So, how's the anime doing?

11718192123

Comments

  • DrSuredeathDrSuredeath Join Date: 2002-11-11 Member: 8217Members
    Don't forget that Our Heroâ„¢ is much stronger when he fights to protect others.
  • Browser_ICEBrowser_ICE Join Date: 2002-11-04 Member: 6944Members
    Anyone ever watched <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_angel" target="_blank">Battle Angel</a> ?

    After reading that <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=614" target="_blank">James Cameron</a> wants to make a movie of it, it kinda makes me want to see the anime.
  • ZigZig ...I am Captain Planet&#33; Join Date: 2002-10-23 Member: 1576Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1666818:date=Jan 8 2008, 06:33 PM:name=Browser_ICE)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Browser_ICE @ Jan 8 2008, 06:33 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1666818"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Anyone ever watched <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_angel" target="_blank">Battle Angel</a> ?

    After reading that <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=614" target="_blank">James Cameron</a> wants to make a movie of it, it kinda makes me want to see the anime.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Alita is a classic... but after reading the entire series (up to the current issue) why even bother with the anime? I personally am not interested other than to fulfill my curiosity.
  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    Yeah, go with the manga. Much more detailed, much broader spanning plot. The anime is pretty short.
  • SkyrageSkyrage Join Date: 2003-08-27 Member: 20249Members
    edited January 2008
    Started watching Minami-ke after recommendation from elsewhere. Really really funny. Apparently there's also a different group making their own version of Minami-ke which will be out this year.
  • Browser_ICEBrowser_ICE Join Date: 2002-11-04 Member: 6944Members
    edited January 2008
    Anyone watched <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5923" target="_blank">Mushishi </a>?

    It was named as one of the <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2008-01-01" target="_blank">best 2007 anim series</a>. So I am curious about it.

    Another animes that seams to be excellent : <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/beck-mongolian-chop-squad/dvd-1" target="_blank">beck</a> and <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2480" target="_blank">Air</a> and <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6536" target="_blank">Le Chevalier d'Eon</a>


    * links are for the general description. What I have seen is based on DVD release reviews and best of the year reviews.

    for an actual review of Beck, click <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/shelf-life/2007-07-16" target="_blank">here </a>and scroll down a bit.
  • Browser_ICEBrowser_ICE Join Date: 2002-11-04 Member: 6944Members
    Cheeee, filling up my anime profile at <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com" target="_blank">AnimeNewsNetwork</a>, I realized I have seen much more animes then I thought. I am pretty sure some shows I have seen were not even listed there. And I thought I was an anime noob (well related to animes that came out in the last 3-5 years, then yes I am a noob). But there are so many animes out there I haven't seen ....

    Want to see
    Air (TV)
    Air Gear (TV)
    BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad (TV)
    Mushi-Shi (TV)

    Seen some
    .hack//Legend Of The Twilight (TV) Decent
    Aeon Flux (U.S. TV) Decent
    Afro Samurai (TV) So-so
    Astro Boy (TV) Decent
    Astro Boy [1980] (TV) Decent
    Berserk (TV) Weak
    Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 (TV) Weak
    Case Closed (TV) So-so
    D.Gray-man (TV) So-so
    D.I.C.E. (TV) So-so
    Digimon Adventure (TV) So-so
    Dragon Warrior (TV) So-so
    Ergo Proxy (TV) Good
    Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie - Conqueror of Shamballa Excellent
    Gatchaman (TV) Not really good
    Hellsing (TV) Very good
    Initial D: Second Stage (TV) Not really good
    Inu Yasha (TV) So-so
    Mobile Fighter G Gundam (TV) Not really good
    Monster (TV) Good
    Naruto (TV) Decent
    Naruto Shippūden (TV) Decent
    Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV) Good
    Ninja Scroll (TV) Decent
    One Piece (TV) Good
    Sailor Moon (TV) Not really good
    Samurai Champloo (TV) So-so
    School Rumble (TV) Very good
    Thundercats (U.S. TV) So-so
    Trigun (TV) Decent
    Witch Hunter Robin (TV) Decent
    Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monster GX (TV) Weak
    Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (TV) Weak
    Zatch Bell (TV) So-so

