At 7/8/07 07:34 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: What do you guys think of Basilisk

Hated it, art style and story had no appeal to me, plus disappointing ending.

and Heat Guy J?

Haven't seen.

I haven't seen either, but I put them on my Netflix queue today.

Proceed with caution, then.

Also, in addition to seeing Roujin Z and the last volume of Cromartie High School, I plan on seeing the first 2 DVDs of Samurai Deeper Kyo soon.

Hmm, much better.

At 7/8/07 02:18 PM, Simon wrote: One movie I've never got round to watching, Spirited Away.

Can anyone give me a good review of the film before I watch it? Because I plan to watch the movie as soon as possible.

I feel as if this is a good film.

Why do you need a review before you watch a film?

Especially if you're already planning to watch the movie, it just seems like there's no point.

I only like to get the general gist of the reviews to help me to decide whether to see a film or not.

Or possibly after I see it, to see if a reviewer agrees with me or something.

At 7/8/07 08:07 PM, Kuro wrote: Why do you need a review before you watch a film?

And what the hell do critics and reviewer know? To some people, seeing someone getting hit in the crouch is the funniest thing, and to others it is stupid and not funny.

Also most things have reviews ranging from 1/10 to 10/10, so how is that helpful? The main thing you can go on is the average rating and key elements of a movie/series.

Gurren Lagann episode 15 got 34 votes for 10/10, and 4 votes for 9/10, and 0 votes for anything else on one website. So it better be fucking awesome.

At 7/8/07 06:51 PM, KermitTheMuppet wrote: I start summer school tomorrow, which means I might have to take a brief hiatus...

Just be like me. I'm on this site at least once a day and lurk through most of the pages. Posting at times when I have it, like now.

At 7/8/07 09:34 PM, Kisuke wrote:

At 7/8/07 06:51 PM, KermitTheMuppet wrote: I start summer school tomorrow, which means I might have to take a brief hiatus...

Just be like me. I'm on this site at least once a day and lurk through most of the pages. Posting at times when I have it, like now.

I also have summer school...but just one class from 12-2:30 mon-thursday, so it really doesn't affect my posting frequency.

Youtube comment on Vanilla Ice's The Void video: "What is that show... Its odd to think I have missed a show, wen i have already seen over 3000 J-anime so far."

Is J-anime meaning Japanese Anime?...seems a little redundant. And 3000...really?

At 7/8/07 09:39 PM, Dr-HyakuNinGiri wrote: Is J-anime meaning Japanese Anime?...seems a little redundant.

"Redundant", you say?

At 7/8/07 09:43 PM, Kuro wrote:

At 7/8/07 09:39 PM, Dr-HyakuNinGiri wrote: Is J-anime meaning Japanese Anime?...seems a little redundant.

"Redundant", you say?

Yes...I just said it. Please post 7 words.

Avatar isn't anime. J-Anime vs. Anime doesn't make a difference, because either it IS or ISN'T anime. If someone understands J-Anime, then that would obviously mean they would understand the difference between non-anime and anime.

At 7/8/07 09:52 PM, Dr-HyakuNinGiri wrote: Avatar isn't anime.

Essentially it is.

Anime is an abbreviation of the word 'animation', so literally, the term means any sort of animation from anywhere around the world, which obviously includes Avatar

Anime can also mean the general style that most Japanese animations are presented it, so that is also inclusive of Avatar.

Yes, plenty of people take 'anime' to mean only animations that have come from Japan, but saying 'Japanese anime' (or possibly 'Japanime') is just removing that little bit of confusion that some people may have.

At 7/8/07 10:14 PM, Kuro wrote:

At 7/8/07 09:52 PM, Dr-HyakuNinGiri wrote: Avatar isn't anime.

Essentially it is.

Oh yeah, I hear people saying "you watch the anime Family Guy?". Or " lets all go see the upcoming anime movie The Simpsons."

Anime is an abbreviation of the word 'animation', so literally, the term means any sort of

And who the hell takes the word literally?

