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Twage



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:30 am Reply with quote
I know Kakurenbo is cool, but seeing it at SICAF this year really dredged up my wish that the US anime DVD industry was a US animation DVD industry. Kakurenbo was cool, but many of the other entries were so much cooler (especially
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello). Yet they'll probably never see a US DVD release simply because they're not Japanese. It's a shame.

I can't wait to see Ghost Stories. Speaking as a big fan of Shinesman, it sounds like a blast. And Samurai 7 will be one of my first purchases next time I'm in Japan or the States.
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biliano



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:34 am Reply with quote
With all of the hoopla that Ghost Stories is getting, I now have to rent it and see what the big deal is. Confused

I plan on buying Gilgamesh when ADV (hopefully) releases it in thin-pack format.
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Joe Mello



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:14 pm Reply with quote
Family Guy FTW

Poor sakechan. She needs deanimezation or something. *huuug*

Good to see the Perishable Item bin full again.
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one3rd



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:47 pm Reply with quote
Joe Mello wrote:
Good to see the Perishable Item bin full again.


Somehow that doesn't seem like it should be a good thing. And yet, it is. Reading Bamboo's comments about the terrible stuff that she has to watch is one of the best parts of the column.
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Cloe
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:50 pm Reply with quote
Bamboo, fear not. Even if you can't be saved from your alarmingly rising levels of nerdiness (along with the rest of fandom), you are not alone. I have found that I, too, have replaced the word "dress up" with "cosplay," totally subconciously. And I say it in completely wrong contexts, too. To people who have no idea what I'm talking about. Seriously. I have to succumb to their blank, inquisitve stares before I realize what I said. Anime smallmouth + sweatdrop

Twage wrote:
I know Kakurenbo is cool, but seeing it at SICAF this year really dredged up my wish that the US anime DVD industry was a US animation DVD industry.

A feeling I share as well. Fortunately for things like The Animation Show and other collections put out by smaller companies, a small sample of the amazing world of short animation is available to US audiences. It's true, though, that festivals are really the only outlet for that amazing work. Such a shame. Sad

Oh, and one last thing:
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Eat too many and the bowel demons will come out and bloody shank you.

HAHAHA! Pure genius. I think shanks need to be brought up much more often in daily conversation.
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Vukir



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:58 pm Reply with quote
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Please tell me I’m not alone in this. Please tell me I can still be saved.


Alone? Not a chance. I know all to many people who have refferenced school uniforms as "Costumes". Salvation? That I don't know about. Anime smile

I think I will have to check out Gilgamesh. I have always been a sucker for real good art work. But as Biliano said, getting it if ADV releases it in a thin-pck would be best. That is, if it ever comes to that.

Oh, and I agree... Shanks just don't get enough conversation time anymore. Anime smile
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ACDragonMaster



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:39 pm Reply with quote
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Oh, it’s all fun and games while you’re eating it, but SURPRISE!!!! Eat too many and the bowel demons will come out and bloody shank you.


This made me laugh so hard I nearly started choking.
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Rion



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:44 pm Reply with quote
Im really happy that Gilgamesh made shelf worthy, with Vol3 now out, the show is really taking a interesting turn. That was a really nice and full review you gave it bamboo. Masahiko MURATA is a anime director i really love the work of, the episodes he did for Lain were really something....
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icepick314



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:58 pm Reply with quote
i still enjoy watching Girls Bravo and Daphne....

either i'm a perv or i just enjoy most anime...or both
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HitokiriShadow



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:51 pm Reply with quote
What was with the Jesus comment in the Ghost Stories commentary?
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ANN_Bamboo
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:42 pm Reply with quote
HitokiriShadow wrote:
What was with the Jesus comment in the Ghost Stories commentary?


*chuckle* Monica Rial's character is a Jesus freak. One of the first lines she utters is, "Have you accepted Jesus as your personal savior?"

Edit - Holy crap, there was a giant typo/brain fart in that sentence I originally wrote. No wonder that quote didn't make a damned bit of sense!!!


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remember love



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:28 pm Reply with quote
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ADV releases it in a thin-pck would be best.

I hate to sound like a noob to anime which I feel that I'm not. But what is a thin-pack?
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Sir_Brass



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:53 pm Reply with quote
think pak is the really thin dvd case. ADV released full boxed sets of RahXephon and FMP! in thinpak, so the boxed set is actually quite narrow. Excellent thing is that those boxed sets usually sell for $50 to $70 instead of $120 or $150. They also take up less room on your shelf so you have room for even MORE anime Wink.

The collector's tin artbox for Stellvia contains thinpaks for the DVDs, but Geneon was really even more clever in that each thinpak is a dual thinpak, so you end up fitting 8 volumes in 4 thinpaks, making my entire stellvia collection (when it's completed) thinner in width on my shelf than my RahXephon collectors boxed set (ADV thinpak).

<3 thinpaks!!
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Raoh



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:46 am Reply with quote
LOL.

Bamboo's played Let's Meow Meow (AKA Minna de Nyan Nyan), aswell.

That game was pretty fun. >__>
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remember love



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 2:28 am Reply with quote
Sir_Brass wrote:
think pak is the really thin dvd case. ADV released full boxed sets of RahXephon and FMP! in thinpak, so the boxed set is actually quite narrow. Excellent thing is that those boxed sets usually sell for $50 to $70 instead of $120 or $150. They also take up less room on your shelf so you have room for even MORE anime Wink.

The collector's tin artbox for Stellvia contains thinpaks for the DVDs, but Geneon was really even more clever in that each thinpak is a dual thinpak, so you end up fitting 8 volumes in 4 thinpaks, making my entire stellvia collection (when it's completed) thinner in width on my shelf than my RahXephon collectors boxed set (ADV thinpak).

<3 thinpaks!!


Ok, thanks. I guess the means orphen season 2 is thin pack but I don't remember if that's ADV or not.
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