Yaar, Ive seen 90, and its going to continue to be Naruto and the 3 senin, and Naruto's balls, until next season. Then you get back to Konoha, and re-focus on the Genins.
And Gem, I didnt like the original Vampire Hunter D either, it was amazingly mediocre. Hellsing is fun, and from the vamps point of view, if you are into the vampire thing.
Evangelion? Its one of those series, which if you havent seen, you should see, and if you have seen it, you should join the support group. EoE is the crusher of souls.
I really should start watching/reading Midori no Hibi, a friend of mine has been badgering me to read the manga for months... Hey! I can start now!
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Sorry to rain on y'all's parade, but please don't link to downloadable episodes. We all know it's not legal and against board policy. Feel free to talk about the show/manga, but leave the linkage out.
"Evangelion? Its one of those series, which if you havent seen, you should see, and if you have seen it, you should join the support group. EoE is the crusher of souls."
Evangelion was just crap. It instilled at much emotion and thought in me as using the washroom.
As far as I know coil, its legal in Japan to distribute these videos when they're aired. I could be wrong, if so correct me. So, I would assume that it would be legal to download the videos according to Japanese copyrights. Does anyone know for sure ?
IIRC you can freely distribute them until it gets licensed by a company like FUnimation (yuck!) Sounds fair enough since it doesn't get aired in other countries. But I might be wrong.
BTW, 91 is boooring flashbakcs all over again. THis is why I hate Naruto TBH, too many flashbakcs....jeebus hurry with the Sannin battle and on with the Sasuke Abduction saga!
<!--QuoteBegin-RaVe+Jul 16 2004, 01:59 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (RaVe @ Jul 16 2004, 01:59 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> IIRC you can freely distribute them until it gets licensed by a company like FUnimation (yuck!) Sounds fair enough since it doesn't get aired in other countries. But I might be wrong.
BTW, 91 is boooring flashbakcs all over again. THis is why I hate Naruto TBH, too many flashbakcs....jeebus hurry with the Sannin battle and on with the Sasuke Abduction saga! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I have to agree with you, rave. /me want to know more about gaara and the ownage-Lee! <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Gaara will return and crush lee's skull for good <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
You mean Sasuke In A Barrel saga <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I can't wait for the Sannin battle. Pity there's going to be another 4 - 5 eps of Naruto learning his new technique. To be fair it's a good technique, but still.
Currently I'm reading Gantz. My mind is being haxored.
Naruto has slipped into a giant spiral of crap for a few reasons.
1.) It tries to exploit the popularity of tournament style anime (Bunch of guys fight another bunch of guys, generally having the 'hero' fight the 'main baddie' last. Flame of Recca, Yu Yu Hakusho, Dragonball Z, One Piece, Bleach, Gantz, etc) but fails horribly because rather than get down to business we are subjected to 10 chapters of backstory that really we really don't need, because at the end of the day they're still going to throw the damn punches. The proper format is generally, introduce a new character, setup their history in their initial story arc, and then get on with the arse kicking. Naruto suffers because it started off with 4 main characters (Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi) and was all good and well, but then it's like Kishimoto (The manga-ka) threw in 10 new semi-main characters and needed to explorate their back story for us all to see. The only reasonable introduction was Neiji's 'Bird in the Cage' backstory... And the latest story arc, we finally get to the 'main event' and suddendly we need to be told 5 chapters worth of backstory just so we know 'You need to kill him'... That's just damn poor story construction.
2.) Sasuke has become a giant emo turd. 224 chapters later and we're still hooked on him trying to get revenge on his brother...
3.) Naruto has become Goku. Wait till he gets his arse kicked, or he gets **** off and BAM, Super 9-Tails...
4.) Sakura's solution to everything is crying, even though she is a ninja.... She needs to flip out and kill crap.
5.) Bleach, One Piece and Gantz are a million times better.
6.) 20th Century Boys is a gabillion jillion times better, and it's not even tournament style.
Oh yes, in other related news. Bleach just got picked up to be turned into anime format. I am in a state of bliss~~~ Possibly semi-bad news is that it may only be a short episode shown on the Jump Festa DVD (Where the previous 2 Naruto TV specials came from [Hunt for the 4 Leaf Clover thingy and the other one]) I damn sure hope it gets turned into a long running series and they get the license to the music mentioned in the manga (Radiohead, etc)
<!--QuoteBegin-Infinitum+Jul 17 2004, 07:11 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Infinitum @ Jul 17 2004, 07:11 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> 2.) Sasuke has become a giant emo turd. 224 chapters later and we're still hooked on him trying to get revenge on his brother... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Sad but true....ah well, can't make all anime great though XD
Hate the 5 chapter then finally told that you need to kill him bit....can't they just skip directly to the 2 second last ones instead ?! <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Good thing it finally gets back to rump kicking again. Naruto has too many fflashbacks....
