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Website · Post by **Damien** » Wed May 31, 2006 6:28 am

Fuji Nagase wrote:Tokko? ( if it has lots of blood, I'm interested)

Shindou just became a new investigator for Tokki: The Special Mobile Investigation Force. On the day of his graduation, he finally saw the half-naked girl that he had always saw in his dream in real life and finds out that she`s part of Tokko: The Special Public Safety Task Force. Shindou ends up joining Tokko to revenge his parents` death who`s bodies were ripped into pieces...

Post by **Brainpiercing** » Wed May 31, 2006 8:25 am

Black Lagoon 6.

I have to say that Levy would really be a poor character without that great voice acting. She'll probably totally die in any dub.

Post by **Quest** » Wed May 31, 2006 9:00 am

Brainpiercing wrote:Black Lagoon 6.

I have to say that Levy would really be a poor character without that great voice acting. She'll probably totally die in any dub.

thats what i thought whenever i hear revy's voice for the 1st time in any ep. there is something very distinct about the voice that makes me think this character's outlook on life is "everything's pointless".
its a tiresome, dismal tone to it.

Post by **Brainpiercing** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 6:33 am

Ya, the tone makes the character MUCH more believable.

Watched Tokko 1-6. It isn't half-bad, although I would wish for more detailed action animation. The characters are sort of stereo-types, at present, but it's an action/gore anime, so I'm not complaining about that.

Post by **Fuji Nagase** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 7:00 am

i like the idea of tokko from what I've read, im gonna check it out.

Post by **Brainpiercing** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 10:21 am

The story is nothing new right now. Monsters come to eat humans, and some people fight them (with swords). There's some magic, and some monsters even look vaguely berserk-like

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Really the only disappointing thing is the action animation, because you get the typical anime bright slashes instead of actually animating the sword swings, etc.

Post by **Libaax** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 12:42 pm

The mangaka is the one of GTO and he isn't exactly famous for action.

I have to say i like Black lagoon alot specially cause of the pirate theme and Levy's cool voice.

I have only watched 3 eps so far but it was awesome when she jumped from boat to boat and shot them to pieces

Post by **Quest** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:23 pm

Ergo Proxy, Black Lagoon, Blood+ and Jyu Oh Sei.

i have stuck to these anime. probably the best of what is still currently running.
=)

Website · Post by **Damien** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:10 pm

Black Lagoon episode 7 - Damn good episode.

One Piece 265 -Raw- SHORT episode.

Maid in akihabara - 1-6 funny at parts, yet very short for a live action drama.

Website · Post by **Damien** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 3:13 am

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles OVAs : Intresting take on the TMNT but adding sentai stuff in as well. Odd to hear the turtles in japanese tho, or was it originally in japanese? I don't know.

Post by **Brainpiercing** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:45 am

The TMNT ran in English in Singapore when I was there many years ago, and I think they'd have run subbed if they had been Japanese - or would they?

Possibly though there are even many versions of those, because I used to see far more mature comics of them around than the usual kiddy shit that made up the show.

Post by **Quest** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:07 am

yep you are correct, brain. all the cartoons here are in english. although the official national language here is malay, we use english as a 1st language. the malay population is only 20% of total while chinese is 70%.
japanese is a totally foreign language here.

=P

Post by **Brainpiercing** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:22 am

Well, the question I was getting at: Would they dub a japanese show or buy it in the US dubbed if it were a japanese show? Does anime run on TV there dubbed or subbed?

Post by **Quest** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 10:05 am

we dont show much anime on the local channels but anime like one piece, digimon and pokemon showing here are the US dubbed one.
its only during some special anime festival or whatnot do they show subbed anime.

for japanese tv shows, it varies. the drama serials are dubbed in chinese for the chinese channel. the news channel has this 'japan hour' show in japanese and its subbed in english.

Website · Post by **Damien** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:45 am

Uh, One piece 266 raw. Kiba 09-10. Yakitate Japan 58-60...

Post by **Deathbringer** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:09 pm

Because Rose de Versailles needed a sequel:

18th Century, just before the French revolution, multiple religious cults of the dark side were engaged in secret maneuvers under the name of Revolution.

"Le Chevalier D'Eon" (Knight D'Eon) a diplomat and a special agent working for Louis XIV, is fighting against those cults, and also on a mission to find the killer of his own sister. A mysterious cult organization called “Rose Cross” stands in his way, using vicious powers to create a dark creature, “Gargoyle” to over take Europe....

Based on a true person, I´m looking forward to it actually.

Website · Post by **Damien** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:12 pm

Yakitate Japan 63-66 too bad not very many episodes left to watch, yet hilarous as usual.

School Rumble OVA 2

Ergo Proxy 05-06

My Girl Live action ep 1

Pani poni Dash 20

Binchotan 03-04 too adorable.

Post by **Brainpiercing** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 8:54 am

Angel Heart 16, well, after a slight rise in action in ep 15, we're back down drama lane. Boring.

Post by **Fuji Nagase** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 3:18 am

i finally got to tokko, black lagoon and im about to watch a few others. i like black lagoon so far, although it may think its cooler than it actually is. it has some great animation and i like the whole randomosity of some parts of it. im going to watch more before i make more judgments though. i like tokko, and since i just finished gto, im in the mood. a little creepy with the sis com so far, but im looking forward to watching more of it.

i also watched 3 or 4 ep. of nana. please, nobody watch it. it is exactly the same as it's already unimpressive comic. actually i think its a little worse. it lacks the intimacy that even the comic has.

Post by **equalityofcipher** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 1:07 am

a friend of mine just rented disc 1 of crying freeman. i thought it was pretty decent. but discs 2 and 3 are nowhere to be found for us to rent or download. i was wondering if anyone has seen 2 and 3. i checked them out online and there are several factors that make the two seem iffy. i don't want to go in on purchasing them if they suck. i heard that Darkhorse had picked up the manga, but i haven't really heard any reviews about it from reputable sources. if anyone has any info to offer about either the anime or the manga, i'd be grateful. i mean, y'all like Berserk so you must have good taste in matters such as these

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Post by **Brainpiercing** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:49 am

Fuji Nagase wrote: although it may think its cooler than it actually is.

Well, that's what I call hollywood factor...

Post by **Fuji Nagase** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:48 pm

Post by **Brainpiercing** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:44 am

Tokko 7. Nice ep, with some impressive team-swordplay.

Website · Post by **Damien** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 11:05 pm

Ergo Proxy 7-8 getting better for me.

Pani Poni Dash 21-22

One Piece 268-269

Post by **Brainpiercing** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:02 am

Angel Heart 17. Hmm, I still wonder what the point of this show is.