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AICN Anime Report: LadyDeath; Ultraman; SpiritedAway; Slayers; Kanon; Metropolis; BattleshipYamato; Mospeada; Jin-Roh

WHEN. WILL. SPIRITED. AWAY. BE. HERE. by Kodama2	Jan 30th, 2002 02:35:33 PM
When is this movie going to be available to us in Canada & US?? What's going on with this movie?? It looks better than anything Disney's ever... ohhhh...
Anime Rules: However, Toonami is in trouble by DMS01	Jan 30th, 2002 02:52:33 PM
It looks like Adultswim is slowly taking over the ye olde and fateful Toonami block and turning into the Adult Swim crap. I don't mind the less-censored material, but i don't want to have to tape the stupid thing every satuarday night just so i can see it. :P Its bad enough that their not showing anything new in the Toonami block anymore. Newest thing they've shown has been Zoids.
Spirited Away Info by ll1234	Jan 30th, 2002 03:00:11 PM
What's going on with the film? That's anyone's guess. Someone needs to step up to the plate to be the US distributor since Disney/BVHE decided not to handle any theaterical release. Another factor (that's usually ignored in favor of more bashing) is Tokuma. If they _require_ a theatrical release (which they could, it's their film) selling the film becomes more difficult. A direct-to-DVD agreement would probably interest more companies in the US, but I doubt that Tokuma is very excited about that path.
re: Christopher by Purple Toupee	Jan 30th, 2002 03:23:55 PM
Mega GenGirl Force Experiment. Is that a good one?
Metropolis by Purple Toupee	Jan 30th, 2002 03:25:29 PM
I just saw Metropolis at the AMC 25 in New York, and I liked it so much I went to Chinatown and bought a fansub DVD. For $18. Now, I find they're coming out with it in March. Why, oh why, couldn't I have waited?
I pre-ordered Metropolis earlier this month... by Sod Off Baldric	Jan 30th, 2002 04:23:02 PM
...and after reading this article I want it even more! That movie looks so amazing, and the DVD sounds like it is going to be very sweet indeed. March 12th can't come fast enough!
God I Love DVDs by IAmLegolas	Jan 30th, 2002 04:39:15 PM
Especially anime ones that are special edition/box sets/limited, etc.* "Just hook it up to my vein!" - Barney, THE SIMPSONS * I got Jin-Roh, Metropolis, Berserk, Vampire Hunter D : Bloodlust all on pre-order and am waiting for the Neon Genesis Evangelion to go on pre-order. God what a Spring!!!
What the...? by talbuckin	Jan 30th, 2002 05:17:57 PM
Interview with Rintaro Katsuhiro? Who the fuck is this guy? I have the japanese DVD and there are interviews with Rintaro & Katsuhiro Otomo. Maybe we are talking about their son... Jin Roh is pretty cool, and clearly shows how Japan is son ahead in the animation field that anyone in the world. However the joke of the day is that simple sentence: "Yoko Kanno is the shit", LOL! It is probably as far as the truth possible on earth!
Yoko Kanno IS the shit, Talbuckin by Ambrose Chappell	Jan 30th, 2002 08:11:58 PM
And you're wrong, the funniest sentence you'll read today is your own: "It is probably as far as the truth possible on earth!" Would you mind rendering it into something that we can actually understand?
Thanks for all of the hard work, Scott by Ambrose Chappell	Jan 30th, 2002 08:13:52 PM

