[Official] Anime/Manga Thread

[Jamushroom Veteran]

It's a show about the Iranian hostage crisis with rabbits. RABBITS! You're going to be watching Hamtaro remixed into Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Place your standards higher.

Honestly, you can't be THAT serious about a show like that right? It's not a serious show to begin with.

Do you also say this about Family Guy and the likes? "It's a show about a day to day family living in a street with a talking dog. A TALKING DOG! You're going to be watching your neighbors mixed with American humor. Place your standards higher."

I mean really, it's a parody show. Lighten up ;)

[deletedxyz]

Honestly, you can't be THAT serious about a show like that right? It's not a serious show to begin with.

Do you also say this about Family Guy and the likes? "It's a show about a day to day family living in a street with a talking dog. A TALKING DOG! You're going to be watching your neighbors mixed with American humor. Place your standards higher."

I mean really, it's a parody show. Lighten up ;)

Serious wouldn't be the word. Disinterest would be it. What will that show provide to me in a form of entertainment or whatever it is trying to do that I have not seen, experienced or watched before.

The rabbit show is not a parody show if you check the trailer. It's an ONA by a start up, independent studio trying to establish itself. I mean the series is named Cat **** One. In fact, I just skimmed the first episode just to find if I'm completely wrong and concede that I was writing a hollow, harsh, false perspective. The first episode featured two rabbit snipers trying to line up a shot on a group of "terrorist rabbits". It gets worse from there on and the kicker is that they were voiced by actors with deep voices. Anthropomorphism can only go so far...

:huh: Since when was Family Guy a representation of neighbors on my side of the Atlantic? That's besides the point anyways since I generally greatly dislike TV shows, like Battlestar Galactica and LOST. Majority of fans get really excited over a single series like BSG because it's rare to see something slightly better than the mind numbing, energy draining, vocabulary destroying dystopia that is called American TV. In fact, the same thing can be said about the anime fanbase and anime.

Anyways, it's already established that I don't like anime that much and even point out all the flaws of all the series that I like. I'm already within hitting distance of the ceiling of all the decent anime (imo) that have been released in the past 10 years. The sad part is that most of the anime that I attempt to watch are all derived from the same generic formula of its genre and it's quite rare to see some variations I have yet to come across more than a handful of anime series that really serve the "mature" crowd, like Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell: SAC, and assume the viewers are intelligent and culturally aware in the past three years.

I find my cynicism hard to dispel and have not come across an interesting anime series that I have not seen as I struggle to sort through my plan to watch list and search for a series that actually immerse me in its world or broaden my horizons rather than the typical disconnected, third person perspective entertainment.

[Jamushroom Veteran]

^It actually is meant as a parody. There's no deep storyline in there. No deep personal issues and all that kind of stuff. Why else would they use rabbits for the roles :p

Also, it's disinterest to you, but from the reply you made it didn't look like it.

Plus, you're missing the point about Family Guy. I wasn't talking about where you lived and all that stuff. I meant it as "about family in general with American Humor. What you're saying though about BSG, LOST and TV Shows is besides the point that I was making :blink:

I just don't understand why you keep watching new shows if you already know it's based off of something you've already watched. Why keep wasting your time with stuff you don't like?

How come you don't like something that's somewhat based off of something you've already watched? Every type of media is like that. Music, Movies, Series, Drama shows, Game shows, Games, and all the other media I didn't mention.

[Azusa]

I got this feeling somewhere in my gut telling me that some of the entries on this list have to be fake.

[deletedxyz]

I got this feeling somewhere in my gut telling me that some of the entries on this list have to be fake.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Onani Master? ROFL

Save for that, the fake Fall 2010 poster looks amazing. New Full Metal Panic!, Phoenix Wright, Yotsuba, Vinland Saga and more? Epic. I wish it was actually true. It would really be one of the best seasons of anime in recent memory.

[rustix]

New OP for One Piece. It's not great but at least they didn't give out whats to come :)

And for those who don't read the manga there's an interesting bit of info revealed at the end :p

[Jamushroom Veteran]

If only the sequel to Baccano! would be real :p Though that would somewhat defeat the purpose of the story being told to that little girl (forgot her name) in the train :p

Also, if it's not from Chartfag's site, then other charts that look like his, are most probably fake if you ask me.

Edited July 19, 2010 by Capric0rn

[Lingwo]

I watched the first "season" of Gundam 00 over the weekend and while it started off slow, it soon picked up and bloody hell the last few episodes were mental. I think i am going to start "season" 2 today. I wanted to last night but it was nearly 2am :laugh:.

[rustix]

I watched the first "season" of Gundam 00 over the weekend and while it started off slow, it soon picked up and bloody hell the last few episodes were mental. I think i am going to start "season" 2 today. I wanted to last night but it was nearly 2am :laugh:.

You should check out the trailer for the Gundam 00 movie once you finish season 2 :)

[RadishTM Veteran]

I got this feeling somewhere in my gut telling me that some of the entries on this list have to be fake.

Really? :laugh:

Chartfag <3

[Matrix XII]

I strongly recommend learning how to use torrents...

I love YYH because its characters all match up to be a great team and I love the cute, assertive Keiko. She's essentially the person keeping the hot headed delinquent in check.

