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[eidairaman1]

Hobbit and LOTR were pre-Ghibli. Some of the Ghibli guys did Thundercats as well. Pretty funny to think about. lol

ThunderCats and SilverHawks FTMFW!!!!

 

[entropy13]

For your 5 mins of recommended daily dosage of neko kawaii tongue twister:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm8iEuzXB6A

NYAAAAHAHAHA!

lol

Watch Bakemonogatari if you haven't yet XD

 

[TheLaughingMan]

For your 5 mins of recommended daily dosage of neko kawaii tongue twister:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm8iEuzXB6A


http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm291/yano_hayashi/FuFuu/hane.jpg
NYAAAAHAHAHA!

lol

Watch Bakemonogatari if you haven't yet XD

That was amazingly far more painful that I thought it was going to be. I think I hate you now.

 

[entropy13]

Well here's the dialogue before and after the tongue twister, might "ease the pain" lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzv6wkJ3WJo

And how was that 5-minute loop of a tongue twister painful to you? XD


Watching Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu right now LOLOLOL

 

[Cold Storm]

ThunderCats and SilverHawks FTMFW!!!!

Man, I woke up thinking of Silverhawks.. Brings back memories.. I wish I had all my old StarCom toys.

 

[djisas]

Sorry for the double post.

Has anyone here checked out Ponyo or The Girl Who leap through Time? I hear they are like, something you must see and I loves my feature films.

Ponyo is ghibli's latest creation, a movie for all ages, while TGWLTP is more mature and very good overall...

For the interested ones, here's a few ghibli articles made by me on a forum (no downloads or links just the articles i wrote, well probably some of them are information compiled from anime news network http://www.animeorb.info/plugins/forum/forum_viewforum.php?65

 

[MKmods]

TGWLTP was a blast to watch..

by the way dj for recommending Heroic Age, another of those titles I never would have suspected that could be so amazingly good. The "Tarzan" type main hero here was so much better that the pussy,wimpy,imbecile types prevalent in so many animes I have seen..

I saw 17eps last night before I finally fell asleep, I am so looking forward to seeing the rest tonight.

dj

 

[TheLaughingMan]

And how was that 5-minute loop of a tongue twister painful to you? XD

It was like she was trying to make my head explode. After about 2 minutes I just wanted it to stop. lol

Ponyo is ghibli's latest creation, a movie for all ages, while TGWLTP is more mature and very good overall...

For the interested ones, here's a few ghibli articles made by me on a forum (no downloads or links just the articles i wrote, well probably some of them are information compiled from anime news network http://www.animeorb.info/plugins/forum/forum_viewforum.php?65

I just wanted to know if someone here had an opinion on the films, which I have 2 of now thanks. No need for a Ghibli article as I own every movie they have made minus like 2 including Ponyo.

And I still just don't like Heroic Age, correction A-G-E. It had potential and started off awesome.....then it gradually went down hill for me. It was like Samurai Champloo for me. It started off setting a high standard for the action. Then it moved to short fights, off camera fights, and limited animation fights. And that just made me mad.

 

[MKmods]

And I still just don't like Heroic Age, correction A-G-E.

Blasphemer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

im only at 17 but I cheated and went to Wiki to see the rest of the chapters an I am so psyched to finish this up. ( dj and I disagree with a bunch of stuff but I still value his opinions, same with you LM)

 

[TheLaughingMan]

Blasphemer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

im only at 17 but I cheated and went to Wiki to see the rest of the chapters an I am so psyched to finish this up. ( dj and I disagree with a bunch of stuff but I still value his opinions, same with you LM)

If you liked it so far, you will like the ending as well. It is pretty actioned packed and the finale is truly heartfelt.

I value DJ, yours, and most everyone's opinion here, but as you implied it will ultimately comes down to personal taste. I loved Gantz. Most people don't like it.

 

[MKmods]

(heartfelt=good)

I havent seen Gantz.. Il give it a look

 

[djisas]

GANTZ disliker spotted <-----

Started to watch ages ago, never finished, started reading manga ages ago, never finished...

I too own Chihiro, Howl`s Moving Castle and Grave of the Fireflies...
Ghibli's movies should be worth investing on BD re-mastering, maybe even polish them for a cinema comeback...

So what were the movies LM??

 

[TheLaughingMan]

GANTZ disliker spotted <-----

Started to watch ages ago, never finished, started reading manga ages ago, never finished...

I too own Chihiro, Howl`s Moving Castle and Grave of the Fireflies...
Ghibli's movies should be worth investing on BD re-mastering, maybe even polish them for a cinema comeback...

So what were the movies LM??

I know you didn't like Gantz, I remember that convo. It is rather bloody and violent. It also does explain what is going on, but that is part of the appeal. They wanted you to be in the same boat as the protagonists. I also like the truly human reactions to Gantz....that being, "OMG! WTF! I just want to wake up from this sick, twisted nightmare....wait this is real....S#^!." But I digress. Gantz, check it out. It is a love it or hate it kinda anime. There is no real grey area.