Afganistanimation is an awesome name.

Powerpuff girls is kind of ironic. It could be confused for an anime, about as much as Totally Spies! or Teen Titans could be confused for anime, but there is a Japanese anime Powerpuff Girls show.

They should just change the definition of Anime, cus I've never seen or heard of anyone using it as an "abbreviation" for Animation.

It's all Cartoons anyways.

I wonder how many times this discussion has happen in this club? At least 3 times I can remeber since I've been here. I think Avatar was involved each time too.

PS: American-anime > Euro-anime! I think we can all agree on that.

At 7/8/07 10:34 PM, Dr-HyakuNinGiri wrote: They should just change the definition of Anime, cus I've never seen or heard of anyone using it as an "abbreviation" for Animation.

Japanese people.

PS: American-anime > Euro-anime! I think we can all agree on that.

Really now?

At 7/8/07 10:46 PM, Kuro wrote:

At 7/8/07 10:34 PM, Dr-HyakuNinGiri wrote: They should just change the definition of Anime, cus I've never seen or heard of anyone using it as an "abbreviation" for Animation.

Japanese people.

Is animation is an English word? It would be funny if Japanese people are calling their own animation by an abbreviation for an English word.

Though I guess those cross-country words are kind of common.

PS: American-anime > Euro-anime! I think we can all agree on that.

Really now?

Ya really now. That doesn't look "anime influenced" at all to me.

See Megas XLR.

And to save room: Soyokaze a lot like the Yamato, if it's bow was flipped over.

At 7/8/07 11:00 PM, Dr-HyakuNinGiri wrote: And to save room: Soyokaze a lot like the Yamato, if it's bow was flipped over.

Soyokaze is better, damnit.

At 7/8/07 11:04 PM, Wonko-the-Sane wrote:

At 7/8/07 11:00 PM, Dr-HyakuNinGiri wrote: And to save room: Soyokaze a lot like the Yamato, if it's bow was flipped over.

Soyokaze is better, damnit.

Well I've never seen Space Battleship Yamato, so I would have to agree. It's the luckiest ship in the universe!! And Yamamoto serves on the Soyokaze, so...intrinsically...it's better for that reason also.

At 7/8/07 09:39 PM, Dr-HyakuNinGiri wrote: Is J-anime meaning Japanese Anime?...seems a little redundant.

Despite Kuro's point, that is quite redundant.

Let's face it, textbook definition aside, anime is almost exclusively equated with Japanese animation.

And 3000...really?

I'm severly doubting it. I've heard of and known people who've seen hundreds (myself included), but never thousands.

At 7/8/07 11:00 PM, Dr-HyakuNinGiri wrote: Is animation is an English word? It would be funny if Japanese people are calling their own animation by an abbreviation for an English word.

Though I guess those cross-country words are kind of common.

Well it's actually taken from "l'anime", from French.

And they're not using it to call only Japanese animation, it's the term for all animation.

PS: American-anime > Euro-anime! I think we can all agree on that.

Really now?

Ya really now. That doesn't look "anime influenced" at all to me.

L'anime.

See Megas XLR.

I never could bother trying to watch that show.

At 7/8/07 11:21 PM, Kuro wrote: Well it's actually taken from "l'anime", from French.

As a bilingual individual, I can validate this.

I never could bother trying to watch that show.

Neither could I, it just wasn't my cup of tea.

At 7/8/07 11:22 PM, Gendo wrote:

At 7/8/07 11:21 PM, Kuro wrote: Well it's actually taken from "l'anime", from French.

As a bilingual individual, I can validate this.

I never could bother trying to watch that show.

Neither could I, it just wasn't my cup of tea.

This statement sums up the whole show:

Coop and Jamie sit in the front of the car seat that replaced the head of a mech. Coop blows up shit and smashes stuff. Jamie sits right next to him planning on getting laid, but he ends up getting slapped by the women he hits on. Kiva is in the back nagging them with Wendee Lee's voice. Goat the junkman sometimes tags along.

