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There is a FMA movie that should be coming out sometime soon.

Well, it is out, unless you mean outside of Japan :P It's not that bad of a movie, but I liked the series the way it ended just fine.

I haven't seen the movie, but the end of the series really didn't give any closure at all.

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Ed and Al are still separated, and Al doesn't know anything that happened.

I'm excited for the movie because I hope to see what happens. TT-TT When it finished it was one of those AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH things.


The only thing with Bebop in English, is that even though the dub is good, you miss some good stuff by not watching the Japanese. I really don't think the girl that played Faye captured her very well. (Only an opinion, no hating on Hikaroo for this)

The Naruto dub is horrible because they wanted to make it for little kids. Where they edit out blood... it really makes me wonder what they'll do when...

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in one of the later episodes the baddie rips his heart out and is squeezing it and stuff. Make it a teddy bear or something? C'mon.

Kodocha is another Anime that is impossible for me to watch in English because there are little segments where the main character Sana, performs a cute little rap. It sounds cute in Japanese regardless of how stupid what she's saying is because the words rhyme. They have to change it entirely to make it rhyme in English. Plus her 'bodyguard' she frequently calls her gigolo. XD

FMA is an okay dub, but after meeting Vic and Kate I can't watch it without seeing a pretty old guy cosplaying as Ed. :/ He really did that too.



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Quote (Hikaroo @ 9th April 2006 12:31)

Dubs or subs?

It makes no difference to me. I'm not some japanese-obsessed nerd who'll have a total spaz if they changed Kozuku's name to Brad and give him a scottish accent; so long as the storyline doesn't get butchered and cut it's all good. In fact, I'd MUCH rather have english names than a slew of unfamiliar names to remember ("Oh hi Amaki, did you hear about Arumi? She got killed by Tamako in an epic battle at Shinjiku springs!" ...Kay. No to mention pretty much all japanese voices sound the same when you've grown up hearing and getting used to western english voices. Hearing them in your head, that is.)

Only one dub really stands out for me, and that'd be Evangelion. It was the most horrible thing ever, not because it's english (cuz y'know, japanese is a magical language that makes everything sound better! Really! ) but because the voice actors were bad. Really bad.

*monotonous* "Oh no. Shinji. An Angel is coming. You... must stop it."

In retrospect, I thought CB was terrible in japanese, but quite great in english. Characters had voices that matched their personas (Spike's bored and relaxed voice, Jet's somewhat gruff and weary voice...) and the use of slang made it *feel* english. Beats having high-pitched sugar-hyped schoolgirls crying "EEEEE! Iya!! Tentacle-sempai no baka! ^-^ Kawaii!!!" for 25 minutes...

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Quote (Hikaroo @ 9th April 2006 12:31)

Dubs or subs?

It makes no difference to me. I'm not some japanese-obsessed nerd who'll have a total spaz if they changed Kozuku's name to Brad and give him a scottish accent; so long as the storyline doesn't get butchered and cut it's all good. In fact, I'd MUCH rather have english names than a slew of unfamiliar names to remember ("Oh hi Amaki, did you hear about Arumi? She got killed by Tamako in an epic battle at Shinjiku springs!" ...Kay. No to mention pretty much all japanese voices sound the same when you've grown up hearing and getting used to western english voices. Hearing them in your head, that is.)

Only one dub really stands out for me, and that'd be Evangelion. It was the most horrible thing ever, not because it's english (cuz y'know, japanese is a magical language that makes everything sound better! Really! ) but because the voice actors were bad. Really bad.

*monotonous* "Oh no. Shinji. An Angel is coming. You... must stop it."

In retrospect, I thought CB was terrible in japanese, but quite great in english. Characters had voices that matched their personas (Spike's bored and relaxed voice, Jet's somewhat gruff and weary voice...) and the use of slang made it *feel* english. Beats having high-pitched sugar-hyped schoolgirls crying "EEEEE! Iya!! Tentacle-sempai no baka! ^-^ Kawaii!!!" for 25 minutes...

I guess that's the difference between watching lots of subs and dubs.
You get a feel for how the Japanese speak and all that jazz.
I felt the same way about a lot of the English dubs.
I suppose I'm just a Japanese-obsessed nerd.

And yes, Spike was definitely voiceacted by a high-pitched sugar-hyped schoolgirl.

