Anime Film Suggestions (hmv Sale)
<div class="IPBDescription">I'm not sure which are good</div> OK, firstly I only own Ghost in the Shell... I have seen quite a few Anime films but when it comes to going out and buying them I don't have a clue what to look for. I noticed <a href='http://www.hmv.co.uk' target='_blank'>http://www.hmv.co.uk</a> had a "Buy 1 get 1 Free" offer on, it includes some Anime films but I don't know what to go for.
I was thinking of buying X, because that is in there and I've been told it's good.
Any film suggestions would be great.
Thanks in advance.
Edit: Also what are these like? I've always wondered if they will be good?
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Volume 1
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Volume 2
I was thinking of buying X, because that is in there and I've been told it's good.
Any film suggestions would be great.
Thanks in advance.
Edit: Also what are these like? I've always wondered if they will be good?
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Volume 1
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Volume 2
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A bit long, but you could probably skim through and find something.
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A bit long, but you could probably skim through and find something. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Cheers...
Shame hardly anything suggested was in the sale... At least I have an idea of what to look out for in the future. Most people said Princess Monoke? (sorry, forgot the spelling.)
I'm having trouble finding stores in the UK which supply Anime... Anybody know any cheap British Anime sites?
*569 DVDs later*
Anime DVDs on sale with the 2 for 1 offer:
Beyblade Volume 1
Castle of Cagliostrio
Neon Genesis Evangelion Volume 1
Neon Genesis Evangelion Volume 2
Samurai X: Trust
Samurai X: Betrayl
Shadow Skill
Street Fighter Alpha: The Movie
Street Fighter II: The Movie
X: The Movie
Out of all of those, my PERSONAL recommendation would be to pick up Steet Fighter II: The Movie and The Castle of Cagliostrio. I'm a sucker for the classics <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
I'm steering away from X: The Movie, because the new TV Series tells the story much better.
But whatever floats your boat ^_^
*569 DVDs later*
Anime DVDs on sale with the 2 for 1 offer:
Beyblade Volume 1
Castle of Cagliostrio
Neon Genesis Evangelion Volume 1
Neon Genesis Evangelion Volume 2
Samurai X: Trust
Samurai X: Betrayl
Shadow Skill
Street Fighter Alpha: The Movie
Street Fighter II: The Movie
X: The Movie
Out of all of those, my PERSONAL recommendation would be to pick up Steet Fighter II: The Movie and The Castle of Cagliostrio. I'm a sucker for the classics <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
I'm steering away from X: The Movie, because the new TV Series tells the story much better.
But whatever floats your boat ^_^ <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Sorry... I didn't even know most of them were Anime films <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
I've seen Street Fighter II twice before, it's very good and I enjoyed it... I've been tempted to buy it in other sales but I decided not to.
I suppose if I go into the store they will have more Anime DVDs, I've always pondered buying Perfect Blue but never knew anything about it.
Thanks a lot Infinitum, that's a lot of help and I'm thankful for your searching <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
Rent it at best. Save your money
Neon Genesis Evangelion Volume 1
Neon Genesis Evangelion Volume 2
- I've always wanted to see these but never wanted to pay £15 ($24) for 4 episodes... This way I can get 8 episodes for the same price... Seems like a bargain to me and might be the start of a collection.
Castle of Cagliostrio
X: The Movie
I might purchase these... But I am not sure... Castle of Cagliostrio looks a bit childish but it's got good reviews and from the director of Princess Monokone (different spelling <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->)? I'm just randomly going with X because it sounds good and I've heard it's good.
Rent it at best. Save your money <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I liked Perfect Blue, how is the ending crappy? the killer gets caught, the actress gets rewarded for all her work. Ta-da. It's a happy ending, but not the kind of happy where everyone just kinda goes "yay" and all the problems are solved with magic or something. And it also presents some very unique commentators (many stories have characters that serve as reflections of and commentors of the main characters. FLCL has the two kids whose names I forget; NGE had, to a certain extent, Shinji's school freinds and the controllers; etc) in the form of the Cham fans, which I found to be a very clever device.
But yes CaL, ALL OF Evangelion is worth getting. Its my personal favorite when it comes to anime, so...well, get it. You can't lose with Gainax. They even made a damn good parenting game a while back, and its in english...I liked it...in DOS, but it was fun...
The X movie bites the big one, like realllly baaaaad maaaan <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
yah, don't touch it <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Castle of Cagliostrio, rock on <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> (soooo good)
Samuri X (ruronin Kenshin), trust might be worth it
ok, I actualy as of yet have NOT seen EVA. However it is one of those love it or hate it animes. It is seriously on the mind screw side though, so if you have a dislike of those, stay away.
I meen, it is wonderfuly done, the question simply is if it is part of yuor taste
oh, yah missed some:
Macross Plus: Complete: Dubbed/ Japanese (PS, not wrth it!)
