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Adult Swim Gets Three More Anime Series
E-Rock-23 writes "Toon Zone ran a story earlier this month with regards to three Anime series Cartoon Network acquired for it's Adult Swim block. Reign, Lupin III, and Trigun are slated to join the already impressive Anime line-up next year. Lupin is slated to start airing on January 13, and the others are TBA." Trigun is a great match fo Toonami- everyone should check it out. And I've been wanting to see the Lupin III TV series for years, so that ought to be great fun as well.
While adding more series to Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block is nice, unfortunately CN still has a bad habit of editing Japanese anime series various reasons. =(
I'm hoping that ADV Films' plan for a true dedicated anime TV channel becomes reality very soon. That way, we can see anime series UNCUT the way it was shown in Japan, even if we have to dub the voices. Of course, it would also be nice for some anime series to be shown on this channel in the original Japanese with subtitles for the purists, too. =)
Why does all anime have to look like Speed Racer? I enjoy animation, but I can't watch five minutes of anime without having flashbacks to that awful series.
i have wanted to see trigun for some time now...so i guess its a good thing that cartnoon network is picking it up...but will it be edited for content or not is the real question
they butchered the tenchi muyo series with their editing...so will they be editing these series??
I hope not. They are gonna be on adult swim, which is geared for an older audience...but you never know
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And to think, CN used to be the Hanna Barbera and Hanna Barbera Imitators Network.
Wow. This is gonna be awesome. Not just Cowboy Bebop. Not Just Aqua Teen and Sealab (both brilliant!), But now Futurama, Home Movies, Trigun, Reign... whats next, are they going to buy syndication rights to The Critic? it's the only thing I can think of to make CN better. That or a Freakazoid revival. Just for nostalgias sake. I loved that show.
Tsk Tsk. Such language. I'll "Grow Up" when you anti-anime trolls do.
Makes me wonder why for instance Lupin is in the Adult Swim (don't know the other 2 series, so can't judge).
From what i know Lupin is for everyone, children to adults... though for once a network promoting anime for adults, instead of thinking anime is for children, is a good thing ^_-
BTW i think Miyasaki worked on Lupin.
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The other night I saw a music video after one of the shows on Toonami for none other than Plank, from the Tick. A few commercials later, the "host" (the guy on the spaceship, Tom isnt it?) thanked the viewers for remaining loyal and promised that there were lots of new shows coming... perhaps the Tick is next?
That was an awesome show, thanks mostly to the Tick having a brain the size of a peanut... =)
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Does this mean that Anime is becoming a nerd preoccupation? I mean, I'm nerdy, and I watch anime, but that's just me. Probably not for the rest of the nerds out there. Or was there a policy change in /. a lot of people didn't know about?
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New catoons are all nice good, but nothing is better then Aquateens, and Sealab 2021. Those are just plain funny. Come on a cartoon about a Meatball, a Shake, and a box of French Fries who solves mysteries? What is funnier then that?
If you want to know about the war, go to a news site. That stuff is everywhere so it's not necessary on /. This is "News for Nerds," aka stuff that we like that nobody else talks about much. Do I care about America/Iraq? OF COURSE, but other news institutions are so on top of that story, I'll just listen to them. Now if I wanna know about longhorn or the linux 2.6 kernel, AMD's progress on Hammer then I go here. Yeah I'm not an anime fan, but you know you can turn off authors/topics in your preferences...
This is slightly off-topic, but if I were to buy anime movies for an anime fan (that doesn't really have a lot) ... what should I get him? What are the must-haves?
these shows will be on the saturday block of adult swim. I always get confused about these articles because they never specify. Don't you people watch great programming like Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sealab 2021, or Space Ghost? If you're going to do articles about new adult swim shows, you should cover the saturday and sunday showings.
This is the worst kind of discrimination.. the kind against me.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. It's just that yours is stupid.
Despite all the content geared at older audiences in Adult Swim, it still boils down to the same thing. CN is still for kids.
Adding Trigun is great, don't get me wrong, but it still won't be as good for the older ones who know what was edited out. They'll feel it detracts from the experience. Hell, I feel editing detracts from the experience, too.
