I haven't watched anime in so long! D: Ok,it's been about a month,maybe more. If anyone was keeping up with Fairy Tail and Digimon Xros wars can you tell me how many episodes I missed? I'm planning I getting caught up soon. Maybe after I beat OOT 3D.
Wrapped up Kiss x Sis in the wee hours of Thursday morning.
Was really good, as I was looking into the aspect of stepbrother-stepsister romance. The ecchi-related comedy was always hilarious, and somehow the ending theme got stuck in my head.
Finished Death Note. Ending was a bit disappointing. Moved on to Eden of the East. Up to episode 8 and it feels like there's not enough time left in the 3 remaining episodes to explain everything. Do the movies finish things off properly or will there be more series'?
I haven't watched it myself, but I did read a couple reviews of it. To say the reception was mixed is putting it lightly. Out of about 4 reviews, two of them loved it, one of them even compared it to some very highly reknowned shows. then two others said it was terrible, one even referred to it as a train wreck and proceeded to insult the staff for making it. Then again, I don't pay much attention to reviews since my opinion is usually the exact opposite of every reviewer I've encountered (except for one guy from ANN who does "Shelf Life", I actually agree with him on occasion, and either way, he's just very entertaining to read). Unforunately, in this case, I don't know who's opinion one should ignore. It's possible they're all wrong and it's just "okay". Either way, it can't hurt to try the first few episodes and see if it grabs you.
The only episode I've got left to watch of TMoHS is season 2 episode 14 and I was wondering if anyone knew if the movie called The dissapearance of haruhi Suzumiya has been dubbed yet? If it has should I go back and watch the series in chronological order first? Also, I wish the DVD of the streamlined version of Akira that I ordered just over a week ago would hurry up as it looks really good and I've heard so much praise for it, amazon are normally really quick, so I wonder why its taking this long.
It has been dubbed, and it's out here very soon (within a couple of months, iirc). I'll find the date and edit it in.
EDIT: October 3rd. Not quite as close as I'd thought. Not too far off, though.
@Sushi Thanks, do you think I should go back and watch the series in chronological order first? Also, I know this is a bit of a stupid question but do you know if its the same english voice actors? For example Johnny Yong Bosch, Crispsin Freeman, Wendee Lee etc.
@Sushi Thanks, do you think I should go back and watch the series in chronological order first? Also, I know this is a bit of a stupid question but do you know if its the same english voice actors? For example Johnny Yong Bosch, Crispsin Freeman, Wendee Lee etc.
I would imagine it does. As for chrono order, idk. I don't imagine it'll matter a huge deal. iirc, the movie falls somewhere in the middle of chrono order anyway, so.
@Sushi Thanks, do you think I should go back and watch the series in chronological order first? Also, I know this is a bit of a stupid question but do you know if its the same english voice actors? For example Johnny Yong Bosch, Crispsin Freeman, Wendee Lee etc.
I would imagine it does. As for chrono order, idk. I don't imagine it'll matter a huge deal. iirc, the movie falls somewhere in the middle of chrono order anyway, so.
I thought I heard somewhere that there were different voice actors but I just checked and I was wrong so thats good.
Musashi: Dream of the Last Samurai: Stilted, bland, with an over-reliance of horrendous mid-90's CGI. Highly informative on its subject, but also really boring. Kind of thing you can imagine sitting down in a museum's theatre room for thirty minutes, but boring to watch at home.
Haruhi Suzumiya Season 2: Not so much of a 'season' as an expansion pack - these episodes slot in between episodes of the first season (if you're watching broadcast order), so don't expect a continuation where Season 1 left off. And 8 of the 14 episodes are the Endless Eight arc which are, no word of a lie, 8 functionally identical episodes. Each are re-animated in a different way each time, and there's minor differences to look out for, but most of the script and the whole story are the same every episode (the overarching plot is that they're stuck in a repeating two-week time loop). It's a clever idea, but your enjoyment is going to rely entirely on how happy you are to sit through the same thing 8 times for the minor growing differences. The rest of the eps are the usual entertaining fair, with 4 dedicated to the creation of the film from season 1's first episode, which is fun if a little stretched out.
Vampire Knight Guilty Volume 3: Actually quite an interesting story, but very slow-paced and its whole brother-sister incest thing is rather... squicky. Light on action, heavy on dialogue, worth getting if you're into the whole vampire thing but otherwise it's a tad bland.
Birdy the Mighty: Decode 1: Not finished watching this yet, but first impressions are pretty good. It's ditzy, a bit silly and very 80's. Oddly enough for a sci-fi, it gets a bit boring when the action moves from 'slice-of-life' on Earth to high-action drama in space. The two heroes sharing one body (which can take the form of either Birdy the athletic physics-defying space cop, or completely average schoolboy Tsutomu) is a fun twist, as both parties aren't entirely happy with their current predicament.
K-On! Volume 1: (first 4 episodes) Cute, funny high-school slice of life about four girls forming a rock band. Nothing particularly unique, but very well-paced. Occasionally forgets its a comedy and leaves us watching the girls doing something 'cute' for a few minutes before snapping out of it and getting back into the funny stuff, but enjoying it so far. Could be a little quicker in its storytelling though. And for a show that's happily fanservice-free (and targeted more at a female audience), was it really necessary for the girls to be singing apparently nude in the closing credits? You only see from their shoulders up, but seriously why?
Aaand, now I've got to watch Naruto Shippuden Box Set 6 and Casshern Sins Part 2. Today. Fun weekend.
Currently re-watching Cowboy Bebop for a review, and it's amazing how much new detail you pick up on the second time round. Every episode I think to myself, "Ah, this was a really good one" in fond memory. In my eyes, it's truly a piece of art. Also, thanks to a certain @SigourneyBeaver, I've started watching Full Metal Panic!. The first series was surprisingly good, in a cheesy kind of way, considering I don't much care for mech or romance, and Fumoffu? was actually damn funny. Sagara's deadpan steals the show.
I finished watching the remaining 25 episodes of the Skypiea arc of One Piece yesterday (dubbed). Great stuff, just like the manga version, but with added flair. I also watched episode 506, and it seems like they're going to drag it out as long as humanly possible before segueing to the next major arc. I suppose that's wise, though, given that the current arc in the manga only seems to be about halfway through, but I'm still itching to see what it'll look like animated...
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