General Questions
 

Use this thread to post small questions that don't warrant creating an entire thread. If the anime/manga already has an own thread, use that, unless it's too old. There will be plenty of regulars who will be more than happy to help you out.

I don't know whether this warrants it's own thread, but this has been on my mind for awhile now. Does anyone recognize the following The Guyver album?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...e=STRK:MEDW:IT

I lost the bid in the last few minutes, since I didn't want to go over $150. The thing is, I never was able to figure out what the hell it is. So, does anyone have any clue to what this is from, or even if it's actually a soundtrack? :D

Thanks all!

If I'm not wrong, that album is the soundtrack for the 1989 Guyver OVA.

The one you have is the 1986 movie soundtrack.

Spoilers about Rurouni Kenshin-------------------

Didn't I tell you to read the guidelines for instructions on how to use spoiler tags?

I've edited your post, so check it to see for yourself how they are used.

I've read the FAQ but it didn't tell me how to mark spoilers. What can I say other than sorry...

Can you implement a spoiler button in the post screen?
Just like how you change color, you could select the text and click on spoiler or something like that.

Spoiler (highlight to read):

Or you can type [oldspoiler ][/oldspoiler ], again omitting the spaces before the ], to get highlight-to-read spoilers like this one.

No, the TV series doesn't cover that-- at least to my knowledge, that is. However, the last OAV, Reflections (otherwise known as Seisouhen), does have...

Regarding Rurouni Kenshin question above:



Try to see the 2 OVAs. I thought it was great, though some people have had mixed reactions to both.


:beer:

The OVA's seem to be drawn in another style, which I don't like very much.

I was wondering about that, but the Image Soundtrack is the 1989 OVA, and the 1986 OVA is the other listed as Out of Control. I guess that it's possible that is the full soundtrack to it, since not much of it was on the current single CD.

Oh well, hopefully it'll get reissued like the others did back in November... :D

Disgaea anime music?
 

Hello,
dore anyone know who is going to be doing the music for Disgaea the anime. Is it going to be Sato or are they going to find someone else? Personally I hope that it is Sato he did such a great job on the games it would only make sence for him to score the anime as well. Just though I would see if anyone had any info. Thanks.
Teresa.

Couldn't you check ANN for that stuff? I mean, really.

Well, ANN could be wrong sometimes, so I went directly to the source. And yes, it is Tenpei Satou.

Hello,
One more question regarding this issue. Is there going to be a soundtrack for the anime? Just curious. Thanks once again.
Teresa.

Question/Suggestion:

Tonight I've got $100 to blow on...whatever. My keyboard is sticky (NOT SEMEN) and I could use a new one. I want to finish my last 2 discs on EVA platinum and the last 3 of Ah! My Goddess.

Do I get those or a Miyazaki film? (GITS would be an acceptable suggestion, I only have the first season disc1)

I'd go with Ghost in the Shell. deepdiscountdvd.com has them all for I think around $13.

You should get a new, non-sticky keyboard of course.

Or you could get Princess Mononoke if you haven't seen that. It's only like $10 (everywhere I've seen it, anyway), so you could get that and probably finish off Ah! My Goddess if you shop around right.

I've been searching for a manga called "Lilim's Kiss".
http://www.rickadams.org/thumbnails/lilim.jpg
Been googling for awhile and all I got was links to forum posts about it. I was just wondering if anyone has a decent website containing information on it, maybe some sample scans (or the full thing :D), or a link to a online store that might have it. I can't seem to find anything anywhere on it.

This is all I have so far:

"She's a cute demon who lives off human energy obtained by kissing, and after draining the batteries of an entire class, one guy in particular decides to give his classmates a break by becoming her sole source of energy. It's a tough job but someone's gotta do it, right? I like Lilim's personality, the art is really clean and well-done, and they manage to make the story way more interesting than that description might lead you to expect."

Huzza, after more searching I have found the scans.
Enjoy all - http://www.anime-source.com/banzai/m...egories&cid=17

Well this is a general questions thread. Styphon closed my question thread so I am asking here. Are there any other comedy anime's besides Azumanga Daioh

check out School Rumble, its one of my favorites.
Pani Poni dash is also very funny. Its Azumanga-ish in a way.

I second Pani Poni Dash. It's very quirky and wacky in an off-the-wall kind of way. It's also pretty random, so if you're not into that kind of comedy, I'd suggest staying far away. ;)

2x2 = Shinobuden is another pretty funny series that I started watching recently. It's more oriented around ninja parodies, it seems. Also has plenty of random stuff going on. More info at ANN.

I'd have to agree with PPD, too~ It's also a pretty hilarious series from what I've seen. D:

Puni Puni Poemi is a ridiculously inane series which has made me pause the video several times because I was laughing too much and missing dialogue (it doesn't help that the main character speaks at an insane rate). Unfortunately, it is only 2 episodes long, as far as I am aware.

Also, there is Jungle wa itsumo Hare nochi Guu

There's plenty of comedy anime, but most of them aren't that good. Exceptions can be found of course and the aforementioned 2x2=Shinobuden, Jungle Wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu and Pani Poni Dash are excellent. Sunabozu (or Sunabouzu or Sunabozou, people can't seem to agree, also licensed as Desert Punk) is another very, very funny series, but it has more story than just random comedy incidents.

If you read manga, you will certainly enjoy Yotsuba&!, by Kiyohiko Azuma, who also created Azumanga Daioh. Extremely cute, wonderfully endearing, warmhearted and always funny.

http://myy.helia.fi/~a0400729/Pics/Yotsubato!10-11.jpg

Also, if you have ever seen Full Metal Panic!, I would recommened the spinoff Full Metal Panic!: Fumoffu. From what I have heard it is basically a complilation of humorous moments from the manga that didn't make it into the original series and it basically centers around the characters interactions in school. It's a very funny serious and would be highly recommended.

There was an anime that I've been wanting to see for awhile now, but I just can't remember the name of it. It follows Suzumiya Akane from Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien. That's about all I know about it right now though. If anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated.

oh you're talking about Akane Maniax. the OVA was alright.. I only hope that there's a sequel.


http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=akane+maniax

Awesome, thanks. I appreciate it. Thanks for the link too.

I don't know if this is the place to put it, but does anyone know if an OST exists for Shuffle!? None of my searches seemed to turn up anything regarding its existence, so I was just curious.

Here's one regarding Full Metal Panic: Fumoffu!

I've been trying to figure something out -- TV.com and THEM Anime Reviews both say that FMP: Fumoffu is a 15-episode series, but ADV Films has it listed as only 12 episodes. What's going on? How many episodes is the actual series in length?

Normally I'd believe ADV, but TV.com even has the titles for these mysterious last three episodes.

Well there's always Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo and Milk-chan if you like the crazy-doesn't-make-sence-half-the-time-that-parodies-alot of-other-anime/manga type stuff. But their not for everybody though. Alot of people don't like the series. I personaly....like them. I'm just weird that way I guess :lolsign: ....

It's 17 episodes. Some of them seem to be combined episodes, though. I'm not that familiar with FMP!: Fumoffu...but that's what I got from the ANN episode list...ADV probaly lists them as being 12 due to the fact that 1,2,4,5, & 6 are two episodes long. So I would go with ADV.....Not to mention that TV.com isn't the best sourse for info on anime.....

Ohh okay. So it's actually 12 episodes long, just that some of them are split into two 15-minute segments. Thanks!

Hi!
I want to know if I can start a tread about a comic of Mario and company that was drawed by Charlie Nozawa and was on sale in 1993.
It was a comic insert in the Nintendo Power magazine from January of 92 to December in the same year.
I'm going to scan it and i'm planning (if able) to share with the community here, but I got no ftp so I'm thinking of making .zips containing the episodes (12 in total) plus a bonus that was included in the complete comic book.
Soooo...
My question here is if I can start the thread here or where?
And if I can could attach the zips in the thread?
I hope you can respond me, thanks

EDIT: Sorry i didn't include a picture or anything, here's the cover
Attachment 2808

Go right ahead.

It's debatable as to whether or not the thread best belongs in this forum, but by all means, feel free to share it! I have some fond memories of reading a few of them in Nintendo Power, and I'd love to be able to read them again. =)

Very well I'll start the thread in this week maybe on weekends due to school and job I don't have too much time to sit and scan it completely, so maybe i'll try a week basis posting an episode per week ( i hope i can keep the pace XD)
Thanks a lot and stay tuned on the Animespot thread. ;)

I looked on boxtorrents.com and there were two OSTs. Shuffle! OST and Shuffle! Game OST. Those can be found here. You may have to register, I don't remember.

Nipponsei has also released the singles for the Shuffle OP and ED, if you are interested in those.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...3962657277.jpg

What anime is this from?