An all Anime channel, that's when I'll start watching TV again.
Of all the Universal Constants, here's one I know: Nice guys finish last
No anime for me, thanks. Cartoon Networks has their best stuff in Hanna-Barbera (Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Top Cat, Tom & Jerry) and McCracken/Tartakovsky with Powerpuffs and Dexter.
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..about the anime block they have now. Maybe Cowboy Bebop could classify as adolescent, but the others don't seem any more 'adult' than Dragonball Z or Voltron.
Sunday's block I recognize as adult-themed, Harvey Birdman, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sealab 2021, The Brak Show, Mission Hill, Home Movies - they all have mature themes and humor.
I've seen some stuff like Akira or Ghost in the Shell or Baoh - that comes off as adult. Inuyasha looks like Sailor Moon, though.
Are the japanese series' editted so much that they just come off as kids shows?
It seems they're just calling the saturday block 'adult' to get more 10-12 year olds to watch it.
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But they'd better not replace SeaLab 2021 or Harvey Birdman.... Best quality programming on TV these days....
(Seriously though, they are good for a laugh more often than I'd expected, and I loved catching 'The D' on SpaceGhost Coast-to-Coast.)
-Space for rent
Trigun is one of my favorite Anime shows, ever. So the end is a little anticlimatic, okay. But the build-up is awesome, the characters are great, and it has a wonderful mix between action, serious drama, and comedy/slapstick. Everybody should check this show out. But do not stop watching, the first few episodes are really pretty silly (in a good way in my eyes), the story unfolds later.
While Toonami is a good and cheap way of watching anime, I would have never called their line-up quality. At best, they have the mediocre shows that are cheap to get. Dragonball, Dragonball Z, Gundam, etc. These are all alright, but not great. Definately not what I'd call quality.
Inuyasha is the only really good anime at the moment. Trigun will add another, but it is still a lackluster line-up.
I just finished watching trigun last night, now its going to be broadcasted for free. it rocked though
Now come on, that was a cool show. Anyone remember it?
Did I just date myself on that reference or what?
It would be nice for CN to bring back Reboot, especially the season 4 that they only broadcast once and thus if your VCR screwed up, you'll never get to see it all...except you YTV Canadian types...
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I started out with the orignal Macross...had a girlfriend who was obscessed with Captain Harlock...still love the art & music from the opening and closing sequences in Cats Eye.
Lupin is a very funny series...sort of a James Bond taken to the extremes that you can only do with animation. I still wouldn't mind a Veritech VF-1A to commute with...
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I Figured they would show this series sooner or later, considering that a lot of their series are licenced from Pioneer and all.
:)
For those of you not familar with the series, it's best Described as a Post Apocalyptic Western. Lots of gunfighting, more gunfighting and even more gunfighting. It's an anime that will make the National Rifle Assc. proud.
3 things should be considered about it however.
1) Vash (the Main Character) is really crazy in the beginning. If your expecting a Cowboy bebop character like spike from the beginning you're going to be disappointed. He gets more serious towards the end of the series.
2) It's story builds over time. Things will happen that will make you say "How the hell did he do that". Just keep thinking to yourself there's a $$60,000,000,000 reward on this guy for a reason.
3) Dont ask about the Cat.
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Come ON, CN, just create an all-anime channel like the silly "all-60s-70s-craptoons" boomerang and get it over with, and return CN to its former glory.
Anyone else severely distraught with their near annihilation of their looney tunes programming?
*ALL* of your new CN original shows blow, and blow quite hard. This is almost like Sci-Fi turning into the "Anything but sci-fi" network...
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Such an amazing show, maybe they will go the extra 50 miles and start making new ones!!! Oooh baby can you imagine the fun they'd have with some of the crap that's pouring out of Hollywood of late?
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I can't help but think that they reason they have changed so drastically is that they have realized that they get more ADULT viewers that CHILDREN viewers. Well, at least in the evenings.
