The Spallow form is cool to see in action, but in that episode when he first uses it I don't think he brings out the full potential of the Spallow.

He was at least using the boosters on the arms to stab things I guess. I prefer the G-Exes anyway.

I wouldn't mind starting gumdum but I have no idea where I would start

Well they don't all have the same universe anyway.

The original follows the Universal Century starting with Gundam, then goes Stardust memories, Zeta, Double Zeta, Char's counter attack then Unicorn if I remember correctly. 08th MS team fits in there somewhere as well, probably somewhere around SDM and the original or Zeta, but has more focus on the ground troops. Rather than having the super suits they have the normal mass produced stuff so the action is somewhat more intense. You won't get Char's awesomeness in it, but you will get Norris who is about as good with a Gouf as Char is with a Zaku II and also a badass.


I'd say maybe start with it then move onto which ever timeline looks coolest.

darknessforbid wrote:Dokura Chan the Bludgeoning Angel

pi piru piru piru pi piru piru

yeah, that anime was crazy, too bad they cut it off before it was halfway done.

Finished Mawaru penguindrum not long ago.

Anyone that enjoys metaphoric stories similar to FLCL should check it out.

Well I watched FLCL twice so I'll give it a look.

n0t_u wrote:Well they don't all have the same universe anyway.

The original follows the Universal Century starting with Gundam, then goes Stardust memories, Zeta, Double Zeta, Char's counter attack then Unicorn if I remember correctly. 08th MS team fits in there somewhere as well, probably somewhere around SDM and the original or Zeta, but has more focus on the ground troops. Rather than having the super suits they have the normal mass produced stuff so the action is somewhat more intense. You won't get Char's awesomeness in it, but you will get Norris who is about as good with a Gouf as Char is with a Zaku II and also a badass.

Spoiler:

I'd say maybe start with it then move onto which ever timeline looks coolest.

Thanks!

B Gata H Kei.

...Why are you all looking at me like that?

n0t_u wrote:Well they don't all have the same universe anyway.

The original follows the Universal Century starting with Gundam, then goes Stardust memories, Zeta, Double Zeta, Char's counter attack then Unicorn if I remember correctly. 08th MS team fits in there somewhere as well, probably somewhere around SDM and the original or Zeta, but has more focus on the ground troops. Rather than having the super suits they have the normal mass produced stuff so the action is somewhat more intense. You won't get Char's awesomeness in it, but you will get Norris who is about as good with a Gouf as Char is with a Zaku II and also a badass.

Spoiler:

I'd say maybe start with it then move onto which ever timeline looks coolest.

Gundam is rather easy to get into to, just poke around youtube or go on wikipedia and check out the different shows. When you find one you like just start watching. That works for the AU ones as they are all seperate story lines. If you want to get into UC (Universal Century) I would suggest going with 0079. The animation is dated and the story is rather cliche now, but it's a good starting point. This will introduce you to Char and Amuro Rey who are the two real protaginests of UC gundam. After 0079, go with MSG Zeta.It's probley one of Tomino's best works next to space runaway ideon. A dark and gritty storyline with beautiful mobile suit designs makes a winner in my book.

The story line in universe is 0079, 8th Mobile suit Team, 0080 War in the pocket, 0083 Stardust rising/memory, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, MSG double z or ZZ, Chars counter attack (which finishes off the Char/Amuro story line)

Another note on Gundam is that there are compilation movie versions of a number of the series, including the original and Zeta. That's how I started with the UC timeline and it's not a bad way to kind of feel things out if you're not sure you wanna commit to watching quite so many 50-episode series. You certainly miss out on a lot though, so there's a good chance you'll want to go back and watch the whole series.

Honestly Gundam works best in production order a lot of the time. Most real Gundam fans will tell people to start with the original and work there way from there, but I feel that doesn't work. Yes the viewer will get the feel of what Gundam actually is, but the dated animation is a bit issue for most people to handle. That being said I'd say that the original Mobile Suit Gundam is probably best watched in movie form. The TV series and movies both hold equal status within the timeline even though they contradict. Also the movies have improved animation over the TV series and makes more sense story wise.

If anything I would show people Gundam 00 as its a really good AU representation of the original MSG just wrapped in a very different packaging.

infinite_array wrote:B Gata H Kei.

...Why are you all looking at me like that?

Fantastic, hilarious series.

I'm judging myself, even as I type.

May I also recommend Yondemasu yo Azazel san? Good for a bit of fun

Red Comet wrote:Honestly Gundam works best in production order a lot of the time. Most real Gundam fans will tell people to start with the original and work there way from there, but I feel that doesn't work. Yes the viewer will get the feel of what Gundam actually is, but the dated animation is a bit issue for most people to handle. That being said I'd say that the original Mobile Suit Gundam is probably best watched in movie form. The TV series and movies both hold equal status within the timeline even though they contradict. Also the movies have improved animation over the TV series and makes more sense story wise.

If anything I would show people Gundam 00 as its a really good AU representation of the original MSG just wrapped in a very different packaging.

My fav AU's where Wing (just because wing Zero) After War Gundam X ( I really wish they would translate it and release it in North America). Seed and Destiny while not good shows IMHO did do good things for the Gundam franchise, even if 10% of the people who liked S/D get into UC gundam that is a good thing.

Victory was another one that I took a while to watch, I am kinda sad that I didn't watch it sooner. It starts off slow but the body count soon piles up in 'Kill'em all tomino" tradition. I also liked F-91 and wish it got made into a full TV show instead of a movie, but dems the breaks sometimes eh? I haven't read the Crossbone Vanguard although I have heard good things about it. Plus it's got one of the best opening songs of all time 'Kimi no Mitsumete' The time i'm seeing you. Awsome song especially with the open scequence of the colony doors being cut open then the mobile suits rushing in.... great show =o]

There is only 1 Gundam I like, that is also the F-91

Im just so 0_o? by the new ones that is like 5 emo boys with huge cannons that blows up the whole screen in 1 shot....

And that blond bad guy with eye patch, it would be so awesome if there is a life action movie and hes Tom Cruise

Yeh that's why I like 08th MS team and Char's Counter Attack, not so much of the sitting around crying.

They're also starting to recycle a little too quickly...



Generation one get's cool form names like Titus and Spallow, generation two Double Bullet...

But to make up for it.
G-Bouncer.

FabricatorGeneralMike wrote:
My fav AU's where Wing (just because wing Zero) After War Gundam X ( I really wish they would translate it and release it in North America). Seed and Destiny while not good shows IMHO did do good things for the Gundam franchise, even if 10% of the people who liked S/D get into UC gundam that is a good thing.

Victory was another one that I took a while to watch, I am kinda sad that I didn't watch it sooner. It starts off slow but the body count soon piles up in 'Kill'em all tomino" tradition. I also liked F-91 and wish it got made into a full TV show instead of a movie, but dems the breaks sometimes eh? I haven't read the Crossbone Vanguard although I have heard good things about it. Plus it's got one of the best opening songs of all time 'Kimi no Mitsumete' The time i'm seeing you. Awsome song especially with the open scequence of the colony doors being cut open then the mobile suits rushing in.... great show =o]

Gundam X was good. I've been rewatching Gundam Wing lately and while I used to absolutely love the design of the Wing Zero from the TV series when I look at it now it looks a little off in my opinion. Also the plot of the TV series is just awful. It has so many holes that even SEED is left in the dust when it comes to plot holes. SEED was a good entry in my opinion. It did a lot of things right, but a lot of things wrong too. Destiny just made all the bad things from SEED worse. The world would be a better place without Destiny.

I actually hated Victory. Too many whiny little kids for my taste. The battles were also a snore fest. Every single woman was a wacko. I'm starting to think Tomino has had the worst luck with women in life ever. Fuala Griffon was so scary. That woman still makes me cringe.

F-91 was awesome! I wish it would have been a series rather than a movie. Also the Crossbone manga is ok. The designs in the manga are outright awful and the plot is ok. I still enjoyed it though.

n0t_u wrote:

They're also starting to recycle a little too quickly...



Generation one get's cool form names like Titus and Spallow, generation two Double Bullet...

You do realize its the same mecha designer right? Its not as bad as all the Gundams from F-91 to Gundam X as they are all essentially the F-91 Gundam with a few modifications here and there.

Yes I do.

My favorites so far have probably been Zeta, Turn A, and Unicorn, although I've only seen the first two episodes of Unicorn. Plotwise it's been pretty standard UC/Gundam fare so far, but the animation has been absolutely amazing, and the characters have at least been likeable, which has been one of my major beefs with a number of the other series, most notably Wing, Stardust Memory, and Double Zeta.

I enjoyed 00 as well, but the story was a bit forgettable.

Warboss Gutrip wrote:

infinite_array wrote:B Gata H Kei.

...Why are you all looking at me like that?

Fantastic, hilarious series.

I'm judging myself, even as I type.

May I also recommend Yondemasu yo Azazel san? Good for a bit of fun

I'll check it out, thanks!

I dunno, man. If only they had bumped the character's ages up by 3 years. Then I wouldn't feel so scuzzy. I'm 20, so I sit down, get to watching the show. Haha, sex joke, awkward situation, laughs all around, boobs, yay-



They're 15! WTF, me?

