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i know we have at least a few anime fans on-board...we should try and increase that by spreading the anime-love.
i'm currently watching Elfen Lied, about to start watching Gunslinger Girl. on my to-get list are Ai Yori Aoshi vol 2 and Fruits Basket.
Elfen Lied is totally awesome...a little more violent than i was expecting, but it's wicked. for those who aren't aware, it's about a sweet, benevolent girl who has brutal, supernatural powers, and the ability to dismember a person from quite a distance. she's also able to stop bullets. episode one sees her washing up on a beach and being taken in by an unsuspecting couple, who aren't aware of her extraordinary powers.
I've never really wathced any of this type of stuff. The only film I've seen is Akira which I quite enjoyed although it seemed to go on for ages (not sure what the actual runtime is).
I might have to grab a film or two just to take another look :)
Any beginner recommendations?
Matblack
05-07-2006, 11:06
i know we have at least a few anime fans on-board...we should try and increase that by spreading the anime-love.
i'm currently watching Elfen Lied, about to start watching Gunslinger Girl. on my to-get list are Ai Yori Aoshi vol 2 and Fruits Basket.
Elfen Lied is totally awesome...a little more violent than i was expecting, but it's wicked. for those who aren't aware, it's about a sweet, benevolent girl who has brutal, supernatural powers, and the ability to dismember a person from quite a distance. she's also able to stop bullets. episode one sees her washing up on a beach and being taken in by an unsuspecting couple, who aren't aware of her extraordinary powers.
For something a bit different try Habaine Renmei beautifully animated and shows relationships between charactors whilst having a hint of Ghibli charm
Also Wolf's Rain one of my favorite series and again a departure from the norm, nice fantasy setting and beautiful music
Blue Sky, Appleseed (the latest film) and Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex should all appeal
MB
Matblack
05-07-2006, 11:08
I've never really wathced any of this type of stuff. The only film I've seen is Akira which I quite enjoyed although it seemed to go on for ages (not sure what the actual runtime is).
I might have to grab a film or two just to take another look :)
Any beginner recommendations?
Appleseed (latest movie)
Wolf's Rain (this is a series)
Voices from a Distant Star
Sky Blue
All great for the anime n00b also any of the Ghibli movies starting with Spirited AwayÂ*and Princess Mononoke [smiley=10.gif]
I can lend you all this stuff btw ;)
MB
In the last two months I have watched "Castle in the Sky" several billion times.
Can we mention fansubs? :D Oh how I long to talk about fansubs.
Matblack
07-07-2006, 07:29
Knock yourself out :)
I was watching Black Cat and Blood+ both great series and worth downloading.
MB
Wooo :D Blood+ is excellent so far. Really enjoying that show. Started off a bit slow and most of my friends gave up but I just knew it had to get better based on how the original film turned out. Bleach is also excellent. I love that its weekly. It has a great blend of comedy and action together with plenty of annoying "To be continued" messages.
Anime I have lying round to get into includes;
Naruto
Mushishi (sp)
Ergo Proxy
Noein
Samurai 7
Samurai Champloo
damn fansubs. i just don't have the bandwidth for it. or the time at the moment :( i've got about 60 episodes of Bleach to watch!!
what's Blood+ about? got any links?
Matblack
07-07-2006, 12:46
http://www.bakakozou.com/
MB
ooooh...that'll keep me quiet for a bit. cheers :)
damn fansubs. i just don't have the bandwidth for it. or the time at the moment :( i've got about 60 episodes of Bleach to watch!!
what's Blood+ about? got any links?
Get a move on! Bleach is brilliant. Blood+ is a prequel series to Blood: The Last Vampire. An excellent movie.
Currently watching Great Teacher Onizuka. Bit of a change from the normal Bleach, Initial D kind of anime's that I normally watch, but surprisingly its pretty good.
I have just finished fate-stay night and that was one of the better ones I have watched recently. Its about a magicians who are forced to fight every seven years for the "holy grail", a chance to have any wish granted. They summon servants and then the masters & servents battle it out until only one remains.
"I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes."
Awesome series but that episode in the chat room is really hard to keep up with :)
I've just started watching a new one called Innocent Venus, set in a world kinda similar to the one in the Day after Tomorrow. Usual thing. Mechs, killing, psychos, innocent kids who'll probably save the world later on, etc.
Upto ep 40 on Blood+ now too. Really good series so far. About 14 episodes left I think.