Last Exile was a great showcase of Steampunk anime. However, its plot isn't as satisfying as I thought it would be. However, I am a harsh critic so you have to add some points to anything I downgrade. If you enjoyed Eureka Seven, you'll love Last Exile. Brother and sister strive to find their place in society as they pilot a steam powered flyer to be one of the best teams in the sky (and then throw in some weird high altitude, elite society who look at anything below them as peasants).

:laugh: No surprises there. Japanese animation really loves its lolicon fanbase. >_>

It's a show about the Iranian hostage crisis with rabbits. RABBITS! You're going to be watching Hamtaro remixed into Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Place your standards higher.

Hmm Last Exile sounds good based on what you're saying because I did enjoy Eureka Seven.

..and I do know how to use torrents I've downloaded hundreds of gb's that way :p

[deletedxyz]

Hmm Last Exile sounds good based on what you're saying because I did enjoy Eureka Seven.

..and I do know how to use torrents I've downloaded hundreds of gb's that way :p

Check out Last Exile. It was boring the first time I watched it then I had a lot of time to kill two years ago so I watched it on a whim and kind of liked it enough to give it a 7. Always add 1-3 points more on whatever I rate (with the exceptions of the 9s I give). I gave FMA: Brotherhood a low 6/10 and the other a high 7/10 with its movie a high 7/10. My opinion conflicts with a lot of members. Code Geass, TTGL and Death Note got some low ratings from me.

You shouldn't have any problem finding the correct japanese audio/english subtitle version of YYH then. It's actually quite hard to find English dub only so I have no clue what you did.

[Azusa]

You shouldn't have any problem finding the correct japanese audio/english subtitle version of YYH then. It's actually quite hard to find English dub only so I have no clue what you did.

the dub of YuYu is pretty easy to come by.

[shakey]

High school of the dead episode 3 is out. Im enjoying this show. The gore and zombies are cool, and some parts are very resident evil style. Hope this doesn't get crappy later on lol.

[RadishTM Veteran]

Didn't know that Yuu Aoi did the voice for Sonoshi from REDLINE, she was brilliant in the live-action Honey and Clover as Hagu (Y)

Lovin' the HD trailers that came out last week. I'm so glad to have watched this on the big screen, totally epic animation by Madhouse and I must get my hands on the techno soundtrack! (not in the trailers above) :happy:

[Jamushroom Veteran]

@RadishTM: Loving both trailers! Can't wait to actually watch REDLINE. Yuu Aoi sure was great as Haru in the live action of "Honey and Clover" :D

Go watch it.

And beware of the shadow in the first ep.. :p

Just watched "Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin" and didn't see the shadow :p I did see smoke above Maya her head when she fell onto the ground, which reminded me of NGE. When an Angel dies in NGE, you'd see a tall cross. The smoke above Maya her head looked somewhat like it :p Not sure if it was intended but I thought it was funny.

[SidVicious]

@RadishTM: Loving both trailers! Can't wait to actually watch REDLINE. Yuu Aoi sure was great as Haru in the live action of "Honey and Clover" :D

Just watched "Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin" and didn't see the shadow :p I did see smoke above Maya her head when she fell onto the ground, which reminded me of NGE. When an Angel dies in NGE, you'd see a tall cross. The smoke above Maya her head looked somewhat like it :p Not sure if it was intended but I thought it was funny.

This shadow :p : http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/3196/vxscvx.jpg

[_neutrino Veteran]

OMG live action GANTZ movie

TRAILER

[deletedxyz]

OMG live action GANTZ movie

TRAILER

That looks awful.

The manga: The male lead is a complete pervert and keeps thinking of the most lewd things possible and also works out a lot. The female lead is a big busted, naive girl who's on the verge of breaking down.

The movie: Metrosexual, teen bop stars trying to survive?

I lol'd.

It reminds me of the (horrible) live action trailer for Saikano when I was searching for the manga.

[SidVicious]

Kimi ni Todoke live action trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-2H15Vwovk

[deletedxyz]

Kimi ni Todoke live action trailer:

:laugh: I prefer to keep my image of anime characters as cartoon representations of attractive people without imagining ugly people as depicted in this trailer.

[Matrix XII]

Check out Last Exile. It was boring the first time I watched it then I had a lot of time to kill two years ago so I watched it on a whim and kind of liked it enough to give it a 7. Always add 1-3 points more on whatever I rate (with the exceptions of the 9s I give). I gave FMA: Brotherhood a low 6/10 and the other a high 7/10 with its movie a high 7/10. My opinion conflicts with a lot of members. Code Geass, TTGL and Death Note got some low ratings from me.

You shouldn't have any problem finding the correct japanese audio/english subtitle version of YYH then. It's actually quite hard to find English dub only so I have no clue what you did.

haha that does differ from me! Don't like the mainstream shows then I guess?

I'll look for YYH pretty soon because I've watched 37 eps of Hunter x Hunter already and I have been reading a bit about the show and from what I've read it's based around tournaments which I really enjoy :)

[Berserk87]

How many episodes until Mushishi develops a plot?

[RadishTM Veteran]

How many episodes until Mushishi develops a plot?

The episodes are pretty much standalone.

[Berserk87]

The episodes are pretty much standalone.

ALL of them? :huh: