[General Discussion] General Questions

Regarding Rurouni Kenshin question above:

Spoiler:

Kenshin and Kaoru are married and have a son, Kenji, by the end of the manga. This was not shown in the TV series since the manga wasn't done by the end of the Kyoto arc, so the TV series diverted to it's own stories while Watsuki-sensei continued with the manga's Jinchu arc.

In the first OVA series (4 episodes) Tsuioku Hen, we see Kenshin's past in Kyoto and his life with Tomoe, basically an animated retelling of the origin of Kenshin's cross-shaped scar.

In the second OVA (2 episodes) Seisohen, it is several years since the end of the manga and Kenji has grown up into a young teen. In a series of flashbacks, Kaoru remembers her past from the first day she meets Kenshin - including the events of the Jinchu arc.

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




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



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!!!




There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by SOLDIER

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.

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.




This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

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?



I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

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!!




I was speaking idiomatically.

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 kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

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.....?




FELIPE NO

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!

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by Miles

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.

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

Quote:

Tom Nook
Appearances: Animal Crossing, Animal Crossing: Wild World, Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Tom Nook owns the town shop. After the player buys or sells certain amounts of money in his shop he will expand his shop, after which a larger range of items will be available to the player each day. After the final expansion, Nookington's department store, he will employ Harriet, who runs the hair salon (Shampoodle), Timmy and Tommy, who work on the second floor. He also makes a cameo in the Smashville stage in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

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



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