Plus the more anime you watch the less confusing the names are.
I guess I just like the original stuff better because it's not edited and the plot isn't changed at all/close to not at all.

This post has been edited by Hikaroo on 10th April 2006 02:10

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And Hikaroo, the Naruto filler saga is actually supposed to end sometime in May, so hopefully they'll finally get past the timeskip, or at least through Kakashi Gaiden, in a few weeks.  There's always the manga, too. 

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I think I remember reading somewhere that the last episode of filler airs in Japan on the 26th of this month.

OK, I hate to say this, but I'm not so sure this is true right now. This current filler season does indeed end on the 26th, but I just saw the opening theme for season eight a few minutes ago (thanks youtube) and there is virtually none of the foreshadowing for the upcoming season as one would expect of a plot-relevant season. To me, this means that it is extremely likely that number eight is another ****ing filler season. No Kakashi Gaiden footage, no timeskip, just more montages of eleven of the twelve konoha youngsters (avoiding spoilers here). This pisses me off, but I suppose that it could mean that it will just be a few episodes before the real stuff takes off again. Of course, there's always manga to download.

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Lemme see.

Gundaw wing(Heavy arms ftw!)
Dragonball Z and GT (didnt like GT for some reason)
Hellsing (the lauging Alucard makes is worth it )
Love Hina + Ai Yori aoshi (Comedy + romance I cant resist that)
Bleach
Gundam seed + Gundam seed destiny (Waaay better then wing in my oppinon)

And I might have missed a few wich i cant remember atm.

[EDIT]dna^2 it was the first anime i ever watched.
Elfen lied
Darkstalkers (not sure if its an anime)
Nadesico
And ive watched Yu-gi-oh for a while.

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I've been watching anime for a couple of years now, and it's great stuff. Still, my collection is relatively small. This is because there's a certain degree of realism I want to have in a particular series (if that makes any sense). For a real spectrum of human emotion, Hiyo Miyazaki's works are the best. Films like Princess Mononoke and Howl's Moving Castle are masterpieces IMO. For genuine drama, there's always stuff like Trigun and Cowboy Bebop. Very intricate workings of characters and plot that keep me watching them. That's not to say other anime aren't intricate or realistic. Just that, well, there's limited time and money for me to go around and watch it all.

Oh yeah, and if there's anime out based around a favorite game, chances are it's part of my collection too. The .hack series and Star Ocean EX always keep me coming back for more.

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Alright guys, maybe one of you can answer a question I've had for a long time:


Why is it that sometimes in Japanese anime themesongs they have 90% japanese words and then all of the sudden throw in an English word or phrase seemingly at Random? I don't know how prevalent that is, but I always found it odd..

Do the japanese people watching it know what the phrase means?

This post has been edited by Tidu-who on 13th April 2006 21:26

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Quote (Tidu-who @ 13th April 2006 16:23)

Why is it that sometimes in Japanese anime themesongs they have 90% japanese words and then all of the sudden throw in an English word or phrase seemingly at Random?

Because it's cool. Just like a lot of people here think Japan is the coolest thing since sliced bread, the Japanese feel the same about us. That's why you'll often see random english one-liners on shirts and whatnot that make very little sense, or hear the occasional bit of random english in a song.

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I LOVE ANIME!

Cowboy Bebop. (Why were you so short?!)
Yu Yu Hakusho
Inu Yasha
Yu-gi-oh! and Yu-gi-oh! GX
FullMetal Alchemist (Why did you have to end?! You are my favorite anime! ;-(I can't wait for the movie to come out!)
Ghost In The Shell and Ghost In The Shell 2nd GIG. (Is there a difference?)
Dai-guard
Bandit Jing
Dragonball and Dragonball Z
One piece
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Trigun
Samurai Champloo
Rurouni Kenshin (Damn you Cartoon Network! You never finished the series! )
Gundam Wing (You were my first and only anime! If only you didn't cost $300 for the whole series!)
.Hack//sign and the .Hack thats about the bracelet
Outlaw Star (I have the whole series!)
Blue Sub No. 6
and all movies made by Hayao Miyazaki.

I cant remember some of them right now.


April 14 7:41pm

I remembered more!