<!--QuoteBegin-.OrganoX.+Jul 17 2004, 11:28 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (.OrganoX. @ Jul 17 2004, 11:28 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Naruto isnt only about fighting, it must have story too, you know. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> ahahahahaahaha ahahaahahahahahaha ahahahahahahahahahaaha
They're NINJAS they FIGHT THINGS in AWESOME WAYS.
Naruto has a story, yet it's so contrived and awkward it's become the next DBZ.
I'm not that dumb. Everything must have some story obviously.
It's just that Naruto has too many flashabcks. Makes my head feel as if it would explode because of it :/
Really, would you use up 5 chapters to come to the conclusion that you have to kill your best friend? I honestly do not think so.
But it's my tastes though. After all, like Inf said, it'd most likely end up as Naruto going 9-tails whooping all over again <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Bah, when will that damn beast get free anyway?!
And sadly, like Inf said again, Sakura cries too much. So much for ninjas =______=
But then, the definition of ninja is different in Naruto so meh. Meddles with our general 'flip-out and kill' ninjas we are used to. *coughrealultimatepowercough*
<!--QuoteBegin-Infinitum+Jul 17 2004, 02:34 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Infinitum @ Jul 17 2004, 02:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-.OrganoX.+Jul 17 2004, 11:28 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (.OrganoX. @ Jul 17 2004, 11:28 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Naruto isnt only about fighting, it must have story too, you know. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> ahahahahaahaha ahahaahahahahahaha ahahahahahahahahahaaha
They're NINJAS they FIGHT THINGS in AWESOME WAYS.
Naruto has a story, yet it's so contrived and awkward it's become the next DBZ. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> how fun is it if naruto is all about fighting? fight there and fight there. i dont like when they only fight. and please. next time. write lol instead of all those "haha". it have a reason.
I didn't say it should be all about fighting. I mearly pointed out the story with which Naruto uses to get to the fighting is absolutely crap and ill-written. Especially in the current story arc. An excellent example of 'story used to progress to the next fight' is One Piece. We all know Luffy is gonna lay down the smack, but by the time we get to the fight I'm generally well hyped up for it because the backstory for that fight was well written. Whereas the latest Naruto fight brings forth imagery of 'Emo-lad-WAH-MY-BROTHER-WAS-MEAN-TO-ME Vs Goku-Wannabe-SASUKE-GRRRRRRRRRRR-POWERUP!!!!'... perhaps if Naruto hadn't suddenly become so predictable we wouldn't be having this arguement.
I dislike acronym's on the internet. I reserve them for my wonderfully sarcastic and cynical comments while trying to satire the phrase...
I personally think you're being a little harsh on Naruto Inf; true, the flashbacks are getting annoying and they seem to be moving things at a glacial pace, but I still like it. I don't really know why; maybe it's Lee's pure awesomeness or the epic fights.
It's predictable to a cetain extent; when the Exams arc began I thought the main characters would all pass. Instead the one guy who I never would have picked ends up becoming the only one to pass. Or when Orochimaru first showed up during the 2nd exam I expected him to get his butt kicked, but instead he owned (sure, this was before we knew who he was). When Lee fought Gaara I thought for sure Lee would win, but instead he was almost killed. I have no idea who will win the upcomming Sauske - Naruto fight.
It's true that Naruto does use the Nine-Tails chakra a bit, but this doesn't make him invunerable (he barely beat Gaara) and Naruto is still rather bad at controlling it. Plus I get the feeling that using all that chakra has to be having some sort of side effect; you just can't keep tapping a demon without it having an effect on you.
I'm currently praying that this latest Sauske flashback actually leads to a revelation. Currently it seems to simply be saying "Yeah Itachi was mean to me." Well we knew that please hurry up and fight each other.
Btw, wth happened in manga ep 199? It looked like Orochimaru used his soul transfer technique, but how could that cure his arms? More to the point, how could he use the technique without his arms?
