At 5/3/08 01:48 PM, Mendou wrote:

At 5/3/08 01:41 PM, Gendo wrote:

At 5/3/08 01:39 PM, BloodSplice wrote: I will forever do those and terrorize NEW YORK CITY SUBWAYS FOREVER.

Your end has come, Dio.

WHA!?

That is the creepiest fucking Dio I've ever seen.

naruto is best animay evar

One Piece just keeps on keeping on.

At 5/5/08 10:46 AM, Molotov wrote: One Piece just keeps on keeping on.

Yes, it does! It's really awesome. Hopefully, Oda doesn't die before he finishes it. It's long enough that it needs to be completed soonm or until December 21, 2012.

LOL end of the world!

At 5/5/08 03:39 PM, Mendou wrote: One Piece is one of those shows that will never end, ever, not in our lifetimes at least.

is that a good or bad thing, I am not aware of this one.
either way anything good that is over done also becomes bad so I guess it is bad overall.

At 5/5/08 04:48 PM, Mendou wrote:

It's about 352 episodes right now. That's way too god damn much. And 10 movies to boot.

WAY too much One Piece.

How the hell can there even be a story left.

At 5/5/08 05:34 PM, Ragnarokia wrote: How the hell can there even be a story left?

They stretch out a bunch of chapters of the manga or add filler (the filler's actually not that bad). It look Luffy 15 episodes to kick Rob Luchie's(sp?) ass.

At 5/5/08 05:34 PM, Ragnarokia wrote: How the hell can there even be a story left.

I don't really have a clue.

I fell out of the loop years ago.

At 5/5/08 07:51 PM, Gendo wrote:

At 5/5/08 05:34 PM, Ragnarokia wrote: How the hell can there even be a story left.

I don't really have a clue.

I fell out of the loop years ago.

They are halfway around the grand line, so there are quite a few years left.

I really feel an extreme desire to post this.

At 5/6/08 04:59 AM, Kuro wrote: I really feel an extreme desire to post this.

Haha. Where's that from?

At 5/5/08 07:51 PM, Gendo wrote: I don't really have a clue.

I am more than certain that you and some others have arrived at this conclusion; it is the typical sales-driven reason that Shonen Jump and other serialized comic compilations (Other examples: CoroCoro, Young Animal, etc...) have.

If a story has caught customer attention, it would be plain common sense to drag it on for all it's worth while, at the same time, trying to maintain the quality and feel of the series. I have not worked for said magazines myself, though I am sure that they have some form of contract.
Artists who are just starting off (such as Kishimoto Masashi back in late 1999) are not likely to have a full storyboard or script in mind to work with so they would have no idea when to stop or how to self-propose a contract.

From a personal perspective, it only makes sense to have a renewable contract to maintain a source of income, unless one has a backup plan to sustain themselves (another contract outside their current company, for instance). The economy in Japan is extremely competitive and it would be no surprise that those responsible for JUMP and the like are pressuring artists to keep with them or lose their job to another willing candidate.

In these cases, the deteoriation in quality of some comics will become noticable over time or even overnight for all kinds of reasons (personal, social, etc...). The same applies when profits are attempted to be made through animating a series or through games and merchandising. As we can tell, the quality of most 'dragged-on' series are questionable, especially if they are leaving the job in the hands of not-so-well-off studios like Pierrot (as opposed to, let's say, Satelite or Madhouse).

Of course, this is just a generalization and exceptions are not only possible, but welcome.

Long story short: It is a shame and a disappointment to see initially shown perfection and style become ridiculous and outright stupid over time.

At 5/6/08 10:40 AM, Bonehimer wrote: I just watched New Getter robo and currently watching Getter Robo: Armageddon.

Long live Ken Ishikawa; for even in death, his legacy still lives on.

Hey, any of you know Silver Fang? I just realised that was the first Anime I ever saw. My brother has them all on DVD. Now in retrospect, the art was pretty terrible at the beginning. Also, the plot is lulz, first it's about the boy, his bow, and his dog to seek vengence against a bear. Then the dog escapes, starts talking, and gathers an army of dogs to take on the bear, who now hasan army of it's own, and they've even build a castle of sorts...

At 5/6/08 09:19 AM, JohnnyWang wrote:

At 5/6/08 04:59 AM, Kuro wrote: I really feel an extreme desire to post this.

Haha. Where's that from?

The second season of Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei.

It isn't the first Lucky Star reference it's made.

I'm almost done with Last Exile. I just have to wait for volumes 6 and 7 to arrive (hopefully this week). Then, I plan on finally watching Grave of the Fireflies and Tokyo Godfathers. I'm not sure what I'll be watching after those are done. perhaps GItS: SAC or maybe Gungrave or Texhnolyze.

I'm looking for a great anime to watch, since I'm bored out of my mind and I have no life so I watch anime to feel comfortable about myself. Here is what I've already seen or am watching, in order from best to worst:

Berserk
Monster
Death Note
Code Geass
Fullmetal Alchemist
Cowboy Bebop
Trigun
Naruto
Yu Yu Hakusho
Gungrave
Samurai Champloo
Claymore
Dragonball
Hunter X Hunter
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Dragonball Z
Bleach
One Piece
Wolf's Rain
Dragonball GT

Any suggestions.

