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belvadeer
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Hey now, that show was awesome to me as well (in English anyway). Nothing immature about liking it. XD |
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Nojay
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The first two OAVs of Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou came out in 1998 to universal acclaim-- well no, actually they got buried in a basement in Sony HQ and never saw the light of day again.
The anime is good, the manga is thought by many reviewers to be the best thing since sliced bread. Neither have ever had official English-language releases. |
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EricJ2
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Princess Nine was a good breakout discovery, a good girls-show even for those who hate boys' sports-anime-- Unfortunately, it's now remembered, along with Yucie and Tutu, as the third of ADV's "Princesses in the title" that sparked Best Buy's famous comment that popped the '00's Bubble. 
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Heishi
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If Princess Nine was devoid of any yuri subtext, then yes, to me at least, this is a show worth watching because they're are no shippers to ruin it for me.
I consider Gasaraki to be 1998's most underrated anime since it was so different from your typical mecha anime. I'd like to think that CCS, Lain, and Bebop are some of the best ones from 1998 for me. I have not seen Trigun, Golgo 13, or even Initial D so I can't comment on those. One more thing: No, Outlaw Star was good for the majority of episodes and it was the VA debut of Ms. Ayasumi (Ayako Kawasumi). :3 Last edited by Heishi on Sat Apr 21, 2018 5:29 pm; edited 3 times in total |
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Stuart Smith
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Popularity and influence, I would say. But then you'd have to specify if you meant Japan or America, since stuff like Trigun was a dud in Japan, and Bebop was just another seasonal anime to Japan compared to the "most important cultural milestone" Americans regard it is.
Duel Monsters is more violent and dark than the Toei series. The Toei series is just flat out bad. I'm convinced the only people who like it either have never actually seen it and go off bad rumors or just flat out hate the card game aspect to an unhealthy degree. Honestly, it's probably both, because the Toei anime incorperates the card game far more than the original manga chapters did, like the inclusion of Kaiba's four game master henchmen. Although people would have to watch beyond episode 2 to realize that. But yes, the 4Kids dub certainly doesn't help things if that's the version of Duel Monsters people are using for comparison. Where they turned kids being murdered into being trapped in a dungeon or rape scenes into goofy purse snatching shenanigans. -Stuart Smith |
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Nordhmmer
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Hellsing was heavily inspired by Trigun?(couldn't tell that by reading the manga's..) |
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TarsTarkas
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I think I liked the music from Gasaraki, if I remember right is was pretty haunting. |
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Gina Szanboti
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^ ^ Yeah, that line puzzled me too. I'd like to hear exactly what he sees in Hellsing that he thinks was inspired by Trigun.
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Takkun4343
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Uh... care to elaborate?
Hmm, so apparently YGO Abridged's comment on Season Zero being "depressingly bad" may not have been that far off the mark... Ah, whatever, good and bad are all subjective anyways. Yes, including Daryl's hilariously controversial opinions on Initial D. |
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Ouran High School Dropout
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Finally, someone else who remembers Nightwalker! Yes, it could be a bona-fide cliche storm, but there were other elements that set it apart: it was the first vampire anime that put forth the notion that vampires lose their souls only when they stop fighting for them. Then there was the scene where spoiler[a classmate of Riho--a recently turned vampire--is watching a student film made while Riho was still human, and missing the warm, happy girl she was.] And Guni, the curvy little green imp, was a great source of snark. Also, I'm very happy to see all the folk stepping up to defend Gasaraki!  Nozomi's most recent DVD issue (still available) has significantly better video quality than the original release. I'd love to see a 2K scan from film issued on BD.
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Ouran High School Dropout
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Yes, please! |
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EricJ2
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What popped the 00's Bubble was mainstream retailers realizing that anime wasn't as "trendy" as they thought, when four-episode single-volume ADV disks of Princess Nine, Princess Tutu and Petite Princess Yucie weren't moving off their DVD shelf-- Partly from the price, partly from the "girly" covers giving non-fans (who already barely knew who Sailor Moon was) no idea what the series were about, and mostly from anime fans realizing, why spend $29 on Vol. 4, when ADV would predictably be releasing the Complete Series Boxset a few months after Vol. 6? When Best Buy basically eliminated their special target shelves for retail anime, causing Target to do the same, you could tell there was a little passive hostility in the room on their part--Prompting BB's comment that they weren't obligated to sell "obscure anime series with Princess in the title". (Yeah, it stung, and the collapse of the retail market didn't help either: When ADV released their inevitable first Princess Tutu Boxset double-dip fresh off the single volumes, they went out of their way to make sure the cover looked a lot LESS "girly": |
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belvadeer
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That's pretty dark material for a card game anime honestly, though Wixoss did do similar levels of dark and disturbing content years later. Not sure how they could have aired Yu-Gi-Oh here otherwise. |
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trilaan
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It's mostly an inspired look for Alucard. Long, red coat, yellowish-orange sunglasses, big silver gun. But also his being an over-powered main character and, ultimately, a tragic figure. |
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Gina Szanboti
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Unless Hirano has stated otherwise, that sounds like a pretty long reach. Vash wore a super-stylized duster where Alucard's was a straight up pimp coat and hat (honestly, to me it looks more like a zoot suit with a Victorian cravat), and of course Alucard's would have been red no matter what color Vash wore. "OP and tragic" describes more MCs that not. Sunglasses and honkin' big guns aren't exactly rare either. But whatever, eye of the beholder and all. |
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