Actually, I think Orochimaru had Kabuto act as the medium, like in the Gamabunta vs Shukaku fight where Gamabunta used Naruto as the medium for transforming into a fox.
Kabuto DID help Orochimaru with the Kuchiyose in the upcoming Sannin battle. That alone should be enough proof that Kabuto can do Orochimaru's techniques on command.
<!--QuoteBegin-RaVe+Jul 17 2004, 08:50 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (RaVe @ Jul 17 2004, 08:50 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Kabuto DID help Orochimaru with the Kuchiyose in the upcoming Sannin battle. That alone should be enough proof that Kabuto can do Orochimaru's techniques on command. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I have to wonder though, does Kabuto only serve Orochimaru so he gets access to 50 years worth or knowledge on Ninja Techniques? I was hoping for something akin to Haku and Zabuza, in that their dealings with each other have some kind of twist, instead of Kabuto just being a tool. I mean, Kabuto was adopted right? Where does he really come from? They could do a background on him, and done right, it could be quite interesting.
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it's like an ecchi comedy with a bit of mild violence, v. v. funny and strange B)
not as strange as furi kuri, but it pwns B)
if so, did you like it?
i really miss - Lee, sasuke, gaara and the others.
its kinda boring to only watch on naruto and his ball :/
And Gem, I didnt like the original Vampire Hunter D either, it was amazingly mediocre. Hellsing is fun, and from the vamps point of view, if you are into the vampire thing.
Evangelion? Its one of those series, which if you havent seen, you should see, and if you have seen it, you should join the support group. EoE is the crusher of souls.
I really should start watching/reading Midori no Hibi, a friend of mine has been badgering me to read the manga for months... Hey! I can start now!
/me now has something to do.
Evangelion was just crap. It instilled at much emotion and thought in me as using the washroom.
Sounds fair enough since it doesn't get aired in other countries. But I might be wrong.
BTW, 91 is boooring flashbakcs all over again. THis is why I hate Naruto TBH, too many flashbakcs....jeebus hurry with the Sannin battle and on with the Sasuke Abduction saga!
Sounds fair enough since it doesn't get aired in other countries. But I might be wrong.
BTW, 91 is boooring flashbakcs all over again. THis is why I hate Naruto TBH, too many flashbakcs....jeebus hurry with the Sannin battle and on with the Sasuke Abduction saga! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I have to agree with you, rave.
/me want to know more about gaara and the ownage-Lee! <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
He crushed someone elses.
You mean Sasuke In A Barrel saga <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I can't wait for the Sannin battle. Pity there's going to be another 4 - 5 eps of Naruto learning his new technique. To be fair it's a good technique, but still.
Currently I'm reading Gantz. My mind is being haxored.
hmm, wierd picture of gaara.
1.) It tries to exploit the popularity of tournament style anime (Bunch of guys fight another bunch of guys, generally having the 'hero' fight the 'main baddie' last. Flame of Recca, Yu Yu Hakusho, Dragonball Z, One Piece, Bleach, Gantz, etc) but fails horribly because rather than get down to business we are subjected to 10 chapters of backstory that really we really don't need, because at the end of the day they're still going to throw the damn punches.
The proper format is generally, introduce a new character, setup their history in their initial story arc, and then get on with the arse kicking. Naruto suffers because it started off with 4 main characters (Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi) and was all good and well, but then it's like Kishimoto (The manga-ka) threw in 10 new semi-main characters and needed to explorate their back story for us all to see. The only reasonable introduction was Neiji's 'Bird in the Cage' backstory...
And the latest story arc, we finally get to the 'main event' and suddendly we need to be told 5 chapters worth of backstory just so we know 'You need to kill him'... That's just damn poor story construction.
2.) Sasuke has become a giant emo turd. 224 chapters later and we're still hooked on him trying to get revenge on his brother...
3.) Naruto has become Goku. Wait till he gets his arse kicked, or he gets **** off and BAM, Super 9-Tails...
4.) Sakura's solution to everything is crying, even though she is a ninja.... She needs to flip out and kill crap.
5.) Bleach, One Piece and Gantz are a million times better.
6.) 20th Century Boys is a gabillion jillion times better, and it's not even tournament style.
