Anime Apolyton

[Wraith]

--" Or is it more along the lines of "Oh no, they have stolen the dragonballs! Again!""

Yeah, that's pretty much it. Inu Yasha and Kagome (and friends) have to collect the Shikon no Tama shards, and all the other youkai (demons) want them because it increases their power. It's mostly a back and forth thing between them and one rather powerful one in particular.
It's as much about the relationships between the characters as the adventure, though. If you've seen Ranma you've probably got a fair idea of what Inu Yasha is like.

--"I think this falls under the less known category?"

It's fairly new, mostly. It was made by the team that made Excel Saga and Puni Puni Poemi, so I bet ADV licenses it.

--"I've been watching Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 on the Action Channel on weekends."

I haven't seen 2040 yet, just the original and Crash. If you've seen the original, let me know how 2040 compares.

--"That's the other thing, Wraith, it's not a credits course."

Ah. So it's more of a "do I have time to do this?" sort of thing. I'd go for it if I could, but I remember what my college course schedule was like.

Wraith
"Ecchi nano wa ikenai to omoimasu."
-- Mahoro ("Mahoromatic")

[zapnic]

okei i like sailor moon its my favorite
but i was looking some (hentai)anime movie and one of girl have penis Weird?
is Japanese people's little bit perverted?

[Skanky Burns]

Hentai is perverted.

I was watching Lain for the first time ever, and I noticed that in class she was learning C! Wutang!

[Skanky Burns]

Watching Lain and also drinking (heavily) wasn't the best decision I have ever made. ****, that movie is emotional.

Episode 2 down, moving onto 3 now...

EDIT:
After episode 2 I was almost crying. After episode 3, I was almost crying again. This time from laughter though. Emotional is the word of the day.
Episode 5 down...

[Wraith]

--"is Japanese people's little bit perverted?"

Sure, but so are pretty much everyone else. You'd be really scared if you knew about some of the live-action stuff coming out of Germany, for instance...

--"I was watching Lain for the first time ever, and I noticed that in class she was learning C!"

Yeah, there are plenty of computer references in Lain.

--"Episode 5 down..."

I do hope you watched four first

Still, watching Lain drunk would be almost as bad as watching Lain stoned.
Still, a very good show.

Wraith
"Fulfill the prophesy"
-- ("Serial Experiments: Lain")

[Skanky Burns]

Still, a very good show.

Indeed.
And yes, I am watching this series in order.

Which is a problem, as I have downloaded all except for episode 7. The major poblem is that episode 7 is the next one I have to see.
Still, for what I have seen, Lain (the entire series) will be my next purchase. Or perhaps a birthday present considering my current finances.

"No matter where you go, everyone's connected"
-- ("Serial Experiments: Lain")

[monolith94]

Downloading episodes of Lain right now.

[Wraith]

Quick bump for a couple bits of news.

First, AnimeNation, the online store, has entered the dubbing business. Their first title will be Omishi Magical Theater: Risky/Safety. It's a 24 episode (half-length episodes) series about a girl name Moe and the apprentice shinigami (think devil) named Risky who's supposed to collect her soul. Risky's task is complicated both by her own apprentice level and by her having to share a body with Safety, apprentice angel. Cute and humorous.

Secondly, Spirited Away did pretty well at the Annie's. It won all four of the awards it had been nominated for, including "Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature". We'll know about the Oscar nominations soon.

Wraith
"Yoroshiku, Baby"
-- Risky ("Risky/Saftey")

[DanS]

I haven't seen 2040 yet, just the original and Crash. If you've seen the original, let me know how 2040 compares.

I liked 2040 a lot better. In 2034, the characters weren't introduced very well. Indeed, it was sort of tough to make out who was who. This was one of the strengths of 2040. It was pretty engaging from the start. And had updated drawing to boot.

The only complaint I have is that the story started to drag in the middle-end. Too few ideas for too many episodes. But the few ideas that they had were pretty cool.

2040 is a solid 7 in my book. 2034 is a 5. Haven't seen Crash.

Btw, what is BitTorrent? Is it something like eDonkey?

[ixnay]

BitTorrent:

http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/

The gist of it is that one central location hosts a .torrent file. When you start downloading this file, BitTorrent will kick in and allocate space for whatever it is you're downloading. As you download it, you also upload parts you've downloaded to other people currently downloading it. So basically, the more people there are that downlaod it, the faster it goes.

Some links that have .torrent files:

http://www.bstark.pp.se/bittorrent/

http://www.animesuki.com/ (seems to be down at the moment)

Also in other news, the first part of the Animatrix has been released:

http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/index_anime.html

[Wraith]

--"2040 is a solid 7 in my book. 2034 is a 5. Haven't seen Crash."

Hmm. Crash wasn't as good as the original BGC, to me. I may have to try 2040, I'm sure someone in the club will have it. Still, I'll probably want to go through Trigun first.

--"And had updated drawing to boot."

Heh. I don't mind the old style of animation. Some shows work with it quite well. Although I still haven't heard anything else about Legend of the Galactic Heroes, unfortunately.

Wraith
"May I ask why I'm tied up?"
-- Safety ("Risky Safety")

[DaShi]

Yay!

I finished watching Lain over the weekend. Very enjoyable, but still so many questions.

[DanS]

Still, I'll probably want to go through Trigun first.

I rank Trigun a 9, so I think your priorities are correct. Trigun didn't drag in the later stages (at least for me). A lot of new ideas throughout.

I don't mind the old style of animation.

All of the women had hairdos with bangs! It was so 80s!

Ixnay: Thanks. I'll check it out.

[Wraith]

--"Very enjoyable, but still so many questions."

I won't promise this will help answer the questions, but check out Thought Experiments Lain.
Of course, part of the charm of the series is that it resists trying to give a pat, trite answer to the issues it raises.

--"I rank Trigun a 9, so I think your priorities are correct."

Yeah, I keep hearing really good things about Trigun, so I know I'll have to watch it eventually. The problem is that I heard really good things about Love Hina and want a few hours of my life back...

--"All of the women had hairdos with bangs! It was so 80s!"

You think that's bad, you should try some stuff like Armored Trooper: Votoms. Good story, but man that music took a while to get used to.

Wraith
"There are only stupid people around me, but they mean well."
-- Hiei ("Yu Yu Hakusho")

[DaShi]

Been there. Cyberia is good, but I'm not entirely happy with their interpretations. I'll have to watch it again. Thanks for bringing it to my attention in the first. Great thread!