It just makes sense for business: when the preschoolers/toddlers are at home, they should be showing cartoons like Smurfs or whatnot. (ok, I have no idea what they show during the day. Fortunately, I have a job.); when the gradeschoolers get home, show the new He-Man and Transformers; when the adults get home (and after the kiddies go to bed) show the more adult toons, which would include the "classics" like Bugs and Daffy and Hanna-Barbera shows (which we grew up watching) as well as the more "adult" oriented animation series as well... ones that have more of a plot (or more violence or whatever your tastes may be) rather than just big-headed, happy-voiced characters that have a problem and solve it (sometimes TWICE) in a half-hour show. (referring to PowerPuff Girls... which I personally like to watch, but I'm a freak like that so... eh. I digress.)
I like the change they've made. Others may disagree (college students who now have to wait until late-night to watch their shows, unemployed people, people whoe work the graveyard shift, etc...) but to each, their own.
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G-Force (or whatever it was called where you watched it) was the best anime ever! Even better than StarBlazers which was also great and epic. It WAS basically a ripoff of Star Wars characters, Mark=Luke, Jason=Han Solo and Princess=Princess Leia but it also had awesome weapons, vehicles and plots. The weird plot twists like the head bad guy actually being a woman behind the mask, Mark's long lost dad and the fantastic and stunning death of Jason were great. The Mark/Jason relationship was an excellent representation of the Asian idea of Yin/Yang years before Goku/Vegeta. My favorite of all and absolutely impossible to find on TV in the US for about twenty years. On an unrelated sidenote: whatever happened to the Mighty Heros (StrongMan, RopeMan, DiaperMan, TornadoMan and BirdMan aaaacuckoo aaacuckooo).
It would be nice if they could settle on a schedule.
They introduced a bunch of mature comics and then went and shuffled them around.
I understand that January was supposed to be when the newer schedule was launched. Why was InuYasha ALREADY on twice in a row this weekend? ( I liked it but it was not supposed to be till Jan.)
I am psyched that they have many more series. They just don't have to slam them through. Take the lesson from SouthPark and others. Show last weeks show AND this weeks show this week. This keeps folks caught up that would otherwise drop out after missing a key episode.
20 years ago UHF25 in boston got it right with ForceFive. Each weekday had it's own speficic 30min show. PLUS 30min of starblazers (their big hit) Not sure if it was new one day/wk, reruns the rest. Just expand this concept to a 2-4 hour block.
I am still waiting for the rental stores to have as much anime as there is in the record stores.
(record stores? what're those?)
SamGoodie has more anime this fall than I have ever seen in one place. Why can't blockbuster etc. get a real anime section? They don't really need to have 10 copies of each. 2-5 of each series would be fine. (Heck there are 5 blockbusters within 10 miles so they could each carry one So long as they have a public accessible linked availability system.)
NOTE TO TOONAMI:: DO NOT CENSOR THE ANIME
The block is called ADULT swim.
If it is on CABLE the FCC has no say about "adult scenes, language, nudity) Only if it is on airwaves. It starts at 10:PM any parent who lets an impressionable kid watch at 10:PM deserves to have their trailer burned up in a pseudo beavis-copycat way. (yeah right - your kid - who has always been allowed to light fires in the living room - was copying BnB when he torched the trailer. I must have missed that episode.)
If you want to include transformers and GIJOE in the block, start at 8:PM with them. Don't waste my adult time on shows for kids who should already be asleep.
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For those who don't know, Lupan the third is a show that has been on forever with movies(one by miyazaki) tv shows etc. Its actually based on a french book. Its about a thief with a good heart and him escaping from the cops (esp Inspector Zenagato or something like that).
As my college roomate put it, Lupan is like a crazy inspector gadget that scores.
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I've been wanting to see the Lupin III TV series for years, so that ought to be great fun as well.
Well you can get Lupin III on DVD, as well as Trigun and Reign
No diggity.
;) Great concepts. I watch it as much as possible. I just wish it were on more often. :)
Absolutely hillarious shows. Excellent animation.
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I recently finished watching the Trigun series on DVD thanks to Netflix [yes, it's an affiliate link, so sue me ;)], and other than a bit of blood here and there, and maybe a bit of excessive gun violence, I can't see too much that would be edited; certainly there isn't much in this series that isn't shown on various police dramas these days.
