At 3/22/07 08:51 PM, uhnoesanoob wrote: I, living in New york half of the year and the bahamas the other half have a blessing and a curse. New york has lots of anime stores, hell even some by genre. The bahamas best source is waldenbooks:[.

New York was great for anime and manga, sadly, I didn't have enough money to buy all the stuff I wanted.

Also, great idea for a video game. You play as Detective Conan. You find a murder and figure out the main suspect. You arrest him after some ranma 1/2 stlye fights. Then you play as naruhudo[or hobohudo] and have to prove your client innocent. After that as Naruhodo you have to maintain a girls-house and study hard so you can get into tokyo law. ;D

Sounds like an awesome idea for a game.

It can be expensive, but only if you do not know where to go. I cannot wait untill icons[it is a convention-anime-games] on saturday. Rumiko is gonna be their! [I am gonna get my Ranma Book signed!] and maybe introduce her to my Ranma game idea for the wii..........
Ya know what would be awesome...playing brawl for the wii...you beat it with meta knight....."New challenger alert!" And its none other then....Ranma. Really would work well in super smash bros, it would! [And who knows? Snake got in right?]

hmm i read ze cowboy bebop manga...wow its the beginning and it feels a little diffrent

At 3/21/07 08:16 PM, Gendo wrote:

At 3/21/07 08:14 PM, Akatsuki321 wrote: The Berserk manga?

Don't feel like reading it, heard plenty of praise but I'm in no mood for more ultraviolence.

If I had my computer I'd show you reasons why to read the Berserk manga. In the later chapters there is some stunning visuals and the storyline becomes somewhat like Lord of the Rings. It's kinda good for the series but kinda bad though, double edged sword. The first part of the Berserk manga is about Guts[Gattsu] time when he was with Griffith and The Band of the Hawk[for some odd reason called Falcon later on]and how he and Griffith became good friends, Guts becoming more open to people[namely his unit that he commands]and a certain female someone. The following after that is spoilerific beyond words. Mainly it goes from Guts being in a group, to on his own kicking hella tons of ass and then back to a group and becoming more awesome and kicking slightly less tons of ass. Overall it's very good and worth the read.

At 3/22/07 05:29 PM, HaroFreak wrote:

At 3/22/07 03:50 PM, Gendo wrote: I'd say it's because too many vampire stories are either generic or utter rip-offs of Dracula.

What is a man?

A miserable little pile of secrets. But enough of this talk, HAVE AT YOU!

*throws goblet to floor & transforms*

Richter ass kicking in progress.... COMPLETE!

Maria: Richter! Resign your strength! *Zodiac flies about; Heals Richter*

Dracula slaying in progress.... COMPLETE!

gwAAAAARFhhhughasSSSSSSSSSSSS

At 3/22/07 08:46 PM, Gendo wrote: That'd be like taking freeze-dried food over fresh.

Exactly.
Fresh food is freeeeeeeeesh.

Nudity > firearms

Out of all the figures, the Tessa and Kyoko ones most resembled their drawn counterparts.
Am I the only one who prefers Tessa to Kaname?

Hahaha, happy brithday, you awful bastard!

Ossan Jyanai! Ore wa mada Hatachi da! /Shishioh Guy
(Thanks!)

At 3/22/07 11:09 PM, Kisuke wrote: A miserable little pile of secrets. But enough of this talk, HAVE AT YOU!

Now we must Kung Fu Fight!

*Dance of Illusions BGM (Sougetsu no Jyuujika mix) insert here*

Hey guys, what was that one show where the opening theme was like an American song or something? The song goes like "And I ran, I ran so far away." Like that? It was like, dudes in ancient armor, yattah yattah.

At 3/23/07 02:02 PM, KermitTheMuppet wrote:

You're thinking of
Knights of the Zodiac . I used to watch it a while ago, I never really got into it though.

Thanks. That was it. I wonder what made them want to go with that song?

I watched Perfect Blue today. It was quite good. It seems that part of it is open to interpretation.

