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Hey Heartlanders! :)
Does anybody watching anime?
I start this topic because of Gary's avatar of Furi Kuri :)))

Tenuous, Keith

I went through a phase of watching lots of Naruto and I've got a fairly big collection of Fushigi Yugi (Shojo ftw ). Not really into it at the moment, though my friends are, annoyingly so

Gimme, gimme, gimme hentai.

When I was younger I had an obsession with the movie Akira that was borderline insane, haven't really enjoyed anime for five years now.

Was Rhubarb and Custard Anime??






Don't like it then.

Here's my favs:

1) Shingetsutan Tsukihime
2) Furi Kuri
3) Madlax
4) Bleach (earlier episodes)
and 5) Lain (the first anime I've ever seen!)

I liked Gundam Wing. Haven't seen it in ages, though.

I just bought a Cowboy Bebop DVD too. Should really get round to watching it.

Very much so a few years back, and started to get back into it recently.

Channel 4 piqued my interest in the early/mid 90's when they showed Akira, Battle Angel Alita, and series like Legend of the Four Kings, Devilman, 3x3 Eyes, Doomed Megalopolis etc.

I've watched Ghost in the Shell 1 & 2 recently, and FilmFour have just finished showing a season of Studio Ghibli films.

My favourite of all time though, is Cybercity Oedo 808.

Oh, Battle Angel Alita of course! How could I forget! It's the great masterpiece!

Neon Genesis Evangelion is great fun. It's kinda like the bible with robots and stuff.
I liked Hellsing too, but havn't seen all of that yet.

I'm lost, can someone lead me out

I start and end at Battle of the Planets.

Cracking late 70s/early 80s TV series. I woulda been maybe 9 ish. Apparently it's on DVD, but I won't get it cos it'll probably turn out to have actually been crap all along.

What's the diff between anime (Akira, Crying Freeman) and animation (Bugs Bunny, Roadrunner)? I've never understood the difference.

EvilBastard wrote:What's the diff between anime (Akira, Crying Freeman) and animation (Bugs Bunny, Roadrunner)? I've never understood the difference.

animation, aka cartoons, are the tradicional occidental animation.
anime is (specifically) the japanese animation.

the main difference is their aesthetics. (take a detailed look at the character designs from both styles and you'll get the difference. the drawing style is very distinct)

I hope I made the difference clear to you.





ps: oh, and hello everybody, this is my first post.

redgrrrl wrote:I hope I made the difference clear to you.
ps: oh, and hello everybody, this is my first post.

Thanks for the clarification - and welcome to the HL!

Still reckon Wile E Coyote could take Akira, though...

mh wrote:I start and end at Battle of the Planets.

Cracking late 70s/early 80s TV series. I woulda been maybe 9 ish. Apparently it's on DVD, but I won't get it cos it'll probably turn out to have actually been crap all along.

*Puts on Anime geek hat*

Battle of the Planets was a hacked up and re-edited version of the Japanese anime series Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman ("Science ninja team Gatchaman"). Certain elements, like the robot 7-Zark-7, were added to appeal to a US audience and to bulk out the running time that had been reduced due to other stuff being edited out. I've only seen a few episodes of the Japanese original, but it was (arguably) more adult - certainly more violent, and featured a transexual / hermaphrodite main villain.

I'll shut up now...

Edit: Oh, and one of the main characters, Jason ('Condor Joe' in the Japanese version), actually died at the end of the original anime series, after getting shrapnel lodged in his brain! Not really one for the kiddies...

There can be only one.....Marine Boy.

'Its Marine Boy, Brave and Free!
Fighting evil 'neath the sea.

He is a boy, a very special boy
Powered by Propeller Shoes, flying Sub Ahoy!

Whooshing through the water on a friendly dolphin's back
Racing to the rescue of victims of attack.

In a flash, he'll foil the foe
With a quick boomarang throw!

Loyal friend of the sea to the end
Is our Marine Boy.'

I thought I was the only person in the world who remembered Marine Boy.

anime - isn't that this badly drawn porn? No, never got off on them.

markfiend wrote: I thought I was the only person in the world who remembered Marine Boy.

I is ooooold. Have some 'oxygum'

Debaser wrote:

markfiend wrote: I thought I was the only person in the world who remembered Marine Boy.

I is ooooold. Have some 'oxygum'

I remember, also...

In fact...if I dig through my photographs (circa avatar pic) there's one of me in my Marine Boy paddling pool.

Don't suppose the Clangers really count, do they?

Debaser wrote:Have some 'oxygum'

I hope you used to pretend that Juicy Fruit was oxygum too!

markfiend wrote:

Debaser wrote:Have some 'oxygum'

I hope you used to pretend that Juicy Fruit was oxygum too!

What was that gum called..........the wee square ones that had liquid in the centre..........I think it came in "Red, Blue & Green" wrapper's, the Red one was quite hot?