At 7/28/10 10:57 AM, Sense-Offender wrote:

At 7/28/10 03:22 AM, EpicFail wrote: What do you guys think of Paranoia Agent?

one of the best animes

It's Satoshi Kon. The man has not disappointed yet.

At 7/27/10 10:44 PM, Mendou wrote: I also own the first remake movie, so I have a decent understanding of what's going on. I'd just watch the movies instead, but they're taking too long to be released on bluray.

Yeah, I also own the first remake movie on Blu-ray, it's a great movie and it looks fantastic in HD. I'm waiting for the rest of the movies to came out, but like you said, it's taking a long time.

At 7/28/10 12:33 PM, MattTheParanoidKat wrote: It's Satoshi Kon. The man has not disappointed yet.

I agree, though I still haven't seen Millenium Actress. But I've seen everything else he's done. Is he working on anything new?

At 7/28/10 01:42 PM, LaForge wrote: Get ready for a mindfuck because nothing in that anime makes sense. There's some inner meaning to it all but I never caught on.

Yeah, I'm just finishing up the third episode right now. It's awesome so far and I know it already isn't going to make sense. It seems promising though and I have only heard good things about it. I like dark and intelligent anime, so far Paranoia Agent's awesome.

Just a quick question to you guys...

I started watching Darker Than Black, and it's a great show and all... But, am I still supposed to be confused about like, everything, even though I'm nine episodes in?

Would the last airbender be considered a anime? Because I watched all of that in 2 days and I was sad to have it end, I was wondering if there was anything similar to it anime wise.

i'm watching welcome to the nhk atm, absolutely love it

At 7/28/10 07:44 PM, Obvious-M wrote: Would the last airbender be considered a anime?

"anime" is just Japanese for "animation" (and French for "animated"), but in the context of an English spoken sentence, it refers strictly to animation from Japan.

So no, Avatar is not an anime.

At 7/28/10 07:44 PM, Obvious-M wrote: Would the last airbender be considered a anime? Because I watched all of that in 2 days and I was sad to have it end, I was wondering if there was anything similar to it anime wise.

Technically, It is not an anime because it wasn't made and directed in Japan. But the series has an anime art style to it, so many people do consider it as an anime. You can also make a similar argument for Batman: Gothic Knight and The Boondocks as well being in the same boat as The Last Airbender, in terms of art styles of the show, IMO.

As for Paranoia Agent, it's been a long while since I have seen it, I'm debating on wheather I should get the DVDs or not.

At 7/28/10 08:06 PM, orangebomb wrote: Batman: Gothic Knight

The animation was all done by famous Japanese artists, though, right? or was it? I never saw it.

As for Paranoia Agent, it's been a long while since I have seen it, I'm debating on wheather I should get the DVDs or not.

Good luck finding it for a reasonable price. I checked the Right Stuff and they only have one volume on DVD, and Amazon expects me to actually pay 100 god damned dollars for the box set. So, I guess I'll be downloading it if I can since they must want me to do it.

At 7/28/10 08:03 PM, Sense-Offender wrote:

At 7/28/10 07:44 PM, Obvious-M wrote: Would the last airbender be considered a anime?

"anime" is just Japanese for "animation" (and French for "animated"), but in the context of an English spoken sentence, it refers strictly to animation from Japan.

So no, Avatar is not an anime.

That's nice to know but not really my main concern, is there anything similar to the shows concept?

just watched Clannad episode1 and its looking really great looking foward to the next episode what do you guys thank?

At 7/28/10 07:58 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote: i'm watching welcome to the nhk atm, absolutely love it

Good choice, my absolute favorite Anime I've seen so far.
Not entirely well known either.

At 7/28/10 08:30 PM, LaForge wrote: I saw the whole series when it was airing on AS, it's the type of show you don't need to watch twice IMO. Unless you're the type that needs to unravel philosophical puzzles, don't get it.

I would disagree and say it's exactly the type of show that would stand up to multiple viewings.

At 7/28/10 08:30 PM, LaForge wrote: There really isn't must action until you get towards the end, and even then it's confusing and weird.

Well, you're watching the wrong show if you're looking for action.

And I'd watch it multiple times for enjoyment.

At 7/28/10 11:52 PM, Obvious-M wrote: is there anything similar to the shows concept?

ummmmm....I dunno.

Heh I am watching all 4 seasons of Yuyu hakusho and its bringing me back not only that I recognize most of the voice actors that play the voices.

At 7/29/10 01:42 PM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote: Heh I am watching all 4 seasons of Yuyu hakusho and its bringing me back not only that I recognize most of the voice actors that play the voices.

i agree i rewatched it 2 years ago good times

At 7/29/10 01:42 PM, Tony-DarkGrave wrote: Heh I am watching all 4 seasons of Yuyu hakusho and its bringing me back not only that I recognize most of the voice actors that play the voices.

