Anime appreciation thread~!

sleeper wrote: ^Have you tried reading the original Manga, absolutely stunning.

Yeah, it is.  You almost have to consider the manga and anime as separate entities with the same characters and some similarities.  The two stories veer off in two completely different directions, but are equally good.

Oh, I just got this shirt in the mail last night from TeeFury:




Edited by MillsLayne - December 21 2013 at 21:11

Cowboy Bebop

KingCrInuYasha wrote: G Gundam

Really? I love all things Gundam but I can't remotely watch any of that series, Zeta for me is the pinnacle.

MillsLayne wrote: sleeper wrote: ^Have you tried reading the original Manga, absolutely stunning. Yeah, it is.  You almost have to consider the manga and anime as separate entities with the same characters and some similarities.  The two stories veer off in two completely different directions, but are equally good. Oh, I just got this shirt in the mail last night from TeeFury:

I wouldn't say they were separate, more like the movie makes a deliberate but well thought out short cut to reach the same final. Of course the one glaring difference between the two is Akira himself.

Any Ghost in the Shell fans? I particularly like the 2008 re working, actually made for a better film.


Edited by sleeper - December 22 2013 at 08:05

sleeper wrote: Any Ghost in the Shell fans? I particularly like the 2008 re working, actually made for a better film.

I've seen the tv series and the first movie. I wanted to watch the new OVA but I haven't been able to yet.

@sleeper: Yeah, G Gundam's a weird one. I have to confess I'm not too familiar with Gundam; I've seen a few episodes of some other series, for G is the only Gundam show I've seen from beginning to end. I assume it's like a Pink Floyd fan asking if you heard any of the their albums and replying that you only heard Ummagumma.

Death Note was really good up the point it started being really bad.

A Person wrote: Death Note was really good up the point it started being really bad.

I know exactly what point you're referring to and I disagree. I found it enthralling to the very end.

A Person wrote: Polymorphia wrote: A Person wrote: Death Note was really good up the point it started being really bad. I know exactly what point you're referring to and I disagree. I found it enthralling to the very end. Maybe really bad is an overstatement, but I thought the plots were weak compared to what was before, although I really liked the last one or two episodes.

SPOILERZ (kind of):

Certainly the first few episodes and the last few were the best parts, but the series, overall, never lost focus. Even when Light or L were incapacitated in some way, and had to work through other people, the story was still about them. Too, I liked Near and Mello, and their introduction made a lot of sense to me.

^No, it's a very cool series.

No love for Saint Seiya, anyone?

Been a fan of that show since I was a kid. I also loved Captain Tsubasa

Recently I've been getting into Cowboy Bebop. Cool stuff.

As for movies, I've watched the following ones:

Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind
Castle In The Sky
Spirited Away
Porco Rosso
The Castle Of Cagliostro
Tokyo Godfathers
Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (Never been a fan of the show. The movie was interesting, though)
Kiki's Delivery Service
My Neighbor Totoro


I've enjoyed all of them. My favorites were: Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind, Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro.

I also have at home copies of the following movies that remain "to be watched":

Princess Mononoke
Whisper Of The Heart
Robotech: Love Live Alive
The Secret World Of Arrietty
Blood C
Animatrix
Howl's Moving Castle
Grave Of The Fireflies
Ghost In The Shell II