*****SPOILERS*****

I think Mima actually was who she believed she was all along and simply had visions of herself criticizing her. And I don't think she killed anyone. I thought she was crazy and killed the photographer at first and kept waking up thinking everything else was a dream, but at the end, I figured that either Rumi or Me-Mania actually killed the photographer. I believe Rumi had been e-mailing Me-Mania telling him that she was the real Mima and told him to kill the "impostor", the real Mima. Rumi was delusional and really wanted to be Mima. I think it's more likely that Rumi killed the photographer than Me-Mania since we see Mima in the scene. Rumi tried to kill Mima, but Mima saw herself instead of Rumi (as opposed to simply hallucinating the attack). So, Me-Mania was real and Mima actually was in a TV series. She didn't have a multiple personality disorder and imagine her acting career. That whole thing about her having the disorder was a dream/day dream that was intended to mislead the viewer. That's how it seems to me. Plus, after she left the mental hospital where Rumi was staying, Mima got in her car, looked at herself in her rear-view mirror and said "I'm the real deal". She was looking directly at the viewer when she said this, so it was almost like saying to whoever was watching the movie "no, she's not crazy".

I'm saying all this because I have a feeling some people see it differently - that Mima was a psycho, she was never a pop star, she killed all the victims, and there was no Me-Mania. That's what I thought at one point while watching it. But I think the viewer is supposed to believe this at a certain point. They want to confuse the viewer.

*****END SPOILERS*****

At 3/19/07 09:48 PM, Noctroler wrote:

Count Magnus Lee (Vampire Hunter D)

Haven't seen it.

shame.

Alexander Anderson (Hellsing)

Not such a "evil villain" in my opinion, more of just a bad-ass rival to me!

seems like a villain to me.

Lord Genma (Ninja Scroll)

Meh.

gasp!

Shijima (Ninja Scroll)

Ehhhhhhhh, somewhat.

hell naw. Shijima is freakin' badass.

"How could he dodge Shijima's claw?"

Utsutsu (Ninja Scroll)

Don't remember which one of them this one is...

He's the blind guy.

Makoto Shishio (Rurouni Kenshin)

Not sure if this is the TV series or the OVA.

I'm talking about the long-ass series. Is he really in an OVA?

At 3/20/07 07:45 PM, Akatsuki321 wrote: So has anyone ever seen Escaflowne the movie?

I've been meaning to see the series and movie, but have not yet gotten around to it.

At 3/20/07 11:21 PM, supyohos123 wrote: I'm a sad panda!

Who lives in the east 'neath the willow tree?
Sexual Harassment...Pandaaa!

At 3/21/07 06:16 PM, Gendo wrote: Oh, and trust me, the Dead Poet's Society similarities die away pretty early in the story.

I didn't know there were any. I've seen the Dead Poet's Society, but never watched an epsiode of GTO or read the manga. It never interested me. Dead Poet's Society never even interested me.

haha. The guy from that movie is in House.

At 3/22/07 06:23 AM, MrTrivia wrote: Victory is mine! Netflix just added Orphen I and II (although a few volumes are missing), so they're around #275 in my queue.

Of course I have all volumes of both series since I'm a huge fan. great stuff.

At 3/22/07 03:03 PM, Gendo wrote:

At 3/22/07 03:00 PM, Akatsuki321 wrote: Damn i really should try netflix, i only never thought of trying it because,maybe they have a huge movie collection but i assumed they had absolutly no anime. Boy was i wrong

What a ludicrous assumption, plus, a few users here talk about getting anime from Netflix on a regular basis.

LURK MOAR!

hellz yeah. I love Netflix. If they're able to satisfy my taste in obscure titles even a little bit, you know they have a good selection.

At 3/22/07 06:26 PM, sepiroth-blade wrote: netfix ... i hear it is some , anime generating device ? anyone ? ( sorry to bother you guys like ..al the time >_<)

WTF are you talking about? It's a hugely popular site that allows you to rent movies. They mail the DVDs to you in prepayed envelopes which you put the DVDs back in when you're done and mail them back (no cost for mailing them back, no stamps). You can get up to 5 a month and it has a great selection. I get the 4-at-a-time unlimited plan, which means there's no limit to the total amount of DVDs I can rent monthly.

Somebody's been living under a rock.

At 3/21/07 08:16 PM, Gendo wrote:

At 3/21/07 08:14 PM, Akatsuki321 wrote: The Berserk manga?

Don't feel like reading it, heard plenty of praise but I'm in no mood for more ultraviolence.

"What we were after now was the old surprise visit. That was a real kick and good for laughs and lashings of the old ultraviolence. "

At 3/23/07 07:26 PM, Akatsuki321 wrote:

Who knows....i hated that show,it seemed way to similer to ronin knights which is awsome too. The show just never intrested me.

