January Anime Thread.
Infinitum
Anime Encyclopedia Join Date: 2002-08-08 Member: 1111Members, Constellation
Anime Encyclopedia Join Date: 2002-08-08 Member: 1111Members, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">First for 04!</div> Weeeee. First for 04!
Firstly I get the obligatory DVDs out of the way.
Region 4:
.hack//SIGN Volume 4
Angelic Layer Volume 1 /w Box
Last Exile Volume 1 /w Box
Martian Successor Nadesico: The Prince of Darkness
Noir Volume 6
RahXephon Volume 5
The Vision of Escaflowne Volume 3
Fairly good month.
Noir is finishing at Volume 7, so that'll be one less thing to buy...
And all I can say is thank CHRIST for Angelic Layer. It is one of the better series going at the moment. Hmmmmmm Hikaru...
The Last Exile box is quite good, it comes with a bonus limited edition figure of Alvis. So I guess it was worth the $50 it cost to buy it...
Blah, it's getting really hard to sit down and watch all this... I'm currently in the middle of Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, as that had arrived with my other DVDs not much more than a week ago.
Speaking of Nadia, it is gradually becoming one of my more favourite visually appealling series. Without spoiling too much, I can simply say the whole Tower Of Babel mini-arc is quite simply one of my most favourite scenes visually in a series ever.
On top of Nadia and this months DVDs I still gotta watch Ranma Season 1 and Outlaw Star >_<
It's a hard life I know...
Right on the news front:
Gainax's new project Dead Leaves is actually a feature film. The style is extremely similar to FLCL's, so that should rake in those fans straight away.
I dunno what to think of this project... it's even more tripped out than FLCL, or even Noiseman Sound Insect (A rather unknown short-film. VERY weird)
That's not too say it's bad... I just haven't seen the damn thing yet... from all indications it will probably be very good.
<a href='http://www.deadleaves.jp/' target='_blank'>Dead Leaves Official Site</a>
<a href='http://www.deadleaves.jp/mov/trailer480.mov' target='_blank'>Trailer (13Mb)</a>
Oh.. and at the end of the trailer.. he's saying something along the lines of "Amazing sex!"
Samurai Champloo still retains my interest after this many months. Still can't wait to see how Samurais and hip-hop will work out.
I put my trust in Mr.Watanabe's beboping hands.
<a href='http://www.samuraichamploo.com' target='_blank'>Samurai Champloo Official Site</a>
Trailers in there. Real Media format (hiss)
Nothing new on the Appleseed front...
That's about it.
Fire away with the anime questions.
Firstly I get the obligatory DVDs out of the way.
Region 4:
.hack//SIGN Volume 4
Angelic Layer Volume 1 /w Box
Last Exile Volume 1 /w Box
Martian Successor Nadesico: The Prince of Darkness
Noir Volume 6
RahXephon Volume 5
The Vision of Escaflowne Volume 3
Fairly good month.
Noir is finishing at Volume 7, so that'll be one less thing to buy...
And all I can say is thank CHRIST for Angelic Layer. It is one of the better series going at the moment. Hmmmmmm Hikaru...
The Last Exile box is quite good, it comes with a bonus limited edition figure of Alvis. So I guess it was worth the $50 it cost to buy it...
Blah, it's getting really hard to sit down and watch all this... I'm currently in the middle of Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, as that had arrived with my other DVDs not much more than a week ago.
Speaking of Nadia, it is gradually becoming one of my more favourite visually appealling series. Without spoiling too much, I can simply say the whole Tower Of Babel mini-arc is quite simply one of my most favourite scenes visually in a series ever.
On top of Nadia and this months DVDs I still gotta watch Ranma Season 1 and Outlaw Star >_<
It's a hard life I know...
Right on the news front:
Gainax's new project Dead Leaves is actually a feature film. The style is extremely similar to FLCL's, so that should rake in those fans straight away.
I dunno what to think of this project... it's even more tripped out than FLCL, or even Noiseman Sound Insect (A rather unknown short-film. VERY weird)
That's not too say it's bad... I just haven't seen the damn thing yet... from all indications it will probably be very good.
<a href='http://www.deadleaves.jp/' target='_blank'>Dead Leaves Official Site</a>
<a href='http://www.deadleaves.jp/mov/trailer480.mov' target='_blank'>Trailer (13Mb)</a>
Oh.. and at the end of the trailer.. he's saying something along the lines of "Amazing sex!"
