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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.
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Lots of info there. Its going to be comcast V.O.D. in the Philadelphia-area.
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Ummm, one: Plank is a "character" from Ed, Edd, and Eddy, the imaginary playmate of one of the weird neighborhood kids.
Two: Ed, Edd, and Eddy are not part of Toonami (which seems to oddly enough focus more on non anime, other than Dragonball/Z, shows that have nothing to do with the original subject matter of Toonami). http://ccf.toonzone.net/ed-plank.gif
Three: The character you're thinking of is "Little Wooden Boy", a temporary replacement sidekick for Arthur after he and Tick break up after a spat: http://home.earthlink.net/~auspice/LWBCard.jpg
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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.
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
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.
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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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You're absolutely right, sortof. The only reason these are remotely considered adult series is because of two main groups: The FCC, and the Religious Right. The Pat Robertson crew wants to force it's own moral code, based on a 2000 year old story book, on everybody, and the FCC, a government body, is too afraid of catching flak from them to oppose it and loosen its restrictions on TV broadcasting.
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Dragonball Z in its original form, by those Religious Right standards, is nowhere near for kids. They'd have a fit if they knew what a potty mouth Son Gohan really is. One of Son Goku's first lines when he meets Raditz is "Get the fuck off of my planet."
We'll never see a series like Ranma 1/2 on American TV thanks to the Right. Sex is a big part of the comedy on that show, since Ranma is often turned into a girl and back, resulting in breasts and butts hanging out all over the place. In Japan, that show IS for kids, as is Dragonball. Sexually, the Japanese aren't as "pent-up" as we are "supposed" to be.
Only when we get a channel that shows un-cut Anime (which we'll have to pay for, and will probably be an upper tier channel) will we see them in their original form, instead of chopped to hell to appease the FCC, and therefore appease the Religious Right. From here, my
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Now, are you looking for anime movies, or anime series that have been released on film/DVD? If you're looking for movies, Princess Mononoke is generally pretty popular. It has also been redone with some pretty decent dubbing, if you don't prefer to listen to the original Japanese (as I do). Really, anything by Miyasaki is good. Escaflowne - The Movie is pretty good, too (better than the series, at least, IMHO). Akira is a classic. The Evangelion movies are decent, but tend to follow along in the "drug-induced insanity" mentioned in the parent. Metropolis is another very good choice.
As for series, there's so much variation, it's hard to say what to get without knowing a bit about the person you're buying for. You're most likely to find a lot of Dragonball and Gundam, which isn't terrible anime, but I personally think that there is plenty better. (I know I'm going to get flamed for this...) Many series have been released in DVD box sets, and I personally feel that this is a good way to go. It's nice to have all of the options that go along with DVD. Some good choices that may not have been mentioned already: Kenshin (both the series and Samurai X, the OVA), Escaflowne (the series), Fushigi Yugi, Serial Experiments Lain (one of my personal favorites), the list goes on and on.
It's sometimes hard to find anime. Suncoast usually has a decent collection. Sam Goody either has a very good collection or nothing past Dragonball...I've seen both. Virgin (If there's one near you) is another good choice. And there's always Amazon...
Hope this helps!
That was flamebait, you know very well that porn/hentai is just a tiny fraction of anime. (The majority of it is toy commercials for 7
-year olds!)
But I must reply to tell you that "something recently in the news" was that animations of children engaged in sex is legal, even though the Republican Congress is trying to change that.
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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G-Force, AKA Battle of the Planets, was a bad english dub/re-edit of Gatchaman (sp?). It was very, ah...adult Anime. Things like the two villians, one male, one female...well, they were the same person, I guess they figured that the US public couldn't take a "transexual"...and various charactors were having relationships with others...and the one that talked in beeps and chirps...well, in the original Anime, he had the foulest mouth on air. And that stupid robot was created to fill in places where things that were not suitable to senstative NA audiences...like the leader in a physical fight with the princess, etc.
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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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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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Alright, I don't have enough time to get an account here, also because I probably won't ever be back, but anyways, I think I can answer many questions that have been asked here... The only reason for any TV-Y7 programming on Adult Swim was as placeholders until they bought new shows. As of now, only the last hour is TV-Y7. The first two hours are all TV-PG and TV-14. Spike smoking toothpicks? What are you smoking?! Cowboy Bebop plays 99% uncut, and it always has since the original run. Look, I have a strong feeling most of you guys don't watch Adult Swim very much. Either that, or you're just stupid. Spike smoking toothpicks? Every show Y7? This isn't Toonami, regardless of what the article says (something along the lines of "these would be great fits for Toonami"). You should be happy with you get. Cartoon Network is officially a children's network, they've been pushing the limits as far as they are allowed. When they first bought Cowboy Bebop, they wanted to show it completely uncut, but the BS&P (broadcasting standards and practices) stepped in and said "no way". Next year, they officially become an all-ages network, which will remove many of the limits placed upon them, but seriously, do you think that they could be showing nudity even then? They're a basic cable channel! If they could show actual nudity, Comedy Central or MTV would be showing hardcore porno by now. Sorry if I sounded rude, but if you don't believe me go to toonzone.net's Adult Swim forums, and you'll find out pretty quickly that I'm right. Cheers, Superloud4