The Anime thread!

[Dirk Delshire]

Booyah! Ah yes Anime a favorite pastime of many a American youth.{Older youth too } I love sailor moon but I've only seen a about ten of the episodes and I own like 12 of the manga collection books.
Recently I've been really into Ghost In The Shell S.A.C.2nd Gig. I watch it every Friday on Cartoon Network. Some of my favorites are
Neon Genesis Evangelion, Escaflowne, Lupin The 3rd, Ranma 1/2, Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, Gundam Wing, Full metal Alchemist, Tenchi Muyo, etc. I also love all the Studio Gibli Films. So you could say I'm kinda into Anime.

[Oldbushie]

But have you seen Jungle Wa Itsumo Hare nochi Guu?

[Jafar]

Next time, on DRAGON BALL Z!
Sorry, I had to.

[Zelly]

Ah....Anime....my guilty pleasure.

I love it! All but the occasional "kiddie" stuff that gets put on Saturday mornings and after-school cartoons. I miss the good ol' days when people didn't play down to kids so much ie pre-Pokemon era. (though I watched a bit of it as well) When they showed things like Battle of the Planets and Thundercats.
Gee I guess I'm kinda aging myself here...

Anyway I'll watch just about any series for at least a few episodes, especially if it has Crispin Freeman voicing in it. (The man rocks my socks)
And I'm a sucker for a good Manga.

Some of my current anime faves are:
Witch Hunter Robin
Cowboy Bebop  (all should bow down to it's greatness)
The Slayers
Trigun
Scrapped Princess
Lupin the 3rd
NightWalker
Vampire Hunter D
Vampire Princess Miyu
Advent Children !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and at least half a dozen others I'll feel stupid for forgetting later

Yep I'm a geek.

[MangoMercury]

Of course they do!  They're in Japanese!

[dark-daventry]

Next time, on DRAGON BALL Z!
Sorry, I had to.

That was the most annoying thing!

I don't watch too much anime, but I wish they could return their shows to their original uncensored state! I admit, that I am obssessed with both Digimon and Cardcaptor Sakura... And I love Tsubasa... The manga is the only thing they made of it over here! I do hope that they bring the series over here too! I also like Beyblade, Legendz, Gundam Wing, Tenchi Muyo, Ronin Warriors (My favorite!  ),Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball/Z/GT, and a few more... I'm not as big into anime as I should be, but I do intend to change that over time!

But here's a really scary story... I was at Anime Boston last year, and I went into a stall called Japanese Bookstore, and everything there was in japanese. But as I was leaving, the owner put his hand on my shoulder. It was extremely weird!

[Rosella]

I'm not as big into anime as I should be, but I do intend to change that over time!

As you SHOULD be? There's a minimum?

Oh, I LOVED Cardcaptors. I can't exactly remeber what it was about, but I remember loving it. I could never remember when it was, and I'd get hooked on the plot and never get the resolution. I also really liked Pokemon!

[dark-daventry]

Cardcaptors, or Cardcaptor Sakura, was about a girl, Sakura, who accidentally unelashes the Clow cards upon the world. It is now her duty as the Cardcaptor to reclaim them all, or great terror shall befall the earth... They have two Cardcaptors in our reality, then one in an alternate reality, the one I mentioned in a previous post, called Tsuabasa... The two in our world are simply called Cardcaptor Sakura, and Cardcaptor Sakura: Master of the Clow. Master of the Clow has a very romantic ending in the manga! I also have the two movies!

I'm not as big into anime as I should be, but I do intend to change that over time!

As you SHOULD be? There's a minimum?

Oh, I LOVED Cardcaptors. I can't exactly remeber what it was about, but I remember loving it. I could never remember when it was, and I'd get hooked on the plot and never get the resolution. I also really liked Pokemon!

Well, most people I know that like Anime watch a lot more than I do!

[racx_00]

Well I can't stand any of the Gundam series, but my favourites are:

Cowboy Bebop
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Fullmetal Alchemist
Samurai Champloo
Trigun
Excel Saga
Akira
Vampire Hunter D
GitS

Anyway I've probably forgotten a few so I'll add them if I remember.