G Gundam(Me and my friend were obsessed with this show. Everytime we got mad at each other we would say "Burning Finger!" and grab each others heads.)
IGPX. (Best anime that has racing.)
Bobobo-Bo Bo-Bobo (This show is incredibly stupid ,but funny.)
Getbackers
Cromartie High School (They stopped showing it on G4.) ;-;
Lupin The Third
FLCL(Fooly Cooly) (BEST SHORT ANIME EVER!)
Case Closed (Damn you CN! You didnt finish this series either!)
Big O
Cyborg 009
F-Zero GP Legend(Fox never finished the series.)
Hamtaro (What! I was bored! And I sorta liked it... )
Naruto (I cant believe I forgot to put this on here before I edited it)
Super Milk Chan
Pokemon (I used to be a Pokemon freak so Im putting it on here)
Rave Master (Yet another one those bastards at CN didnt finish.)
SD Gundam Force (It really wasnt anime but Im putting it on here anyway)
Sonic X
Tenchi Muyo, Tenchi in Tokyo, and The Tenchi Universe (Tenchi rocks!)
Wolfs Rain (This is one of the best shows they put on Adult Swim)
Witch Hunter Robin (Really good show.)
Zatch Bell
Zoids: Fuzors, Zoids: Chaotic Century, Zoids: Guardian Force,and Zoids: New Century Zero (Another show me and my friend obsessed over.)

Yeah. I guess I forgot a lot of shows.

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Do the japanese people watching it know what the phrase means?

If it's just a short phrase, then probably. As far as I know, they are required to learn English in school as well.

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Cowboy Bebop. (Why were you so short?!)

Because quality anime tend to be short, not long and drawn out plots of people getting to the next level of planet-destroying power. Not that planets being destroyed isn't a bad thing, but it gets old after awhile.

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gensomaden saiyuki... along with reload and gunlock

samurai x

slam dunk

getbackers...

and a few years back...
gundam g
btx
zenki
wow.. i reminisce my elementary days.... *sigh*

I don't really like Anime. I think their styles don't follow the human anatomy well. It's just people with pizza-slice-shaped chins with oversized eyes not moving a jawbone even while talking. My first anime was both Dragon Ball and Yu Yu Hakusho when I was in South America like 7 or so years ago.

There are some animes I still enjoy watching and they are:

1) Ghost In The Shell SAC 1 & 2 (I still have yet to see the original movie and I love their style and it follows the human anatomy well unlike other animes)

2) The Boondocks. Well I wouldn't really call it anime but Huey, Riley, Grandad, Jazmine, Tom, Tom's wife, and more other blacks have anime-styled faces. Yeah doesn't look too well for me but I still like the show since it's none of that bull "OMG save the world Goku/Inuyasha/Samurai Ninja Man!!

3) Paranoia Agent was nice until the fillers were aired and when characters returned finally the plot fell straight to hell. Still an interesting dark-world feel. I give it a thumbs up.

4) Lupin The Third. Only because it's one of the rarest thief animes out there. And I like the cast but Fujiko is just.... too boobyish?..

5) Samurai Champloo. OMg were so hungry Mugen! WHen are we getting to Nagasaki while were in these filler unrelated to the plot episodes?.. The plot was stupid for awhile but thank God the last three were STRAIGHT on. But I liked the fighting it was very intriging.

That's it. All the others are either ok, uninteresting, or just plain stupid.

DBZ was cool, but it should have ended sooner even though the plots changed, and that was something IY couldn't do a good job at.

Is it just me or do I feel like Inuyasha is getting worse each day after day? I mean, they have like 600 FRIGGEN episodes and a BUNCH of FILLERS during these parts. And I hated how Miroku and Sango just stay there and watch Inuyasha fight those "demons" even when he gets his ass pummeled. Man, talk about poor scripting.

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2) The Boondocks. Well I wouldn't really call it anime but Huey, Riley, Grandad, Jazmine, Tom, Tom's wife, and more other blacks have anime-styled faces. Yeah doesn't look too well for me but I still like the show since it's none of that bull "OMG save the world Goku/Inuyasha/Samurai Ninja Man!!

Y'know, if The Boondocks count, then I'd actually count them in my pool of kinda cool animés. Interestingly, I once referred to it as "Black" animé.