:)
I've also seen the first few Bebop DVDs thanks to Netflix, and other than a shot of a nudie mag that was edited, I don't recall much in the way of "edited" segments that CN ran. If someone could point out any major edits between the Bebop DVDs and what's shown on CN, I'd appreciate it
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*sigh*
Wonder what this means for Space Ghost? I have nothing against anime (although I personally can't stand it) but Space Ghost is one of my all time favorite shows and Cartoon Network seems to be itching to cancel it. They used to run it a fair amount, then knocked it down to two episodes twice a week (well, once a week, the Thursday ones were repeats of the Sunday ones) then just once a week, then they dropped it for a while, and now it's just one episode, once a week. That's right, Space Ghost gets 15 lousy minutes of their time once a week. Not fair. How long until it gets canceled entirely?
You'd think that at least they could release them on DVD or something... I'd buy those.
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Wait a minute... Its called 'Adult Swim' not 'Afraid Of Women Swim'....What gives?
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If it's uncut, I'll watch it.
:P
But I won't like it 'till it's subbed.
I haven't heard a single English-language voice actor that doesn't make me cringe to listen to. Somehow, their overenthusiastic-yet-insincere tone of voice seems to make any anime no matter how mature feel painfully like a children's show.
Would it hurt to expose Americans to a little bit of foreign culture? It might help with the xenophobia...
Not to mention that making viewers actually READ can be nothing but good for them.
Who cares about Anime anyway? I outgrew that when I outgrew Gigantor. For adult cartoons, what about bringing back Rocky and Bullwinkle? Then my former Bulgarian-born coworker might finally understand why I laugh when she repeats (at my request) "Moose and squirrel".
"Love is a familiar; Love is a devil: there is no evil angel but Love." --William Shakespeare ('Love's Labors Lost')
What is the draw here? Why are geeks attracted to this stuff? It is low quality, repetitive looping animation with minimal changes per frame. The few shows I have sat through had awful childish plots with screeching voices. Bah humbug.
I would love to see a return to one of the best shows CN ever aired, Brak Presents the Brak Show, Starring Brak. It a rip off old variety shows with brak and a host of other cartoon characters singing wacky songs. They only played it a hand full of times, and the next time it comes on ill be ready with a good old fashioned VCR I'm a cucumber I'm a cucumber I'm a cucumber I'm a cucumber I'm a cucumber I'm a cucumber Please dont take me to the pickle farm CHA Ok you can get back to your stupid show now
Then you ought to be able to edit.
It's= It is.*
its= belonging to it.
Possessive pronouns do NOT have apostrophes.
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* A rare second interpretation would be the plural when speaking of the word 'it' as a word.
e.g. "This paragraph has five it's in it."
The Cartoon Network as just acquired the broadcast rights to 6 prevously un-aired episodes of Scooby-Do. A spokesman for the network was quoted as saying, "cool dude."
Well, I suppose if you've seen one camel, you've seen them all. Wait... Anime isn't a camel.
I remember being first exposed to The Cartoon Network about 7 years ago. It was nothing but old, tired, unwatchable Hanna Barbera toons from the '70s, played ad nauseum. Seeing The Transformers, DBZ, Cowboy Bebop(the only Anime I actually like) is much more welcome than The Amazing Chan.
And nothing will beat the Aqua Teen Hunger force in terms of humor with the regards to the episode about pop-up ads(wyzzrd.net?)
Sure, there were only a few episodes, but when you don't get to watch much tv anymore that's forgivable. (Especially the classic scooby-doo episode...) Well, they'd better not touch sealab then.
I never really got into Ripping Friends and Home Movies, but I'd watch Mission Hill just for the opening bars of Cake's 'Itallian Leather Sofa'
Now you're going to tell me that they cancelled Brak too.... Oh well.
-Space for rent
Regarding your misuse of regard, I disregard your writing ability.
Why do you fools always say "with regards"? It is with regard.
