Anime - General Discussion Thread

windrider wrote:KODOCHA RULES!!!

Its a shoujo style artwork anime/manga thats downright hilarious

I really, really, REALLY love this show.

The subbers are releasing it slow so, i'm even going as far as planning to get the dvd set for more than hundred bucks... its THAT good.

i/ve watched kodocha up to like eps38. It is good especially the early part when they were establishing the characters and their releationships. hehehe. lots of funny stuff. Her mom's hat is always funny.

Kodocha is the VERY BEST anime/manga in the world. period. :mrgreen:

Yeah Sana's mom is nut. Crazy hairdo. :nut:

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Kurata Sana is a frenetic eleven-year-old child actress with an extremely overprotective agent, a mother who is an eccentric award-winning author, and a burning desire to do well in school. However, as much as she wants to be a good student, the antics of the boys in her class make learning impossible, according to Sana anyway. And in her eyes, Hayama Akito is the worst offender of them all. A junior-high war of the sexes ensues, and Sana eventually realizes through the chaos that Hayama may not be the "devil boy" she's made him up to be.

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Whee!!! leeched one of the best anime movies around, Laputa The Castle in the Sky. The quality is superb! Another masterpiece to my little collection :applaud:
Silly English voice overs, Dawson Creek-guy :beaten: I'd prefer the original Japanese language ;) I plan to see it sometimes although I have seen it several times before :)

Pemu wrote:Whee!!! leeched one of the best anime movies around, Laputa The Castle in the Sky. The quality is superb! Another masterpiece to my little collection :applaud:
Silly English voice overs, Dawson Creek-guy :beaten: I'd prefer the original Japanese language ;) I plan to see it sometimes although I have seen it several times before :)

Yep. Another very good anime film from Studio Ghibli... Once again, the English dub stunk, especially with the doofus from Dawson's Creek... Bleah.

bmwracer wrote:
Yep. Another very good anime film from Studio Ghibli... Once again, the English dub stunk, especially with the doofus from Dawson's Creek... Bleah.

Are u talking about the one released by [AX]? Coz if it is, its dual audio - japanese and english - u just have to select japanese audio and turn on english subtitles in ur video player.

arnel98 wrote:
Are u talking about the one released by [AX]? Coz if it is, its dual audio - japanese and english - u just have to select japanese audio and turn on english subtitles in ur video player.

I don't know about that one... I'm talking about the one released by Disney here in the States... Too bad you can't program your DVD player to not use the dub tracks... It's a pain to have to switch to the Japanese track everytime you watch the movie, but it is worth it... :)

oic. i thought u were referrig to a fansub release. hehehe.

i'm not sure if it varies by manufacturer but i had my dvd player (panasonic) default to japanese audio and subtitles on. So, if u insert a dvd with japanese track, it will switch to it automatically, otherwise, it will use language 0 which is usually english. you have to look the code for the japaese language in the manual though since its not selectable on the on-screen menu. :)

arnel98 wrote:oic. i thought u were referrig to a fansub release. hehehe.

Ooops. No, I wasn't referring to a fansub... Gomen.

i'm not sure if it varies by manufacturer but i had my dvd player (panasonic) default to japanese audio and subtitles on. So, if u insert a dvd with japanese track, it will switch to it automatically, otherwise, it will use language 0 which is usually english. you have to look the code for the japaese language in the manual though since its not selectable on the on-screen menu. :)

Good point. I'l have to look at my Sony DVD player's manual. Of course, being in Region 1, the player defaults to English... Are you in the States?

Hehe! Watched Pom Poko last Friday, it was pretty good. I thought it was a family movie, it turned out to be quite serious movie, sad it was. The movie was about raccoons and their "declaration war" on people. The raccoons' forests and mountains are torn down and cities are built on the soil. The raccoons gotta do something about it before it's too late.