I know I saw a couple episodes of it, but it was quite some time ago. It's about a highschool student who has to take care of a little girl in grade school after her mother abandons her. Or something along those lines anyway. That's about the extent of what I remember.

Its from "Aishiteru Ze Baby"
Its soo cute, however I dun like how the manga ends... I want moar~~

Black Cat already ended in episode 23.. the series finale. Tell me, wasn't it suppose to be around 50-60 episodes?. I dont mind it but still ;p.

BC ended? Oh dang, I thought it would be extending to around 52 eps or so...
Prolly a season 2 eh? *fingers crossed*

ha. the Tao and Eve thing WAS the 2nd arc lol (or was it? i dont follow the manga) and it was only 3 episodes .

Yeah I didn't like how the last episodes suddenly switched to eve. The Train vs Creed arc was alot better, plus I loved the orchastrated music that played everytime with creed (anyone have it :) )
I'm downloading the last right now, but I also thought that the series was extended, or atleast up to 26 eps. What a shame.

yeah i got the OST. I'll upload it right now.

I have the OST, its 24 songs right. But it didn't have the opera sort of music that played during the duels with creed.

Im pretty sure its in it, shenlon. try going through the tracks. Sometimes they put two songs in one track. I heard it before in the ost. I dont think they're going to make another since the series is only 23 episodes.

EDIT : i think you're talking about ACCETTAMI.

hmm i'm sure I listened to the whole thing, but I didn't find some of the songs, unless I dl'd a crappy version.
I also couldn't find a techno beat that played during the fight with black cat vs an apostle of the star. The gunman with the beak.
I dont think it was Red zone.
Which track in the album had the creed music anyways

^ If it's the opera thing you asked for it has to be the Accettami one.

the size of the ost is over 124 mb. did you download the one that was only 80mb?

yep, i think i got a different version or something, which I find very wierd o_0

please check so that none of us here gets confused. is it a nipponsei release?

I got mine from animeost.net and the title of the ost is Nikukyu. Nothing about nipponsei

well I get nipponsei's cause their releases usually have better quality. but im sure it doesn't matter.

A general anime question:
I have a friend who is obsessed with history, and also, thanks to pokemon, thinks that all anime is total shit, and not worth a few seconds of his time.
I feel it is necessary to entice him into getting his head out of his ass.

Is there any good anime out there which is basically a historical treatment or view of feudal Japan? I suspect that there is, but I cannot think of any.

Well, if have can apprecate historic fiction go with Kenshin for sure...
OMG how could i forget this, GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES!...wow, that is like the prefect one, WWII Japan, all i need to say
and here is a list of all the anime on animenfo that has a 'historic setting'
http://www.animenfo.com/animebygenre.php?genre=15
I will let you thumb throught aht yourself, but gave of the fireflies is the best thing your guna get

I seriously don't think Kenshin is respectful enough for someone who has formed their opinion on anime based on pokemon. Red hair and all those special moves, you know. It's still more respectful than Ninja Scroll or Basilisk, but..

Grave of the Fireflies is a good choice, though it's not quite "feudal" in the sense. If only Lone Wolf & Cub was available as an anime. Try to get your friend to read the manga.

EDIT:
Oh yeah, Hakkenden - Dog Warriors is pretty good. The legend it's based on and the story has some supernatural tones, but the action itself is mostly realistic and dignified. Quite tragic too.

Then there's Victorian Romance Emma, if he's into British history. A highly tasteful, mature romance series.

Well, if you stick with the first 2 arcs, its more respectful, the last ark, the Meiji era arc is :/ starts to get abit too fantasy for the taste of the rest of the show if you ask me. if you wana watch something, about it,go for the Samurai X OVA Trust and Betrayal, that is WONDERFUL, not too cartoonly at all. In fact it is very adult.

What anime is this from?

To my knowlage, it's just a drawing someone did. I know I've seen it before, but I forgot who did it :eyebrow: ....

http://jisuk.deviantart.com/gallery/

http://blackrevolver.com/

No Anime afaik, but damn nice Artwork :)

Fjordor, if your friend is interested in manga, he should really check out Vagabod, based on some famous samurai novel. It is set around the beginning of the Tokugawa period (right after the battle of Sekigahara), and although it focuses mainly on the main character's swordsmanship, you also get a lot of background on that time.

I also believe that the first half of Otogizoushi is set in the Heian period, and many people don't like it because of the tons of information, but you might want to check that one out.

I want to know name this old anime?
is old anime and i want to know name?japan or english name will good.
http://www.moviesxmovies.com/images/cartoon/05.jpg

Edit:
I found it is Manga Sarutobi Sasuke.

Thanks everyone for all the advice.
Actually, my friend is not so much into modern japanese culture at all. I think, however, that I might have piqued his interest with my description of Lone Wolf and Cub. Now, I think I'll let that fester a bit, and then provide the manga. :D
Do you know where I might find scans of Vagabod? I cannot find it on Boxtorrents, and I don't know where else to look.
Thanks again.

Where can I find streaming Pokemon episodes?
 

Anyone know where I can find series 1 of the Pokemon anime to stream? I don't feel like buying the dvd(s), because I don't want to watch that many.

They still air on tv, and you can find a list of what ep are airing of all anime at ANN you can probably find torrents for them...somewhere...

I'm thinking about buying Excel Saga on DVD, so I have a question about the different versions. Mainly I just want to know if there is any difference between the individual volumes and the Imperfect collection. Right now it's looking cheaper to buy the individual volumes, but I don't want to miss out on anything extra the collection might have.

The DVDs only come with two episodes on them, so you wouldn't really be watching that many.

dont quote this, but im pretty sure that the Excel Box, is a box of the individuals...like i said, dont quote that, if you really wana know email ADV thats the best way to find out

Yeah, that's what it looked like when I saw it at the store one day. I just wanted to make sure.

I guess it really doesn't matter anyway, as I can get the individual volumes for about $25 less than the boxset. I don't think any extras are worth that much to me anyway.

Where is that, i know at Deepdiscountdvd.com you can pic up the box for like 60 total, where can you pic all of it up for less than that?

They won't respond. I've emailed them before and never gotten anything back. You on the otherhand live down the road from them.

The Right Stuf is selling them for $8.99 each, making the total price around $54.

Allright then. I every-so-often visit THEM Anime Reviews to see what's good and to read their stuff. One of the reviews was for Fate/stay Night.

So I read the review and it sounded pretty decent for something based on a hentai RPG. At the top, it says that Geneon licensed it. Good stuff.

Well I can't find any information about an English release but then I have to ask, is the anime hentai or maybe just a tad ecchi? Also, if anyone has any info about a US release, it'd be appreciated (provided the anime series isn't hentai).

The premise of it, though, sounds really cool.

Double Post:
THEM Anime Review for Fate/stay Night

Don't know if you've seen Shingetsutan Tsukihime, but it's about on the same level of ecchiness, which isn't really all that much at all. If you're looking for a series that has a minimal amount of ecchiness, Fate/Stay Night is a good one since the series is more about the overarching plot of the War.

Sounds good then. You have any info on the series getting an English release?

Tsukihime took ages, so I doubt Fate/Stay will be coming around anytime soon.

Also, this is the first I've heard anything about any RPG connections, I was under the impression the game was the same type of dating/hentai game as the original Tsukihime.

From what I read, it's a hentai/dating RPG. What the difference is between that and a normal hentai/dating game is I have no idea.

Ah, that's kinda misleading. It's a "visual novel", meaning a renai game with sex scenes, basically.
That is, basically an interactive storybook with branching conversation trees and multiple paths through the game depending on your choices. Calling it a dating RPG, in relation with the character designs, can lead people to think the game actually has something to do with RPGs, which it does not.

Since I'm here, someone who's watched the anime, is there any mention of the original method of the servants getting their magic powers from sperm (?) or has this been replaced by something cleaner?

Since Shingetsutan Tsukihime was brought up, for those that have watched it is it any good? Worth buying the boxset?

I generally don't like the idea of taking a hentai game and making a "clean" anime series out of it, but I have to admit I really liked Tsukihime. The story is fairly touching and the characters well fleshed out, plus wonderful music and animation.

It's really down to what you're looking for, there aren't really any fight/action scenes in the series in that sense, it's more a supernatural drama with shades of horror.

I'm still hoping they finally release the translation for the game, I would love to explore the other storylines.

They've replaced it with something cleaner. AFAIK, Servants are summoned by the Masters and derive power directly from the Masters. It's something along the lines of the Servants drawing mana from the Master's mana reserves to power up their abilities, heal, and what have you.

Fate/Stay there is ONE main game with the actual plot, and I think about 3 minor sequels/prequels/sidestories based on the same story! The first game is a Hentai-RPG, where the last 3 are Visual Novels with ecchi pics + sounds.

I heard of it being licensed but nothing more about it... not even the release date!

