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Dune
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There's a higher-quality version of the Engel-Evangelion video floating around on Youtube, though the timing is slightly off compared to the original. |
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doctordoom85
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Very nice reviews. I loved Eva 1.11 and One Piece S2P5 (though I've seen Part 6 by now.....), and I need to get the Dragonball sets eventually. Also, nice shelves this week.
The best Evangelion AMV for me will always be "Evangelion Opus" (using Queen's Bohemian Rhapody). There have been other good ones I've seen, but that one is king. |
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NeoQuixotic
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The fan remastered version of Engel. http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members/members_videoinfo.php?v=35122 |
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erinfinnegan
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Which situation do you mean, exactly? The situation where I took two weeks off to work on my panels and go to a con? Or do you mean the situation where I had reviewed previous seasons of everything already?
Man, that is pretty harsh! I love AMVs, and I love going to Anime Weekend Atlanta because they not only have a whole AMV room and AMV programming track, but all of the really great editors go there. I'm really sad I missed Anime Boston's contest this year (and last year, because of timing). I'm a big believer in watching contests at cons, because the AMVs have been screened by a jury and the videos tend to work properly. I hate watching them on youtube because the precision of the cuts gets lost in crappy streaming video.
That is also a classic, for sure. It may have been spoiled in my memory by subsequent bad Bohemian Rhapsody AMVs.
I believe you! I saw Steamboy twice, in theaters. I tried to love it. The visuals are really great, but the plot and characters need work. It was my dream for several years to do a Steamboy fandub with a new plot and new characterizations. Unfortunately, I'm not a Time Lord. |
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penguintruth
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With those Dragon Ball season sets, one wonders if Funimation won't eventually put out a Dragon Box release of the original series.
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Otaking09
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Yeah, pretty much. All of your deadlines mentioned at the top of the article. Good article, but... unexpected nonetheless. |
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swienke
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I feel like they've actually gotten a lot better about that. I've found lots of really great, sharp, high quality AMV's on youtube in the past year or so, although 90% of the AMV's there are still pretty terrible. But once you find the right editors and start using their favorites lists to find new ones, you'll find that there's some fantastic, HD quality stuff floating around. As for great Evangelion AMV's, I can really think of only one right now: "Eliminate, Extirpate, Asphyxiate..." by Shinnie04. It's fairly recent, but it blew me away the first time I saw it. It's...disturbing, but in an awesome way. |
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ArthurFrDent
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I heard something more along the lines of: 'I do no think that word means what you think it means' 
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JuicyB
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Yep. Although it's kinda sad that something like this even needs to be pointed out. 
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FlyingFox
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I thought it was a terrible movie. I'm glad I'm not the only one. |
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erinfinnegan
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Streaming in general has greatly improved in the last year. However, I don't know if it's my crappy connection or my ancient computer, but I can't play HD youtube videos at home without a lot of choppiness. On crunchyroll I always use "SD" mode.
It's not sad, we're just old, that's all. I mean I am old, I don't know about you...
It's definitely not for everyone. I thought it was strangely paced and inexplicable the first time I saw it. Now I recognize it as an achievement in film making and animation. I can certainly acknowledge that it is not the most accessible film. I believe that it is something all anime fans need to see once, when they're old enough, even though they might hate it. |
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vashfanatic
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The first time I saw it, I recognized immediately the marvel of animation and music that I was seeing before me (especially the music, if CDs could wear out my copy of that soundtrack would have died a long time ago). But the story was very confusing. The second time through I paid closer attention and, when I squinted, I could just sort of make out what was going on at the end. And then I read the manga, at which point I realized the story had basically cut from the end of volume 2 to the start of volume 6, skipping both the character growth and the very careful New Age-style explanations of just what exactly the hell is going on. Honestly, there was enough material in the manga for two or three movies. This is definitely the best one-movie condensation you could ask for, but it still would have been better if given more space. That said, my initial reaction to the art still stands. As you watch Tetsuo transform in the grand finale, remember this was made in 1989, before computers did everything for animators. It is mind-blowing. I need to get out and find me a copy of the Evangelion reboot. I've been looking forward to it since I first heard about it, and it's probably been out long enough for a library somewhere to have it for me to borrow and watch. If not, we force one to make a purchase!! |
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YoSoyJaponesa
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Evangelion 1.11. was the exact reason why I didn't buy Evangelion 1.01. I KNEW a month after it came out a fancier edition would arrive.
It's definitely something I'm getting once my tax return shows up. Oh, and the Evangelion OST is in my top three anime soundtracks. Right next to FLCL and Samurai Champloo... Hmm, I'm a little embarrassed that I haven't really sat down and watched Akira.... *gets shot* But, when you've read most of the manga and seen so many clips of it like I have, it's not like I don't know what it is. |
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GordanHam
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Yeah, I was hoping someone else noticed too. |
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Agent355
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You were at MoCCA Fest? I was there on Sunday, and I wish I had gotten the chance to say hello!
The panels were awesome, but I found the Exhibition room a bit confusing...there were a lot of people trying to sell photocopied versions of their webcomics, which is fine, except the only webcomic author I follow* wasn't able to make it, so I couldn't figure out the style/plots/quality of most of what was offered. I've been a fan of your reviews since you wrote about manga at PopCultureShock, so I'd love to know which grahic novels and webcomics seen at MoCCA you'd reccomend. Are there any plans in the works for you to start reviewing print stuff here at ANN? I love Carlo, but it'd be nice to have a little (gender and) taste variety in the manga reviews here. *her name is Dylan Meconis, and she's currently writing a wonderfully historical tale called Family Man @ Lutherlevy.com I'd read more webcomics on the actual web if it were possible on an old Blackberry 
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