Ongoing Anime Discussion (now with October 2004)

Leftover · Post by **Leftover** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:41 pm

I'm going to take my list of top ten and apply your points to them Doombee. I'll try and be brief too.

LONGEST FUCKING POST EVAR

1. Escaflowne

- visuals: I say the visuals are excellent, given that the series came out on the heels of whoring out a computer to do much of the work in the industry ;p.

- sound: The music speaks for itself, and enhances the show in every possibly aspect. Voice acting is top notch as well.

- plot: Plenty good, surprise twists, with a subplot here or there.

- character development/drama: I'd say the development is quite good, if not a tiny bit unbalanced to a character or two.

- comedy: It's there, albeit in the form of Meryl.

- action: Oh yes.

2. Kaleido Star

- visuals: A tiny, tiny bit lacking every once in a while, but quite good usually, and great when it wants to be.

- sound: Good stuff, but like the visuals, great when it wants to be.

- plot: A bit simple, but nicely done in the first season, unfortunately dragging out in the second.

- character development/drama: SORA, YOU ARE THE ONE. MAKE ME PROUD. FREE THE MATRIX.

- comedy: God bless you Fool.

- action: I'll be damned because I love every performance this show puts on. Sometime it's better than any flying kung fu power fest.

- strong themes: Don't give up..alot?

3. Fruits Basket

- visuals: Nice and simple, which works best for it.

- sound: Music's good, va's are good, even the dub is good.

- plot: Tohru is Jesus.

- character development/drama: Pretty good, spread out quite well from start to end. Good amount of drama too.

- comedy: Chock full of it, and balanced well against the serious matters too.

- action: Quite little.

- strong themes: BELIEVE!!!

4. Evangelion

- visuals: Pretty good for its time.

- sound: Great all around, music, va's, etc.

- plot: It's good, once you actually freaking understand it, and it was more or less the first of its kind in terms of fuckin your head over.

- character development/drama: Ok character development, plenty of drama.

- comedy: It's there, usually to offset the mind fucking.

- action: Great stuff.

- strong themes: I'll solve everything by KILLING YOU ALL.

5. Last Exile

- visuals: Really freaking good, beautiful at times.

- sound: VA's are good, music's nothing all that special, but does its job.

- plot: It kept me glued, I think it's viable enough for most anyone to get into.

- character development/drama: Great, if not a teensy bit unbalanced.

- comedy: Here and there.

- action: Oh yes.

- strong themes: Free willy.

6. Record of Lodoss War (OVA, not TV)

- visuals: Ridicously fucking good. Even now (the dragons look superb).

- sound: Above average overall.

- plot: Tiny bit confusing, but solid.

- character development/drama: A bit jarbled, and again unbalanced, but there's plenty of drama.

- comedy: Not really.

- action:

- strong themes: Evil is bad.

7. Urusei Yatsura

- visuals: Basic, as it should be.

- sound: Music's good, but the va's are great. Ataru's VA is god.

- plot: Thin as paper, more room for chaos.

- character development/drama: There's no real progression in terms of development, and the drama's there every once in a blue moon for the series, but usually a big part of the films.

- comedy: Unrivaled. To the max.

- action: Sparse, but the show is filled to the brim with energy.

- strong themes: Don't date a lighting bolt.

8. Devilman / Devil Lady (all forms):

- visuals: The later rendition of Devilman was great, but the first was 70's cheese. Devil Lady looks quite good too.

- sound: Again, cheese in the begining, quite solid and good from there on.

- plot: Kill alot for Devilman, kill reluctantly for Devil Lady. Simple, but the complexities lies within the characters.

- character development/drama: I personally put down both Devilman and Devilman Lady because the two are stark opposites of one another, and thus develop differently, warranting two good series under the same moniker. Drama's more of Devil Lady's deal, but it's there in Devilman too.

- comedy: Quite little.

- action: Yes, plenty of it. Violently bloody, mmmm.

- strong themes: Good triumps evil (but one must be evil to defeat evil) - Devilman and equality for all -Devil Lady

9. Nadeisco (film included)

- visuals: Series was good, film was better.

- sound: Average really.

- plot: A bit cliche, but pulled off well. Ending of series = ?, ending of film = ? x n

- character development/drama: Unbalanced, but not bad.

- comedy: The show's strongest point. Quite funny.

- action: Second only to the comedy.

- strong themes: BEWEIVE IN YOUSEWF, WE ARE ALL KWEEATED EQWAL.

10. Dragon Ball (not DBZ or GT)

- visuals: Pretty good for its time, did its job well.

