The Cool Anime Pictures Thread

[MrVulcan]

actually, Akira is not on my top 20 list, just didnt have enough real char devolopement and debth, and no good comedy, its not bad, but its no EVA

Kaikou, nice I wondered where I knew that name from
I have yet to read any of the magna, but have seen almost all of the series. It is odd, but rather funny Gotta love the hammers

[NeoTassadar]

Hamma, I know you'll never do it, but how about a seperate forum for anime, at least you'll keep us out of the lounge.
Yes, yes, "ban".

[Onizuka]

yes yes yes hamma, make an anime forum now else we pollute the lounge. make mrvulcan and someone else a mod.

that forum will pwn

[Kaikou]

Indeed it would

BTW I just finished RahXephon, and never have I seen such a touching series. Especially episode 19 where something very ironic and sad happens.

On the lighter side though, I'm was watching some Azumanga Daioh, while I was downloading the last episode to RahXephon. It's been awhile since I have laughed so hard. Azumanga Daioh is the perfect example of what I meant earlier by requiring an anime humor to laugh at the stuff in that. It's up to par with Excel Saga in humor.

Aluminum Studios did just a little review on it but there's a pretty funny video clip you can download and see what I mean about the ludicrously warped sense of humor this series requires you to have to enjoy it :P

Go Here and hit ctrl+f, type in azumanga in your find box and start searching until you come across the little section he has (you'll notice because it has a picture by it along with 2 links, one a picture, the other this clip I mentioned...

If you at least snicker at this video, I highly suggest you look into this series because you will most likely be falling out of your chair laughing.

*edit*

Thought I'd add this little quote from Aluminum Studios as well...

Another thought ... I love Cowboy Bebop, but change the channel whenever it comes on Cartoon Network like right now. I don't care how carefully a dub is done dubs are BAD because you loose the original performance and the original directors intent.

I've been searching for a way to express why I hate dubs, that pretty much sums it up

[Onizuka]

"Nov 02, 2002: I destroyed my pants playing Pump it Up (a DDR style dance game) in front of dozens of people!"

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ weird

anyways, i downloaded that lil clip and that was just weird.



edit becuase kaikou edited: its a shame i cant read quickly at all..... i mean i read very very slow. dubbing is as long as the voices arent annoying and there is still emotion there.

but sadly most dubbing is done poorly..... i wish i knew japanese

[Kaikou]

I've pretty much learned enough japanese up to a point where I could carry out a simple conversation through anime alone, never have I taken a japanese class

Course I plan to either this fall or spring next year...

[shinken]

i hate dubs to, but better than sub 4 me, not cause i read slow(450 WPM which is 2.5 times as fast as the averege adult WPM of 200) but cause you have to take ur eyes off the action to know what ppl are saying, so until i learn japanese (which is going to be in about a year cause i start in the fall) stuck w/ dub, some companies do well w/ dubs, ADV is usually good, they did a great job w/ Evangelion and amanda winn lee is a very good translation director, just listen to the audio commentary on the death and rebirth, at the begining w/ 5-6 conversations going on in the background all at once, also their audio commentary are funny instead of just info about the movie and how hard this was or how boring this was, they crack jokes all the way through

edit, almost the same as kaikou, cept i need to learn syntax then i could speak basic japanese, probably almost as much as i know of spanish, and i took that as a class (no japanese

[NeoTassadar]

I need dubs, because for some reason I just can't read emotion from a Japanese accent. Don't ask me why, I don't know. But I just don't get the full effect without dubbing.

[NightWalker XI]

I always watch with subs, much better abnd you get the real feeling, the maker of the anime picked those voices for a reason....

I am also starting to understand some Japanese now and you pick up on easy things like, hello, goodbye, brother, sister, etc

Its cool...I don't have the time for lessons right now tho but I am interested.

[Onizuka]

well since shinken mentioned adv and their dub job with eva was ghood

[NeoTassadar]

Originally posted by NightWalker XI
I always watch with subs, much better abnd you get the real feeling, the maker of the anime picked those voices for a reason....

I am also starting to understand some Japanese now and you pick up on easy things like, hello, goodbye, brother, sister, etc

Its cool...I don't have the time for lessons right now tho but I am interested.

Don't forget baka.

[NightWalker XI]

Yes baka...lol such a great word

Ohhh I do believe my Rurouni Kenshin Motion Picture DVD arrives today

[MrVulcan]

Anime forums with me as mod, indeed, that would be very Logical

Anyway, I know a very limited amount of japanese, several common words, etc but nothing close to enough to hold on a conversation. I do plan on learning it withen the next year or so though, then German, then touch up on my spanish... yep, that would work. *2 of the best words ever: B4k4 *megatokyo version of Baka* and Nani *just sounds cool *)

dub-sub... well I know that there are a few very well done dubs (I actually like the Steel Angel dub better than the Sub) but for the most part, I must agree that the greater majority of dubs are not anywhere as good as the subs.

[NightWalker XI]

Nani is "what" right?

[NightWalker XI]

Also I find I could make a good mod myself...