    Seen all
    .hack//SIGN (TV) Good
    Ah! My Goddess (TV) Good
    Appleseed (movie) Decent
    Beast Wars II Chou Seimeitai Transformers (TV) So-so
    Beast Wars: Transformers (U.S. TV) So-so
    Bleach (TV) Very good
    Bleach: Memories of Nobody (movie) Good
    Blue Gender (TV) Decent
    Calimero (TV) Decent
    Calimero [1992] (TV) Decent
    Castle in the Sky (movie) Good
    Chobits (TV) Very good
    Cowboy Bebop (TV) Good
    Darker than BLACK (TV) Good
    Death Note (live-action movie) Good
    Death Note (TV) Very good
    Dragon Ball (TV) Good
    Dragon Ball GT (TV) So-so
    Dragon Ball Z (TV) Good
    Dragon Ball Z Movie 2: The World's Strongest Decent
    Dragon Ball Z Movie 7: Super Android 13 Good
    Elfen Lied (TV) Good
    Elfen Lied (OAV) Good
    Eureka Seven (TV) Good
    Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (movie) Decent
    Fullmetal Alchemist (TV) Very good
    Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (TV) Very good
    Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (TV) Good
    Kanon (TV 2/2006) Excellent
    Labyrinth (movie) Decent
    Robotech (U.S. TV) Good
    The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (TV) Very good
    Transformers (U.S. TV) Decent
    Transformers (live-action movie) Good
    Transformers: Animated (U.S. TV) Decent
    Transformers: Armada (TV) Decent
    Transformers: Cybertron (TV) Decent
    Transformers: Energon (TV) Decent
    Transformers: Robots in Disguise (TV) Decent
    Witchblade (TV) Decent
  • locallyunscenelocallyunscene Feeder of Trolls Join Date: 2002-12-25 Member: 11528Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1667037:date=Jan 10 2008, 09:47 PM:name=Browser_ICE)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Browser_ICE @ Jan 10 2008, 09:47 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1667037"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Anyone watched <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5923" target="_blank">Mushishi </a>?

    It was named as one of the <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2008-01-01" target="_blank">best 2007 anim series</a>. So I am curious about it.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I loved it. The episodes are mostly stand alone so it's different from what I usually watch because I prefer arcs. The art and music are beautiful and match the series. The stories are almost all excellent. It's not fighting-action based so be prepared for that.
  • FFMulletFFMullet Join Date: 2007-01-18 Member: 59672Members
    ~Uguuu~

    I've been away for too long.

    I ordered the Kanon DVDs: Volume 1 & Volume 2 W/ Box, they should be arriving in early March I can't wait. I'm up to episode 18 of Clannad, it's kept me interested. Still need to finish watching Death Note, can't wait until the last episode, don't spoil. As for the rest here's a list.

    currently watching*
    finished watching***

    FMA***
    Claymore***
    Death Note*
    Gundam Seed***
    Gundam Seed Destiny*
    Clannad*
    Lucky Star*
    Kamichama Karin*
    Kanon***
    Mahou Sensei Negima***
    Evangelion***
    Tsubasa*
    Genshiken***
    Genshiken 2*
    Bleach*(it will never end...)
    Naruto*(as above)
    Code Geass***
    Melancholy Of Haruhi***
    Elfen Lied***
    Inuyasha*(pointless)
    Dragon Ball(even more pointless)
    Ergo Proxy***
    Black Lagoon*(tis very good)
    Tonagura!*
    Venus Versus Virus( I plan on starting soon)
    Hellsing***
    Hellsing Ultimate(got to start)
    Hayate no Gotoku*
  • SkyrageSkyrage Join Date: 2003-08-27 Member: 20249Members
    Currently following:

    Shakugan no Shana: Second (getting good at last)
    Hayate no Gotoku (so-so)
    Rosario + Vampire (sucks so far - about to give up on this one tbh)
    Bleach (Sucks)
    Naruto Shippuuden (sucks but has gotten bit tiny better lately)
    Paniponi Dash! (funny as heck)
  • Browser_ICEBrowser_ICE Join Date: 2002-11-04 Member: 6944Members
    I found "<a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5887" target="_blank">Noein - to your other self</a>" by accident. Looks weird : parallel universe, time travel, 3d mixed with drawings.

