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Megiddo
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So no love for Kiddy Grade, Vandread, Full Metal Panic!, Basilisk, Bokurano, Seto no Hanayome, Welcome to the NHK, Chrno Crusade, or Saikano?
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vashfanatic
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Haven't seen: Kiddy Gade, Vandread, Seto no Hanayome, or Welcome to the NHK (read the book of the latter, tried to watch the anime and hated it, long story) Very good: Basilisk Okay: Bokurano, Full Metal Panic!, Saikano Series I hate more than any other in the world: Chrono Crusade Re: Devil May Cry My best analogy for this series is that it's like a long-distance runner who sprinted out of the start line only to stop about fifty meters out and jog in place. The first episode is surprisingly artistic, and of course the music and art are great throughout. But the story and characters go nowhere; a few episodes work as stand alones, but mostly it's just boring. Re: photos You have Utena! ENVY!! Oh, and kudos for getting the Geneon Gankutsuou box set. Enjoy the extras, they're phenomenal. And holy cow, I had that Hellsing wallscroll back in college... |
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neocloud9
 Posts: 1178 Location: Atlanta, GA |
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And the other boot drops. I was beginning to think you and I had the exact same taste in anime. 
May I ask, why the hate? |
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erinfinnegan
ANN Columnist
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When people talk about "the fast life" I picture drinking, partying, and gambling or whathave you. I wouldn't say Kusama has lived a "fast" life. Maybe a "sleepless" life where she's worked on her art every day to the point of collapse. The interviews with her 1960's artists friends are all them saying how she worked harder than anyone, and never stopped. |
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erinfinnegan
ANN Columnist
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It's too expensive for that series, and by today's standards, anyway. There's a recession, you know? |
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mangajunky
Company Representative
 Posts: 72 Location: New York City |
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I'm a big fan of Yayoi Kusama - everything I've read talks about how she has no choice but to paint. She needs to get the art out of her.
I'm sorry that she seems to be in pain, but her art moves me. I hope she's able to find some peace while she's still alive. Her declarations seem more a dismissal of the things she's heard people tell her all her life. Her performance art pieces in the 60's were brave and entertaining. It's too bad that she's been overshadowed by other New York artists in the past 20 years. Warhol can't hold a candle to her. |
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erinfinnegan
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I can only assume that in Daphne there's some kind of painless laser hair removal process. Thinking about hair removal isn't very sexy... yikes.
What do Olympic wrestlers wear? Full body spandex? Those outfits aren't liable to be yanked off in quite the same way as a bikini top. |
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erinfinnegan
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My brain died while I watched it. If I huffed some markers and lost brain cells doing so, I wouldn't advise others to do the same. If someone asked me "Should I rent Daphne?" I'd say no, but it might have some caveat questions, such as, "Do you like ecchi?" (although this wasn't ecchi enough to be ecchi) or "Did you actually like Burst Angel?" or "Do you wish Marine Boy was a sexy show about lady bounty hunters?" I mean, it was almost a rental, and just barely perishable, because the first episode is an interesting set up, and ending is pretty decent sci-fi. There are some laughs in the middle, but I still felt like I was wasting my life watching it. |
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21stcenturydigitalboy
 Posts: 103 Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia |
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I have no problem with this sentiment, myself. fudge good and bad, there's just what you like and don't like, and nothing else matters. A reviewer should talk about their own opinion of a show, and their readers should decide how much the reviewer's biases interlace with their own. |
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Dorcas_Aurelia
 Posts: 5344 Location: Philly |
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I love Burst Angel, but have you ever looked at what Amy is wearing? Short-shorts and a bare-midriff. What else do you need her to do beyond dressing like that to be a sex object? What else do Jo, Meg, and Sei do that make them sex objects, but not her? Have boobs (note: Jo doesn't have boobs either, really)? That's where the lolicon thing comes into play. |
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Big Hed
 Posts: 1607 Location: Melbourne, Australia |
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Strange thing is, I purchased the LE, and I don't remember that box at all, even having seen it now. But then, I do count them as disposable. |
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Prede
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I'm not really sure why people have a problem with Gonzo. Sure some of their shows are rather poor, but that's only because they have so many shows. Some great shows they have done are Saikano (still watching this), Last Exile (still watching this it's nothing amazing but it's ok), Gantz (terrible ending, but a good show. Just not the masterpeice people claim it to be), Gankutsuou (still watching but this is EPIC, amazing show), Desert Punk (very funny!), Speed Grapher (amazing series with perfect ending!), Welcome to the N.H.K. (outright terrible ending, perhaps the worst middle finger of an ending they've ever given to fans, but other then that a really good series), Red Garden (amazing ending, better then Gantz), Romeo x Juliet, (still watching), and Pumpkin Scissors (bad ending...great show). Plus I can't wait to check out Bokurano. That's a series i know I will love. Kitoh for the win.
Gonzo seems to have so many good shows. In fact I would have expected them to have more bad series then they do. I think it's quite a miracle they have so many good series actually. Not every show can be a masterpeice. Now they aren't my favorite studio, far from it. But I do tend to like their stuff. |
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vashfanatic
Posts: 3489 Location: Back stateside |
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Sent you a PM, don't want to hijack the thread. It's a long angry rant, just to warn you. I really just despise that series. Prede: People bash GONZO because in the most recent couple of years they haven't done much worth watching and have produced quite a few big stinkers (read Theron's review of Dragonaut). But some of the hate comes from how many people still watch every GONZO show that comes out because we know it's a GONZO series and they've done so much good stuff in the past. The result is that while some studios produce complete crap and it gets ignored, we all know when GONZO's left behind some foul waste. Most of the GONZO hate comes, I think, from former GONZO fans. It's a weird relationship: we keep coming back hoping to get the studio we used to love, and when we're disappointed, we bash them, only to go back the next time hoping things will be different. |
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Prede
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vashfanatic: Ah well that second point makes a lot of sense. But the people who are truly to blame is not really Gonzo, but those who keep coming back. It's quite clear their tastes do not lie well with that studio (anymore) yet they come back time and time again anyway. And they get their hopes up to be smashed. That's their doing. They may be more resposible then even Gonzo.
And I'm not one to think their quailty has decreased as the years have went by. They have always had their stinkers, and they still can put out one hell of a show (Romeo X Juliet is trully an amazing series, an intellegent re-telling of the classic story, and so far very well put together. They still have talent that that studio). |
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21stcenturydigitalboy
Posts: 103 Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia |
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Buwuh? So following the actual ending from the original novel is now a middle finger to the fans? Also NHK has one of my favorite endings ever... |
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