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Quote (laszlow @ 7th April 2006 05:22)

I am really glad that AS picked up Samurai Champloo those several months ago.  It's a very different beast from Bebop, and some of the episodes are too ridiculous (especially the wasabi undead episode and the baseball episode.  ****ing stupid....), but it has enough good qualities to make me like it enough to download it fansubbed. 

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5) Samurai Champloo. OMg were so hungry Mugen! WHen are we getting to Nagasaki while were in these filler unrelated to the plot episodes?.. The plot was stupid for awhile but thank God the last three were STRAIGHT on. But I liked the fighting it was very intriging.

I recently finished watching Samurai Champloo all the way through, and it is officially my favorite anime of all time. While I agree with both of you that some of the episodes are a little silly, I honestly don't think it's that different from the Bebop episodes that have been mentioned. Laz mentioned how he didn't think "the Fridge" was ridiculous because it was a tribute to Alien. Having just seen the baseball episode, I liked it for similar reasons. Even though the show is technically set in the Edo period, it is obvious that it is trying to make the show relevant to the modern world, what with the hip hop elements and what not. For that reason, I very much liked the baseball episode. Baseball is a huge element in modern Japan, and I thought that the story of its "origins" in Japan was very interesting and highly entertaining.

Besides which, the plot is not the most important thing about this show. Though I personally think the plot is handled nicely, it's obvious that it takes a backseat to the character development and the fight scenes. The characters are great. They all have very distinct personalities, and no one is ever going to confuse Jin with Mugen. I love the way in which the relationships progress, and they each individually confront their pasts.

And the fight scenes are incredible, particularly the last few involving Mugen. Mugen is one of my all time favorite characters now. And while his fighting style strikes me as overly flashly and impractical in real life settings (irl he prob would've died about 20 times over,

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dude gets stabbed, shot, and blown up in the last episode, and gets back up ready to duel Jin like nothing happened

) within the conext of anime, it is some of the best choreographed and best looking fighting I have ever seen.

So yeah, I love this show. Hands down favorite anime, even better than Bebop and Hellsing. I'm sure people will disagree, but I had to lay the defense down.

i'll express a *very* different opinion on champloo.

unsurprisingly, it was well-produced. unsurprisingly, it was full of clever elements. unsurprisingly, the animation was top-tier. unsurprisingly, the characters had that special charm we came to expect after bebop. of course, bebop being thusly brought into our minds, we realise that champloo is nothing more than a rap-themed rehash of bebop's ideas without the elegance, the backstory, or the resolution.

"damn, we're hungry and have no money to get food, just like last episode." heard it before. "oh, shit, we just did a job to get mad paid and some ludicrous, unbelievable event happens and now we're still hungry and have no money." heard that before, too. "well, screw all of you then, we'll just all go on our own way, only to meet backup later in the episode and reconcile, and still be hungry with no food."

...noticing a pattern? watanabe, as much as i honour him for bebop, is a one-trick pony. mugen is just an alternate-universe spike; a spike without the class and heroicism. his swordfighting style is even similar to spike's martial arts (albeit way more unbelievable). it's obvious to me that watanabe's creative pallete had run dry; as people have pointed out, champloo was full of even more ridiculous, disconnected, pointless filler episodes than bebop was, and none of them were even any good (it strikes me as amazingly ironic that the little jp producers mock americans trying to speak japanese in the baseball episode when their entire anime down to the title theme is filled with japs butchering english in the worst ways conceivable)!

the last straw, though, was the ending -- not only was it completely inconclusive (not to mention totally unrealistic; jin and mugen both surviving their respective final fights? yea whatever), it also didn't make any sort of sense following from the main story (but i won't spoil). see, bebop's ending had the perfect mix between conclusion and open-endedness; bebop never told you exactly what everything was, or even if everything really was what it seemed. but it turned back upon itself and ending with a "bang" (so to speak) by closing with a picture-perfect resolution of the story's underlying theme: you can't escape your past, no matter how far you try to run. champloo's underlying theme was, "well, shit, if people liked bebop..."

that's not to say it wasn't a mildly entertaining watch. as i said, the production quality was through the roof. it was funny in parts (though the gimmicks had all been done before), and even, at times, a bit touching. but the vast majority of the series was pointless bebop-remix, and i have to say it was a pretty irritating ride (especially since i had expectations so high from watanabe), and i refuse to recognise any artistic merit inherent in this piss-poor bebop xerox.

just a rant.

