there is TOO much out there to pick a few... but..
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Essential Anime
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Anime with blood, action and gore.. is that _ALL_ Americans live for anymore?
There's so MUCH more anime out there than just the gory stuff... C'mon Taco, I know there's a mahou shoujo in you somewhere!:)
I'll second Taco's mention of "Serial Experiments Lain".. What a wierd, but oh-so-cool series.:) I'm not sure that "believable" is the appropriate word, but it certainly is engrossing and interesting. If you've never seen anything anime before, and you rent this... well... you'll be.. uh... pleasantly suprised.;)
I'll also second someone elses' mention of Neon Genesis Evangelion (ADV; http://www.advfilms.com)... it's a _WEIRD_ series, and a highly contravertial one, but it's pretty interesting.
My suggestion, though, is that if you watch all of NGE and are satisfied with the end of the TV series, DO _NOT_ watch the NGE movies (being released by CPM or one of its subdivisions)... I was fairly satisfied with the ending of NGE TV.. but when I watched the movies ("End of Evangelion" and "Death and Rebirth"... particularly the former rather than the latter) something just snapped and... well, I don't like NGE anymore.
Escaflowne (AnimeVillage; www.animevillage.com) is a great series, one that will be airing on Fox Kids this fall.. unfortunately, that means the DVDs will be delayed until October, but on the plus side, the subbed VHS tapes have been commercially available for a long time. Escaflowne is based in a medieval/swords-and-sorcery timeperiod on a nearby planetoid. Of course, to liven things up, Mecha were added to the world.. so you have swordswinging mecha duels, as well as magic and the standard swordfights..
If you aren't quite a mecha person, but still enjoy swords and the like, try the Record of Lodoss War OAV series and TV series (CPM or one of its divisions). It's about a handful of underdog heroes fighting to save their world. If I remember the rumors correctly, it was created from someone's AD&D (or Earthdawn or something like that) campaign. DVDs of the OAV series are available. Dunno about the TV series.
And, well... if serious anime isn't your option, try Slayers (Software Sculptors, a division of CPM) -- magic + mayhem.:) The animation isn't too great, but the series is pretty funny.. The dub isn't terrible either, but it's nothing to write home about.
Magic Knight Rayearth (Mediablasters) is a mix of humor and a serious story, which gets grimmer as time goes on. It's another swordslashing/magic-tossing series, but it's pretty cool. I don't think ANYONE I know was satisfied with the ending of the first series, though.
If you enjoy magical girl anime (ie; Sailor Moon) you'll LOVE Card Captor Sakura (Nelvana). It's going to start airing on KidsWB on June 17th (a Saturday).. A 4th grader accidentally lets loose a deck of magical cards, who will destroy the world unless she can get them all back! (or something like that)... but it's _REALLY_ well drawn, and _REALLY_ cool.. okay, if you're a 30 year old male you might feel a little strange watching a little girls' anime series.. but it REALLY IS cool. (and take consolation that you AREN'T alone.. there are lots of other 30 year old males watching it, too. ^_-)
Outlaw Star (Animevillage again) is a sci-fi series that is simply "too cool". It's got furries, ninjas, magic, and pretty much anything else that makes new sci-fi cool. (i'm not dissing old sci-fi, i'm just saying that it's a great new sci-fi piece.)
GAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH..... anime is too wide a medium to mention ALL of the great series out there. From Miyazaki and Tezuka, from minor studios and older works to the largest production companies in Japan... There are 50 gazillion different flavors and styles of anime out there and you're not expected to like them all! ^_^
Some people adore My Neighbor Totoro (Fox), while others find it boring.. Some people think NGE is the end-all of anime (some AC will post a reply agreeing with that statement, right?) and some people think that Love Hina (a new series in Japan that looks WONDERFUL) is..
There's just too much out there NOT to find something that you like!:) Experiment and rent a tape that you DON'T think you'll like.. but don't discount the entire medium just because you don't like Sailor Moon!:P
A husband and wife are sitting at their dinner table, eating a nice computer-cooked meal when this conversation pops up on their monitors...
Husband: "Honey, did you remote admin that lamp over there?"
Wife: "No, dear, I didn't... why?"
Husband: "Well, it looks like someone changed the lampshade... Oh no!"
Wife: "What is it? Did the computer undercook the food?.."
Husband: "No! Some stupid scriptkiddie defaced our lampshade! Now it's an ugly orange... but our carpets are blue! Argh. Curse those lamers. Computer?"
Main Computer: "Yes?"
Wife: "Nevermind him. He just doesn't have a sense of style."
Husband: "Style? What's STYLE got to do with it? Computer, change the lampshade back the way it was before."
Wife: "But, dear, you never back up ANYTHING. Remember, the Hou$eOS is just the default install? Things like backing-up aren't part of the package."
Husband: "Argh. Curse those H$ people. Curse them for owning a monopoly on all the houses of America."
End preview of future
Ok, it's a little skewed, but you get the idea.. I think it's a scary idea -- putting EVERYTHING on the net.. and quite possibly deadly one...
But to avoid things like this -- simply DON'T put your stuff on the net.:P If you don't want a scriptkiddie to deface your lamp, don't put it on the lamp. Don't let the companies FORCE you to put it on the net, either.