- sound: I love the music so much, it reeks of old school.

- plot: Straightfoward, simple, easy enough for all.

- character development/drama: A bit of drama, not much character development save for Goku.

- comedy: Great stuff, quite funny.

- action: Hell yes. Innovative, funny, the action makes the show but doesn't over power it too much.

And I'm totally spent.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:21 pm

That's not brief !

And I thought LE music was great.

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:31 pm

Nadesico's movie and the tv series ending basically ruined it for me. I hated that shit.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:37 pm

I actually liked Prince of Darkness but it was way too compressed and the ending was too much of a hanger to really make it a worthy successor. The TV ending seemed pretty off too, even though the story came out rather nicely...

But those things are partly why I fancy Vandread over Nadesico.

LoR's list still makes me cry, but to each his own.

Leftover · Post by **Leftover** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:44 pm

Aaah, Maria-sama 11 & 12 is out, and they're both ridicously good, and the cliff hanger is killing me and aah I love Maria-sama and poor Yumi and I need 13 NOW and, and...

Gray · Post by **Gray** » Fri Dec 03, 2004 4:25 am

why did they change the lyrics for the dying breed song swimming bare under the moon in beck?

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Fri Dec 03, 2004 4:29 am

I have no idea myself.

Impaler · Post by **Impaler** » Fri Dec 03, 2004 4:58 am

Damn you Leftover! I'm still downloading 12.

saranicole · Post by **saranicole** » Fri Dec 03, 2004 7:11 pm

Doom wrote:That's not brief !

And I thought LE music was great.

Well, it's not YOUR top list, now is it?

j0hn Ayanami · Post by **j0hn Ayanami** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 5:44 pm

saranicole wrote:
Doom wrote:That's not brief !

And I thought LE music was great.
Well, it's not YOUR top list, now is it?

omfg don't be a loser posting in anime forums :<

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 5:58 pm

I think John would enjoy Beck.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 6:06 pm

he does

stop being a tard

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 7:08 pm

Like your avatar?

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 8:58 pm

my avatar owns

yours on the other hand is constipated to the max

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 9:23 pm

Xephonic · Post by **Xephonic** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 10:20 pm

I rather like bleach :{

Joei · Post by **Joei** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 10:26 pm

leftover has really bad taste i see.

Escaflowne was a snore fest.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 5:36 am

Is anyone watching Tales of Phantasia? If so, have any of those people played the game? I'm not, but I'm curious as to see how close the anime adaptation is.

Joei · Post by **Joei** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 11:04 am

there's an anime of that now!?? where to get

Xephonic · Post by **Xephonic** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 6:09 pm

Joei wrote:there's an anime of that now!?? where to get

http://bt.aoi-anime.net//torrents/0abf3 ... 9a.torrent

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 7:01 pm

Er whoops, I meant I haven't played the game, not I'm not going to watch the anime.

Killey · Post by **Killey** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 10:15 pm

Just finished watching episodes 19-21 of Kurau and this show keeps getting better and better. I like how the recent episodes are ending with a different quote ala Cowboy Bebop.

Leftover · Post by **Leftover** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 1:37 am

If what I choose as my top 10 is bad taste to you Joei then I've got the worst taste ever

!

I just scored 150 episodes of Prince of Tennis from a friend, omg. Good shit.

Pigtails x Ryoma!

j0hn Ayanami · Post by **j0hn Ayanami** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 1:49 am

I TOLD YOU PRINCE OF TENNIS WAS GOOD. I TOLD EVERYONE.

Leftover · Post by **Leftover** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 2:28 am

It's not so much 'good' as it simply is enjoyable somehow. I mean the music is pretty cheesey (even for a sports oriented anime), the animation is a bit above average, and I have already lost count of how many scenes they've reused, but hell I like it and that's all that matters fuckers.

I have to admit that I like the fact that the show isn't solely RYOMA central, and there is variety in characters that Ryoma is with, team mates or not. I also have to admit that Ryoma himself isn't the typical cocky, emotionless genius, but actually a pretty damn cool kid.

And because there has to be one in every show for my sorry ass I want the adorable pigtailed gal to hook up with Ryoma.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 4:13 am

dot dot dot

rofl VJ is pretty hilarious

Leftover · Post by **Leftover** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 7:25 am

dot dot dot

fuk u

>:|

Seta · Post by **Seta** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 8:09 am

Doom wrote:Is anyone watching Tales of Phantasia? If so, have any of those people played the game? I'm not, but I'm curious as to see how close the anime adaptation is.