@SJ: I personally like Tsukihime, coz that may be due to I played the game before so the characters are easier to relate to <_< Some of my friends didn't see the interest in them mainly because of that reason :(

Alright. its been months and months since the OVA of Tenjou Tenge. I can't wait any longer. Anyone know which chapter to start on? cause this is getting ridiculous >.>.

Arright, I searched on all the websites whose reviews I trust, and none of them seem to have any reviews on Peace Maker Kurogane, done by ADV Films. My question is this -- is it another big boob fanservice series, or is there something actually good here?

From what I heard (sorry, I've only seen the first episode), it's a pretty good samurai series, bases on the Shinsengumi. I liked the one episode I saw, and plan on getting the boxset sometime in the future.

I found one review, but I don't know how trustworthy it is (it was linked from Anime News Network).

Peace Maker Kurogane doesn't really have any fanservice, but it als lacks a story for the first 18-20 episodes. you get a rather interesting premise in the beginning, but after that it's mostly comedy, and a poor attempt at that. I personally wouldn't recommend it.

I didn't much like Kurogane myself. Maybe it's because I'm so spoiled on Blade of the Immortal so all other samurai series (besides Lone Wolf & Cub of course) seem so inferior.

Internets!

I need thy help. Through purchases, I have obtained the first six GitS: SAC DVDs and they are cute and such. Here is the dilemma: I do not have the seventh disk, but rumors say the seventh one comes with a box to place these in. Truth? I've only seen the tins that can hold the one DVD or whatever. Assistance requested. Thanksies.

According to ANN, the tin can supposedly hold all seven volumes. Here's what they say:

This is of course the $50 special edition, not the $25 regular edition. It also doesn't specify whether or not it holds all seven special editions (which I know are two discs, so the packaging might be bigger, I don't know for sure) or just this one and only the regular editions of the other six.

Anyway, I hope this helped you somewhat.

And I can confirm it for you. I bought the special edition of the 7th volume, and it does indeed hold all the DVD cases in the one tin. However, if you've ordered any other special editions previous to this one, those cardboard boxes will have to go somewhere else.

I knew that from the start...the slits in the boxes do look cool, but I suppose the tin will suffice. Thanks to both of the posters who elaborated on it.

Does this forum have some sort of contest for anime music?

Heh, we actually did have something going for an anime OP and ED contest sometime last year. We had nominations and everything. Skate never got around to it. Dunno if we'll ever have one. We'd have to do it over I think since most of the information was lost. Damn shame.

I'd like to try to do it again. In order to avoid overexposure to contests, I figure one every three months should be good, so if this were to come to fruition, it'd take place starting in September.

Here's a question that might stump a few, but I'm hoping someone here will know the answer....

http://h1.ripway.com/hikarub/mama_ep8.JPG

This pic was taken from Keroro Gunsou episode 8 and I'm racking my brain trying to figure out what it is a parody of. I'm pretty sure I've seen it before but I can't remember where.

If it helps, Keroro's line is something like, "Ah, the bar is closed......won't you go home?"

Thanks in advance if anyone can help me out!!!


:beer:

Allright so...on to Fate/Stay Night. I'm trying to get my hands on the Japanese boxset because I just really, really wanna watch it. Are there good/trustworthy websites with Japanese anime DVDs?

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp

You can't get more trustworthy than that.

And here's the first volume:
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=GNBA-1201

I saw that site, and those DVDs are awfully freakin' expensive. I was trying to get them a little cheaper but I guess I'll have to wait.

If you're interested in lower prices you could wait until January for the North American release.

Wait wait wait -- where'd you get that info Styphon? I've been looking all over for the first NA release, even emailed Geneon (albeit only a few hours ago) about it!

I got it from my crystal ball. Because I can predict the future, you see.

Also, since the series began airing in January 2006. The pattern Geneon has established with their North American releases says that they like to release series in North America a year after they began airing in Japan; examples of this include Shingetsutan Tsukihime, Gankutsuou, Ichigo Mashimaro and Starship Operators.

Logic strongly suggests that Fate/Stay Night will hit shelves here in January 2007.

Hm. What about Champloo? That's been Geneon's big mainstream release as far as I know.

Samurai Champloo is different in that DVD 1 came out in January 2005 after airing in Japan starting in May 2004; it did, however, begin airing on Adult Swim in May 2005.

But Champloo is different in that it is a "mainstream" title for the North American market; anime with samurai and swordfighting and that stuff easily has wide appeal. Things like Fate/Stay Night, while sure hits, have a more restricted market; anime fans in general and Type-Moon fans will buy Fate, but Geneon can't count on casual fans who'll buy DVDs after seeing it on CN and liking it there. That strategy would require it being aired on CN to begin with, which isn't overly likely.

Here's a quick question:

If one already owns the first 3 OSTs of Cowboy Bebop, is the fourth CD Vitaminless, worth getting? I know it has the Ending Theme which the others don't. But what about the rest of the tracks, are they already on the other CDs? :)

I've been enjoying the Shadow Star manga from Dark Horse. I'm currently up to volume 5, but I've read that later parts of the story have been heavily censored of its violent content. I can't find any information on what was censored though. Without spoiling anything, does anyone know what was censored/altered?

I personaly can not tell you, but i can say that i have had good luck talking with darkhorse, so if you email them, you might gett an very very detailed answer

Maybe once I finish the series. I wouldn't want to ruin the story while I'm still into it.

Next question. Can anyone tell me the name of the vocal song played during tonight's GITS: 2nd Gig episode (the one where Saito reminices how he met the Major; it plays while he begins telling the story).

This may sound ridiculous but I have a problem with the Brain Powerd OST 1-2.

In OST 1 there is this song Music Box which has a strong melody. This melody I heard also in OST 2 but orchestrated. But now I listen to all the tracks again from OST 2 and I can't find the track that has that melody... Very odd. Can someone say which track it is?

Can't help you there, but in regards to my question, the episode title is Episode 14, Beware the Left Eye -- POKER FACE.

And the episode can be found here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAShz...earch=ghost%21

Like before, I'm looking for the name of the song when Saito starts telling his story.

Ok, so I haven't watched anime in a while, well, the new stuff at least. I've asked for recommendations on the newer stuff before, but I haven't had much luck getting decent responses. What has been good, as in, is worth watching, from the seasons over the past year to two years? I'm generally a drama fan, preferably mixed with some action or mecha (Full Metal Panic, Gundam, etc...), although I am willing to give most anything a shot (I don't like harem shows though....). I basically just like a good story - Haibane Renmei was awesome for example.

Please help guys. The closest I've come to watching anything has been to check out the first three or four episodes of Ergo Proxy. I mostly test out shows to buy on R1 later on now. I think I've heard something about like Victorian Romance Emma or something like that? Maybe some Violin something or other show as well? Is Fate/Stay Night any good?

Victorian Romance Emma is absolutely wonderful, but the anime stops where the second volume of the manga ends, which would give it a pretty unhappy ending (in a sense, depending how you look at it) lacking proper closure.

The manga however didn't end there and went on for at least five more volumes, the story constantly getting more and more wonderful and enchanting.

If you shy away from manga, give the anime a try. You will want to read the manga afterwards though, just like I did.


I haven't really watched any series of late, the only one I followed was Jyu Oh Sei, which was terrific. Drama, adventure, strange world and nice character designs. The OP is still awful, though :(

I actually prefer manga to anime... I am usually disappointed by the adaptations (manga to anime) because they are usually not true to the original. The Hajime no Ippo manga is a rare exception.

Well, the Emma manga is absolutely superb. I highly recommend reading it while listening to the Emma anime OST.

The anime is really good (very true to the manga) all around, the only problem was how they ran out of funding and had to end it at one season :(

I hope someone funds a further season at some point. Lack of funding makes baby Colin cry ;_;

http://myy.helia.fi/~a0400729/Pics/E...%204%20029.png

I'm just the opposite. I prefer anime that diverges and changes the storyline of the manga. Fullmetal Alchemist is the best example I can think of. Radically different storylines, but both were able to make interesting worlds, stories, and characters.

I cant say which i perfer, because some mangas,(IE Escaflowne and Nadesico) SUCK compaired to the anime, then there are the ones like RahXephon, Wolf's Rain and Fullmetal Alchemist that are almost completely diffirent stories, but BOTH very good in their own right, and then their are those how have a very similar story, ie Evangelion, first few books of Trigun and FMA which are great, even though it is the same story are WONDERFUL. It all depends on the anime/manga

I'm pretty sure that Eva was an anime to manga adaptation.

About my previous questions guys...

