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Not a Jellyfish
 Posts: 539 Location: Boston, MA |
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Ah, I was going to comment on his Steel Battalion, too! I think I'm more jealous of that than anything. Perhaps if I could SEE the collection and not just boxes.... |
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Lowlife187
 Posts: 156 Location: New Macross City |
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What came in the Geneon 5 gallon bucket???? Official Anime colored paint??? I've always wanted Hellsing Red on my walls.
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Zac
ANN Executive Editor
 Posts: 7912 Location: Anime News Network Technodrome |
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It was one of those awful popcorn buckets with caramel, cheese and butter flavored popcorn. Geneon sent them out as holiday promotional items a few years ago. |
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Keonyn
 Subscriber Posts: 5567 Location: Coon Rapids, MN |
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"Bah!! Humbug!!!" requires something actually Christmassy to be bashed for that to apply. In the case of "My Santa" Christmas is just a backdrop used as an excuse to toss out fanservice and "develop" another mindless generic harem flick. I can't believe anyone would accuse Bamboo of being a Scrooge for not liking "Harem Show #973,431,092" just because it pretends to be Christmassy for the sake of creating a reason to show frame after frame of fanservice. |
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Lyrai
Posts: 174 Location: Potatoes (Idaho) |
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He can't speak about it because he's contractually obligated to not talk about it. He wants to have a prayer of getting another job, period, so he's keeping his mouth closed about it. That said, there's been no shortage of high-profile sites getting detailed lists of what happened from supposed "insiders." The more reputable ones seem to have the same story: Game is advertised, review is released, Eidos pulls (Does not threaten to, but actually does) several million dollars of advertising, Gerstmann is fired "on the spot" in retaliation for it, the story is leaked to the internet by someone mad at said firing, internet explodes. |
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Dop.L
Posts: 715 Location: London |
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Aaugh! I'd - ahem - acquired a copy of Itsudatte My Santa and after watching ten minutes I could take no more. Delete! Delete!
I mean, I have a soft spot for Love Hina, I have it all on DVD, and shall be digging out the aforementioned Christmas Special next week as part of my festive viewing. But this was just stupid. One for Ken Akamatsu or Aya Hirano completists only, I feel |
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Vicserr
 Posts: 480 Location: Carolina, Puerto Rico USA |
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Man, so the only thing worth it for me in that list is SRW:OG DW, pure, unadulterated mecha fanservice. if it wasn't for the price tag, I would be all over this sweet purty title.
Nice to see Chris B. Loading dock, I mean anime collection. (AOD is my normal stomping ground  )
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Redbeard 101
Oscar the Grouch
Forums Superstar  Posts: 16941 |
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When they did that little bit on her "clan" when they wer eon the cruise ship was good stuff. I thought that was some of the best material before they got to Jo's origin. I understand the relationship between Jo and Meg but damn it if Meg didn't seem utterly useless during the series. Then they end it spoiler[with her in a Jo-ish outfit and Jango? Wth?!] I was disheartened they never developed Sei more since she seemed to be interesting and actually have a personality. |
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Berserkfury819
 Posts: 229 Location: Detroit Mi. Spider-Man is dead. R.I.P. |
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I liked Demon Hunter's new cd. I thought it was really good. Incidentally, I also like the buckets with three flavors of popcorn. Cheese popcorn is good. |
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1stAgent
 Posts: 36 Location: Wisconsin |
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Akamatsu's cheating on Yui Horie?! The scandal! Incidentally, ever since the banner ads started popping up, I was hoping for a review clarifying just how bad it was. A rare "Perishable" will do nicely. For the record, I loved the Love Hina series and specials, but lost all faith in Akamatsu after the follow-up OVA and Negima. |
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Asrialys
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If you're talking about the anime adaptations, then I don't think those are quite Akamatsu's fault. |
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escahime65
 Posts: 87 Location: Iowa |
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On a side note, I love Connections with James Burke too! Unfortunately I've never found anyone else who watched it and I don't think he's done anything more lately. He really made history entertaining. You guys should check it out.
As for the reviews, I'm happy to find out that Santa is just a bad as it seems from the preview. Won't waste my time on that baby since I could barely tolerate Love Hina. Not so interested in the rest of the titles reviewed either. |
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Samurai-with-glasses
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Negima -- the manga -- is way more interesting than Love Hina. And I'm sitting right here with all 14 volumes of Love Hina on display, so yeah. Of course, you need to get past the idea that the main character is a 10 years old, with gazillion 14 years olds crushing on him, and random underage fanservice before one's able to enjoy the fun, but hey, that's part of the Akamatsu deal. |
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Twage
Posts: 359 Location: North Bergen, NJ |
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Keeping in mind I haven't seen Itsudatte My Santa! (nor will I ever), when you wrote:
I truly and honestly thought you were kidding. |
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Richard J.
 Posts: 3367 Location: Sic Semper Tyrannis. |
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It's not the best anime ever, but it accomplished the task of making me feel entertained, it's cheap, and I do enjoy Akamatsu's style. |
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