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Title: Anime Fans Unite!!!
Post by: Kenshin on December 02, 2001, 03:25:58 AM
Hrmm just wondering how many of you peeps out there are anime fans. If so list the animes you like and the ones you own.

As you can tell by my name, I love anime.  However my favorite anime is Rurouni Kenshin .  Its got action, comedy and beautiful artwork, I would recommend it for anyone who is interested in anime. Be forewarned, there are 23 or so volumes in the Rurouni Kenshin series :eek:  Currently there are only 12 out in the States. Volume 13th comes out on the 4th of december, while 14th comes out January. My second favorite anime would have to be Trigun. I recently got it and it was so good that I sat through all ten hours of it in one sitting :D . I watch all my animes in Japanese with English Subtitles cuz I cant stand the Eng dub. Some of them are just plain and utterly horrible. About as bad as the voice acting in the Resident Evil Series.

 
Here are the ones I own. (all on dvd of course)

Rurouni Kenshin Volumes 1 through 12 (cant wait till the 13th releases on 12/4/2001)
Samurai X : Betrayal (My friend Ryu has Samurai X: Trust)
Samurai X The motion picture
Saber J Marionettes : Volumes 2 and 3
Tenchi Muyo OAV box set
Tenchi Muyo movies 1, 2, 3
Tenchi Universe box set
Trigun box set
Akira
Fatal Fury Double Impact
Princess Mononoke
Amazing Nurse Nanako Volumes 1, 2, 3
Ninja Scroll
Magic Knight Rayearth Memorial Box set # 1
Cutey Honey Volume 1
La Blue Girl Vol. 5&6 (one dvd)

Total of 53 anime dvds. My friend is even more of an anime nut than I am. He has 70 anime dvds right now and hes getting more during christmas :eek:
Title: Anime Fans Unite!!!
Post by: SmallLady on December 02, 2001, 03:42:54 AM
I consider myself as an anime fan, although I haven\'t had the chance to see too many of them yet.

My favorite is, naturally, Sailor Moon. I prefer the manga over the anime any day, because the anime seems to be aimed towards a younger crowd, a lot more sillyness and crazy stuff. But it is cute in its own way. I have most of the manga albums, only about three are missing!
Avoid the anime english dub at all costs. Pure horror.

Recently I have fallen in love with Angel Sanctuary. I only saw the first \'episode\' of the three part movie, but it was very nice & interesting. I\'d kill to get the manga, because the artwork of Kaori Yuki is incredible, I have never seen anyone draw as well as she can. Sure, the plot is pretty suspicious (brother falling in love with his sister) but the characters are great (and many).

They had Princess Mononoke in a little theater here in November, but it was all sold out! That was very frustrating. When will I finally see it. A friend bought the DVD and we watched it a little bit, and it seems like a masterpiece, like everyone says. The music is beautiful.

Oh yea, almost forgot. I bought X/1999 by Clamp. Those ladies sure can draw. They\'re incredibly creative. The theme is a bit like Angel Sanctuary\'s, so I\'ll be sure to love it, once I get some more albums.

A fellow anime enthusiast has loads of Blade of the Immortal manga. She says it\'s great, and with all the feodal Japan action, I can\'t help but agree.

Runouni Kenshin is surely the next anime I\'ll get to know. Once again. Feodal Japan. Katanas. Samurai. Kimonos & hakamas. What else do I need.

And on the shoujo side again... Ah my goddess looks funny ^_^ Got to buy it.

I have seen Akira, Gits & Ninja Scroll, but I didn\'t really like them.
Title: Anime Fans Unite!!!
Post by: Kenshin on December 02, 2001, 03:52:49 AM
Hrmmm, I can\'t bash on Sailor moon like most of my friends do. I dont think its that bad. Some parts are rather funny. I never seen any of the mangas that you mentioned...cuz like my Japanese reading and writing skills aren\'t as honed and skilled as I like them to be. I can read hiragana and katakana, understanding the words they form is another thing.
I\'ve heard alot of good things about X and Angel Sanctuary and Ah My Goddes as well. I might buy one or two of them during Christmas. As for Princess Mononoke, that anime was awesome. The english dubbing wasn\'t all that shabby either. Still, Rurouni Kenshin is still my favorite. You should definitely check it out Small Lady :D  
Hrmmm it seems I forgot to mention the part of the animes you people hate. What animes have you people seen and thought was utter garbage. I, personally hate Evangelion. I know I\'m probably going to get flamed for this cuz I know there are a huge following of this anime but Evangelion was horrible, IMO. I mean the beginning episodes was ok. Mechs driven by humans who fight Angels. Then they turn it into a whole personal exploration garbage fest. Don\'t get me started on the ending. What kind of ending was that?!?! It wasn\'t even an ending to the series. I can\'t wait till the movies make it over here in the States. Its rumored that the movies make alot more sense than the TV series. Anyhoo, Evangelion = my least favorite anime.
Title: Anime Fans Unite!!!
Post by: Joker on December 02, 2001, 04:04:01 AM
can you guys elaborate a bit more on X ?

