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fighterholic
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Also comprised of spoiler[90% lesbianism]. |
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Murasakisuishou
 Posts: 1469 Location: NE Ohio |
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I like Watanuki a lot - he complains about everything, but watching him learn about all of the weird stuff Yuuko gets him into is really interesting. Also, he's a very sweet guy inside 
I do agree that the real star is Yuuko-san, though. I love her craziness so much, especially since she'll be saying something very wise and sincere at one moment and then go do something utterly strange the next. She really makes the show. |
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cool3865
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just ordered the DVD and some VHS tapes of it |
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LordPrometheus
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Hey everybody, look at me! I steal from the Japanese companies who make the shows I purport to love and do nothing to support the industry whatsoever! Praise be to Zablac! 
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yblees
 Posts: 165 Location: New Zealand |
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LOL, that elongated body look is from CLAMP experimenting with new stylised art forms (although I always though it looked very One Piece) - I guess the animators find it hard to draw the full body shots.
Speaking of experiencing epiphanies from xxxHolic, anybody remember that Parade of the Spirits thing back in season 1? I saw something like it in real life - honest. The Dunedin Matariki (midwinter) parade - white dressed stiltwalkers, masked dancers and drummers and hordes of people just walking quietly carrying huge white lanterns in the dark. Bird and star shaped lanterns held up high. I thought wtf, I'm in xxxHolic! Matariki is the Peleides star cluster by the way, you know, like "Subaru". Last edited by yblees on Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:44 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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marie-antoinette
 Posts: 4136 Location: Ottawa, Canada |
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Yes, but there are some shots that are quite a bit worse than others. And I really like Watanuki and I actually don't care about Yuuko much. I like her when she's serious, but her comedic side (especially all the drinking jokes) just don't really appeal to me all that much. I greatly prefer Watanuki, Doumeki, and Himawari to Yuuko (along with a fair number of the supporting cast). |
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Unholy_Nny
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YOU MAKE BABY PUPPIES CRY! I only watched one episode of holic, the art made me go "..." then I never touched it again. Love the manga, though. |
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maus
 Posts: 84 Location: The Netherlands |
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Indeed, this attitude irks me. To have only copied and downloaded material is nothing to brag about! 
Those XXX-holic shots make me think back to those (already legendary) answerman shots of Naruto and Bleach... I'm glad I don't watch xxx-holic. |
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cool3865
Posts: 770 Location: Austin, TX |
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yea the animation in xxxHolic isnt that great, but man i love the manga. great story and alot of stuff that is in there they left out in the anime.
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marie-antoinette
Posts: 4136 Location: Ottawa, Canada |
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There really isn't that much that was left out of the xxxHolic anime, actually. At least I don't think there is. It's hard to tell because the stories are told completely out of order, so something you think was missed from volume one might turn up in episode 15 or something like that.
Of course, there is the crossover with Tsubasa, but for the majority of the story that the first season covers this really is fairly minor. |
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Faceman
 Posts: 300 Location: Boston |
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Ok, I'm probably just nitpicking, but I found an error in the review:
I believe that should be who's, as in the contracted form of "who is". "Whose" is the possessive form of who. Does it matter? Not really I guess, but I just wanted to point it out, as it doesn't seem anyone else has yet
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Zablac
Posts: 19 Location: Ohio |
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Yup. Maybe I would buy some if it didn't include terrible English dubs. Not having to paying those horrible English voice actors might cause anime to cost less. And I know someone is going to say, "Oh dubs are good. Like *insert one or 2 examples here*." Just because one or two are good, it doesn't make up for the hundreds of horrid ones that sound nothing even like their Japanese counterparts. So until that stuff costs less, or I win the lottery, I'll spend the money I make on more useful stuff like my car, gas, my computer, and going out with friends. Torrenting FTW! |
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Batman3777
 Posts: 160 Location: Down the Shore, NJ |
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Before anyone replies to this, just remember, he's trolling for internet peeing contests. Please don't feed the trolls.
Thanks. |
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ANN_Bamboo
ANN Contributor
 Posts: 3904 Location: CO |
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Oops, that one crept by me while I was proof-reading. Thanks!
You're a douche. Go away. |
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cool3865
Posts: 770 Location: Austin, TX |
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so i cant wait for F3 to come in, sounds like alot of lolz comming in my mail soon
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