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Gina Szanboti
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There is? Where is it hiding? |
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Mr Adventure
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Woops. I guess this forum doesn't have it. It's pretty standard on all the other forums I frequent. Honestly it just sounds like this forum software is in desperate need of an update. |
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Jose Cruz
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Thanks. Why did you feel to comment about it here? |
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brankoburcksen
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Space Brothers might be one of my all-time favorite anime. I watched it streaming from beginning to end, and it was one of those shows I looked forward to each week for two years. I really hope it returns soon.
I love the humor, drama, the scale, the realism and most of all the, optimism. Yes, even in the US, the majority of shows aimed at adults have taken such a dark and cynical view of humanity, it is remarkable people have not grown tired of being entertained by the worst sides of our species. Space Brothers shows that even when looking towards the heavens there are so many challenges and conflicts to reaching any goal, throwing in some selfish a-holes would just feel contrived and unbelievable. Probably the only other series to hit me the same way was the The West Wing, a show about White House politics that somehow refused to drown in satire and cynicism about our defunct government. It also helped that Space Brothers had nothing to do with teenagers or high school. |
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Ingraman
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Wasn't it more like _she_'s the one deployed as defense on an outbound ship, and he's back on Earth? It's been so long since I watched it, I may have forgotten some of the details. I don't really remember what he was doing... Time to get the disc out, again. It won't take long to rewatch. |
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Joe Carpenter
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The Wings of Honneamise knocked me on my ass, it's one of the most incredible movies I've ever seen.
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glitteringloke
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if/when they restart the anime, you'll meet at least one of those good ole american a-holes and it's totally believeable. space bros: the show/manga that makes me cry at least once every 3 episodes or chapters for joy or sad... |
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Chrno2
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This is was an interesting column. I remember Nora. I never saw the OVA but I remember the ad from all of the old anime magazines I still own. I never knew what the story was about. Just looking at the picture as well as the other entries, they just don't do shows like this anymore. And I don't really mean to knock anime today, because whatever the market demands that's what they want. But there are some good things out there. Plus, we are seeing an emergence of such original feature films with decent budgets. But I do miss the days of when anime was less than "otaku" driven.
Twin Spica, I really want to check this story out. We have the books here but I've never got around to reading them. My only failure was not following up with getting the rest of the books in the collection. It's a matter of space and manga takes up quite a bit. Now I regret it. I'll admit that I enjoyed the anime series. Can't really think of any space shows that I liked as I'm not a big fan of space exploration, which is why I never got into Gundam. I've watched shows like Star Trek, Lost in Space or Space 1999 as a kid, but I doubt I'd revisit them. I guess you kind of have to have interest. I definitely need to revisit Honneamise. I viewed it some years ago and I remember hearing about that whole controversy. Yet the film is still stands as one of Gainax's historic features upon their founding despite being a failure. This is definitely one to keep around for generations to come. |
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Snomaster1
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This was an interesting column on anime in outer space. Especially that one part about the space race. I once videotaped two biographies,one on Serge Korolev and one on Werner von Braun. I've sometimes wondered how Korolev felt about his German-born American counterpart. How did he feel that the world knew Von Braun's name but he never really was well-known?
But that's not what's on my mind. The anime,"Prince Planet." I once read in "The Anime Encyclopedia" that it was set in the United States. Is that true? Did the people who made the anime set it in America or when it was brought here,did they localize it? |
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Maokun
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Great article but I agree that it needed at least a token mention to Cowboy Bebop. While it often takes a background role to plot and character development, there's some great planetary exploration going on and the hints of a well-thought imaginary system of space-faring.
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luffypirate
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Ya no prob. Sorry my mind runs a mile a minute. Easier to post than compose a private message. |
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Sprocket
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I will support any manga that has extensive cameos by the cast of Ghostbusters.
Soar on, Space Brothers, soar on. |
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