[Official] Anime/Manga Thread

[deletedxyz]

Will do, The last thing I need is some brainless story. Also I don't like sad ending in the anime I watch, FMA was really good story and great animation but the ending left me sad (which I really hate). Hopefully the new one will end better.

Happy stories with plenty of action, drama and comedy? Check out Eureka Seven, Full Metal Panic! (cliff hanger third season), RahXephon (sad most of the time, happy at the end), Black Lagoon, Beck and Last Exile.

[RadishTM Veteran]

Just finished another Lupin III special - Operation Return the Treasure. Like the title implies, it was funny watching Lupin and the gang returning things for a change, instead of stealing like usual :laugh:

^ Goemon and Jigen crack me up, they are always on form :rofl:

[rustix]

Just finished the new episode of Bleach. The filler finally came to an end. From next week its back to the main arc :laugh: I am gonna miss characters like zabimaru though

[SidVicious]

Anime/Manga Translator Amy Forsyth Passes Away

Prolific anime and manga translator Amy Forsyth passed away on Monday in Houston, Texas. She was 33.

Forsyth was born in Cape May Court House, New Jersey and graduated from Middle Township High School and Trenton State College. She translated many anime titles for ADV Films such as Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid, Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu, Le Chevalier D'Eon, Gatchaman, Pumpkin Scissors, Venus Versus Virus, Comic Party: Revolution, and 009-1. She also worked on ADV Manga's Azumanga Daioh, Yotsuba&!, Chrono Crusade, Gunslinger Girl, Full Metal Panic!, Full Metal Panic: Overload!, Peacemaker Kurogane, Gunparade March, and other titles. She worked with Tokyopop on such titles as Kare Kano, as well as with Yen Press on Soul Eater.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday at the Radzieta Funeral Home in Cape May Court House, New Jersey.

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[shakey]

Bleach filler ending was actually all right. The ending was decent and I liked how all the zanpaks ended up materializing back into their swords. Next week though, back to the good stuff. Looks like from the ending, that the Bleach fights will be great and nicely drawn :)

Sad about the translator dieing. She definitely should have something held for her, as she helped bring us another closer to another culture.

Also, are they still making Lupin the III? or are yall just watching old specials? Cause I sure loved me some lupin and wouldn't want to miss anything new, if it still is as good as it used to be.

[Azusa]

after this week's ep of bleach i might drop it for real this time.

[shakey]

after this week's ep of bleach i might drop it for real this time.

No more cute little girls to watch :p I like stories that dive into the history and personality/history of a person, but I found this filler from bleach just too lolli.

[RadishTM Veteran]

Also, are they still making Lupin the III? or are yall just watching old specials? Cause I sure loved me some lupin and wouldn't want to miss anything new, if it still is as good as it used to be.

I think they are still making TV specials once in a while (last one was "The Last Job", which came out in February 2010), the series ended a while back. Don't know who else is watching Lupin III here but I'm currently going through all the films/TV specials as they are so fun and enjoyable to watch :)

[Jamushroom Veteran]

Just watched the first episode of Senkou no Night Raid which I really enjoyed. The overall art looked nice and the early 20th century look of the anime is a big plus! Also, the abilities of each person made this anime quite interesting imo :)

[deletedxyz]

Doesn't compete with my favorite, School Rumble, though... No idea what to watch, now...

If you don't mind manga that tackles drama in a mature way unlike School Rumble but also keeps the funny slapstick humor, check out Kodomo no Omocha. Don't be fooled by the childish animation, the story is quite interesting and quite mature.

My recommendation on MAL:

Kodomo no Omocha, also known as Kodocha, is the more polished, mature version of School Rumble. Wherever School Rumble failed (ex: ending, lame mangaka jokes), Kodocha picked up and illustrated it in a new way. It's a must read for anyone who felt very disappointed after completing School Rumble.

[Azusa]

No more cute little girls to watch :p I like stories that dive into the history and personality/history of a person, but I found this filler from bleach just too lolli.

if by that you mean Ichigo going SSJ 5 or something while every 5 minutes we get Orihime squeeking or some other side chara doing something useless or explaining the plot it was often said on /a/ that KT should just scrap the current plot and restart bleach as a fashion Manga .

[deletedxyz]

if by that you mean Ichigo going SSJ 5 or something while every 5 minutes we get Orihime squeeking or some other side chara doing something useless or explaining the plot it was often said on /a/ that KT should just scrap the current plot and restart bleach as a fashion Manga .

:laugh::rofl:

Or even better, a few years from now, they will restart Bleach as "Bleach: Brotherhood" and follow the manga instead of zigzagging everywhere.

[Kondrath]

If you don't mind manga that tackles drama in a mature way unlike School Rumble but also keeps the funny slapstick humor, check out Kodomo no Omocha. Don't be fooled by the childish animation, the story is quite interesting and quite mature.

Interesting. Are you recommending the manga or the anime? I'm gonna check it out tonight. I always wanted a "mature" version of School Rumble to watch alongside of it, haha... (Though some of the ending chapters in the manga were pretty depressing.)

One of the reasons I like School Rumble so much is because it's like 90% of my life story, even down to "Tenma" becoming a nurse, etc. I was beginning to think a friend of mine was the author or something, LOL.

[RadishTM Veteran]

One of the reasons I like School Rumble so much is because it's like 90% of my life story, even down to "Tenma" becoming a nurse, etc. I was beginning to think a friend of mine was the author or something, LOL.

If that's you in your avatar, you certainly have the "Harima" look going on there :laugh:

[Kondrath]

If that's you in your avatar, you certainly have the "Harima" look going on there :laugh:

Haha, yup, it's me. I remember 3 or 4 years ago in High School, people I didn't really know would come up to me and say "Hey, you look kinda' familiar... ... Harima Kenji? LOL?!"

I was then given the nicknames "Harima" and "Hige"... Turns out quite a few people watched school rumble, and one day we all decided to come to school dressed like Harima Kenji.

I'm the one with actual facial hair :rofl:

Sophomore year. Good times...

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looking for a good source for 1080i or P bleach and or Naruto

[Azusa]

looking for a good source for 1080i or P bleach and or Naruto

not a chance in hell i even looked on Perfect dark and found nothing but SD.

[RadishTM Veteran]

Haha, yup, it's me. I remember 3 or 4 years ago in High School, people I didn't really know would come up to me and say "Hey, you look kinda' familiar... ... Harima Kenji? LOL?!"

I was then given the nicknames "Harima" and "Hige"... Turns out quite a few people watched school rumble, and one day we all decided to come to school dressed like Harima Kenji.

I'm the one with actual facial hair :rofl:

Sophomore year. Good times...

Haha, awesome! :D Memories of college were good indeed (Y) :(

/Me plays "Sentimental Generation" out of nostalgia :p

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not a chance in hell i even looked on Perfect dark and found nothing but SD.

damn damn damn ! what about 720 lol

[Azusa]

only the movies made it into 720 afaik

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only the movies made it into 720 afaik

crap lol the sd look so bleh on my 46 inch lol

[rustix]

Anyone watched the firs episode of K-ON season 2?

[SidVicious]

Anyone watched the firs episode of K-ON season 2?

Yeah, Mio was cute in the ending. :)

[Azusa]

Anyone watched the firs episode of K-ON season 2?

yeah nothing ever happens!! got off to a cute start.

[RadishTM Veteran]

Great start to Giant Killing, captured the competitive essence of football (as well as the managerial problems within clubs) and the character development was decent (Y) The Celtic OP was nice and I liked how the FA Cup was featured as Tatsumi's back-story before he came back to Japan, I'm going to enjoy watching this for sure :)