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Postby mysngoeshere56 » Sat Jul 25, 2009 7:40 pm

Watched episode 23 of Rurouni Kenshin.
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Postby Riggidig » Sun Jul 26, 2009 2:19 am

Kiddy Grade. They're showing all the episodes back to back today, so I'm going to try my best and follow through. About halfway at the moment.
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Postby ShiroiHikari » Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:47 am

mysngoeshere56 (post: 1331536) wrote:I watched The Last Unicorn today.... Is that anime? I've heard some people say it was and it's on MAL, but I've never heard that from an *official* source..... Not that I can remember anyway.

Anyway... I heard the movie was awesome but I actually found it to be pretty boring... Didn't really care for it. Had potential, though. Nice music too.


I personally don't consider it anime since it was largely a US production based on an English-language novel. It might have been animated in Japan, but so were a lot of 80s cartoons, and those aren't considered anime. I don't think that it's very "anime" stylistically, either, unless you consider all "mature" animation to be "anime". >_>

For the record, I didn't care for it either so you're not the only one. XD
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Postby mysngoeshere56 » Sun Jul 26, 2009 9:49 am

ShiroiHikari (post: 1331852) wrote:I personally don't consider it anime since it was largely a US production based on an English-language novel. It might have been animated in Japan, but so were a lot of 80s cartoons, and those aren't considered anime. I don't think that it's very "anime" stylistically, either, unless you consider all "mature" animation to be "anime". >_>

For the record, I didn't care for it either so you're not the only one. XD



Yay! I love not being the only one... I felt it was boring and repetitive, with 80% of it being for the sake of filler. I felt the whole movie could have been resolved in about 15-20 minutes. And I was wondering what it had to do with Japan, since it didn't really look like anime to me... It reminded me of the Disney classics like Sleeping Beauty more than anything else. Thanks! ^_^
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Postby Maokun » Sun Jul 26, 2009 10:43 am

My ex-girlfriend was a rabid fanatic of Unico and owned rare (though probably bootlegged) DVD sets of all its movies. She swore by them, but in her defense, it was most likely her unbridled partiality to everything unicorn-related than the actual quality of the movies which made her held them in such high regard.
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Postby Fish and Chips » Sun Jul 26, 2009 11:59 am

mysngoeshere56 (post: 1331863) wrote:Yay! I love not being the only one... I felt it was boring and repetitive, with 80% of it being for the sake of filler. I felt the whole movie could have been resolved in about 15-20 minutes.
Man, to think Lord of the Rings could have been distilled to the length of a TV episode if they'd just cut out all that filler wandering around and jumped straight to Mordor after the opening credits. I feel like a sucker for owning the whole trilogy.
mysngoeshere56 (post: 1331863) wrote:And I was wondering what it had to do with Japan, since it didn't really look like anime to me...
Because all Anime happens in Japan.
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Postby Maokun » Sun Jul 26, 2009 4:24 pm

Im afraid, mister Fish, that one doesn't simply jump into Mordor.
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Postby Sheol777 » Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:20 pm

Maokun (post: 1331947) wrote:Im afraid, mister Fish, that one doesn't simply jump into Mordor.

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Also watched Tokyo Godfathers and Tekkon Kinkreet. Both awesome and really great stories.
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Postby ShiroiHikari » Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:52 pm

Fish and Chips (post: 1331875) wrote:Man, to think Lord of the Rings could have been distilled to the length of a TV episode if they'd just cut out all that filler wandering around and jumped straight to Mordor after the opening credits. I feel like a sucker for owning the whole trilogy.Because all Anime happens in Japan.


Wait...when did we start talking about Lord of the Rings? Am I gonna have to slap you with a herring?

Um, er, something on-topic-- I watched the first few episodes of Sousei no Aquarion recently. It was...um. Interesting. Also still working on DBZ. Stupid Cell needs to go jump off a cliff.
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Postby mysngoeshere56 » Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:58 pm

Watched Tokyo Mew Mew for the first time in a few days...
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Postby CrimsonRyu17 » Sun Jul 26, 2009 7:10 pm

ShiroiHikari (post: 1331981) wrote:Um, er, something on-topic-- I watched the first few episodes of Sousei no Aquarion recently. It was...um. Interesting.


