General Discussion

[Southe,]

^^
And Strong world D; thats some achievement..

"On its first weekend of showing, Strong World was seen 820,000 times on 188 screens throughout Japan, 103 of which had sold-out over the entire weekend, resulting in a per-screen average of 5,520,000 Japanese yen (approx. 62,200 United States dollars)—which is the record for a nationwide released film in Japan—and a gross revenue of ¥1,038,000,000 (approx. $11.7M), ¥553,000,000 (approx. $6.24M) on the first and ¥485,000,000 (approx. $5.47M) on the second day, thus topping both Ponyo, which took in ¥1,025,000,000 (approx. $11.55M), and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which made ¥990,000,000 (approx. $11.2M), on their first weekends of showing, as well as earning more than the ¥920,000,000 (approx. $11M) its predecessor, One Piece: Episode of Chopper + Fuyu ni Saku, Kiseki no Sakura, made in its whole time of showing."

Amd Sword of the stranger was very good, Girl who.. was good aswell. Waiting for the blu ray to come out along with summer wars. might pick up ponyo eventually aswell.

[Neversoft]

An achievement in terms of sales, not so much in terms of animation and content when you compare it to some of the other films I mentioned.

I saw Ponyo when it was out in theatres. I think it is easily one of Miyazaki's best films, although I am not much of a Ghibli fan - Satoshi Kon > Hayao Miyazaki.

[Southe,]

havent seen any of the Ghibli films. probs seen spirited away or howls moving castle on tv but forgotten about it. mate at work has all the films on dvd so might loan then or buy them what evers easier for me lol.

Some of the scenes in OP where very well animated. especially the start. i seen pics but cant see it properly until August.

[Neversoft]

I find Ghibli films fun to watch but nothing amazing like everyone makes them out to be. Also, if you've seen one Miyazaki film you've seen 'em all pretty much.

[Southe,]

Fave Kageyama song people?

[buttons]

If its about a series as popular as FMA it will and as long as you keep a discussion going there is no reason for it to die. The Avatar one is doing just fine, the Gintama one has over 400 posts, the Bleach one has over 1000, the One Piece one has over 100, the D.Gray-Man has over 100, the Higashi no Eden thread has 48 replies even though I am the only one who has seen the series and the Hajime no Ippo thread has nearly 50. Make use of the forum.

i have watched it too k

I watch a lot of foreign movies, mainly Japanese, Korean and Chinese. I am a huge, huge, huge fan of Japanese cinema and a lot of the time I do find the them more interesting than anime, but I could never choose between one or the other. My second favourite movie of all time is Korean. :8

i've not watched much movies, just dramas, if they're any different? i almost always prefer korean dramas to their taiwanese/japanese versions but i'm just biased to koreans. i prefer manga to anime and movies/dramas anyway. which movie is that? & what else have you seen? i just watch the typical girly ones made from mangas i've read really..

[Neversoft]

i have watched it too k

But you haven't even posted in the thread so you don't count either.

i've not watched much movies, just dramas, if they're any different? i almost always prefer korean dramas to their taiwanese/japanese versions but i'm just biased to koreans. i prefer manga to anime and movies/dramas anyway. which movie is that? & what else have you seen? i just watch the typical girly ones made from mangas i've read really..

Oldboy is my second favourite movie of all time. Its probably miles from the stuff you're used to watching though. I've seen too many Japanese films to mention, but my favourites are those by Takeshi Kitano and I am also a big fan of Akira Kurosawa. But again, they're probably miles different from what you watch. I am a fan of drama films, but despite my love for Japanese cinema and unless we're talking samurai dramas, I much prefer those in the English language. Perhaps because I can just connect with them better or because Japanese dramas tend to target female audiences a lot more than male audiences. Nevertheless, I really like Shall We Dansu? and Kurosawa made some masterpiece dramas in his time (Ikiru). Ping Pong is also one of my favourite movies of all time and while mainly a comedy I guess you could class it as a drama also.

[Southe,]

OP S3/V1 and Abenobashi Boxset came today. Just waiting on dragonbox 3 and Magazine from japan

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...ecent-pictures
-.- silly man see if they have to change his voice aswell.. suck D: 1's dead, 1's had a stroke and now ones been arrested >.<

[PaulMacC]

No motivation to watch anime at the moment. Just watched all six Rocky movies and thought I'd rewatch Hajime No Ippo. 3 Episodes in and I've been reminded why this is my favourite series. Plus I'm starting gym soon, motivation levels are high.

[Southe,]

^
must be like the 5th time you've mentioned watching/listening to Ippo and going to the gym. I think your trying to make us believe your going when your actually not D: