At 8/4/07 01:43 PM, Mendou wrote: it follows the manga more closely

For you, is that necessarily a good thing sans filler (e.g. the order in which events happen and so on)?

...

And more Aruru for her being so damn cute.

At 8/4/07 02:36 AM, Kuro wrote:

At 8/4/07 02:31 AM, MattTheParanoidKat wrote: WHITE NOISE.

Sorry, what was that?

Could you repeat that for me?

That was fucking applause-worthy there.

Hahahahahaha, oh man.

At 8/4/07 05:31 AM, HaroFreak wrote: A one-liner about how worthwhile "Aruru to Asobo!" is to Utawarerumono fans?
"It's not a DO WANT, it's more like a WHY DID I NOT GET THIS EARLIER?!"

Possibly the best one-liner ever.

Very much agreed.

At 8/4/07 01:43 PM, Mendou wrote: You should, the OVAs are much better then the anime. The animation for starters is MUCH better and it follows the manga more closely so no more crappy villains like incognito.

Yep, that's the ticket.

Plus,at least the manga's cannon-fodder villains (Tubalcaine Alhambra, anyone?) are unreasonably cool.

At 8/4/07 03:42 PM, Mendou wrote: If he could, he should get the limited edition Hellsing ultimate DVDs amirite?

Yes, because the free posters, steelbook boxes with alternate cover art by Kouta Hirano and other freebies (beautifully scultped relief figurines with volumes one and three, an over 200 page long artbook with volume two) are well worth the price.

At 8/4/07 03:51 PM, Mendou wrote: God knows what there going to include for the limited edition of volume 3.....

*facepalm*

A beautifully sculpted relief figurine, dunce. I said that in my whorish endorsement. Father Anderson gets immortalized in PVC this time around.

The poster and steelbook are Integra, Seras and a shadow-covered Walter, which looks far cooler than the slightly boring drawing of Seras on the regular edition's cover and poster.

At 8/4/07 04:06 PM, Mendou wrote: Ah forgive my lack of attention right there. Of course it will pricey but id certainly like to get my hands on a copy when it comes out.

If you really look, you can find the boxsets for as little as $35.

That said, I went all out and bought Hellsing Ultimate I: Limited Edition from a local shop for $68. I haven't seen a copy of it anywhere but the internet since.

I also missed the chance to get the boxset of Hellsing II, since I didn't have enough to buy it on top of the Haruhi boxset and some Kashimashi on Robert's and then impulsively bought the regular edition for the sake of getting friends to watch it.

At 8/4/07 04:14 PM, Mendou wrote: Only copies i see are for about 85 bucks but like you said i could find it a lot cheaper if one look hard enough.

2 used & new available from $89.95

Holy fuck, Amazon...

Wow, I didn't notice that the disc (like Haruhi's volume one boxset) is actually now out of print, hence nigh-unobtainable.

Sux2bu, glad I bankrupted myself getting both while I still had the chance.

We all must make sacrifices.....

Yeah, we must.

Well I finished watching The Ugly Yet Beautiful World. It was...meh. About equal to Kashimashi. Could have been better, but just had too many "feelings". The "final battle" was also a really really really big let down. The main character's transformation had so much potential too! It could rip off the spines of a creature and fuse those with its body to make wings (Gurren Lagann?) or blades.

Best episode was, of course, the Beach one. Like other Gainax shows, they aren't shy about showing the girls naked.

At 8/4/07 04:22 PM, Dr-HyakuNinGiri wrote: Well I finished watching The Ugly Yet Beautiful World. It was...meh. About equal to Kashimashi.

Hahaha, you and your blasphemous opinion on Kashimashi.

My obnoxious over-opinionated nature aside, I have to say nothing about This Ugly Yet Beautiful World appealed to me, so I avoided it.

Best episode was, of course, the Beach one. Like other Gainax shows, they aren't shy about showing the girls naked.

"Swimsuit waitresses"?