HAAAAHAHAHAHA.
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Postby Fish and Chips » Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:00 am

Time of Eve episode 4
Maokun (post: 1331947) wrote:Im afraid, mister Fish, that one doesn't simply jump into Mordor.
Well played.
ShiroiHikari (post: 1331981) wrote:Wait...when did we start talking about Lord of the Rings? Am I gonna have to slap you with a herring?
I think we started talking about it about when traveling movies were 80% filler that could have been resolved in 20 minutes.

Lord of the Rings has multiple endings though, so 30 minutes.
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Postby ShiroiHikari » Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:22 am

CrimsonRyu17 (post: 1331986) wrote:HAAAAHAHAHAHA.


I take it you've seen some/all of it?
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Postby CrimsonRyu17 » Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:06 pm

ShiroiHikari (post: 1332132) wrote:I take it you've seen some/all of it?


The first four eps after some fanboy was all "zomg, it's the best anime evar!!!". I had to see for myself if Orgasmobots was supposedly better than Eva or Gurren Lagann like he said. Pfffbbbbt.
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Postby ShiroiHikari » Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:14 pm

Ahahaha, Orgasmobots. Apparently, it gets better later on. Er, the series not the-- NEVER MIND.
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Postby SnoringFrog » Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:20 pm

I just watched Kite:Liberator. It was disappointing; it cut off suddenly at the ending, the dub sucked, and overall it just wasn't that great. Without the whole monster aspect it might have been better.

Now I'm getting back into watching Mushi-shi. I watched episode 1 months ago but am just now getting to the rest of the series, which I should finish in a couple weeks.
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Postby blkmage » Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:32 pm

This made me start watching Saki again. I'm also picking Hetalia back up, checking out Darker than BLACK, and am making my term-ly effort to finish Honey and Clover.
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Postby Wyntre Rose » Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:49 pm

Starting D. Gray Man and Princess Tutu, watching xxxHolic again, since I just got the first season set.

Also still working my way through Hikaru no Go.
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Postby Kurama » Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:33 pm

Finished Kuroshitsuji. Was not as bad as I thought it would be. Nothing really... odd of it and I really enjoyed the animation and art. I hope it's true about a second season. xD

The other is Tales of the Abyss.

Sure it's only like an easter egg of the game, but it was so magnificent and beautiful. I enjoyed every minute of it. And Luke was Phiiine. xD
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Postby Sheol777 » Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:44 pm

Hellsing Ultimate I-III - with my anime club.
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Postby blkmage » Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:23 pm

Kara no Kyoukai 6 (Oblivion Recording): A very different chapter in the Kara no Kyoukai series. It's a lot less dark than any of the other chapters and focuses on Azaka. While it's entertaining, it's no Paradox Spiral. I'm think I'm going to have to read the novels when they come out to figure this chapter out. Otherwise, it still has the beautiful art and animation; the fight scenes are pretty fantastic and a lot more flashy because of more magic than Shiki's usual knife-fights.
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Postby Maokun » Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:26 pm

I just watched My Neighbors, the Yamadas. I enjoyed it and laughed quite a lot, though I cannot see myself having gone to a theather to watch it. It's very different from what Ghibli has us used to but still, there were tons of beautiful visual metaphores and heartwarming moments so no reason to be disappointed.
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Postby Makachop^^128 » Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:27 am

watched ep 10 of Xmad Lost Memories
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Postby the_wolfs_howl » Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:25 pm

FMA: Brotherhood episodes 16-17. It's getting to one of my favorite parts; I'm really excited! They also added in a couple moments in episode 16 that really impressed me.

I checked out a random episode of the Death Note dub, just to see what it sounded like. Pfff. Laaaame. L was the only voice who was possibly okay; everyone else just sounded like they were bored to death.
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Postby crazypackersfan » Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:01 pm

Endless Eight... ugh.
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Postby -Frail-Dreams- » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:55 pm

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood episode 15.
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Postby Htom Sirveaux » Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:34 pm

Gurren Lagann set 1. Yay, used anime!
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Postby mysngoeshere56 » Sat Aug 01, 2009 5:57 pm

Watched some FMA and Sailor Moon S. Almost to the point where the S movie supposedly falls into the story line.
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Postby Makachop^^128 » Sat Aug 01, 2009 6:17 pm

rewatching Tengen toppa gurren lagann and cowboy bebop
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Postby Makachop^^128 » Sat Aug 01, 2009 6:18 pm

Htom Sirveaux (post: 1334455) wrote:Gurren Lagann set 1. Yay, used anime!


ah! rad anime ^^:sweat:

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