One that I really would push for people to watch is FMA (Full Metal Alchemist). There are some really nasty twists during the 56 odd episode series which *will* move you with joy and heart wrenching sadness. Overall its a very entertaining series and I couldn't stop watching till the end, but damn its nasty in places.
I tried to watch that on that new tv station but it was dubbed and horrible. I plan to watch it subbed at some point as everyone seems to love it.
I thought I'd see what the fuss is about, all Janet's brothers spens an obscene amount of money on Anime. I've just bought 2 taster box sets from the Works for £7.99 and £9.99. Not had a chance to watch any yet but I'll report back when I have.
Anime, like crack but not as cheap
Just noticed that Tesco are doing the Wolf's Rain series for cheaper than moat other places at the moment at £16.99 a dvd. I need to get more... if I can't get it cheaper elsewhere I might get them here.
EDIT: Actually scrub that just found it at thehut.com for only £12.89 delivered! too good to be true? Anyone used there people before?
Matblack
14-08-2006, 23:10
Get Wolfs Rain from DVDp
http://dvdpacific.com/item.asp?ID=693714
Whole series £45 & P&P if your lucky no tax :)
MB
different region though no?
Matblack
14-08-2006, 23:28
different region though no?
Are you telling me you don't have a multiregion DVD player :shocked:
You'd be better off buying a multiregion from Richer and that set than buying the full set at ful UK price, you'll also be able to access cheap stuff in the future too :)
MB
I know I know..... mine are just cheapies :p Plus eveyone I know has cheapy players too lol
Mine was a cheapy £35 dvd player but its still multi region :p
www.aria.co.uk have done some good deals in the past for multi region players :)
Matblack
14-08-2006, 23:33
http://www.richersounds.co.uk/productlist.php?cda=productlist&sort=price&search=&feature=FULLSIZEDVDPLAYERS&manufacturer=
Tosh SD150, great DVD player £30 Multiregion
MB
Just finished: Elfen Lied (best anime i've ever seen)
Now watching: Ikki Tousen
i'm also reading Chobits...awesome set of manga - get it if you've not already read it :)
Just watched "Sky Blue" yesterday. I finally got around to buying it following Muban's recomendation after the Aberdeen meet last year :)
Loved it.. superbly done.
Was watching "Cowboy Bepop: The Movie" last night, haven't watched that in several months.
Edward has to be the best character in any film ever.
...Teeter - totter - teeter - totter...
Matblack
10-10-2006, 20:14
GIT: SAC 2nd GIG :)
MB
Appleseed will be arriving tomorrow :)
~Divine~Wind~
17-10-2006, 13:48
Ikki tousen is a good watch, very easy going and some nice battle sequences.
If you enjoy that cast an eye over Tenjou Tenge, similar vein and a damn good series.
You in for a treat with appleseed, which Im assuming is the new one.
Some beautifull animation there and the 3d and cel shaded intermingle really well, good soundtrack too.
For those that havent seen may I also reccomend:
Voices of a Distant star
The Place promised in our earyl years
Small studio with very few people working on it.
They pull both of these off amazingly, voices is only like 30mins long but when you watch it, you'll be amazed how much is stuffed into that 30minutes.
Has to be my most recent favorite, sat and watched in multiple times in a row coupla times too.
leowyatt
17-10-2006, 17:09
Appleseed will be arriving tomorrow :)
Let me know if it's any good? wanted to see that since I first saw the trailer
Matblack
17-10-2006, 17:47
Let me know if it's any good? wanted to see that since I first saw the trailer
Its excellent
MB
I might be getting back into anime shortly :)
Uni has an anime night on a friday :D
~Divine~Wind~
17-10-2006, 23:13
just watched the 5 eps of Witchblade from baka.
some of you may know its based on a US comic series, however, they seem to have made a movie flop, a live action tv series flop AND an animated series flop too LOL
guess they decided to get a company in that knew what they were doing.
Seems a new universe using the WB story.
Looking good so far, the background of the WB was introduced but not explained much, theres also some new additions in this series too. Theres already been some nice character building.
Sems like this could be one to keep an eye on.
~Divine~Wind~
17-10-2006, 23:13
Let me know if it's any good? wanted to see that since I first saw the trailer
No excuses buy now ^^
Let me know if it's any good? wanted to see that since I first saw the trailer
Absolutely superb :D
Loved it through and through. Solid story well developed, interesting animation style, i.e. using 2D cell style effect on 3D models adds an interesting spin on things.
Just watching school rumble 2nd semester. Its very much a "put your brain in neutral" anime, but damn funny and I would rate it up there with Full Metal Panic. Essentially it takes all the cliched characters in anime, stuffs them in a classroom and watches the choas unfold.