Btw Laputa by AX release doesn't display the subs properly, some lines are missing. Checked out partly.

watching Kimi ga Nozomu Eien now.it's a rather adult anime[for 19+ years,not hentai!].
does anyone know what does the title stand for?
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien = ?
i know kimi is 'you'.
forgot what's nozomu.
couldn't find eien in the dictionary.
=(

oh yea,doesn't anyone else here loves maison ikkoku?
:rolleyes2:

Macross Zero ep 3 DVD out this Friday in Japan!!! Expect fansub encodes released within a few weeks after the release :drooling:
Oh boy! It sure has taken them SO LONG to release an ep, once every six months :angry: :rolleyes: :shakehead:
Expect ep 4 to be released Spring/Summer 2004 :beaten:

Pemu wrote:Macross Zero ep 3 DVD out this Friday in Japan!!! Expect fansub encodes released within a few weeks after the release :drooling:
Oh boy! It sure has taken them SO LONG to release an ep, once every six months :angry: :rolleyes: :shakehead:
Expect ep 4 to be released Spring/Summer 2004 :beaten:

Considering the huge cost and time involved in making such a ova its no surprise....

Today i got 3x boxsets arrive :)
Love Hina box 2
Macross box 3
and Maison ikkoku 2 (i know that will make pemu happy :p) :sweat:

Considering the huge cost and time involved in making such a ova its no surprise....

Yes, the CGs sure suck a lot of money! But some scenes have been replaced with ordinary hand drawn animation ;)
Cost effective, hehe. I'm sure the producers get their money back in the long run. a 5000 yen exluded tax for a dvd :hehe:

Today i got 3x boxsets arrive :)
Love Hina box 2

an MI rip off!

Macross box 3

Why not the box set instead?

and Maison ikkoku 2 (i know that will make pemu happy :p) :sweat:

Yes, that's today's happy news. It warmed my heart that ppl would still follow Maison Ikkoku considering its 80's theme, quite outdated to the others who demand more modern anime. Long live Maison Ikkoku!!!

Today i got 3x boxsets arrive :)
Love Hina box 2

an MI rip off!

Just the opposite way round :p

Macross box 3

Why not the box set instead?

Well unless it was avaliable in a 9 disc box set (which would have been very limited), then 3 boxes is the only way to get it properly

Tekanan wrote:watching Kimi ga Nozomu Eien now.it's a rather adult anime[for 19+ years,not hentai!].
does anyone know what does the title stand for?
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien = ?
i know kimi is 'you'.
forgot what's nozomu.
couldn't find eien in the dictionary.
=(

oh yea,doesn't anyone else here loves maison ikkoku?
:rolleyes2:

I really like Kimi ga Nozomu Eien. I think it would translate to something like "The eternity you wish for" It's a really great series. I think there are quite a few great series based on hentai games. Takayuki annoys me greatly though. Especially in episode 8. Anyways. I'm a Mitsuki fangirl although Ayu is cool too. :D

Tekanan wrote:


romance eh.definitely love hina.but there's one more!
it's tied on no.1 on my fav manga list[tied with love hina].
it's Maison Ikkoku!
i'm not sure how's the anime like,but i've read the manga and the romance is AWESOME.
if u dig romance,this is something i STRONGLY recommend.
the artwork is those early '90s artwork though.so one might no be interested in it.but trust me,the story is superb.
and it's different from love hina in a sense that this is targeted for more mature audiences[say >19 years old?].so it's really good!
imagine.almost every chapter there's a twist at the end that either makes u smile or has a connection when you read the chapter's title.

get it man. Maison Ikkoku from Takahasi Rumiko,creator of Ranma½,Inu-yasha and urusei yatsura.if u dig romance,it's worth every single bit.

Love Hina is rated 13+, isn't it? Well anyways.. I love Rumiko Takahashi anime/manga. :D Urusei Yatsura probably being my fav. :P

Pemu wrote:Motoko from Ghost in the shell? :naughty: j/k
Motoko is lovely, a very traditional Japanese girl :) Wish there were more of them in the Japanese society, I don't refer to the geishas.

I love Ghibli movies! :love_eyes: Especially Miyazaki's works who knows how to make movies filled with the heartwarming and adventurous themes :applaud:

If you like Miyazaki films you might want to check out "Future Boy Conan", if you haven't already. ^^

Erm... juz wondering, anyone here watched Fruits Basket? I was thinking of getting it but not sure if it's good...

hoshi wrote:
Erm... juz wondering, anyone here watched Fruits Basket? I was thinking of getting it but not sure if it's good...

It's very good. I like the story and the character development...

Really?! Ok, then I guess I'll be getting it then :mrgreen: Thanks arnel!