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[J.H.]

TheVileOne, on Apr 6 2009, 01:24 AM, said:

I'm pretty sure I've seen ADV or another company release the original Casshern/Casshan series on DVD in the US.  I remember seeing it in Best Buy.  And this was before the live action movie.

That was probably the Casshan OVA from the 90s that Streamline did the dub on. The original Casshan is from the 70s by Tatsunoko, it was was one of their many follow-ups to Gatchaman.

Y'know, sometimes I miss Streamline...

James

[Cliff Hanger]

J.H., on Apr 6 2009, 06:49 AM, said:

TheVileOne, on Apr 6 2009, 01:24 AM, said:

I'm pretty sure I've seen ADV or another company release the original Casshern/Casshan series on DVD in the US.  I remember seeing it in Best Buy.  And this was before the live action movie.

That was probably the Casshan OVA from the 90s that Streamline did the dub on. The original Casshan is from the 70s by Tatsunoko, it was was one of their many follow-ups to Gatchaman.

Y'know, sometimes I miss Streamline...

James

Heh.  I was just thinking how I'd like to see the HnK movie again, rotten dub and all.

So what'd you think of Shangri-La?  It didn't set my world on fire or anything, but I thought it was enjoyable and the premise fascinates me--the idea of an ecodisaster creating such a tightly controlled ecosystem as to strangle economies in taxation and corrupt markets is something that would never make TV in the US.

Shin Mazinger was beautiful to look at, but starting with the Really Big Fight at the End made it hard to follow.  Next week, though, we get the first part of the story.

[FLIK]

Finished watching To Heart and boy oh boy did that end up being a disapointment. The show started really well then half way through it fell off a massive fucking cliff onto poisonous, jagged rocks of boredom from which it never recovered.

Cliff Hanger, on Apr 2 2009, 08:37 PM, said:

J.H., on Apr 2 2009, 09:44 PM, said:

Add to that the Central Anime subs of Yamato and we've got most of Matsumoto's output for the 70's subbed (I think only Dangaurd Ace is missing but hell that was dubbed).

With hype starting for Nishizaki's new Yamato project, one can hope that meldramatic space opera makes a rsounding comeback (though Matsumoto's Dai Yamato was thoroughly craptacular!)

James

Unsurprising, though I haven't seen it (Dai-Yamato, I mean).  Really and honestly, Cosmo Warrior Zero is about the only post-1995 Matsumoto project I really enjoy.  Harlock Saga and Maetel Legend are shit, Gun Frontier, Galaxy Railways and Endless Odyssey (with which Matsumoto wasn't involved anyhow) were decent enough but for me lacked the magic of the early work.  I don't know what it is about CWZ that made it click so much more solidly, but I think it does.

Of his post 95 stuff I loved Endless Odyssey the most and thought Galaxy Railways was really great as well. Railways dragged a tiny bit at times but overall they were both nice reminders of how great stuff based on Matsumoto's world(s) can be, though really, none of his mid- late 90's and beyond stuff comes close to matching his stuff from the 70's & 80's.

I'd prob rank Space Symphony Maetel next followed by Zero. Liked Zero quite a bit but not near as much as you seem to. Gun Frontier would have been a lot better had he actually gotten to finish the damn thing. Harlock Saga, Maetel Legend and might as well toss in Queen Emeraldess (shame this is the only series that focused purely on her) weren't classics by any stretch but calling them shit is a bit much.

Also wanna toss in that the little known 3rd Galaxy Express 999 movie wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be going in and made me want to see the tv series it was supposesdly setting up and that The Cockpit is a fucking classic and more people need to see it.

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That was probably the Casshan OVA from the 90s that Streamline did the dub on

This is what aired on Sci Fi channel way back in the good ole days right?

[DeMysteriisDomCanuckus]

So, when is the next season starting?  And when will we be doing the selections?

[SorceressKnight]

Next season should already have started, some shows have already started airing. I already have two in mind [again, pretty sure at least one won't be touched by others [one very well might], but it all depends on if some subs get out on them.

EDIT: Just saw subs of one of my two. Taking a pre-emptive strike, dibs on Cross Game

[DeMysteriisDomCanuckus]

Yeah, I don't even know what's on the next season.  Where should I check?

[ColinBecker]

DeMysteriisDomCanuckus, on Apr 8 2009, 01:30 PM, said:

Yeah, I don't even know what's on the next season.  Where should I check?

Moetron has a detailed release schedule with the air-dates and brief synopsizes of the shows, it's what I use. *EDIT: Direct Link* http://www.moetron.c...-marchaprilmay/

As to what I'm watching, just started watching season one of Gundam 00.  I only meant to get a taste of the show since the first box is out next month, but next thing I know it's 11:30 and I've finished episode 7.  I'm really enjoying the show and Graham Acre might be my favorite person in it right now, with Lockon right behind.  But all the aces of the various nations are interesting and even the other Meisters aren't that bad.  I'm sure there's more character development to be had.

[TheVileOne]

I recently finished Kenichi season 1 part 1 which is awesome.  The show is basically an MMA anime series.

Hopefully Funimation will pick up season 2, and Japan will get started on animating more of the manga.  The anime has only scratched the surface of the storyline.  There's so much more cool stuff.

