Definitely grew up on anime and manga myself. I will agree with Espy though, I burnt out somewhere in the mid 90s. Last real series' I thought were any good (Revolutionary Girl Utena, Deathnote Season 1, Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, Record of Lodoss War, Tenchi Seasons 1-3) are all but forgotten with their beautiful animation, engaging and well thoughtout stories in this day and age of "anime".
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I agree a lot of anime is crap, but so is a lot of any other medium. I don't write off anime for the same reason I don't write off "normal" tv shows, or movies, or music.
Death Note season 1 doesn't really count as being in the "good old days" with the rest of those, it's only 5 years old, compared to the decade+ for the others. It really should count as being part of "this day and age".
Luckily I snagged all the remastered Sailor Moons when they were limited dvd released. Original soundtracks with japanese dialogue. Honestly though, I kind of miss the English voice actors. If they could do a Dragonball rerelease where we get to keep the original soundtrack but use the English dub? That'd be heaven and I'd definitely rebuy.
yeah the reason it wont happen here yet is toei the company that owns it in japan still wants millions of dollars for the rights to distribute it in this country(USA) I know for a fact that Funimation(believe me you want them to do it) is waiting like a hungry dog to get a deal where they can re-release it with out destroying the company.
the problem is the Japanese believe that their old series have super value(early 90's stuff) but the reality is the market really isn't there anymore. if they offered sailor moon for like 250k a season it would get licensed and released. we would probably get all of it. i really want a good dub of card captor sakura, but no one wants to spend the money on the license.
I'm kinda of liking Durarara!! and it's very Rashomon-esque take on story telling. It almost feels like a slice of life series... except that it involves the kind of people you'd never see in such a series. I'm glad it's on now, as Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood has come to an end and Bleach is just... awful.
I almost NEVER buy anime. Boxed sets are too fucking expensive to risk an impulse buy.
For Blu-Ray, sure, but $30 for the DVD box set seems pretty darn reasonable, even for an impulse buy.
Of course, that doesn't really matter since the entire show is available streaming on Hulu, Youtube (an official Funi channel), and Funimation's own streaming page.
Of course, that doesn't really matter since the entire show is available streaming on Hulu, Youtube (an official Funi channel), and Funimation's own streaming page.
We are supposed to be helping Chuck find a girl, not limit his options by a greater degree by getting him hooked on anime.
I'm thirding Baccano! and seconding Durarara.
Back to the anime: I thought Eden of the East was pretty good, though short unless you count the two movie sequels to the series.
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All of it? That's a huge generalization. I mean it's more of a style of drawing or a country of origin than a genre, since it comes in all types, aimed at all age levels, with all kinds of stories. It's a little like saying "I don't like books with red covers". Or (ironically) like some guy saying "all black people are criminals because I got robbed twice by a black guy".
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I think the forums would explode with orgasmic awesomeness.
Sounds like Nick's Prom night.
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