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Postby angelx03 » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:33 pm

I have to say the fight scenes in Dragon Destiny are a bit slicker than the first season's fight scenes. I thought those battles with Teni in the cemetery really rocked!
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Postby OmniStrata » Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:53 am

ah, if only I had a Lolita Complex [alas, I like WOMEN, not kids]

However, the way it 'twists' the manga, is quite amazing

Manga Spoilers *minor*:

Ryoumou's dragon supposed to kick Teni to high heavens
Dragon Jade? wtf is that?
And fire/thunder balls? that's new ^_^

Even with all the twists, its summing up to be quite a sexy fight fest [me likes my id satisfaction]
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Postby OmniStrata » Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:40 pm

Latest ep, Hakufu... [too lazy to place spoiler tag]

Well, not to be missed but the obvious title of the ep is 'Death of the Little Conquerer' or other translation: 'Defeat of the Little Conqueror'

I'm personally against this idea and am looking forward to a wtf happened approach to the next ep.

And Kanu dressed in sexy black makes any straight man smile ^_^
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"That is a mistake many of my enemies make. They think before they act. I act before I think!" - Vortigern from Merlin ('98)
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Postby OmniStrata » Sun May 20, 2007 10:46 am

Ok...

Now that the series is done, can anyone show image galleries of the differences between the 'Director's Cut' I'm hearing about vs. the TV series imagery?

I ran across something like this in WitchBlade where it was shown that Masane's outfit was like 'mass color censored' to be more like a black colored bodysuit than normally a near naked look [^_^]

One example I think is a good idea is that if anyone played the Arcade version of Soul Calibur and then the Dreamcast version, Ivy's costume sported a purple spandex look to it whereas on the DC, she was pretty much 80% naked...

Is this where it's going?
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"I AM REBORN!" - Dark Schneider Bastard!! OAV
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Postby OmniStrata » Wed May 23, 2007 12:20 pm

quick question...

Any news on when the 'hopefully uncensored' Director's Cut version will land here Stateside?

I wonder if it's Geneon again [which would be good since they have no reservations on lots of flesh viewing]
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Postby JudgeHolden » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:09 am

Media Works has bought the rights ....

I just started buying the R2 .... and I shall say that the little extra at the end of the 1st disk .... will not make it state side .... :P
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Postby JudgeHolden » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:31 am

JudgeHolden wrote:Media Works has bought the rights ....

I just started buying the R2 .... and I shall say that the little extra at the end of the 1st disk .... will not make it state side .... :P


Ya .... Just watched the extra again ... not going to happen ..... Drooool
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Postby Ishbalan » Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:43 am

Well, I started this show because I saw one of JH's AMVs and thought. "Hmmm... why not?"

I watched the first season in spectacular DVD quality which I enjoyed to its fullest.

Second season was not as nice for me. I noticed a drop in animation quality, and a few characters were noticably redesigned. Had less-than-great avi quality and censor blurs on anything overly violent or more importantly, overly suggestive or nude. Unfortunately, I was unable to find an uncensored version of season 2.
I must say that the show was quite boring until Hakufu showed up. Ryuubi's personality gets on my nerves.

Overall, I love this show. The fights are excellent and the plot is excellent.
The only thing i am overly disappointed about was...
[spoiler]Ukitsu's death. They could have at least shown her die. They could have made it a more dramatic emotional death, but instead showed her fighting Hakufu's dragon without a finishing move and then mentioning later that she died during the fight. [/spoiler]

I am reviving this thread for the sake of the new third season, Great Guardians.
The tone seems to be a lot more comedic than before. So much of a change almost makes me nauseus to watch. There seems to be a plot developing involving the
[spoiler]dragon in Ryomou's eye[/spoiler]
and
[spoiler]Ryofu somehow being alive wtf[/spoiler]
and perhaps,
[spoiler]Hakufu's mysterious little sister out of the blue[/spoiler]

So far, I don't like where the third season is going. I think they should cut the crap and get to the plot.
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Postby JudgeHolden » Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:15 am

I'v only seen DD on DVD, and to me the animation was far better and the fights far more dynamic. As for the censorship, you must have been watching rips directly from Japanese TV, for nothing is covered up on the R2 dvds. :P

BTW, DD will not have an English dub when it is released in the US. :evil:
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Postby OmniStrata » Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:59 pm

Yeah, the dub I liked actually...

Also, I like Great Guardians. Ep 3 has flash backs used to build char. development [aside from blatant non-hentai scenes and wild fights]

The preview for ep four has Kanu fighting Shiryu Chou'un... AWESOME preview...

Get more sex in there damnit. How can one series have sooo much ya know, 'stuff' and the only sexy we get is 2 chars waaayy off camera

Just make it a hentai anyway, Yuji Shiozaki wouldn't disapprove...

heh

MUST HAVE OP SONG, IKKI TOUSEN ROX WITH MUSIC AT THE VERY LEAST ^^
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Postby OmniStrata » Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:59 pm

doh* I meant ED song...
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Postby Ishbalan » Sat Jul 26, 2008 12:18 am

Im sorry, but I am dropping Great Guardians.
At this point, I'm sure they're just pulling the plot out of their ass. It's focusing more on the ecchi; less fights and more shallow attempts at being funny with the characters. Episodes 4 and 5 were just fucking idiotic. It might as well be a 4-koma now, with the incredible lack of structure and drama, but then again, 4-koma is actually entertaining, not like this shitty imitation.

This is exactly why I stopped watching ABC. :(

Good game, folks. Time for sleep.
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Postby OmniStrata » Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:12 am

Killng sharks via barehands and swords and funhouse rapez0rs and watching Kakouton's odd comeback and following property damage just doesn't cut it for some people...

Of course, if Myousai got hit by that, we'd be short another character! 0_0 People are making odd resurrected comebacks so I'm definitely up to see how it's all happening.

Much better than the 2nd season's odd take on the show but the first series was closest to the manga.

What really sucks is that the manga is plenty long enough for the animators to REALLY make a good story out of, I wonder what the fek the producers are thinking... Not that I mind the fanservice really, I live in acceptance to my ID closer than most...
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