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naushika
 Posts: 32 Location: pallet town |
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Great reviews, as always. I will definitely check out Genshiken. I'm currently lovin' the manga!
On a separate note, hasn't Sakura Diaries already been released on DVD? I know its been around for awhile... Are there usually reviews on re-releases? |
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PantsGoblin
 SubscriberEncyclopedia Editor  Posts: 2969 Location: L.A. |
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Hahaha! Genshiken prevails again. Kick ass. I also really recommend getting it. Still waiting for the last volume... just a couple more weeks.
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SnowfairyX
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Besides over-the-top gore, are Gantz and Elfen Lied really similar? I haven't seen Gantz yet, but I've heard some people take offense to it being compared to the latter and probably vice-versa. I've heard a lot of negative things about Gantz due to the intolerably stupid characters but that's actually gotten me interested enough to want to pick up the series to see if they really are that bad
 . Both Elfen Lied and Gantz seem to be love'em or hate'em series so I hope that if I have enough money to spend on the Gantz season 1 box set, my money will not be wasted.
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Iron Chef
 Posts: 487 Location: Seattle, WA |
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"Betty Kuraka?" Ohmigod, that's BRILLIANT. I think I'm changing the name of my book of memoires from "Rendezvous with Ramen" to "Cooking with Betty Kuraka."
Reason #3384 why you're a professional reviewer and I'm not. Nicely done, Bamboo. |
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daxomni
 Posts: 2650 Location: Somewhere else. |
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This is the third release. The first release was missing some of the content. The second release (collectors edition) had all of the content and better transfer quality but was sub-only. This version apparently has all the content and a new dub to go along with it, IIRC. However, (in all cases) the anime itself was finished before the manga ended and so the anime ending might leave something to be desired. I enjoyed this series, but I ended up selling my set (collectors edition) when it became clear that I was probably never going to watch it again. I agree with CB's review and also with the shelf-life mini-review. It's a nice entertaining series, but you eventually start to wonder why the characters act so dense. |
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Emerje
 Posts: 7336 Location: Maine |
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Wow, I might actually have to change my last name from Crocker to Kuraka now! Though, living here in Maine people already tend to pronounce my name that way...
Emerje |
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Anthony P
Posts: 227 Location: Phoenix, Arizona, US |
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Ohhh, that reference to Hufu really made my day.
Nice.
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The Xenos
 Posts: 1519 Location: Boston |
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When I first saw Genshiken at an anime club I was dumbstruck that it featured one of the characters having a Laputa Castle in the Sky ringtone. That was the exact ringtone I had currently set for one of my alarms. Yeah, Genshiken is awesome, maybe a little too close to home sometimes, but awesome none the less. I also ahve enjoyed the manga.
Also, you get a bonus ep of Kujubiki Unbalance. The second ep is on this DVD (or rather ep 15, the filler ep of the series). When one of the clubs at my school saw this ep, during the karaoke scene, the entire club just broke out laughing. I swear a number of us were laughing so hard we had tears in our eyes. -Xenos |
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Coffeeman
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Episode 15 is a great episode. The voicework on KujiUn has really stabilised, and it generally feels quite natural. The karaoke scene feels different in English and Japanese though. spoiler[In the Japanese, it's like, she sings completely out of tune, her voice is all over the place, and that's why it's so awful. In the English, it's not just her voice that's wrong, but she sings incredibly badly as well. So it's a different feeling.] Both are funny, though! |
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TheShadow99
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Genshiken is amazingly good... I'm actually hoping they might do more sometime... It's just to fun to watch at times since it's so close to things fans would do anyways...
Never seen Gantz & I haven't heard anythign really good about the series, so I'm giving it a pass... Sakura Diaries though... I own the original release Vol 1 disc. Unfortunately I can't watch things that dramatic... I ended up wanting to lay some smack down on each of the characters so bad... Never bought another disc after that... It's not bad if you can stand it though (& hopefully your not to young to feel comfortable seeing the T&A that's flashed during it)... |
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Chrno2
 Posts: 6171 Location: USA |
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Interesting review on 'Avenger' but hey don't knock 'Ali Project'!
Hahahahaha!!! Ah well, again not one of 'Bee Train's best titles since 'Noir' fame. But 'Genshiken' and 'Gunslinger Girl' are both worth watching. I'm wondering if I should check out 'Gantz'. 
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Joe Mello
 Posts: 2256 Location: Online Terminal |
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She lives! ^___^
Ah yes, in a rare feat, I have the "top two" animes on this annum's list, and they are as good as she says. I hope I'm not the only one disappointed about GsG ending. |
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Rion
 Posts: 71 Location: In My Own World |
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Ah great to have another shelf life...
So wait, is that Gantz DVD a box set then? |
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HitokiriShadow
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You're not. I wish there was more to the series. It just kind of stopped.
The manga, of course, has material that was not covered in the anime and may go beyond where the anime stopped. Now if only ADV would actually release the next volume. |
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.Sy
Posts: 1266 |
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It's nice to see Shelf Life again.
Anyway, on to this weeks SL. I was actually thinking about getting Avenger because it was cheap, but this review didn't taste too good, so I think I'll skip. I liked your review. By the way, is the Hufu link supposed to lead to a picture of a very distressed Jadress? |
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