanda will keep subbing the series untill the very end. I dont want to watch 25 episodes and suddenly they stop being subbed and I will have to wait to get the official releases. So for now I'm just downloading them.

Viz are gonna be offering Death Note via download online while its still being aired in Japan, tis the first time anything like this has been done before. Article here. Hopefully they'll include the original Japanese and don't charge too much per episode. Anyway, I'd expect Animanda to continue subbing it so long as Viz don't go after them.

Yi-Long wrote:I thought about buying the manga as the art is very good, but havent done so yet. Maybe later. Not really sure if I'm interested in watching the movies. If the manga and the anime are better, I dont think I'll bother.

Yeah the artwork is pretty ace, particularly the colour spreads (nice example). Takeshi Obata is a great artist. It's definitely up there with the likes of Hellsing and Berserk (which is probably has the best artwork i've seen in a Manga serial).

Anyway, here's a good example:

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 04 Apr 2007, 10:43

Lourdes wrote:I started watching the GTO drama a few weeks ago before forgetting to finish it. Of thre three versions the anime is probably my favourite but I enjoy all three. Have you seen Ping Pong Club? You may like that as well.

I've had Ping Pong for ages now and still not gotten round to watching it, it does sound right up my alley. If you're after a good comedy show that doesn't have too much dodgy melodrama (and is reasonably low on fan service) then you could give Jungle wa Itsumo Hare Nochi Guu a go. It's very surreal and quite manic, but I don't think i've ever laughed so hard as I did with some of the episodes of that show.

Yi-Long wrote:I'm still downloading Death Note whwnever a new episode comes out, but stopped watching it. My reason is that I first want to see if Animanda will keep subbing the series untill the very end. I dont want to watch 25 episodes and suddenly they stop being subbed and I will have to wait to get the official releases. So for now I'm just downloading them.

Viz are gonna be offering Death Note via download online while its still being aired in Japan, tis the first time anything like this has been done before. Article here. Hopefully they'll include the original Japanese andf don't charge too much per episode. Anyway, I'd expect Animanda to continue subbing it so long as Viz don't go after them.

Yi-Long wrote:I thought about buying the manga as the art is very good, but havent done so yet. Maybe later. Not really sure if I'm interested in watching the movies. If the manga and the anime are better, I dont think I'll bother.

Yeah the artwork is pretty ace, particularly the colour spreads! Takeshi Obata is a great artist. It's definitely up there with the likes of Hellsing and Berserk (which probably has the best artwork i've seen in a Manga serial).

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 23 Apr 2007, 03:41

Does anyone know where to get R1 Geneon DVDs at affordable prices?

They're ridiculously expensive even on deepdiscount and pacific. The company doesn't offer budget boxsets except for really really old catalogue titles. I'd really like to pick up say Texhnolyze and Samurai Champloo.

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 23 Apr 2007, 10:02

You're shit out of luck there Eva, the only suggestion I can make is try E-bay or the classifieds section of Anime forums.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 28 Apr 2007, 15:17

BTW There's a group doing speedsubbing of Death Note here. Animanda have been slower than god with the last four releases or so, I'll stick with their releases though for the better quality (effort wise).

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 12 May 2007, 16:36

Mezzo Forte - 1/5
Was there supposed to be a plot here? There was over-the-top violence with heaps of red sauce, some ecchi stuff with lots of white sauce and that's about it. Why is this crappy OVA highly regarded in the animu community? I'm definitely gonna avoid KITE after watching this garbage.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 12 May 2007, 18:56

EvaUnit02 wrote:Mezzo Forte - 1/5
Was there supposed to be a plot here? There was over-the-top violence with heaps of red sauce, some ecchi stuff with lots of white sauce and that's about it. Why is this crappy OVA highly regarded in the animu community? I'm definitely gonna avoid KITE after watching this garbage.

Consider who the anime community consists of.