Mucknuggle, I strongly recommend Mushishi. It's a journey series. No two episodes are the same. It's about a traveler who helps people that are having problems with ghost-like things that are not animal or plant. They are called Mushi and very few people can see them. Mushi basically live their lives the only way they know how, but that can have ill effects towards humans. A couple good examples are one Mushi eats peoples memories, and another takes the body of an unborn child and is born from a human. The soundtrack is a great piece of work. Featuring a lot of slow paced piano music and string instruments. Mushishi features a fair amount of drama, but is mostly fantasy. There are 26 episodes and 23 have been released so far.

What anime is this picture taken from?
 

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/138/animerv7.jpg

Can somebody help me out?
What anime is this and what is the guy's name?

Rahxephon. His name is Ayato Kamina. Eva rip-off to the max. I really despise this series. It utterly fails in everything.

And I disagree. To a large extent, RahXephon did what Evangelion fans may have actually wanted, without going through two less-than-great endings to get there.

RahXephon has great animation and excellent voice-acting. The story does follow an Eva-ish pattern, although different in key aspects. The characters and story are also both quite compelling -- it's definitely worth checking out.

According to foshi's av and sig. it's proof enough ^^:.

Nah i liked Rah Xephon. And if i remember correctly, some of the staff from the eva series worked on rah xephon as well.

I look at every anime with an open mind. Rahxephon just wasn't an enjoyable experience for me. The characters seemed devoid of originality, and yes the story was very much eva-esque.

OHOHOH, it hurts me to hear that some one really believes like my 2 fav series are rip off of one of the other. RahXephon is similar in some pretinceses, but plot once some things at the begining play out, NOTHING alike expt for the fact that the main charaters are kinda emo and pilot a mech, they are VERY diffirent, VERY. I dont want to, and cant(because its been too long since i have seen both of them) to say the diffirences, but i watched them back to back last summer and found little tidbits where similar, but over each was is own very seperate being

Evangelion is one of my personal favorites. I'm part of the reason ADV keeps pushing out merchandise. I own every iteration of the series on DVD and VHS.

You can take my views of Rah with a grain of salt. I stopped watching the series after the 13th episode when it aired on G4. My time is precious and Rah was wasting it.

We obviously have different tastes, however you seem to completely hate RahXephon whereas I like both series fairly equally. I'd recommend that you continue watching it, since episode 13 is only halfway through the series -- of course, being an Evangelion fan you should know that the halfway mark means literally nothing in a 26-episode long series.

RahXephon and Evangelion are both quite good, so if you ever do get a free moment - and you feel like giving Rah another chance - I'd recommend picking it back up. If not, then have fun watching the umpteenth re-release special limited edition Director's Cut volume 245 of Evangelion. XD

HEY, its only the 10th ani. special and its ONLY $250! and its only coming out in like a month o.o...at least hes not like Rei and has like 8 copies already.
and yeah, there is no reason to stop a series midway through, you should finish it, so you know iff you accualy hate it or not, because the fact that you didnt fnish it means your oppinon is only on half of the series, which not near as accuart as watching all of it. i mean, just look at how diffirent eva would have been if it ended at ep 24? its not like anything 'happens' persay in the last 2 episodes. this one has some unexpected twists and at midde way through becomes much more intiresting...you havnt even reallly meet Bähbem yet, creepy old man.

I have too many series to watch at the moment to get back into Rah. While Eva is one of my favorites I don't consider it to be one of the greatest of all time. In fact, I can't really name many anime that deserve to be on a list like that. Maybe, Grave of the Fireflies, Akira, and Princess Monokoe, but thats about it. There are a select few great anime, but to be considered the greatest you need to be something special.

Anyway, I have the 10th Aniversary edition of Eva preorder from discountanimedvd.com for $187.48. Why? I really don't know. Maybe, it's the fanboy in me.

RahXephon is deffently one of the better series out there you should really just take the time to see it through to the end, it goes, it a slightly diffirent direction at the end although you can parallel most of the charaters to eva
and on another note you wana save $20 cancle that preorder and go to http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/dvd.cfm?itemID=ADV014562 its like 166 there :3 where im grabbing it from...gata research dude gata do it, otherwise you will pay too much for somthing. which reminds me make sure next time your looking into buying somthing to check out the Buyer's Guide to Anime/Manga/Etc. (plus SALES updates) thread good stuff

Nice. Thanks for the info aku. Unfortunately, I use PayPal for my Internet ordering needs. Might switch it over to googlecheckout when they get more reliable though. So my ordering sites are limited.

Hello

Can someone help me with Rurouni Kenshin OAV?


I bought a 4 VCD set with 30, 15, 30, .. minute episode. I hear the music of the first OAV but I didn''t hear music of the second OAV. So I assume that what I saw is the first OAV which is almost 1:30 long and it's about this scar kenshin is getting. So I think there is still an OAV 2 that I have to see. Is this true? I'm asking this because I ask in every store of Hong Kong about the seisouhen OAV 2 and noone seems to know about this episode... and neither can I find this OAV 2...

The Rurouni Kenshin OVA consists of three parts. Trust, Betrayal, and Reflection. The first two parts are both an hour long while Reflection is an hour and a half. You can buy all three parts together or separately from ADV. I have purshased the Director's Cut Thin Pak DVD release. It contains Trust and Betrayal on one disc with Reflection on another disc. Don't be confused by them calling it Samurai X.

Here it is for $10 off. Samurai X Director's Cut Collection

Ah, kinda foshi. The before series OVA consistes of 4 30 mins episodes, and the last OVA is like 1 hour, which takes place AFTER teh series, for those who dont know and you can pick them up at DDDVD for less than 30 USD
It was renamed SAMURAI X, for legal reason(Rurouni Kenshin is property of animeworks). and there is a SAMURAI X movie, that takes place in the middle of the seires. after the Legend of Kyoto arc.

The Director's Cut has those four episodes spliced together into a two hour feature called Trust and Betrayal. Reflection is an hour and a half and recaps the big moments of the Rurouni Kenshin television series while adding in a definite ending.

From what I hear here I should have Trust and Betrayal and still have to see Reflection which is called Seisouhen. Too bad no shop in Hong Kong has this in store... maybe a recap isn't as hot as a real story, but the music sure is great!

I've been wanting to get a few DVD titles from Manga Entertainment. Namely, Ninja Scroll, Macross Plus- Movie Edition, and Ghost in the Shell - the Movie, as well as Stand Alone Complex series (1st and 2nd season), all which I have seen.

I have the Patlabor 1 and 2 releases from Manga, which now have basically been rendered "never to be seen again" due to my recent purchase of the Bandai Visual versions.

Basically, what type of quality can I expect from Manga, as I've only experienced their release quality with the Patlabor films?

I have all of those shows you mentioned. Manga has high quality releases. The picture is bright and clear, usually fullscreen, and the sound a crisp 5.1. They also have good high quality English dubs with great VA's. Ghost in the Shell 1st and 2nd Gig are great and beautiful on DVD with some of the best English dubbing i've heard.

Well I popped by HMV and got Perfect Blue for $15, and plus I've seen it and wanted to see it again, just for kicks (lol tease-dancing). Too bad that was the only manga release I saw for the 2 for $30 deal. The other movie I bought to fulfill that deal was Pulp Fiction, just incase you were curious.

Manga's Ninja Scroll should be decent (I think only the UK release was cut), but you might want to be cautious of Ghost in the Shell movie.
If it's anything like mine, it has dubtitles only, and since Manga took quite a lot of liberties with the dub, there's often subtitles popping up when no one is saying anything on the japanese track.

Oh, well since Manga is the only one that has the GITS movie released in NA, well, it's a hell lot better than the Hong Kong versions I've seen. Also, seeing Patlabor 1 on VCD was a horrible experience. God. I watched a few scenes of Perfect Blue and it seems alright. You can bet which scene I forwarded to LOL.

The rape scene in Perfect Blue isn't all that hot. Definitely, not something worth fapping to. The movie itself though is excellent and quite intriguing.

There are two versions of the GITS movie. A special edition and then the regular release. There is no reason to buy the special edition. It's $15 more and only has a couple of unneeded extras.

I had the regular version of GitS, but I still bought the Special Edition anyway. If you really like the movie (it's like my favorite movie of all time), I'd say it's worth it. The picture and sound quality are better, it comes with a second disc full of extras (behind the scenes documentary, trailers, etc.), and it comes with a cool poster! And it's not really $15 more, the MSRP is only $5 more than the regular edition (but I was still able to get it for $10, which was less than what I bought the regular edition for). If you're gonna get it, I'd say spring for the Special Edition.

At HMV, the GITS movie selling for $29.99 CDN for the SE, and $24.99 for the Regular. So I mean for $5 more....

The AKIRA Special Edition is pretty expensive though at $50 for the box thing. The Signature Series from Pioneer ( the cheap cheap one) is like $19.99 CDN.

Also, yeah, about Perfect Blue, it's not as .... hot as I last remembered it. Maybe all those H are swaying things differently from what I remembered. Like what, 3 years since I last saw PB.