Samurai Champloo still retains my interest after this many months. Still can't wait to see how Samurais and hip-hop will work out.
I put my trust in Mr.Watanabe's beboping hands.
<a href='http://www.samuraichamploo.com' target='_blank'>Samurai Champloo Official Site</a>
Trailers in there. Real Media format (hiss)
Nothing new on the Appleseed front...
That's about it.
Fire away with the anime questions.
Comments
I decided to read the manga, thinking that it would sate my appetite. But I was wrong. Dear god I was wrong.
Ranma Season 1 DVD?! Damn you!
I'll probably notice the same thing once I get around to watching it.
Ah yes Naruto.
They are finally getting to the really good part.
No more tournament! Prepare for an all out battle royale!
3rd Hokage Vs Orichamaru babbbbyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
And yes, Ranma Season 1 Box. I watched the first ep just to check it out... oh yeah baby. Worth the money.
Ranma's and Robotech are about the only 2 series I can stand to watch dubbed. Mainly because that was the initial way I saw them... I am however only watching the subs this time around.
Cant wait for the 1 hour special and also a second episode after of Naruto which they are probally fansubbing as I speak <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> Sasuke vs Garra should be good 66-67
And yes, Ranma Season 1 Box. I watched the first ep just to check it out... oh yeah baby. Worth the money.
Ranma's and Robotech are about the only 2 series I can stand to watch dubbed. Mainly because that was the initial way I saw them... I am however only watching the subs this time around. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
you could stand ranma 1/2 dub? wow i've shown all my friends the dub and sub version and they tell me to turn off the dub within 2 minutes because they did such a horrible job. ranma 1/2 is easily the worse dubbed anime ive ever seen, then again it is also my favorite of all time. do your self a favor and pick up the rest of the seasons, well worth the money.
Also, am I the only one who prefers dubbing to subbing? As an example of why I don't like subs: On the DVD my friend lent me, a line is "You're always worrying about what other people think of you". In the badly subbed version from internetland it translates to "You're always looking at other people's faces". Riiiiight.
*edit* Just now I began to wonder just how many anime threads have been started by our good friend Infy, so I did a search and lo and behold, <b>15 pages</b> of threads, most of which were started by Infinitum. Well, it's good to have a hobby <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> *edit*
EDIT: Do you have an official count on anime DVDs now Infy? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Gadzuko: About every fansub group under the sun has released the movie. It has yet to be licensed.
Kayomani: The episode just aired. Give it a day or so for the fansubs to start heading out.
[2iD]EriC[LdR]: Yeah I can tolerate it, but now that I have the DVDs I don't need too. I will eventually pick up the rest of the seasons.
Nil_IQ: 26 episodes in Evangelion. There are 8 DVDs for the TV series. 2 seperate DVDs for both movies and finally 2 DVDs for the 'Director's Cut' version of episodes 20-26.
XeroSlayer: I have yet to watch it. I'm waiting until I have all the DVDs before I watch .hack//SIGN. My official DVD count is close to 380 something.
There we go -_-
MORE QUESTIONS!
Now I'm just relaxing.
I know the following are on loan
- Super Dimensional Fortress Macross Boxes 1-3
- Trigun Boxset
- The Vision of Escaflowne Boxset
- Hunter X Hunter Boxes 3-4
So yeah... in total 48 boxes.
Almost makes me want to see it more than Appleseed the Movie.
Almost.
As for Evangelion: There's technically 26 episodes.
1-24 are the "standard" TV series. From there, you can go to two different endings: 25-26, the "TV ending", or you can go to the "Movie Ending", which would are considered the OAV versions of 25-26; it's in two movies, although technically in 3 parts (Death, Rebirth, and "Magokoro, Kimi ni"). There's also a third movie called Revival, but don't bother with it. There's nothing new.
Gadzuko: "Wonderful Days" is indeed a Korean movie. I was looking forward to it, but once I actually saw it I was terribly disappointed. But it's not bad, I guess.
Nil_IQ: That really depends on a) who does the subtitling and b) what they have to work with. I translate myself, and a lot of the time I have to change the literal meanings, either to get a point across, or to fit the text on the screen, or for whatever reason. Then there's companies like MANGA Ent., which is known to make up stuff as they go along when they can't figure out how to translate something.