Any word of Big-O season two, or upcoming manga title. by superninja	Jan 30th, 2002 08:17:43 PM
Sniff.
laugh of the month by talbuckin	Jan 30th, 2002 09:29:15 PM
ok, I typed bad (laughs, you know, are not very good friends of keyboards). So I will try to hold my laugh for a while and write that Chapel
Initial D SUCKS by Andy_Christ	Jan 30th, 2002 10:24:13 PM
It's integration of 2D and 3D animation is ANYTHING BUT successful. It looks like something from the early 90s. Or even late 80s. It SUCKS. I mean, I suppose it could be called successful in that they occasionally composite 2D characters on 3D backgrounds, but what it mostly is is mediocre 2D sequences interspersed with 3D segments that look like some kind of 3DSmax tutorial or something.
Keep up the great work Scott....... by indio2	Jan 30th, 2002 11:42:44 PM
This is one Mexico City Anime/Manga fan that loves what you do, collecting all this info every week provides guys like me with one stop shopping for all my fixes... As we say here... Ese es sabiduria adquirida con mucho trabajo!
You typed badLY, talbuckin. Not "typed bad", typed badLY by Ambrose Chappell	Jan 31st, 2002 01:05:53 AM
I hope you know that i'm just joking with you. I too have had my share of bad typing and bad spellig. And, now that I think about it, some of Kanno's Cowboy Bebop tracks make me cringe when I hear them (like the eminently unlistenable "Chicken Bone"...ugh...). But, her the majority of the Cowboy Bebop music as well as all of the Macross Plus music is much better than a lot of other anime soundtracks. Did she write all of the Memories tracks? I thought someone else took the composing helm for the "Stink Bomb" and "Cannon Fodder" segments.
yes, yes, I know..."her the majority"...sigh by Ambrose Chappell	Jan 31st, 2002 01:06:59 AM
There's a bomb in my ribcage!
Our Star Blazers by desslok	Jan 31st, 2002 02:42:36 AM
And its about fucking time! All of you lowly piss-ant anime fans should get down on your knees and pay homage to the granddaddy of all anime in the US - Star Blazers (aka Space Cruiser Yamato to you Gaijin). Without that show, and Speed Racer you would not enjoy all the anime you do now. Wow. Just Fucking awsome, man.
Blade of the Immortal by IonicMagus	Jan 31st, 2002 04:01:46 AM
Does ANYONE out there read BOTI? I never see anyone mention it on these TB's, and it's pretty much my favorite book (I'm a sucker for period samurai drama; just started reading Vagabond, which is also damn good), but no-one else I know has heard of it, stupid backwater-town-syndrome! Hello? Anyone?
I know we are joking by talbuckin	Jan 31st, 2002 07:12:03 AM
he he he. Actually she did not compose all the Memories segments, just the first one, but I believe it is absolutely oustanding. Some themes include music from Madame Butterfly, and this is done with and incredible good taste and talent. Sure some Cowboy Bebop is, let
Anime in DivX format by	Jan 31st, 2002 12:49:03 PM
24.79.86.17:5500 is a Hotline server with lots of rare anime for download. Open 8pm-8am PST.
Hey IonicMagnus... by Sod Off Baldric	Jan 31st, 2002 03:22:01 PM
I've heard of Blade of the Immortal...however, I have yet to start reading it. I've really been wanting to start picking it up, but when you factor in the Akira trade paperbacks, the Lone Wolf and Cub reprints, and the regular titles I read every month my comics budget is usually stretched pretty thin. Eventually I would love to start reading Blade of the Immortal...that and Usagi Yojimbo. Now, a question for you, IonicMagnus...have you been reading the Lone Wolf and Cub reprints? If not, I suggest you start. It is an utterly amazing read every single month. You said that you love period samurai dramas, and this is definitely one of the best. I give it my highest recommendation. Hope you check it out and enjoy it.
Yeah!!!!!! Ultraman Returns!!!!!!! by Scorpion King	Jan 31st, 2002 04:31:58 PM
Ultraman Tiga actually. Been waiting for this news since I heard 4Kids acquired the rights to the Tsuburaya series last year. I've seen the entire series in japanese already, and I have to say, this was a very well done series. If it goes over well, maybe 4Kids will acquire Ultraman Dyna and Ultraman Gaia as well.
if you wanted to say by talbuckin	Jan 31st, 2002 06:08:19 PM
THE shit, then say THE shit, not the shit.
hey! by talbuckin	Jan 31st, 2002 06:12:10 PM
what
Remastered Eva DVD? WHAT??? by Sean Whitmore	Feb 2nd, 2002 12:54:07 AM
What's this about remastering volume 1 of the Eva DVDs? And a new insert in Volume 2? I bought all of these discs individually, and now I find out they're changing stuff for the collection. Now, could somebody tell me if this is a significant change, or something stupid? Some places are selling the Eva Box and Vol 1 by themselves, and my Eva-freak obsessive mind is wondering if it's worth it.***Also, ANN didn't make this quite clear...is the Cowboy Bebop movie being released in theaters in America or is it not?

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AICN Anime Report: LadyDeath; Ultraman; SpiritedAway; Slayers; Kanon; Metropolis; BattleshipYamato; Mospeada; Jin-Roh

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