If anyone is excited about shows like this, then the crowd here has yet to find a taste of actually GOOD anime. They need to throw up a few OVAs for starters. The series may not be as long as some of the more well known mainstream filth, but the quality is superb on many of these lesser known shows. Hunter X Hunter, Witch Hunter Robin, Chobits, I My Me Strawberry Egg, Now and Then Here and There, Berzerk, and Noir just to name a few. If this is really Adult Swim they will bring a few of these up to bat, give them a chance for the American public to find what good anime really exists and isn't just merely spoon fed to the public of what they want everyone to see and buy the toys of. Oh and if you want a show that is funny, try to find a DVD or VHS of Photon.
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"One small step for The Tick, one giant step..for say..a little bug or some guy who has been shrunk to the size of a little penny."
"You just trashed the best BLT joint in the area, prepare to pick up the tab!"
"Oh Whoa! KEEN! TICK cam!"
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I'm still a little pissed Harvey Birdman hasn't been on lately. Also two weeks ago they moved Home Movies to the end of the sunday night lineup. My girlfriend would at least stay up to watch that with me. The oblongs are okay but the ripping friends scare me.
Finally, John K is back and its a great part of Adult Swim. CN went crazy there for a while molesting us with massive amounts of Scooby Doo and Flintstones... Cartoon Cartoon is a bit much too as they play them all the time! Thank god they balance it out with some of the classics - Tom & Jerry, Acme Hour, Toon Heads, etc. CN is getting closer, but still needs tuning.
Trigun is an excellent series, i'm glad that CN is signing another decent series (inuyasha, yu yu hashuko, yu gi oh, pokemon, all of these are hardly anime in my opinion (though inuyasha has its moments)) Cowboy Bebop is an obvious classic as is Trigun. As for the other two shows i've not seen any of them. Personally i think they should sign on Visions of EscaFlowne, Ruruoni Kenshin, Evangelion, and once a year play all six FLCL OAVs... Hack Sign would be nice too but not likely to happen for quite a while considering it just aired in japan :-p
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I would loveto see Invader Zim given a chance an more freedom on CN or TNN. Johen Vasquez could do such great stuff given freedom. I would love JTHM or Squee to make an appearence on Zim that would be great.
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We Don't Need Any Bloody Lupins!
Look, the cat's choked on a lupin.
Cartoon Network has become of little interest in satisfying my anime habit. Their track record for butchering series reduces shows like Tenchi and Outlaw Star to little more than trailers for the DVDs. Really, this has even largely happened to Dragonball and Dragonball Z as well, but it has less impact on the overall storyline.
If the block is adult swim, why are anime series reduced to a Y-7 rating? Yes, it's costing me alot to watch anime on DVD, but the series are much more enjoyable in their entirety with directly translated subtitles to go with the English dubs (which in the case of Funimations work is often inexplicable reworked).
So, why does Toonami have non anime in it? The title seems to suggest japanese toons?
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I recently saw an ad on TechTV about a new anime show coming entitled: Anime Unleashed.
Quote TechTV Press Release:
"For the first time ever, TechTV's Anime Unleashed will import series and movies from Japan to television viewers in the United States. Anime Unleashed encompasses the many forms of Japanese animation that truly know no boundaries. This program features not just a style of animation, but explores an entire genre where viewers may find sophisticated science fiction, fantasy adventure, romantic comedies, teen dreams or evenadult-only titles. Anime Unleashed exemplifies the difference between its titles and Western animation by exploring the depths of characters and contortions of plot. Viewers will encounter realistic scenarios, complex relationships and flawed personalities. Despite their deficiencies, the subjects of Anime Unleashed are beholden to their desires, their hopes and their dreams."
The format of the show will be in 30min slots, and the premiere starts on Dec. 30th. So mark your calanders and set your tivo's if you go them.
TechTV is also running ads for Anime Unleashed, and i believe(forgive me if i'm wrong) Akira was in the ads was well along with a few other popular anime characters that i don't know off hand.
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I'm not much of an anime fan myself, but given the choice over general cartoons and anime, i'd go with the latter any time. hopefully this'll be to some interest for someone who's really into this sort of thing. I plan on watching it, just to satisfy my curiousity.
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Great, even more darn cartoons for my kid to get hooked on!
