Topic: Anime & Manga (NO SPOILERS PLEASE)

Glad you liked them. I don't think there's anymore FF-related stuff out there, actually, but what we got is quite good in its own right. For cheesy martial arts flicks, at least. There should be some KOF OVAs out there, though I can't remember how good they were...

I guess I must have accidentally deleted my post from earlier.
@Millenia I remember you saying you had read Gravitation so I have a question for you. I was reading volume 2 and was shocked to see Yuki rape Shuichi. Thankfully, I found this forum post saying that it was a mistranslation. Everywhere online seems to have the same translations so do you know anywhere online with a more accurate translation?

On episode 103 in Fairy Tail
Need about 60 more to be current on the ep.

Also (while I wait for new chapters of Bleach), I've decided to start reading Deadman Wonderland, since I enjoyed the anime so much.

One thing of interest I'll note, is that I don't think the manga has been quite as graphic, which is the opposite of the usual (in particular, when the "Red Man" attacks the classroom. It's still gruesome, but not on the same level as what was in the anime).

I've seen a few people give up around the 130's, saying it gets boring. While I'm personally surprised they made it that far, it'd be interesting to see if you manage to pull through.

Anyways, I made it through the Saobady Archipelago arc in One Piece. That arc was all kinds of awesome. Lots of story and backstory, fantastic action, and the ending was just perfect. I can't wait to see them take on more Pacifistas once they're stronger. I'll be taking a long break, though. I need to save up my strength so I can gun through the next two arcs, and get to the next real excitement.

So Durarara has stepped out of mystery and jumped right into supernatural horror with its Slasher arc.. It's amazing how well they built tension without resorting to gratuitous gore or anything of the like, but dang was it not the kind of thing you want to watch at 1am );

Watched Battle Arena Toshinden and part 1 of a 6 part OVA series called Angel Cop on YouTube last night!

As for Battle Arena Toshinden, it's another cheezy martial arts flick (based on another video game, I believe). It's animated & directed by the same group that did the last 2 Fatal Fury specials. While it's not quite as good as the latter FF stuff, it's still pretty entertaining (just a warning, there is a little bit of fanservice during the first half). It's actually 2 half hour OVAs, but whoever posted it on YouTube has them together on one video.

As for Angel Cop, it's a near future (well near future from the point of the 80's) tale, where law enforcers are facing off against a group of Communist terrorists who are intent on bringing down the Japanese economy (as Japan is the world's largest economic superpower in this world).

@RR529 When you're done with those, see if Cyber City Oedo is still on Youtube. I think you'd like that. Iria: Zeiram the Animation is also on Youtube. That one was really good.

Isn't Angel Cop the one with the hilarious profanity-tastic dub? Someone linked me some select clips from it and I couldn't stop laughing at how overdone it was. It was like the localisers figured that the anime was too violent for younger audiences, so they added in more profanity in case people couldn't already tell it was for adults :/

Man, dubs have sure come a long way since the 80's

although now I do want to check it out to see if the original was any good

I'm not sure if this is true but I've heard that they used to add in swear words in anime as sentences were often shorter once translated and they needed the sentences to fit with the lip movements. Although, it was probably also just to sound edgy. Here's an example of that sort of dubbing.

@Canis, yes, both of those are still on YouTube (both posted by the same guy who has posted everything else I have watched so far. They have 52 anime videos up, some for as long as 3 months, so I'm trying to get through as much as I can in case some of it gets taken down).

@Magikarp, yes, it is very over the top, lol (I know it's old though, so I'm willing to overlook the cheezy dub on these sorts of things).

I'm posting super early in the morning, but I couldn't sleep so....

I was wide awake so I finished the rest of the 18 volumes of Ouran HSHC
It was so good. I'm really sad it's over, but it was really great and I'm happy I got to read it.
The last 4 volumes really pulled my heart strings.

Just watched Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer on YouTube!

I have really mixed feelings on this one. On one hand, it's cheezy martial arts action is as good as the two later Fatal Fury specials, IMO. On the other hand some of the villains appear to be in an incestuous relationship with each other, which is obviously really creepy (also, it has an absurd amount of fanservice for a special based on a fighting game).

Long story short, if you can stomach past the small incestuous bit (there's not much of it, and if it weren't for one particular creepy scene, you could almost dismiss it as regular sibling affection), it's a really good action show.

Didn't know Gowcaizer was on Youtube! The game was cheesy, fanservice-y fun, so I think I'll give it a watch sometime.

@Konata - Glad you had a good time with it. How did it compare to the anime?

Well, the Anime has (Now that I finished the manga I know these things.) 1: So, so many characters that were cut from the original manga.
2: the story line was dramatically changed for a couple episodes.
3: they ended the series about the half way point, where the manga is; way before any of the serious drama and things that I was hoping to see...
(I mean, I understand why they did it, since Anime usually doesn't last long.)
The manga, had more drama/romance near the end. I mean I usually don't go for that stuff, but I couldn't help myself this time :3

I really enjoyed it, and since I own it ill read it over again.
(I really decided to read the manga, after the anime because I read a spoiler online (yes by accident!) and I really wanted to read it to find out what happened.

Has anyone seen Darker than Black??? Is it any good??
I only saw 2 ep. so i want to know if it gets any better because what ive seen so far is decent

Man I haven't been watching anime at all....
I stopped halfway through at Binbogami-ga and never continued and haven't started a new series. Video games and girls have been taking top priority lately for some reason.

People of the opposite (I assume) gender taking priority over japanese cartoons? What sort of madness is this?!

Someone please link the Gurren Lagann theme song!

I'm on a tablet, so I can't right now...

I just sped/speed watched the first season of The idol M@ster on the crunchy roll app. (it's finally working for me.)
I really enjoy it, but it's getting a little boring...