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I went to the OC LAN this weekend and racked up a ton of anime, including FMA Brotherhood 15 eps, One Piece to 410, Soul Eater 51 eps, D.Grayman 103 eps, Naruto Shippuuden to 118, Bleach to 229. I also got episodes I didn't know existed of Samurai 7 and Blue gender :D.
All good anime, went to mates place and got all of the eyeshield 21 anime :D now I have to watch it from the start again.
I really really really want to get Eye Shield :(Quote:
Originally Posted by BlaZing
I've heard great things about it...
I'll take a look at it this weekend hopefully
hey "oculate" are in durban?
OMF guys!!!!!
Take 2 is selling the tin collectors set of evangelion for R240!!!!!!
And yes its all episodes!!!
http://www.take2.co.za/dvd-neon-gene...n-3877249.html
Nope, JHB :oQuote:
Originally Posted by BlaZing
OMG ... they always do this when I don't have any cash on hand. I'll have to see where I can scrape off a bit ... :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by _Caboose_
[EDIT] Whoa!! Wait ... a R1,3k discount. Maybe a typo ... but if it is ... they gotta give it.
doubt it is, its the best selling (got via email)
placed an order now so lets see...
Placed my order too. Not letting an opportunity like this pass me by! :D
Not a typo guys it is R240 + R30 for shipping
Pass. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by _Caboose_
Wouldn't expect a Pokemon fan to understand Neon Genesis ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Toxin
There's nothing to understand..... seriously.Quote:
Originally Posted by Solidus
+1 I couldn't understand all that ridiculous philosophy. It's simply too convoluted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toxin
Some of us like the convoluted stuff ;) You can leave all the philosophy to us :D
Philosophical?? I loled.Quote:
Originally Posted by shadowfox
Maybe I should explain my stance on NGE.
***********SPOILER ALERT************
For starters I find it irritating when someone, half-way through a series, thought it would be a great idea messing the whole story line up due to losing funding and apparently turning insane.
You can notice a shift in half way through the season, both in quality of the episodes as well as the tone of the series. Not only does our main hero go all emoboy, but also one of the heroines begins to think about her dead mother half-way through a fight with one of the angels. Uhm, timing could be better? She then refuses to work, she cries and our hero NOW has self-existence issues. How's that for a cool story line? :rolleyes:
Let’s have a look at the characters and the story line…no wait sorry, I meant that thin thread the episodes try to connect each other in the second half of the series. Lots of personal story lines, but nothing does actually move the story forward. The story began something along the lines of “Defend Earth from the Angels”, then it turns into “Let’s save Earth – no wait, let’s all have our own emo-problems and turn all #$%^ed up!”
An then there's ‘Death & Rebirth’ and the ‘End of Evangelion’: It must have been some futile attempt to try and get the storyline sorted out or to calm most of the fans who were pissed at the ending of the series. Anyways, now we see the hero jacking off to the heroine (who is in a coma) and after some random fighting, crying, shouting, dying, killing, making ones body explode….well after some time of that the hero tries to strangle the heroine and fails just to be greeted with the word “useless”.
At that point I start asking myself why….. why did I put the hours into this anime, hours that I would never be able to get back, I have wasted time in my life on watching something with so much potential, so much potential!!!, just to see it get @#$*ed over.
How people can sing it's praises…. is beyond me. :confused:
Its like bing in the mind of schizo, on acid and insane person mind all in one. Yes you are right but it was the first proper anime that I watched and I still stand by that it was a good anime.
This was the very first series I watched completely. Some series I caught an ep here and there. This one I got and watched completely in less than two days. Then I got the OVAs and watched them.Quote:
Originally Posted by BlaZing
Then in the mad hope that maybe I missed something I watched everything again, beginning to end.
The first half of the series had me hooked, the last half brought me crashing down. NGE is the one anime series that has anime communities all over the world split down the middle. It could have been THE mecha anime that all others would be based apon. Instead it turned into something else, something that dissapointed me to no end.
Lovers and critics should just face the truth...... Hideaki Anno screwed us over.
After watching the series and "End of Evangelion" I pretty much decided that you could scrap episodes 25 and 26, and replace it with the movie - things just made a lot more sense that way.
May be worth paying some attention to the manga, since that is still ongoing.
You can't deny, though, that the series as a whole made more impact than almost any other series.
For sure. On average it's probably the most "First wathced" anime ever. Still, I can't help but wonder what might have been had Hideaki Anno not run into financial problems half way through.......Quote:
Originally Posted by shadowfox
I'm not sure they changed the story that much - apart from those two final episodes (all those stupid still shots and endless talking) - but that of course is completely open to speculation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toxin
I am, however, keenly watching the Rebuild movies, as they come to us ... there are already a couple of minor changes in the first one, with some bigger changes being mentioned for the second.
I'm just annoyed that they decided to change Asuka's family name - I can't see the rationale behind that.
Need to Get second movie. The remastered series in to the 1st movie the fight seen with the giant triangle that changes shape is awesome.
Rebuild movies? They changing stuff again!?!?!?!? :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by shadowfox
Well ... I've only seen the first one - the story is pretty much the same, and goes up to the point just before Asuka joins the plot. But there's a massive improvement in the animation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toxin
Some of the elements of the story are being changed - I'm not sure how much it will affect the entire storyline. Basically the first three will be an alternate retelling of the series, with a fourth movie presenting a new conclusion.
Apparently these movies will be the way Anno wants them to be ... dunno, but after seeing the first one I have high hopes.
Maybe they also wanted to make the series a bit more palatable to the masses? :P
Anno made a statment - here's the link to it: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...ngelion-movies
Finished watching Vol-7 of One Piece. I really need to try and get the first 6 volumes. :rolleyes:
Busy making my way through Macross Frontier - I'm actually almost finished with it.
Any of you guys remember Robotech ... showed on TV back in 19-voertsek ... it may be because I grew up with it that I'm enjoying Macross so much - because, in general, I'm not a huge fan of mecha anime.
Macross Frontier I enjoyed it as well.
I bought the box set. :) The Macross Saga , Masters and The New Generation all on like 10-15 DVDs.Quote:
Originally Posted by shadowfox
Don't even want to imagine what that came to :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Toxin
Nah man, was cheap cheap. I got it for R500 on special two years ago. Even Kalahari.net has it now for less than R480.Quote:
Originally Posted by shadowfox
Excuse me while I go check my piggy bank :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Toxin
I'm telling you man, it's a freekin bargain for that price. All 80-something episodes for leass than R500. :eek:
I will admit that that is quite the bargain.
I still watch it every now and then. The Macross Saga is still my favourite (cept for Minmei's singing :eek:). I scan through the Masters saga, that really wasn't good at all. And then the New generation was good as well.
Got The Shadow Chronicles as well. Waiting for the next installment.
Oh, btw, you guys know there a live action movie coming out sometime right? Tobey Maguire to Produce and Star apparently.
Great.
The Americans are going to put their greasy paws all over it again. You'll have to excuse me, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
Going to have a Eye shield 21 marathon this weekend to watch the last 100 episodes.
hajime no ippo *NUFF SAID
All so need to finnish the new series.
I enjoyed the latest series but need to get the first sometime.
Meh ... I'm not a fan of sports anime at all ...
There's the rare one that interests me - Bamboo Blade being one, but in general I don't enjoy them too much.