Oh yes, in other related news. Bleach just got picked up to be turned into anime format. I am in a state of bliss~~~
Possibly semi-bad news is that it may only be a short episode shown on the Jump Festa DVD (Where the previous 2 Naruto TV specials came from [Hunt for the 4 Leaf Clover thingy and the other one])
I damn sure hope it gets turned into a long running series and they get the license to the music mentioned in the manga (Radiohead, etc)
Sad but true....ah well, can't make all anime great though XD
Hate the 5 chapter then finally told that you need to kill him bit....can't they just skip directly to the 2 second last ones instead ?! <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Good thing it finally gets back to rump kicking again. Naruto has too many fflashbacks....
More rump-kickin, less flashbacks!
Naruto is good as it is.
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They're NINJAS they FIGHT THINGS in AWESOME WAYS.
Naruto has a story, yet it's so contrived and awkward it's become the next DBZ.
It's just that Naruto has too many flashabcks. Makes my head feel as if it would explode because of it :/
Really, would you use up 5 chapters to come to the conclusion that you have to kill your best friend? I honestly do not think so.
But it's my tastes though. After all, like Inf said, it'd most likely end up as Naruto going 9-tails whooping all over again <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Bah, when will that damn beast get free anyway?!
And sadly, like Inf said again, Sakura cries too much. So much for ninjas =______=
But then, the definition of ninja is different in Naruto so meh. Meddles with our general 'flip-out and kill' ninjas we are used to. *coughrealultimatepowercough*
ahahahahaahaha
ahahaahahahahahaha
ahahahahahahahahahaaha
They're NINJAS they FIGHT THINGS in AWESOME WAYS.
Naruto has a story, yet it's so contrived and awkward it's become the next DBZ. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
how fun is it if naruto is all about fighting?
fight there and fight there.
i dont like when they only fight.
and please. next time. write lol instead of all those "haha".
it have a reason.
An excellent example of 'story used to progress to the next fight' is One Piece.
We all know Luffy is gonna lay down the smack, but by the time we get to the fight I'm generally well hyped up for it because the backstory for that fight was well written.
Whereas the latest Naruto fight brings forth imagery of 'Emo-lad-WAH-MY-BROTHER-WAS-MEAN-TO-ME Vs Goku-Wannabe-SASUKE-GRRRRRRRRRRR-POWERUP!!!!'... perhaps if Naruto hadn't suddenly become so predictable we wouldn't be having this arguement.
I dislike acronym's on the internet. I reserve them for my wonderfully sarcastic and cynical comments while trying to satire the phrase...
It's predictable to a cetain extent; when the Exams arc began I thought the main characters would all pass. Instead the one guy who I never would have picked ends up becoming the only one to pass. Or when Orochimaru first showed up during the 2nd exam I expected him to get his butt kicked, but instead he owned (sure, this was before we knew who he was). When Lee fought Gaara I thought for sure Lee would win, but instead he was almost killed. I have no idea who will win the upcomming Sauske - Naruto fight.
It's true that Naruto does use the Nine-Tails chakra a bit, but this doesn't make him invunerable (he barely beat Gaara) and Naruto is still rather bad at controlling it. Plus I get the feeling that using all that chakra has to be having some sort of side effect; you just can't keep tapping a demon without it having an effect on you.
I'm currently praying that this latest Sauske flashback actually leads to a revelation. Currently it seems to simply be saying "Yeah Itachi was mean to me." Well we knew that please hurry up and fight each other.
Btw, wth happened in manga ep 199? It looked like Orochimaru used his soul transfer technique, but how could that cure his arms? More to the point, how could he use the technique without his arms?
Actually, I think Orochimaru had Kabuto act as the medium, like in the Gamabunta vs Shukaku fight where Gamabunta used Naruto as the medium for transforming into a fox.
Kabuto DID help Orochimaru with the Kuchiyose in the upcoming Sannin battle. That alone should be enough proof that Kabuto can do Orochimaru's techniques on command.
I have to wonder though, does Kabuto only serve Orochimaru so he gets access to 50 years worth or knowledge on Ninja Techniques? I was hoping for something akin to Haku and Zabuza, in that their dealings with each other have some kind of twist, instead of Kabuto just being a tool. I mean, Kabuto was adopted right? Where does he really come from? They could do a background on him, and done right, it could be quite interesting.
Because TBH, the annoying flashbacks are beginning to get on my nerves.
As long as they have something decent about his storyline then that's ok.
I just hope it isn't the unnecessary 'OGM Konoha ninjas kield my fadur! I HAET j00!' storyline....
And on an off-topic note, Kabuto looks like a h4xx0r....