I think your statement is a little on the illogical side. You say "I hated it" but then you say "ronin knights which is awesome TOO".

At 3/23/07 07:37 PM, Twilight-Knight wrote: I think your statement is a little on the illogical side. You say "I hated it" but then you say "ronin knights which is awesome TOO".

Simple; he is most probably a liar and never actually watched some of the shows, therefore making his posts even of less value. Heck, he should be paying us to even tolerate him and his lies.

...

Playing too much SRW W and its mass of Dynamic Kill animations (attack animation changes if attack kills opponent for epicness) makes me draw and compile this:

At 3/23/07 07:57 PM, Akatsuki321 wrote: LOL no need to make assumptions, though i don't blame you for thinking that. I use to watch Ronin knights when it was on toonami also a few episodes of zodiac knight, after a few episodes of that it just seemed a little to similer to one another.

What have you been told about double-posting? Bad newbie!

I know I promised you all Drunk Wonko when I got back, but events conspired that I only got 1 hour of happy drunkenness before I was babysitting other drunk jackasses (on the basis that I was less drunk due to a faster metabolism.)

At 3/23/07 08:01 PM, Wonko-the-Sane wrote: I know I promised you all Drunk Wonko when I got back, but events conspired that I only got 1 hour of happy drunkenness before I was babysitting other drunk jackasses (on the basis that I was less drunk due to a faster metabolism.)

Is a somewhat drunk-drawing Haro fine too?

At 3/23/07 07:52 PM, Akatsuki321 wrote: mix of words sorry, that i thought was just a poor imatation to Ronin knights.

I think you mean Ronin Warriors.

At 3/23/07 07:57 PM, Akatsuki321 wrote: I use to watch Ronin knights when it was on toonami

Yeah, it's Ronin Warriors.

Ronin Warriors was a neat show. I don't remember much except for Sage who wore green armor with sandy coloured hair and had a poleaxe or something similar.

Saint Sayia[spelling]/Knights of the Zodiac had the Duran Duran theme song or something shitty like that for the OP.

Transfer Report:

I would like to inform everyone that I will be leaving my Manchester Residence in 30 minutes from the time I make this post. I will report back as soon as possible (within 24 hours, most likely) and I look forward to the /B/ and /A/ when I get back (lol).

Of course, some /H/ is fine too.

And of course, to keep my post /A/ related, I have nearly finished watching Utawarerumono, and so far, I highly recommend it.

And if this image does not jumpstar your fandom, only the /H/ art will:

At 3/24/07 11:31 AM, Akatsuki321 wrote: a Berserk marathon is what im going for today.

great show. I have the DVD box set. enjoy.

I saw a bit of Gundam SEED Destiny yesterday. Though I didn't really like it. The Gundam series has gone downhill.

Speaking of Berserk, here's my current desktop. I fooled around with photoshop at school blending a few images I found on the internet and changing the color, and I ended up really liking it, so I saved the image on a floppy disc and took it home. It came out blurry when I selected "stretch", though. But it doesn't look good any other way, so I kept it like that.

good? so-so? crap?

At 3/24/07 01:19 PM, Kronik-The-Echidna wrote: I saw a bit of Gundam SEED Destiny yesterday. Though I didn't really like it. The Gundam series has gone downhill.

I managed to watch around fourty seconds of it before turning off the TV in disgust.

Last night was utter madness, Shane and Jim were absolutely out of their goddamned minds.

To kick things off, me and Jim dropped by Sydney Games for some cheap manga (Azumanga and Akira) and got snacks/drinks/etc. for the long night ahead.

Shane showed up late (and forgot his Azumanga DVDs), and then that's when shit got out of hand.

We played DOA2 for about three hours (I managed to go around an hour and forty five minutes without losing), and then finished Mezzo (the last four episodes reek of mediocrity, despite the final episode's eye-rapingly good animation. Jim also managed to predict the exact last lines of the series, which was creepy). Jim went to go fetch some coffee, and when he returned, Shane and I (in ludicrous-looking costumes) screamed "WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!" at him. He was so freaked out that he nearly fell down the stairs.

The rest of the night was just us flicking channels (all the anime last night were re-runs, so we just watched Angry Kid and some Law & Order: SVU), playing Dynasty Warriors 4, talking about porn, watching porn, discussing sexual fantasies and inevitably watching Ranma 1/2 (every time we run out of things to do, we just slap it on and kick back for some lulz).