It's definitely worth it for just $5 more. You know, because of the cool poster!

I got the Akira Signature Series DVD at Wal-Mart for $7.50, but I still haven't watched it yet. I haven't even been abe to find the Special Edition Box thingy though, so that's why I decided to just go with the cheap one.

How big exactly is this poster. Like a post card or what. At least if it's of the Major in her famous "nudie-gun-pose", then that's cool. Quite a few years back, I bought a Hong Kong release of the AKIRA movie. WORSE. SUBTITLES. EVER. LOL.

The front of the poster is basically the Special Edition DVD cover (which includes her in the "nudie-gun-pose"), and the back is a picture of her during the opening credits of the film (you know, when her cyborg body is being created, meaning there's more nudity!). It's a regular-sized poster, meaning it's bigger than a postcard, but not as big as a huge wall scroll or anything. Funny you should mention a postcard though, as there is one of those included as well.

Meh, looks like $29.99 going to be somewhat well spent. I've only seen that movie like 5 times LOL. And I think that's when I rented it from Rogers like 4 years ago, either that or the VHS tape from WAAAY back in high school from a friend.

Why do so many fansubbers insist on using terms like Onii-chan, -san, -kun, and -sama in their subtitles? Is it really necessary? Why can't they just translate the persons name or spell out "big brother," or "mom?" It really annoys me because I can hear what is being said by the voice actor. I don't need them to spell it out for me; just translate it.

Because honorifics don't always translate that well into English. It's just easier to leave them as is and understand them as their native terms.

In fact Del Rey, imo the most professional manga company in the US, states on the first couple pages of every volume honorifics and what they mean. They use them consistantly throughout their books and it just works out better. They do a lot of other good things like keep jokes in their native forms if they can if they can't do it all the way they have tons of cultural notes at the end of a volume or chapter.

Probably, you're so used to official anime dvds that for the most part don't use honorifics in subtitles because they have to americanize things for their audience. Sometimes though a gem will pass through where they'll leave in honorifics in the subtitles and even do so in the English dub. Sometimes it works for the dub and sometimes it just sounds weird. Depends on if the VAs can figure out how to pronounce Japanese names in the first place but whatever.

Foshi, honorifics are just something you get used to and once you have it makes it seem more authentic.


Come back when you have something about fansubbers that's more legitimate of a complaint.

Like this...

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/9...7881371vr5.jpg

I mean, I guess, but c'mon! ='D

I have never heard an official English dub use Japanese honorifics and when I do I will stop watching dubbed anime. It doesn't matter to me if they have honorifics in manga or not as long as they have a translation page or something that tells me what they mean.

I really don't mind the honorifics as much as fansubbers not translating words to say, "big brother/sister", or "mother", "father."

How does it make it seem more authentic? I can hear them say it so I don't need them to put it in the subtitle untranslated.

Probably just a semi-elitist thing I guess. Really, it's something you get used to and don't care too much if it's there or not. It's just nice if it is. If they can translate honorifics without it sounding dumb, I'm fine with that too. But yeah, I can't remember what shows but sometimes they do use honorifics in dubs and it's really hit or miss with the miss making it really awful. Don't stop watching dubs because of that though. That'd be silly. Just watch a show in each language and see what you like better. There are good dubs out there; don't become prejudice.

I'm not so much for the honorifics as I am for the rank. Still I don't know why Bandai Visuals recent release of the Patlabor movies have changed Gotoh's and Shinobu's rank from "Captain" - Tai Chou - to Commander.

Using some Google, Wikipedia and translators, it would seem that the (equivalent of the) rank Captain is called taii (大尉) in Japanese, and that taichou (隊長) equals squad chief or commanding officer which, if I'm not entirely mistaken, is not actually a rank. Since 'commanding officer' is a bit long to put in the subtitles and would sound quite silly in the dub, they shortened it to commander; as in commander of the unit, not the rank of Commander.

Or something.

I should try to find somewhere on the net to consult the Japanese police heirarchy of ranks are, in English of course. Perhaps your explanation is the most logical one, as this might be actually how subordinates address their superiors that command them in the Japanese mindset.

Can anyone tell me where this song is from?

http://rapidshare.de/files/27704917/EvilDan.mp3.html

I'm fairly certain it's from Scryed, but I wanted to make sure.

Seems not to be, unless the two soundtracks are missing some of the tracks, and that doesn't much sound like Kotaro Nakagawa who composed music for Scryed. Still, I could be wrong, knowing that I haven't yet watched the series.

XDDDD Funny thing is, I was JUST watching the anime this song comes from --

It's the "I'm about to win this fight!" theme from Mobile Fighter, G Gundam. Knew it was within the first half second. XD

I knew it was something in Cartoon Network that involved robots. Thanks.

Might as well ask the next question. I've been interested in checking out Fist of the North Star. The only media I've seen involving the series was the extremely gory movie in the early '90s. So now it's hard to keep track with all the OVAs, TV shows, and so forth released afterwards. I've also heard some of the adaptions are crap and aren't worth watching, so I'd like a fan's opinion on which anime adaptions are worth checking out and which I should avoid.

Have you seen s-CRY-ed by any chance? They kept Kanami calling Kasuma Kasu-kun. Also in a few other Bandai shows they kept honorifics in as well if I remember right. And let us not forget the characters that have full names that are made up of ___+honorific. For instance, Milk-chan, Kami-sama (Sayuki Reload), and Kuroneko-sama (Trigun).

s-CRY-ed was pure shit. I only watched a few episodes before I was sick so I don't remember much from it. As long as using honorifics in dubs stays minimal and obscure I will be happy.

Well, I always reckon the original series from 1984 - 1987 is best so I guess you should try to get your hands on them. There's around 109 episodes from Hokuto no Ken and another 43 episodes from Hokuto no Ken 2 (1987 - 1988) which is kind of a sequel (Bat and Lynn have grown up). These are the best to see. The Anime movie which came out in 1986 was made before the first series ended and so is pretty much a retelling of the series with an alternate ending. The special effects in the movie were more impressive (the gore was increased too, probably because they didn't have to worry about TV censorship).

There was a live-action movie too, but the less said about that the better. We just think of it as a bad dream.....

I liked the manga series as well which was pretty incredible! Almost completely the same as the TV series although there was a slight difference in the end of Hokuto no Ken 2.

The 3-part OVA which came out in 2003 introduced some pretty updated animation and impressive CG to update the franchise to the new millenium. Unfortunately, the story was shit.


So, my recommendation: See the Hokuto no Ken TV series. If you've seen the movie you'll be able to see how the story stayed almost exactly true until almost near the end. Hokuto no Ken 2 isn't a must, but if you're eager to see how things turned out after the first series, 2 isn't a bad watch either.

Avoid the live-action. And the OVA.


:boxing:

Here's something that has been bugging me for a very long time now, mainly because of ignorance of not buying anime that often, if rarely ever.
Generally when an anime TV series comes out on DVD, especially for the 1st DVD of the set, I see that there's a regular edition for lets say $23.00, followed by a more "premium" package with a few extras for lets say $30.00, which I still find somewhat resonable. But then there's sometimes this huge ass brick that often I get fooled into thinking its the entire season, but lo and behold, it feels so light - only to contain one DVD and perhaps a small thingamagig. WHOP. $50 for this brick. Excuse my ignorance for not knowing what's so special about something that will take up like 5 DVD cases and is labelled "COLLECTORS SPECIAL EDITION" just for one DVD. After reading the contents of what makes this so special, I wonder, what the hell is the rest of the box? =0. I've seen one with a T-shirt. Wow. But what other explanation for the hulking thing, besides for the die hard fan to go "Zomg I must now clear way on my shelf to fit this monster of a thing"
I could see the justification for the box set for say, the Patlabor 1 and 2 LE by Honneamise, since it comes with the Archives and Storyboard for each movie, and you can see what you're getting, so you don't just feel like paying extra for more cardboard. Please, educate me.

It's mainly just so you can collect the rest of the volumes as they come out and put them in the box as well. I find them completely useless, as they don't really add anything extra (except some extra artwork, big whoop), and they take up a little more space than just having the volumes themselves.

Ah, that makes more sense. But then I don't really need the box unless it's one of those fold out types or a thinpak. I'd only go for the boxset if well, it contains all the DVDs for that set, since those generally are cheaper than getting the DVDs by themselves, from what I observed after compairing prices.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_lCDMijC9g
question: Which anime is that from?

Double Post:
ah... me bad. got it. thanks anyway. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIvKp...&search=gothic

That didn't really answer things though. Is that a movie or series? Is it available in english yet?