Also - Spice & Wolf. Sure, it's a romance (with a bit too much nudity in it, I admit. It get better as the series went on). But I have to admit, I was just as interested in the bartering sections. Yes, I'm a dork like that.

I've seen some of the old stuff, don't remember much about it. Remember liking 8th Squad. Liked Wing. Liked 00.


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Oh, did anyone get out and watch the new Miyazaki flick hitting US theaters today yet? I saw the picture next to the review and immediately wanted to see the movie because I recognized his style. Had no idea what the movie was yet even but it didn't matter.

Red Comet wrote:

FabricatorGeneralMike wrote:
My fav AU's where Wing (just because wing Zero) After War Gundam X ( I really wish they would translate it and release it in North America). Seed and Destiny while not good shows IMHO did do good things for the Gundam franchise, even if 10% of the people who liked S/D get into UC gundam that is a good thing.

Victory was another one that I took a while to watch, I am kinda sad that I didn't watch it sooner. It starts off slow but the body count soon piles up in 'Kill'em all tomino" tradition. I also liked F-91 and wish it got made into a full TV show instead of a movie, but dems the breaks sometimes eh? I haven't read the Crossbone Vanguard although I have heard good things about it. Plus it's got one of the best opening songs of all time 'Kimi no Mitsumete' The time i'm seeing you. Awsome song especially with the open scequence of the colony doors being cut open then the mobile suits rushing in.... great show =o]

Gundam X was good. I've been rewatching Gundam Wing lately and while I used to absolutely love the design of the Wing Zero from the TV series when I look at it now it looks a little off in my opinion. Also the plot of the TV series is just awful. It has so many holes that even SEED is left in the dust when it comes to plot holes. SEED was a good entry in my opinion. It did a lot of things right, but a lot of things wrong too. Destiny just made all the bad things from SEED worse. The world would be a better place without Destiny.

I actually hated Victory. Too many whiny little kids for my taste. The battles were also a snore fest. Every single woman was a wacko. I'm starting to think Tomino has had the worst luck with women in life ever. Fuala Griffon was so scary. That woman still makes me cringe.

F-91 was awesome! I wish it would have been a series rather than a movie. Also the Crossbone manga is ok. The designs in the manga are outright awful and the plot is ok. I still enjoyed it though.

Victory did have a lot of whiny kids, but it did have a lot of in your face death. . I really like Tomino in his 'kill'em all days' IDEON, Dragonar great shows. I also have a thing for mecha so I like Armoured Trooper VOTMOS, Dancouga, Heavy Metal L-Gaim (GREAT SHOW and highly recomended )., Dunbine. StarBlazers and Capt Harlock also have a soft spot in my heart =o]

0083 was also rather good especially the denbromium =o]

It also had one of the most memorable scenes in Gundam in it.

FabricatorGeneralMike wrote:
Victory did have a lot of whiny kids, but it did have a lot of in your face death.

Spoiler:

when the whole Shrike team bought the farm it was rather cool imho

. I really like Tomino in his 'kill'em all days' IDEON, Dragonar great shows. I also have a thing for mecha so I like Armoured Trooper VOTMOS, Dancouga, Heavy Metal L-Gaim (GREAT SHOW and highly recomended )., Dunbine. StarBlazers and Capt Harlock also have a soft spot in my heart =o]

0083 was also rather good especially the denbromium =o]

Victory being really grim dark was cool to see in action, but I feel it was poorly executed within the show. Real life =/= entertainment. As incredibly realistic as it was to literally kill characters off after 1 episode or 2, it wasn't very entertaining. I cared little for the deaths of those who passed. Some people also died needlessly like that one guy who rammed himself into the tire of the battleship. Stupidest death in the whole show since he didn't go after a vital structure. In fact his death was a joke.



I never finished L-Gaim. It bored me half way through because it had too much comedy. Ideon was ok and then I watched the movies and absolutely loved them! The movies fixed all of the issues with the TV series.

0083 was good in an action sense. I turn my brain off when watching it since it has so many "wtf that makes no sense" moments. xD

Hail Zeon!



I need to watch more of the Universal Century series again.

Also another reason I loved it, was they do some damn fine music for their series.

Red Comet wrote:

FabricatorGeneralMike wrote:
Victory did have a lot of whiny kids, but it did have a lot of in your face death.

Spoiler:

when the whole Shrike team bought the farm it was rather cool imho

. I really like Tomino in his 'kill'em all days' IDEON, Dragonar great shows. I also have a thing for mecha so I like Armoured Trooper VOTMOS, Dancouga, Heavy Metal L-Gaim (GREAT SHOW and highly recomended )., Dunbine. StarBlazers and Capt Harlock also have a soft spot in my heart =o]

0083 was also rather good especially the denbromium =o]

Victory being really grim dark was cool to see in action, but I feel it was poorly executed within the show. Real life =/= entertainment. As incredibly realistic as it was to literally kill characters off after 1 episode or 2, it wasn't very entertaining. I cared little for the deaths of those who passed. Some people also died needlessly like that one guy who rammed himself into the tire of the battleship. Stupidest death in the whole show since he didn't go after a vital structure. In fact his death was a joke.

Spoiler:

Best use of death in the show is when Uso's mom dies and he's just holding her head in the helmet. That still get me.

I never finished L-Gaim. It bored me half way through because it had too much comedy. Ideon was ok and then I watched the movies and absolutely loved them! The movies fixed all of the issues with the TV series.

0083 was good in an action sense. I turn my brain off when watching it since it has so many "wtf that makes no sense" moments. xD

I do agree with you in Victory, it's good to me, but might not be your cup of tea. (Then again I like project a-ko and sailor moon so different strokes for different folks and all that jazz) If I want to watch a good story line for Gundam I will watch Zeta again. IMHO probley the best Gundam from start to finish. I believe when Tomino was doing Victory he was at the depths of his depression and alcholoism and was just offing people left right and center.

Be invoked was really good and as you said tied up the loose ends from the TV run of eps. I did like the 'kill'em all' aspect of it.

One of the best story line Gundams I liked was 0080 War in the pocket, the redheaded step child of the UC (along with turn A). I liked Bernie and his death was rather tragic. Plus I liked the look if the NT-1 Alex.

So, I just finished watching FMA: Brotherhood on Netflix, and it was pretty good. I like General Armstrong the best.

Both Versions of FMA are I deed great, but Brotherhood has the much better ending I think. I may have to see about rewatching that again here at some point.

Oh, currently I'm watching Samurai Seven. You'll never guess what it's based on!!! Good series, though my watching of it is on hold as my computer is Still broken.

Aduro wrote:Both Versions of FMA are I deed great, but Brotherhood has the much better ending I think. I may have to see about rewatching that again here at some point.

Oh, currently I'm watching Samurai Seven. You'll never guess what it's based on!!! Good series, though my watching of it is on hold as my computer is Still broken.

S7 is a great show. =o] I love the opening song.

himawari was pretty good.

Aduro wrote:Both Versions of FMA are I deed great, but Brotherhood has the much better ending I think. I may have to see about rewatching that again here at some point.

Oh, currently I'm watching Samurai Seven. You'll never guess what it's based on!!! Good series, though my watching of it is on hold as my computer is Still broken.

Yeh the first one went with that movie to end it and it was a bit weird.

FabricatorGeneralMike wrote:

I do agree with you in Victory, it's good to me, but might not be your cup of tea. (Then again I like project a-ko and sailor moon so different strokes for different folks and all that jazz) If I want to watch a good story line for Gundam I will watch Zeta again. IMHO probley the best Gundam from start to finish. I believe when Tomino was doing Victory he was at the depths of his depression and alcholoism and was just offing people left right and center.

Be invoked was really good and as you said tied up the loose ends from the TV run of eps. I did like the 'kill'em all' aspect of it.

Spoiler:

They just didn't blow up a planet or a solar system, the whole freaking galaxy blew up, kinda awsome sauce imho=o]

One of the best story line Gundams I liked was 0080 War in the pocket, the redheaded step child of the UC (along with turn A). I liked Bernie and his death was rather tragic. Plus I liked the look if the NT-1 Alex.

Yeah I have to agree with you. I think Tomino was incredibly depressed during that show and honestly was not putting out a good work because of it. Zeta is great and in a lot of ways I see it as the Empire Strikes Back of Gundam. Zeta is probably one of the best examples of Tomino's work besides the original MSG and the Ideon movies.

Has anyone seen ZZ Gundam? I love that show once it becomes serious. I wish Tomino wouldn't have tried to ruin the MSG franchise with that awful start.



0080 is great and as a kid I didn't see why it was good. Now since I'm about 10 years older than my first viewing I tear up whenever you see Al just cry at the end while everyone else is still talking about war like its a good thing. I think that OVA is the biggest reality check for the entire franchise since you see the actual effects of war on a child and you see just how changing it is.

I finished FMA:B a while ago, fething epic. Need to watch the movie nad FMA.


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Any one know any war based anime not centered around mechs?

The glass ninja wrote:I finished FMA:B a while ago, fething epic. Need to watch the movie nad FMA.


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Any one know any war based anime not centered around mechs?

Hmm... depends on how you define mechs. If you mean strictly 'robots' I'd try:

Last Exile (is up to it's animated eyebrows in war)
The Silent Service (cold war subs)
the movie version of Blood the Last Vampire takes place on a US base in Japan against the background of Vietnam, but the war is more a background then a plot point
Blue Submarine Number 6 (*contains some mechish content)

Fantasy:
Ninja Scroll (more about trying to stop one from starting)
Record of Lodoss War (largely about trying to stop one)

Thanks.

