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Re:Cliffhangers revisited
Okay, I'm going to do you a favor, and recommend you check out a film called "Castle In The Sky". It's anime, but it's been released by Disney over here so you can find it in any video store under "animation" or "childrens films". Given what you said you liked about "Sky Captiain", you'll probobly like "Castle in the sky".
It doesn't have the funny irrellevance of the serials, but it does have the sense of adventure and mystery that a lot of action and sci-fi films lack these days. Plus, many of the design elements (flying ships, robots, air pirates) are shared, and the robots even look similar. The main plot is about a girl who has a mysterious jewel and a boy who becomes her friends, as they run from vaious people who want to take advantage of the powers of the jewel.
It's more like Indiana Jones and Star Wars than a direct copy of the old serials, but that's not nessecerily a bad thing. If you think no movie in 70 years has lived up to those, you should try looking harder : )
A couple of reviews here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longter m/movies/videos/laputacastleintheskynrharrington_a 0aac9.htm
http://www.abcb.com/laputa/lap_apga.htm
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Re:Good thing they ignore physics...
In Movie Physics sounds are LOUDER in space because they haven't got all that air in the way.
Same goes for Anime and is in fact law #3. To see the rest of the Anime laws, go here. -
Re:AnimeSome people have actually compiled a list of all these annoying little traits.
Check out the Laws of Anime. Had me in stitches when I read through it
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Depends on what you're looking for, but...OK, here's a good list to go by to start you off... Classic Anime by Hayao Miyazaki Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
One of his first works, an amazing film, and an even better manga series. The story follows a young girl in a post-apocalyptic future, where jungles of toxic plant life has taken over. She attempt to understand and live among the forest, rather than see it destroyed by other humans. Highly reccommended. Laputa, Castle In the Sky
Again, amazing art and a fantastic story. It follows a young girl named Sheeta who holds a mystical stone that will unlock the treasures of the Laputa. This stone makes her the target of government agencies and sky pirates. Topped off with some of the greatest music in an anime that I've ever had the pleasure of listening to. Princess Mononoke
Probably the most popular Miyazaki film, very easy to find here in the US, and it was in theatres (art houses) for a short while. It's sort of based on Japanese folklore, a story about man and his fight with the surrounding environment. Some of his best work to date. Here's a good review if you're interested.
Fun/Action Guyver
This is just a fun anime series to watch. No real significance in the plot, but its got some good animation and a lot of good action. A boy named Sho Fukamachi finds a Bio-Booster armor, which transforms him into an alien fighting machine. The armor belonged to an evil corporation, controlled by alien/human hybrids who want to conquer the Earth. Gundam
This one should go without saying. One of the biggest anime series' ever in Japan, plus with Gundam Wing on Cartoon Network, its easily accessible. Macross Plus
If you don't remember Robotech from your childhood, then your childhood must have sucked. Awesome stuff, not much of a fan of the movies, though.
Other Reccommended Wings of Honneamise
Amazing animation, and a great story. Sort of an alternate world story, a young boy named Shirotsu wants to become a pilot, but ends up having to join the Space Force. (sort of like joining the foreign legion, last resort kinda thing) He ends up, through a series of events, attempting to become the first man to go into space. Just avoid the crappy dubbed version if possible. The Mysterious Cities of Gold
I cant say enough good things about one of my favorite series of all time. It follows a boy named Esteban in the early 1500s, who seems to have the power to bring out the sun. He was orphaned at sea, and has lived in Spain his whole life. Through a series of events, he sets off for the New World (America) to locate El Dorado, the cities of Gold. An amazing series, somewhere around 45 episodes. Also, the greatest anime soundtrack (IMHO) ever. If you didnt catch it on Nickelodeon as a kid, you missed out. I (thankfully) have all of the episodes on tape, so I'll be able to keep it forever. If you can get copies, then you're extremely lucky, since they don't make them and never have.Thats all I can really think of right now. Those are some of the more interesting anime's I've seen. Hope it helps
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Rurouni Kenshin!Okay, you haven't heard of this for sure. But this is without question the best Anime show I've seen to date. RK takes place in Meiji 11 (1878), eleven years after the fall of the dynasty. The Samuri have pretty much scattered into uselessness, except for a small number of them. Himura Kenshin was a legendary samuri, the Hitokiri Battousi during the Bakumatsa (revolution). He has since sworn never to kill again and replaced his sword with a sakaba, a sword with the blade turned backwards.
The show picks up as he is travelling through Tokyo and is confronted by Kamiya Kaoru, a 17 year old master of the Kamiya Kasshin Ryu (a discipline designed to protect, not kill) whose parents have died a while back. Kenshin ends up moving in with Kaoru, and through the course of the next few episodes make a couple of other close friends--Yahiko, who becomes Kaoru's pupil; and Sano, just an all-around badass.
What makes this show so cool is definately the swordfighting--if you think DBZ fighting is neat, wait till you see samuri fighting faster than the eye can track with bladed weapons so sharp that when they cut through something, it sits there for a moment before falling apart.
I don't think theres any DVDs yet. There is one that will be released soon, but the bulk of the episodes can easily be had from Ebay. But you won't notice. I've seen most of the episodes in rm format downloaded from irc, and it's still tremendously cool. The neatest thing about it is that while it has really awesome fight scenes, the show doesn't focus on them. It actually focusses more on the relationship between Kenshin and Kaoru. And it doesn't take itself too seriously, either. In fact, it makes fun of Anime a lot by closely following the laws of anime. Be sure to check out this website for more info on the series.
Oh, and try not to watch the dubbed version. I havn't heard it yet, but there's no way you could replace Kenshin's voice properly. And if they went to some generic hero voice you'd completely miss out on the majority of Kenshin's charm.
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Anime I like... and some links
I knew about anime two or three years ago, but didn't have access to any of the series or movies. I have now, and I LOVE anime
If you wanna know about what's hot and what's not, then check out some of these sites:
http://www.animeworld.com/
http://www.animecritic.com/
http://www.abcb.com/None of these sites has a number of reviews that's even close to the number of anime series/movies/films/whatever that exists today
I don't know much about what you can get on DVD these days. Most of what I watch is downloaded from hotline servers anyway
My List of Great Anime:
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Come on!! THis on is the best!! =)
Gundam Wing - one of the many gundam series... not bad.
Record of Lodoss War - The best from Anime and Dragonlance. Haven't seen it yet, but my brother tells me it's the best he's ever seen!!!
Oh! My Goddess - A real love story. Five episodes. I really liked it!
Gun Smith Cats - Nice cars, nice guns, great action, cute girls, unoriginal plotOh, and btw. Akira and Ghost in the Shell are both classics everyone should see one day. I still haven't seen them, but I will soon.