General anime discussion thread

[kimcicle]

Originally Posted by Ledline

I have heard good things about Deathnote, is it worth picking up?

The Deathnote manga is really good until one plot twist.

Once the twist is hit, the thing kinda falls apart.

(I've been reading the Korean scanlations, which for some reason is ahead of the US scanlations).

[Eggman]

I'm pretty sure all of Death Note has been scanlated into English.

All of you. Go watch or read Monster. You will thank me for it. It doesn't matter what you like. Just do it.

[Kenshiro]

Agreed on Desert Punk. Even the dub is awesome. I loved that woman in the first episode..."Why did I marry such a tool?" Great line and it comes out of nowhere.

Is the Beck anime out here? I had some concerns when I heard it was picked up. There are a lot of cultural jokes, particularly plays off of the way Japanese people speak English, and it seemed to me that it would be hard to translate those kinds of things. (For example, the first episode, when the Japanese girl says in broken English "Who the f* are you?" Terrific line in the original because of the way it was delivered.) If the anime is out and anyone has it...did they do a good job dubbing?

[Angelic Clock]

Just finished Jigoku Shoujo.

Currently enjoying Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi.

And not-so-enjoying on Higurashi no naku koro ni.

Now waiting for 6 new shows ready to air in Japan this Summer and Fall, but may drop a few depends on the quality.

- Death Note
- Otome wa boku ni koishiteru
- NHK ni youkoso!
- Jigoku Shoujo 2nd season
- Negima New season (Better not screw this up)
- Galaxy Angel II

- Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z (Well not really)

[kimcicle]

Originally Posted by Angelic Clock

- NHK ni youkoso!

Is this "Welcome to the NHK"? I didn't know they made an anime out of it. The manga is hilarious.

[Excel-2009]

Originally Posted by Angelic Clock

- Galaxy Angel II

This was supposed to be a rumor! Who's the wiseguy who went and made this reality?

[Razer]

Originally Posted by Angelic Clock

Negima New season (Better not screw this up)

I heard they're getting an art and animation team that doesn't suck. Also, technically, I think it counts as a new series which means it starts out with a clean slate from me, because the other slate it had is covered with garbage and drowned raccoons taken out of a hotel pool.

[Angelic Clock]

Originally Posted by kimcicle

Is this "Welcome to the NHK"? I didn't know they made an anime out of it. The manga is hilarious.

Yep. =)

Originally Posted by Excel

This was supposed to be a rumor! Who's the wiseguy who went and made this reality?

http://www.broccoli.co.jp/sp_anime/index_anime.html

アニメ化決定！

According to my info, the production team for GA2 is Satelight, I think they're the one who made Macross Zero.

Originally Posted by Razer_2mb

I heard they're getting an art and animation team that doesn't suck. Also, technically, I think it counts as a new series which means it starts out with a clean slate from me, because the other slate it had is covered with garbage and drowned raccoons taken out of a hotel pool.

Well, the new production team made Paniponi Dash!, I don't see why it will suck, but I'm still worried that it might become a parody of some sort.

[-mex-]

Loveless. Yaoi, borderline pedophilia (yuck) but I still like it. Just started the series last night on youtube.

[Razer]

Originally Posted by Angelic Clock

Well, the new production team made Paniponi Dash!, I don't see why it will suck, but I'm still worried that it might become a parody of some sort.

I don't think they'll do that, especially is Akumastu says "No". PPD is a great show that had a rocky beginning, and I wouldn't be very surprised if the new Negima series did as well. Either way, I'm watching at least one episode.

[cj iwakura]

Rented three earlier today.

Kannazuki No Miko V2
Xenosaga The Animation V1(imported)
The Place Promised In Our Early Days

KNM: Powerful. Can't wait for the finale(#3).
Xenosaga: A lot better than I expected, very faithful to the game(Episode I fortunately).
The Place... : TBA, but I have high expectations from what I've heard.

[モネ?]

Originally Posted by Angelic Clock

Just finished Jigoku Shoujo.

Currently enjoying Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi.

And not-so-enjoying on Higurashi no naku koro ni.

Now waiting for 6 new shows ready to air in Japan this Summer and Fall, but may drop a few depends on the quality.

- Death Note
- Otome wa boku ni koishiteru
- NHK ni youkoso!
- Jigoku Shoujo 2nd season
- Negima New season (Better not screw this up)
- Galaxy Angel II

- Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z (Well not really)

I've heard that Death Note was going to be a live action not a anime at all. Where did you get that they were doing an anime version as well?

Yes for the PPG anime D:

The only animes I'm watching right now are Ergo Proxy and Higurashi. Atm, there isn'ta good selction of serious stuff to chosse from other then those too. I hope the fall is better.

[Kyosuke Kagami]

I've seen these shows, so far:

-Suzumiya Haruhi: I don't need to add more comments, everyone here already knows how amazing this animation is. And I totally HATE Haruhi

-Utawarerumono: Never played the original PC game. I love the storyline and the characters, though some of them seem to be ripoffs of SNK characters with fluffly ears (Eruru = Nakoruru, Benawi = Ukyo, etc.). Chapter 11 was released some days ago, and it made me cry deeply ;(

-Deus Machina Demonbane: Not the biggest thing ever done, but I liked it. I became interested in the Demonbane concept when I downloaded some CG pictures of the original H game. Kurow + Alu combo is hilarious sometimes.

-Fate/Stay Night: Just finished watching it. It was love at first sight (I like anything that comes from Typemoon), the battles were all amazing (we'll never forget you, Archer and Lancer ;____; ), the music and the plot were superb, too... and yes, Sakura chan :3

[Angelic Clock]

Originally Posted by モネ?

I've heard that Death Note was going to be a live action not a anime at all. Where did you get that they were doing an anime version as well?

http://eg.nttpub.co.jp/news/20060516_15.html

They will do an anime version, other than that, no info is confirmed or released yet, but Drama was aired on June 17, and there is a novel coming at August, and a game at December.

The official manga site almost never update at all so I can only retrive news from Internet. That was hard to find.

Originally Posted by Kyosuke Kagami

-Fate/Stay Night: and yes, Sakura chan :3

Pfft. Sabre is where it's at.

[Razer]

I finished up season two of CardCaptors Sakura, and saw the first episode for season three. Well, I guess I'm done all of the non-cashcow parts of the series. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted. A very enjoyable series that shows an irony of a show that is on the Japanese equivalent of PBS has more plot, depth, and character development than other shows that are aimed for an older audience like Pokémon and Naruto.