KITE is similar, but I kind of the like its low budget animation.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 12 May 2007, 19:27

Can anyone that has seen 2nd GIG and/or Solid State Society tell me how they thought it/they compare to the first series of SAC please.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 13 May 2007, 12:38

KITE - 2.5/5
Moody OVA with some nice setpieces. Pure exploitation but not too bad at all. It even has character development.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 27 May 2007, 17:36

*Comes across screen cap in the review*
LOL, Kev sure doe like his cartoon boobs eh Matt?

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=64944

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 28 May 2007, 14:52

He does! He's a right perv is Kev.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 29 May 2007, 10:11

I watched the first episode of Claymore. FFS, it's same totally cliched Shounen bollocks that we've seen a thousand except the "hero with a dark past" is a woman. Why're people raving about it? They're retarded I presume.

I haven't seen Berserk but I presume that it's the exact same formulaic bullshit as this. Christ, my friends are morons for liking this shit.

Christ, the Naruto/Bleach formula of whiny angst-ridden teens is much better than this.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 29 May 2007, 17:10

I watched all of Berserk, it wasn't too bad and I would watch more if they made it. It has the posing "muhaha muhaha" stuff but it's okay otherwise.

Don't you watch Death Note? I saw an episode of that and it was more painful than I care to recall, a pure embodiment of what I hate about that genre.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 29 May 2007, 17:42

How do you mean it was painfull?
I've seen up to episode 12 or 13 or something of Death Note, and liked it. Have downloaded the rest, and plan to watch it all in a row once the series is complete.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 29 May 2007, 18:12

Yi-Long wrote:How do you mean it was painfull?
I've seen up to episode 12 or 13 or something of Death Note, and liked it. Have downloaded the rest, and plan to watch it all in a row once the series is complete.

It was the most awful nonsense ever conceived. All the horrid clichés were there.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 29 May 2007, 18:14

http://www.exmachina.jp/ Brief trailer for the new Appleseed film. I'm sure I'll hate it but I'll watch it anyway to see how the animation is.

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 29 May 2007, 19:06

Yi-Long wrote:How do you mean it was painfull?

He means it's a Shounen serial

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EvaUnit02 wrote:I haven't seen Berserk but I presume that it's the exact same formulaic bullshit as this. Christ, my friends are morons for liking this shit.

You presume wrong, Berserk has some similarites with Shounen serials but it 's a Seinen serial, so doesn't follow the "shounen" rules too much at all really. Plus it has heavy influences from Western Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy writers like Philip K. Dick (A few of the characters are even named after Dick creations, like Ubik and Slan), H.P Lovecraft, Clive Barker, a little J.R.R Tolkien etc. (Manga-ka Kentaro Miura is a huge Western Sci-Fi fanboy apparently)

Lourdes wrote:I watched all of Berserk, it wasn't too bad and I would watch more if they made it.

I read somewhere that no more Berserk anime will be made until Miura has finished the Manga, but when you consider he tends to release one chapter of the serial every 2-12weeks and it's taken him 17yrs to get to a point that only feels about halfway through the total story, it's gonna be a long, long time before we see any more anime!

Besides, if they did do any more Berserk anime, they'd have to start from scratch like they're doing with Hellsing right now.

slasher13 · Post by **slasher13** » 29 May 2007, 19:48

Lourdes wrote:http://www.exmachina.jp/ Brief trailer for the new Appleseed film. I'm sure I'll hate it but I'll watch it anyway to see how the animation is.

It looks pretty nice, Different from the remake, instead CGI similar to Final Fantasy, I can't wait to see this

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 31 May 2007, 16:54

Is Sasuke still a big emo in the new series? Does Itachi's faggot flower cult (can't remember the name) come into at all in the new series?

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 31 May 2007, 17:03

Sort of, he's now more like Orochimaru so not quite so whiny but still a moody little bitch. Itachi's not really been in it much, but yeah more members of Akatsuki have been revealed (all but 2, the leader and a woman). The new Akatsuki are actually pretty cool characters, much more fun that Itachi & Kisame.