I'm a Japanese animation geek. Ask me anything.

[sakabatou]

Copy cat thread of this thread.

[bridgit]

1. i like Battle Angel, do you like Battle Angel?

[sakabatou]

2. It was weird, but very moving

[ChoralScholar]

3. What's it all about?

I just don't GET it.

I try, so hard, to watch it, so I can keep up with what my students watch. I end up just scratching my head and wondering what the point is.

[sakabatou]

5. You start off with easy "gateway" anime

Try with Miyazki films, and if you're ready, Akira by Otomo.

[Crowskie]

14. FullMetal Alchemist

was my gateway. :). I've watched so much since then.

FMA
Cowboy Beebob
Trigun
Gunslinger Girl
Wolf's Rain
Samurai Champloo(Most recent)
Akira
GitS
Inyuasha(first 50 epps plus he first movie.)

Those are just the ones I remember off the top of my head. I watched the first FMA epp on CN, and then watched the subbed version of the entire series. Damn good stuff.

[sakabatou]

23. Ok then

Watch this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnwPzieQ5Qo

[Bryan]

4. Is Dragon Ball Z really better in its original form?

I understand it was a more coherent and logical narrative before it was cut down into 22-minute slices, true? Not that the entertainment value of guys yelling and dropping mountains on each other isn't enough by itself...

[sakabatou]

6. DBZ is a lot better in manga

Now longer do you have the incesant dialogue that lasts for minutes on screen, but the really bad back and forth fighting still exists.

[benburch]

7. Be honest.

How many episodes of "Cool Devices" have you collected?

[sakabatou]

8. Does "seen" count as collected?

[benburch]

13. OK, either. nt

[sakabatou]

19. Then no

[TimeChaser]

18. omg!

Cool Devices, the origin of many "lightsaber penis" inside jokes my friends have :rofl:

[sakabatou]

50. LOL

[Archae]

9. You like "Project A-Ko?"

I had a ball watching that film.

[sakabatou]

20. Yes

[MagickMuffin]

10. I too am a Japanima Geek

Are you familiar with Monster?
Do you know where I can buy the copies?

I like most of the comedy, and fantasy.

Inuyasha

Ghost in the Shell

Samurai Champloo

Rurouni Kenshin however I haven't seen the whole series:(

Ranma 1/2

Serial Experiments Lain

Tenchi

El HaZard

Started out with Sailor Moon

There's plenty more that I like, but these are a few so you get the idea what I'm into.

[sakabatou]

45. I'm not familiar with Monster

and I don't know where to buy them.

[HEyHEY]

11. Ever kissed a girl?

[sakabatou]

29. Not yet

Wait... do by kiss you mean how?

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[Giant Robot]

15. How did you get to be so cool?

n/t

[sakabatou]

21. I was never cool to begin with

so the question is irrelavent

[Giant Robot]

27. Speaking geek to geek

I disagree.

[sakabatou]

28. Alright then...

I have no fucking clue how I became so cool.

[TheMightyFavog]

16. Right now, I'm into Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex 2nd GiG.

What a great series...

[sakabatou]

42. I catch it now and then

It's more confusing than regular GitS: SAC

[TimeChaser]

17. Go to any good cons lately?

My latest was Ikasucon in Cincinati, OH two weeks ago

[sakabatou]

22. Fanime, back in May

[bertha katzenengel]

24. Why? No offense meant, but why?

My niece is one too, and I don't get it.

Really, no offense intended. :hi:

[sakabatou]

25. Because the Japanese culture is cool

and anime is readily availiable here in the U.S.

[bertha katzenengel]

26. Okay.

:bounce: Thanks!

Know what I like best about the Japanese culture? The food. OMG . . . :9

[sakabatou]

30. Does anyone have anymore questions?

[Blue_Tires]

31. where can i find all those Golgo-13 episodes?

saw a few years ago and they were great

[sakabatou]

35. I have no idea

[MiniMandaRuth]

32. I'm in love with yaoi

and you can't stop me!!!!!!!