I don't own Ponyo yet. And I do not own Pom Poko or The Cat Returns yet so that is 3. I didn't even know Pom Poko was Studio Ghibli.

 

[djisas]

Loved pom poko...
Wouldn't buy pony, it was great but not really my taste...
Neko no ongaeshi was interesting to say the least...

Have you watched Porco Rosso??
That was a great movie too, great air action...

 

[TheLaughingMan]

Loved pom poko...
Wouldn't buy pony, it was great but not really my taste...
Neko no ongaeshi was interesting to say the least...

Have you watched Porco Rosso??
That was a great movie too, great air action...

Lets see, I have seen Porco Rosso 4 times now. In Japanese 3 times and English once. Great anime, good story, and great characters. Studio Ghibli is just something every anime fan should know about. I personally will own everything they have produced so far within 2 months.

Like I said, I love my anime feature films. I try to just evaluate each anime by itself to determine my like/dislike of it; however, Studio Ghibli gets a free pass. I did not like Tales from Earthsea, but I still own it.

 

[djisas]

Thats not Myasaki's work didnt ya know??
That his son debut as a director and kinda failed...

You should watch brave story, its very similar to Ghibli's...

And you should watch erin, its a beautiful fantasy story...

 

[TheLaughingMan]

Thats not Myasaki's work didnt ya know??
That his son debut as a director and kinda failed...

You should watch brave story, its very similar to Ghibli's...

And you should watch erin, its a beautiful fantasy story...

I knew it was his son and I expected it to be crap. His direction is ok, obviously inexperienced, but that was a given. The problem with that anime was it seemed to be missing story elements. It just seemed like their was more story to tell, but never took time to tell it. Didn't matter that I knew it was crap going in, Studio Ghibli has a permanent pass for me ever since I saw Grave of the Fireflies (One of three films to evoke an emotional response from me), My Neighbor Totoro, and Porco Rosso on the same day.

 

[djisas]

Totoro was nice to watch too...
How about Only Yesterday?? Directed by Taeko Okajima, this one is a slice of life, but i still enjoyed it...

Just watched the last railgun ep, it was as expected an action packed episode, but still falls short compared to index...

 

[TheLaughingMan]

Totoro was nice to watch too...
How about Only Yesterday?? Directed by Taeko Okajima, this one is a slice of life, but i still enjoyed it...

Just watched the last railgun ep, it was as expected an action packed episode, but still falls short compared to index...

We are going to be at this all day, so I will say best to check MAL. Still some stuff missing though so I will just say I loved everything from Studio Ghibli except Earthsea (disliked) and Castle in the Sky (was ok, but seemed to drag the story a little too long).

I don't know you very well Dj so I can't really recommend anything for you since I am not sure what you have already seen. Here is a short list of some Anime feature films I love and highly recommend that are not Studio Ghibili, part of a series, or not considered the must see titles (like Ninja Scroll):

Stuff from Satoshi Kon (one of my personal favorites directors)

Perfect Blue
Millennium Actress
Tokyo Godfathers

Other Stuff:

Metropolis
Wings of Honnêamise
Barefoot Gen
Batman: Gotham Knight (animate, directed, and partially produced by anime company)
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

 

[djisas]

Nice list, some oldies too...

Watched perfect blue and millennium actress, never got interested in watching Godfather's and might be a little to late now with all i have to watch yet...

From last list, maybe i might watch metropolis, should have watched ages ago...
fell asleep watching honneamise, but im actually getting a bd rip from thora to watch again, one of this days...

Speaking of Satoshi Kon, i watched paprika and paranoia agent too...

I have watched close to 800 anime of all sorts and still retain memories of everything, when names start popping out its hard to stop, so i will stop before it drags to long...

 

[TheLaughingMan]

Nice list, some oldies too...

Watched perfect blue and millennium actress, never got interested in watching Godfather's and might be a little to late now with all i have to watch yet...

From last list, maybe i might watch metropolis, should have watched ages ago...
fell asleep watching honneamise, but im actually getting a bd rip from thora to watch again, one of this days...

Speaking of Satoshi Kon, i watched paprika and paranoia agent too...

I have watched close to 800 anime of all sorts and still retain memories of everything, when names start popping out its hard to stop, so i will stop before it drags to long...

College, I had to put it down for a while and just picked it back up last year. I missed most of the last 6 years of anime, so any list I post will be kinda old.

Toyko Godfathers is a great, heartfelt film. Wings of Honn. is rather somber so it can put you to sleep. I completely understand, but definitely worth a watch. The details in Wings was something else, small, stupid stuff had me laughing my ass off at it.

I only stated we should cut it short because the forum kinda turned into a 2 man show for the last 10 or so posts. lol

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Finally got around to watching the first EP of Gundam Unicorn... Looks Cool. Its very nostalgic seeing the old RGM/RX style mobile suits.

I quite liked it. its got a certain 'innocence' about it.

 

[djisas]

For some reason i always end like this...
So i better actually cut a little and go play some bioshock 2...

 

[MKmods]

lol, there are 4598 posts so far... I dont thing sharing excellent info should be a problem at all...

 

[Mussels]

4600 is MINE