Classic Anime

Post by **G.Silver** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:38 pm

Ritz wrote:Alien 9

I never thought I'd see the day!

Alien 9 is my favorite in manga form, but I like the anime too. That Hitoshi Tomizawa is freakin' crazy!

Isuka · Post by **Isuka** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:16 pm

Well, just watched both Lucky Star's and Gurren Lagann's first episodes.
They're almost complete opposites; while I respect Tsuyoshi for enduring 16 sessions of what's probably complete brainless, badly animated torture (I stopped after the stupid Street Fighter II parody, it was made of boredom and FAIL), good Lagann stroke me like almost nothing before, maybe something like One Piece was comparable to such greatness but still falls short to it.

On another note, I'd appreciate some advice on Texhnolyze and Excel Saga, they both sound quite good to me, and another short OVA series I strongly recommend is Tenamonya Voyagers.

Oh, and I saw the first scene of Cagliostro no Shiro at school after passing my third year in Japanese (I have since left it on a stand-by, the lessons are quite hard and expensive), I'll find a way to watch the entire thing, along with Walther P38 ~In Gedenken an die Walther P38~.

Brazillian Cara · Post by **Brazillian Cara** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:34 pm

Old anime? If you like Saint Seiya, you can try Bit-X; it's basicaly the same thing, only with robots and more women, and the most horrifying monster I've ever seen on anything. It has its moments, but like the other show, it takes itself too seriously- plus, both have the same frikkin' protagonist, even if the names are different. Hey, at least I mentioned it.

And yeah, I'll definetly give a try to those drillers.

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:13 pm

I watched the first episode of Lucky Star. It made me really hungry and bored me at the same time. By the end, I think I felt my brain trying to escape out my left ear.

Tsuyoshi-kun · Post by **Tsuyoshi-kun** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:37 pm

Isuka wrote:while I respect Tsuyoshi for enduring 16 sessions of what's probably complete brainless, badly animated torture (I stopped after the stupid Street Fighter II parody, it was made of boredom and FAIL)

Actually, I skipped episodes 14 and 15 to see the Haruhi Suzumiya bit everyone raved on the Internet about. I stopped after that. The recent Pani Poni Dash does the same stuff Lucky Star does and adds in some Excel Saga into the mix, and does it a lot better and funnier.

Good to see you abandoned when you did. You're not missing much.

Isuka · Post by **Isuka** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:17 pm

Fun fact: Konata is around 17 years old. Yoko is 14. Talk about different metabolisms!
Maybe Cara's talking about B't X. It's cool, yeah, but not quite there with Saint Seiya... also, actually there aren't many women in it, the only important one's Karen. But that scene with the mechanical twins slowly dying was frankly awesome.

Brazillian Cara · Post by **Brazillian Cara** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:03 am

Oh yeah, that's the name.
Not many women? Most of the non-fighting enemy forces were composed of females, if I remember well. Also, other important characters include Aramis, and Saori-with-a-haircut (Karen's sister)- I mean, she is the only other survivor of the cast besides Seiya and Kotarou. And maybe Juggler.

On other news, Gurren-Lagann is no One Piece, but kicks ass nonetheless. Anyone knows where I can find episodes 15-forward subbed?

One Classy Bloke · Post by **One Classy Bloke** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:11 pm

It gets even more awesome and epic later on, probably equal to One Piece by then

jenkins · Post by **jenkins** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:21 pm

Foolhardy of me to ask, but was the Densha Otoko song intentionally unrelated to the story?

If there is an anime out there anything like that theme song, I must see it.

Isuka · Post by **Isuka** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 7:21 pm

I just read that a local DVD publisher is going to distribute Paprika and, in the next months, no other than Tekkon Kinkreet. Unlike j-man, I actually squealed with joy and will promptly mail this people to try and convince them to distribute Dead Leaves or Mind Game.

Also, instead of making another Zone of the Enders OVA or movie, Konami's busy pleasing the ever-growing pedo crowd.

On Gurren Lagann's fourth episode; definitely there's nothing wrong with the animation style itself, but there's indeed something weird with the characters' design. They look like, I don't know, 1960's cartoon characters?
I'm currently downloading Zetsubou Sensei, and I just remembered Shaman King was really cool. I miss it.

Brazillian Cara · Post by **Brazillian Cara** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 8:27 pm

Since this topic was brought back:
-OCB, most of the files in that link somehow don't play on my computer- I have yet to figure out exactly what kind of SD files my PC supports. Until then, I'll just wait for the slow, yet more-than-decent updates from http://order.kipsta.net/

-Also, Ghost Sweeper Mikami. Because everyone needs a little 80's on their lives.

Senbei · Post by **Senbei** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 9:21 am

So I guess Adult Swim is going to be airing Death Note. So if you haven't encountered it in the 15,000 countries obssessed with it, now's the time to get watching!

Post by **Delphine** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:16 am

What's Death Note?

Cuckooguy · Post by **Cuckooguy** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:29 am

It's about a game of cat and mouse. Except the mouse has the power to kill people by writing their name in a notebook, and though the mouse wants to kill the cat when he becomes aware that a cat is trying to catch him, he doesn't know the cat's real name, thus begins a game where everyone has to stay one step ahead of eachother.

Post by **Pepperidge** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:57 am

Just in case you're still not sold on Gurren-Lagann, you'd better watch this.

Post by **Delphine** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:28 pm

Cuckooguy wrote:It's about a game of cat and mouse. Except the mouse has the power to kill people by writing their name in a notebook, and though the mouse wants to kill the cat when he becomes aware that a cat is trying to catch him, he doesn't know the cat's real name, thus begins a game where everyone has to stay one step ahead of eachother.

Sounds dumb.

Isuka · Post by **Isuka** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:43 pm

Sounds like a really dark and sinister version of Tom & Jerry.

And, ironically, Mikami's anime dates from 1993. Yeah, the animation is so "awkward", it almost looks like an 80's show.

Post by **Delphine** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 4:55 pm

Right, see now I'm thinking of L licking himself.

I just figured I'd share. My misery is your misery.

Senbei · Post by **Senbei** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 6:56 pm

Man, yeah. It seems really natural for him to do it, too, what with him being so monkey-ish.

Isuka · Post by **Isuka** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:34 pm

Do monkeys lick themselves?
I only knew that they eat each others' fleas and stuff.

Also; BESTEST ANIMU OF TEH EVAR.
EOT

EDIT: Here comes a (new?) challenger!!

Brazillian Cara · Post by **Brazillian Cara** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:46 pm

Also, for the (hopefully) many of you who care, One Piece's Skypia Saga starts this saturday on Toonami- now with 90% less dumb script rewrites.

Isuka · Post by **Isuka** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:33 pm

... No wonder that, since the first time I've seen it and up until this very moment, Macross Plus proudly stands as my favorite anime (and yeah, it's a 9-year-old AMV and I just found it... :( ).

Also, were Boukyaku no Senritsu, Betterman and RahXephon any good?

Arcade · Post by **Arcade** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 3:59 pm

Betterman is kind of ok...