(Sorry, I'm bored)

[sakabatou]

36. Gravitation is your best bet

Along with some other titles I'm not familiar with.

[MiniMandaRuth]

37. Gravi is good,

but my favorite is Yami no Matsuei, also called Descendants of Darkness. I am also a shameless (And I mean shameless, every one makes fun of me for this) Yu Yu Hakusho fan.

[sakabatou]

39. Oh yeah, DoD

They butchered that in the U.S. playing down the yaoi. Also YYH sucked when they did the last arc.

[MiniMandaRuth]

41. It was great in the beginning (YYH, that is)

I watch both versions of DoD. I love it, non the less.

[sakabatou]

44. The GuShoShin

I'm suprised how much they changed the voice in the U.S. version.

[MiniMandaRuth]

55. It scares me, that's for sure.

On edit: Personally, I like Muraki's voice more in english... and Hisoka's voice in japanese gets on my nerves sometimes.

[sakabatou]

43. delete

[LadyoftheRabbits]

67. Also look at F.A.K.E.

Good series! :)

[sakabatou]

86. Haven't seen that one.

[LadyoftheRabbits]

88. There is a DVD out...

But that's the only one. It's a seven part manga. Not many people have seen it.
:hi:

[sakabatou]

94. Wait a sec... Isn't FAKE yaoi?

[LadyoftheRabbits]

97. Yep n/t

[sakabatou]

100. I'm not into yaoi... so I'll skip

[TimeChaser]

102. I've got some nice yaoi fansubs...

But erm... >.> Not until you're 18...

[MiniMandaRuth]

103. Ummm....

Like that's stopped me in the past.

Shhhh.... You never heard that! ;)

[Guy Fawkes]

33. Why do they butcher great anime...

when they import it? I saw Speed Grapher at "Best"Buy, for example. No way is that the full and true thing.

[MiniMandaRuth]

34. Speed Grapher?

Is that the educational version of speed racer?

[sakabatou]

38. It's about a war photographer who gets back to Japan

From ANN: "Ten years after the Bubble War, the dichotomy between the rich and the poor in the world becomes more prominent and Japan is no exception. The rich seeks to satisfy their desires and derive pleasure for themselves, and Tokyo has materialise into such a city as a result. Saiga, once a war photographer, works for Hibara Ginza in the capitalist state of Tokyo. He infiltrates into Roppongi Club, a secretive base located in the red district area of the city, to collect information about them. However, he was caught in the process and brought forward to a girl called Kagura who was in the midst of a ritual. His contact with Kagura awakens his special ability: the power to make things explode once photographed. In order to unravel the mystery behind the Roppongi Club and Kagura, Saiga begins his solitary battle."

[MiniMandaRuth]

Oh. Okay.

Just wondering if Annie the Typo Gimp decided to strike someone else for once.

[Guy Fawkes]

40. I'm not sure who you would educate with it...

Speed Grapher... is an odd and disturbing anime that I wouldn't recommend for viewers under 18 (not because of age, but because your parents would kill you if they caught you watching it)*.



*chances are they'd kill me, too. Just for mentioning it.

[zonkers]

46. I really appreciate this thread, thanks. I will check out some of the

titles you recommend. I also visited your youtube home page.

[sakabatou]

47. Thanks

Favorite vid?

[zonkers]

53. Haven't seen enough to really have a fave. Will check back in. n/t

[sakabatou]

54. OK

[sakabatou]

56. delete

[Hosnon]

48. I've never understood the obsession...what's it all about (the obsession

not the object of that obsession)?

[sakabatou]

49. Anime is like crack, except its legal and doesn't kill you

Unless epileptic and then it could kill.

