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OwlBoy · Oct 2, 2003, 01:08 PM

Right now for me it has to be FLCL.

And right behind it, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.

How bout you?

-Owl

Truepop · Oct 2, 2003, 01:15 PM

For me Cowboy BeBop and Tenchi Muyo.

OwlBoy · Oct 2, 2003, 01:20 PM

Eee Tenchi

I am not into any of that stuff on Toonami, specially not DBZ

-Owl

voodoo · Oct 2, 2003, 01:29 PM

Right now I am partial to Hellsing. Most excellent.

Never did dig Ghost in the Shell. I was just bewildered after watching it.

The Jackalope · Oct 2, 2003, 01:32 PM

I like many, but I just can't stand the average fan.

BasketofPuppies · Oct 2, 2003, 01:37 PM

Originally posted by OwlBoy:
Eee Tenchi I am not into any of that stuff on Toonami, specially not DBZ

Tenchi never should have been on Toonami. No matter how you edit it, it's still about several girls trying to have sex with the same boy and always failing.

An anime genre that was perfected by Tenchi.

My favorites are:

1. Mermaid's Saga (remake series coming soon!)
2. Urusei Yatsura (the series that perfected the perverted boy tries to have sex with every girl he sees and always fails anime genre)
3. Tenchi (see above)

And the obsessed anime fan is more annoying than the obsessed Star Trek Fan.

OwlBoy · Oct 2, 2003, 01:40 PM

That is quite true...

-Owl

Phanguye · Oct 2, 2003, 01:45 PM

Originally posted by OwlBoy:
Right now for me it has to be FLCL.

FLCL kinda wierded me out, maybe it was because i missed the first couple episodes

right now i would have to say my fav is Bebop, i would go with Trigun, but i can stand how they always move back and forth between the "high definition" and "low-definition" animation

Truepop · Oct 2, 2003, 01:46 PM

I started watching Tenchi when I was on a student exchange trip to Ebino Japan. Then when I got back I was surprised and disappointed all at the same time.

And I really don't know when I started to watch Bebop.

BasketofPuppies · Oct 2, 2003, 01:50 PM

Originally posted by Phanguye:
FLCL kinda wierded me out, maybe it was because i missed the first couple episodes

Nope, it's just that Fooly Cooly makes no sense whatsoever.

And that's why we love it.

Don't try to find any meaning in Fooly Cooly. It will make your head explode.

wataru · Oct 2, 2003, 01:54 PM

Originally posted by The Jackalope:
I like many, but I just can't stand the average fan.

That's absolutely right. I'm heavily involved in the Japanese department at UW-Madison, and a lot of the new students each year are taking Japanese because they like anime or manga. These people are the weirdest, nerdiest, creepiest people I've ever met. And with few exceptions, they quickly drop the classes because they're too hard.

It's really a strange phenomenon.

OwlBoy · Oct 2, 2003, 01:59 PM

Originally posted by wataru:
That's absolutely right. I'm heavily involved in the Japanese department at UW-Madison, and a lot of the new students each year are taking Japanese because they like anime or manga. These people are the weirdest, nerdiest, creepiest people I've ever met. And with few exceptions, they quickly drop the classes because they're too hard.

It's really a strange phenomenon.

You need to read this, hehe.

http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~thoureau/japanese.html

-Owl

OwlBoy · Oct 2, 2003, 02:02 PM

Originally posted by Phanguye:
FLCL kinda wierded me out.

"THOSE EYEBROWS!"

BasketofPuppies · Oct 2, 2003, 02:06 PM

Where can I get a baseball bat/bass guitar/gun tribrid device?

Phanguye · Oct 2, 2003, 02:10 PM

Originally posted by OwlBoy:
You need to read this, hehe.

http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~thoureau/japanese.html

-Owl

thats hilarious

OwlBoy · Oct 2, 2003, 02:13 PM

Originally posted by Phanguye:
thats hilarious

English Sentence:
Jane went to the school.

Same Sentence In Japanese:
School Jane To Went Monkey Apple Carbeurator.

-Owl

BasketofPuppies · Oct 2, 2003, 02:35 PM

So that explains why no one not from Japan can stomach Japanese food.