As for my real question, I'm interested in buying Giant Robo on DVD. There are two packages I can purchase, a Premium Eye Collection...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...099144?ie=UTF8

Or the cheapter Economy Pack

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...099144?ie=UTF8

My question is: Does anyone know if the Economy Pack contains the original Manga Entertainment dub along with the new dub and original japanese? I know the Eye Collection has both dubs, but I'm not sure about the Economy Pack.

Also, what is your opinion on the new dub versus the original? I've been too hesitant to check out the DVDs on account of all the voices being replaced (not even Steven Blum? this was his best work!), so that's why I want to have the original available. Please help me out.

Has anybody read Houshin Engi/Soul Hunter? Is it any good?

OH GOD YES.

Ahem. Well, I found a scanslation of Houshin Engi a couple years ago and had it on my hard drive. Read it all, enjoyed it thoroughly (the anime's good as well, but not nearly as deep as the manga), and my drive failed. Come to think of it, my very first ava/sig combo (the only one i've ever gotten in trouble for having it too large as well) was from Houshin Engi. It had Taikoubou wielding his Daishinben....I think that's what it was called anyway.

Anybody watched Shura no Toki? Any good? Thought about nabbing the boxset.

Edit: For rememberence.

Is it a more kiddy shonen series like DBZ or on the more serious side?

I believe it was published in Shonen Jump! for a while, but it's not quite the same as DBZ. Actually it's loosely based in Chinese mythology around the downfall of the Zhou Dynasty -- emperor losing his mind to an enchanting demon whose only desire was luxury and destruction.

The characters are far more likable and memorable than other Shonen Jump runs though. Several of them have a lot of depth and backstory, and it's unique how some of the more interesting plot points get resolved.

I'd really like to see Houshin Engi get licensed and published in America. If One Piece, Naruto, and DBZ all get the treatment, Houshin Engi more than deserves it.

Is Sailor Moon an anime, and does have like a mange version instead of the series?

Sailor Moon was first a manga, which spanned 18 (?) volumes. The anime version was adapted from that, and ran for 394863868646 seasons (check ANN or something for a more accurate listing).

The End of Evangelion...
 

(Im sorry if this has been posted before... but)

I dont Get the ending of "the end of evangelion", Its just Shinji and Asuka...
She appears dead, then she says, "You disgust me" or something like that. Is she dead or not? and then has a cast and an Eye patch on, and people have said that she represents all three girls. But Im not sure if its true. I thought that they were sapposed to be the new Adam and Eve. If anyone knows, of can direct me to a site that has the awnsers I would appreciante it.

Actually, I finally just found more info on it. It appears to be a "Story Version" of the 1989 series, with drama, songs and karaoke. Not sure if it's worth the price it usually ends up going for, but it looks to include the opening theme and that might be worth the cost since I have found it on no other CDs. :tpg:

Check the link below if you think you can help out with the translation of the track titles. Thanks!

http://www.gamingforce.com/forums/au...gs-needed.html

Sorry, for not responding sooner. Go and read this thread and all your question will be answered. Neon Genesis Evangelion

Just wondering if anyone can translate this?
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/7684/ahc2.png
I think it's a title of a show..

EDIT: nvm, just found out what it meant and it's from a game.

I need some recommendations of new stuff to watch from the past few years. I haven't really kept up and have only really seen FMA and the second Full Metal Panic! series (not Fumoffu). I generally like more "serious" mecha (Gundam, Eva, etc...) or series that are a mix of drama and action. Space Operas and good old dramas are awesome too (GitS:SAC, Jin-Roh, Space Operators, Haibane Renmei, etc...). I'm also into the fantasy stuff (Twelve Kingdoms, Fushigi Yugi for example). I looked over some threads and came up witha list of things that might interest me, so I'm looking for some mini reviews in addition to any suggestions of stuff not listed below:

Ayakashi Ayashi
Busou Renkin/Weapon Alchemist
Chevalier d'Eon
CODE GEASS - Lelouch of the Rebellion
Coyote Ragtime Show
Death Note
Ergo Proxy
Fate/Stay Night
Flag
Innocent Venus
Mushishi
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Nighthead Genesis
Planetes
Project Blue Chikyuu SOS (Project Blue Earth SOS)
Pumpkin Scissors
Shinigami no Ballad
Tales from Earthsea
Twelve Kingdoms
Zegapain

Thanks.

If you haven't seen Karas: The Prophecy yet, it's a great OVA (well, 1 hour and 15 minute long movie) with the second half coming out in the spring of next year. Features superb animation, great action sequences, and a really compelling story with lots of cool plot devices.

Hm...what about X TV? Sure, the movie, X/1999, kinda sucked, but the series is fantastic. The animation is very, very sharp and clear. Lots of philosophical end-of-the-world hoohah, but it's pretty well done. Of the two factions the series has, Dragons of Earth and Dragons of Heaven, neither is characteristically good or evil, something not too often used.

The Guyver series is getting a re-release in the U.S. as well. The first DVD came out earlier this month, and although I haven't checked out yet I definitely will -- this sort of remake is, for me, has been long overdue. The original Guyver anime was cut off after 12 episodes and, being old as it was, was kinda choppy and the dubbing was awkward at best. I'm very anxious to get the first of the new DVDs.

There's also RahXephon to consider, though chances are you've seen it. If you haven't, and you liked Evangelion, you'll at least find RahXephon intriguing. The main character's not quite as angsty as Shinji is, or at least he gets over it far sooner than Shinji. Animation's good, music's good, characters're good, and the story's the best thing.

Samurai 7's a cool take on Akira Kurosawa's original novel. It's set in the future, but bushido is alive and well. After a big war, some samurai became bandits and turned their bodies into machines (effectively dubbing them "machine-samurai") while others simply vaunted around looking for work. It's a cool story though, again with very smooth and great animation. Lots of cool characters and the story's pretty good too, if not a little sad. Very interesting plot point regarding the relationship between a trio of characters though.

Not sure how well this fits in to your list, but Gungrave is pretty solid too. It's a good coming-of-age tale of a group of guys (they're actually a gang, but the series focuses on their friendship rather than their actually gang activity to enough of a degree where calling them a "gang" might misrepresent them) who want to join the ranks of Millenion, the most powerful crime organization in their city. The only bad thing about this is that for the entire middle portion of the series, the story is, for most aspects, believable. Like it could actually happen. But the beginning and toward the end, they bring the "anime" back into the story by introducing these zombie-fied gangsters and super-powered mob bosses. It kinda throws you off after being sucked into such a dramatic, quite-possibly-true-in-reality tale.

I'll throw in Zone of the Enders for the last of my recommendations. It's really funny and not quite so serious, but it's got fun characters and good story about family bonding and what-not. Lots of big robot fights. Better ones toward the end--Dolores, the robot, is kinda bad at fighting for a little bit. Makes for fun times though.

Thanks SJ, but I'm looking for recent stuff. ZotE, RahXephon, X are rather old. Samurai 7 is awesome. That's a series that I totally forgot about. Karas is also good. I'm patiently waiting for the second R1 release.

Also, how is being believable a bad thing?

I don't know for sure, but I guess we should just give up forever on having an actual recommendations thread.

No no, it's not the believable that's bad. It's the extreme-ness of the unbelievable that makes Gungrave feel a little awkward toward the end.

Heh, sorry Saka. That reminds me though, I need to update my recommended's here soon.

Maybe I'd use it if it, I don't know, actually answered my question.

Hi Soldier,

Thought you might be interested to know that this song is called

FROM THE ROOF TOP-SOMEWHERE IN THE SILENCE(SNIPER'S THEME)

And it's available on the new OST from "Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society". This OST was just released on November 22nd in Japan.

It's available from CDJapan, among other places.

So I think this is probably why no-one's been able to tell you for sure until now what this song was, as it wasn't available until now. I've been dying to know the same thing, so I'm glad they've finally released it (I had driven myself nuts listening through all of the previous GitS: SAC OST's thinking it had to be there somewhere).

-Zadillo

Anyone know who composed the music for Samurai Deeper Kyo? Just got the CD and don't see anyone listed...

For all you anime music people. I like Kanno and I like the person that did Tsubasa Chronicles vol. 1, oh and Last Exile. Can you

a) Recommend me other anime composers similar to them (and name albums they've worked on)

b) Recommend me some other good composers (and name the albums they've worked on)

c) Tell me a good place to go to get high quality mp3 rips of said albums.

It's been a long time since I downloaded any anime music and I've forgotten where to look. Thanks.

I've been thinking about getting some more anime but I don't know which ones considering I've just begun to buy anime. The kind of stuff I'm searching for is anime like Love Hina, Azumanga Daioh, and Fruits Basket. I really like the comedy in three of these anime titles especially the romance/comedy of Love Hina. Anything like these (english dubbed is preferred but I would buy japanese as well) would be great. Any recommendations? Thanks!