I'll try and summarise the plot as it gets random....There is the psychotic samurai nut who is obsessed with this girl. The girl in question has "super powers" meaning she can read peoples minds. Her sister is damn stupid, but is fancied by the school delinquent. The samurai nut thinks that the delinquent fancies the older sister and WW3 generally breaks out. There are tonnes more of the standard cliche'd characters in there which all bounce off each other.
It all kicks off from there, one very amusing anime. The writers love to take a situation and turn it to the most weird extremes possible.
I watch too much of this stuff, seriously.... it's not good. Well it keeps me occupied in the hotel rooms I suppose :)
Headsup, what I've been waiting for has come up on pre-order:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ghost-Shell-Complex-Complete-Collection/dp/B000MGAW0U/sr=1-1/qid=1171027632/ref=pd_bowtega_1/026-6620817-4138018?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
\o/
Forgot about this thread. :)
I got the first boxset of Cowboy Bebop and Ghost In The Shell (the film not the series) for Christmas, only watched a couple of Cowboy Bebop yet though. I have to be in the right mood to enjoy anime.
leowyatt
09-02-2007, 14:36
Haven't watched any anime for ages and ages. Ghost is a good film.
Headsup, what I've been waiting for has come up on pre-order:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ghost-Shell-Complex-Complete-Collection/dp/B000MGAW0U/sr=1-1/qid=1171027632/ref=pd_bowtega_1/026-6620817-4138018?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
\o/
Oh hell yeah! I came very close to buying the £80 set. Now to try and get the tin from Play for it to go in. Any other Bleach followers in the house? Loving the new storyline, now that its back on track and not filler.
I've not long finished watching all of Elfen Lied. really enjoyed it, though the 'extra' episode that wasn't part of the series was just ...odd lol
Back to more Wolfs Rain for me.
*makes note to get herself a new multi region dvd player* (MB-please don't slap me for not having one yet :embarassed: ;) )
i've just been watching Chobits. it's pretty good, but the manga is waaaay better.
Dymetrie
04-04-2007, 20:48
Just finished watching the 2005 remake of The Guyver.
The original (which I owned all of on VHS... it was that long ago) was only 12 episodes long and didn't contain anywhere near as much detail as the new 26 part series.
The animation is 90% superb (rather than the 60% superb from the original) and whilst the subtitles have some serious grammatical and spelling errors then the story works sooooo well.
Got a DVD sized .avi set backup here if anyone is interested in some bio-boosted fun, although alas I have no spare DVDs yet :/
/thread necromancy
Got a DVD sized .avi set backup here if anyone is interested in some bio-boosted fun, although alas I have no spare DVDs yet :/
/thread necromancy
Hmm.. must filch that from you ;)
Just a quick bump.
After watching a few episodes from the Anime Channel of Bleach, Full Metal Alchemist and Ghost In The Shell: SAC, I've gone ahead and picked up the 1st 2 Ghost in the Shell movies and the first season on SAC. Gonna try and get hold of Bleach and FMA at some point as well.
Before this the only other stuff I've watched is Akira and Spirited Away (which is amazing). So I'm kinda glad there is finally a channel for Anime in the UK.
can't wait to get moved into the new flat and get my net connection back up. quite a few things in here that i really want now.
ooh ooh, I just downloaded Hajime No Ippo - looks pretty damn good. Can't wait to start watching it. Nothing like a nice bit o' violence :D
Just a quick bump.
After watching a few episodes from the Anime Channel of Bleach, Full Metal Alchemist and Ghost In The Shell: SAC, I've gone ahead and picked up the 1st 2 Ghost in the Shell movies and the first season on SAC. Gonna try and get hold of Bleach and FMA at some point as well.
Before this the only other stuff I've watched is Akira and Spirited Away (which is amazing). So I'm kinda glad there is finally a channel for Anime in the UK.
Gits is awesome. Brilliant brilliant series. Bleach is also fantastic fun. I take it the Anime Channel is dubbed? Death note is also a great series, pretty dark but cool.
Aye, it's dubbed. I know a few people who have seen the originals with subs and prefer it, but I don't know any different so it's good to me.
I doubt I could get into the dub. I've seen Bleach from ep1 subbed. I think it would be strange.