Yeah, it's too bad for CN that there'll be an ENTIRE channel DEDICATED to Anime. I especially like the "There maybe new-comers, but we're the first/best" spot they've been running lately. It reeks of desperation.
In Soviet Russia, the cartoons watch you?
(Where in the hell did this come from...?! I missed something, didn't I?)
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Well, Cartoon Network will have a good ole time trying to edit religion out of this show, since a crucial character, Reverand Nicholas D. Wolfwood is a traveling preacher/bounty hunter who carried a huge cross around (the cross also doubled as a mini-arsenal). And of course, his secondary means of income is his portable house of confession that he charge for listening to the sinners.
I'd recommend the following:
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (just.plain.cool)
Perfect blue
Spirited Away (though Totoro is my favorite of the two)
Can't recall many other actual movies as of yet, I'm knee deep in episodes of X clamp which i'm finding fairly interesting.
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We want new Space Ghost Episodes!!!!
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Hoping to do what MTV did for music -- man I hope NOT -- Blackbelt TV hopes to launch a 24-hour martial arts channel. Offering nearly 15,000 hours of popular martial-arts films, fights to be hosted by "gorgeous female fight jocks," and rumors ...this sounds like if you have an ass, this channel will kick it. Maybe we could put Slashdot to good use here and let everyone know to be sure and request this channel from their local cable company, DirecTV, and Dish network!
of having anime in their line-up
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Lupin III is a third generation French thief with a heart of gold; sort of a cross between James Bond and Bugs Bunny. He has two sidekicks, a Chicago hitman and a Japanese samuri (who were both sent to kill him and teamed up with him instead), and is constantly chased by an Interpol inspector and an army of Japanese police in riot gear.
The Castle of Cagliostro is one of my favorite movies, and probably Lupin at his best. It was directed by Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Princess Monokone, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Castle in the Sky, Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind); several of his animated films have set records for biggest theatrical release of any films in Japan, live action, animated, whatever.
Warning: There was a great dub of The Castle of Cagliostro, and that translation is used for the subtitle; but the Americal release uses a really inferior dub instead (more swearing, completely missing the point of most jokes), so stick with the subtitled VHS release, or play the DVD with subtitled Japanese.
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It does nothing to remove their infestation of Scooby Doo content. Can I turn around without an episode of Scooby Doo, A Pup Named Scooby Doo, Scooby Doo Theatre, etc. coming up???
I do like that they're catering to some of the older crowd, though. The Anime Adult Swim is nice, and I always catch the Adult Swim on Sundays. Is it me, or does The Ripping Friends totally blow. John K. has pretty much lost it.
I do hope that they add them to the CNX channel line up alongside Cowboy Be-Bop, Outlaw Star etc. 'cos they've gone around the whole of those series at least thrice so far!
Agrajag: "Oh no, not again!"
Of course, I submitted the Blackbelt TV channel as a news story but it was rejected. So a new channel that says it will show anime is not news, but stupid Adult Swim adding more cut-up anime is news? Sometimes I just don't get /.
But I do feel better about getting that off my chest.
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SERIAL EXPERIMENTS: LAIN is one of the series that will be aired on this show. This is one of the finest series ever made in Japan. Get ready for the REAL STUFF.
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Do you remember Aeon Flux? Did you like it? If so, Reign will be right up your alley. Peter Chung created the show, and his distinctive artistic style is all over it. I suspect that the dubscripts will probably be extremely accurate considering that Chung speaks fluent English as well as Korean and Japanese.
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Looks like you forgot to go into AC mode before posting that flame, shit-for-brains.
I have never been able to "get" anime. I remember when the whole craze started in the early 90's (?) and I rented a bunch of anime movies... and in my opinion they ALL SUCKED! Haven't cared to watch any more since then. Clue me in, what's the appeal?
Meh.
I still prefer my anime raw. And thx goodness I already have Trigun DVDs (R2). It cost me a fortune (though Excel Saga cost more).