HD crash #352281604

Lost most of my goodies, here's all I have on DVD at the moment, looking for PM suggestions and/or master lists of stuff to get



Looking for some more Romantic Comedies and less Sci-Fi, ATM, but open to legendary shows I should be getting, thanks in advance for any suggestions on this massively broad question.

Alright, I know this is going to be a very vague question in terms of the amount of information I can give you due to not seeing this anime for over 8 years, but can you help me identify the following anime movie/ova.

Facts I know about this particular movie/ova.

1) It was broadcasted in English dub on the SPACE: IMAGINATION STATION in Canada.

2) It was made prior to 1990, that I'm pretty sure of.

3) It features a rather dark haired male who was somewhat dumb witted.

4) It also featured a young white/silver haired lady who was rescued in a life pod.

5) Possibly one of the defining icons in the movie was a spaceship that sailed in space, filled with the masts and sails that let it achieve "hyperspace".

6) One particular moment I remember is this particular silverhaired lady in question needed some surgery or medical attention done. The doctor in the room needed the dark haired lad to take off her shirt to perform medical proceedures, and of course, he gets all jittery.

I know these are extremely pathetic descriptions, but a name of this anime would really solve the mystery of this anime.

It is NOT the following titles:

Venus Wars
GoShoGun: The Time Estranger
Galaxy Express 999
Macross

Again, any help would really be appreciated.

I've never seen it, but the masts on the ship immediately made me think of Odin. And looking at screens of it, I see the silver/white haired lady and the dark haired protagonist, so it's quite probably it.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ency...ime.php?id=704

Holy shit. I think you've got it! At first I was afraid that people might have taken it as Star Blazer/ Space Battleship Yamato because the description can be taken as a WWII era battleship, which is what the Yamato looks like. This Starlight does ring a bell. Shit, I better start looking this up on DDD or rightstuf. Thanks Q.

It's said to be really, really crap, though :(

Maybe give it a download before paying money for it? Money you could be using on something more worth it like.. socks. Or the Tylor TV box.

Sure, why not. Although it probably does suck, which is why people haven't heard of it, and me being totally new to anime at that time, didn't know better and declared it as being animated awesome. How naive of me back then. Torrent time!

I don't know, I saw Odin on the Sci-Fi channel and liked it a lot. Probably should buy the DVD...

Can't say the film made any sense though! ;)

Well, round here it was one of those titles that was sold literally everywhere (imported) much like timeless classics like Venus Wars, Vampire Wars, Psychic Wars and Red Hawk, so a lot of people know them.

Mind as well throw in Big Wars in there as well.

Man that movie was stupid, and quite grotesque.

Back to Odin, I love the unforgiving nature of the following review:

Is there an indexing site similar to Animesuki which lists unlicensed anime, too? Thanks in advance.

http://www.baka-updates.com/releases.php

and

http://www.tokyotosho.com/

are good places for that

Both of those are brilliant, thanks a bunch.

I was wondering if anyone can help me. A few years back I came across a manga (in Chinese) which I thought was pretty interesting. It was found apparently left behind by a customer in the store I was working at and after a couple of months waiting for someone to claim them (vol. 1 & 2), I was told to get rid of them. Well, I just kept them...

Anyway, as I can't read chinese, I was wondering if there was an english translated version, either legit or fanscanslated. The thing is, I don't know the name of the manga. The name on the manga is in chinese and I guess if I want to find out more about it, I would probably need to know the original Japanese name. However, from the inside back title page, I can see that they've included the mangaka's name and the publisher's name in English. The mangaka is Muraeda Kenichi and the manga was originally published by Shogakukan Inc., Tokyo in 1991 (first volume).

I tried googling the mangaka's name but all I can find is another of his work, probably a lot more recent, called Red. I can see the art style matches almost exactly.

A brief summary (or as much as I can make out) is that the story concerns a westerner (I pretty much guess he's an American) who comes to a seaside town in Japan to teach in the local high school. I'm guessing he can speak Japanese though it appears that there's a running gag of him mishearing or mispronouncing words. He also has problems writing kanji. He's almost like GTO, except not a reformed thug. He can fight and is pretty tough. He almost always carries a surf board around and sometimes just surfs around when he feels like it (he sometimes even surfs to school fully clothed!). He teaches well enough but isn't above taking his class outside during school hours and just goofing off. Some title pages have him saying in English "Don't call me Teacher!!".

Anyone have any idea what I'm talking about?

:(

Hahaha, I'm having just as shit luck searching. A whole lot of mention of Red, Kamen Rider Spirits and Kamoshika!, but no teacher manga. I did find the manga on a korean site:

http://www.ecomixshop.co.kr/comic/de...e=3070&start=0

I'm assuming this must be it. Babelfish brings up hilarious results (He! Mote wife (1)) :tpg:

My guess is that it's so little known no one's bothered coming up with even mock translation for the name. ANN only lists Red and Kamen Rider Spirits for Muraeda's works.

http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/7...0019763ap3.jpg

what a fucking teacher! ='D

That looks so awesome.

Additional Spam:
There's also this one manga he did called Matchless Antelope.

http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.asp...id-1000019443/

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/1...om0283aai1.jpg

Same style so I guess a lot of his manga is undocumented or something.

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I found a name for what Qwarky found.

Kwong Lo Long

http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.asp...id-1003304963/

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/4...3304963fg5.jpg

It's 7 volumes long.

So looks like the Japanese name is 光路郎 or Koujirou.

The 7 volumes in length leads me to suspect it's Japanese name is Koujirou which is a really fucking generic name for a manga and doesn't turn up in many search results.

http://www.japan-manga.jp/jsp/details.jsp?HanID=10758

Unfortunately there are no pictures to verify. A pity. But 7 volumes! You never know.

Additional Spam:
Oh excellent, Pyocola! Just as I post you pretty much confirm my suspicion. =DDD

YES!! Thanks, guys! That is exactly the manga I am on about. I do remember someone mentioning to me that it wasn't very long as far as manga volumes go, but 7 volumes? Dang, that's short...

"Koujiro", heh? Must go look around for this, though I guess if you guys can't find one, there probably isn't an English version around anywhere..... :(

One of the first mangas I came across, and though I couldn't read it, I could kind'a get what was going on just through the pictures alone. It seems to be a comedy manga, yet has a few heart-warming stories in there too.

Thanks again, Qwarky, Pyocola and Acer!!


:D

Well from the links I gave you, you can buy it all in Chinese or Japanese. Choose your poison. It's unfortunate that it's not in English though since this search and your description have gotten me interested.

I'm glad we could be of some help though. =)

Good day fellow Animespoters,

Have you experienced any problems with skipping or very huge pixels that flood the picture in any of your New Retail anime DVDs so far? The DVD in question is the Geneon Release of Fushigi Yugi DVD # 3, which half of episode 16 is unplayable, and ALL of episode 17 is skippage from hell, even the player freezes – all three DVD players in my house. :3

I think this is the very first time I’ve ever experienced huge problems with a DVD, but I’ve contacted the vendor, Rightstuf, and they are willing to exchange this DVD for the same title, so that’s cool. I’m sure that over the millions of anime DVDs produced, perhaps a very small fraction of them will have some errors – which is a fact of production, or the disc is just not properly finished in the factory, or whatever the case maybe, so I’m not freaked out – yet!

Now, switching the topic over to anime opening themes and ending themes, how does the creation of the OP theme come about? Does the production team or producer, or whomever it may be, contact a currently hip artists to do the OP/ED theme specifically for that anime series, or, does the production team already choose an existing song that is already released on the market and contact the artist/agent/recording studio – or basically who ever has the rights to the distribution of the song to be used for the themes?

Thanks for your responses.

I think it depends on the anime. If it is something popular (say detective conan) then they would use a oiginal song from a popular artists other then that I am not sure.


ps: I don't think this next question needs it own thead so I'll ask here.

Just recently the subbing group i used to go to download detective conan died. I used to always got and watch the newest subbed eps (a conan) so can somebody sagest another subbing group that is working on this series?

Well the one place that I know that they are still doing Conan sloowly goes by the tag of [DCTP]

Their website is located http://www.kaizoufansubs.net/
#472 is their latest release which is today :)

Quality is very good, and the translation is fairly accurate. Give this one a shot eh ;)

Go to Tokyotosho.com and search for "Detective Conan" and you should get results of various subbers! Hope this helps~

I once heard this quote in an anime or maybe a movie:

"It is not the amount of times we see each other that's important, but how many times we think about each other." (While saying permanent goodbye to a friend)

Now, I forgot where this quote was from. Could it be that it's from Full Metal Alchemist the movie? Any ideas?

EDIT: Oh, don't mind me: It's from Kingdom Hearts 2 (Hayner)

I'm getting back into anime after a 4.5 year "break."