Inf: I actually do have a question for you. Is there any news on when a Stand Alone Complex DVD boxset will be released? It's probably the only domestic anime I ever intend to buy, but I've yet to see any news regarding a release.
I just did a check, and I own... 0 anime dvds <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
It should do the whole 'volume 1 with box' thing. It is pretty damn popular.
There are currently 2 Innocence trailers available that have already been subbed.
Here they are in torrent form:
<a href='http://www.thehawks.org/hawks/bt/' target='_blank'>http://www.thehawks.org/hawks/bt/</a>[haWks]ghost_in_the_shell_2_-_innocence[xvid_promo].avi.torrent
<a href='http://www.thehawks.org/hawks/bt/' target='_blank'>http://www.thehawks.org/hawks/bt/</a>[haWks-DisTrO]Ghost_in_the_Shell_-_Innocence_Trailer_(ExtendedHQ)[Kotonoha].avi.torrent
Rightioooooooooo time for the boxsets.
For the sake of my sanity I didn't get all the digipacks out... digipacks are the small releases with a coverslip on them...
<img src='http://server4.uploadit.org/files2/150104-Boxes.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
Reference picture
<img src='http://server4.uploadit.org/files2/150104-BoxesNumbers.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
1.) Serial Experiments Lain
2.) Noir
3.) FLCL
4.) Last Exile
5.) Haibane Renmei
6.) .hack//SIGN
7.) Chobits
8.) The Vision of Escaflown: A Girl In Gaea
9.) RahXephon
10.) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
11.) Full Metal Panic
12.) Angelic Layer
13.) The Vision of Escaflowne
14.) Neon Genesis Evangelion
15.) Hunter X Hunter Box 1+2
16.) Patlabor TV Box 1
17.) Heat Guy J
18.) Fruits Basket
19.) The Transformers Season 1
20.) Anime Classics
21.) Ranma 1/2 Season 1
22.) Outlaw Star
23.) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
24.) Ninja Scroll TV
25.) Dragonball Z Movie Collection 1
26.) Dragonball Z Movie Collection 2
27.) Band of Brothers
28.) Robotech The Macross Saga Box 1
29.) Robotech The Macross Saga Box 2
30.) Robotech The Macross Saga Box 3
31.) One Piece Boxes 1-5
32.) Monty Python Movie Collection
33.) Patlabor The Movie 3 WXIII
34.) Tenchi Muyo OVA
35.) The Slayers
Missing from the picture
Trigun Box
Escaflowne Region 1 Box (If you recall I am collecting the Region 4 release for a friend)
Hunter X Hunter Boxes 3-4
Patlabor TV Box 2
Martian Successor Nadesico Box
Bubblegum Crisis 2040
Jin-roh Special Edition
Super Dimensional Fortress Macross Boxes 1-3
Probably a host of others...
I do believe my catch phrase is appropriate at this point in time.
He who dies with the most dvds, wins.
I do believe I win.
I decided to read the manga, thinking that it would sate my appetite. But I was wrong. Dear god I was wrong.
Ranma Season 1 DVD?! Damn you! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm SLOWLY losing interest in Naruto. :/
Read the mangas. The Lee-Gaara fight was NOTHING compared to what is coming up <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
I saw it not too long ago. Didn't really like it. Total over-reliance on CG. And I don't mean CG with anime-type textures, like Metropolis: I mean pure CG. It was too CG to be good anime, too anime to be good CG, too aimless to be engaging for the plot and just not cool enough to be good just for the coolness.
Read the mangas. The Lee-Gaara fight was NOTHING compared to what is coming up <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
"Fool, I'm a hundred times more powerful now"
Damn! Fruits Basket, I need to finish that, watched the first 3 DVD's and my friend can't get the 4th from her friend. Fooey. I want to watch all of Outlaw Star, what I saw of it was great, loved it. Along with .hack//SIGN...
*Buys a 1-way ticket to Anime Castle.*
Read the mangas. The Lee-Gaara fight was NOTHING compared to what is coming up <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I know it's nothing Compared to the Naruto fight with that one guy, the one with the white eyes, can't think of the name right now.
Naruto Vs Gaara
Shino Vs Kankuro
Oh yes. There are some good fights coming up ^_^
I wouldnt know friend rented a DVD dub and it was called Mr. Heat, but yeh it was neat. A mafia, a police unit, and lots of action.