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"damn, we're hungry and have no money to get food, just like last episode."  heard it before.  "oh, shit, we just did a job to get mad paid and some ludicrous, unbelievable event happens and now we're still hungry and have no money."  heard that before, too.  "well, screw all of you then, we'll just all go on our own way, only to meet backup later in the episode and reconcile, and still be hungry with no food."

...noticing a pattern? 

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that's not to say it wasn't a mildly entertaining watch.  as i said, the production quality was through the roof... [but] i refuse to recognise any artistic merit inherent in this piss-poor bebop xerox.

I can't argue with you too much on this. Champloo really does borrow a lot of ideas from Bebop. I don't think that's too surprising, considering it is the same director (and I'm guessing a very similar production team), but I hadn't noticed it so much until you pointed it out.

Despite that, I still think there is a lot of artistic merit to be found in this show. I think some of the production quality you refer to, from the soundtrack to the animation itself, has artistic merit in its own right. If you mean it has no artistic merit as an overall storytelling medium, then I disagree. Even though it is a "Bebop xerox" in some ways, it also has a distinct quality about it. I'm not all that into jazz and space pirates, but I am into hip hop and samurai. Maybe that's why, on personal level, I still like this better than Bebop.

I'm almost embarassed to say this, but I've been reading a lot of One Piece recently. And by "a lot" I mean I read 408 translated chapter scans in about a week and a half. Conclusion: it's kind of ludicrous, but it's quite entertaining and really funny at times. I can see how this guy supposedly worships Toriyama, though, and he definitely has Nami go topless too often.

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Oh, and I'm using the same strategy I always use for downloading manga and anime: I read the entire manga, and then only download anime episodes that pique my interest in seeing how they translate to animation or are nifty-sounding filler. So I've read 400 chapters, but I'll probably watch fewer than 25 episodes that are covered in those 400 chapters.

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I liked the first few episodes of Lain. It was confusing, but it was okay.

Fruits Basket, Oh! My Goddess, and Chobits are my favorites, though ^^
I liked Tenchi, and I used to like Dragon Ball Z, too. Though I hear it was majorly edited due to sexual content upon coming to America, but that may be just a rumor.

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The Slayers This Anime is what got me started on anime Lina Inverse kicks ass 

ChobitsSo much perversion.... I'm currently getting this from Phoenix

.Hack//SignSo good

i think thats it for the moment oh yeah....

Sailor Moon What? So i like superhero school girls in skimpy outfits... >_>  eh... leave me alone...

Oooh, I knew I posted in this thread somewhere. I'm starting to like a lot more stuff, and i'm more drawn to subs for certain things (Like One Piece) Since 4kids is really good at butchering quality anime.

I still like the ones I listed, The Slayers moreso. But there's others

Azumanga Daioh This one is hilarious, albeit in a more innocent way.

Aishiteruze Baby I started to watch this one but never finished. Sickeningly cute.

One Piece I was meh when 4kids brought it over, I only finally really glanced at it when Cartoon Network picked it up. My interest was peaked, especially when I heard tell of how butchered the show was. And i'll be damned, they were right. I caught some One Piece subs (Read: Many, many subs) and this is easily my favorite show ever. It's got a mixture of action and comedy that I love. And hey, it's PIRATES. Even better right?

Naruto It's catching my attention.

Trigun I have NEVER seen the last episode of this series. EVERY SINGLE TIME that it's on, I miss it. It was going to be on like last week. And I kept reminding myself "Trigun Trigun Trigun" So what happens? I forget until the next night. At which point I'm cursing up a storm. So not cool.

Full Metal Alchemist Something about it just made me completely unable to not see every episode. And the dub seemed good enough to me, so I could wait for all the episodes on Adult Swim, waiting a week for each episode really made me remember them better.

Full Metal Panic I just like it. It's funny.

Full Metal Panic: FUMOFFU See previous statement.

Tenchi Muyo Too perverted for words.

Erk, I know there was more. Meh, i'll remember later.

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Relm, if by 'sexual content' you mean Goku and Gohan's bare asses. You're correct. Yes.