Of course, subs are the lesser of two evils. The thing I don't get is...in Japan, they air anime that has been translated into english in dual-language, aka SAP like how CBS and some other networks air soaps with Spanish on the Second Audio channel. They do this to Pokemon, Power Puff Girls, Beast Wars, etc. Hell....I know it can be done. I use to watch The A-team and it had SAP! Not only that, they can implement subtitles into closed-captioning ahead of time. This way, ppl can turn off and on subs as they please and listen to the japanese portion as they please.
As far as editing goes, I don't get it. I've seen worse on FOX! And the stuff on Adult Swim (non-anime) isn't any less raunchier. It makes anime look like a Buddhist monk and the other stuff like [insert city-name like Boston, etc. here] Catholic priests.
The first episodes were silly, but I think it's to surprise you as to the real depth of Vash and also show his varying personalities.
It also doesn't sound too bad dubbed (at least from the first few episodes I watched before going to subbed), but I'm hoping that a lot of the blood and innuendo doesn't get killed by the censorship police.
All in all, definately worth seeing, although -like all anime - if you can see the uncut subbed with original voice actors you may enjoy it more. And it's one of the few shows with enough guts to wipe out a main character. I won't mention which so as not to offend those who haven't seen it, but many shows get attached to characters and end without really having any final development on them.
Crumbs to all of those shows. I want Eltingville.
Adult Swim is not Toonami. Trigun has been rejected from Toonami before due to excessive gun use.
When Inu Yasha was added, Candidate for Goddess was taken out....will 3 current running series be replaced by the new series?
"Some fight for law. Some fight for justice. What will you fight for? One day, you will see."
But with 25 and 26 the whole point is missed, like stopping before you get in too deep. 25 was probably my favourite episode, if only for the Rem/Meryl bit. 26 was a bit anti-climactic, I agree, but I'd rather have that then have it end at 24, which would just make it all predictably sad and sorrowful.
:)
I'm rambling, but I really liked the ending, if only that it was happily optimistic and nicely profound
CN will show the second Lupin III TV series, you provided a link to a Lupin III Movie made much later. If someone is going to buy a Anime DVD why should he buy an edited version ?
If you want to get an impression about Lupin III now, you should rather buy the famous Castle of Caliostro. It was made by Miyazaki and one of the top rated anime features in Japan. The other Lupin III features are nice entertainment, but they are not something that really stands out.
The first and second Lupin III TV series was made with the help of the famous Hayao Miyazaki. (Princess Mononoke, Sprited Away)
Jan
Lupin III! Yessssss!!!!!!
Lupin III rox!!!!
Depends on the Lupin. With a long-running series of manga, three separate TV series, and a series of movies, how family friendly it is varies by series. Take the manga for example, which is most definitely adult oriented, runs in adult manga anthologies (not "adult" like "smut," here, although there is some of that), and regularly features a barely-clad Fujiko. I haven't seen any of the TV series, but have been told that they're pretty racy. The movies really vary in "adult" content, since they have so many different directors. Watch Legend of Twilight Gemini, one of my favorite Lupin movies. There's quite a bit of sex and naked_Fujiko in there. Of course, then you have Castle of Cagliostro (which did involve Miyazaki, you're right there), where Fujiko is much less fanservice-y, and thus, there's a lot less adult content.
Well, with CN running more mature stuff in Adult Swim, you think they could maybe...I dunno...possibly do away with the friggin toy commercials during it?? :E
I mean, I'm sitting there watching Mobile Suit Gundam, with the volume up and suddenly there's some damn Barbie commercial! (Much louder than what I was watching, I might add.)
Commercials are bad enough these days (They're why the Mute button on my remote no longer works), but these toy commercials make me question the future of the species.
Friend: "The NIC is misconfigured..." Me: "No prob, I'll just telnet in and fix it." *Silence*
I've seen people in many threads in this story with links to anime on Amazon. DON'T GO THERE. http://www.rightstuf.com is the online store for The Right Stuf International. They have been selling anime in the US for 20 years or so, publish anime (Boogiepop Phantom, Irresponsible Captain Tylor) and partnered with ADV to make AnimeTrax (AnimeTrax produces the soundtracks for various anime and anime related shows). They have just about every piece of anime released in the US in their store. Go there, buy from them, they support getting anime into the US.
