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| Jazzie D 1426th Post
 
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|  "Newtype/New anime/New manga"
, posted Sat 31 Aug 16:28:
Yeah, I got this from a Gamefaqs board. So, I thought that it's about time we have a thread like this. Besides, I have people who know about this. Thus, you don't have doubt the info I give from time to time.
For those who don't know, in this thread, we discuss various topics like what new series are out right now, what episodes have been fansubbed and so forth. By new series, I mean series like Azumanga Daioh and Mao-chan.
We also talk about manga. You can even talk about the Ragnarok novels if you want. They've been out recently.
Once the thread has reached 100 posts, I'll put up part II. Anything else? Please don't act like a fool if you're going to join in. Don't say statements like "Hey! I got the 100th post!" We're here to have a good, clean, fun discussion. No ruckus around here! Let the thread begin!
September starts tomorrow. It has been a month since Mao-chan began. I still need to watch more Azumanga. I have to see Mao-chan. I also need to get Love Hina Infinity.
I already got the first two volumes of the Ragnarok novels. Very good indeed. If you don't know, the novels actually came out first and then, the RPG. Recently, I just pre-ordered the Mega Tokyo collection. Volume 1 will be out in December. I got it just to see if there are any extras.
Movies - haven't heard much here. I know there is supposed to be an Ex-Driver movie, but I don't know if that's out. Anyone care to enlighten me?
Edit - found out that the movie has been out since April.
[this message was edited by Jazzie D on Sat 31 Aug 17:04] |
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| Satoshi_Miwa 1419th Post
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| "Re(1):Newtype/New anime/New manga" , posted Sat 31 Aug 22:16
In Manga, right now I'm really diggin GTO, Marmalade Boy, and Kodocha. There are my 3 favorite titles. In fan-scans I'm really getting into 20th Century boy's, which is just a weird (in a good way) title.
In New Anime released in NA on DVD, it's Excel all the way. DVD Volume 2 has my favorite Excel Ep, with Bowling Girls just ownin in every way. Also the Project A-ko rerelease is top notch, with a directors commentary and the soundtrack CD. Fancy Lala fills out my DVD watching, as it's a fun little Shoujo series
In Digisubbed anime it's Azumanga, Azumanga, Azumanga all the way. Hack is also intresting, though I wonder if the ending is going to tie up into a nice package. Also watching Rahxephon, which is an enjoyable mind game anime. Sai-Kano is also a fun watch too...
In toys it's time to rejoice, as Previews is bringing over the Love Hina figures. And My Meryl Stryfe figure is fitting in nicely with the others...
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| Jazzie D 1431th Post
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| "Re(6):Newtype/New anime/New manga" , posted Mon 2 Sep 12:27
[A post I picked up from the Gamefaqs board.]
Things of interest from Newtype and Animage - basics about the next Gundam storyline, character guide, and the names of the primary Gundams (Strike, Aegis, Buster, Blitz, and Duel...).
There's a timeguide for the Macross series to display each series by year, Macross Zero AD 2008, Macross AD 2009, Macross Plus AD 2040, Macross 7 AD 2045, a basic shot of the upcoming Ghost in the Shell TV series, looks to be sporting great artwork, your characters from the movie are there, Motoko kusanagi and Bato.
Animage has a very nice analysis of Yukikaze, displaying the special relationships between Rei, Yukikaze, and Bucker, and it analyzes the basic technology of Yukikaze, from the V.S. Highspeed Missile, to Yukikaze, to the V.S. Jam's Slyph
more shots on Heatguy J and Get Backers (Get Backers has some crisp animation as it appears), as well as a huge Chobits special in Newtype that's pretty entertaining. ^_^
Now, for Animage upcoming:
Big O 2nd season TV series which looks just the same as the original
Naturally the IY movie for the end of this year
Guystars movie
Pia Carrot movie
The Pia Carrot movie is based off of Pia Carrot 3 (coming to DC & PS2 next year). You can d/l a trailer here:
Pia Carrot movie trailer
Note - they're doing a non-H version of the anime, like they did with Pia Carrot 2 DX.
Animage has a VERY interesting (^_-) article on female uniforms (and their supposed "sign"), the sailor outfit (using Misha from Pitaten), the kimono outfit (naturally using Aoi from AyA), the shrine maiden (mm....) (using Akina Nanamura), the sister (church-ish, another mm....) (oooo... Sela of G-On Riders...), the nurse (^_^) (Komugi Nakahara originally of Soul Taker and having her own OVA coming), and the waitress (Chii of course =P).
Apparently they have the uniforms attuned to a certain "theme" ^_^:
Sailor - Youth
Kimono - Juponism (gotta luv how they say that ^_^)
Shrine Maiden - Chastness
Sister - Piousness
Nurse - Devotion
Waitress - Service
Animage also has a short center on a few classic series ranging from the 60's - Tiger Mask ('69), the 70's - Mazinger Z ('72), Galaxy Express 999 ('78), Getter Robo ('74), the 80's - DBZ ('89), Hokuto no Ken ('84), Kinnikumon ('83), and the 90's - Slam Dunk ('92).
