[Official] Anime/Manga Thread

[HilariousNinja]

Finished Planetes. Superb series. Didn't expect it to be this good. Loved every minute. Deserves to be a bit more popular.

[mail]

Yeh it was boring. I just started watching One Piece ...

[Cha0sDragon14]

I watched the 2nd rebuild of Evangelion movie today and it is AMAZING!

After watching it though, I think that to truly enjoy the rebuild movies (at least so far), the original series should be watched first. Noticing the changes to certain parts of the story compared to the original show have made me appreciate the films so much more.

[Jamushroom Veteran]

^I agree with you on that one. To see them making NGE into a better story is great to watch :D Specially if one can see the changes. Plus the visuals are of a whole different level as well :)

[mail]

In One Piece when they say english words it's hilariously cool.

[kjordan2001]

I could be wrong, but I thought these fights are what show us their bankais. Hard to say, but wiki says it is still unknown as well... bleach needs to clear this up for me or us :p

I figure they would make it a little more clear that it was their bankai and have a different form too since those were the same as their shikai forms.

[Berserk87]

just finished Bakemonogatari.

episode 12 should have been the last episode, or moved episode 12 to the end of the show.

really good show though.

[Jamushroom Veteran]

In One Piece when they say english words it's hilariously cool.

Haha, I get that when they talk Dutch in Samurai Champloo :p There are no accents but the way they talk Dutch is just odd/funny.

[rustix]

I found it funny when they spoke English in Black Lagoon

[Azusa]

Highschool of the Dead has gotten annoyingly cute....and i love it!

(・∀・)モエモエ

[Thino]

Highschool of the Dead has gotten annoyingly cute....and i love it!

(・∀・)モエモエ

personally the latest episodes made me forget I'm watching an anime about zombies

[Azusa]

personally the latest episodes made me forget I'm watching an anime about zombies

yeah reminds me of how Bas*tard!! went started out like Berserk then ended up like Slayers.

[rustix]

This week's episode of K-ON!! was rather.... moving

[Kondrath]

I've been wanting to re-watch school rumble... But the quality isn't so good. It was nice when I had a 1024x768 display, but it just can't look good at 1080p...

I'm thinking of finding the highest quality releases I can find and try to "remaster" them. I have the funimation DVDs but they look worse than the ones that can be found online. Stretching to widescreen doesn't look too bad. It's just all the pixels...

If I could work some photoshop magic on them, it would be much more tolerable. Unfortunately Sony Vegas is an idiot and has trouble opening 80% of all known videos formats / codecs known to man, lol.

Also, even if I convert an MKV into something else and "remaster" it, I don't know how to choose which audio stays or how to re-attach the subtitles to my remastered versions, etc.

Complicated...

I want HD School Rumble...

Or even easier, is there something which applies video effects / filters in real-time besides the mostly useless ones that come with media player classic?

[Azusa]

I've been wanting to re-watch school rumble... But the quality isn't so good. It was nice when I had a 1024x768 display, but it just can't look good at 1080p...

I'm thinking of finding the highest quality releases I can find and try to "remaster" them. I have the funimation DVDs but they look worse than the ones that can be found online. Stretching to widescreen doesn't look too bad. It's just all the pixels...

If I could work some photoshop magic on them, it would be much more tolerable. Unfortunately Sony Vegas is an idiot and has trouble opening 80% of all known videos formats / codecs known to man, lol.

Also, even if I convert an MKV into something else and "remaster" it, I don't know how to choose which audio stays or how to re-attach the subtitles to my remastered versions, etc.

Complicated...

I want HD School Rumble...

Or even easier, is there something which applies video effects / filters in real-time besides the mostly useless ones that come with media player classic?

the best you're going to get atm is the R2 DVD rips.

[RadishTM Veteran]

Or even easier, is there something which applies video effects / filters in real-time besides the mostly useless ones that come with media player classic?

Have a look-see here.

[Jamushroom Veteran]

^That's an interesting read. Thanks a lot for posting that :)

[Kondrath]

Thanks... I've read that before and tried it, but the FFDshow really screwed up my windows install somehow. I had to reformat. I couldn't watch anything in Media Player, I couldn't use my webcam, I couldn't capture video from my camera, etc... lol.

Didn't FFDshow stop production in 2004?

If someone can point me in the direction of a stable x64 FFDshow, I wouldn't mind trying it again.

[Azusa]

In all honesty the best quality you could get would be with an up scaling DVD player.

[RadishTM Veteran]

Thanks... I've read that before and tried it, but the FFDshow really screwed up my windows install somehow. I had to reformat. I couldn't watch anything in Media Player, I couldn't use my webcam, I couldn't capture video from my camera, etc... lol.

Didn't FFDshow stop production in 2004?

If someone can point me in the direction of a stable x64 FFDshow, I wouldn't mind trying it again.

Never heard of FFDShow screwing up a Windows install, a case of PEBKAC? :laugh:

Not on x64 myself but there are builds here - http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow-tryout/files/

Do a system restore point before installing :p

[Kondrath]

Never heard of FFDShow screwing up a Windows install, a case of PEBKAC? :laugh:

Not on x64 myself but there are builds here - http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow-tryout/files/

Do a system restore point before installing :p

I installed that along with the CCCP. It helped with some problems I was having with MPC and it gave me better audio, but now my subtitles are jacked up and the quality doesn't look as good as it used to, even after enabling desktop/1920x1080 in subtitle resolution. It won't change...

[Berserk87]

Just finished watching "Eve no Jikan" or "Time of Eve".

if you havn't watched it go do so.

its only 6 episodes long and each episode is 15 minutes long, so its pretty short, but its really good.

Its a story in the 'near-ish' future where androids are very common and deals with the three laws of robotics and such.

And there's a couple hilarious scenes.

[rustix]

I installed that along with the CCCP. It helped with some problems I was having with MPC and it gave me better audio, but now my subtitles are jacked up and the quality doesn't look as good as it used to, even after enabling desktop/1920x1080 in subtitle resolution. It won't change...

have you considered switching media players?

[Jamushroom Veteran]

Just finished watching "Eve no Jikan" or "Time of Eve".

if you havn't watched it go do so.

its only 6 episodes long and each episode is 15 minutes long, so its pretty short, but its really good.

Its a story in the 'near-ish' future where androids are very common and deals with the three laws of robotics and such.

And there's a couple hilarious scenes.

One of my favorite anime!

Yesterday I rewatched Vexille but this time at 1080p. Each time I rewatch an anime and go from low res to 1080p, it feels as if I'm watching it for the first time. Vexille definitely is a recommendation if you like stories about robotics, cyberation, androids etc.

Also, @Kondrath: Can't believe that RadishTM didn't reply to you with his own blog post: Upconverting DVD?s. As you've said you got the DVD's, you might want to give this a try while you're at it :)

[Berserk87]

I added Vexille to my 'plan to watch' list.

best scene in time of eve, is the scene with the really old clanky robot. :laugh: