General Discussion

[Neversoft]

The first episode of Gainax's new series that was apparently highly influenced by The Powerpuff Girls is out today. I'm gonna watch it and see if it does anything for me, although I never was a fan of The Powerpuff Girls. Although this is Gainax... they did Evangelion and Gurren Lagann, if anyone can make it good its them.



Looks rather eccentric anyway, haha. I'll let you guys know what I think.

So I watched Panty & Stocking and it was actually pretty good. The first half was a little boring but the second half was genius. I'd recommend it.

[Southe,]

^ What the hell? mum walked past and thought i was watching well you know.

and looking at another forum i go on noticed i had a reply from Andrew from Beez. Asked about bring over the OP movies if the Series was to risky to bring over

"It's conceivable and it's something I am certainly keen to look into over the next year or so."

Awesome.

Finished my FMA:B BD so might buy another series. looking for some bargins

[Nemo]

i forgot how amazing maka's dad was.

[Southe,]

watched pany and stocking and was pretty um mehish mayb watch if im bored but dosent seem that good.

Bakuman i enjoyed however. Seeing the OP refrences kept in was good

[Neversoft]

The first half of Panty and Stocking was boring but the second part is precisely why Gainax are considered the craziest animation studio around. It's amazing how far the animation in anime series has come in only a few years.

Also, up to episode 19 of Utawarerumono! I had forgotten how spot on the comedy in this series was. It isn't in your face, it's subtle, well timed and geniously planned.

[KyoraStryker]

I used to watch anime years ago. Yu-Yu Hakusho was the first anime I actually started getting interested in, with Inuyasha being a close, close second.

Sadly, I feel I've grown out of those days.

[Neversoft]

I don't think anime is something you can grow out of unless you constantly watch shows aimed at younger audiences like YuYu Hakusho, Inuyasha, Naruto and Bleach. There are so many mature anime series and movies out there that could keep one going for a life time. I know some guy on MyAnimeList who is like in his forties but is still very enthusiastic about anime. The next few decades will be an interesting time for the medium since it has recenty gained more mainstream appeal and people are going to continue watching it as they grow older, so companies will probably start targeting older fans like they already do for manga in Japan. It'll be exciting to see what they produce in the years to come. You should watch Death Note, it never fails at reminding you why you liked anime in the first place.

[Neversoft]

Just watched Grave of the Fireflies and I think it is one of the most depressing movies I have ever seen. Darn good, though. I was going to watch Barefoot Gen afterwards but I think Grave of the Fireflies is enough depression for one day haha. There are so many American and British war movies that it is always refreshing seeing one from a Japanese perspective.

[KyoraStryker]

Death Note? I think I'll look into it when I have some spare time.

[Neversoft]

Yeah, it's about a smart young man named Light who finds a book called a Death Note. He discovers that whoevers name he writes in the book will die, so he decides to start ridding the world of evil by killing all of the criminals. Japan's top detective then enters the fray and starts tracking down the boy and the series quickly shifts into a cat and mouse game between the detective and the killer. It is a very smart, incredibly well written series with endless moments of greatness and tons of plot twists to keep you guessing. It was one of the first anime series I ever saw and to this day remains one of my favourites.