Waiting for this sushi fad to end and for everyone to collectively barf.

nonhuman · Oct 2, 2003, 02:37 PM

Definitely フリクリ! (FLCL, but none of that Fooly-Cooly bull).

I'm also a big Bebop fan, Trigun, Naruto, Iria, lots of stuff. Can't think of it all right now.

Since when is sushi a fad? It's been popular since as long as I can remember (mid-80s), I don't think fads last 20 years. The only Japanese food that non-Japanese people regularly can't stomach that I can think of is なっと, which is understandable (though I like it) and some of the "weirder" (from a western perspective) animals like eel and sea urchin and stuff. Personally, I'll eat anything and usually like it (except olives! and clams!)

daimoni · 08:22 PM

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wataru · Oct 2, 2003, 02:54 PM

Originally posted by nonhuman:
Since when is sushi a fad? It's been popular since as long as I can remember (mid-80s), I don't think fads last 20 years. The only Japanese food that non-Japanese people regularly can't stomach that I can think of is なっと, which is understandable (though I like it) and some of the "weirder" (from a western perspective) animals like eel and sea urchin and stuff. Personally, I'll eat anything and usually like it (except olives! and clams!)

Yeah, sushi is hardly a fad. Many open-minded individuals enjoy it as frequently as they can afford it (it's so expensive

). Stop by any even slightly upscale grocery store in the US today and you'll likely see some shitty pre-made sushi available near the deli area. Sushi ain't goin' nowhere.

PS. I hate 納豆（＝なっとう)

rampant · Oct 2, 2003, 02:56 PM

I don't like cartoons.

BasketofPuppies · Oct 2, 2003, 02:58 PM

Why is some of your Japanese coming out the way it should and the rest as Roman gibberish that requires me to set encoding to Japanese?

I can't understand Japanese, but I'd rather see Japanese text that I can't understand instead of gibberish that no one understands.

nobitacu · Oct 2, 2003, 02:59 PM

Well, I have a large DVD collection of animes, so there's a lot that I really like. Just in the past 3 months, I have at least spend close to $1000 on them. But some of my all time favorites would be Chobits, Orange Road, Samurai X, and Tenchi. There's a lot of other ones I really like, but I guess those would be on the top of my list.

Ming

Millennium · Oct 2, 2003, 02:59 PM

At the moment I'm slowly making my way through X. I just finished the Chobits manga last night, and while I've heard that the anime sucks (and can believe it) I'm now tempted to watch it just to see how they handled the ending.

My favorite of all time would have to be Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou, despite the butcher-shop job Right Stuf did with Episode 18. Which, to be fair, was not entirely their fault; Gainax wouldn't let them use the real version, for reasons no one really understands.

Ai Yori Aoshi pisses me off because it could have unseated KareKano, but wasted that opportunity on mindless fanservice. However, it remains the best harem-type series I've seen yet, outstripping Tenchi, Love Hina, and their ilk by miles; only Ranma 1/2 even comes close. And when it's not being fanservicey junk, it's still easily the best anime romance ever, by leaps and bounds, simply because they've managed to make the characters more interesting than anything I've seen outside of Evangelion.

If you want a quick list of things that Every Anime Fan Must See, I suppose I'd say the following:

Slayers (fantasy/comedy)
Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou (romance)
Gravitation (shounen-ai, but as light as it gets; a decent introduction to the genre with no risk of nausea for the faint of heart)
[*[Evangelion (though I'd only recommend this to more mature viewers)
Gundam Wing (mecha)
Ranma 1/2 (action/comedy)
Rurouni Kenshin (action/dramatic/pseudo-historical)
My Neighbor Totoro (cute)
Voices of a Distant Star (The Ultimate Date Anime, and required viewing for all Mac users anyway, since the whole thing was done on a single iMac DV).

Adam Betts · Oct 2, 2003, 03:02 PM

I really like two anime story in Animatrix. They are "World Record" and "Kid's Story"

Just Amazing.

My all time favorite anime is still Akira. It's such an extraordinary work.

AB^2=BCxAC · Oct 2, 2003, 03:09 PM

Robotech.