I just bought it for my friend and don\'t know if its good or not?
Title: Anime Fans Unite!!!
Post by: Kenshin on December 02, 2001, 04:15:44 AM
http://mypage.uniserve.ca/~ryanm6/review/209.htm

It seems like an interesting anime. SHould be worth checking out.
Title: Anime Fans Unite!!!
Post by: Majin Prince on December 02, 2001, 05:48:23 AM
I love Rurouni Kenshin too!!!:bounce: That took DBZ\'s place for first! anyways i\'m borrowing the last tape of trigun from my friend today so i\'m psyced to see that! I recommend these to anime\'s to everybody!!!
Title: Anime Fans Unite!!!
Post by: SmallLady on December 02, 2001, 06:18:09 AM
The page doesn\'t seem to work right now.

So I\'ll explain a little of X, if you don\'t mind :) Taken directly from the back cover!!

"Kamui Shiro is a young man followed by mystery. Taken from Tokyo by his mother when only a child, Kamui left behind his dearest friends - gentle Kotori and her brother Fuma - in the aftermath of a mysterious accident that claimed their mother\'s life.

--

Their destiny was preordained

Haunted by his tragic past, Kamui struggles to understand his role in the future... a terrible fate inexorably linked to his unique powers. Now, as seers and psychics across Japan turn their eyes to Tokyo and the drama beginning to unfold there, the lines between light and dark are being drawn..."

Whoooo....

Ah, almost forgot, shingoku, that\'s the best sig I\'ve seen in years ^_^
Title: Anime Fans Unite!!!
Post by: KillaX on December 02, 2001, 07:48:33 AM
I started liking anime when Robotech was on TV here in the US.......and the rest is history.........DBZ is a good anime......little cheesy at times...




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Title: Re: Anime Fans Unite!!!
Post by: Wanderer on December 02, 2001, 08:40:40 AM
Quote
Originally posted by shingoku
Hrmm just wondering how many of you peeps out there are anime fans. If so list the animes you like and the ones you own.

As you can tell by my name, I love anime.  However my favorite anime is Rurouni Kenshin .  Its got action, comedy and beautiful artwork, I would recommend it for anyone who is interested in anime. Be forewarned, there are 23 or so volumes in the Rurouni Kenshin series :eek:  Currently there are only 12 out in the States. Volume 13th comes out on the 4th of december, while 14th comes out January. My second favorite anime would have to be Trigun. I recently got it and it was so good that I sat through all ten hours of it in one sitting :D . I watch all my animes in Japanese with English Subtitles cuz I cant stand the Eng dub. Some of them are just plain and utterly horrible. About as bad as the voice acting in the Resident Evil Series.

 
Here are the ones I own. (all on dvd of course)

Rurouni Kenshin Volumes 1 through 12 (cant wait till the 13th releases on 12/4/2001)
Samurai X : Betrayal (My friend Ryu has Samurai X: Trust)
Samurai X The motion picture
Saber J Marionettes : Volumes 2 and 3
Tenchi Muyo OAV box set
Tenchi Muyo movies 1, 2, 3
Tenchi Universe box set
Trigun box set
Akira
Fatal Fury Double Impact
Princess Mononoke
Amazing Nurse Nanako Volumes 1, 2, 3
Ninja Scroll
Magic Knight Rayearth Memorial Box set # 1
Cutey Honey Volume 1
La Blue Girl Vol. 5&6 (one dvd)

Total of 53 anime dvds. My friend is even more of an anime nut than I am. He has 70 anime dvds right now and hes getting more during christmas :eek:


Me I am that friend he is talking about let me tally up my current anime DVD count...I will have a total of 81 after the purchase of the next Kenshin dvd this monday and 87 once the Bebop boxed set I ordered comes in.  For me it is really truely hard to say which is my favorite anime because it really does depend on the mood that I am in.  Overall so far though Kenshin would have to take the cake for me.  Like my buddy said this christmas I should be getting both of the new dbz boxed sets on dvd and a few movies and random series...hopefully.  Just so you all know I do have a life as well lol...just the one thing I consider a hobby lol.  So here would be my collection to date.

