At 12/28/05 05:01 AM, Master_Inuyasha wrote: Just so you all know, Media Play is going out of buisness

Yeah, I heard about that. My teacher told me a few weeks ago. Half of my local Media Play is closed off already.

At 12/28/05 06:50 AM, mr_trivia wrote: I think the website is already gone, but I can try to pay a visit to the 4 Columbus-area locations. I'm shopping around for .hack//OUTBREAK and, oddly, Media Play is the only place in Central Ohio that I haven't checked.

They probably have 'said game', more or less. I always prefered Media Play to Best Buy for the reason that it had a section dedicated to anime and the video game section was right next to it. Not to mention that their selection was great and the prices weren't too shabby either.

By the way, where do all of the .hack anime series fit in the timeline? I know that .hack//SIGN is after the video games, and so is .hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet (although it bears a heavy resemblence to the game's story), but what about .hack//LIMINALITY (which comes with the games as bonus discs)?

I do belive LIMINALITY came before Legend of the Twilight, as in.

LIMINALITY
Dawn
Dusk
LotT
Sign

I think that's how they go. I think there are a few more in the series. See, this is one reason why Kouga should stop in at this time.

At 12/28/05 12:50 PM, _RanmaSaotome_ wrote: In reply to Master InuYasha, what do you mean by bad? Bad as in good ( slang ) or bad as in it sucks?

Bad as in badass my good man. It is quite phenominal. I'm sure everyone here would enjoy this game as much as I do.

Personally I loved the game, me and all the other people who made it win numerous game of the year awards.

*laugh* So, how about a few dollars, eh?

At 12/28/05 12:50 PM, _RanmaSaotome_ wrote:

You have to choose a character of the same gender.

Alright how about freddie from Cromartie high school

At 12/28/05 04:24 AM, HaroFreak wrote: If you need any help with translation, my contact details are in my profile.

I'll let you know as soon as I get good at flash, at least decent enough where it actually looks good. I have a lot of ideas, and I need good animation to make it work completely. Thanks though for answering my question.

After a week in Florida for Christmas My family and I just got back about and hour and a half ago. I got a total of $247. With which I bought:

External DVD Burner
Stellvia volumes 1 (collector's tin edition);7; and 8
Negima volume 8

The rest of which will be going to some new cloths. And IF I'm lucky at least 1 Shinobu Figurine.

So what did you guys get?

At 12/28/05 08:19 PM, BigFan7 wrote: After a week in Florida for Christmas My family and I just got back about and hour and a half ago. I got a total of $247. With which I bought:

External DVD Burner
Stellvia volumes 1 (collector's tin edition);7; and 8
Negima volume 8

The rest of which will be going to some new cloths. And IF I'm lucky at least 1 Shinobu Figurine.

So what did you guys get?

The things I got were a full metAL alchamist shirt
Trigun
some cloths
and Kill zone and Ratchet and clank 3

At 12/28/05 08:19 PM, BigFan7 wrote: So what did you guys get?

I didn't get anything, I'm a man in the house, meaning no gifts, no nada, which is why I'm glad that I have a job, so I can buy my own stuff so I don't get any disappointment on the side, well, I did get a cool Christmas card from Sarai, but that was it. Other than that, I went on another manga binge.

At 12/28/05 12:50 PM, _RanmaSaotome_ wrote: You have to choose a character of the same gender.

Hm...exactly how does that figure in with you?

i need to re register.
1.elfen lied(im so sad the series ended!)
2.gantz(volume 9 came out,i just havent been outside lately :(
3.Genshiken(vol 3 comes out january ^-^)
4.samurai gun(need to get volume 4,dunno when it comes out)
5.godannar(its liek so sweet![fan service] roxorz)
I choose Kei Kurono from gantz as my avatar.KTHXBAI.

At 12/28/05 11:34 PM, _RanmaSaotome_ wrote: Also take note that when Herb, Lime, and Mint's parents turned animals into women then made them their wives they ended up having traits of those animals meaning that even though Ranma in girl form appears to be female hes still technically part guy

Is that supposed to be a non-obvious spoiler?
Not like I mind this particular series THAT much, anyway.

At 12/28/05 11:34 PM, _RanmaSaotome_ wrote: By the way, when it comes to transformations we consider them the same person.

Plus, our own little Ranma here is rather sexually ambiguous, so it all works out in the end anyway.

At 12/28/05 08:19 PM, BigFan7 wrote: So what did you guys get?

I got an Xbox, $33 Which I bought Conker Live and Reloaded with, and some sweats. I' haven't got al my presents yet.

At 12/28/05 01:13 AM, Wonko-the-Sane wrote: fan subtitled anime. Basically an anime not liscensed in America, but people on the internet have gotten from Japan, and put their own subtitles too it. And hit the reply with quote button next time. It makes things simpler.