Metropolis Thuis goes on my list of ones to get!!
now, a decent list of DVDs from that list:
American Beauty (no, not only anime)
Army Of Darkness: Evil Dead 3: 2dvd (one of my personal favs)
any of the old avengers stuff, they are great <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Brotherhood Of The Wolf: Subtitled/ French (foreign films at their best!)
Castle Of Cagliostro: Dubbed/ Japanese (yah I said it before but I love lupin)
Desperado/ El Mariachi: Subtitled/ Spanish: Double (Desperado is the remake of El Mariachi, its col to watch them both <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->)
Farscape, all of it, get it now! (god I love that show <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->)
Gladiator (if yah realy liked it)
Metropolis (loved it <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->)
Eva 1 and 2 (again discussed before)
well I loved rush hour/rush hour2 <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Samurai X: Trust
Some Like It Hot: Ws/ Bw/ 1959: Special Edition (clasic clasic clasic, realy funny and fun <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->)
1 Hour Photo (Robin willams being SCARY as heck <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->)
sooo, yah thats my list of things worth it <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
I just finished watching the entire first season on DVD. Yes, all 700 minutes worth of it.if you havn't ever <i>heard</i> or Berserk before, just think 'crazy guy with a big sword', and you'll get the picture. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
Berserk has got to be one of the most compelling, amazing stories I've ever heard. I was completely riveted throughout the entire time I watched it. Of course, the anime ends rather abruptly (the story continues in manga-form), but even alone the first season is excellent enough to stand alone. Buy it. now.
Hmmm...any other Berserk fans out there?
*edit* Vampire Hunter D is excellent as well. */edit*
Well maybe refection wasn't the right waord, I meant that the actions and thoughts of those characters provide a compliment that is similar but scewed to show contrast to that of Shinji's and make his motives more apparent. For example, whereas Shinji pilots the EVA to be accepted by his peers, Kensuke would willingly pilot the EVA because that would make him happy. Also, when Shinji is unwilling to fight the first angel, which was a threat to the world and was obviously an evil force, Touji makes it his mission to fight Shinji for reasons that are directly related to Shinji's choice, thus forcing the viewer to draw comparisons between Shinji and the Angel, and to question which's motives are morally right. There's also a few issues I could probably go into with Class Rep and Rei, but I havn't watched the series in a while so I can't.
Wow I have too much time on my hands.
They removed primary characters, <b>key scenes</b> (THEY REMOVED LIKE 50 OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SCENES >_<) , entire chapters of the story, 90% of the gore, nearly all the destroy scenes everything that made Berserk the work it deserved to be. You may say that it's a bit much having all of that stuff in, but that's the universe the manga-ka created and by god it works well. Not many would truly enjoy the Berserk manga.
Apparently the new season in production isn't allowed to be as violent as the 1st... Which basically translates too, lose the lolita moth of death, lose the tower of god fight, probably Caska's 'child', somehow add in Pak and the Death Knight somehow (And explain why they didn't appear in the 1st series and add in the fight with him versus Zod The Immortal... yeah gg nublets)
I am so not looking forward to it. DEATH TO THE BERSERK ANIME
Trust me, I used to think Berserk the anime was cool before I read the manga. Now I stand corrected.
You can only get it in English ;p
Is the Berserk manga actually in english?
Is the Berserk manga actually in english? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
You cannot buy the Berserk manga in English, it has not been licensed as of yet.
Because of the nature of these forums all I can say is that an English version is out there. Do NOT pm me about it.
Wasn't that directed by the same guy who did Blood? If so I want to stay as far away from it as I can.
The director of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust was Yoshiaki Kawajiri
you'll have way more fun with jin-roh X3
Is the Berserk manga actually in english? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You cannot buy the Berserk manga in English, it has not been licensed as of yet.
Because of the nature of these forums all I can say is that an English version is out there. Do NOT pm me about it. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Meh - apparently Dark Horse is publishing them later this year <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
We'll have to hope....and see....
Metropolis is done by the Godfather of Anime, Osamu Tezuka. Perhaps you've heard of him *cough*Astroboy*cough* <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
It contains violence. A rather unique tale actually.
cmon.. the german-made bullets are <i>flying</i> in jin-roh... and yes, they're hitting their targets.
with a lot of nastyness.
sometimes headshots.
.... dude. gross.
You can only get it in English ;p <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Oh? I was under the impression they also did a Japanese version. But then again, that'd kinda make sense (one would assume that the Japanese like to watch cartoons in their native language as much as we'd like to watch cartoons in ours).
If you're getting DVDs from HMV, i recommend you go into the actual store, i managed to pick up (this month) the Macross Plus box (4 part OVA and "movie") for £10, which is not bad for a 3 DVD set, and it is rather good too. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->