This could be handy for everyone.... get hold of the Community Codec Pack from Anime Supreme. I have just reinstalled and got the latest version. Simply it plays everything straight away! Coupled with the new zoom player its very slick, none of the messing around finding the correct codec / version of ffd show
I'm after some new anime but have no idea what is and isn't good. I love GITS and just about to order the 2nd gig boxset, Seen the first season of Bleach so getting hold of that. Apart from that really I have no idea. Would prefer shows though if at all possible. Also, where is the best place to buy them from?
Wellington
25-11-2007, 13:30
Can't believe no-ones mentioned Ninja Scroll yet.... tsk tsk tsk
I like watching:
Naruto (although shinpudden is no where near as good as pre-timeskip, fillers not included).
Bleach
Claymore - This one is cool, about half human, half demon women who go round killing other demons.
Deathnote - Really cool storyline, involving loads of twists etc.... ends a bit poo tho imo.
Berserk - I like this one too.
Watched loads of others to tho, other memorable ones include, Samurai Champloo, Ninja Scroll (original, didnt like the series), Ghost in a shell, Street Fighter... and of course full metal alchemist.
Death Note is awesome. Very dark. I'm currently enjoying Gundam 00. Nothing like mech on mech action.
It's a bit of an old one now, but I HIGHLY recommend Read or Die. There's a 3 episode OVA that comes first (kind of like a miniseries if you're not familiar with them) which is then followed by a 26 episode series (often referred to as Read Or Die TV on the net) - it's important to watch the OVA first as it introduces some important characters.
The whole series is kind of like a Japanese X-Men, and gets bonus points for having part of it set in London with members of the British Library Special Forces Division joining in the fight.
I also recommend Great Teacher Onizuka - you can't go wrong with a story about a thug from a biker gang deciding he wants to become a teacher :)
I've not been impressed with a lot of the new anime this year, though I've heard that Claymore is very good, so I may have to pick that up.
Cowboy Bebop and Full Metal Alchemist. Both are epic!
Never been into anime, but these both having amazing audio, which is what I go for in a lot of media.
I just order Afro Samurai from Play so hopefully that will be good ;)
I've still not got round to finishing Full Metal Panic or Cowboy Bebop, really must get round to it :o
I just order Afro Samurai from Play so hopefully that will be good ;)
Saw it the other week. Its pretty cool. Bloody as a Bloody Mary in a vampire bar though.
If you like Bloody you should watch Berserk, i thought it was awesome, although i didnt like the ending.....:(
I have been watching Sayonara zetsubou sensei by Shaft. Its turning out to be a damn good but slightly twisted comedy. Give it 3 episodes and then decide. The teacher happens to be mr "extreme negative" and takes the worst possible view in any situation, just as he decides that its time to end it all he meets miss "extreme positive". Now she cannot see the badness in any situation. Cue him teaching a class of spit personality, hermit, manic obsessive, internet idol's and hermit's and its all set up to be a really twisted but funny anime.
You can grab some eps from baka-updates.com and I don't think its licensed yet.
Tis an old thread but worthy of resurrection. Right Stuf is clearing out a load of dvds and series
http://www.rightstuf.com/rssite/
Is £18 the limit on dvds imported? I think this went up recently? Some of them are down to about £2 a dvd!
There does seem to be a lack of really epic anime out at the moment, almost seems to be a factory line. The one that I say is worth a watch at the moment is Soul Eater. The style is rather off the wall and I wasn't sure at first. However give it a few eps and it develops into a good story.
Essentially its about Shinigami's, "weapons", and Meistes (weapon users). If you had a person that always grew up as a weapon, they need a Meistes to be able to fight demons. The weapons and Meistes get stronger by eating the souls of demons after they lose. Throw a good helping of comedy in and you have Soul Eater. Worth a watch.
At the moment I'm watching Samurai Champloo again which has similar themed humour to Cowboy Bepop. To balance the scales i'll watch Aoi Yori Aosi which is a beautiful love story around an arranged marrage between two powerful clans. It didn't go to plan and the story starts from there. It's not all about mindless fighting in anime.
Bit of a cheeky post, but anyone still into anime?
I ask as I'm thinking of selling on my Cowboy Bebop and Full Metal Panic boxsets and I'd rather they went to someone I know as they're in such immaculate nick :)
I might be interested in the Full Metal Panic Boxsets. Is it the first one, fumoffu or second raid?
It's the first one :)
http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/3437623//Product.html?P36=C26JXU This one to be exact. Not even watched half the discs :o
Cool, yeah I'll take it off you if it's okay. If you let me know how much you want and how you want paying I'll get it sorted :)
Sure I'll send you a PM now :)
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