    Looks interesting. Anyone seen the whole thiing ?


    <a href="http://www.animate.tv/asx/p05090009_ozam_bb.asx" target="_blank">Preview available but do not know for how long.</a>
  • BlackMageBlackMage [citation needed] Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17474Members, Constellation
    It's good stuff, gets a little strange towards the end (just like everything else.)
  • GeminosityGeminosity :3 Join Date: 2003-09-08 Member: 20667Members
    Just finished watching Spice and wolf. Was a pretty good series with two pretty interesting main characters and I really like that it avoided the usual swords and sorcery stuff; instead it delves into the complex and intriguing world of the merchant!

    While I tend to complain about most films and the like insulting your intelligence by explaining too much, this is probably the first series that I felt they could have explained more in. There were a couple of times stuff went over my head and once or twice I found myself searching around the web for some kind of summary of what just happened.

    All that said, I kept feeling compelled to watch more and now the 13th and final episode of this season is out I've seen 'em all and I quite enjoyed it despite being confuzzled =D

    Well... I've seen them all except for episode 7 which isn't out (it'll be released with the series DVD which isn't out yet either. Luckily the episode doesn't seem to be critical to the story).

    Off to whatever catches my eye next!!! =3
  • OmegamanOmegaman Join Date: 2004-01-11 Member: 25239Members
    <center><object width="450" height="356"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tDhCrwIoBl0"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tDhCrwIoBl0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="450" height="356"></embed></object></center>

    Wow, it never even occurred to me that the Gurren Lagann OP could be done with such a jazzy style. Awesome.
  • GeminosityGeminosity :3 Join Date: 2003-09-08 Member: 20667Members
    waii for tokyo brass! =D

    They do covers of all kinds of anime tunes I hear =3
  • BlackMageBlackMage [citation needed] Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17474Members, Constellation
    Finished up Dennou Coil. It are amusing.
  • Browser_ICEBrowser_ICE Join Date: 2002-11-04 Member: 6944Members
    Watching Air Gear (80% done).

    There is just this one thing that bugs me. Why is it that they all tolerate that an A-Class is being part of an F-Class team ?

    About 3-4 episodes left and they still haven't leveled up from F-Class (unless by defeating the Mamouth D-Class they get to go C-Class <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/confused-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="???" border="0" alt="confused-fix.gif" />) ?
  • OmegamanOmegaman Join Date: 2004-01-11 Member: 25239Members
    Nope.

    They're just F-Class.
  • Browser_ICEBrowser_ICE Join Date: 2002-11-04 Member: 6944Members
    edited April 2008
    Last week I discovered Crunchyroll site. I looks like they are hosting only non-American-licensed anims. Some are raw and some have English subtitles. They claim to work with the government to keep this site up and legal.
  • DrSuredeathDrSuredeath Join Date: 2002-11-11 Member: 8217Members
    I hate you if you have yet to check out Macross Frontier.
  • KungFuDiscoMonkeyKungFuDiscoMonkey Creator of ns_altair 日本福岡県 Join Date: 2003-03-15 Member: 14555Members, NS1 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos
    Code Geass is done. I actually teared up hearing this song. Especially considering the scene in which they were playing this song.
    <center><object width="450" height="356"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kzaLJ0i52UY"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kzaLJ0i52UY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="450" height="356"></embed></object></center>
    I think Code Geass has topped my list of favorite shows.
  • spellman23spellman23 NS1 Theorycraft Expert Join Date: 2007-05-17 Member: 60920Members
    CURSE YOU FOR REVIVING THIS THREAD!
  • UltimaGeckoUltimaGecko hates endnotes Join Date: 2003-05-14 Member: 16320Members
    This is my largest thread ever, and I haven't contributed to it since page ...10 or something.

    I don't know how it lasted so long.