But I haven't really watched it since the late 80's. Same with Miyazaki's Nausicaa (Warrior's of the Wind). Someday in the future, I'll buy the DVDs and feel happy about myself. Personally, I can't stand what happened. The popularity exploded around the mid-nineties and it's all for the crappiest stuff (except maybe Ghost in the Shell and a few similar/related films). IMHO. I'd rather shoot myself than be a fanboy.

BasketofPuppies · 03:28 PM

Originally posted by Millennium:
My favorite of all time would have to be Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou, despite the butcher-shop job Right Stuf did with Episode 18. Which, to be fair, was not entirely their fault; Gainax wouldn't let them use the real version, for reasons no one really understands.

No one understands anything that Gainax does. Stop trying to figure them out. Your head will explode.

[*[Evangelion (though I'd only recommend this to more mature viewers)

NGE is aimed at teenagers.

wataru · Oct 2, 2003, 03:12 PM

Originally posted by BasketofPuppies:
Why is some of your Japanese coming out the way it should and the rest as Roman gibberish that requires me to set encoding to Japanese?

I can't understand Japanese, but I'd rather see Japanese text that I can't understand instead of gibberish that no one understands.

My Japanese shows up in Safari even with ISO Latin 1, but nonhuman's is messed up with that encoding. I wrote it in Firebird, so that might be the difference.

OwlBoy · Oct 2, 2003, 03:34 PM

Originally posted by Millennium:

My favorite of all time would have to be Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou, despite the butcher-shop job Right Stuf did with Episode 18. Which, to be fair, was not entirely their fault; Gainax wouldn't let them use the real version, for reasons no one really understands.

Ohhh "His and Her Circumstances" I have heard a lot about that one...

I should make it my next thing to see.

-Owl

GoGoReggieXPowars · Oct 2, 2003, 03:44 PM

Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex (currently airing in Japan. Just got renewed for another 26 episodes, and I can hardly wait!) this sets the standard for excellence in TV animation IMO.

Azumanga Daioh

Ikkitousen is pretty cool, only seen the first episode so far. Can't beat historical drama + fanservice!

FLCL was totally bizarre but highly enjoyable.

And the usual Miyazaki, Yamato, Galaxy Express, Captain Harlock, etc.

OwlBoy · Oct 2, 2003, 03:46 PM

Ikkitousen? is that the Panty-shot-filled-fighting-anime?

hehe

-Owl

GoGoReggieXPowars · Oct 2, 2003, 03:59 PM

Yep! Lotsa fun.

voodoo · Oct 2, 2003, 04:50 PM

Originally posted by AB^2=BCxAC:
Robotech.

Well Robotech goes without saying! It introduced me to anime, robots and things. Totally 80s totally brilliant. Never did see that Macross series - but they were pretty much the same I guess (the two series).

But since we are into the REALLY REALLY old but REALLY REALLY good anime series I MUST mention The Mysterious Cities of Gold! Fab!!

Also the "Once upon a time... Space" by Procidis (ok that is a French series but dis not the French/Belgian cartoonists - they are the best the Western world has to offer)

beb · Oct 2, 2003, 05:26 PM

Patlabor

Millennium · Oct 2, 2003, 08:46 PM

Originally posted by OwlBoy:
Ohhh "His and Her Circumstances" I have heard a lot about that one...

I should make it my next thing to see.

-Owl

Absolutely wonderful. One of the Best Series Ever.

Unfortunately, the professional translation is poor. They got Crispin Freeman -well known in the dub world for not being good at voice-acting- to adapt the screenplay for English, and it doesn't work nearly as well.

Oh, and see if you can find a fansub for Episode 18. Buy the professional disc as well -eye-bleeding video quality is nice, and the disc is very impressive from a technical standpoint, and perhaps most importantly it will keep you on the up and up- but this is one that the fansubs did better. The best one is done by PeroPero Fansubs, but they scrupulously pulled it when Right Stuf announced they had it, and this was in the days before digital distribution, so it will probably be very hard to find.

Ken Masters · Oct 2, 2003, 10:45 PM

Ninja Scroll,

Battle Angel Alita

Akira

Ghost in the shell.