I've already got a massive of list of series' downloading, but I want movies and OVAs as well. What are some good anime movies and OVAs?

Millennium Actress is a must from the movie side, as is the wonderful Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo

I'm not that knowledged on recent OVAs, but Aim for the Top 2! Diebuster is great, just be sure to watch the first Aim for the Top! first, also known as Gunbuster.

Gunbuster is amazing and Diebuster is also wonderful. I highly recommend them.

Little question here, even when I am not sure if this forum would be the best place to ask, I hope someone knows.

I want to buy the entire Gankutsuou series (Count of Monte Cristo) on DVD but before going ahead and buy each one of the DVDs, I was wondering if there were like a box-set or collectors edition that contains the entire series in a single pack. That or if someone knew if there are at least plans to release such things in the close future.

I already know there are many website where people sell their own full-series packs, but I prefer to stay with an official one...

The Gankutsuou box set (released as an artbox + volume 1) is currently discontinued, so I think you might have a hard time finding it from normal vendors like amazon, rightstuf or deepdiscount DVD. If you really want the box, you can try looking on eBay -- otherwise, you're better off buying each of the discs separately.

Random people (on shady sites) selling the complete series usually hawk bootleg goods, but I suppose you knew that already. ;(

Really? well that's a shame.

Thanks! I guess I beter get started on finding each of the DVDs -_-'

Hey, guys. Something that's been bothering me. I'm sure most of you have heard of Gutsoon! Entertainment and their manga division Raijin Comics. You've probably also heard that they went belly up a few years back and pretty much disappeared.

I was wondering, what happens to all the manga that they had licensed? They were publishing City Hunter, Fist of the North Star, and Fist of the Blue Sky among others...I'm guessing the reason why no one else is publishing the english language editions of these mangas is because the license still holds despite the company going out of business?

Is there no chance that someone else can get these mangas out to english readers? Can't the original (Japanese) publishers do anything to get them back?

Anyone know what's going on here?

What English fansub groups are still out there subbing Gurren Lagann? I know it's licensed now, but the thread in anime discussion is still going on strong and I'm stuck at episode 14 :/

I'm in the same situation as Krazy. Although I haven't gotten up to episode 14 yet, it's only a matter of time :3

I read the post by Merv, but I have no clue what sites are good for raw files and where to get bss-anon sub files.

For Gurren Lagann subs, I just go to either the IRC channel #BSS at rizon, or I go to their google groups site here. You probably will have to have a gmail account or something, but shouldn't be hard to get that.

As for Raws, I just go to Tokyotosho.

I hope this helps...

edit: the google groups site seems to have .ass files for episodes 16 and up.

Hi everyone!
I'm a little ashamed but.. I'll ask that question. I started watching a show, few months ago. (obviously, an anime). it was, if my memory's right, based on a game. The first episodes went like... some school guys and girls got trapped by some evil book and were sent into an other world... and the guy fights monsters with a sword that he takes out from his girlfriend's heart. But unfortunately... I forgot the title of that anime.. so if it rings a bell to anyone of you... PLEASE! I BEG YOU, tell me :)

P.S. Sorry for my poor english, but i tried!

If it looked anything like this, and that sounds very much like what i think it is
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ap-4016056.png
This is from "Shining Tears X Wind"

YES SIR!! THAT'S IT!!! Thanks a lot Aku!

You're pretty good by the way!
My description was a litlle.. blurry and ugly!

Sorry, totally noob Naruto question. Thought I'd ask here since the official thread has been closed......

I don't get this Hokage system.....Naruto's father was the Fourth Hokage and Tsunade is now the Fifth. So which was that old guy from before (who was in charge before Tsunade)? Shouldn't he have been Fifth and Tsunade Sixth? Or am I totally missing something here.....?


:confused:

The old guy was The Third. When Naruto's father became the Fourth, the Third was still alive. But when the Fourth died, the Third stepped back up.

Really? Well, I guess that kind'a makes sense....

Sorry, I was under the impression that there wouldn't be a new Hokage unless the current one died and had to be replaced. So it's not a lifetime post then? Oh I see, so it's something like an elected official, a president or a prime-minister? Got it.

Thanks!

Yeah something like that, usually the strongest one! But not only strenght is needed. Wisdom, experience,etc.

I want to know name this anime?is about boy like baseball game.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v56/RYU81/1.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v56/RYU81/2.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v56/RYU81/3.gif

So I have a really quick question and I think a making an entire thread is probably overkill...but...

Is there any release of Moetan past Episode 5 that is subtitled? This series seems to have dropped off the face of the planet completely.

I asked a friend of mine and he thinks it's Miracle Giants Domu-kun

Is anyone here a Slayers fan ? The only Slayers anime I've seen was the Motion Picture and I loved it. How's the series and by what order do they go by ? I'm thinking of getting the 1st season so far. Looks like Funimation's responsible for this anime and they aren't so bad anymore.

EDIT: Nevermind. Just found out what the order was. However I would like to know if anyone else loves the series. Captain Tylor was pretty good. Im keeping the OVA on hiatus for good reasons.>=/

I love the TV series slayers, the last one there are some sketchy episodes, but other than that, i enjoyed it completely.
I also have all of the OVAs and Movies, The OVAs come first, then the movies(Motion picture, Return, Great and then Gorgeous), and then Slayers Royal(the games) and THEN the tv show starts, going Slayers, Slayers Next, Slayers Try, and the last movie is Slayers Premium which takes place at the end of the entire series, and sadly has been the Slayers to date.
To understand the Series you do not need to see the OVAs or the Movies, Naga is not pressent after the Video games, no reason is givin, i think it would have been funny to have her show up in the series some where, but oh well

Map of story

Naga.. lol. She was like my most favorite female character back in early 2k's . So I guess I have to see the OVA's first. It always did bother me as to why Naga was never around in the TV series'. Instead I catch an old preview of the first season in my Poltergeist Report vhs tape where there's that lousy blonde haired dude and some KFC lookin character.

According to ANN , the movie is the first of everything. Good thing for me . It's just too bad that Naga isn't around in s1-3. Guess I'll grab the series first since Funimation aquired rights to it and they supposedly remastered season 1 and 2 along with 3 which is coming feb2k8. Which means they'll gain rights to the OVA's and the movie in the future.

Thanks for the info! Appreciate it much =]

Acccualy ADV owns the rights to the movies/OVAs and they recently rereleased them all in 2 little slim packs, a Movie box, and an OVA box, all 5.1 audio(in english and the best they where giving for Japanese, either 2.0 or 5.1)

Hmm.. I always thought there was some kind of connection with this and Lost Universe but I couldn't prove anything until just now according to that map story you put up. I haven't finished Lost Universe cause a spanish channel used to air a crap load of animes in the morning with this one being its top choice along with the Tenchi series. The only problem was they constantly repeated episodes 1-14 and then I ended up missing the rest of it on a certain month where they decided to air the "new" episodes. Guess I should buy the dvd set on that too then >.>;..

Hey anime nerds.
 

What anime does my avatar come from? I don't even know. I just found it in one of my random folders on my computer. At least I'm pretty sure it's from an anime...

Acer already asked 4chan and failed.

Thanks Ryuu,thats right.

Animal Crossing? Not sure since I never saw that (whatever it is) but I recognize the style of the artist, it's from one of those VGCats strips!!

VGCats - 174 - Nookie


;)


EDIT: if you click on his Archive and look for comic #174, you'll see the heading "Animal Crossing". That's how I came to guess that that's the name. Whether it's a game or an anime, I don't know for sure...

Oh, I found it.....it's a game.....

Animal Crossing on Wikipedia

Yup, I guess it's him....

:D

Does anybody know where this could be from? All googling on "trippy forest" gives me nothing, I guess this guy just renamed the picture as he saw fit. Also, this is the original source I found it at, so I've got no clues to work with:

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...ippyforest.jpg


I... can just keep staring at it...

That's an original from Tsukushi Akihito. Probably the best place to find more art by him is danbooru. He did illustrations for Elebits, and I thought I remember him being involved with NiGHTS 2 as concept artist as well, but I'm not 100% sure anymore that's actually true.

Omg surasshu, OMG! 4410 x 3106 image!
This goes on the wall or something.

Ah, Elebits! Now I remember some of the art. It also had that fairy-tale-ish look. Never played it though, but thanks for reminding me, I just ordered it online =)
So... Tsukushi Akihito, eh? Thanks for enlightening me!

Oh and long time no see, surasshu!

He's one of my favorite artists, I recognized his style right away. It's a shame the rest of Elebits doesn't look as incredible as the art really, although I still thought it was a pretty awesome game.

I'll say! Where've ya been? :D

More or less where my interests take me. I'm trying to lurk GFF now and then, but it doesn't seem to flourish as it did back then. Mostly the same old and their drama.

Still lurking ;)
And thanks a bunch!