[Hosnon]

51. Ok - but why is it so addictive? nt

[sakabatou]

52. It just is....

[sakabatou]

57. Bring on the questions!

This otaku knows mostly all!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

58. Which two members of "Cyborg 009" were killed in the series finale? -nt

[sakabatou]

59. Which series are we talking about

the '68, '79, or 2001 series?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

60. '68 -nt

[sakabatou]

61. I believe 001 and 009

I'm not sure about 001 though.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

62. Wrong! It was 002 - the one that flies.

001 is a telepath baby. Who, by the way, was the instrument of retcon in this case. (fans were outraged at the death of the heroes and it was then established that 001 teleported them to the surface before they were too badly burned at reentry)

[sakabatou]

66. Dammit!

Ah well... :P

[sakabatou]

63. AMVs? Questions? Comments?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

64. How do you tell a Super Dynamo replacement droid from the real ones? -nt

[sakabatou]

69. CPD... you're obviously more of a classical otaku than I

as I can only go from 1987 (or a little bit before) to now.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

77. Brazilian TV was big on anime in the early 70's

All of those citations are from memory -- I can't find these old series anywhere.

Except Speed Racer, which could be seen in CN / Boomerang recently.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

65. Who killed the main bad guy in the Taro Kid series finale? -nt

[sakabatou]

68. I haven't even heard of that series

That's before my time... >_<

[ContraBass Black]

70. Have you seen Jin-Roh?

Why are there deleted posts in this thread?

[sakabatou]

71. Yes I've seen Jin-Roh

I dunno why of the deleted posts, but some are mine, as I replied to the wrong post.

[ContraBass Black]

72. Would you recommend it?

GitS is my favorite series so far.

[sakabatou]

74. I'd recommend Jon-Roh but it gets boring sometimes

and its really, really bloody.

[ContraBass Black]

73. Did you understand Big-O the first time you saw it?

[sakabatou]

75. Frankly I didn't really care

All I saw was another, pretty good, giant Mecha series. They have to make a Big O III, otherwise they're "pulling an Anno."

[ContraBass Black]

76. "pulling an Anno."

What does that mean?

[sakabatou]

78. Ever see Evangelion?

You'd know what I mean.

[ContraBass Black]

80. Only the beginning.

[sakabatou]

82. Well as it turns out

After the series finished in Japan, Hideki Anno got death threats from his fans for making a bad ending to a good series. Making a bad ending to a good series is "pulling and Anno."

[bridgit]

79. oh, almost forgot: what about Panic...

:thumbsup:

[sakabatou]

83. Which series? Panic? Fufumuffu? Second Raid?

[bridgit]

84. i'll stick with Panic for now, yup...

[sakabatou]

87. Yeah, I've seen it

It's a mecha series with slight shoujo undertones.

[bridgit]

89. i am appreciative of the entire palette of colors used by anime artists...

not every theme & storyline make the cut, the mech stuff gets a little tiring unless it is special in some other way, but all in all great things are in there...

what about Cat Soup http://www.centralparkmedia.com/catsoup i liked that very much very sweet if sad :-)

[sakabatou]

90. Cat Soup is like Pink Floyd's "The Wall"

[bridgit]

91. glad you feel that way, most people here act like they have no clue....

when i post a Cat Soup thread :shrug:

[sakabatou]

92. You're welcome

7500 post!

[bridgit]

93. yay for our side you & me...

:bounce:

[ContraBass Black]

81. Have you seen Fate Stay/Night?

[sakabatou]

85. No I haven't.

[tuvor]

95. Who's your favourite Galaxy Angel?

I'm partial to Forte.

[sakabatou]

96. Well, since I haven't seen the series yet

I can't say.

BTW, if I do see it, should I see it dubbed or subbed?

[tuvor]

98. Dubbed.

I was involved in the English adaptation for the first couple of seasons. :)

[sakabatou]

99. Cool

Although it seems quote episodic...

[sakabatou]

101. C'mon... be a real otaku hero...

[MiniMandaRuth]

104. Ever seen a series called Boogiepop Phantom?

Watched in a hotel room once.

Weird, man, weird.