There's also a multi-page "What's OVERMAN" in Animage.
Abenobashi has a good episode summary in Animage, 1-13, and a staff interview that's very interesting.
Well, the top character chart is pretty much the same as last month's ^_^ - not really worth putting up.
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| Jazzie D 1434th Post
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| "Jazz's talks" , posted Mon 2 Sep 12:44:
Now, for my talks.
Satoshi
Okay. That is really, really weird. I'll try to read it if I can.
Holiday
Well, there will be an English Newtype magazine if they aren't out by now, but as for an English site, here.
Newtype - English site
ninjabastard
Yeah, you have to read Karekano's manga, but you'll have to wait for a while. Gainax tried to squeeze everything into 26 episodes. Anno left in the middle of the series. If you watch the later episodes, you'll see why that move hampered the anime a bit or rather, a lot.
Edit - mainly, it's that I found the English Newtype site.
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| price_is_right
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| "Re(1):Jazz's talks" , posted Mon 2 Sep 14:56
hmm, well, since we're on the subject, and you guys really seem to know ur anime. could any of you guys recommend anything for me, thing is, i dont understand any japanese at all, so i rely on dubs or subs, haha and im more into "mature" kinda humor, dunno if you get what i mean, anything serious is cool too, my knowledge of anime is VERY slim, so any help is appreciated...
btw holiday, where'd u get ur tag and av from??
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| Jazzie D 1434th Post
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| "Re(2):Jazz's talks" , posted Mon 2 Sep 17:51
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hmm, well, since we're on the subject, and you guys really seem to know ur anime. could any of you guys recommend anything for me, thing is, i dont understand any japanese at all, so i rely on dubs or subs, haha and im more into "mature" kinda humor, dunno if you get what i mean, anything serious is cool too, my knowledge of anime is VERY slim, so any help is appreciated...
Mature series...
I don't know if you saw this already, but try Perfect Blue. Really good thriller in my opinion. I didn't see the dub though.
If you want a light series, or in other words, a series that is funny and lively, try Mahou Tsukai Tai. It's slighty ecchi and it is a very fun series to watch. Be warned that the series is expensive.
Love Hina - watch it if you haven't done so. Majority of the people here have seen the series and some people have also read the manga. Now that I have mentioned it, the novels are out.
Karekano - some people have been watching this as of late. Heard the dub was good. Don't ask me if I heard it because I only saw the original. Read the manga if you can. I told Ninjabastard why.
Azumanga Daioh - this may look like a children's series, but actually, it's not. This is the #1 new anime series people talk about here. A ten year old kid attends high school. You have students wondering why a Kansaijin (a person from the Kansai region of Japan) doesn't speak in that dialect. You have a hentai teacher (who is played by Yamazaki's seiyuu - Ishii Kouji). The series is totally weird.
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| Freeter 3089th Post
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| "Re(2):Jazz's talks" , posted Mon 2 Sep 17:57
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hmm, well, since we're on the subject, and you guys really seem to know ur anime. could any of you guys recommend anything for me, thing is, i dont understand any japanese at all, so i rely on dubs or subs, haha and im more into "mature" kinda humor, dunno if you get what i mean, anything serious is cool too, my knowledge of anime is VERY slim, so any help is appreciated...
Goldenboy and Great Teacher Onizuka have got you covered. Track 'em down and enjoy.
MVS version in 2003. Are you ready?
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| Jazzie D 1435th Post
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| "Clannad - the next Key game" , posted Tue 3 Sep 08:28
I will now put up news about Clannad, Key's new game. Even though this is not an anime or manga, I still feel I should put this up. Well, here you go.
Key, the company behind Kanon and Air, is going to make a game called Clannad. The game should be coming out soon. Most likely, the game will be for the Dreamcast and Play Station 2. It's weird that Clannad is also the name of an Irish band. Key's official website should have more information.
Key's site
Holiday
Yeah, it's very expensive. I believe it should get cheaper soon, if it hasn't occured by now.
Zepy
So Holiday's tag is by Akamatsu-sensei's assistant? Oh, okay. That really surprised me.
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| Satoshi_Miwa 1428th Post
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| "Re(1):More Last Vampire?" , posted Tue 3 Sep 19:17
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I heard about the possibility of a Blood: The Last Vampire sequel, was that ever confirmed?
Not an anime sequal, but the novel and PSX game released at the same time in Japan act as either a prequel or a sequel to the anime story.
As for the internation price on Newtype USA, while the domestic price may go down I don't expect the international one too. Too dependant on the currency markets, which all seem soft against the US dollar...
But one way to go about it may be to have somebody in the US to buy the mag for you, and then ship it out as a gift (avoids duties, and is probably cheaper...I think...)
As for anime, well I just watched Saikano 6-7 which rocked. And read GTO 5, which also rocked. And tonight, though not anime, I'm going to watch Rashomon by Kurosawa who's never made a bad film...