Or in the event of a good series gone to hell via poorly managed licensing *CoughOnePieceCough*.

At 12/29/05 03:32 AM, HaroFreak wrote:

At 12/28/05 01:13 AM, Wonko-the-Sane wrote: fan subtitled anime. Basically an anime not liscensed in America, but people on the internet have gotten from Japan, and put their own subtitles too it. And hit the reply with quote button next time. It makes things simpler.

Or in the event of a good series gone to hell via poorly managed licensing *CoughOnePieceCough*.

On that note we should also point out Funimation. Excluding DBZ and Yu Yu Hakasho they have done a pretty poor job in the animes they have dubbed. Recently they bought the rights for the Negima anime. However I have a feeling that they will actually do a pretty good job with this one. I personally got to talk with the voice acting director of the series when i went to Nekocon back in Novemeber (special guest) and she told me that Funimation is throwing everything they have into this series. They even went as far as to hire 8 new voice actressess to compensate for the massive amount of characters in the cast. (all total in anime close to 60! compared to DBZ with 27 and YYH with 35!) My personal fav. character (Nodoka) will be getting one of the new actresses, and from what the directer told me, her voice is almost dead on with the Japanese voice actressess's, only in english. Needless to say i BEGGED her to match up the voices with the Japanese version the best she could. And she promised.

Let's just hope that Negima wont end up like it's Akamatsu created predosesser Love Hina. We all know how badly Bandai fucked up with the voices on that one! Especially Motoko's!

At 12/28/05 01:47 PM, Master_Inuyasha wrote:

At 12/28/05 06:50 AM, mr_trivia wrote: where do all of the .hack anime series fit in the timeline? I know that .hack//SIGN is after the video games, and so is .hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet (although it bears a heavy resemblence to the game's story), but what about .hack//LIMINALITY (which comes with the games as bonus discs)?

I do belive LIMINALITY came before Legend of the Twilight, as in.

LIMINALITY
Dawn
Dusk
LotT
Sign

I think that's how they go. I think there are a few more in the series. See, this is one reason why Kouga should stop in at this time.

I stand corrected. In the .hack timeline, .hack//SIGN comes first, followed by the games and .hack//LIMINALITY (which occur simultaneously), and then .hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet. There is no .hack//DAWN and .hack//DUSK is a title incorrectly applied to .hack//Legend by fan-subbers. Of course, Bandai is currently cranking out the prequels, which further clouds the timeline's origin.
On a slightly-related topic, do you think it would be weird to get a blue Subaru Legacy or Impreza and name it Lady Subaru? I've heard of people naming their cars, but intentionally buying a vehicle to name after an anime character sounds like something only a card-carrying Otaku would do.

At 12/29/05 05:44 AM, BigFan7 wrote: On that note we should also point out Funimation. Excluding DBZ and Yu Yu Hakasho they have done a pretty poor job in the animes they have dubbed.

Why am I not suprised...

Recently they bought the rights for the Negima anime.

Oh hell... I was looking forward to hearing how the ADV version would end up. Dang it.

However I have a feeling that they will actually do a pretty good job with this one.

Was it how they did Fullmetal Alchemist, or not...?

I personally got to talk with the voice acting director of the series when i went to Nekocon back in Novemeber (special guest) and she told me that Funimation is throwing everything they have into this series.

That's more or less the same thing they said about Naruto (Viz).
And so far, it's spoilt by odd accent.

We all know how badly Bandai fucked up with the voices on that one! Especially Motoko's!

Spoiler?
Not to mention the infamous Disco Light Gun found in Gundam Seed *Shudder*

At 12/29/05 12:29 PM, _RanmaSaotome_ wrote: I didnt see much of the dub, what was the Disco Light Gun?

At one gunpoint scene. The handgun was replaced with what appears to be a strange ray gun.

you Know what i hate? crappy voice overs,like for the old lupin the 3 movie they released they had new voice actors!,also for dirty pair.i think they should just eep things original ya know?

also the voice overs for the naruto anime suck ass,i much prefer subs over dubs

At 12/28/05 08:19 PM, BigFan7 wrote: So what did you guys get?

As far as anime/mangas, I got the Outlaw Star perfect collection, the first 9 episodes of Bubblegum Crisis, (which I have not seen yet) Dead Leaves, and Memories. I watched those last two I mentioned for the first time, and I thought they were both cool movies. I've already seen Outlaw Star many times (one of my favorite shows) on TV, but I just started watching the unedited DVD version last night.

I've watched the first 5 so far and I noticed a few things that were changed for Cartoon Network. There's more profanity and sexuality. I remember when the show premiered on CN, Jim said the word "ass", which was quickly replaced by "butt" for reruns. I thought that was pretty funny.

I also got the first Berserk manga, which I haven't read yet.

Some non Japan related things I got were

DVD: Unleashed (unrated) and 28 Days Later.
Xbox: Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse and Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath.
PS2: Soul Calibur 3.