Red Comet wrote:

Has anyone seen ZZ Gundam? I love that show once it becomes serious. I wish Tomino wouldn't have tried to ruin the MSG franchise with that awful start.

I got about half-way through, and I still plan to finish it at some point. It certainly started out really bad, although not quite as bad as I'd feared based on its reputation. It definitely started to get better further on, but Puru still annoys the everliving gak out of me. Several times each episode I find myself wondering why anyone else in the show puts up with her, Beecha, and Mondo. I was the same way with Macross 7 and Basara.

Zefig wrote:

Red Comet wrote:

Has anyone seen ZZ Gundam? I love that show once it becomes serious. I wish Tomino wouldn't have tried to ruin the MSG franchise with that awful start.

I got about half-way through, and I still plan to finish it at some point. It certainly started out really bad, although not quite as bad as I'd feared based on its reputation. It definitely started to get better further on, but Puru still annoys the everliving gak out of me. Several times each episode I find myself wondering why anyone else in the show puts up with her, Beecha, and Mondo. I was the same way with Macross 7 and Basara.

I have to agree about Beecha and Mondo. I didn't find Puru to be that annoying to be honest. I hated Basara and the entire crew from Macross 7 so much. I have no idea how I put up with Macross 7 to the end. That show is so bad in my opinion. I don't see how anyone likes it.

Red Comet wrote:

Zefig wrote:

Red Comet wrote:

Has anyone seen ZZ Gundam? I love that show once it becomes serious. I wish Tomino wouldn't have tried to ruin the MSG franchise with that awful start.

I got about half-way through, and I still plan to finish it at some point. It certainly started out really bad, although not quite as bad as I'd feared based on its reputation. It definitely started to get better further on, but Puru still annoys the everliving gak out of me. Several times each episode I find myself wondering why anyone else in the show puts up with her, Beecha, and Mondo. I was the same way with Macross 7 and Basara.

I have to agree about Beecha and Mondo. I didn't find Puru to be that annoying to be honest. I hated Basara and the entire crew from Macross 7 so much. I have no idea how I put up with Macross 7 to the end. That show is so bad in my opinion. I don't see how anyone likes it.

I didn't mind the rest of the Macross 7 crew too much in and of themselves, but liked them less and less throughout the show as they didn't seem to bat an eye as Basara routinely and unapologetically put millions of lives in danger to satisfy his own whims, and was considered a good guy. The only one who seemed to notice or care was Gamlin, and his reward was to get more and more marginalized as the show went on. The only reason I stuck with that show was because I was such a big fan of the preceding series, and I'm in the same boat with Double Zeta. I'm kind of dreading the episode when Puru 2 shows up.

It doesn't technically count as an "anime" but I've been playing through story mode of the new Blazblue game.
Other than that, Excel Saga and Howl's Moving Castle were the last things I watched.

Red Comet wrote:
Yeah I have to agree with you. I think Tomino was incredibly depressed during that show and honestly was not putting out a good work because of it. Zeta is great and in a lot of ways I see it as the Empire Strikes Back of Gundam. Zeta is probably one of the best examples of Tomino's work besides the original MSG and the Ideon movies.

Zeta is one of his best works. I love and still watch it from time to time just because I love the show.

Has anyone seen ZZ Gundam? I love that show once it becomes serious. I wish Tomino wouldn't have tried to ruin the MSG franchise with that awful start.

Not all the way through. I've seen bits and pieces of it. I keep hearing it was really silly for the first 1/3 to 1/2 then it 'grows up'. I do love the first ep where Bright Noa is tossing oranges though, kinda amusing.

0080 is great and as a kid I didn't see why it was good. Now since I'm about 10 years older than my first viewing I tear up whenever you see Al just cry at the end while everyone else is still talking about war like its a good thing. I think that OVA is the biggest reality check for the entire franchise since you see the actual effects of war on a child and you see just how changing it is.

I was the exact same way. The first gundam I saw was 0079 on a bad Hong Kong sub that had Cantonese and English sub's so I kinda knew what to expect when I watched 0080. Boy was I wrong. I way young and just didn't get it, I watched it a few more times and each time I got closer to Burnie's fight with the Alex I would get closer and closer to tearing up. I full on have man tears when I watch that ending now. Great OVA and possibly the best storyline in all of UC.

Zefig wrote:
I didn't mind the rest of the Macross 7 crew too much in and of themselves, but liked them less and less throughout the show as they didn't seem to bat an eye as Basara routinely and unapologetically put millions of lives in danger to satisfy his own whims, and was considered a good guy. The only one who seemed to notice or care was Gamlin, and his reward was to get more and more marginalized as the show went on. The only reason I stuck with that show was because I was such a big fan of the preceding series, and I'm in the same boat with Double Zeta. I'm kind of dreading the episode when Puru 2 shows up.

Oh yeah I totally forgot about Gamlin. That was the only reason I even paid attention to the show and his lack of appearances was disappointing. Basara was so full of himself the entire show and did nothing to help others. He simply kept insisting that his music would do something even though he failed like 12+ times before it actually worked. That really bothered me since he's essentially doing the same thing over and over without thinking maybe he's doing something wrong himself. He's a very irresponsible character and that's why he becomes a space hobo after the OVA according to one of the Fire Bomber albums.

Puru 2 is essentially a brainwashed Puru so she's just vengeful and much less annoying.

FabricatorGeneralMike wrote:I was the exact same way. The first gundam I saw was 0079 on a bad Hong Kong sub that had Cantonese and English sub's so I kinda knew what to expect when I watched 0080. Boy was I wrong. I way young and just didn't get it, I watched it a few more times and each time I got closer to Burnie's fight with the Alex I would get closer and closer to tearing up. I full on have man tears when I watch that ending now. Great OVA and possibly the best storyline in all of UC.

I didn't even know it was possible to watch the original MSG with those kinds of subs. I'm guessing this was back in the 90's before it aired on TV when you watched it right?

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one that tears up towards the end. Man its so depressing and this year I thought it'd be funny to watch it on Christmas Eve. That's my only gripe with watching it, I'm signing up to feel down for about an hour or two after watching it.

Red Comet wrote:.
I didn't even know it was possible to watch the original MSG with those kinds of subs. I'm guessing this was back in the 90's before it aired on TV when you watched it right?

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one that tears up towards the end. Man its so depressing and this year I thought it'd be funny to watch it on Christmas Eve. That's my only gripe with watching it, I'm signing up to feel down for about an hour or two after watching it.

Yes, it would of been about 89-91 some time around there for the original MSG 0079. Like I said it was a bad bad hong kong sub on VHS. After that I read the 0083 manga that Viz did which used the cells from the anime as the artwork. It was a really good read. After that I saw 0080 ( 94-95 ish).

FabricatorGeneralMike wrote:

Red Comet wrote:.
I didn't even know it was possible to watch the original MSG with those kinds of subs. I'm guessing this was back in the 90's before it aired on TV when you watched it right?

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one that tears up towards the end. Man its so depressing and this year I thought it'd be funny to watch it on Christmas Eve. That's my only gripe with watching it, I'm signing up to feel down for about an hour or two after watching it.

Yes, it would of been about 89-91 some time around there for the original MSG 0079. Like I said it was a bad bad hong kong sub on VHS. After that I read the 0083 manga that Viz did which used the cells from the anime as the artwork. It was a really good read. After that I saw 0080 ( 94-95 ish).

That's crazy. By any chance did you get to read the MSG novels which were translated over here around that time?

I never knew Viz did a manga of 0083. Was it an American only release?

So I've learned this morning that the movie edited version of Gurren Lagann has an expanded and even more epic ending than the finale shown in the series. Going to have to move that to the TOP of my watch list now.

I dunno, gainax was supposed to make a shikabane hime movie.

Aduro wrote:So I've learned this morning that the movie edited version of Gurren Lagann has an expanded and even more epic ending than the finale shown in the series. Going to have to move that to the TOP of my watch list now.

Quite so. Things get even BIGGER.

The first half (first movie) is largely the same though.

Sorry if I am interrupting a certain shows disccusion, there seems to be multiples going on at the moment. lol But I wanted to know if anyone else is watching the ongoing Gundam ova Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn? I only watch the dub version, and I believe the latest episode, 5 or 6 if I am correct?, is out. I figure Red Comet might be

I've watched the first two episodes and really really enjoyed them.

Nice! ^ Im really disappointed that it is only 8 episodes long :( But they really put a lot of effort into the visuals for this series, it is so freaking amazing. In the few action scenes they have had, I would have to say they are some of my favorite

I have been keeping up with Unicorn, but unfortunately I have only watched episode 1 through 3. I have number 4, but I haven't had the time to sit down and watch it. Also there's only going to be 6 episodes not 8.

Oh right, sorry it has been a while since I watched episode 4 so I couldn't remember the full number lol 4th is the best episode imo, but thats just b/c of the high def fight scenes and some other stuff that I don't want to spoil. Have you or anyone else watched the other latest gundam series, sorry I can't remember the name of it. The main character is a pretty young boy (no duh lol) but the threat it like aliens or something. ringing any bells?