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| Jazzie D 1448th Post
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| "Love Hina Advance & Azumanga fun" , posted Fri 6 Sep 09:49:
Hey! I am able to play a translated rom of Love Hina Advance soon. I've always wanted to try it out! Yes, it's old, but I don't care. This is the only way for me to play it. You can't play with an English GBA now, can ya? No. I need to save money. I want to buy a few shirts right now since I need clothes bad and importing would end up killing myself.
I want to play the Azumanga Volleyball game right now! Who needs DoA's version, when you can have this? Also, I wanna play the snowball game! Dag nab it! I have to be stuck here cleaning up!
Interesting stuff coming up this month? Um, if I remember correctly, there's supposed to be new Weiss Kreuz anime. The Ragnarok volume three novel will be out also.
Grynn
Well, can't find a page right now. So, most likely, no.
M.D.
Rave...doesn't ring a bell right now. Licensed by Nelvana? Yay! It'll get butchered up and all. Card Captor Sakura just had to suffer that fate.
*Shudders*
As for Morning Musume, what's wrong them? I enjoy listening to their music. They're very good.
Toxico
Yup. They're worth it. That's what I like about Tokyo Pop. They release graphics novels at a good pace and they're affordable as well. Plus, many of their novel are read as if you bought the regular tankubons, like the new Card Captor Sakura novels and I think Chobits is like that also, since I got a chance to read the first volume from someone. Karekano will be like this as well, the moment the books are released. Some novels from other companies are $12, $14. Maybe more.
The thing I don't like about Tokyo Pop though is that they make translation errors once in a while like in Card Captor Sakura and there's that moment about Initial D. I don't want to recall that. Still, Tokyo Pop is one of the best out there.
Edit - I want to add in a statement.
Minna-san, please don't ask me for the LHA rom or give me your e-mail addy. I am not pepped up and I just got a warning for this scenario from another board. Being able to obtain a rom is already bad karma, unless I either don't get the rom or I delete it twenty four hours after use (since it is a new game after all), but fulfilling the wishes of other people makes it worse. I want to be serious here.
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| Taa kun 296th Post
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| "Re(1):Chii and Onegai #13?" , posted Sat 7 Sep 13:04
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Oh, so they finally managed to wrap Chobits up in so few episodes?
Too bad, I was hoping for more :(
What about X... I know the manga is only at volume 18 (the moon, which was supposed to be out at the end of august, but which was delayed a month...), but we had 20 episodes manga like and 4 for a brutal ending...
And don't forget to compare the manga and TV ends for Angelic Layer...
I love the manga end (for the final fight), and I hate the anime end (Seiya, put your mask down...)
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And is there any official page with info about the Onegai #13? I'd really like to see how it looks like ^^
Have you tried the official home page adress :
http://www.please-please.jp
For the episode 13, I will say : the mother is back, and she has very sensuals arguments to stealth her daughter's husband !!!
By the way, it's been 3 weeks since I've bought the art-book "Mizuho's lover", a full 96 color pages of Onetei... so lovely.
Tsukurimashou... Tsukurimashou...
Sate sate nani ga dekiru ka na ?
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| Jazzie D 1454th Post
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| "Re(1):Yay! Finally some news!" , posted Mon 9 Sep 09:34
Going aside a bit, this is most likely true.
According to Anime on DVD, FUNimation confirmed at Anime Expo New York (the weekend before last weekend) that they have acquired the translation rights to the currently ongoing, 100+ episode long One Piece anime TV series, and the currently airing Tenchi Muyo! GXP TV series.
This is not good. A friend of mine was supposed to give me One Piece earlier. Besides that, I heard GXP is better than most people thought. What I want to know is why isn't Pioneer getting rights to this new Tenchi series.
There is a good note.
Animefringe looks very interesting this month. On their page (www.animefringe.com), they give out features on various series like Azumanga and Strawberry Eggs. There also reviews. Then, there's some interesting interview. It's with an Asian pop artist named Kristen Sa. Cool thing is that she used to be an Asian Avenue member like me. Is she still one? I don't know, but I'm not anymore because I don't have the time to go there now these days.
For more information about her, this is her website.
Kristensa.com
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| Jazzie D 1462th Post
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| "Re(1):Black Jack" , posted Tue 10 Sep 19:30
Side notes:
1. Professor-sama, Sakura-chan wa doko ni desu ka?
To make the weird story short or at least I'll try to, a long time ago, I made a post called, "Leave it to Jazzie-kun" and it explained what was I doing at the time, as well as some weird dialogue. Kero-chan showed how to do a real omake and said that one day, Sakura will appear on the MMCafe's front page. Well, Satoshi, myself and few others are still waiting. Yeah, a real weird story, ne? =P
2. Rid already showed this.
I want this! I want this really bad! Really, really bad! =P
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"Re(1):Clannad - the next Key game" 
L That sure is a damn funny image! Using Dio to kill Bao... What's next? 
No one can contain my awesome power!
"Re(2):GTO question..." 
"Re(1):Hikki-chan" 
"Re(2):Black Jack?" 
"Re(4):Black Jack"