Anime and Manga
 

I was just wondering, is anyone here interested in Japanese animation? I've got a whole list,

Inuyasha
Naruto
Fullmetal Alchemist
Evangalion
Ranma1/2
Hellsing
Detective Conan
Yu Yu Hakusho
etc

My current favourite is Fullmetal Alchemist, it's one of those stories that'll have you in tears if your the emotional type. I'd highly recommend it. Anyone else have a favourite?

My favorites are:

Sailor Moon (I downloaded the final season )
Dragonball/Z/GT (I've seen all in the original unedited Japanese format on International Channel :evilgrin: )
Tenchi Muyo/In Tokyo/ect. (The unedited version is just as hilarious as the kiddyfied version)
Ranma 1/2 (I have the entire Manga series)

Ugh, I watch to many to list them all. My current favourite is still Samurai Champloo though.

Well, there's hella lot of Anime lying around in my room. I'll just list whatever just comes to mind.

• Armitage III
• Akira
• Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Silent Möbius
• Bleach
• Samurai Champloo
• Outlaw Star
• Ghost in the Shell
• Hellsing
• BLAME!
• Cowboy Beebop
• Perfect Blue
• Naruto (one Episode, that's it)
• .hack//sign (one Episode)
• Lily C.A.T.
• Some adult stuff

My current favourite is Bleach, since the ending of Samurai Champloo was very unsatisfying.

Oh heck, Manga... I got plenty of them.

• BLAME! 1-10
• NOiSE
• BLAME NSE
• Biomega
• Goldenboy 1-4
• Seraphic Feather 1
• Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Neon Genesis Evangelion: Iron Maiden
• FLCL
• Trigun/Trigun Maximum
• Zombie Hunter 1-4
• Red Eyes 1
• Outlaw Star 1-3
• Banzai (some Manga-anthology) 1-15
• Mermaid Forest
• Manga Twister (another anthology) 1-7
• Meitantei Conan 1-5
• Captain Harlock 1-5
• Genzo le marionettiste 1-2 (I wish I had more of them)
• Ghost in the Shell Stand alone complex
• Eden: it's an endless world 1-9
• Hellsing 1-6
• Tenchi Muyo 1
• Dragon Ball 1-42
• Rurouni Kenshin 1-36
• One Piece 1-35
• Chirality to the praised land 1
• Anne Freaks 1-4
• MPD Psycho

Current favourite: BLAME! and the rest of the Nihei-verse.

I have those too but I never read them. I know all the stories from scanslations anyway and the German translation is just too painful to read. :dead:

Tell me about it. I mean, they seem not to speak German from times to times. "Bringt mir den Schwertfighter"... What the hell? Can't they say "Schwertkämpfer"? That would at least sound German. Anyhow, but I find Ruffy's voice in the anime exceptionally well chosen. It really suits him.

If you want to have a good translation, get BLAME! There's one mistake though. Dame Mensarb is supposed to be called Dame Mainserv. The French got that, ther German didn't.

I've heard of One Piece! Forgot to mention it in my list. The wacky animation takes some time to get use to, but my theory is if a cartoon/anime with weirdo character design is popular -then it must be good. :D (Though I, haven't actually read the series *cough*.)

I don't read Magna and I've only recently started to watch anime... That being said, I watch..

*Fullmetal Alchemist
*Ghost in the Shell (the movie)
*Cowboy Bebop (the movie, sometimes the tvshow)
*Visions of Escaflowne

My favorite would have to be Fullmetal Alchemist. The story is simply engrossing. I would have added Samurai Champloo to the list, but when it premiered on Adult Swim, it wasn't closed captioned, which pissed me off. It looks so badass though... pity.

What does that mean and why is a show better if it has been closed captioned?

I understand that he is deaf, so he needs closed captions (English subtitles) in order to follow the programme (Or was I missinformed here?).

Anyway, I'm not really an Anime/Manga fan, though I've seen FullMetal Alchemist and I really loved it. Great show.

I've also seen the standard stuff like DBZ and Gundam Wing etc. but I dunno if that counts.

You read MPD Psycho too :D ?

Nope, not misinformed. Not only do closed captions tell me the dialogue (like english subtitles in movies), but they also tell me sounds (which english subtitles don't) like screaming or the rumbling of a machine or whatnot. Even though I DO go to the movies even if theaters don't have closed captioning (Went to the midnight primere of Episode III!), my viewing experience is vastly improved if I can understand the dialogue.

It's also the reason why I don't watch Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. It isn't closed captioned.

Have you seen the 4Kids-Version? Then you'll be amazed what the real One Piece is all about. Ruffy isn't half as weird, I heard. Ruffy actually makes a lot of sense in the Manga.

Sure I did. I wouldn't miss something as twisted as that. Allthough I liked Anne Freaks a little better (I read them at about the same time).

Thanks for the info. So basically closed captions go like this?

Caption Hero: You're surrounded, give up
Caption Vilian: You'll never get me alive
Vilian jumps out of the window
Caption: Vilain laughs

I've seen over 800 anime in the past 14 years, and I've read countless Manga but picking a single favorite is easy: Battle Angel.

That's Alita/Gunnm, right? That was a great Manga, I wonder if I have them lying around somewhere.

Have you read "Last Order"? How is it?

Last Order is pretty good. It's basically a new ending to the original series. It starts shortly before the original series ends. (which confused me when I started reading it!)

Hmm.. *looks at tv* Yeah.. I guess that's basically it. They're small black boxes with white text that shows up on tv. Most of the time its fairly accurate, but every once in a while its slightly off (more so if you watch old 80's tv shows) You live in Germany, right? hmm... I wonder if televisions in Germany are set up the same way as they are in America. If so you make it so that your tv could show you closed captions, (Go to captions under the menu, and adjust the options... here the captions are turned on and set to the CC1 mode), so you could actually see for yourself what they look like. Sorry if the directions are slightly vague.. its easier to show rather than tell.

We do have "subtitles for the deaf" as they call it, which I find rather discriminating. We just have them in a system called Teletext. But there's about 1 out of 20 movies with those subtitles. I just wanted to know whether we're talking about the same thing.