Anime info - new and old (No spam ! Comprende ?)

Robnark · Post by **Robnark** » Tue Jun 25, 2002 12:46 pm

Anime info, eh? just what i need...

hello one and all. since this is a thread dedicated to anime, which i love, i am asking for reccomendations. for a long time, i haven't had the access, means, or opportunity to indulge my love of it, but now i have all of those things, but consequently have no idea of what to look out for.

the stuff i've previously been able to find consists of ghost in the shell, a few appleseed comics, some ranma 1/2 and a couple of late night films i barely remember. i've loved the lot, but need to get some ideas of what to look for. cheers.

RandomThug · Post by **RandomThug** » Tue Jun 25, 2002 2:34 pm

Once more

I once again beg for the previusly stated Bebop box set... but for some info.

You like anime style art? You like interesting storylines? You like comics?

http://www.dreawaveprod.com

Dreamwave productions Comics, a once part of Image comic lines now independent kick arse comic group. pat lee owns me. Warlands is rad... anyhow still working.

Dottie · Post by **Dottie** » Tue Jun 25, 2002 2:38 pm

I have no idea what american release box is unfortunatly.

btw, I think your link lacks an 'm'

RandomThug · Post by **RandomThug** » Tue Jun 25, 2002 3:05 pm

Sorry

In my previus post I said about how I wanted to know if anyone here in the GB forums had any knowledge of where to find the DVD BOX SET for the anime series Cowboy bebop, the complete title for the american limited release is...

Cowboy Bebop: The Perfect Sessions.

It is an awsome series and the boxset is limited so I cant find it.... now you were right.

http://www.dreamwaveprod.com Is the right link, a good site.

Thug

Robnark · Post by **Robnark** » Tue Jun 25, 2002 3:12 pm

You like anime style art? You like interesting storylines? You like comics?

and i also like transformers!

(the inner 4-year-old speaks

)
seriously, a nice site, and some very nice stuff. cheers.

Ode to a Grasshopper · Wed Jun 26, 2002 2:48 am

Originally posted by Robnark

and i also like transformers! (the inner 4-year-old speaks )
seriously, a nice site, and some very nice stuff. cheers.

I liked them too.

You could try Ninja Scroll, however be warned it is very violent. I loved Neon Genesis Evangelion and would recommend it in an instant, but Dottie didn't like it much. Castle of Cagliostro is a classic, but it's very much a mindless comedy, though it is very funny the first 10 times or so you see it. The Patlabor movies were good IMO, though a lot of people find them a bit slow, and to be fair the second one in particular is lacking in action.
You have of course seen Akira, haven't you?

Tamerlane · Post by **Tamerlane** » Wed Jun 26, 2002 3:27 am

The first ten times, and I thought I was a big fan

Ninja Scroll is pretty good, just don't expect every other Anime you see to be similar to that one.

Ode to a Grasshopper · Wed Jun 26, 2002 3:48 am

Originally posted by Tamerlane
The first ten times, and I thought I was a big fan

It's the only one all my friends like, so we end up watching it more often than the rest.

Tamerlane · Post by **Tamerlane** » Wed Jun 26, 2002 3:50 am

I love the car chase scene, superbly done. Some regard as the finest car chase in cinema history. And thats including those James Bond films.

Ode to a Grasshopper · Wed Jun 26, 2002 4:02 am

I preferred the ones in Blues Brothers, myself.
Wasn't it Spielberg who said that about CoC?

Tamerlane · Post by **Tamerlane** » Wed Jun 26, 2002 4:08 am

Well no one can deny the BB of having the most impressive car pile ups, however I never knew it was Spielberg.

Ode to a Grasshopper · Wed Jun 26, 2002 4:31 am

It was, IIRC.

thantor3 · Post by **thantor3** » Wed Jun 26, 2002 8:35 am

As far as recommendations for anime, titles that I have really enjoyed include:

Vampire Hunter D
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Vampire Princess Miyu
Oh My Goddess!
Golden Boy
Sorcerer Hunters
Blue Seed (one of my favorite series)
Sol Bianca (beautiful animation)
Perfect Blue (pretty creepy and fairly violent)
Crying Freeman (the first title was great, but subsequent installments slowly became silly. Some people might consider this hentai, but it is pretty tame. There is also a live action movie which isn't too bad)

Titles which other people seem to like alot but didn't really float my boat:

Metropolis
Princess Mononoke
Escaflowne

Tamerlane · Post by **Tamerlane** » Tue Jul 02, 2002 11:34 pm

X

Just saw this and I'm not too sure what to make of it all.