At 7/8/07 11:29 PM, supyohos123 wrote: Coop and Jamie sit in the front of the car seat that replaced the head of a mech. Coop blows up shit and smashes stuff. Jamie sits right next to him planning on getting laid, but he ends up getting slapped by the women he hits on. Kiva is in the back nagging them with Wendee Lee's voice.

Ugh, yawnfest there.

Goat the junkman sometimes tags along.

Goat was the most hardcore motherfucker on Downtown, and his appearance on Metalocalypse was also quite lulzy.

At 7/9/07 12:38 AM, Akatsuki321 wrote: Might as well report on my current R.O.D viewings. So far I'm manged to get up to episode 14. Then i realized that i have actually seen some of these episodes on TV many years ago.

Man, how could you possibly forget such an awesome viewing experience?

For shame.

But good thing episodes 14-26 are new to me, so far it's getting better and better.

What did I tell you? Shit just gets better.

Also i love the ending song.

Everyone who matters does.

It was the first song Jim put on his MP3 player, which is filled with an odd combination of J-Pop, metal and EBM.

At 7/8/07 11:19 PM, Gendo wrote: Despite Kuro's point, that is quite redundant.

What next> ANIMATED CARTOONS!

Let's face it, textbook definition aside, anime is almost exclusively equated with Japanese animation.

Only because it is the west's attempt to 'get closer' to the culture only to miss out the definition's origin and concept.

At 7/9/07 12:38 AM, Akatsuki321 wrote: Might as well report on my current R.O.D viewings.

No. Redundant post is redundant. Stop it.

At 7/8/07 09:43 PM, Kuro wrote: "Redundant", you say?

Failtar falls outside the category of having Japanese origin. 'nuff said.

At 7/9/07 12:44 AM, HaroFreak wrote: What next> ANIMATED CARTOONS!

YOU LIE!

Only because it is the west's attempt to 'get closer' to the culture only to miss out the definition's origin and concept.

Westerns love foreign buzzwords.

Fact.

No. Redundant post is redundant. Stop it.

Other people post about what point they are in a series, so why beat up on him?

Making Weasel the whipping boy is no longer startlingly funny or original. Stop it.

At 7/9/07 12:48 AM, Gendo wrote: YOU LIE!

Thanks for reminding me to get some photos on the Chinese booths in Hong Kong's upcoming comvention for the Engrish and "Standards in Chinese animation" up to date.

Making Weasel the whipping boy is no longer startlingly funny or original. Stop it.

That's not the point.

...

Following up on the idea of China becoming more multimedia-oriented in terms of economy, how does the future look for them so far? I say it's a long shot, but they might just find their way into the minor-league competition if they get their act together.

Heck, their small-time animations (viewable online) even have the potential to out-do Nickelodeon.

Your thoughts?

At 7/9/07 12:53 AM, HaroFreak wrote: Thanks for reminding me to get some photos on the Chinese booths in Hong Kong's upcoming comvention for the Engrish and "Standards in Chinese animation" up to date.

Engrish is amazingly funny.

That's not the point.

What the fuck is the point, then?

Don't be so damn selective of your criticism and then not even give an excuse.

Following up on the idea of China becoming more multimedia-oriented in terms of economy, how does the future look for them so far? I say it's a long shot, but they might just find their way into the minor-league competition if they get their act together.

I've always had faith in China's entertainment industry, and it looks like they've got a serious chance in the animation department these days.

Heck, their small-time animations (viewable online) even have the potential to out-do Nickelodeon.

I've seen some, and I was quite impressed.

Your thoughts?

See above, felt I might as well quote the parts I voiced my views on for the sake of not writing a big rambly paragraph that really and truly only has two sentences worth a damn. By quoting the relevant parts, it does away with context-setting space filler like "I agree with your point" or "As you said above".

At 7/9/07 12:57 AM, Gendo wrote: Engrish is amazingly funny.

