Anime Apolyton

[Frankychan]

Another one I'm thinking of purchasing...

What about 'Helsing'? It's a collection that costs about $125.00 here. I'm not gonna drop down that cash if it sucks,but my friend said that she likes it....but she's a little morbid.

[Kassiopeia]

I watched Read or Die yesterday. It's excellent I tells ya. Good animation, good soundtrack, lots of imagination. The plot is a bit failing but that's forgivable when it's only a three-ep OVA. What I really liked was the "I am going to enjoy watching this" feeling that I got after watching the opening. Proved to be correct. I really really really hope that a television series is in the works. But they had better not touch the opening theme. And get Iwasaka Taku to compose the soundtrack for the series too.

AnimeNation recently entered the dubbing business. Their first title is Risky/Safety.

IIRC AN reported that it would start importing and dubbing anime on April 1st. I was sure that it was a joke until I found out more and decided it'd be too elaborate for a prank.

But the download option is interesting, time to check out what their work is like.

I think Perfect Blue is next

I liked Perfect Blue, delightfully schizoid. Some might think the theme is overused, but in my opinion PB used it well.

I'd definitely recommend that one. Fair warning, though, I've shown it to several people, and they've all considered it to be something of a mind****.

Hell yes

[Harry Seldon]

I've looked at Helsing, too, but was unsure. They've broken the set into individuals here so I may get one to check it out.

[Wraith]

--"I think Perfect Blue is next "

That's a good one. One of the few anime thriller style movies I've seen.
This is one of the movies that people say things like "but they could have made that live action" a lot. Which is true. From what I've heard, the budget was cut back and the went with animation because it was cheaper at the time.

--"What about 'Helsing'"

I haven't seen much of it, but that's because the little I did see wasn't that engaging. I'd recommend trying before you buy if at all possible.

--"I watched Read or Die yesterday. It's excellent I tells ya."

Yes, it's a quite good action series (emphasis on the action, which is why the plot isn't that deep). Best super-power ever.

I was a bit surprised. US Manga's release on this was actually half-way decent. Technically it rates about a B-, which is a major step up for Manga, but not as good as it could have been.

Too bad about their translator, though. He mistranslated all the little signs in Yomiko's apartment. The bit at the end is "Nenene", which happens to the be name of Yomiko's close friend from the manga and books. There are some other translation problems, but mostly with the dub script.

--"I really really really hope that a television series is in the works."

There's one that should be starting in Japan really soon now if it hasn't already. It won't have Yomiko in it, however. It's based on Read or Dream, which is the sequel to Read or Die, and has a different group of characters (not that Miss Deep was in the manga or books in the first place).

--"I was sure that it was a joke until I found out more and decided it'd be too elaborate for a prank."

They're just following Right Stuf's lead. Whether they can do it sucessfully or not is another question.

--"time to check out what their work is like."

It's definitely a children's series. IIRC, it's 24 10 minute episodes. There's plenty of cute, of course, and it can get pretty amusing when Risky and Safety get into fighting over who gets to run the body.
Unfortunately, they're making a big deal about how they're using the fansub translations for the subtitles. This is not a good idea.

Wraith
"My book!"
-- Yomiko Readman ("Read or Die")

[muxec]

Japanese cartoons suck! I have nothing against anime pics but Japanese scenarios are ugly.

[Spiffor]

You have obviously not seen Serial Experiments Lain then. Nothing more surprising than its scenario.

[muxec]

You have obviously not seen...

How did you guess?

[loinburger]

Just a shot in the dark, but maybe he figured that you were the type of person who'd make a hasty generalization of an entire genre based on a relatively small (and undoubtedly ill-considered) sample, and would then tell people about your hasty generalization as though they'd actually care.

[Spiffor]

You seem not to keen on seeing anime, and I doubt a anime-hostile guy would see something not really mainstream, like Lain.

[muxec]

You seem not to keen on seeing anime, and I doubt a anime-hostile guy would see something not really mainstream, like Lain.

I saw Akira and some other ap. cartoon with untranslatable back name and it was enought for me. They try to achieve cartoon quality by FPS (Fire per second).

French, Russian and USAian cartoons are great.

[Harry Seldon]

Get Ninja Scroll. You'd like that. What kind of French cartoons are you talking about? I've never seen any but Id be curious enough to check one out.

[muxec]

Originally posted by Harry Seldon
Get Ninja Scroll. You'd like that. What kind of French cartoons are you talking about? I've never seen any but Id be curious enough to check one out.

It was translatad as "Stories of uncle beaver" or something about it.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Wraith
--"I think Perfect Blue is next "

That's a good one. One of the few anime thriller style movies I've seen.
This is one of the movies that people say things like "but they could have made that live action" a lot. Which is true. From what I've heard, the budget was cut back and the went with animation because it was cheaper at the time.

I don't think PB would have been as good, live action. It would have been just another typical thriller. You didn't expect this in a cartoon, but live action it would have been rather predictable, I think.

If I get hired fulltime, which is in the realm of possibility, I'm gonna have to start rebuilding my anime collection. I have no idea where most of it went.

[Jon Miller]

just got done with perfect blue

it was good

spriggan and memories next

wasn't too impressed with ninja scroll

was Lupen (or wahtever) french?

Jon Miller

[raghar]

Why not try Ranma 1/2?
Parents decided that heir of Satome family would marry one of daughters of other family. The problem was Ranma has biger breast than Akane Tendo. (Akane is girl of course). So Ranma must become her husband, and don't forget that Akane is dominant. ^_^
It was love at first sight "never"

And grandad Happosai. It was wonderfull. "he bathed him? How can he be so cruel?"