Yeah that's Gundam AGE. I've been keeping up with it and in my opinion its ok so far. Nothing about the show has really stood out to me. The first arc was rather meh and incredibly typical of a Gundam show. The second arc so far has shown no improvement although the Gundam AGE-2 looks awesome.

oh ok. because I watched the first 2 episodes and was not really impressed either. It just seemed to weird and cartoony. Is the original series mobile suit gundam your favorite?

Its one of my favorites. Its rather hard to say what is my absolute favorite since I like a lot of them equally. For instance in my opinion the best of the AU Gundams is: G Gundan, Turn A, All of Gundam 00 (including the move) and the original SEED and Stargazer. For UC I'd have to say almost everything is really really good except Victory. F-91, 0083 and the MS-Igloos are good, but not as good as MSG, Zeta, ZZ, CCA, Unicorn, 08th and 0080.

I almost forgot MS-Igloo there. Nazis in space!

Also Gundam AGE isn't too cartoony its just it treads water I've already seen.

Lots and lots of Cromartie High. I find it highly amusing.

Red Comet wrote:Its one of my favorites. Its rather hard to say what is my absolute favorite since I like a lot of them equally. For instance in my opinion the best of the AU Gundams is: G Gundam, Turn A, All of Gundam 00 (including the move) and the original SEED and Stargazer. For UC I'd have to say almost everything is really really good except Victory. F-91, 0083 and the MS-Igloos are good, but not as good as MSG, Zeta, ZZ, CCA, Unicorn, 08th and 0080.

I almost forgot MS-Igloo there. Nazis in space!

Also Gundam AGE isn't too cartoony its just it treads water I've already seen.

Oh cool I never saw the MS-Igloo, and the animation style for turn a gundam turned me away lol But no Gundam wing? It was the first of the series that I ever saw, back when it aired on toonami on cartoon network. I re watched it recently and actually found it to be one of my least favorites. Idk it just seemed crappy, especially the battle scenes. But it does have some of the coolest gundams. An I though gundam 00 was alright, not my favorite though. It reminded me of gundam wing a bit. But overall i'd have to say mine are Gundam seed and seed destiny, the 08th, 0083, and Unicorn. Though I always though 0083 was a little to short.

darkcloud92 wrote:

Red Comet wrote:Its one of my favorites. Its rather hard to say what is my absolute favorite since I like a lot of them equally. For instance in my opinion the best of the AU Gundams is: G Gundam, Turn A, All of Gundam 00 (including the move) and the original SEED and Stargazer. For UC I'd have to say almost everything is really really good except Victory. F-91, 0083 and the MS-Igloos are good, but not as good as MSG, Zeta, ZZ, CCA, Unicorn, 08th and 0080.

I almost forgot MS-Igloo there. Nazis in space!

Also Gundam AGE isn't too cartoony its just it treads water I've already seen.

Oh cool I never saw the MS-Igloo, and the animation style for turn a gundam turned me away lol But no Gundam wing? It was the first of the series that I ever saw, back when it aired on toonami on cartoon network. I re watched it recently and actually found it to be one of my least favorites. Idk it just seemed crappy, especially the battle scenes. But it does have some of the coolest gundams. An I though gundam 00 was alright, not my favorite though. It reminded me of gundam wing a bit. But overall i'd have to say mine are Gundam seed and seed destiny, the 08th, 0083, and Unicorn. Though I always though 0083 was a little to short.

The main thing I don't like about seed/destiny is that to me personally, they are just half hour Gunpla commericals. The story is typical anime and not really well done. The characters are just one cliche after another. After watching stuff like Zeta and CCA I just can't stomach it. Nice animation and fight scene's. But it's a little light on story.

If you haven't seen 0079 ( the origional gundam( I would suggest you pick up the 4 pack OVA. It does a good job of telling the story of Amuro and Char while skipping some of the 'ummm less interesting' bits.

You asked Red Comet what his fav was a few posts back, I would say Zeta/0080/F-91 are my fav UC, while Wing used to be the top now when I look back on it its just whiney and cliche full also. Nice designs on the mobile suits and the Gundams.

If you want to check out some more work by Yoshiyuki Tomino check out Xabungle, Aura Battler Dunbine, Heavy-Metal L-Gaim. Be prepaired to cry at the end of IDEON though, it's brutal and it's where Tomino got his name 'Kill'em all Tomino' =o] If you watch IDEON check out the movie IDEON; Be Invoke, it ties up some of the loose ends from the show, and has some wicked death scenes in it. =o]

ARRR there be spoilers ahead

FabricatorGeneralMike wrote:

darkcloud92 wrote:

Red Comet wrote:Its one of my favorites. Its rather hard to say what is my absolute favorite since I like a lot of them equally. For instance in my opinion the best of the AU Gundams is: G Gundam, Turn A, All of Gundam 00 (including the move) and the original SEED and Stargazer. For UC I'd have to say almost everything is really really good except Victory. F-91, 0083 and the MS-Igloos are good, but not as good as MSG, Zeta, ZZ, CCA, Unicorn, 08th and 0080.

I almost forgot MS-Igloo there. Nazis in space!

Also Gundam AGE isn't too cartoony its just it treads water I've already seen.

Oh cool I never saw the MS-Igloo, and the animation style for turn a gundam turned me away lol But no Gundam wing? It was the first of the series that I ever saw, back when it aired on toonami on cartoon network. I re watched it recently and actually found it to be one of my least favorites. Idk it just seemed crappy, especially the battle scenes. But it does have some of the coolest gundams. An I though gundam 00 was alright, not my favorite though. It reminded me of gundam wing a bit. But overall i'd have to say mine are Gundam seed and seed destiny, the 08th, 0083, and Unicorn. Though I always though 0083 was a little to short.

The main thing I don't like about seed/destiny is that to me personally, they are just half hour Gunpla commericals. The story is typical anime and not really well done. The characters are just one cliche after another. After watching stuff like Zeta and CCA I just can't stomach it. Nice animation and fight scene's. But it's a little light on story.

If you haven't seen 0079 ( the origional gundam( I would suggest you pick up the 4 pack OVA. It does a good job of telling the story of Amuro and Char while skipping some of the 'ummm less interesting' bits.

You asked Red Comet what his fav was a few posts back, I would say Zeta/0080/F-91 are my fav UC, while Wing used to be the top now when I look back on it its just whiney and cliche full also. Nice designs on the mobile suits and the Gundams.

If you want to check out some more work by Yoshiyuki Tomino check out Xabungle, Aura Battler Dunbine, Heavy-Metal L-Gaim. Be prepaired to cry at the end of IDEON though, it's brutal and it's where Tomino got his name 'Kill'em all Tomino' =o] If you watch IDEON check out the movie IDEON; Be Invoke, it ties up some of the loose ends from the show, and has some wicked death scenes in it. =o]

ARRR there be spoilers ahead

Spoiler:

Ok cool i'l have to check out some of his other work. An I have seen the original gundam series in full, along with the movies. An I didn't so much think Wing was cliche as much as a lot of their actions and things they said didn't make much sense, like they never gave good reasons lol That and they action scenes were dreadful at times. Heavy Arms custom is one of my favorite suits of all time so they at least had some cool suits. I agree that 0800 was pretty good, but after watching it I didn't think it was that amazing simply b/c their was only like one battle in suits for the whole ova. I think F-91 is a lot better than most people give it credit for to. Do you think they will ever make an animation to follow the series for the events that happen after? They made a manga for it

I would give my left nut for a full on 24/48 episode F-91 sceries that gets into what happened after cosmo babyalonia. Not my right now, thats reserved for them bringing Legend of the Galactic Hero's out with full dubbing


And that was kinda the point of 0080 War in the pocket. We meet Bernard who is a Zeon commando who's sent to find the new gundam NT-1 Alex and blow it up. Well, he makes friends with a kid and the pilot then has to kill his friend. Kinda blows eh?

Oh ya it was definitely good, very well done and full of creativity. A nice little short story OVA.

Started watching Darker than Black recently. It's 'alright' so far. My tastes in anime are more in the action-oriented(:p).

MyAnimeList: http://myanimelist.net/animelist/Ronin-Sage

(^ignore crappy styling)

First 2 minutes, funniest thing I have seen

^ video dosn't work. :/

But I am into more actin anime to. Here is the list of most of the anime I have seen, a few missing here of there

http://myanimelist.net/animelist/darkcloud92

darkcloud92 wrote:^ video dosn't work. :/

But I am into more actin anime to. Here is the list of most of the anime I have seen, a few missing here of there

http://myanimelist.net/animelist/darkcloud92

:<

I didn't list Wing at all, because Wing is ok in my opinion. Its not outright awful, but its just ok. Its watchable, but not necessarily memorable. Also if you guys get the chance watch the Gundam Evolve clips. They are awesome.

Red Comet wrote:I didn't list Wing at all, because Wing is ok in my opinion. Its not outright awful, but its just ok. Its watchable, but not necessarily memorable. Also if you guys get the chance watch the Gundam Evolve clips. They are awesome.

You mean like this one? =o]




And this one

How many warhammer Titans can a Gundam destroy?

a lot of them, denying them cover saves too.

remilia_scarlet wrote: a lot of them, denying them cover saves too.

This could be the wrong forum to post something like that. People might jump the gun and somehow come to a decision that you play TAU! (The most heretical hearsay out there)

I always found low orbit bombardment a good way to take care of such big targets. You shouldn't even need to get out of your chair.

