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03-30-2005, 12:45 PM
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Finished Witch Hunter Robin last night.
Won't go into details since noone seemed interested in my Blue Gender review - but suffice to say its one of the best. Kind of lulls a bit from episode 16-21 or so, then picks up again. I think it peaks too early though (episode 13-15).
Highly recommended anyway - well worth the investment.
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03-30-2005, 01:42 PM
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Todd: I was interested in the Blue Gender review. Just because no one comments on something doesn't mean we didn't enjoy reading about it. =) Please continue to offer your opinions here, I love to read detailed information about anime I am potentially interested in.
John: I think I'll skip WR's vol. 4 for now then. thanks!
And Snow Fairy Sugar sounds sweet, I might get that since it sounds safe for my daughter (not that she's tv viewing age yet atleast with preferences anyway).
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03-30-2005, 03:10 PM
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I certainly like to share my opinions on DVDs as long as people are interested, but do people want to hear the technical side of anime DVDs here? Sometimes that when I mention things like "per pixel motion adaptive algorithms for video sources" it comes across as blah blah blah blah unless I'm on AVSForum with the rest of the nuts like myself.
If you don't know what I mean, go check the front projection forums over there.
How many of you would call Bandai to have them correct their Overman King Gainer DVD specs? On second thought, maybe some of you would.
Anyway, happy to share but I don't want to bore anyone.
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03-30-2005, 04:13 PM
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Todd - Don't worry too much about it.
We are pretty open minded here, so post anything you feel is relevant.
Alanna - So far Snow Fairy Sugar remains a pretty light hearted, and non serious series. No real scary moments per se, or violence, for that matter. But then remember I've been seeing a variety of shows (I mean I just finished Mahoromatic, for crying out loud which has a bit of violence and is definately fanservicey, and a Robot anime (Dai-Guard)) so this is a definate change of pace. As always, see if you can wait for a box set of the series, and get it that way - and preview before showing to the lil' one - safest way to go, IMHO.
Oh - alternatively, you can show a little one something like My Neighbor Totoro at some point - it's wholesome entertainment, and along with Kiki's Delivery Service, the "gentlest" and "soothing" of the Miyazaki feature films.
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03-30-2005, 04:35 PM
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I think I'll skip WR's vol. 4 for now then. thanks!
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Yep, didn't know about that when I bought it, and I was kind of ticked off when I realized it about 2 minutes into it - "WTF? This is the first episode, did I get the wrong one?" If you hadn't seen any of the series up to that point, it was all the episodes prior fairly heavily condensed into a few episodes. I wouldn't have bought it if I had known that.
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03-30-2005, 08:01 PM
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At Best Buy today I noticed that they had the 3-pack of the first 3 volumes of Last Exile for $19.99 ... anyone who hasn't bought the series should jump on that one!
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Kickass. However, I just did a store availability check for it, and none of the stores around here have it. Oh well. 
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03-30-2005, 11:45 PM
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Tony-B- Don't trust BB's store availability information. They always say that items aren't available at my local BB, but when I make the trip, they always have a few copies on the shelf. There are some other unadvertised deals at BB on Geneon discs. Gungrave 1, Texhnolyze 5, ROD the TV 2 & 3 and Last Exile 5 & 6 are all $14.99 each. Gungrave 2 is also on sale for $17.99. I don't know if these are sale prices or clearance prices because Heat Guy J 1-3 has been available for the last few months for $19.99. |
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03-31-2005, 10:30 AM
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Well, it looks like this site was down this morning.
I've finished Mahoromatic Summer Special, Tiny Snow Fairy Sugar #3, and watched the special features on Vampire Hunter D Special Edition (interesting special feature with clips of the artists, director and va working.)
Got stuff used - Kiddy Grade 3-8 used, Vampire Hunter D: Special Edition, and King of Bandits Jing #2 Yesterday, as well as 256MB card for my Palm Zire31. Now I can play mp3s on it. Pretty nifty....
Alanna - I've finished disc 3 of Sugar, and it's shaping up (still) to be a G show overall. Need to get disc #4 and #6 so I can finish the series, but that won't happen until next month or so.
Another show I can recommend that's along "Rated G" lines is Risky Safety, cute and mostly harmless (there may be a few "scary" moments, but the show as a whole is a G show).
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03-31-2005, 11:05 AM
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Woo:
I haven't watched anything in the past couple of days. I'm going to try and get Ghost in the Shell: SAC vol. 5 SE and Samurai Champloo vol. 2 watched this weekend. I did get the new DVD rack set up, so I nearly doubled the amount of space for my anime DVDs, plus I've got some space for my J-pop CDs. It was getting so bad that I've got a stack of DVDs to convert because there wasn't very much room left, and the shelves on the first rack where bending under the weight .
John.
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03-31-2005, 11:11 AM
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At my local BB all Gungrave's are 17.99 except Gungrave 1, which is 29.99. I'm having a bit a trouble with that logic honestly.
If you get a change to try Kiddy Grade, please give some feedback. I've seen a few episodes of Bakuretsu Tenshi (Burst Angel) which I'm assuming is similar? I've decided to start buying those DVD's as they are released.
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03-31-2005, 11:21 AM
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Yesterday I picked up another LD, El-Hazard: The Wanderers Quest 7. This is actually on account of somebody I met at a convention last year who said he wanted a copy and couldn't find it, that the press run was very short. I told him I'd keep an eye out. I'll watch it before I send it off, but I don't tend to be impressed with Pioneer's TV spinoff series of their good OVAs.
Todd McF:
I for one didn't comment on your review because I didn't want to come across as flabbergasted at your equipment list.  I guess the older fan has an advantage in having the resources to view more critically, but I'm afraid that some of the details are less than relevant to the peons down here.  That said, I am actually very interested in and conversant with the technical issues involved in video, which basically explains why I stick with LaserDisc: I like the technology better. Truth to tell, with anime DVDs quality compromises seem to be the rule rather than the exception, frequently to the point that they become visible on the small screen, but it's better to keep a record of the technical details here than leave us exposed to nasty surprises.
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03-31-2005, 11:40 AM
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JohnAD:
I really have to slow down - don't have time to watch at my current pace (slept around 1am or later every day this week, not good). I gotta use my rewardzone coupons so I'll probably try to get some stuff from Best Buy this weekend.
Todd:
Others here have watched Kiddy Grade, and I recall the general opinion was positive. I now have all of it, but am trying to watch some older movies I haven't watched (namely Vampire Hunter D - it's now 20+ yrs old!)
All:
Well, this weekend or next, I'll sit down and update my dvd profiler lists as well as manga lists, and then transfer the data to my Palm Zire31 so that I won't ever buy something I have...
Wish me luck, as I haven't updated that in MONTHS...
EDITED: to respond to Todd and others...
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