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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 6:28 am
by Damien
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...

Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 8:25 am
by Brainpiercing
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.

Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 9:00 am
by Quest
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.

Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 6:33 am
by Brainpiercing
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.

Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 7:00 am
by Fuji Nagase
i like the idea of tokko from what I've read, im gonna check it out.

Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 10:21 am
by Brainpiercing
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 :).

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.

Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 12:42 pm
by Libaax
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 :)

Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:23 pm
by Quest
Ergo Proxy, Black Lagoon, Blood+ and Jyu Oh Sei.

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

Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:10 pm
by Damien
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.

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 3:13 am
by Damien
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.

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:45 am
by Brainpiercing
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.

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:07 am
by Quest
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

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:22 am
by Brainpiercing
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?

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 10:05 am
by Quest
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.

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:45 am
by Damien
Uh, One piece 266 raw. Kiba 09-10. Yakitate Japan 58-60...

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:09 pm
by Deathbringer
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.

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:12 pm
by Damien
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.

Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 8:54 am
by Brainpiercing
Angel Heart 16, well, after a slight rise in action in ep 15, we're back down drama lane. Boring.

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 3:18 am
by Fuji Nagase
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.

Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 1:07 am
by equalityofcipher
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 :wink: .

Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:49 am
by Brainpiercing
Fuji Nagase wrote: although it may think its cooler than it actually is.
Well, that's what I call hollywood factor... :roll:

Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:48 pm
by Fuji Nagase
word

Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:44 am
by Brainpiercing
Tokko 7. Nice ep, with some impressive team-swordplay.

Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 11:05 pm
by Damien
Ergo Proxy 7-8 getting better for me.

Pani Poni Dash 21-22

One Piece 268-269

Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:02 am
by Brainpiercing
Angel Heart 17. Hmm, I still wonder what the point of this show is.