-Record Of Lodoss War OAV and COHK (6 dvd\'s)
-Dragonball Boxed set (2 dvd\'s)
-10 DBZ DVD\'s if you want them listed let me know
-All Of Eva (8 DVD\'s)
-Fatal Fury OAV and Movie (3 DVD\'s)
-3x3 Eye\'s Collection (3 dvd\'s)
-Angel Sanctuary First OAV (1 DVD)
-Bastard! OAV (1 DVD)
-All of Trigun (8 DVD\'s)
-All of Escaflowne (8 DVD\'s)
-First 12 Kenshin Dvd\'s
-Samurai X OAV (2 DVD\'s)
-Samurai X The Movie (1 DVD)
-Street Fighter 2 the Motion Picture (1 DVD)
-Street Fighter Alpha The Movie (1 DVD)
-First Bubble Gum Crisis 2034 DVD
-Ruin Explorers (1 DVD)
-Perfect Blue
-Ninja Scroll
-Endless Waltz
-Princess Mononoke
-Blood The last Vampire
-Akira
-Kite
-Armitage III
-First Outlaw Star collection (2 DVD\'s)
-Burn-Up W OAV (1 DVD)

Coming In:

-Kenshin #13 (1 DVD)
-Bebop Boxed Set (6 DVD\'s)

So there you have it...wow...
Title: Anime Fans Unite!!!
Post by: EmperorRob on December 02, 2001, 09:30:01 AM
Ghost in the Shell
Fist of the North Star
Ninja Scroll
Bubblegum Crisis 2040 Tokyo
Nadesico

There is going to be a sequel to Ghost in the Shell
Title: Anime Fans Unite!!!
Post by: M4 on December 02, 2001, 09:41:48 AM
ALL AMINE FANS BURN IN HELL
Title: Anime Fans Unite!!!
Post by: fishpie on December 02, 2001, 10:57:06 AM
Quote
Originally posted by SmallLady
I consider myself as an anime fan, although I haven\'t had the chance to see too many of them yet.

My favorite is, naturally, Sailor Moon. I prefer the manga over the anime any day, because the anime seems to be aimed towards a younger crowd, a lot more sillyness and crazy stuff. But it is cute in its own way. I have most of the manga albums, only about three are missing!
Avoid the anime english dub at all costs. Pure horror.

Recently I have fallen in love with Angel Sanctuary. I only saw the first \'episode\' of the three part movie, but it was very nice & interesting. I\'d kill to get the manga, because the artwork of Kaori Yuki is incredible, I have never seen anyone draw as well as she can. Sure, the plot is pretty suspicious (brother falling in love with his sister) but the characters are great (and many).

They had Princess Mononoke in a little theater here in November, but it was all sold out! That was very frustrating. When will I finally see it. A friend bought the DVD and we watched it a little bit, and it seems like a masterpiece, like everyone says. The music is beautiful.

Oh yea, almost forgot. I bought X/1999 by Clamp. Those ladies sure can draw. They\'re incredibly creative. The theme is a bit like Angel Sanctuary\'s, so I\'ll be sure to love it, once I get some more albums.

A fellow anime enthusiast has loads of Blade of the Immortal manga. She says it\'s great, and with all the feodal Japan action, I can\'t help but agree.

Runouni Kenshin is surely the next anime I\'ll get to know. Once again. Feodal Japan. Katanas. Samurai. Kimonos & hakamas. What else do I need.

And on the shoujo side again... Ah my goddess looks funny ^_^ Got to buy it.

I have seen Akira, Gits & Ninja Scroll, but I didn\'t really like them.








sailor moon is so incredibly hot.
Title: Anime Fans Unite!!!
Post by: Kenshin on December 02, 2001, 12:32:54 PM
haha thanks for the compliment on the sig small lady. Sup wanderer, welcome to the psx2central forums.

To Majin and killa, I used to love dbz but Rurouni Kenshin is way better. Dbz got too boring for me after I\'ve seen most of it. Same thing always happens. Bad guy shows up, good guys show up, both take 20 episodes to power up to their ultimate level, they fight, 20 more episodes and many flying and broken rocks later, the bad guy loses. Although I have to admit, I like to see more of Dragon Ball GT.

To Emperor Rob, how is Bubblegum Crisis 2040 Tokyo. I\'m interested in getting that anime but dont know what its really about.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I have Grave of the Fireflies as well. That anime is very sad ( sad as in :(  not sad as in bad) Its about two kids who lose their parents in World War II in Japan. Very educational. I highly recommend it you guys watch it.
Title: Anime Fans Unite!!!
Post by: Ryu on December 02, 2001, 01:00:21 PM
Transformers The Movie
Samurai X (As mentioned above)
Macross plus (both DVD\'s)
Street Fighter Alpha
Street Fighter II V (Et. all)
Serial Experiments Lain (Et. All)
Dragon Knight
Guy: Double Target
Count Down Volume 1
Ghost in the Shell
Akira
Darkstalkers (Et. All)
Armitage III
Perfect Blue
Fatal Fury TMP
Street Fighter II TMP
Evangelion (et all)
Grave of the Fireflies