Has Ghost in the Sheel 2 been released yet?

cpt kangarooski · Oct 2, 2003, 10:50 PM

Hm, my all time favorites would probably be:

Patlabor 2
Wings of Honneamise
Escaflowne (the TV series, not the awful movie)
Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex
The usual Miyazaki and Ghibli stuff (Totoro, Laputa, Porco Rosso, Nausica�, Neko no Ongaeshi, Mimi wo Sumaseba, etc.)
Giant Robo
The Dirty Pair (the original one, particularly the Project Eden movie)

However, I've greatly enjoyed Dokkoida, FLCL, Read or Die, Cowboy Bebop, Evangelion, Millennium Actress, Macross Zero, Like the Clouds Like the Wind, Nadia, and Abenobashi Mahou Shotengai. I like lots of anime though -- it's just that those stand out. (and I have copies hanging around so I don't have to dredge through my memory)

And then there's other fun stuff like Ebichu the Housekeeping Hamster, and Ippatu Kikimusume.

Someone mentioned Gundam Wing. I just don't know. All the newer Gundam stuff really doesn't seem as impressive to me story-wise as the older Gundam series were.

OwlBoy · Oct 2, 2003, 10:51 PM

Originally posted by Ken Masters:
Ninja Scroll,

Battle Angel Alita

Akira

Ghost in the shell.

Has Ghost in the Sheel 2 been released yet?

Innocence Ghost in the Shell has not been released yet.

Though I can't wait for it!

-Owl

OwlBoy · Oct 2, 2003, 11:02 PM

Originally posted by BasketofPuppies:
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And the obsessed anime fan is more annoying than the obsessed Star Trek Fan.

BasketofPuppies · Oct 3, 2003, 06:17 AM

That guy should be on The Camel-Toe Report.

Sandbaggins · Oct 3, 2003, 06:36 AM

"Do You Remember Love?" My all time favorite, Focker, Hikaru, Misa..

Xeo · Oct 3, 2003, 07:51 AM

Originally posted by wataru:
My Japanese shows up in Safari even with ISO Latin 1, but nonhuman's is messed up with that encoding. I wrote it in Firebird, so that might be the difference.

I have my Safari's default encoding set to UTF-8 and could read both of yours. I used to have problems before I changed it.

Xeo · Oct 3, 2003, 07:56 AM

I only see anime my friends buy. So in that sense, I'm not a true anime fan. However, I usually like their choices. As far as anime goes, I really like the goofy comedy series such as Tenchi, Ranma, and Love Hina. I haven't really watched much else, though. I'm sure I'd enjoy more if I took the time to watch it, but I don't take the time to watch much of anything, let alone anime.

I really liked Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke. They were fantastic movies.

Oct 3, 2003, 10:14 AM

http://maddox.xmission.com/anime_nerd.html

beb · Oct 3, 2003, 10:50 AM

Stop it with the bearded n beerbellied Faye wannabe photos... please!!!

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The Icons!

BasketofPuppies · Oct 3, 2003, 10:57 AM

Originally posted by beb:
Stop it with the bearded n beerbellied Faye wannabe photos... please!!!

Are more pictures of Sailor Bubba okay?

Or in this case, Pretty Bubba.

DeathToWindows · Oct 3, 2003, 02:11 PM

Metropolis

kvm_mkdb · Oct 3, 2003, 03:59 PM

Originally posted by OwlBoy:
How bout you?

Rupan Sansei ( Lupin III )

Arty50 · Oct 3, 2003, 07:21 PM

I can't believe the thread has gotten this far (especially since this is a Mac board) without anyone mentioning Serial Experiments - Lain. That series is incredible.

OwlBoy · Oct 3, 2003, 07:40 PM

Originally posted by Arty50:
I can't believe the thread has gotten this far (especially since this is a Mac board) without anyone mentioning Serial Experiments - Lain. That series is incredible.

Ahh! Another one I need to see fully, I have only seen the first 2 episodes, then decided it would be one to buy

And on Metropolis, Yes, that is the one that got me going full steam into anime. I rented it from our local video store and was totaly in awe.

Hmmm.

Now that I am thinking about anime movies, I would have to say that I liked Spirited Away a lot.

-Owl