[Farquhar]

I was never a big fan of the Gundam series either.

My all-time favorite anime would probably be Cowboy Bebop!

Some of my other favs are:

-The Slayers
-Witch Hunter Robin
-Record of Lodoss War
-Akira
-Vampire Hunter D
-Vampire Princess Miyu
-Night Walker
-Lupin The 3rd
-Spirited Away
-Howl's Moving Castle
-FFVII Advent Children

...And I've just recently started Scrapped Princess. I suppose it's evident from my list that Zelly and I share almost identical tastes in anime, LOL.

[dark-daventry]

My list isn't too big... And most of what I like is manga, or Japanese exclusive, or both... (Usually both!) Or rather, I have the manga, but the show is only in Japanese, so far...

[Rosella]

I don't get what was so great about Advent Children. It was like...bleh. The only part I liked was the cell phone thing near the beginning. That was just plain awesome.

[dark-daventry]

I've never seen advent children...

[Lollotte]

I like Bleach. I wish I could watch it more often!

[Zelly]

I suppose it's evident from my list that Zelly and I share almost identical tastes in anime, LOL.

Yep, of course it helps that we usually watch all our anime together. 

I can't believe I forgot Miyazaki I must really be having a stupid moment LOL

Anyway, if it's on Farq's list and not on mine it's probably just me being forgetful again....

I don't get what was so great about Advent Children. It was like...bleh. The only part I liked was the cell phone thing near the beginning. That was just plain awesome.

How can you say that?!?!?!?!?!  AC rocked!!! Though they could have probably done a lot more with it. But to each her own I guess. Maybe if I wasn't such a big FFVII geek I would feel differently about it.

[Rosella]

Like, the plot was blah, and...meh. Maybe if I actually played FF7 I'd like it more.

[Jafar]

Try watching it with Raf, he's never played FF7 either IIRC.

[Dirk Delshire]

I have the DVD and if you haven't played the game you can watch the Reminiscence of FF7 feature to catch up. I had to just because I never played it all the way through. Back when it came out I didn't own a playstation so all the info i had came from watching my friends play it. I do own a the game now though. I'm about half way through it but I'm not sure if I want to finish it now because they're remaking it on PS3. I always hated the long load times it was like playing Commadore 64 all over again.
But anyway I had to watch the movie a few times to catch all the stuff. It also helps to watch the making of if you still don't get it.
Somewhere online I read an article that said that the other charactor's pop out of nowhere. It's simply not true. They all see the big light show that the Dragon is putting on and come to cloud's aid in Cid's airship. And as for Vincent I guess he just sensed the fight seeing how he's connected to the planet. That's why he says I've got to get a phone. If you have any further questions about parts you don't understand just ask me.

[Zelly]

I'm about half way through it but I'm not sure if I want to finish it now because they're remaking it on PS3.

Really?! I had heard a rumor about it, but it was just a rumor.

[Rosella]

I have the DVD and if you haven't played the game you can watch the Reminiscence of FF7 feature to catch up. I had to just because I never played it all the way through. Back when it came out I didn't own a playstation so all the info i had came from watching my friends play it. I do own a the game now though. I'm about half way through it but I'm not sure if I want to finish it now because they're remaking it on PS3. I always hated the long load times it was like playing Commadore 64 all over again.
But anyway I had to watch the movie a few times to catch all the stuff. It also helps to watch the making of if you still don't get it.
Somewhere online I read an article that said that the other charactor's pop out of nowhere. It's simply not true. They all see the big light show that the Dragon is putting on and come to cloud's aid in Cid's airship. And as for Vincent I guess he just sensed the fight seeing how he's connected to the planet. That's why he says I've got to get a phone. If you have any further questions about parts you don't understand just ask me.

I still think the entire movie was a giant plot hole, but the graphics were pretty. As for the Reminiscence thing, I tried to watch it, but it was all boring and blah, so I just watched the movie.