MiSo

an anime forum would be great.

tropple

I beg to disagree. What is needed is enough threads to warrant a group, not one huge-assed thread where we all tell each other now much we like aniime.

I posted this last week:

http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=77170

It's got 9-10 views. No one said a thing. Even to say that they didn't really like Armitage, or had never heard of it, Nothing. Nada. Zip.

There is no interest and no response to anime posts. That's why there is no Anime forum.

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Ganguro

someone's upset that we didnt read his post
Actually.. there might be casual or diehard fans of anime, but this site doesnt need MORE forums.. it has too many already ( when i first joined TFP had like.. 10 forums tops) The chance of an anime Forum is nill, but we can discuss it. MAybe if more threads started about anime and the ilk, it would show interest.. but if someone hasnt seen appleseed the thread would go like this:

"Have you seen X anime"
"No"

And that would be it. Not very interactive huh?



I just dug this thread up for shits and giggles.. when interest dies down, it'll dissapear.. but for now.. enjoy it.. This isnt a competiton. When something out there grabs your eye let us know about it, new thread or not.. If the interest is there to discuss it.. then it'll happen on it's own.

Ganguro

I saw the Casshern movie, it's pretty darn good, the original i didnt like that much, but the movie was actually decent.

There are a few live action movies comming out soon. DevilMan is the one i can think of right now, butthere is another one..i forget the name of it. The NGE movie, is that still being worked on?

If you think grave of fireflies is depressing.. Watch Sashuu Heiki Kanojo (SaiKano), or Voices of a Distant Star. There are a lot of dramas out there that just happen to be animated. A lot of people think anime=cartoons; but it's really just a medium to tell a story. (As one parent from my local group recently found out after buying her kid Perfect Blue)

I bought some time ago the Studio Ghibli Boxset with all of Miyazaki's movies in it (except Spirited Away) and havent watched through all of them yet. I keep getting stuck on Totoro, Kiki's and Porco Rosso (which Disney is dragging it's feet to do a theatrical release in the states for some reason). I'll have to actually sit down and watch Laputa one day, because i've heard great things about it for years.

tropple

Okay, that's it.

I'm sending my fleet of giant mechas after you!

:-)

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Lak

Just bumpin this one in case someone can tell me...

In Serial Experiments Lain, how is she able to affect the real world from the net? I still don't QUITE have my head around that one detail.

I've just had myself a mini Lain marathon... *feels spaced out*

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MichaelFarker

I love anime because it makes great artwork accessible and enjoyable to me. Monet and Rodin on my tv.

Another great part of it is the interesting characters. Some anime does a fantastic job of developing characters and drawing you into their world. In the process the best anime teaches you a little bit about what people are like.

Some anime makes me laugh out loud or feel like I am on top of the world. Few mainstream tv shows and movies have had the same impact on me, however entertaining they may be.

I've had trouble finding most of what I wanted to see for many years now, not wanting to buy dvds. I'm giving Netflix a try and it seems to make it a lot easier.

*edit* My favorite so far has been Cowboy Beebop for the intermingling of music and story, the cheerful approach to personal loss and the unusual characters. Please feel free to turn me on to something better.

Hain

OK I didn't see that this was answered about the NGE movies* coming out but remember the Evangelion series, the 20 odd episodes, that ended in an insanity about some super consciousness and other nonsense about alternate lives... well the movies that came out and will come out are to correct that folly since the creator received death threats and even bricks thrown at his house.

Also, has anyone heard of a new LIVE ACTION EVANGELION MOVIE!! I read it somewhere, then heard it by someone else, and I freaked. I am a huge fan of the giant battling robots, started off with Robot Jox (it's not an anime).

And the Bubblegum Crisis: Story of the Knight Sabers and Tokyo 2040 were great. I own them both. However was Total Crash really that good? The guy at Suncoast said that he refused to sell it to me because, in his expert opinion, it was crap. Let my buy BGC: Story... but not Crash.

Also, :waits for samurai to come in and slash me up: I'd love a Tilted Anime in interests. Then we could find discussions pertaining to exactly what we are looking for.

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degrawj

The only anime I like is Air Master. Air Master fucking RULES!!!!!!!

Vizzini

If anyone has any remote interest in anime, you got a check out Scrapped Princess and Last Exile.

Definately two of the best out there.

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MiSo

scrapped princess was interesting for the first couple episodes, but then it kinda faded.

Naruto, Hunter x Hunter, Gantz, Bleach are a few great ones that come to mind.

Willravel

I've sure enjoyed GITS: Stand Alone Complex on Saturday evening lately. Well written, well illustrated, well directed, and fantastic music make it one of the better anime series out there. It was great watching it before I want out to see GITS: Innocence, too.

boom29

If anyone's interested in an anime with great character development and a deep plot I highly recommend Twin Spica. It might be a bit slow developming for some, and is not action-packed, but the story line is excellent. I'm not very good at writing reviews, so feel free to check out the link so that you can get a better idea as to what the anime is about.

Twin Spica reviews

Twin Spica is only 20 episodes, and they are available at animesuki.com. I've watched the series three times, and each time is just as good as the last.