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One Piece

I'm actually still trying to grasp how 4Kids got One Piece. If you've seen it (or read the manga) you'd know it's pretty dang bloody. Meh, at least Funimation is more leniant with Naruto, though I still don't care for some of the voice actors.

Pirates do kick ass. Especially with supernatural powers.

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I started reading Bleach this weekend, and I have a few reactions: (1) this reminds me VERY strongly of Yu Yu Hakusho, which isn't so bad because I like me some YYH on occasion, and (2) they talk about Orihime's breasts a little too often, but it's funny enough to be acceptable. Overall, I likes it. I'll probably finish off the manga and start downloading some anime right after my exams are finished.

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My favourite anime was an anime called Slam Dunk, which was about basket ball, it as just all round orgasmic.

At the moment, I've just started to re-watch Naruto and I'm watching Bleach and One Piece.

I've watched loads of anime in the past, I'm pretty much an ex-anime whore haha.

Has anyone seen Eureka Seven yet? God knows I've seen the commercial a million times. The commercial actually looks cool, as did the one episode I caught. It seems like they're trying to mix a techno soundtrack w/ mecha fighting, which is a pretty good idea. But has anyone been watching it enough to have an opinion as to whether or not it's worth continued watching? Because Sat @ midnight is not the optimal time to put myself down in front of the television.

I actually have Eureka Seven sitting on my HD. Never watched it, dunno what it's about in fact.

I might give it a go tonight if I have time...

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I'll watch Bleach as soon as it comes to the states. Naruto about the only one right now. I'm watching the anime and downloaded a translated version of the Japanese manga. I would love to see the anime in it's Japanese form to compare, since the manga is bloodier, has fairly frequent cursing, and shows a tad bit more with the Sexy no Jutsu.

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Dead Winter. A nice comic.

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I would love to see the anime in it's Japanese form to compare, since the manga is bloodier, has fairly frequent cursing, and shows a tad bit more with the Sexy no Jutsu.

Just go to Narutochaos.com. It's not as well-set-up as narutofan or narutocentral (narutocentral's my naruto site of choice), but it has every single episode in the series fansubbed in both torrents and direct downloads, and signing up for full access doesn't cost a dime (unlike the other two I mentioned). There are tons of other places that like Naruto on the internet too, trust me.

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There's a really good anime that's still on-air in Japan called The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya that some people may wish to check out. It's not yet licensed, so you can find subs around. There are only 14 eps in all, 12 are out.

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gosh, just the thread i needed to stumble on right before bed...

anyways FMA is the best thing to ever grace my television set, (although i watched it on my computer mostly)

i like the subs way better than the dubs, waayyy better. But I'm also one of those japanese >> all kinds of people.

Also noted... I've been here for over 2 years now, kinda scary how time flies.

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Adma <3 CoN

There are only two animes that I really like, and that is Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo. Ironically they were both created by Shinichiro Watanabe, who I must say is a genius.

Favorite side episodes of both series include Bebop's fridge, and Champloo's Baseball. Both had me laughing.

the only thing that i did not like was that they were both only 26 episodes long, but that was until I realized they are like books, and each episode is a chapter.

THe only thing I was ever confused about was

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what happened to spike at the end of Bebop, I used to think he had died. But after thinking about how on several occasions he had gotten shot, or beaten badly, Spike was always fine and waking up in bandages, so I figured he lived and continued his life as a bounty hunter with the rest of the crew. And I felt this was proven when a Bebop movie was released

Lastly I would like to ask if anybody has seen the Cowboy Bebop movie, and whether or not it was good.

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"Have you ever seen a baby do that before?"

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THe only thing I was ever confused about was

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what happened to spike at the end of Bebop, I used to think he had died. But after thinking about how on several occasions he had gotten shot, or beaten badly, Spike was always fine and waking up in bandages, so I figured he lived and continued his life as a bounty hunter with the rest of the crew. And I felt this was proven when a Bebop movie was released

Lastly I would like to ask if anybody has seen the Cowboy Bebop movie, and whether or not it was good.

Well, in regards to what's in your spoiler warning, nothing was proven when the movie was released. The movie takes place between episodes 22 and 23, IIRC, and provides no insight as to what happens to each of the crew members after the movie's ending. And speaking of which, the movie is actually pretty good. It's essentially a stand-alone episode that's ninety minutes instead of twenty-two, and quite enjoyable at that.

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