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I didn't mean to convey the impression that I haven't watched the things which I condemn. I have tried sitting through and episode of Cowboy Bebop, and a friend of mine once forced me to suffer through several episodes of Samurai Champloo. The utter pointlessness of the stories and characters was hard to take. Just thinking about it makes me angry.

And I was a huge fan of Heavy Metal. Been reading it since I was a small child. Still have issue number one from 1977, as  a matter of fact.

By the way, does anybody know what the Hell "Champloo" means?

ScifiterX wrote:

akb825 wrote:

Slayers (fantasy/comedy based on Dungeons and Dragons. The three seasons are "Slayers", "Slayers Next" and "Slayers Try")

Five seasons: "Slayers", "Slayers Next", "Slayers Try", "Slayers Revolution", and "Slayers Evolution-R"
Five movies: "Slayers Gorgeous" "Slayers Great" "Slayers Perfect", "Slayers Premium", "Slayers Return"
Two Original Video Animations: "Slayers Excellent" & "Slayers Special"

And a Scifi spinoff series: "Lost Universe"

I haven't watched the other 2 series, I'll have to check them out. I did watch the OVAs and movies, but I wouldn't recommend them.

StaticAge wrote:

But I gotta say, dont pass up Fullmetal Alchemist. I saw the first episode and thought it was awful. I tolerated watching a few more episodes with friends for sake of the group. I totally get anyone who is turned off to it at first, BUT, the story builds and builds upon itself and waiting for the last few episodes of the series on cartoonnetwork was intense. It was seriously really good, one of the few recent shows that I thought was worth the hype. I'm a big fan.

You might be interested to know that they're remaking Fullmetal Alchemist. I think they're planning on having the overall storyline follow the manga, unlike the first series which split off at the middle.

Had anybody seen the hentai version of Evangelion? Like so much of the hentai out there, it's just so silly that you sit there thinking, "WFT? Who writes this stuff!?"

elpato84 wrote:

The honda thread reminded me:

Initial D.

I don't love it, but I read some of it once. All about drift racing. It's like watching Tokyo Drift but... less idiotic explosions and southern drawl and more awkwardly drawn faces.

I watched the anime and liked it.

I know Schoolly D, and he was a great teacher on the art of getting ill.

Also, FLCL (Fooly Cooly) is great.

Even though its produced by cartoon network, I think Big O is a brilliant combo of Ultraman/Batman with Prisoner style psychedelia.  Plus the Flash Gordon ripoff theme song+++.

Thank you; gonna check out Vexille first, then maybe Big O, which I have seen before.

Bren wrote:

Heavy Metal.

Dork! ...
ROFLMAO

I've seen Ghost in the Shell. It's exactly that sort of boring, slow-paced stuff that I'm hoping to avoid. Made for a great PlayStation game, but the movie? Slllllooooooowwwwww and boring.

Say, um, does anybody know where I can get cheesed?

Off of the mainstream:
Gunslinger Girl
smurf Baby
(anybody have any idea if either of these have been licensed for American distribution?)

Pure weird factor:
Dragon Half
All-Purpose Cultural Cat-Girl Nuku Nuku.

Agreement all-around on Miyazaki, but those who criticize Nausica haven't seen Castle in the Sky or Porco Rosso.  Miyazaki can be hit or miss, but nearly anything he touches winds up at least looking beautiful.

Finished watching Vexille. Lots of corny dialogue, such as "...if we have our spirit, no one can ever take away our humanity."

The visuals were sure impressive, though.

Bren wrote:

Had anybody seen the hentai version of Evangelion? Like so much of the hentai out there, it's just so silly that you sit there thinking, "WFT? Who writes this stuff!?"

Yes. It's horrible. FWIW, there's at least a few dozen mangas out there that handle inappropriate sexual relations between military leaders, clones and I MUSTN'T RUN AWAY stereotypes that are far more enjoyable in scope than that bizarre, low budget hentai.

On a completely unrelated note, YouTube up some Detective Conan. There's a reason it's been running in Japan for 13 seasons with no signs of stopping. It's because it doesn't suck.

Oh, and for Cowboy Bebop... which episode did you watch? If you want a coherent, Ed-less, purposeful experience of the series, just do this:

Ballad of Fallen Angels
Jupiter Jazz Pt 1 & 2
Real Folk Blues Pt 1 & 2

Five episodes, like watching a short movie, gives you anything you would've wanted for the Spike/Vicious/Julia character development without any fluff. Actually, speaking of the movie, it's worth a hunt down, too, actually.

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