Typical Gainax.

has anyone seen gungrave:beyond the grave

At 8/4/07 04:22 PM, Dr-HyakuNinGiri wrote:

Like other Gainax shows, they aren't shy about showing the girls naked.

Thank God for that little bit of joy in anime.

At 8/4/07 04:21 PM, Gendo wrote: 2 used & new available from $89.95

Holy fuck, Amazon...

Wow, I didn't notice that the disc (like Haruhi's volume one boxset) is actually now out of print, hence nigh-unobtainable.

I'd just wait around for Gameplanet to start selling the collections for like... Half the price of the normal DVDs like they usually do, if I was going to buy Hellsing.

But that tends to be because I'm less of a whore for extra's, and really have no money.

At 8/4/07 03:42 PM, Mendou wrote:

At 8/4/07 03:22 PM, Gendo wrote:

Yep, that's the ticket.

Plus,at least the manga's cannon-fodder villains (Tubalcaine Alhambra, anyone?) are unreasonably cool.

If he could, he should get the limited edition Hellsing ultimate DVDs amirite?

Alrighty then, time to make a Ebay acount.

At 8/4/07 11:09 PM, Mendou wrote: Good luck with that sonny boy, if you can find a limited edition of the first volume then kudos to you.

There is a chain of stores which specialise in second-hand but valuable goods in Japan, though I forgot whether they deal with DVDs as much as I think they do. Neither do they think they have a website so that guy will just have to push his luck there.

At 8/4/07 05:38 PM, TacticalShoe wrote: Thank God for that little bit of joy in anime.

Neither does Sunrise.

Just look at the first Intro of Gundam SEED and the first few episodes of Called Turn-A Gundam and you'll see what I mean. <.<

At 8/4/07 03:22 PM, Gendo wrote:

At 8/4/07 02:36 AM, Kuro wrote:

At 8/4/07 02:31 AM, MattTheParanoidKat wrote: WHITE NOISE.

Sorry, what was that?

Could you repeat that for me?

That was fucking applause-worthy there.

Hahahahahaha, oh man.

Extremely, but do I really need to mention what manga I got to you people? Obviously not since i doubt people would care, like Kuro. But yeah.

Haro-Moee= turn-ons, and I am fucking MOEED NOW. I MUST GET.

At 8/5/07 12:37 AM, MattTheParanoidKat wrote: Haro-Moee= turn-ons

Moee != Turn-on
Don't follow everything bad subs tell you.

and I am fucking MOEED NOW. I MUST GET.

So you have a thing for Haros...
Wait, what?

At 8/5/07 02:21 AM, HaroFreak wrote:

At 8/5/07 12:37 AM, MattTheParanoidKat wrote: Haro-Moee= turn-ons

Moee != Turn-on
Don't follow everything bad subs tell you.

I seem to remember them translating 'moe' as 'turn ons' in the second episode of Haruhi.

As far as I remember it means something along the lines of 'an attraction to anime or video game characters, so I suppose "turn ons" would have been an appropriate translation.

Then again, I could be wrong.

Which wouldn't be surprising.

At 8/5/07 02:49 AM, Kuro wrot

I seem to remember them translating 'moe' as 'turn ons' in the second episode of Haruhi.

Like I said, don't follow everything subs say.

As far as I remember it means something along the lines of 'an attraction to anime or video game characters, so I suppose "turn ons" would have been an appropriate translation.

At that particular instance, it is appropriate but much has been lost in the translation as the term 'Moee' is culture-specific and someone simply seeing it being used would not know why a word used for 'budding' is used in that context.

Then again, I could be wrong.

Which is why people who do their homework properly like me exist.

At 8/5/07 03:44 AM, HaroFreak wrote: Which is why people who do their homework properly like me exist.

Oh, I do my homework.

It's just that sometimes I don't find it necessary to look up certain words or phrases that would almost never come up in a conversation (or on a test).

