Topic: Anime & Manga (NO SPOILERS PLEASE)

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This summer.

So anyone with an xbox can now download the manga app.
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/16/xbox-360-adds-manga-muzu-ap...

You can watch full le th episoides and movies from the studio on your xbox for free.

http://blip.tv/stuffwelike/manga-xbox-360-app-6147162

I just checked it out. It has 5 good shows (Gurren Lagann, Noein, Now and Then, Here and There; Robotech, and Monster), plus two good movies (Dead Leaves and Ghost in the Shell 2.0). If you have Gold already it's worth checking out, plus they'll be adding stuff every tuesday apparently. Not exactly something that would get me to buy Gold right now, though.

Going to check it out when I get home and watch some robotech.

Its not worth gold but ifyou count all the other services I would consider it worth it.

Also why is the british people in the negima dub sound so damn bad.

I'll pinch this from the Pokémon Black 2 & White 2 thread:

'Cuz I want to discuss my newfound desire for a one-off Pokémon anime movie or series, visually and canonically distinct to the one we've known since the 90s. Plus it seems more appropriate to discuss Pokéon anime here than in the thread focused on the games themselves. What do you guys think? Pokémon appropriate for a big-studio bigger-budget anime outing, with a more serious and deeper plot? I'm not saying it's time to start seeing spillage of Pokéblood in a 16+ rated series; the children's market still needs to apply; I just think there's definitely room in the world for something edgier and more epic from the Pokéverse.

_{And seeing as Nintendo seems to be getting quite friendly with the anime studios lately...}

The hairstyles still make my head spin.

@VintageBoy we already have Pokemon Special.

Which is a printed manga. I want them to take that sort of theme (not necessarily the same storyline) and make an anime out of it

I'm pretty sure the entire Pokemon fanbase hates you now for implying Pokemon Special directly adapted to anime form wouldn't be the best idea.

(I honestly have never read the series, I just know how manga fans act like)

@Mickeymac: No, the hints regarding the Whitebeard war don't show up until at least four arcs later...

So yeah, not much of a spoiler. And just for clarification, I just meant that the Whitebeard war and the alabasta war seem quite similar, outside of the Witebeard War being more epic and ended on a completely different note.

I never implied it was a bad idea. I actually have no idea what the storyline for Pokémon Special is (not much of a manga/comic reader), but I've heard that it's rather good, and indeed rather edgier and considerably deeper than the Ash & Co anime (which I'm just gonna refer to as the Ashime from this point). So an anime based on Special could actually be pretty cool too. I was just saying that perhaps something altogether distinct from existing canons would allow for more play with the general "rules" of the Pokéverse and give us something not done before with the franchise's storytelling.

If someone wants to adapt Special, I'd be all for it. I was thinking more of a one-off thing - say a 40-episode series or a movie that drops us into a different take on Pokémon, gives us a well-defined storyline that Very Definitely Ends at the end and we never hear from it again. Asides, of course, the years of post-mortem internet discussion of "that awesome Pokémon anime spin-off they made"

_{"I can't even say I'm much of a Pokémon fan, never really liked the ashime or played the games since Red/Blue, but damn that series was epic" - NL anime thread forum post, year 2016}

Go crazy. Too bad I don't have cable.

I've haven't seen anymore since the first episode but I do plan on continuing with the series so I'll tell you when I do.

Haha. Guess I got a reason to turn my TV on again. Probably will just turn it on to give them views, though, I still have my doubts about their potential lineup.

Oh my god...YES! I can't wait for the 26th!,

@VintageBoy

I loved that video so much.
This is EXACTLY what I was thinking OVER AND OVER they should do. A separate, more serious and Epic Pokemon.

I am just so happy.

It's just a promo for the game, don't get your hopes up.

dies from heartbreak