    I want to know where everyone hears about new anime. The only time I ever see it is if some random TV station tries to reach out for niche viewer groups (like SciFi and CN and ...some other network, G4 maybe). I think TNT had some at some point as well. Exciting trivia: the first anime I remember is EYES of Mars, which I believe was on SciFi when they had anime at 3am. I only saw it once, but I'm pretty sure I remember a vast majority of the plot (I was intrigued by the concept of a fifth planet forming the asteroid belt and bubble cities on Mars...but I don't really remember why the specific 'convent' of girls was down there.

    There was also another movie or series I saw, but I only remember the ending credits being a (small) figure with a cape blowing in the wind with brown rocky outcroppings and a blue sky. Not Trigun, but I do think it was on an alien world with some sort of problem...maybe some anime guru can piece that together into something coherent.

    ...Have there been any new movies by the Princess Mononoke/Spirited Away guru guy Miyazaki?

    Or something not boring with Megumi Hayashibara?
  • spellman23spellman23 NS1 Theorycraft Expert Join Date: 2007-05-17 Member: 60920Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1689297:date=Oct 3 2008, 09:12 AM:name=UltimaGecko)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(UltimaGecko @ Oct 3 2008, 09:12 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1689297"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->...Have there been any new movies by the Princess Mononoke/Spirited Away guru guy Miyazaki?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    I thought he's retired. Well, the last one that's known is Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, but I haven't heard of much else.

    I'm currently working through Wolf's Rain and Slayers. Never saw Slayers before, and my friends keep gushing about how a new season started. Yeah.... especially with all the free time I obviously have lying around.
  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    Slayers is hilarious, period.
  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    I know there are a number of news sites that talk about what is currently being aired/what is coming in the next season.

    A list of everything Miyazaki has done is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki#Filmography" target="_blank">Here</a>. A nice reference to see if you have watched it all.
  • locallyunscenelocallyunscene Feeder of Trolls Join Date: 2002-12-25 Member: 11528Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1689297:date=Oct 3 2008, 05:12 AM:name=UltimaGecko)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(UltimaGecko @ Oct 3 2008, 05:12 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1689297"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I want to know where everyone hears about new anime. The only time I ever see it is if some random TV station tries to reach out for niche viewer groups (like SciFi and CN and ...some other network, G4 maybe). I think TNT had some at some point as well.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I haven't been following anime much recently, but I used to check <a href="http://www.anime-source.com/banzai/modules.php?name=Releases" target="_blank">Anime Source</a> for new animes all the time. Hard to tell which ones are good though. Long running series all gets fives and the newly created are erratically reviewed if ever.
    <!--quoteo(post=1689297:date=Oct 3 2008, 05:12 AM:name=UltimaGecko)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(UltimaGecko @ Oct 3 2008, 05:12 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1689297"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->There was also another movie or series I saw, but I only remember the ending credits being a (small) figure with a cape blowing in the wind with brown rocky outcroppings and a blue sky. Not Trigun, but I do think it was on an alien world with some sort of problem...maybe some anime guru can piece that together into something coherent.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Ergo Proxy maybe? How old?
  • GeminosityGeminosity :3 Join Date: 2003-09-08 Member: 20667Members
    edited October 2008
    Generally I find out new anime via...

    a) Seeing random DVD boxes in the shops I don't recognise
    b) Someone on the internets telling me
    c) I notice them on fansubber's sites when I'm there pinching something else and grab them for the fun of it
    d) myanimelist website (usually while browsing anime I want to watch I end up finding lots more, especially with the recommendations feature and stuff).
  • UltimaGeckoUltimaGecko hates endnotes Join Date: 2003-05-14 Member: 16320Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1689305:date=Oct 3 2008, 06:14 AM:name=locallyunscene)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(locallyunscene @ Oct 3 2008, 06:14 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1689305"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Ergo Proxy maybe? How old?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Can't be that one, it has to be from 2003 or earlier (probably mid-90s, since it was on SciFi). Fairly sure it was full-length and not just a series as well. I hold very little hope for finding it.
  • DrSuredeathDrSuredeath Join Date: 2002-11-11 Member: 8217Members
    <center><object width="450" height="356"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UB5_nV6Fe40"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UB5_nV6Fe40" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="450" height="356"></embed></object></center>
    That's freaking episode 7 of 25

    The finale EPIC battle must be seen to believe.
Sign In or Register to comment.