That\'s about all I have.  A lot of those are on tape, but a good portion are on DVD as well.
Title: Anime Fans Unite!!!
Post by: Joker on December 02, 2001, 01:13:57 PM
Akira is one of my all time favourite anime movies
Title: Anime Fans Unite!!!
Post by: EmperorRob on December 02, 2001, 02:47:38 PM
Quote
Originally posted by shingoku
To Emperor Rob, how is Bubblegum Crisis 2040 Tokyo. I\'m interested in getting that anime but dont know what its really about.
Well I haven\'t seen the original Bubblegum Crisis.  Basically BG 2040 AD Tokyo is about a post-modern Tokyo.  In the future people use robots to do their work; some of them are going nuts and destroying people/things.  A group of girls and a couple guys use robotic suits to fight them.

It may sound corny, but it\'s a good story.  One of my favorites.  The art is top-notch.
Title: Anime Fans Unite!!!
Post by: Kenshin on December 02, 2001, 04:13:27 PM
Hrmm sounds interesting emporer, I\'ll be sure to check it out. Is there a box set for it? I\'m the kind of anime fan that doesnt like to have to buy one dvd after another to find out what happens next, I rather just buy the box set.
Title: Anime Fans Unite!!!
Post by: Living-In-Clip on December 02, 2001, 05:41:20 PM
I\'m surprised that Ryu is the only other person (not including me) with the Lain series in our Anime list.....

Akira - Limited Edition
Ninja Scroll
Ghost in the Shell
Lain (4 Dvds)
Vampire Hunter D
Blood: The Original Vampire
Black Jack
Twilight of the Dark Master
Street Fighter: The Animated Movie
Street Fighter Alpha
Street Fighter Volume 1-4

I\'ve also already paid for Vampire Hunter D: BloodLust..
Title: Anime Fans Unite!!!
Post by: SonyFan-AFK on December 02, 2001, 06:00:22 PM
I\'m not really an Anime fan, but there are a few that I\'ve liked. Most of them like the Tenchi series and DBZ I can\'t stand. But like SmallLady said.. those seem more aimed at a younger audience. Guess I\'m more of a "Manga" fan.

Ghost in the Shell
Birdy the Mighty
Princess Mononoke
Demon City Shinkjoku
Armitage III
Macross Plus
Akira
Black Magic M-88
Demon Hunter
Gunsmith Cats
Shadow Skill
and a few others. I pretty much jus watch what I can catch on Starz Action channel.

Lately, I\'ve been kinda gettin into Hentai because of a few of these old PC games I\'ve been downloading and archiving are Hent. Yeah, they\'re porno, but some of them like 3 Sisters Story and True Love have excellent storylines to them that don\'t even revolve around sex.
Title: Anime Fans Unite!!!
Post by: EmperorRob on December 02, 2001, 06:45:29 PM
Quote
Originally posted by shingoku
Hrmm sounds interesting emporer, I\'ll be sure to check it out. Is there a box set for it? I\'m the kind of anime fan that doesnt like to have to buy one dvd after another to find out what happens next, I rather just buy the box set.
Animenation has one but it\'s too expensive.

Then there\'s this place BG2040 box-set (http://store.yahoo.com/animecorner/bubcris201.html) ; but I only found it today.  You could get them cheaper by going to buy.com and buying them separately.  6 DVDs.
Title: Anime Fans Unite!!!
Post by: OHMYGOD on December 02, 2001, 06:45:41 PM
I think the only great anime out there is...the subtitled DBZ!! oh ya
Title: Anime Fans Unite!!!
Post by: Kenshin on December 02, 2001, 07:14:21 PM
Thanks for the info emperor but do you think that site is trust worthy? I usually buy my dvds from sites that are well known and trust worthy like amazon.com , dvdempire.com, and dvdplanet.com.  

To ohmygod , hahaha yeah the eng dubbing for dbz can get rather annoying. As for the hating on Tenchi, I dont see whats so bad with it. I personally enjoy the slap stick antics in that anime. Plus the concept of one guy (tenchi) living with 6 girls is hilarious.
Title: Anime Fans Unite!!!
Post by: EmperorRob on December 03, 2001, 01:26:31 PM
I wouldn\'t get it from some place unless you trust them.
Title: Anime Fans Unite!!!
Post by: Sublimesjg on December 03, 2001, 03:46:30 PM
Yea i am not the biggest Anime Freak but i love most of it

I just recently watched the series Noir - it was really good and if you havent seen it you should try to dl the subtitled episodes if you can

also some favs are

Ninja Scroll
Transformers
Princess Mononoke
Kimera
Demon City
Armitage III
Vampire Hunter D
Akira
Ghost in the Shell
Tenchi
Dragon Ball Z
Slayers
Wicked City
Photon

there are more but i am in a rush kinda