Rupan (yes that's Rupan, not Lupin, the Romanji equivalent) will be edited do to the slight nudity. I am wondering about the adult themes though.
But one thing that I would like edited is the friggin theme song. It's horrible.
Miyazaki and studio Ghibli had no part in Lupin the third (Rupansansei), neither the TV series or comic.
On the other hand, Castle of Caliostro was a studio Ghibli film so was directed by Miyazaki
I was watching TechTV the same week I watched about half of Serial Experiments Lain... and suddenly, it cuts from the end of a commercial into... the opening sequence of Lain?! ("And I wasn't even sitting on the remote!") But yeah, it looks like they're going to be showing Serial Experiments Lain, too. It's a great show if you don't mind your plots with a bit of crack on the side. Seriously, I love it, but it ruins it if you try to understand it. =)
IS anyone else really sick seeing ANY info on Anime? Fuck, enough already. Why not make it a vote and see if others want to kill Anime on /. ENOUGH! No mas, no more, no mas.
I love Japanese anime, but it somehow bugs me to watch it dubbed in English. Perhaps it's because I spent a college summer vacation (3 months) in Yokohama where I first started watching a LOT of anime. Whenever I see Cowboy Bebop or InuYasha in English, it just seems weird.
My knowledge of the Japanese language is basic, but I still prefer to hear the original soundtrack with English subtitles. Especially for movies like Miyazaki's. It's gotta be sub'd, not dub'd. As it is, I end up buying most of my DVDs directly from Japan and use my region-free DVD play to watch them. Expensive, but it's the only way to go.
I really wish the cartoon network as well as some of the other networks that show Japanese anime would show *some* of their shows in the original Japanese.
Am I the only one?
Just because Cartoon Network edits its anime you're supporting the All-Anime Channel because it'll be unedited. I've got news for you. Unless the All-Anime Channel is a paying channel like HBO and Showtime, it'll be edited! Think about it. Do you really think ADV can show "Neon Genesis Evangelion" unedited on a basic cable channel? Hardly. A basic cable channel needs sponsors to stay afloat, and that means ADV can't afford to offer unedited, possibly controversial material out of the blue.
And as for Adult Swim's anime not being adult...you obviously think that "mature" means sex, cursing, and violence. If you ask me, that's really more IMMATURE. Cartoon Network has pushed the envelope by showing more mature anime series while still being a children's network. They've so far managed to show things other networks haven't even shown, such as a middle finger in "Yu Yu Hakusho", almost full-frontal nudity in "Inu-Yasha", and ballet-like gunfights with on-screen deaths in "Cowboy Bebop".
And all new shows are edited to a TV-14 format, the level you'd expect from shows like "NYPD Blue". That's possibly the highest you can go without reaching the Mature level. Those TV-Y7 shows are just fodder to take up time slots. Once the new shows roll in, and once Cartoon Network gets an all-ages channel rating, Adult Swim will push the envelope further on what a mature animated series is.
You want unedited anime on American TV? You can't! America is not Japan! Deal with it! Editing anime for TV is a double-edged sword. Yes, it edits your favorite show, but it also makes sure that show is given a lot of exposure and will be released on clean, uncut DVDs for you to buy. Isn't that enough?
As an Adult Swim worshipper (the comedy portion, anyway), here is what is going on with all the shows: Home Movies may have a crappy timeslot this month, but come January it will be on Mon-Thurs at 11:30, right after Futurama. Though season 4 hasn't been announced yet, there's a 99% chance it's coming back. The Brak Show/Sealab 2021/Aqua Teen Hunger Force have not been cancelled. Harvey Birdman will be having new episodes come January. Space Ghost has not been cancelled, and in fact will have a new episode "Baffler Meal" at Midnight on New Year's Eve. I won't spoil it for you, but fans of other Williams Street shows should enjoy this one as well.
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The first fully modular software disaster.
Rome was destroyed in a day.
Warn your friends about it.
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Never use it after a big meal.
Need we say less?
Plumbing the depths of human incompetence.
It'll make your day.
Don't get frustrated without it.
Power tools for power losers.
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Never had it. Never will.
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