It's been a while since I've played Tales of Phantasia but from what I can remember, the anime doesn't follow the game very closely. The opening was in the game but it skipped the early part that showed why Cless and co. was pursuing Dhaos. A massive chunk of the story was also cut out after the opening scene. I think this may have been for the better though cause alot of adventures early on were SLOW. spoilers: Basically, you ran around collecting the elementals you see in the opening. The story was very slow when you had to get the early summons. Since this is an OVA, I doubt they had the time to animate those parts anyway The game got more interesting once you reach the part the anime is at now.

Joei · Post by **Joei** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:32 am

tales of phantasia was good, except i got fed up of random battles happening every 2 steps. i shall watch the anime instead

neil · Post by **neil** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 11:19 am

It's not so much 'good' as it simply is enjoyable somehow.

Prince Of Tennis is just good!

.. Nobody understanda why

Maybe in 500 years time, science will be able to explain it

j0hn Ayanami · Post by **j0hn Ayanami** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:04 pm

MOITERUZE BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANIGU!

Impaler · Post by **Impaler** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 2:36 pm

So far, my favourite match is still Atobe vs Tezuka.

Killey · Post by **Killey** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:37 am

@ Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG episodes 23&24.

Everything that has been leading up to this final arc pretty much comes together in these two episodes. There are obviously some loose ends that need to be explained in the last two episodes and I can't believe I have to wait a month before then. It's going to be rather dissapointing to see the series end as it was a very impressive anime that had a very complex and interesting storyline.

The music in these two episodes were amazing and really fit the scenes that they accompanied so well. It really furthers the story telling and I don't think the scenes would have been as effective without the right music. I expect nothing less from Yoko Kanno.

Leftover · Post by **Leftover** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 5:32 am

@ School Rumble 8.

What a great show that even manages to have viable seriousness to it. It's great that there are two sides to the show.

Still, Harima, poor guy.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 6:31 am

SR seems like it's a 13 ep thing, but I certainly wouldn't mind more.

j0hn Ayanami · Post by **j0hn Ayanami** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 6:42 am

Impaler wrote:So far, my favourite match is still Atobe vs Tezuka.

Fuji's match with Echizen, imo, was only a shade better.

Impaler · Post by **Impaler** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 10:21 am

The one in the rain

But that one was stopped halfway and all of Fuji's moves should be banned

, not to mention Tezuka Zone + zero-shiki dropshot. If anyone could do those moves in real life, I'll kill them.

j0hn Ayanami · Post by **j0hn Ayanami** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 2:59 pm

My friend was talking about the zero-shiki drop shot, and it's possible. He said the captain in his varsity club does it, but it's near impossible to do at the pro level because of the speed of the balls.

fuji owns. end of story

Leftover · Post by **Leftover** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 9:47 pm

I'm on episode 36 now.

Mada Mada Dane!

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 10:02 pm

Mikey why you call me a dork over aim? You don't love me anymore?

Leftover · Post by **Leftover** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 10:32 pm

Well SOMEBODY needs to get Seed 49.

Until then I hate your ass.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 11:44 pm

I hope everyone else thought Genshiken 6 owned as much as I thought it did.

Plaztik · Post by **Plaztik** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 12:29 am

i still need to watch gank 7 and 8
after that Bleach 6, 7, 8 and 9

Killey · Post by **Killey** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 12:52 am

to Soukyuu no Fafner episodes 19-21.
These three episodes have really changed my opinion of Fafner and this anime has easily become one of my favorites of the season. There was a lot of character development within theses three episodes that was well balanced with the action scenes. The storyline wasn't really developed in these episodes but the characters sorely needed some development. Kannon has become my favorite character for obvious reasons.

Another

to Mahou Shoujotai Arisu episodes 28-30.
I was definitely not expecting the story to take such a huge turn in events. The first few episodes were really good but the storyline was very simplistic and nothing original but the storyline has shifted to something new twice and each shift has been unexpected. The new animation style takes some time to get use to but it works and the series has been great.

Seta · Post by **Seta** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 5:24 am

Genshiken owned indeed.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 5:40 am

7 just came out wtf?!??! WOO

Seta · Post by **Seta** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 7:34 am

Leftover · Post by **Leftover** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 1:54 pm

And now it's been liscensed.

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 2:19 pm

Genshinken's been licensed?

TheDarkOne · Post by **TheDarkOne** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 3:09 pm

rofl!!! how the shit is that gonna work?? i mean, i dont know if the otaku culture in the US is ready to make fun of itself yet, they take themselves pretty seriously

Square Gamer

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