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sykoeent
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I thought it looked more like a Rasengan rather than a Kamehameha... maybe they got their anime mixed up?
Ok... after looking at the collection again, are you sure $3k a month? Is this like Canadian dollars or US? And is 3K the average or the peak amount? Don't get me wrong, I think it's a good collection, just small for a 3k a month type of collection. |
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james039
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So apparently anyone who buys a big TV, and buys anime, has to only buy anime? Give me a break. It would be a different story if the entire room was a large TV with stacks of DVD-R's and portable hard drives with a fansub on the screen, but then that would never have made it onto shelf life ^^;; |
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ANN_Bamboo
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Yup! Just send it in to the address at the bottom of the column. Regarding sending in video, I don't really want to deal with the raw video, but if you upload it onto Youtube or Vimeo or something else first, I'll post it. |
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PetrifiedJello
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I've given one example with the Keanu signing. Why him? Because he's well known? Available? What about open casting to find someone who looks like Spike? Thus, the "let's make this consumer friendly as possible with little regard to the anime itself" has begun as I see it. Yes, the movie needs to recoup finances when released, but at what cost? As I said, it's now time Hollywood ruins my expectation for this movie to be bad. There's hope, right? |
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ANN_Bamboo
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=/ I was actually hoping it'd be really, really good. Everyone on the web was saying how bad it would be, but I held my ground and kept saying, "No, it'll be really good! It'll be really great! Don't judge a movie before it's out yet! Goku's hair looks awesome!" And then it pretty much spit in my face. I was really gung-ho about the changes they were making in the characters. I thought the updated outfits were really great, and I thought they did a good job of making the manga characters more "real life." I had so much hope!!!!!!!!! *sigh* |
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zatheus
 Posts: 78 Location: Ohio |
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My friend dragged me to see the Dragonball movie, and even after reading all the reviews and telling her there was a 99% chance that this movie would just be a waste of money, she still wanted to go. I told her she had to pay for both of us and if it turned out it was a good movie or better I would pay her for both of our tickets afterward. I won and lost about two hours of my life.
 Then again I waste hours of my life all the time, I'm just glad I didn't waste my money.
I wish Heroic Age was better written but it's still a decent series. I enjoyed the battles and the music that accompanied it. Story was lacking but its not horrid. |
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panzer.time
 Posts: 65 Location: Hippie camp |
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3,000.00 CAD = 2,747.35 USD Not a huge difference. I don't understand how it's possible to spend that much on anime every month - unless maybe he travels to a con some distance away every month. And he did say he likes cons. |
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irishninja
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Yeah, and not just a very common name, but the most common name. |
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TsukasaElkKite
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Those are some damn nice shelves.
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nagato316
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Can you say "Megan Fox as Faye Valentine?" 
*ducks flaming garbage and other blunt flying objects* Kidding, of course! But I fear that this is the direction toward which the casting execs working on live-action Bebop are leaning--"Heck, she's Hollywood's 'It Girl' right now, and let's be honest, she was a BIG reason why guys still went to see the train wreck that was Transformers 2!" is probably how they're pitching her in some boardroom.
Alcohol poisoning (which I fear is the level of imbibing one needs for this to be "enjoyable") might actually give one the impression that DB:E bears some resemblance to _entertainment._ But semi-seriously, perhaps there is enough "material" in DB:E to rent this, get together with a bunch of friends and MST3K the hell out of it? The opportunities for snarky running commentary throughout must be endless... BTW...great reviews as always, Bamboo. |
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penguintruth
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But the biggest problem is, obviously the people involved with Evolution didn't even understand the character of Goku at all.
Goku is supposed to be a happy-go-lucky hillbilly with no formal education and a general lack of social graces. But, at the same time, he doesn't care about social graces. He's just looking for a good, fun fight. He's pure and unconcerned with society. Goku is not some down-on-his-luck high school outcast looking to gain popularity. He doesn't "crush" on anyone, as romance doesn't mean anything to him. He even had to ask Kuririn what "marriage" means. He married Chi Chi simply because he promised to as a child. In all likelihood, he doesn't even have sexual desires. How he ended up having children is beyond me. He is truly alien in every way. So, if they couldn't get something so essential as Goku right, how would any of us expect them to get any other aspect right? |
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vashfanatic
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In the days before box sets, you'd be getting one DVD a time at $25-$30 a DVD. That's about 100 DVDs a month, at about 5-7 DVDs for a 26 episode series, or about 14-20 series a month, with a few movies thrown in. I agree that seems like a big number even for a collection his size (though with many longer-running series, you could have even bigger number of DVDs per show). My first question would be, how many months has he been buying that stuff? And my second would be... are there really that many series and movies that are worth actually owning??? I mean, let's say it's only 10 series a month, that's 120 series a year. I mean, I love anime, but if you buy the stuff because you want to be able to re-watch them every once in a while... where do you get that much time!? |
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RogueJedi86
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Heh, I think I recognize the screencap of Lelouch in the first picture. It looks like the last episode of R2, spoiler[after Lelouch has been stabbed by "Zerozaku", and is laying on his dais]. Very powerful scene.
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nobinobita
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"I'll be honest with you, I think the outfits that the characters wear in the manga are pretty dumb anyway. I'd take a bad-ass pleather-clad James Marsters over some tunic-wearing green dude any day."
This sentiment hurts my feelings. : ( |
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Aikoh
Posts: 96 Location: United States |
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I have been interested in the Shinsengumi since middle school because of Rurouni Kenshin and was a little curious about Moeyo Ken because despite the numerous games, movies and manga (and, of course, the taiga drama), there aren't really too many anime about them. But I'm disappointed to hear that it's as bad as a lot of other Shinsengumi enthusiasts have said, and none of them tend to talk about this title at all.
That's a shame, since I thought the concept and the character designs were cute. Guess I'm just going to stick to Peace Maker Kurogane and Gintama. |
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