Forum - View topicHey, Answerman! [2008-05-23]
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Veoryn87
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Top Gun is right, if you want something that actually takes place in the same universe as Blood: The Last Vampire, read the novel series (only one out in the U.S. as far as I know) and the single-volume manga. |
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Berserkfury819
 Posts: 229 Location: Detroit Mi. Spider-Man is dead. R.I.P. |
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Point taken. Now I have to watch. Its summer so I'll have some time when I'm not working. I think I'll start when I finish Black Lagoon (I've got 3 episodes left). |
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gryn
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Hey all, new to the forums.
I must say I've got a pretty short attention span, so generally I won't give a series much more than one or two episodes before I'm out. On top of being as easily distracted as a ferret, I'm incredibly picky. If the dub is horrendous, or if the subtitles are difficult to read (white with no outline, or too fast) I simply won't watch it. I try to remember my friends tastes when introducing them, and whole heartedly agree with the post about showing movies as opposed to series to get their feet wet. It's always good to give a newcomer a general idea of the pacing of anime, and introduce them to many of the themes they can come to expect. Then send them off into the wild to fend for themselves. As far as webcomics go here are a few of my personal faves. Sluggy Freelance - Ten years of nifty darn comics. The 10k Commotion - This is drawn in a very sketchy manga-esque way. The story-line is based around Dance Dance Revolution, but you don't really need to be a fan of DDR to enjoy the comic. Sequential Art - Very well drawn and humorous. Not updated often. |
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rinmackie
 Posts: 1040 Location: in a van! down by the river! |
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Uh, I've seen the movie/manga and the tv series/manga. And I've seen both animes. The series may not be a sequel per se but it's about the same character and there is mention of Saya's Vietnam story arc in the series.
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Top Gun
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If you've seen both, then you know that the Vietnam portion of Saya's life during the series is completely different than what's portrayed in the movie. There's even an episode in the second half of Blood+ that entirely deals with it. spoiler[Red Shield enlists Hagi to wake Saya before her hibernation is complete in order to deal with the chiropterans popping up in Vietnam. She does, but she then goes completely ballistic and returns to her hibernation afterwards. In the movie, she was awake for some time and clearly under the control of the Red Shield agents.] The two are separate entities; I believe the creators have explicitly stated as much. |
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ikillchicken
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Sorry rinmackie but Top Gun is right. Blood+ is related but it definitely isn't a sequel. In my opinion it also takes a rather different approach so while it sort of focuses on the same character, it really has very little to do with the Blood movie.
Don't get me wrong, I loved the anime as well. It was what made me read the manga. I just feel that the art and mood of the manga are strong enough as it is that it isn't that big of an advantage to watching the anime over the manga. For sure these things are an advantage, but when you factor in the disadvantages of them leaving a few things out I'm at least almost as happy to just read the manga. I'd certainly watch it if they made a second season. I'm just not exactly dying for one. |
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otakuQT
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Funny no one mentioned 'Fruits Basket'.
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dewlwieldthedarpachief
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Not at all, I was paying attention before. My proposition to you was that a reproach to the anime could potentially eclipse the manga if it was a project in the vein of something like Hellsing Ultimate wherein the typical production stops were pulled to do the show as right as they could. Of course that's a tall order! It's an anime pipe dream if there ever was one. And I'm not talking simply about Berserk: Season 2 either, I'm just putting it to you that if Miura had the right resources and there was laborious commencement of work the source material is there to make something really special that doesn't come very often. You can't just throw money at anything and make it good. |
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Fiction Alchemist
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Delete.
Last edited by Fiction Alchemist on Thu Sep 08, 2022 1:19 pm; edited 3 times in total |
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catanaition
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Agreed! If I had gotten to the last column a little earlier I was going to write in about this. The best part was when the official English site had a giant spoiler about something that never actually is mentioned in the series and is the *big* reveal in the novels. They have since removed it, but still! Ah well, I guess we'll have to wait for the manga to finish. |
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luffypirate
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a second season of berserk would be amazing. twas such a beautifully animated and touching show. guts is a brave soul
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KZK
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Comics that are based around things like Video Games and Anime, tend to be Lame, and ussually get very stale, very quickly.
As for webcomics I would reccomend, (and none are about either video games or anime), Sluggy Freelance, Errant Story, Schlock Mercenary, Pewfell, or Goats. |
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Fabe
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I woun't disagree with you on the fact there are probably a lot of bad web comics out there but the person behind the bad web comic blog sounds like he hates all web comics and has no respect for those who make them or read them. |
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grgspunk
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Obviously, Zac has never seen any of Clone Army's comics.
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Fiction Alchemist
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Delete.
Last edited by Fiction Alchemist on Thu Sep 08, 2022 1:20 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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