At 5/6/08 09:57 PM, blindnil wrote: in order from best to worst:

Naruto should be at the bottom of that list, or if you can possibly find something lower than the bottom. And I can't believe you put something like Naruto above Gurren Lagann and Samurai Champloo. Shame on you.

So yeah, I wouldn't know what to recommend you.

At 5/6/08 10:09 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: So yeah, I wouldn't know what to recommend you.

Thanks for nothing

At 5/6/08 10:13 PM, blindnil wrote: Thanks for nothing

You're welcome for nothing. :)

five six seven

At 5/6/08 10:14 PM, Sense-Offender wrote:

At 5/6/08 10:13 PM, blindnil wrote: Thanks for nothing

You're welcome for nothing. :)

five six seven

You're a douche bag =)

At 5/6/08 10:15 PM, blindnil wrote: You're a douche bag =)

mission accomplished

But if you really want some good anime, look into...

Now and Then, Here and There
Last Exile
Castle in the Sky
Princess Mononoke Nausicaa
Spirited Away
Paranoia Agent
Perfect Blue
Tekkon Kinkreet
Paprika
Hellsing
Hellsing Ultimate
Vampire Hunter D
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Dead Leaves
Ghost in the Shell
Battle Angel
Memories Neo Tokyo
Black Lagoon
Kemonozume

I could name more, but that's kind of a lot already.

At 5/6/08 10:27 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: Memories Neo Tokyo

er...That's two different titles right there.

Memories
Neo Tokyo

At 5/6/08 10:20 PM, Bonehimer wrote:

At 5/6/08 09:57 PM, blindnil wrote:

best to worst:

Naruto
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

mother fucker

Thanks for the suggestions. Also, about Naruto being over TTGL: Naruto Shippuden blows, but the first 135 or so episodes of Naruto were great to me, mostly because of the varied and distinguished characters. And while TTGL was entertaining, it was also nearly the most annoying thing I have ever watched in my life - it overdoses on that cheesy slapstick with assholes screaming all the god damn time.

At 5/6/08 10:29 PM, Sense-Offender wrote:

At 5/6/08 10:27 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: Memories Neo Tokyo

er...That's two different titles right there.

Memories
Neo Tokyo

I've seen:

Castle in the Sky
Princess Mononoke Nausicaa
Spirited Away

but not the others. Thanks for the suggestions

At 5/6/08 10:29 PM, blindnil wrote:

And while TTGL was entertaining, it was also nearly the most annoying thing I have ever watched in my life - it overdoses on that cheesy slapstick with assholes screaming all the god damn time.

It is obvious that they make up the names to the attacks and the attacks themsevles in TTGL on the spot. "Okay I got this new part! I will pull this attack out of my ass and make up a name right now. I may never use this attack again though."

At 5/6/08 11:08 PM, supyohos123 wrote: It is obvious that they make up the names to the attacks and the attacks themsevles in TTGL on the spot. "Okay I got this new part! I will pull this attack out of my ass and make up a name right now. I may never use this attack again though."

I think it was supposed to be that way. It seemed to me that it was part of the comedy of the show.

At 5/6/08 10:29 PM, blindnil wrote:

At 5/6/08 10:20 PM, Bonehimer wrote:

At 5/6/08 09:57 PM, blindnil wrote:

best to worst:

Naruto
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

mother fucker

Thanks for the suggestions. Also, about Naruto being over TTGL: Naruto Shippuden blows, but the first 135 or so episodes of Naruto were great to me,

You mean the 33 episode of plot and the rest being all filler? i'm sorry, but get some mental help. Plus, TTGL was better than most of Gainax's shitty,overhyped shit.

Also, as for reccomendations:

Hokuto no Ken, Souten no Ken, Black Lagoon, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure... nothing but awesome shit.

At 5/7/08 12:34 AM, MattTheParanoidKat wrote:

You mean the 33 episode of plot and the rest being all filler? i'm sorry, but get some mental help. Plus, TTGL was better than most of Gainax's shitty,overhyped shit.

I'm not sure which episodes you're referring to, but the episodes from ~136 to ~215 are all filler, but before 135 is not filler. It's just 3 or 4 little sagas of about 30 episodes each. Sure, each saga has a slow buildup, but that wasn't an issue since I watched Naruto after it already aired, so I could watch one episode after another right away.

Also, I guess in a list of the 15 or so anime I've watched, if everyone seems to get butthurt about only 1 of them that's not too bad. Not sure why I need mental help; it's just goofy anime, I don't take it as seriously as you guys.

At 5/7/08 02:07 AM, blindnil wrote: Also, I guess in a list of the 15 or so anime I've watched, if everyone seems to get butthurt about only 1 of them that's not too bad. Not sure why I need mental help; it's just goofy anime, I don't take it as seriously as you guys.

You don't understand! Many people in this club are elitist faggots who think their taste in anime is superior to yours. Discussion of shonen jump anime is pretty unwelcome here because their are clubs for anime like Naruto, Bleach, and One Piece (One Piece isn't really that unwelcome). People in this club also hate the discussion of Inuyasha. Many of the old anime club members are still ashamed about their past obsession with Inuyasha (check the first many pages of the club). I personally could give two shits though.

I like this guy. He has a mind of his own.