Anime Apolyton

[Jon Shafer]

I'm certain End of Evangelion has already been released here.

[Harry Seldon]

Have you seen it yet?

[Jon Shafer]

I've seen the Japanese version. I'm pretty sure I remember seeing my friend having bought it when it came out last fall.

[Sarxis]

Originally posted by Trip
I'm certain End of Evangelion has already been released here.

I saw it at Blockbuster a long time ago. Well over a year ago.

[ixnay]

I own the End of Evangelion DVD.

[DanS]

September gets moving more again, with Infinite Ryvius, Animation Runner Kuromi, Cat Soup, and the end of GTO.

I have started watching GTO and it's really funny. Similar comedy to Trigun. Apparently, some of the later episodes are repetitive, however. But until I get to those, I'm having fun.

I've also been watching Love Hina. Cute and funny, but some eps aren't very good.

[Jon Miller]

I love FLCL

Jon Miller

[Harry Seldon]

I saw it at Blockbuster a long time ago. Well over a year ago

I guess you're right. Looks like it came out in 1997.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000068OJ1/qid=1060884885/sr=2-3/ref=sr_2_3/103-5371676-9789459

After seeing Death and Rebirth I think I'd have to go back and watch the series from the beginning. D&R made little sense until the very end.

[Jon Shafer]

Rebirth is actually the first half of EoE.

[Wraith]

--"Anyway, what is the 27th episode,"

Well, it's pretty much been covered, but to sum up:

26 TV episodes.
Death and Rebirth (recap of the show, plus Rebirth is almost the same as the first part of End of Evangelion)
End of Evangelion (final movie; basically covers what else was going on in episodes 25 and 26).

There's also Director's Cut versions of several episodes (everything after 20, I think) which ADV actually licensed and will be releasing eventually. There's a few minutes worth of extra footage, including some scenes that would help clarify part of EoE.

Everything except the Director's Cut has been out for a while.

--"I have started watching GTO and it's really funny."

It's pretty amusing. It does have some problems, but overall it's a pretty decent series.

--"I've also been watching Love Hina."

Some eps aren't very good? This was my worst anime buy ever. I decided to try it since there was so much good stuff being said about it and it turned out to be pretty darn bad. Lots of excessive violence and fanservice, but not much else.

Wraith
I am the very model of a Heroine Barbarian

[Harry Seldon]

Lots of excessive violence

Excessive violence is bad? I have to admit that's one of the things that draws me into some anime. I remember the first time I saw the initial ninja massacre scene from ninja scroll and thinking that it had to be one of the most wicked evil things I have ever seen.

[DanS]

I guess this is the latest Anime Apolyton?

Anyway, I just finished the Crest of the Stars (Seikai no Monshou)/Battle Flag of the Stars (Seikai no Senki)/Battle Flag of the Stars II (Seikai no Senki II) series and can't recommend this space opera enough. Fabulous. Totally stoked. The pace of the series is fairly slow, so some might be turned off by that.

As I understand it, Crest of the Stars and Battle Flag of the Stars are both available in R1 DVD. I watched a fansub of Battle Flag of the Stars II, which apparently was released in high definition in Japan (not sure--in the credits, it appears to have HD references, and have heard that some anime is now being released in Japan's analog HDTV format). Don't think it has been licensed yet in the States, although Wraith might know more about that. It should make an excellent transfer to DVD, or any other higher definition format available by that time.

Apparently, there is another novel out in the series on which the anime is based. It hasn't made it to anime yet in Japan.

[Jon Miller]

I disliked Ninja Scroll

JHonM MIler

[JCG]

The extremely chopped up / censored / muted / ridiculized version of Saint Seiya (an 80's anime) was just shown on Cartoon Network as "Knights of the Zodiac" some hours ago, btw.

Way to make something dated even worse, DiC.

I think I'm going to get myself some more Naruto to make up for the wasted time...

[monolith94]

I just saw the Samurai X OVAs, the ones detailing Kenshin's early life, having seen ABSOLUTELY NO rorouni kenshin stuff before this. I thought the artwork was gorgeous, and the plot was pretty engaging, but it was all a bit hard to follow, and I had troubling caring for some of the characters. Also, I had trouble with some of the messages of the thing. Overall, I found it good, but flawed.

I've also recently seen the first two episodes of Serial Experiments: Lain - I'll be frank and say I found the first two episodes completely engaging and masterfully done. The animation is extremely professional, and the plot is hinted at, more than it is explicated. The series deals very seriously with themes of death and isolation in an age of the internet. Totally fascinating stuff.