Slavakion

Most of the way through Full Metal Alchemist right now, and I love it. Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex is on its way, then I'll check out Evangelion.

tspikes51

Favorite animes:

Ninja Scroll
Vampire Hunter D
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
Tekken

I also liked the Evangelion mangas.

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Siege

my favourite is probably the Rurouni Kenshin OVA series... (the first 4... not the ones about his dumbass kid....)

i just finished:
My HiME: pretty solid story and character development, but the ending was lame...
Air: Again, solid character development (of the few main characters anyway....) and the ending isn't terrible... it's a drama though.. so not for those "naruto and DBZ pwns joo people"

in progress:
Bleach: so far it's good, but unless the story picks up, i'm just going to keep downloading it for collection's sake...
Naruto: Lost interest in this a long time ago.... downloaded simply for collection purposes and to lend to my lazy friends....
Monster: Only on ep 15, but so far it's an excellent anime about a serial killer and the doctor who saved his life (who, ironically, is also trying to kill him)

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akito

I love anime.. it's a hobby and a minor addiction, if you will. From Evangelion to Excel Saga, Irresponsible Captain Tylor to Lain, I love just about all anime I've watched (and I've watched a good deal of it)

I would love to see an anime forum!

Kalnaur

Both, though I find anime more easily accesible. Having said that, Manga does have it's place and is a fine addition to the fine art of the graphic novel.

Hellsing
Steel Angel Kurumi
Rune Soldier
Record of the Loddoss War
Excel Saga
Witch Hunter Robin
Blue Seed

Though pretty much anything that has magic and humor will work for me.

Nothing, just got done watching Twelve Kingdoms with my wife. It's a bit dry, but it's really pretty, and I'm an artist any way.

I, personally, would rather have dubbed than subbed anime. Odd, since I prefer all foreign live action films subbed. Anyway, anime is continuing to make a faily big splash in the US, most likely pushed by the continued love in this country of anything Japanese and also the clamouring for video games. My only hope is it continues and that people who watch anime gain an apreciation ofthe culture from which anime and manga comes. I know I still am.

Not really. Then again, a better question might be "what do you consider unknown?"

Don't really have one. Mine is the interest in the art and the story. Characters help the story move.

Longer in years than I can count on both hands.

Korean manga art commonly has bigger breasts on the women. I kid you not, that is the first thing I noticed.

Yes. Mainly pornographic anime, but anime none the less.

And now a question for the enthused fans of anime: What is better, subbed or dubbed, and why?

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Nikilidstrom

For me, it depends on how I first saw that particular anime. For example, I first watched Cowboy Bebop dubbed, and got used to the voices and the personality that came through those voices. So when I watched it again subbed, I found I wasn't able to connect to the characters as well as before.

On the other hand, the first time I saw Record of the Lodoss War, it was subbed, and I finished the series that way. I later saw a few episodes dubbed, and found the voices to be extremely annoying.

I have many other examples of this in my own experience, so I'd have to say it holds true across the genre for me.

KnifeMissile

The unfortunate reality is that anime simply isn't popular enough on TFP to warrant its own forum. As big as TFP is, it really isn't that big and very few people on here enjoy it, not to mention how broad a subject it is.

Hell, even Tilted Programming doesn't even deserve its own forum. It only got one because of long time requests from the very few but enthusiastic programmers on TFP.

Having said that, it's unfortunate that there's no anime forum, too, because a single thread about something as broad as anime simply doesn't cut it. It's not useful to see a post about one series only to see a response be another post about some other series. If you have something to say about anime, unless a moderator has said otherwise (and I don't see why they would have), please start a new thread...

spectre

You won't get any arguement from me on this.

I'm a huge Naruto, Bleach, and Hellsing fan.

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KnifeMissile

I like, both, Naruto and Bleach but I prefer One Piece over either of them. It really does have a better story...

ariekitten

ah.....anime! i think it would be a great idea to start up an anime forum. there are so many things i'd love to discuss with others regarding the meanings and plot twists, etc. also, i'm sorta outta the loop when it comes to what newer anime is good to watch, so people could recommend stuff.

i've seen alot of animes, but a few of my favorites are:
Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Berserk, Lain, Fruitsbasket, Excel Saga, Evangelion, Full Metal Alchemist (just too many to list!)

I had been reading the manga of Battle Royale and man it's pretty intense and gory. Regarding what I thought about the ending of Evangelion....i think that it came down to shinji having the choice of whether or not to save his race and condemn the angels. god was upset with the humans and meant to destroy them, but somehow through the eva project and other events, shinji was the one who was left up to deciding, and i guess he saw that humans were ultimately not worth saving....so sad. he let the as he once knew it fade away and embraced the new one.

ok, so any other opinions regarding the ending of evangelion? or other animes?

anyone know if they're going to make more fruitsbasket? i'm addicted, heh.

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I started out on Bebop, wormed over to Trigun, hit GITS (SAC & 2nd gig), which led to Appleseed and of course Full metal alchemist, Hellsing, and vamp hunter d.
Turned my brain off to enjoy Oh my Goddess, and am trying to appreciate Bleach

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