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One-Eye
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Ah, Akira. Yea, it was one of the early movies that awakened my passion for anime. I never picked up the 2009 BD, because it was too pricey for my tastes and I was ok with my DVD copy. I will double dip on this version, but I wish that for a 25yr anniversary they had done something special with the box which I would have gladly payed more for.
I dropped it around episode 11 also with great disgust. Bamboo pretty much hit on many of the reasons I dropped it: a "...yawn-inducing soup of cliches...cheese...nonsense...[and] always felt like a chore to watch." I'm surprised it gets a rental rating, but then pretty visuals only go so far with me. |
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Agent355
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I never got the opportunity to watch Akira, so I'm really glad Toonami's going to air it.
The Daily Lives of High School Boys is great, I've been going through it on Hulu. It's one of those shows that works when you want to watch something fun, simple and relaxing, without a huge time commitment. The ending theme is one of the best high school boy gags I've ever seen. (My friend commented that when the boy in the bear suit slaps the girl in the school play, it could be a reference to Nicholas Cage's movie The Wicker Man, which has a scene where Nicholas Cage in a bear suit slaps a woman in the face) (find it on Youtube! It's hilarious!) It's too bad that the manga ended unexpectedly and is unlikely to be released here. Does the art book contain the manga at all? |
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ANN_Bamboo
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The second season is pretty fun...! |
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The Mad Manga Massacre
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Meanwhile where I live in Saskatchewan it's snowing quite heavily and the icy roads are a nightmare resulting in frequent car-crashes 
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taster of pork
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I already own the Akira Pioneer DVD, but I'm still gonna get the Blu-Ray.
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One-Eye
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Good reviews and I enjoy reading your columns Bamboo.
Perhaps, and I can understand for that reason you might give it a rental rating. I'm also sure that there are some that wont be bothered by its deficiencies and taking those two things into consideration it may bump it up to the rental category. However, for myself that's a lot to ask a person to wade thru. Its tough enough for a viewer to drop a show half way after devoting so much time to it, but if the creators haven't hooked you after 11 episodes...well that's not good. Unless the second half is such a great show of immeasurable goodness, which it doesn't sound like it is, then some "fun" wont be quite enough to make up for the first half and it wont entice this viewer. I can agree with how you summed up the article and I also take note of your hesitancy in recommending it:
To be fair, I can be a little harsh with my criticisms, but as I said previously pretty visuals can only take it so far and that may not be enough to kick something up to rental for me. |
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Echo_City
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About the Shelf Obsessed pictures:
What are all those non-Sentai/non-Funimation versions of Sentai and Funimation shows? It's a cool collection, and I'm glad to see that someone else out there has some of the (unfortunately unsuccessful) Funimation pre-autographed lithographs. |
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Cecilthedarkknight_234
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It was a tad fun but also depressing in later episodes. On Daily Lives of High-School Boys: I also wanted to ask what did you think of the shorts with the Literary girl segments by the river-side? Those where some of my favorite bits in the entire series just do how awkward the characters acted towards one another. |
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Ashen Phoenix
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I'm overjoyed Daily Lives got the love it, I feel, so rightly deserves.
I wish it had gotten a dub so it could reach a larger audience but as it is I'm still snatching it up, like, yesterday. It kept me laughing every time and even managed some badass and heartfelt moments. The best I can say about Guilty Crown is that I liked it more in its jumbled bits and pieces than as a whole. Occasionally kickass music, an ambitious if familiar dystopian plot, and eye-popping visuals, it was a lot of great elements that never quite fit together as smoothly as the exuberant insanity that is Code Geass. It's a tremendously tricky balance to strike and even more difficult to maintain, so part of me has to give them props for even trying. I think I'm well into the minority of people who watched and didn't enjoy Akira, nor can I tout it as anything resembling a masterpiece. I don't begrudge anyone who feels otherwise; I've had similar experiences with acclaimed Hollywood movies and best selling novels. |
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GATSU
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pachy: The point is that Tetsuo lost it and is no longer in control of his faculties or awareness of his own being.
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acejem
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A bit offtopic, but did Bamboo retire "The Stream" column? Because I've seen like 3-4 "Shelf Life" and the last "Stream" was back in early Oct.
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lizardking461
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Refreshing to open a comments sections on here, see the first post, and being able to directly empathise with it. |
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Polycell
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When it comes to Guilty Crown, after the New Year's break I just couldn't work up the giveadamn to watch the next episode. It might well have a spell over you, but not one that lasts much more than a week(especially after they up and killed spoiler[Dan Eagleman] - really, him coming back would be the only way I'd ever even consider watching the second season).
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Sylpher3
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Daily lives of high school boys is certainly a refreshing show among the abundance of “high school girls doing cute things” series. And yet, I felt the comedy skits were full of hits-and-misses (which I guess is better than most anime comedies). Some of them were hilariously funny, but unfortunately most jokes fell flat for me. It didn’t help that the better gags were in the earlier episodes than the later ones.
The concept was good, the comedic writing and execution could’ve been better at times. |
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kanechin
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"a show like Daily Lives of High School Boys absolutely needs to exist"
agreed, needs a 2nd season. |
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