[Official] Anime/Manga Thread

[RadishTM Veteran]

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

My favourite episode as well, he's like the Japanese version of The Terminator :laugh: A re-watch is on the cards, nearly been a year since I did originally (Y)

@Capric0rn, totally forgot about that post on my blog :rofl:

[Kondrath]

have you considered switching media players?

It turns out it was the stupid VSfilter that comes with CCCP. I uninstalled it and now subtitles look really good again.

@ Capric0rn, thanks for the link. I'm gonna' give it a try later.

[HilariousNinja]

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.

Apparently Planetes is quite similar and if you enjoyed one you'd enjoy the other. I haven't watched Eve no Jikan but its on my plan to watch list, Planetes though is very,very good.

[Kondrath]

It turns out it was the stupid VSfilter that comes with CCCP. I uninstalled it and now subtitles look really good again.

@ Capric0rn, thanks for the link. I'm gonna' give it a try later.

Just tried it and the results were slightly worse than what I currently have set up in MPC-HC. Also, the subtitles didn't fit on the screen and they had super nintendo graphics lol. Oh well. Guess I'll stick to what I've got until they release a bluray. Which they probably won't...

[Jamushroom Veteran]

^Hm, to bad it didn't turn out the way you wanted.

@Capric0rn, totally forgot about that post on my blog :rofl:

Haha, noob! :rofl:

[rustix]

Any suggestion for a good comedy?

[RadishTM Veteran]

Any suggestion for a good comedy?

Arakawa Under the Bridge, a barrel of laughs (Y) :rofl:

[Kondrath]

Any suggestion for a good comedy?

Gintama

School Rumble :D

Nyan Koi

... I'm also looking for some more comedies since I just finished Gintama recently. I'll check out that "Under the bridge" one.

[Azusa]

Gintama

School Rumble :D

Nyan Koi

... I'm also looking for some more comedies since I just finished Gintama recently. I'll check out that "Under the bridge" one.

check out Hayate the combat butler.

[rustix]

Arakawa Under the Bridge, a barrel of laughs (Y) :rofl:

Thanks will check it out :)

Gintama

School Rumble :D

Nyan Koi

... I'm also looking for some more comedies since I just finished Gintama recently. I'll check out that "Under the bridge" one.

Already watched Gintama and School Rumble and enjoyed them both :laugh: Will add Nyan Koi to the plan to watch list

check out Hayate the combat butler.

I did try watching Hayate the Combat Butler at one time but after watching 8 episodes it still didn't quite appeal to me. Maybe it was my mood at the time :wacko: Think I should give it another shot?

[Kondrath]

check out Hayate the combat butler.

I saw the entire first season and thought it was just "ok"... At first it was funny but then it got repetitive.

[Azusa]

I did try watching Hayate the Combat Butler at one time but after watching 8 episodes it still didn't quite appeal to me. Maybe it was my mood at the time :wacko: Think I should give it another shot?

I saw the entire first season and thought it was just "ok"... At first it was funny but then it got repetitive.

kinda depends how much anim? you've watched IE the more you've seen the more funny it is.

[Matrix XII]

Is neon genesis evangelion good?

It was a good show, but really not what I expected. There isn't too much fighting, it's more psychological.

[SidVicious]

:o

Award-Winning Anime Director Satoshi Kon Passes Away

Jim Vowles, a member of the Otakorp Board of Directors for the Otakon convention, has announced on Tuesday that director Satoshi Kon has passed away. Kon was 47. The staff of Otakon confirmed his passing with MADHOUSE studio founder Masao Maruyama. Maruyama had wrote on his Twitter account on Tuesday night in Japan that an important director of the studio had suddenly passed away. However, Maruyama declined to name the director at the time.

Kon began working as a manga creator on such works as Kaikisen (1990) before deciding to delve into the anime industry with the script and art direction of "Magnetic Rose," a segment of Katsuhiro Otomo's Memories (1995). He first drew worldwide attention with his feature film directorial debut, Perfect Blue, in 1997. He would follow that with a string of critically acclaimed anime projects: Millennium Actress (2001), Tokyo Godfathers (2003), Paranoia Agent (2004), and Paprika (2006). At the time of passing, Kon was working at MADHOUSE on a new feature film called Yume-Miru Kikai.