LunaHound wrote:How many warhammer Titans can a Gundam destroy?

Oh gosh lets please not let this thread trolled by those anime hating d-bags...How about we pretend the question was never asked?lol

Ledabot wrote:

remilia_scarlet wrote: a lot of them, denying them cover saves too.

This could be the wrong forum to post something like that. People might jump the gun and somehow come to a decision that you play TAU! (The most heretical hearsay out there)

I always found low orbit bombardment a good way to take care of such big targets. You shouldn't even need to get out of your chair.

the tau wish they had nice things like that. i'm a blood angels person myself, so machines are nice. =w=

I tried watching Naruto Shippuden again, but found msyelf basically skipping through >75% of it because most of it was clip shows of previous episodes.

This is the problem with anime based off of manga I suppose.

Melissia wrote:I tried watching Naruto Shippuden again, but found msyelf basically skipping through >75% of it because most of it was clip shows of previous episodes.

This is the problem with anime based off of manga I suppose.

naruto is at a point where it's carrying on too much. bleach is going to end after the next season.

I wish they'd make more anime for adults that isn't hentai.

Melissia wrote:I wish they'd make more anime for adults that isn't hentai.

I wish they would make more Hellsing.

Melissia wrote:I wish they'd make more anime for adults that isn't hentai.

I hear you. it's like the stuff targeted at adult audiences that isn't hentai is often similar, like queen's blade and ikki tousen. a series like hellsing or monster would be nice, something psychological would be nice too. ergo proxy was aimed at an older audience, but it was enjoyable fo many audiences. the idea of a brave new world is a concept that goes right above many young viewer's heads though.

the problem with having an anime targeting an older, more mature audience is that people take the liberty of adding gratuitous mature content. prime example: the witchblade anime adaptation. like the comics, the heroine is scantily clad while in costume, which provides fanservice, often gratuitous.




masane amaha, protagonist from the anime


and sarah pezzini from the witchblade comics.




while it doesn't help that both are ripe with fanservice, they would be more enjoyable, IMO, if they toned it down some, because, while, yes, in america, like many other countries, scantily clad women sell, a well written story and interesting characters are what become memorable classics.

Melissia wrote:I wish they'd make more anime for adults that isn't hentai.

So more violence and bad language? Or deeper meaning?lol
Idk I usually only watch action/adventure anime so adult and younger teen kinda blend together a bit. But most of them have some deeper meaning in them, its just kinda overlooked a bit.
But I never got into naruto, an anime about Ninjas sounded really cool...but it did seem a little to kiddy.
An I though the guy who made bleach said he wasn't even 1/3 of the way done?

darkcloud92 wrote:

Melissia wrote:I wish they'd make more anime for adults that isn't hentai.

So more violence and bad language? Or deeper meaning?lol
Idk I usually only watch action/adventure anime so adult and younger teen kinda blend together a bit. But most of them have some deeper meaning in them, its just kinda overlooked a bit.
But I never got into naruto, an anime about Ninjas sounded really cool...but it did seem a little to kiddy.
An I though the guy who made bleach said he wasn't even 1/3 of the way done?

the next season is supposed to be the last in japan, like berserk, the manga will continue for a good while.

I just watched the most recent episode of Bleach 361 the other day. I really cannot see this ending anytime soon. He is going to have to bring Aizen back in and cover the Soul King. It's going to happen.

Also, Yugi-Oh abridged, DBZ abridged, Code Ment, Pokemon 'bridged and None Piece are hilarious youtube parodies.

it's going to be a good while, though.

I liked the abridged series, up to cardcaptor sakur, since it was too obscene. though I love the way little kuriboh had the yugioh abridged done

Surtur wrote:I just watched the most recent episode of Bleach 361 the other day. I really cannot see this ending anytime soon. He is going to have to bring Aizen back in and cover the Soul King. It's going to happen.

Also, Yugi-Oh abridged, DBZ abridged, Code Ment, Pokemon 'bridged and None Piece are hilarious youtube parodies.

haha oh my gosh dbz abridged is ridiculously amazing. If only vegeta were like that in the normal series...tho he kinda is

darkcloud92 wrote:So more violence and bad language? Or deeper meaning?lol

Well for one, it'd be nice if it didn't involve goddamned middle to high school students.

That does make it somewhat hard, they seem to be in everything...

I'm thinking of animes like Berserk, Black Lagoon, Noir, and Hellsing. Fist of the North Star wasn't bad either, though it definitely is showing its age..

Maybe give Darker Than Black, Cowboy Bebop (sort of nice even with all the hyping it's usually given) and Kuroshitsuji a quick glance?

Which reminds me I ended up waiting for Kuroshitsuji to catch up a bit, then forgot about it.

FabricatorGeneralMike wrote:

Red Comet wrote:I didn't list Wing at all, because Wing is ok in my opinion. Its not outright awful, but its just ok. Its watchable, but not necessarily memorable. Also if you guys get the chance watch the Gundam Evolve clips. They are awesome.

You mean like this one? =o]




And this one

Yes. Those ones. My favorite one is the Gundam Evolve with all of the Zeta Pluses I believe they were..

LunaHound wrote:How many warhammer Titans can a Gundam destroy?

Depends on whether the pilot is Jesus Yamato or not.

Red Comet wrote:

FabricatorGeneralMike wrote:

Red Comet wrote:I didn't list Wing at all, because Wing is ok in my opinion. Its not outright awful, but its just ok. Its watchable, but not necessarily memorable. Also if you guys get the chance watch the Gundam Evolve clips. They are awesome.

You mean like this one? =o]




And this one

Yes. Those ones. My favorite one is the Gundam Evolve with all of the Zeta Pluses I believe they were..

LunaHound wrote:How many warhammer Titans can a Gundam destroy?

Depends on whether the pilot is Jesus Yamato or not.

Diddo, if It's Char or Amuro well, they could single handley take out the whole imperium.... and you thought Calgar and Dante had a lot of plot armour

You mean this one RC?




Also depends if it's UC or AU, I could see the devil/colony gundam messing stuff up, the seed/destiny kids also have a lot of plot armour.

Yeah that's the Gundam Evolve I meant. Its like a mini movie with plenty of action.

Char and Amuro wouldn't take down the whole Imperium. They would get shot down. The only person who could take the Imperium on, and get blown to pieces on multiple occasions and still win would be Kira Yamato. He pulls some stuff off that's just ridiculously over the top for Gundam.

I don't really like the animation style for Gundam evolve, and the fighting seems to far over the top. That's why I liked UC so much, b/c it was two military forces battling it out. Rather than like Gundam wing or 00 where is was a few gundams mowing down hundreds of enemy suits.

Melissia wrote:

darkcloud92 wrote:So more violence and bad language? Or deeper meaning?lol

Well for one, it'd be nice if it didn't involve goddamned middle to high school students.

this, 100% this

it's really annoying to always see middle tob highschool kids as the cast of every fething anime, it gets really annoying really fast.

some good anime with older casts you may like:
- golgo 13
- eden of the east
- lupin the 3rd
- ergo proxy
- monster
- excel saga

Ah, Excel Saga. Fun times.

Melissia wrote:Ah, Excel Saga. Fun times.

yeah, it was an enjoyable series.

remilia_scarlet wrote:

Melissia wrote:

darkcloud92 wrote:So more violence and bad language? Or deeper meaning?lol

Well for one, it'd be nice if it didn't involve goddamned middle to high school students.

this, 100% this

it's really annoying to always see middle tob highschool kids as the cast of every fething anime, it gets really annoying really fast.

some good anime with older casts you may like:
- golgo 13
- eden of the east
- lupin the 3rd
- ergo proxy
- monster
- excel saga

trigun, outlaw star, dragon ball z, valkyria chronicles, blue submarine no.6, Mobile Suit Gundam 008th MS team. But you guys are right, they are mostly made up of a younger generation lol
Id list Full Metal Alchemist, but the Elrics are younger

However, they aren't high school students at least even if they're teenagers. FMA I wouldn't classify as a high school anime because of this.

remilia_scarlet wrote:

Melissia wrote:

darkcloud92 wrote:So more violence and bad language? Or deeper meaning?lol

Well for one, it'd be nice if it didn't involve goddamned middle to high school students.

this, 100% this

it's really annoying to always see middle tob highschool kids as the cast of every fething anime, it gets really annoying really fast.

some good anime with older casts you may like:
- golgo 13
- eden of the east
- lupin the 3rd
- ergo proxy
- monster
- excel saga

G13 was awsome. The origional OVA and the new sceries where both well done IMHO. Gotta love Duke Togo. =o]

I would also suggest Melissa Legend of the Galactic Hero's. Good show, main cast are all solders not whiney highschool kids. The space battle scene's are set to classical music while involving 50,000-150,000 ships per side. I'm at around episode 42 or so. Lots of politicing and backstabbing. Over all I give it a 9/10. My only problem is that is not translated into English, if you want to watch it you have to watch it sub titled but that is alright Central Anime did a damn good job imho.

I second the suggestion for Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Its an awesome show, but I absolutely hated Yang in that show. It was like watching L from deathnote all over again except in space.

I ghess having a cast in hight school never really annoyed me since I am in hight school.... You do have a point though. It is stratigic though. They make the protagonists in highschool so that they appeal to a larger audience. They are mature enough that adults can watch them and not pull all their hair out but younger kids can look up to them too.

