Anime

Post by **CovenantJr** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 10:20 pm

CovenantJr wrote:Escaflowne has finished (it improved as time went on) and now it's time.

Yes.

It's time.

Time to... Argh, I can barely utter it.

Time to...

...to watch the remaining twenty episodes of Excel Saga.

*gulp, cold sweat, hunted expression*

Just finished watching the final episode. The mind boggles...or would, but it seems to be dead.

Words cannot describe it.

Post by **Wyldewode** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:49 am

Thanks for the adviso. . will avoid at all costs.

~Lyr

Post by **CovenantJr** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:30 pm

Unless you, like my friend, are fond of utter insanity. In which case, seek it.

Post by **Wyldewode** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:55 am

Urgh. . . no, thanks. That reminds me of something. . .My best friend loves this anime called Panda-Z. I hate it. . . it is so stupid. . . drives me up the wall. It is repetetive, pointless, and features stupid plots. I swear it's the most annoying thing I've seen all year. Promise.

If you'd like to inflict a sample on yourself, go here: pandaz.bandai-ent.com/

~Lyr

Post by **CovenantJr** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 1:36 am

Waddley Hasselhoff wrote:then The Big O

Just started watching The Big O. I'm up to the end of episode three.

The theme tune reminds of the Flash Gordon one by Queen. "Big O! Big O, Big O, Big O!"

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 1:04 pm

CovenantJr wrote:
Waddley Hasselhoff wrote:then The Big O
Just started watching The Big O. I'm up to the end of episode three.

The theme tune reminds of the Flash Gordon one by Queen. "Big O! Big O, Big O, Big O!"

My friend told me about Big O; said he liked it better than Cowboy Bebop! Will have to check it out soon. Haven't watched any anime since a few months ago, the two shows being Serial Experiments Lain and the said Bebop.

Also tried Lost Exile. Found the animation superb but the overall show mediocre. Then again: I love airships, and that show was the only one that had 'em. Maybe I should give 'er another chance.

Post by **spacemonkey** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 5:05 pm

Try the Macross saga, LOTS of airships in that one!!!

Post by **CovenantJr** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 11:37 pm

Lord Foul wrote:
CovenantJr wrote:
Waddley Hasselhoff wrote:then The Big O
Just started watching The Big O. I'm up to the end of episode three.

The theme tune reminds of the Flash Gordon one by Queen. "Big O! Big O, Big O, Big O!"
My friend told me about Big O; said he liked it better than Cowboy Bebop!

Hmm. I can see why he'd compare the two; they both have a noir-y feel, and Roger Smith from The Big O reminds me slightly of a more mature and controlled Spike Spiegel.

I won't be able to say for certain which I prefer until I've finished The Big O, but I think I've enjoyed the first few episodes more than the first few of Bebop.

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 12:59 am

Yeah, Bebop didn't pick up for me until the "Ballad of Fallen Angels" episode.

And I think the guy who voices Spike (in English) also voices someone in Big O. Maybe the main character?

Post by **CovenantJr** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:22 am

After checking IMDB, I find you're quite right. The same bloke voices Spike and Roger. That explains the similarity.

Furthermore, the femme fatale tones of Faye Valentine make an appearance in The Big O too. I thought it sounded like her.

Post by **CovenantJr** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 4:08 pm

Hmm. By the time it finishes, The Big O is extremely confusing. I'm still trying to work it out - a task not made easier by me watching the almost as confusing RahXephon in the last few days.

Anime plots can be so complex.

Post by **Wyldewode** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 7:57 am

Anime is not for the faint-hearted!

Post by **CovenantJr** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 3:23 pm

Or the faint-minded!

(Hmm, I like that...faint-minded... It shall be my new insult.

)

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 3:44 pm

CovenantJr wrote:Or the faint-minded!

(Hmm, I like that...faint-minded... It shall be my new insult. )

Ah, you are a master, I see. I'm still wading in the primordial ooze of your-momma jokes.

Post by **CovenantJr** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 3:52 pm

I scoff at your faint-mindedness.

Post by **Wyldewode** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 9:35 am

CovenantJr wrote:I scoff at your faint-mindedness.

Nice one. . O Lord of the Tousled hair and bedroom eyes . . . er. . did I get your title correct?

Anyway, anime is certainly not for the faint-hearted, or feeble-minded (faint-minded if you prefer).

~Lyr

Post by **CovenantJr** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:30 am

Unless you're watching King of Bandit Jing, as I've recently discovered.

Visually quite pretty and with a couple of nice rock songs as incidental music, but otherwise a really dire series. It's entirely episodic (i.e. there is no overall plot connecting the episodes) and Jing's confrontations with evil beings / rivals / whatever generally consist of him shouting "Gimme a Kir Royale" over and over. It's a shame; the first epsiode showed some promise in the zany humour department, but even the gags fell flat by the time the second episode began.

And yes, you did get my title right, thanks.

Post by **Wyldewode** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:28 am

I need to watch more anime. . . I have a backlog. Somehow I seem to spend all my spare time here. . or playing scrabble with the gang. . what's up with that?

~Lyr, titleless one

Post by **CovenantJr** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:38 pm

I've just finished watching the six episode series Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War In The Pocket.

Don't let the title put you off. It's not really about the mobile suits and there's surprisingly little combat; the war is fundamental to the series, but the whole thing is really about people. It's about bringing war to the personal level.

So far, Gundam 0080 is the one and only anime that has actually made me cry.

Post by **Waddley** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:42 pm

Cov, don't let Jenn know you were crying... she'd have to fly over and comfort those big, puppydog eyes...

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