Stubbs was very easy and I beat it within a total of just a few hours. I still like it, though and will play it many times over.

I got some other little things too. I should be getting at least one more present when I go to see my grandparents and my dad, who was in China during Christmas.

At 12/29/05 12:55 PM, Kei_Kurono wrote: also the voice overs for the naruto anime suck ass,i much prefer subs over dubs

We all prefer the subtitled version of Naruto over the translated and edited equivalents.

At 12/29/05 01:07 PM, HaroFreak wrote: We all prefer the subtitled version of Naruto over the translated and edited equivalents.

I prefer just about anything over Naruto. I watched the 1st 15 episodes and had to stop. I just can't see what people see in this anime. The ONLY good thing i can see going for it is the special effects and that's it. The story plot sucks, and the comedy (if you can call it that) is very sub par and full of toliet himor, which is the kind of humor i dislike.

At 12/29/05 08:15 PM, BigFan7 wrote: At 12/29/05 01:07 PM, HaroFreak wrote: We all prefer the subtitled version of Naruto over the translated and edited equivalents.

I prefer just about anything over Naruto. I watched the 1st 15 episodes and had to stop.

And why is that?

I just can't see what people see in this anime.
I just can't see what people see in comedy Animes. THEY ARE NOT FUNNY. Even when the Japanese are trying to make it funny.

The ONLY good thing i can see going for it is the special effects and that's it.
Says the guy who's only seen 15 episodes

The story plot sucks,
Atleast it has a plotline unlike Animes like Love Hina.

and the comedy (if you can call it that) is very sub par and full of toliet himor, which is the kind of humor i dislike.
Are you from the South of America Or North? Because most South Americans are pretty immature and should have no problem finding it funny.

At 12/29/05 11:51 PM, Kronik_The_Hedgehog wrote: I just can't see what people see in this anime.
I just can't see what people see in comedy Animes. THEY ARE NOT FUNNY. Even when the Japanese are trying to make it funny.

Different strokes for different folks you know. What may appeal to some may appeal to no one else, you know?

Atleast it has a plotline unlike Animes like Love Hina.

Read the manga, that's all I can say in defense to that

Because most South Americans are pretty immature and should have no problem finding it funny.

Most? Are you generalizing?

At 12/29/05 11:51 PM, Kronik_The_Hedgehog wrote: I just can't see what people see in this anime.
I just can't see what people see in comedy Animes. THEY ARE NOT FUNNY. Even when the Japanese are trying to make it funny.

SPOILERS AHEAD

Some of the plot twists are good (Canon ones, of course). But ever since the animation has reached Filler Hell, it has become a sad attempt to keep it going.

And it has been too far apart since the last "good" fight (Naruto VS Sasuke), and it is as if finding Sasuke is no longer significant.

and the comedy (if you can call it that) is very sub par and full of toliet himor, which is the kind of humor i dislike.

I only recall three or four episodes out of the total released (Including Movie Filler). And only one (Or maybe another) in the comics.

I had no problem with the Naruto fillers at first, but they've become very bad. The current story is so boring, I'm thinking about just waiting for the anime to go back to the manga storyline, but even the manga storyline is kind of boring. I really don't give a crap about Sai and his male midriff.

Well I'm gald there at least a few people out there who agree with me about Naruto. BTW if you ARE a Naruto fan i didn't mean to insult you if i did.

At 12/30/05 01:28 AM, Vash-The-Stampede wrote: I had no problem with the Naruto fillers at first, but they've become very bad. The current story is so boring, I'm thinking about just waiting for the anime to go back to the manga storyline, but even the manga storyline is kind of boring. I really don't give a crap about Sai and his male midriff.

Yeah, but at least the Canon story is going SOMEWHERE and has a brief amount of suspense, if any.

At 12/30/05 03:11 AM, BigFan7 wrote: Well I'm gald there at least a few people out there who agree with me about Naruto. BTW if you ARE a Naruto fan i didn't mean to insult you if i did.

Don't worry, I'm sure that the current Naruto Fans think the same thing about the new fillers.

anyone seen this?
os tans (operating system girls)
its really neat and funny series!

(Nt tan)

At 12/29/05 11:51 PM, Kronik_The_Hedgehog wrote: I just can't see what people see in comedy Animes. THEY ARE NOT FUNNY. Even when the Japanese are trying to make it funny.

I have to disagree with that. I think Lupin the Third (a "comedy anime") is pretty funny.

Are you from the South of America Or North? Because most South Americans are pretty immature and should have no problem finding it funny.

I find generalizations like that to be offensive.

At 12/30/05 09:29 PM, -Fumetsu- wrote:

Are you from the South of America Or North? Because most South Americans are pretty immature and should have no problem finding it funny.

I find generalizations like that to be offensive.

He did say MOST, not all you know...