As for at least mostly more mature stuff, also check out Black Heaven and maybe Irresponsible Captain Tylor.

Been watching Moretsu Pirates, and enjoying the hell out of it.

Its a somewhat slow series, but its the best Anime I've watched in a long time. It really feels like a 90s series.

Watching Juni Ito's "Gyo"

best known for his extreme horror stories.

Anime might contain situations not suitable for minors, viewer discretion is advised.
Yesh its a shark :3

That looks to weird to not look up

Edit; It brand new?! Well this will be interesting

Really creepy, might be an alright break from all the comedy ones. Also is that a robot shark?

way to gross for me lol

Could be worse.

Poor puppy.

40k got nothing on the Grimdarkness of ^ anime i listed.

real grimdark is the promise of hope and salvation only to go up in flames with your most beloved ones.

Wow... brushing teeth -.-

You do put up some crazy stuff. also, the fish show was really weird. Earths ecosystem gust got wasted by gas. wtf.

Ledabot wrote:You do put up some crazy stuff. also, the fish show was really weird. Earths ecosystem gust got wasted by gas. wtf.

I think in biology class they taught us how cells evolved or mutated. How it went from a plain protoplasm to ones with "hairs" which then turned into
means of locomotion.

Now if we take that concept and applies it to those fishes @_@ ...

Yea. At the end they clamed that the bot parts wern't manmade, they have no screws or something. I thought that hay, why don't they just take out the bots, then no more problem, but if the fish are making them for themselfs. Ok this is just weird, and the Earth is screwed. This stuff more potant that chaos, I swear. They just need to strange particle bomb the crap out if the planet before it spreads.


Now I want to see. Fish vs. nids and fish vs. flood. Yummy.

Due to me having some spare time, I'm not sure what Anime to watch.

I've heard nothing but good things about both Avatar and Darker than Black, which would you guys recommend?

Go with Darker then Black. It's awesome.

I started it, and it seems pretty interesting. I really like those Japanese masks that he and Ichigo (from bleach), along with the type that Corpses has.

Not seen Darker than Black, but Avatar The Last Airbender is pretty awesome. That reminds me, I should check out the status of the second series of that show....

Finished Gyo, it's quite different.

If I had to try to compare it to something, I'd say it's like a zombie movie.


Darker than Black is decent, though I have not gotten around to watching the second season yet.

Aduro wrote:Not seen Darker than Black, but Avatar The Last Airbender is pretty awesome. That reminds me, I should check out the status of the second series of that show....

Emm, it finished, i have all three season boxsets

Aduro wrote:Not seen Darker than Black, but Avatar The Last Airbender is pretty awesome. That reminds me, I should check out the status of the second series of that show....

I'm seeing a spring to mid 2012 release date, so NOT TOO MUCH LONGER. I hope.

Oh. My.God.Emperor

FANGASM!

Be sure to see the live action last airbender movie!

darkcloud92 wrote:Be sure to see the live action last airbender movie!

In 3D if you can!

I saw it free. Mr. shamalan. Run and hide. Run and hide.

Did anybody else figure out the twist? In the 6th sense its the guy is really dead, in the village it is the monsters arn't real and its modern times.
In Avatar? The original is an incredible story, good action and voice overs. The twist for the live action is that you are expecting the same, but it turns out to be crap!

This man, he has a very good grasp on the obvious. I would really like to see benders fight ballistic weapons armed opponents.

The glass ninja wrote:I saw it free. Mr. shamalan. Run and hide. Run and hide.

M. Knight Sammane a lame a sama kun!

Yea. Fire nation is indian is ok I ghess, but the water tribes being white is not cool. Everyone knows that they are brown skinned, which suits the climate really badly. Never mind. Any ghess's what the earth and air people are?

n0t_u wrote:Could be worse.

Poor puppy.

Spoiler:

I wouldn't consider elfen lied that bad of a series.

Ledabot wrote:Any ghess's what the earth and air people are?

Ming Dynasty chinese :'P

remilia_scarlet wrote:

n0t_u wrote:Could be worse.

Poor puppy.

Spoiler:

I wouldn't consider elfen lied that bad of a series.

I meant gore wise. Elfen Lied seems to be more consistent than Gyo, but Gyo is more freaky in the long run by far.

remilia_scarlet wrote:

n0t_u wrote:Could be worse.

Poor puppy.
[/spoiler]
I wouldn't consider elfen lied that bad of a series.

darkcloud92 wrote:

Poor Poor Kamille.

Well ya he was such a little punk! He's no amuro ray or kamille bidan, but he tried to act like it. It was almost like he was a mock version of them, like Jerid was a mock version of Char.
Yazan, now there was a good nemesis. He was skilled, brutal, and fearless.

n0t_u wrote:


I liked it enough to have at least one picture from it as an image macro.

Leloch Vi Brittiania
Making fun of the Brits and the Americans at the same time.

I also find watching DBZ Abridged a good pass time.

Asherian Command wrote:

n0t_u wrote:


I liked it enough to have at least one picture from it as an image macro.

Leloch Vi Brittiania
Making fun of the Brits and the Americans at the same time.

I also find watching DBZ Abridged a good pass time.

Dende you slut!

rewatching berserk, I forgot how good it was.

Asherian Command wrote:.

I also find watching DBZ Abridged a good pass time.

Goku where did you get that muffin?

Muffin Button....


Goku: " Vegeta did these guys beat you up?"

Vegeta: " ummm...."

Ghost Nappa: " you fell down some stairs"

Vegeta : " I fell down a flight of stairs"

Krillin : "no you didn't"

Vegeta : " shut up or you will fall down a flight of stairs"

God I love that show so much, is it wrong to like the parody better then the real show?

darkcloud92 wrote:Well ya he was such a little punk! He's no amuro ray or kamille bidan, but he tried to act like it. It was almost like he was a mock version of them, like Jerid was a mock version of Char.
Yazan, now there was a good nemesis. He was skilled, brutal, and fearless.

Yeah that's what I hated most about Katz. He was a good kid in MSG and then in Zeta he thinks he's like Amuro and Kamille, but he never matures at all. He deserved his death considering how many times he went after Serah. Man he was so dumb.

Yazan was good till ZZ. Then he's just picking out garbage in dumpsters with a chicken leg in his mouth.

I never liked the implementation of kids in the series though. They always just annoyed me. But ya Katz just became to cocky for my liking.
and oh lol I have only made it to episode 2 so far, so I wasn't sure how cool he was going to be.

If haven't happened to watch the DBZ Abridged do it.
(Who gonna call ghost nappa?)

Daily Lives of Highschool Boys just ended, NOoooooooooooooo

I really enjoyed the side story ( literature girl )
compilation

remilia_scarlet wrote:rewatching berserk, I forgot how good it was.

Berserk is definitely a favorite of mine. I really wish they would of continued the anime further with the manga story. Alot of the battles would of just been spectacular to see.

Though when is the manga gonna end? Are they going for like Naruto size in length or something? I really just don't want what happened to Trinity Blood to happen to Berserk

Finally got around to watching FLCL. Was... interesting.

Watch it a second time, notice all the things you wouldn't from simply watching it the first time.

BaronIveagh wrote:Finally got around to watching FLCL. Was... interesting.

5 years after watcinh that show 5 times im still trying to figure it out.

I got it the second time... I think...
May have to watch it again to refresh my memory on it.

BaronIveagh wrote:Finally got around to watching FLCL. Was... interesting.

I liked FLCL production IG for the win. It's watch this show a few times to get it kinda show hell most of the cultural references still go over my head =o]

FabricatorGeneralMike wrote:
I liked FLCL production IG for the win. It's watch this show a few times to get it kinda show hell most of the cultural references still go over my head =o]

I dunno, I still laughed my ass off at the Bunny Girl - Daikon reference (which I did catch the first time through, and spent the rest of the ep trying not to hum ELO - Twilight)

Also just finished Highschool DxD. Was much more in line with my usual taste in ecchi comedies.

Angel Beats is cool. Not surw why im watching so much anime lately but i am.

Jungle wa Itsumo Hare nochi Guu, up to episode 20 and can't find it.



Also:


You wa shock!

I'm not gonna lie those mixes with the Space Jam song are getting really annoying. I don't even see the point. lol.

It's a meme, people bandwagon on it until it is driven into the ground and jump for the next one; repeating the cycle.

n0t_u wrote:It's a meme, people bandwagon on it until it is driven into the ground and jump for the next one; repeating the cycle.

Or try to keep old ones alive for the future, please please people don't let 'all your base are belong to us' die, only you yes you can help future generations enjoy engrish like this. =o]

I just finished watching the first season of Golgo 13 again. My first experience with G13 was the nintendo video games Golgo 13:Top Secret Episode. I then discovered it was a long running manga and bought a few graphic novels (fall of the forth reich). By then G13:The Mofat Conspericy had come out and I was hooked.

I then watched G13 The Professional and was totally hooked. Next was G13:Queen Bee and this cemented my love for G13. Highly recomended for everyone unless you are like under 18 there is a lot of B00bies and sex in it so...

That and some of them can be somewhat funny at times.

n0t_u wrote:It's a meme, people bandwagon on it until it is driven into the ground and jump for the next one; repeating the cycle.

