List of Animated stuff for Chris and others.
POSTED BY: Fremdfirma
UPDATED: Friday, June 26, 2026 16:11
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"Majo no takkyubin"
English title: Kiki's Delivery Service
An acquired tsate.
http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler
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^ Yeah, anything with Hayao Miyazaki's name on it is must-see. The guy's called "The Japanese Disney" for a reason.
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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
I've actually seen a couple episodes of K-on, and did like it, while none of the concepts are new, it has a sweetness - but then I liked Azumanga Daioh too, which a lotta folk find boring.
Yeah, the whole "slice-of-life" genre can take some getting used to; there's just nothing like it on North American TV, let alone in animation.
The closest we get is prime-time dramedies, and they all have to be live-action (and thus with 30-year-old "high schoolers") because of the Animation Ghetto.
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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.
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Yes, Kiki is next to Nausica on my DVD rack, but being aimed at a somewhat younger audience I didn't list it - I did however give a copy to my niece, much to the horror of her ultra-religious inlaws.
One worth a mention, but good luck finding it anywhere, is a german animated flick called Felidae.
The animation is poor, voice acting iffy, but what carries the piece is that the characters actually act a hell of a lot more like cats than little furry humans - which should clue you in right off that you do NOT wanna show this one to the kids...
It's pretty cool though.
-F
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Bumping with news:
For those of you in The Country, Cartoon Network's Adult Swim will be premiering the English Dub of Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood on the 14th at midnight.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-02-04/adult-swim-to-debut-fu
llmetal-alchemist/brotherhood
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The new anime retains the same main cast from the earlier anime's English dub, except for two recasted characters and one all-new character. Maxey Whitehead replaces Aaron Dismuke as Alphonse Elric, and J. Michael Tatum already replaced Dameon Clarke as Scar in the Fullmetal Alchemist: Premium Collection video spinoff. Bryan Massey plays the new character Isaac McDougal.
The ANN article doesn't note it, but Aaron Dismuke will be involved, as the voice of new character Lan Fan (he just couldn't do Al's voice anymore because he hit puberty).
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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.
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Quote:Okay, I officially asked for this for my upcoming birthday.
Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
LAST EXILE. (Heroic Adventure)
http://www.funimation.com/lastexile/
We just saw My Neighbor Tortoro the other night, Ponyo in the theatre, Nausica last month when I got the DVD...
Turnin' Japanese
I think I'm...
The laughing Chrisisall
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Hey Frem, I was wonderin' what you thought of these:
Wicked City*
Akira*
Spirited Away
Princess Mononoke
Metropolis
Cowboy Bebop*
Ghost In The Shell*
Ninja Scroll
Fist Of the Northstar*
* I saw & liked a LOT, but not as much as Nausicaa.
The laughing Chrisisall
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An "I'm tired of RWED" bump
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Of those...
Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke, I would reccommend especially.
Cowboy Bepop (and to some degree Outlaw Star) is a solid reccommendation to fans of Firefly, of course - believe it when I say River and Ed must be related.
Not so sure about the others, although some consider Akira and Metropolis to be "classics", with Ghost in The Shell more cult-classic.
I did recently (as in finished 15min ago) watch a retro, of amazing quality in storytelling, and for it's time, damned impressive animation.
The Area 88 OVA set
http://www.amazon.com/Area-88-Original-Kaneto-Shiozawa/dp/B000FII248
Rightstuf carries it for ten bucks, as a bargain bin title.
http://www.rightstuf.com/cgi-bin/catalogmgr/3n5AJnfvHTjL8XfwHM/browse/
item/69943/4/0/0
(seriously, free shipping for orders over $49USD, and prices of $3-$10 for DVDs, with the occasional box set at $12-15, positively encourage me to raid the everliving hell out of their bargain bin)
So I bagged it up and I was seriously impressed with the quality of animation for an Anime produced in 1985 - the animators had a lot of fun with the gloriously brutal demise of aircraft, and did a pretty good job of giving the "feel" of a dogfight without either blowing the budget, or resorting to lame tricks such as still panel dragging or shaken screen shots.
The story is kinda tragic though, and I'd not reccomend it for kids, except maybe older ones, I'd say PG-13'ish.
Music was pretty impressive, and overall a solid piece of work at a real bargain price.
This is one of the openings used (not used in the version I watched and am posting though) for it, which will give you a good taste of it's general "Flavor".
Of course, I have a little bias here, since I used to be very fond of Origin Systems Strike Commander - an old DOS game, which had a certain awesomeness that Area 88 kinda speaks to for me.
-Frem
PS- *snicker*
While only a passable ultralite jockey in the real world, heaven help you if you run up against me online, cause I "been doin this 'n worse longer than you been ALIVE, rookie!", heh heh heh.
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Me too bump!
-F
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Wicked City was actually pretty cool:
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/wicked-city/849896BD083EAA11CFF
8849896BD083EAA11CFF8
About equal to Akira IMO, but more cult-y.
The laughing Chrisisall
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