As a result of the festivies, my clothing smells of Coke Blak, my floor smells of Coke Blak (thanks to a spill during a heated round of DW4), my empty cans of Coca-Cola Classic smell of Coke Blak (we had to split the last bottle in the house, so we poured it into the empty cans) and my laptop smells of Coke Blak (due to the aforemention spill).

At 3/24/07 05:51 PM, Akatsuki321 wrote: lulz....i found this old treasure that reminds me to try to get the zz gundam box set, if i can find it of course.http://youtube.com/watch?v=68A3mCC3tKk

Epic theme song is epic.

Amazing stuff, I now need that OST, badly.

*Lands* And I'm back.

At 3/24/07 05:58 PM, Gendo wrote: Epic theme song is epic.

"Anime Jyanai" and "Silent Voice" are equally epic in their own tangents, the former for the lyrics, and the latter for its brooding "You-know-he's-going-to-kill-em-all" atmosphere it creates.

Amazing stuff, I now need that OST, badly.

Gundam Singles History I, or the ZZ OST Volumes 1 and 2 (if I remember correctly).

At 3/24/07 06:16 PM, Akatsuki321 wrote: That it is, you can always get the Gundam singles history volume 1, that way you get not only that but stuff from zeta and the one year war too.

Gundam 0079 Movies Insert Songs included as well.

At 3/25/07 12:42 AM, HaroFreak wrote: *Lands* And I'm back.

Yay! Welcome back, my good friend!

Well, I'll be stuck on Paltalk for the next six centuries, then sleep, so I will hopefully have something anime-related to say then.

The Gundam series stopped getting good right after Gundam Wing. IMO

At 3/25/07 01:22 AM, Kronik-The-Echidna wrote: The Gundam series stopped getting good right after Gundam Wing. IMO

Bullshit. Turn-A's characters and story is one of the best ever made.

At 3/25/07 01:26 AM, HaroFreak wrote:

At 3/25/07 01:22 AM, Kronik-The-Echidna wrote: The Gundam series stopped getting good right after Gundam Wing. IMO

Bullshit. Turn-A's characters and story is one of the best ever made.

I forgot about Turn-A. My mistake. Either way, Gundam SEED wasn't the best.

At 3/25/07 02:16 AM, Kronik-The-Echidna wrote: I forgot about Turn-A. My mistake.

A shame that it gave a bad first impression with the first Design by Syd Mead (which was altered by Kunio Ogawara for the TV version, and remastered by Katoki as a piece of side art).

Either way, Gundam SEED wasn't the best.

The only good part was the technological setting which had interesting concepts such as Phase Shift (including Trans-Phase and Variable) Armor, Neutron Jammers and the Deuterion Energy types.

Asides from that, SEED's characters were known to have all kind of homosexual jokes cracked at them. The only 'good' thing Fukuda did was cast them with experienced Seiyu (mostly).

Spent around five hours on Paltalk last night rambling with Dobio, SMC and Mast3rmind about DBZ. It was loads of fucking fun.

Such a classic series, yet so flawed and predictable.

At 3/25/07 02:05 PM, KermitTheMuppet wrote: It was the looney toons of anime. It's good in certain doses but it gets old quick.

Only because the majority of the Western Side has gotten it far too late.

Wait... how long has mecha been around for?

Today's been quite uneventful.

Paltalk was fun in the morning, but now all the lulzy users are offline and everyone else is playing Monopoly. I didn't do much else other than watch The Silence of The Lambs for the millionth time and play a few old N64 games.

Luckily, this week looks like it'll be fun. Tomorrow, I get to assist in choosing books for the ninth grade English literature program at one of the local schools (the teacher has shown interest in adding graphic novels and manga to the list of options, and since I was notorious for reading them in her class, she decided to ask me for my opinion on a few she has purchased as well as asked me to bring in a few favorites of mine).

I see this as the ultimate opportunity to give kids the chance to read the books I had desired to read for school but never got to, not to mention I can whorishly get a few of my all-time faves considered. I don't know if I should bring in serious stuff (V for Vendetta, Death Note, etc.) or lulzier books (Read or Dream, Hsu & Chan and the like)....

Not to mention Easter is coming up soon, and I am in dire need of candy and presents.