I know, but I know one of the guys who sits there and does it irl. It makes it far worse since I don't find it amusing.

As far as t.v. shows go I am pretty much set for life. But has anyone watched any good anime movies lately, or know of any good ones? I can never really seem to find any. I have of course seen the most popular ones in America, such as spirited away, howl's moving castle, etc.
I have heard good things about Evagelion, so I started watching the t.v. series so I can work my way up to the movies

Watched Haruhi-chan.

"Trick or treat. Search and destroy."

darkcloud92 wrote:As far as t.v. shows go I am pretty much set for life. But has anyone watched any good anime movies lately, or know of any good ones? I can never really seem to find any. I have of course seen the most popular ones in America, such as spirited away, howl's moving castle, etc.
I have heard good things about Evagelion, so I started watching the t.v. series so I can work my way up to the movies

I personally didn't like NGE very much, way to much fan service in it (damn you Ganix) and the story was just meh. Then again I like Lucky Star and Sailor Moon....so what do I know =o\


If you want to watch a "Fethed up giant robot show" check out Space Runaway Ideon. It was done by Tomino who also did Gundam.

If you like a little more 'realistic' robot shows Armoured Trooper VOTMOS is also rather well done.

If you like Space Opera's,politicking, lot's of talking and Space ship battles with 150,000-200,000 ships per side set to classical music check out "Legend of the Galactic Hero's"

I'm falling in love with code geass.

n0t_u wrote:It's a meme, people bandwagon on it until it is driven into the ground and jump for the next one; repeating the cycle.

But... But... it's over NINE THOOOOOOUUUUSAND!

The glass ninja wrote:I'm falling in love with code geass.

It has an awesome first season. 2nd season drops the ball a bit, but its definitely good.

Red Comet wrote:

The glass ninja wrote:I'm falling in love with code geass.

It has an awesome first season. 2nd season drops the ball a bit, but its definitely good.

And the ending is AWESOME!

FabricatorGeneralMike wrote:

darkcloud92 wrote:As far as t.v. shows go I am pretty much set for life. But has anyone watched any good anime movies lately, or know of any good ones? I can never really seem to find any. I have of course seen the most popular ones in America, such as spirited away, howl's moving castle, etc.
I have heard good things about Evagelion, so I started watching the t.v. series so I can work my way up to the movies

I personally didn't like NGE very much, way to much fan service in it (damn you Ganix) and the story was just meh. Then again I like Lucky Star and Sailor Moon....so what do I know =o\


If you want to watch a "Fethed up giant robot show" check out Space Runaway Ideon. It was done by Tomino who also did Gundam.

If you like a little more 'realistic' robot shows Armoured Trooper VOTMOS is also rather well done.

If you like Space Opera's,politicking, lot's of talking and Space ship battles with 150,000-200,000 ships per side set to classical music check out "Legend of the Galactic Hero's"

Thanks, I actually started Ideon. I am on episode like 5 or 6? I remember they had finally just left the colony. But I was getting a little bored of the old school graphics so I started watching other stuff lol It was ok so far, hard to tell so early on though

BaronIveagh wrote:

n0t_u wrote:It's a meme, people bandwagon on it until it is driven into the ground and jump for the next one; repeating the cycle.

But... But... it's over NINE THOOOOOOUUUUSAND!

Reverse card open!




Had to skip ep 20 of Jungle wa Itsumo Hare nochi Guu in the end. Guu continues to be one of the best trolls.

Aduro wrote:

Red Comet wrote:

The glass ninja wrote:I'm falling in love with code geass.

It has an awesome first season. 2nd season drops the ball a bit, but its definitely good.

And the ending is AWESOME!

It was awesome, but those sad feelings I got with the ending. =(

The most epic and memorable endings are always the sad/bittersweet ones though.

darkcloud92 wrote:

FabricatorGeneralMike wrote:

darkcloud92 wrote:As far as t.v. shows go I am pretty much set for life. But has anyone watched any good anime movies lately, or know of any good ones? I can never really seem to find any. I have of course seen the most popular ones in America, such as spirited away, howl's moving castle, etc.
I have heard good things about Evagelion, so I started watching the t.v. series so I can work my way up to the movies

I personally didn't like NGE very much, way to much fan service in it (damn you Ganix) and the story was just meh. Then again I like Lucky Star and Sailor Moon....so what do I know =o\


If you want to watch a "Fethed up giant robot show" check out Space Runaway Ideon. It was done by Tomino who also did Gundam.

If you like a little more 'realistic' robot shows Armoured Trooper VOTMOS is also rather well done.

If you like Space Opera's,politicking, lot's of talking and Space ship battles with 150,000-200,000 ships per side set to classical music check out "Legend of the Galactic Hero's"

Thanks, I actually started Ideon. I am on episode like 5 or 6? I remember they had finally just left the colony. But I was getting a little bored of the old school graphics so I started watching other stuff lol It was ok so far, hard to tell so early on though

Yeah that is a problem with a lot of the older shows, the animation just doesn't stack up to todays work. Personally I grew up on the old stuff ( Battle of the Planets, Starblazers, Voltes V, Robotech,) so I have a love for it. I have also found that sometimes the story telling is a little better because they had less to work with. But that doesn't always hold true, there are some real stinkers out there. Some people don't like it and that is perfectly fine (I know the space afro's are a little hard to swallow in IDEON, but grind through it it does get better...actually it turns out to be a mess then Be Invoked comes along and kinda cleans everything up including some of the most epic death scenes in all of anime imho....ok not a cool as Raoh's last words in HnK, but you get the idea).

Cyber City OEDO 808 is another good short OVA to watch only 3 Data's (eps) long, the english dub is just epic for the amount of swearing in it ( the criminals actually talk like criminals) and the story isn't to bad. It's cyberpunk so if that is not your thing then well....=o\

If you like really odd and wired stuff give Serial Experiments Lain a go, interesting show but not everyones cup of tea.

If you like really odd and wired stuff give Serial Experiments Lain a go, interesting show but not everyones cup of tea.

I'm sure that's a typo, but it's a very appropriate one that made me laugh.

Aduro wrote:

If you like really odd and wired stuff give Serial Experiments Lain a go, interesting show but not everyones cup of tea.

I'm sure that's a typo, but it's a very appropriate one that made me laugh.

When I was typing it I saw it and thought, naa leave it someone will 'get it'. =o]

Not technically anime, but...





I pray for the day 3 leaves development hell. A movie directed by James Cameron, Ridley Scott, and Robert Rodriguez must be forged of pure awesomeite in the heart of a dying star by cyborg sorcerer from an alternate future riding a tyrannosaur that shoots laserbeams. (Possibly assisted by Doctor McNinja)

I cried at the end of angel beats......SO sad.
Oh great. Tears are rlling down my eye again.

Just caught episode 366 of Bleach. I think I heard somewhere that that is supposed to be the end of the anime now? Anyone able to confirm/deny that and site source?

I was just looking that up. It was either canceled or moved to another time slot.

The latest arc in the manga is going to be the last arc, but its serposed to be the same length as the first one which was everything that had Aizan. Basicly, we wont have to worry about losing bleach for a good while, at least the manga.

I just finished up Vampire Hunter D, about to start Blood: the last vampire

Huffy wrote:I just finished up Vampire Hunter D, about to start Blood: the last vampire

The original movie was good, Blood+ not so good, manga creepy, Blood C points for being by Clamp, but it's CLAMP (The Old CLAMP, not the nice, New CLAMP. If you've seen X or MKR you know how badly it goes for supporting cast members)

BaronIveagh wrote:

Huffy wrote:I just finished up Vampire Hunter D, about to start Blood: the last vampire

The original movie was good, Blood+ not so good, manga creepy, Blood C points for being by Clamp, but it's CLAMP (The Old CLAMP, not the nice, New CLAMP. If you've seen X or MKR you know how badly it goes for supporting cast members)

Blood: The last Vampire is great. Highly recomended.

I must admit I do love shows where everyone dies horribly or gets royal screwed, don't know why, maybe I am just a sicko

I prefered the + over the movie. -C wasn't as good as +. It's too formulamatic each episode unitil they randomly throw you on your head at the end.

^^^They need to do a new kirby anime or movie. The previous was just ok. They could do a much better one I think, just as long as its not for little kids again

Aduro wrote:I prefered the + over the movie. -C wasn't as good as +. It's too formulamatic each episode unitil they randomly throw you on your head at the end.

Eh, I just didn't dig +. C at least explained WHY it was formulaic at the end (and surprisingly, there is a reason...).

Speaking about anime, guess who's confirmed for a return this 22nd?

http://twitter.com/#!/adultswim/status/187653853339074560


All for the 1000th post

ChiliPowderKeg wrote:Speaking about anime, guess who's confirmed for a return this 22nd?

http://twitter.com/#!/adultswim/status/187653853339074560


All for the 1000th post

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES.
It better be that version.

I dunno. We used to call confused fans that didn't understand that Tenchi Muyo was not a single series or continuity 'toonamis' when they would come staggering into forums declaring their confusion.

ChiliPowderKeg wrote:Speaking about anime, guess who's confirmed for a return this 22nd?

http://twitter.com/#!/adultswim/status/187653853339074560


All for the 1000th post

I fething hope so. That's great. Blast from the past.

hotsauceman1 wrote:
It better be that version.

