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Originally Posted by Mucknuggle

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.

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.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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.

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Originally Posted by gaming

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.

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Originally Posted by chato

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

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.

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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.

I was speaking idiomatically.

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.

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Originally Posted by aku

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.

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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

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Originally Posted by aku

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.

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Originally Posted by Spatula

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.

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Originally Posted by Spatula

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.

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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.

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Originally Posted by AcerBandit

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.

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.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Outlaw

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.

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Originally Posted by element9867

(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.

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

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