At 8/5/07 04:36 AM, Kuro wrote: It's just that sometimes I don't find it necessary to look up certain words or phrases that would almost never come up in a conversation (or on a test).

For those who need such depth or the lazy (borderlining between fan and weeaboo), yes.
But it sure as hell helps if you're going into the industry or want to learn about it more in-depth.

Like I emphasise, it's important to have a strong knowledge foundation.

At 8/5/07 04:45 AM, HaroFreak wrote: Like I emphasise, it's important to have a strong knowledge foundation.

It is, but I don't even know every slang word in English, why would I need to know every one in Japanese?

I suppose knowing what 'moe' means would be useful if anyone used it as 'having an interest in' (which I believe it can be used as).

Other than that I can't see it coming up.

At 8/5/07 04:52 AM, Kuro wrote: It is, but I don't even know every slang word in English, why would I need to know every one in Japanese?

I never said you need to know everything, I am referring to the fact that knowing a lot of one thing is important, especially if you are going to use it often.

I suppose knowing what 'moe' means would be useful if anyone used it as 'having an interest in' (which I believe it can be used as).

That definition would lead to all kinds of akward situations.

The use of that bit of English might not be the case in Japan since Rule 34 applies to almost everything (Though not always pornographic in nature).

At 8/5/07 04:57 AM, HaroFreak wrote: The use of that bit of English might not be the case in Japan since Rule 34 applies to almost everything (Though not always pornographic in nature).

Maaaaan.

I'm all hyped up to see some train porn.

At 8/5/07 05:00 AM, Kuro wrote: I'm all hyped up to see some train porn.

I even saw humanised house appliances in the form of Gashapon.

Is some Charcoal fine too?

At 8/5/07 05:06 AM, HaroFreak wrote:

At 8/5/07 05:00 AM, Kuro wrote: I'm all hyped up to see some train porn.

I even saw humanised house appliances in the form of Gashapon.

Is some Charcoal fine too?

I've tried to understand..

Inside joke from a certain anime?

Clueless.

At 8/5/07 06:36 AM, Jigen wrote: Clueless.

Just look it up then.

Keyword is "Binchotan" if you're too blind to see it.

At 8/5/07 06:41 AM, HaroFreak wrote:

At 8/5/07 06:36 AM, Jigen wrote: Clueless.

Just look it up then.

Keyword is "Binchotan" if you're too blind to see it.

If I fired you for your oft annoying anime elitism, why do you persist in it? DO you not wish to reclaim your position?

At 8/5/07 06:41 AM, HaroFreak wrote: Keyword is "Binchotan" if you're too blind to see it.

Or possibly too unskilled in the reading of Japanese?

At 8/5/07 08:20 AM, Kuro wrote: Or possibly too unskilled in the reading of Japanese?

Which is unfortunate that some people won't pursue their interests further, unless of course they intend on sticking to dubs forever or have better things to do on the "getting a good career going" level or higher.

...

I did a bit more homework on Utawarerumono regarding costumes, and Hakuoro's outfit seems like a new candidate to work with.

I wonder how I should make the mask though; clay, wood or something more accessible and refittable...

At 8/5/07 08:24 AM, HaroFreak wrote: Which is unfortunate that some people won't pursue their interests further, unless of course they intend on sticking to dubs forever or have better things to do on the "getting a good career going" level or higher.

Either way, I had a small look in into moe anthropomorphism, and it's sad to say that yes... Rule 34 does apply to inanimate objects...

E.g.

Computers
Military hardware
Transportational vehicles
Celestial bodies
Cigarettes
Convenience stores
Countries
Food
Home appliances
...Wikipedia...

Wikipe-tan...

At 8/5/07 08:33 AM, Kuro wrote: Either way, I had a small look in into moe anthropomorphism, and it's sad to say that yes... Rule 34 does apply to inanimate objects...

I never said it had to be pornographic in nature, but I am confident in my statement that it does exist in one form or another.

Wikipe-tan...

And let's not forget Firefox and the entire line of OS-tan.