I won't say you have not seen nothing if you browsed through the entire archive on Engrish.com though.

I cannot know for sure if they're keeping an attempt at English or not this year though. Heck, they might just go for all-chinese text on everything.

What the fuck is the point, then?

Lack of details.
(Seen the Japanese box art for the OST or DVDs though? It's... servicy. The interior of the DVDs even come with minature posters)

I've always had faith in China's entertainment industry, and it looks like they've got a serious chance in the animation department these days.

I take it you've seen some of their work online.

I've seen some, and I was quite impressed.

Now if they can get a basic concept beyond the typical Chinese Legends and the Cat & Mouse theme going...

See above, felt I might as well quote the parts I voiced my views on for the sake of not writing a big rambly paragraph that really and truly only has two sentences worth a damn. By quoting the relevant parts, it does away with context-setting space filler like "I agree with your point" or "As you said above".

Better that way too, since knowing you, you would prefer to add parts which provides new information even if it becomes a barricade of shitstorms one after another.

At 7/9/07 01:03 AM, HaroFreak wrote: I won't say you have not seen nothing if you browsed through the entire archive on Engrish.com though.

I'm damn close, only a few hundred pics to go.

I cannot know for sure if they're keeping an attempt at English or not this year though. Heck, they might just go for all-chinese text on everything.

True, plus I'm sure shit will look fancy.

Lack of details.

Instead of seeming like a childish ass, you could have just said that in the first place.

Plus, lack of details is certainly less annoying than a ton of spoilers or screencaps...

(Seen the Japanese box art for the OST or DVDs though? It's... servicy. The interior of the DVDs even come with minature posters)

Sadly no, since I cheaped out and got an import boxset and have yet to buy the OSTs.

It'd expect it to be quite servicy, though. I mean, look at the cast.

I take it you've seen some of their work online.

Yes I have.

Now if they can get a basic concept beyond the typical Chinese Legends and the Cat & Mouse theme going...

Gotta start somewhere...

But still, plot variety/quality would indeed be nice.

Better that way too, since knowing you, you would prefer to add parts which provides new information even if it becomes a barricade of shitstorms one after another.

Yep, I tend to say too much.

At 7/9/07 01:09 AM, Gendo wrote: I'm damn close, only a few hundred pics to go.

The best ones seem to be the ones on the covers of food.

True, plus I'm sure shit will look fancy.

I would not count on that.

Instead of seeming like a childish ass, you could have just said that in the first place.

In due time.

Plus, lack of details is certainly less annoying than a ton of spoilers or screencaps...

Tempting though.

Sadly no, since I cheaped out and got an import boxset and have yet to buy the OSTs.

Well, there's news for you.

It'd expect it to be quite servicy, though. I mean, look at the cast.

But the GLASSES on DVD #2. THE GLASSES I SAY. And the angle it's been drawn from.

Gotta start somewhere...

Yes, but that's been a problem for some time now, or so watching chinese television has told me.

But still, plot variety/quality would indeed be nice.

Of course, not that countless retellings of "Saiyuki" is too much of a bad thing.

They'll most likely be staying with human/creature oriented stories for the first decade or two of going into the industry. I doubt they'll be designing any complicated mechanics or monsters like Squeenix or Bandai does.

Though an army of BemiDoban breaking stuff would be funny to watch.
(WARE KOSO WAAAA...)

Yep, I tend to say too much.

Seems just enough to me, maybe it's just standards.

...

But at worst case, China might be lying low and steering clear from a high-risk investment* as America and Japan already have their feet in the doors to this industry at the moment.

Even I admit that Disney and Pixar (any others that I missed?) are most likely the biggest 'threats' in America compared to their lesser companies.

Not that I worry about Japan being beaten by CG anytime soon (Squeenix, I choose you!).

* Not to mention that the news claims that China is spending enough on cracking down pollution-causing illegal power plants and car reduction in time for 2008's Olympics.

Well Gurren Lagann episode 15 was...fucking...awesome beyond all reason!!