The animation is amazing, the script is impressive (well provided that you've read the the series by CLAMP) and even though it has the now cliched saving the Tokyo from complete annihilation theme. It goes about it in a strange manner, borrowing from the Japanese mythologies.

However it has to have the strangest start that I've ever seen, had to watch the first chapter (DVD) a few times just to make sure I understood it.

Apart from that its a damn fine picture

KidD01 · Post by **KidD01** » Wed Jul 03, 2002 12:15 pm

As promised, here's the pic of all 3 Mazingers. Left to right :
1. Mazinger Z pilotted by Koji Kabuto
2. Great Mazinger aka Mazinger Great pilotted by Tsurugi Tetsuya
3. Grandeizer pilotted by Duke

Raistlin · Post by **Raistlin** » Wed Jul 03, 2002 8:05 pm

Re: For all which is unholy

Originally posted by RandomThug
Please god, or anyone on this forum, send forth unto my possesion the Cowboy Bebop american release box set. You know the limited release that I didnt get and now costs about 3 bills on ebay or half.com. If you can hear me god, please please deliver me into the lovely world of bebop....

P.S. if anyone has it, wants to sell it, knows where I can get it cheaper then 200 bucks, will let me do bad things for it... email me at damnbasen@yahoo.com

please

love

thug

Sorry Thug i only have the 4th session which includes :

My Funny Valentine .
Black Dog Serenade.
Mushroom Samba.
Speak Like a Child.

Tamerlane · Post by **Tamerlane** » Wed Jul 03, 2002 8:09 pm

Damnit there was a computer game on the Mazingers.

Raistlin · Post by **Raistlin** » Wed Jul 03, 2002 8:58 pm

Noir

Have anyone watched "Noir" ?

If anyone seen this piece , can you please write a review of it ? I am considering to buy the DVD but i would like see your opinion on it .

KidD01 · Post by **KidD01** » Sun Aug 04, 2002 9:46 am

Genzo Maden Saiyuki

Originally posted by Raistlin
Have anyone watched "Noir" ?

If anyone seen this piece , can you please write a review of it ? I am considering to buy the DVD but i would like see your opinion on it .

Umm I'll check around with my friends on this one

Here's a new one : Genzo Maden Saiyuki The anime based on Chinese fabled story Saiyuki or Journey to the West. The main characters :
Genjo Sanzo - the priest pictured here in a very different way. Imagine how a priest can shot a gun (A spirit Destroyer Gun)

Son Goku : Pictured as a kid who loves to eat - where on real story is the all powerfull Monkey King Demon

Cho Hakkai : Supposely a Boar Demon - yet I haven't finish the anime so I can't determine. Yet The anime portrayed him so calm; where on real story Hakkai can't get his eyes of pretty women and food - not to mention very lazy !

Sha Gojyo : The Water demon - portrayed as a womaniser and loves to smoke

On Saiyuki real story The white horse which rode by Sanzo is Hakku Ryu yet in anime Hakku Ryu is a little white dragon own by Hakkai and can transform into a convertible jeep

The other chars also portrayed "differently". Example : Goddess of Mercy portrayed a very sexy woman

Also the main 4 chars, Sanzo, Goku, Hakkai and Gojyo was playing mahjong game on an episode !

The soundtracks are cool since they got rock and metal genre feel on them

Ode to a Grasshopper · Sun Aug 04, 2002 9:56 am

Re: Genzo Maden Saiyuki

Originally posted by KidD01

Umm I'll check around with my friends on this one

Here's a new one : Genzo Maden Saiyuki The anime based on Chinese fabled story Saiyuku or Journey to the West. The main characters :
Genjo Sanzo - the priest pictured here in a very different way. Imagine how a priest can shot a gun (A spirit Destroyer Gun)

Son Goku : Pictured as a kid who loves to eat - where on real story is the all powerfull Monkey King Demon

Cho Hakkai : Supposely a Boar Demon - yet I haven't finish the anime so I can't determine. Yet The anime portrayed him so calm; where on real story hakkai can't get his eyes of pretty women and food - not to mention very lazy !

Sha Gojyo : The Water demon - portrayed as a womaniser and loves to smoke

On Saiyuki real story The white horse which rode by Sanzo is Hakku Ryu yet in anime Hakku Ryu is a little white dragon own by Hakkai and can transform into a convertible jeep

The other chars also portrayed "differently". Example : Goddess of Mercy portrayed a very sexy woman

Also the main 4 chars, Sanzo, Goku, Hakkai and Gojyo was playing mahjong game on an episode !

The soundtracks are cool since they got rock and metal genre feel on them

This is probably an anime of that old live-action series Monkey Magic, for anyone who remembers it.
That was such a cool show, I grew up watching that.