Source: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-08-24/award-winning-director-satoshi-kon-passes-away

[RadishTM Veteran]

Was reading about that a few hours ago, one of the true greats when it came to animation - RIP :(

Wonder how much of Yume-Miru Kikai was completed, the premise of it was intriguing. Hope it gets produced in the end (Y)

[SidVicious]

Was reading about that a few hours ago, one of the true greats when it came to animation - RIP :(

Wonder how much of Yume-Miru Kikai was completed, the premise of it was intriguing. Hope it gets produced in the end (Y)

47....he was so young.

[Jamushroom Veteran]

:o

Award-Winning Anime Director Satoshi Kon Passes Away

Jim Vowles, a member of the Otakorp Board of Directors for the Otakon convention, has announced on Tuesday that director Satoshi Kon has passed away. Kon was 47. The staff of Otakon confirmed his passing with MADHOUSE studio founder Masao Maruyama. Maruyama had wrote on his Twitter account on Tuesday night in Japan that an important director of the studio had suddenly passed away. However, Maruyama declined to name the director at the time.

Kon began working as a manga creator on such works as Kaikisen (1990) before deciding to delve into the anime industry with the script and art direction of "Magnetic Rose," a segment of Katsuhiro Otomo's Memories (1995). He first drew worldwide attention with his feature film directorial debut, Perfect Blue, in 1997. He would follow that with a string of critically acclaimed anime projects: Millennium Actress (2001), Tokyo Godfathers (2003), Paranoia Agent (2004), and Paprika (2006). At the time of passing, Kon was working at MADHOUSE on a new feature film called Yume-Miru Kikai.

Source: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-08-24/award-winning-director-satoshi-kon-passes-away

This is truly sad news. RIP :(

[RadishTM Veteran]

47....he was so young.

Yeah, quite sad what was wrote about his medical condition from his website :(

[SidVicious]

Damn! :angry:

Animator Shojuro Yamauchi Passes Away

Writer/director Akitaro Daichi reported on his Twitter account on Wednesday that key animator Shojuro Yamauchi had passed away on Tuesday. The two creators had worked together on Prince Mackaroo (Ojarumaru). Another writer/director, Sakichi Sato, had reported on his Twitter account earlier on Wednesday that another "legendary anime director" had passed away in addition to Satoshi Kon.

Yamauchi worked on dozens of anime works as a key animator ? the artist who draws the key frames for the other artists to model their frames in an animated sequences. His many works include Conan, the Boy in Future, Dagger of Kamui, Lupin III: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon, Lupin III: The Secret of Mamo. After Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro, he worked on several Studio Ghibli films including Isao Takahata's Grave of the Fireflies and Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away.

He also served as animation director on One Pound Gospel, Prince Mackaroo, Sherlock Hound, and Kiteretsu Daihyakka. As recently as last year, he was still drawing frames for Mainichi Kaasan and Kawa no Hikari.

Source: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-08-25/director/key-animator-shojuro-yamauchi-passes-away

I loved One Pound Gospel. :( :no:

[RadishTM Veteran]

Damn indeed, not good for the animation industry :/

[rustix]

He will be missed :(

[shakey]

A big loss for the industry. RIP.

But, onto new chapter talks....

Bleach 417... just amazing! What is going on with Ichigo? I love how we just got another extreme flip sort of.

Naruto was great as well. Guy Sensai is always great, and this chapter showed him finally being serious.

Next week will be a great week for both of these stories.

[Scirwode]

Bleach 417... just amazing! What is going on with Ichigo? I love how we just got another extreme flip sort of.

Indeed, suddenly Ichigo becomes superpowered and is easily able to match Aizen? I'm getting a bit peeved to be honest. On the one hand, you've got a superpowered villain who just cannot seem to get anything wrong despite everything being thrown at him and then guy who always gets beat up but comes back stronger. And now their roles are reversed? Plus the fact that Gin, one of my favourite characters in BLEACH, is either dying or will be dead!

Urgh (But I still follow it just to know what's going on :p ).

Scirwode

[rustix]

This week's episode of Naruto was quite a nostalgic one and although I'm not a fan of most nostalgic episodes I enjoyed this. Too bad next week is gonna be a filler :(

[rustix]

Just finished reading ch 597 of One Piece. It seems it's gonna get real interesting when the manga returns after the 4 week break! :laugh::pinch::woot: