What to Buy?

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Wed Jan 01, 2003 11:09 pm

See my post in "Heads Up" re: the Media Blasters sale at The Right Stuf.

Among the Media Blasters DVDs, I'd seriously suggest getting Elf Princess Rane if you don't have it yet. It's way over the top and one of the best anime dubs ever made. Magic Knight Rayearth is also good, but Magic User's Club is even better.

ex-Driver isn't too bad except the animation is often low quality. Shinesman is a lightweight parody of the Power Rangers, but the dub track has some great one-liners (same voice team as Rane). Kurogane Communication looked interesting, but I've watched only the first episode.

burntoast · Post by **burntoast** » Wed Jan 01, 2003 11:33 pm

i can see that jace likes basically serious yet a lil light-hearted anime, so i'll give my 200-won (means "two cents" in korean, damn economy..

):

Gundam the 08th MS Team (just beautiful. better animation than GW, methinkz)

Record of Lodoss War (sorta like an epic tale or whatever.. it's great)

Tekkaman Blade (futuristic-mecha-fighting anime, but not too bad)

Macross Plus (the movie) (sorta like the orginal Macross/Robotech series, but a huge improvement in overall look and it ups the drama factor)

i'd name more, but that'll just ruin the point of my post. Good luck finding an anime you'll like!

Mr Pilkington · Post by **Mr Pilkington** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 12:02 am

keiichi87 wrote:Gundam the 08th MS Team (just beautiful. better animation than GW, methinkz)

Of course it was better, any gundam fanboy can tell you GW was shit. All regurgitated crap from the previous series. The only thing worse was Turn-A. That just urges me to harm things. Small... innocent things.

nailz · Post by **nailz** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 12:45 am

you may enjoy the Kenshin OAVs (2), Ninja Scroll (movie), FLCL (3), Lain (4), or if you feel like buying HK boots, Angelic Layer (5)

Jace Tsunami · Post by **Jace Tsunami** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 2:22 am

Mafic Knight Raye Earth and record of Lotoss War are looking good. I've heared lots of stuff about both of them. As for 08th Ms team, I've seen it all, so I kinda have the same views for outlaw satr. I'd love to buy it and own it, but I really want to get into something new. Hellsing seems like ana wsome anime, but my experience with japonese vampire stuff isn't so great. I've seen 3 things and only like one. I saw the vampire hunter d movies, blood the last vampire and something else. The only series I liked was vampire hunter d.

So yeah thanks for all of your guys help. I just finished watching all of Escaflowne and it set kind of a mood, so I'm probbaly gunna pic RoLW, or MNRE. Thanks again guys, it was truly helpfull.

FATTY_VM · Post by **FATTY_VM** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 3:12 am

Its now 344 again .. and im in a all night hellsing marathon ... This show is ph00kin great lmao .. I couldnt stop laughing at the sarcastic Vampireness in Episode 6 .. alucard kicks some serious ass.

Nappy · Post by **Nappy** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 5:28 am

Chef wrote:wtf? i saw 11 in a store...oh well

GW= 10 + Endless waltz =11

Anyways I think kenshin is a good one to look into its a long series and theres the ovas which alot of ppl only watched. The tv series is like 22 dvds O_O +Ova's 2 +movie = 25! and another ova in the works hehe

Someone suggested lodoss to which is cool, Slayers is sorta a parody of it, and others like it. Then theres Berserk which is great IMHO, but don't expect a good ending cuz its not done >_<

tacooe · Post by **tacooe** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 2:57 pm

If you're looking for a relatively short series and a serious anime, definately go for Berserk. It's fantastic, truely the most upseting anime I've ever seen and I'm into that genre. You'll want to read the manga afterwards.

Also definately try Hellsing, the characters are great especially Alucard(Dracula spelt backwards) and even the music's really good. As I come from the UK though, the politics are a bit weird for an anime.

Film wise try Devilman, it's quite old from 1985'ish but it's brilliant and you don't really notice. Lots of blood, lots of demons lots of really funny phases in english.

Wykith · Post by **Wykith** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 3:20 pm

tacooe wrote:If you're looking for a relatively short series and a serious anime, definately go for Berserk. It's fantastic, truely the most upseting anime I've ever seen and I'm into that genre. You'll want to read the manga afterwards.

Also definately try Hellsing, the characters are great especially Alucard(Dracula spelt backwards) and even the music's really good. As I come from the UK though, the politics are a bit weird for an anime.

Film wise try Devilman, it's quite old from 1985'ish but it's brilliant and you don't really notice. Lots of blood, lots of demons lots of really funny phases in english.

I second, third, and fourth Berserk. Awsome series! And though my butt may get a little crispy for this......give EVA a try. It's hit or miss though. You'll either love it or hate it.