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Anime in America: Carl and Theron's Best of 2008

who are you speaking for excactly? cause it certainly isn't "most people" (although Gundam 00 does suck)

What series that wasn't liscensed could be best of 08? Code Geass R2 sucked and Gundam 00 season 2 is still only half way over. The only series that I could think of was Soul Eater but most people think its even worse that R2.

My only problem was the Euphemia scene winning best scene just because it was unintentionally hilarious, and the Kamina scene was much better simply because the ending was completely subtle and works much better than Taniguchi, and Okouchi having Euphemia, and Lelouch basically mug for the camera.

Regarding opening theme....I thought RxJ has not been released in the US yet...or is that category open to all series?

(And yes, Romeo X Juliet can sneak in for consideration since its first couple of episodes streamed on Funimation's Web site starting in late December.)

who are you speaking for excactly? cause it certainly isn't "most people" (although Gundam 00 does suck)

They should have just waited one year like in Japan.

Gurren Lagann was only meh to me, really didn't like the animation.

I think Tokyo Majin should get a mention for Funi's Flub of the Year too- while it may not have had as many volumes out, they made the boxset cut 1 episode off from the single discs- meaning if you want episode 14, you still have to get the part 1 set. Not very nice- I'm just glad I looked into it before buying the singles on clearance, or I'd be very peeved.

Well, they still have a ways to go on that sainthood yet ... Kanon 5 is still sitting in eventually-land because some copies leaked out and folks who bought Shana on singles are missing the OVA (and precious box.)

Regarding opening theme....I thought RxJ has not been released in the US yet...or is that category open to all series?

As for next year, I'm betting that Darker Than BLACK shows up in the best of dub category, if not elsewhere.

One more thing regarding this year's best series nominations: it's a shame that neither Theron nor Carl have a PS3. Hopefully, that will change next year Wink

And I really doubt removing 9 minutes worth of content will have any visible impact on the bitrate/overall quality, at least no impact visible to the general population beyond the most ardent videophiles.

Seems unlikely at this point. The first volume's dub was good but not spectacular.

That would require me to actually be making enough money to pay my bills.

as usual, very little decent taste from aNN staff

Also, hurrah for Balsa as best character!

AnimEigo tried removing duplicate openings and endings from their initial run of Kimagure Orange Road DVD's, with a high amount of anime message board backlash, so they had to recall the sets and issue new ones with the opening and ending credits for each episode intact. Some other early anime DVD's, like the first Magic Knight Rayearth series, had the opening and ending credit sequences stored in a separate part of the disk from the episodes themselves, making the laser jump back and forth, which was a functional but not smooth solution. I'm a fan of keeping the credits intact, for a breather between episodes.



Anyhow, I don't know whether or not I should be disappointed that Lucky Star didn't warrant a mention, if just for having the craziest opening song. I'm sure that, if it had been mentioned, it would probably have been for some kind of backhanded category, like "most pander-riffic series", especially because of how the deluxe editions come with the school uniform-print T-shirts in XL size, obviously meant to be worn by somewhat portly male otaku. (Though I personally refuse to wear them, because I'm only moderately obnoxious an otaku, and also because they're one X too small for me to wear.)