Better not be. Fat Tom was so much cooler.

Fat Tom was at least 20% cooler than buff Tom. Toonami coming back doesnt effect me though as I have no tv service, I just watch everything online and run the feed to my tv.

So I was hopping some of you anime veterans could help me figure out what a certain show I watched a long time ago is. I saw it when I was about 5-6 back in the early 90's. I think the artwork was similar to that of the cartoon version of the hobbit and LOTR. I can not for the life of me remember the premise, just that there was some sort of war going on. I recall snow and two of the characters. One of the characters was a knight, idk if there was anything inside the armor or not. Then the other character I remember was a girl. The only scene I recall is that the knight was supposed to be bad but helped the good guys until the female character kills him by some sort of vehicle. It was decapitation I believe. Sorry I do not have more details, this has been bugging me for years and years.

darkcloud92 wrote:So I was hopping some of you anime veterans could help me figure out what a certain show I watched a long time ago is. I saw it when I was about 5-6 back in the early 90's. I think the artwork was similar to that of the cartoon version of the hobbit and LOTR. I can not for the life of me remember the premise, just that there was some sort of war going on. I recall snow and two of the characters. One of the characters was a knight, idk if there was anything inside the armor or not. Then the other character I remember was a girl. The only scene I recall is that the knight was supposed to be bad but helped the good guys until the female character kills him by some sort of vehicle. It was decapitation I believe. Sorry I do not have more details, this has been bugging me for years and years.

What channel was this on? Do you remember?

Red Comet wrote:

darkcloud92 wrote:So I was hopping some of you anime veterans could help me figure out what a certain show I watched a long time ago is. I saw it when I was about 5-6 back in the early 90's. I think the artwork was similar to that of the cartoon version of the hobbit and LOTR. I can not for the life of me remember the premise, just that there was some sort of war going on. I recall snow and two of the characters. One of the characters was a knight, idk if there was anything inside the armor or not. Then the other character I remember was a girl. The only scene I recall is that the knight was supposed to be bad but helped the good guys until the female character kills him by some sort of vehicle. It was decapitation I believe. Sorry I do not have more details, this has been bugging me for years and years.

What channel was this on? Do you remember?

I don't think it was a t.v. show or ova but a movie I believe. I was thinking maybe it was made by MADHOUSE b/c a lot of their stuff, like Lodoss war, reminds me of it

darkcloud92 wrote:

Red Comet wrote:

darkcloud92 wrote:So I was hopping some of you anime veterans could help me figure out what a certain show I watched a long time ago is. I saw it when I was about 5-6 back in the early 90's. I think the artwork was similar to that of the cartoon version of the hobbit and LOTR. I can not for the life of me remember the premise, just that there was some sort of war going on. I recall snow and two of the characters. One of the characters was a knight, idk if there was anything inside the armor or not. Then the other character I remember was a girl. The only scene I recall is that the knight was supposed to be bad but helped the good guys until the female character kills him by some sort of vehicle. It was decapitation I believe. Sorry I do not have more details, this has been bugging me for years and years.

What channel was this on? Do you remember?

I don't think it was a t.v. show or ova but a movie I believe. I was thinking maybe it was made by MADHOUSE b/c a lot of their stuff, like Lodoss war, reminds me of it

That was going to be my guess "Lodoss War" (ashram was the bomb imho ) Wouldn't be Demon City Shinjuku or Wicked City would it? I haven't personally seen them but on the Madhouse wiki the plots kinda sound like what you are describing and they fit the time frame.


I also have a question to the thread at large, has anyone seen SPT Layzner? I really enjoyed Armoured Trooper VOTMOS and have heard good things about it. But I have found it's always better to get a lot of general opinions then make a decision. Thanks in advance anyone =o]

Im going to start watching Shadow Star because for the type of art style I heard it has an extremely disturbing plot....

^^^^ Thanks for the help, but those 2 can't be it b/c it didn't take place in the modern era. Which is weird b/c I remember some kind of tank vehicle that was super strong.
But anyways I have heard of that show back when I was younger. I tried watching it a year or so ago but the site I watched it on had the link die out or something. From what I saw in the first 2 episodes it looked good, but I refuse to watch any more mecha anime until I finish every gundam series. (except for SD of course)


And I have no idea what to say about that video clip above, it looked like a really weird show lol Were those people dying? I just didn't understand it at all

Luna posts the freakiest stuff...

darkcloud92 wrote:And I have no idea what to say about that video clip above, it looked like a really weird show lol Were those people dying? I just didn't understand it at all

I think so, its like pokemon with people dying.

darkcloud92 wrote:So I was hopping some of you anime veterans could help me figure out what a certain show I watched a long time ago is. I saw it when I was about 5-6 back in the early 90's. I think the artwork was similar to that of the cartoon version of the hobbit and LOTR. I can not for the life of me remember the premise, just that there was some sort of war going on. I recall snow and two of the characters. One of the characters was a knight, idk if there was anything inside the armor or not. Then the other character I remember was a girl. The only scene I recall is that the knight was supposed to be bad but helped the good guys until the female character kills him by some sort of vehicle. It was decapitation I believe. Sorry I do not have more details, this has been bugging me for years and years.

I've got a theory here which will go hand in hand with a history lesson that I just grabbed from Wikipedia. "Similar to the Hobbit and LotR" is a bit of a mixed bag as The Hobbit and Return of the King were both produced by Rankin/Bass (Same company that made Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, etc) but animated by TopCraft, which more or less went on to become Studio Ghibli. Strong anime roots there, eh? The animated Lord of the Rings movie, however, was made by Ralph Bakshi and was considerably different. Most of his fantasy movies were rotoscoped, which produces a pretty particular style, and LotR was one of those. Your brief plot description brought to mind another of his movies, and although I haven't seen it in a very long time myself, I think the elements you mention all pop up on the WIkipedia plot summary. So without further ado, may I present the 1977 animated classic:

Wizards

Yes that is it! Wow that was some pretty amazing work lol thanks for the help!

You are most welcome. I might have to dig out my DVD of it now.

It is on youtube in full, divided into 8 parts. Gosh no wonder I had trouble remembering it, such a bizarre movie.

darkcloud92 wrote:^^^^ Thanks for the help, but those 2 can't be it b/c it didn't take place in the modern era. Which is weird b/c I remember some kind of tank vehicle that was super strong.
But anyways I have heard of that show back when I was younger. I tried watching it a year or so ago but the site I watched it on had the link die out or something. From what I saw in the first 2 episodes it looked good, but I refuse to watch any more mecha anime until I finish every gundam series. (except for SD of course)


And I have no idea what to say about that video clip above, it looked like a really weird show lol Were those people dying? I just didn't understand it at all

Good job on figuring out it was Wizards, I love the spliced in footage of hitler and the nazi's. =o]

Also Good luck on watching every Gundam show, are you just sticking to UC stories or going in for the whole AU package also? (I would suggest skipping mobile fighter G Gundam it didn't do it for me personally but who knows you might like it) Are you going to watch them in chronological order or by when they where made. And for the love of god please skip G Savour......those who have seen it know how bad it is. =o\

Damn it code geass! YOU ALMOST MADE ME CRY!

Almost? ALMOST?! What kind of soulless person are you!?

I never cry unless it's an animal...but seriously lelouch deserved better.

FabricatorGeneralMike wrote:

darkcloud92 wrote:^^^^ Thanks for the help, but those 2 can't be it b/c it didn't take place in the modern era. Which is weird b/c I remember some kind of tank vehicle that was super strong.
But anyways I have heard of that show back when I was younger. I tried watching it a year or so ago but the site I watched it on had the link die out or something. From what I saw in the first 2 episodes it looked good, but I refuse to watch any more mecha anime until I finish every gundam series. (except for SD of course)


And I have no idea what to say about that video clip above, it looked like a really weird show lol Were those people dying? I just didn't understand it at all

Good job on figuring out it was Wizards, I love the spliced in footage of hitler and the nazi's. =o]

Also Good luck on watching every Gundam show, are you just sticking to UC stories or going in for the whole AU package also? (I would suggest skipping mobile fighter G Gundam it didn't do it for me personally but who knows you might like it) Are you going to watch them in chronological order or by when they where made. And for the love of god please skip G Savour......those who have seen it know how bad it is. =o\

I have already seen almost all of them. UC and the other universes. The only ones I have left to watch are ZZ, which I am on episode 15 of, After War Gundam X, Turn a gundam, and the last episode of Unicorn. I preferred the series that were more militaristic the most

G Saviour was sort of funny though.



Now you don't need to watch it since the rest is basically filler.

It rivals this PC/PS1 Game.


Remeber Zeon is pronounced John... Zaku is Zack...





Actually this is more watchable than G Saviour.

How could you post that stuff? Its so bad...Fat Char...he makes me so sad..

God that made me want to cry, though the token black guys were kinda funny

For the freedom of JOOOOOOHHHHNN!

Why did I watch all of those?

The only way it could be worse is if they remade it with G-Gundam.

darkcloud92 wrote:God that made me want to cry, though the token black guys were kinda funny

I think the black guy was Ryu Jose right?

Forgot the end. Only 4 parts.

So i finished claymore season one on Netflix?
Is there a season 2?

Don't think so. you will have to read the munga if you want more.

I too love Claymore, almost every character as well.

Too bad every character had to die the most horrible death -_-