You learn why it sucks to be Viral, some possible character history (I think maybe Kamina's father), and the reason for the Plot was revealed!

Gurren Lagann Spoiler**********************************

I think with what theSpiral King said, it would mean that if there are 1,000,000 humans on the surface, then they will get wiped out/forced underground. This may have happened before with a meteor storm type destruction, based on how the surface looks. And maybe they will do a time skip, not next episode of course, until Simon is as old as he is in the first episode opening. By then the population could be high enough, and he has to take down the Great Dimensional Government!

Probably the Gunbuster scenerio, with humans being just too kick-ass for our own good.

End of Gurren Lagann Spoilers/Predictions*******************

Also Spiral King's Rasengan > Naruto's Rasengan

Now this must be posted!

At 7/9/07 01:20 AM, HaroFreak wrote: The best ones seem to be the ones on the covers of food.

Foods always have the funniest names. Hell, amusingly named foods is not a strictly Asian thing either.

I recall there was a diet candy called Ayds out around 1982 in the States.

I would not count on that.

Meh, I'm trying to be optimistic.

Blame our government's multiculturalism policy for raising my expectations of Chinese pizazz.

But the GLASSES on DVD #2. THE GLASSES I SAY. And the angle it's been drawn from.

As to be expected from an over-the-top action-comedy with a very fetishy cast.

Of course, not that countless retellings of "Saiyuki" is too much of a bad thing.

True.

I'd like to see more of Romance of The Three Kingdoms in animated form. That one's only been done to death in the videogame world.

I'm fucking talking to you, Koei.

They'll most likely be staying with human/creature oriented stories for the first decade or two of going into the industry. I doubt they'll be designing any complicated mechanics or monsters like Squeenix or Bandai does.

It takes time, but it may happen.

Though an army of BemiDoban breaking stuff would be funny to watch.
(WARE KOSO WAAAA...)

Why did I see that coming?

I've been lurking here too much, I need to get out of the house.

Seems just enough to me, maybe it's just standards.

It varies from person to person, sometimes complete sentences is too much for people to take.

Even I admit that Disney and Pixar (any others that I missed?) are most likely the biggest 'threats' in America compared to their lesser companies.

Dreamworks is also quite the heavy in American animation.

Not that I worry about Japan being beaten by CG anytime soon (Squeenix, I choose you!).

Squeenix knows how to make eye-candy, now they just need a new gimmick.

(Sorry to you FFVII fanboys, but enough is e-fucking-nough.)

* Not to mention that the news claims that China is spending enough on cracking down pollution-causing illegal power plants and car reduction in time for 2008's Olympics.

Yeah, I can only imagine that'll throw the national debt a curveball.

At 7/9/07 01:42 AM, Dr-HyakuNinGiri wrote: Well Gurren Lagann episode 15 was...fucking...awesome beyond all reason!!

Gainax, I CAME! ~ Anavel Gato

You learn why it sucks to be Viral, some possible character history (I think maybe Kamina's father), and the reason for the Plot was revealed!

Too bad he went from badass to whipped boy because of Adiine (sp?) (a.k.a Motoko Kusanagi) and her fetish for hitting people with her tail.

But no! HIS MARKETING MUST LIVE ON!

Probably the Gunbuster scenerio, with humans being just too kick-ass for our own good.

Will people turn into their own Ganmen?

Also Spiral King's Rasengan > Naruto's Rasengan

Simon > Naruto in every aspect as he became GAR in no less than 10 episodes.

And if the first episode is true, he'll become GARmon in a matter of episodes.

Now this must be posted!

Now my toilet's clogged, damn you. XD

At 7/9/07 01:49 AM, HaroFreak wrote:

Simon > Naruto in every aspect as he became GAR in no less than 10 episodes.

I would have to say 11 episodes

And if the first episode is true, he'll become GARmon in a matter of episodes.

Someone said something about episode 17..which would make sense, seeing as 16 is recap.

Now this must be posted!

And this has to be linked.