[DeMysteriisDomCanuckus]

OK, I'm all over Sengoku BASARA.

[TheVileOne]

Also, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood has started.  So what's the word?  Is it must see?  I hear the first episode is basically filler and adapts something that was only referenced in the manga.

[dogwelder]

TheVileOne, on Apr 9 2009, 05:22 PM, said:

Also, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood has started.  So what's the word?  Is it must see?  I hear the first episode is basically filler and adapts something that was only referenced in the manga.

I'm...not sure.  There's something missing to me, but maybe it's just me trying to compare it to both the first series and the manga at the same time.  And, yeah, the first ep is filler, although I'd have to look through all the tankubons released so far to see if it's even from the manga (I sure as hell don't remember the bad guy from the first ep, although it's been a good 2 years or so since the first tankubon came out in the US)

[Cliff Hanger]

Watched the first ep of Basquash.  It's all right, a little silly but enjoyable.  Not in my top five Kawamori projects ever, though--hell, discounting Macross it still comes in fourth (after Escaflowne, Kikaioh/Tech Romancer for Dreamcast and Aquarion).  And I never did get to see Kenji's Spring.

[blitzkrieg]

dogwelder, on Apr 9 2009, 06:26 PM, said:

TheVileOne, on Apr 9 2009, 05:22 PM, said:

Also, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood has started.  So what's the word?  Is it must see?  I hear the first episode is basically filler and adapts something that was only referenced in the manga.

I'm...not sure.  There's something missing to me, but maybe it's just me trying to compare it to both the first series and the manga at the same time.  And, yeah, the first ep is filler, although I'd have to look through all the tankubons released so far to see if it's even from the manga (I sure as hell don't remember the bad guy from the first ep, although it's been a good 2 years or so since the first tankubon came out in the US)

Apparently, the Ice Alchemist's fight is mentioned in the manga. So basically the first episode is an expansion of a throw-away line. That said I liked the first episode as that it felt like it would be a good jumping point on for new viewers while at the same time it was different enough for people that have seen the original series.

[Cliff Hanger]

So I am officially watching way too goddamn much anime right now, and more than I have at any one time since the DVD anime boom of 2000-02 or so.

Currently airing, via fansub:
Shin Mazinger Impact Z
Valkyria Chronicle
Basquash!

Currently airing, via crunchyroll:

Saki
Shangri-La

Old stuff via CR:

Space Pirate Captain Harlock
Fist of the North Star

On DVD:
Bio Boosted Armor Guyver
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

On hold--stuff I started, but won't finish til I finish something else first:

Aquarion (DVD)
Asu no Yoichi (fansub)
Galaxy Express 999 (CR)

[Cliff Hanger]

Finished Guyver last night.  Great show, wish it had gotten a second season (which would almost have caught it up with the manga).

And it reminded me why Viz pisses me off so royally.  All that stuff that they published as 32-page floppies for the comic-shop market in the 90s failed, but they never went back and gave it proper digest-size tank releases when the market matured in the 21st century.  Guyver, Area88, Kerberos/Panzer Corps and innumerable other titles really deserved another shot which they never received.

[TheVileOne]

I'd definitely want to check out some nice collected volumes of the original Guyver manga.  But didn't the manga-ka for Guyver essentially abandon the series before it was finished?

[J.H.]

Guyver is one of those manga titles that is constantly on hiatus for really long stretches (like Togawa's HunterXHunter, Hagiwara's Bastard!). Chances are it will never be finished though since Yoshiki Takaya is known for being painfully slow (provided he draws very detailed for manga). The only artist who might make us wait longer for something is Shirow, because let's face it, we'll all be dead or actually have Ghost In The Shell level technology before we ever see Shirow complete Appleseed

James

[TheVileOne]

Well to me Appleseed is kind of fine where it is.  I don't really see it as something complete or incomplete.

My hope is that we would've finally gotten an awesome Appleseed anime with the series that was in the works freaking fucking ROMI PAKU as Deunan Knute, but production was halted.  So now we are getting no Appleseed anime series with perfect casting of Romi as Deunan.

[ColinBecker]

Seeing as how I've finished Hibiki and Speed Grapher, my list looks like:

DVD:

Aquarion box 2
Scrapped Princess

Anime:

Rideback
Hayate Season 2
Mazinger

Live Action:

Decade
Blade
Shikenger
Tomica Rescue Fire

I think that just covers it.

[FLIK]

Watched Samurai Champloo for the 1st time last week (late to the party I know). Thought it could have been better towards the end, I kept waiting and waiting for the main story to finally kick in and they just kept doing random, filler eps to kill time (Zombies & Baseball WTF?) so when they did finally get around to it, it all felt kinda rushed and the last sceene was just lame. I enjoyed the majority of the show though, the humor was mostly funny and the action was awesome, I just wouldn't call it a classic overall.

Watched Compiler yesterday based on the pimping it got here http://www.animenews...-09-11/compiler

I've always been a fan of crazy over the top humor (Slayers, Urusei Yatsura, Excel Saga, etc..) so the 1st ep I enjoyed a lot but the rest whear they toned that aspect way down and turned it into a romance story was a big steaming pile of shit.