coldangel

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they looked more like characters from western cartoons of the 1930s.
It was done by the same fella who done Astro-Boy, so that's what they looked like.
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« Reply #203 on: 12-19-2009 02:51 »
« Last Edit on: 12-19-2009 17:45 »
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Aki-SoraMature content ahead. NSFW I'm warning you. No, don't. Seriously. Don't. Avoid like the plague. You will regret this. No. There's a reason for all this, you sicko. Stop. No. I'm not kidding. Get lost. Oh, good God. Please stop. What is wrong with you people? What hast thou wrought, oh Island of Oriental wankers? ...So Dirty... There is no letter grade for what I am feeling right now.
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coldangel

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Was there supposed to be a picture at the end of all that? 'Cause I can't see one.
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coldangel

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Afghanistanimation is where it's at.
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coldangel

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If they're brother and sister, how come their hair colour is completely different? I call FAKE!
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Nurdbot

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Half brother or sister then.
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Nurdbot

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Daria and Quinn had different hair colors too, you know. You think they were any less animated siblings?
You can't pull yourself from the abyss now can you? I assumed one of them dyed their hair also.
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Bamboo Blade
When I was looking for some new anime to watch on Funimation's YouTube channel this series caught my eye; I'd seen quite a few school based anime before but none of those concentrated on their sporting activities. While it may be based in the school's kendo club it isn't necessary to know anything about the sport before hand as it is fairly easy to figure out what is going on and the sporting activities just serve to advance the story as it is primarily a character based series.
The club's coach isn't having much luck, he can barely afford to eat and there are few people left in the club after a couple of older members intimidate new members without ever contributing to the club. Things change when Tama-chan joins, she may be a young girl but she has been practising kendo at her father's dojo since she was a small child and her strong sense of justice leads to her confronting the boys and easily defeating them, this leads to their departure and the team bonding together.
As the series progresses the members of the club train for a series of competitions which provide them with a series of challenges to overcome both in the sport and in their outside lives. The series contains plenty of mild humour and the action scenes were well done making the sport look pretty exciting. Being animated it could show the characters in ways not possible in a real kendo match; I liked the way the bars on their protective masks were shown as transparent enabling us to see their faces in a way that would not be possible with the real equipment. The characters are all likable and distinctive and while the main storey follows the five girls in the team the two boys in the club aren't neglecting and take an important role in the story. I really enjoyed the series and will certainly consider buying it if it gets a region two PAL DVD release.
These comments were made after watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.
9/10
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coldangel

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And I want to marry the Major.
She's mine, fucker.
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« Reply #223 on: 01-23-2010 07:23 »
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I bet she was from a clone, though.
Soul eater
This is exactly the kind of Anime a 30 year old man should not watch, and that won't stop me. Here are your run of the mill rag-tag bunch of ultra-cool teenagers with everything to prove. They'll face impossible odds relying on each other, one turns into a weapon, while the other does the fighting, as they try to rid the world of evil people and eat their souls, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah; boob jokes. If you've seen Shamanic Princess or the like, you know the skinny on the story. Nothing groundbreaking in the plot, but the execution is pretty fun. Fight scenes have that face-first punk-rock cartoony feel that FLCL had, plus there's a good supply of friendly nightmare fuel. Everything in the choreography is ultra-slick. The characters while falling back on their stereotypes are nothing too objectionable, if you can handle deliberately over the top delivery. I also really like the atmosphere which is lofted somewhere between Nightmare Before Christmas and Majora's Mask. So far (episode 6) pure fun visual fluff.
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Tweek

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I feel bad because this is kind of like a plug. To deflect that I will not include a link. That said: I just checked out funmation's youtube channel. Those magnificant bastards have uploaded entire series on there. Any FMA episode on You tube, right now. There are many bad things I can say about funmation. Lagging behind in joining the 21st century is not one of them.
If you are in the US you can also see a lot of series on Funimation's Site. Some of their YouTube series are US only but not all, so if you try one and it doesn't work just try another series. They don't leave stuff up forever on YouTube so if the series you like is there watch it all fairly quickly... or save episodes for later.
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Tweek

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Use the "DownloadHelper" extension for FireFox, RealPlayer gives a "download this video option as well.
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