I just finished it a little while ago.

I love that little music loop they play in like 'tension' scenes.

I missed that show soooo much after it left Toonami

At 7/29/10 03:56 AM, KermitTheMuppet wrote: Been busy with Rare's Nintendo 64 games (Banjo Tooie, Donkey Kong 64, and Jet Force Gemini).

What, no Conker's Bad Fur Day?

Also, I used to play Get Force Gemini at my neighbours house all of the time. The dog was my favourite character to play as.

At 7/29/10 12:50 AM, BaronVonBadGuy wrote:

At 7/28/10 07:58 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote: i'm watching welcome to the nhk atm, absolutely love it

Good choice, my absolute favorite Anime I've seen so far.
Not entirely well known either.

Well, just finished it, pretty awesome. Ending was a lil wtf, but I suppose most of the anime was. It's a pity you didn't learn anything about Misaki's past until the last couple of episodes, I see the point in terms of plot and pacing but it was driving me mad three quarters of the way through the series or whatever when I still had no idea who she was. Apart from that, great series, well worth the watch, and I doff my hat to the insane ending tune as well.

At 7/30/10 12:58 AM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote: Well, just finished it, pretty awesome. Ending was a lil wtf, but I suppose most of the anime was.

I'm not wanting to give away any of the ending to anyone who hasn't seen it. But I found the final conclusion to be extremely real.
The whole series, to me, was both very humorous as well as moving in many ways.
I personally relate a lot to Sato as I've had various bouts of psychosis before along with a number of events that took place within my life that were quite similar to that of what happened in the anime itself.
Yamazaki, from appearance, to voice, to core personality is almost identical with that of my best friend, that is if you were to exchange my friends interest in drugs, to that of an otaku.

There are other "real life," or rather down to earth Anime I've seen which I found to have too much filler.
I like Beck Mongolian Chop Squad, but never finished the whole thing, as I started to get board with things I found unnecessary within the plot.
Of course, even Anime like Trigun had episodes that were not necessary, and still remains one of the best Anime of all time.

I've not been watching much Anime lately, or actually much TV at all. Not exactly sure why.

Also, FUCK YEAH, KERMIT IS BACK!
RESPECT!

just finished toradora i really loved it sad to see it go but it was a great reid i well probably finish watching Clannad soon i like really it so far

Can we please not start another flame war here, please? I don't want another Kermit vs. {insert someone else} on this thread like last time. An enlighted debate on anime is good, a flame war is not.

Back on track here, I'm on ep. 4 of Clannad, and just starting on Votoms, this will probably be the last mecha anime I will watch for a while, considering I have seen a lot of them recently and like to take a break from super-powered robots beating the utter shite out of each other, and blah blah politics that seem to come with it.

Who gives a shit who 'The Leader' is

As far as anyone here is concerned he's just a figurehead for the organization that REALL pulls the strings

AKA It doesn't matter, just grin and bear it

ALL HAIL OUR DIVINE LEADER KERMIT

At 7/30/10 03:25 PM, LaForge wrote: Why do you kiss this guy's ass? All he does is post "funny" little comments and tag a picture of some completely irrelevant subject.

Because I'm using the internet and care a whole lot about it.

Finished 20th Century Boys a couple of days ago. That really was an epic story. I guess I'll go check out Pluto, by the same author, eventually.

I've been watching Samurai Champloo since before now I had only seen the first 4 episodes

I have to say I'm very much enjoying it

I also have to give props to Funimation for creating such an easy to access Youtube channel to watch their anime for free

Just watched Eve No Jikan, oh wow. Absolutely loved it. Just an OVA, 6 eps and a couple of them were only 15 minutes or so, but wow. The plot was interesting, the characters great and fully fleshed out, and the ending begged for a second series (fingers crossed) (perhaps a little too much, why can so few animes have decent endings?) but what really struck me was the animation. It's quite possibly the most beautiful anime I've seen to date, with stunning lighting and a lot of absolutely amazing panning and camera movement that's just so a-typical of anime. I mean, take a look at this scene... All he's doing is playing the piano and the camera-work's more intense and interesting than most major fight scenes in other animes.

Absolutely stunning.

At 8/1/10 12:37 AM, KermitTheMuppet wrote: Aren't the GW boyz the greatest protagonists in the history of mankind?

What show is that? It looks yaoiliscious.

At 8/1/10 12:37 AM, KermitTheMuppet wrote: Aren't the GW boyz the greatest protagonists in the history of mankind?

I dunno, but that's one nommy-looking cake and that one dude on the left has one long-ass mullet.