If, for some reason, you need to put your lamp on the net, make sure you do a CUSTOM installation.. don't let the factory just install the defaults.:P
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.cmruk.com/cmrKHD.html is a somewhat detailed (but very dry) technical paper on the proposed technology.
Don't ask me what it says, tho; I'm no solid state engineer.
present day... present time.... hahahahahahahahahaa
If Gore and Bush were l33t h4x0r d00dz, I guess this is what they'd say about some of the questions:
5.Intellectual Property
G0r3: d00d, 1 0wn IP, s0 1 0wn j00!
Bu5h: 0wn3d by G0r3.
6.Encryption
Gore: d00d, i 0wn j00r l33t crypt0.
Bush: zl q4q 4aq 1 w00m3q ebg13 ju3a j3 j3e3 fxe1c7 x1qq13m, f0 gu4gm y33g. 4yy 3y53 1m y4z3, q00q.
(feel free to rot13 that Bush statement... but wow, the un-rot13'ed Bush statement looks funky!)
present day... present time.... hahahahahahahahahaa
Anime with blood, action and gore.. is that _ALL_ Americans live for anymore?
:)
.. What a wierd, but oh-so-cool series. :) I'm not sure that "believable" is the appropriate word, but it certainly is engrossing and interesting. If you've never seen anything anime before, and you rent this... well... you'll be.. uh... pleasantly suprised. ;)
... it's a _WEIRD_ series, and a highly contravertial one, but it's pretty interesting.
:) The animation isn't too great, but the series is pretty funny.. The dub isn't terrible either, but it's nothing to write home about.
:) Experiment and rent a tape that you DON'T think you'll like.. but don't discount the entire medium just because you don't like Sailor Moon! :P
There's so MUCH more anime out there than just the gory stuff... C'mon Taco, I know there's a mahou shoujo in you somewhere!
I'll second Taco's mention of "Serial Experiments Lain"
I'll also second someone elses' mention of Neon Genesis Evangelion (ADV; http://www.advfilms.com)
My suggestion, though, is that if you watch all of NGE and are satisfied with the end of the TV series, DO _NOT_ watch the NGE movies (being released by CPM or one of its subdivisions)... I was fairly satisfied with the ending of NGE TV.. but when I watched the movies ("End of Evangelion" and "Death and Rebirth"... particularly the former rather than the latter) something just snapped and... well, I don't like NGE anymore.
Escaflowne (AnimeVillage; www.animevillage.com) is a great series, one that will be airing on Fox Kids this fall.. unfortunately, that means the DVDs will be delayed until October, but on the plus side, the subbed VHS tapes have been commercially available for a long time. Escaflowne is based in a medieval/swords-and-sorcery timeperiod on a nearby planetoid. Of course, to liven things up, Mecha were added to the world.. so you have swordswinging mecha duels, as well as magic and the standard swordfights..
If you aren't quite a mecha person, but still enjoy swords and the like, try the Record of Lodoss War OAV series and TV series (CPM or one of its divisions). It's about a handful of underdog heroes fighting to save their world. If I remember the rumors correctly, it was created from someone's AD&D (or Earthdawn or something like that) campaign. DVDs of the OAV series are available. Dunno about the TV series.
And, well... if serious anime isn't your option, try Slayers (Software Sculptors, a division of CPM) -- magic + mayhem.
Magic Knight Rayearth (Mediablasters) is a mix of humor and a serious story, which gets grimmer as time goes on. It's another swordslashing/magic-tossing series, but it's pretty cool. I don't think ANYONE I know was satisfied with the ending of the first series, though.
If you enjoy magical girl anime (ie; Sailor Moon) you'll LOVE Card Captor Sakura (Nelvana). It's going to start airing on KidsWB on June 17th (a Saturday).. A 4th grader accidentally lets loose a deck of magical cards, who will destroy the world unless she can get them all back! (or something like that)... but it's _REALLY_ well drawn, and _REALLY_ cool.. okay, if you're a 30 year old male you might feel a little strange watching a little girls' anime series.. but it REALLY IS cool. (and take consolation that you AREN'T alone.. there are lots of other 30 year old males watching it, too. ^_-)
Outlaw Star (Animevillage again) is a sci-fi series that is simply "too cool". It's got furries, ninjas, magic, and pretty much anything else that makes new sci-fi cool. (i'm not dissing old sci-fi, i'm just saying that it's a great new sci-fi piece.)
GAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH..... anime is too wide a medium to mention ALL of the great series out there. From Miyazaki and Tezuka, from minor studios and older works to the largest production companies in Japan... There are 50 gazillion different flavors and styles of anime out there and you're not expected to like them all! ^_^
Some people adore My Neighbor Totoro (Fox), while others find it boring.. Some people think NGE is the end-all of anime (some AC will post a reply agreeing with that statement, right?) and some people think that Love Hina (a new series in Japan that looks WONDERFUL) is..
There's just too much out there NOT to find something that you like!
pr3s3nt d4y... pr3s3nt t1m3.... hahahahahahahahahaa
Flashy future-fade sequence
A husband and wife are sitting at their dinner table, eating a nice computer-cooked meal when this conversation pops up on their monitors...
Husband: "Honey, did you remote admin that lamp over there?"
Wife: "No, dear, I didn't... why?"
Husband: "Well, it looks like someone changed the lampshade... Oh no!"
Wife: "What is it? Did the computer undercook the food? .."
Husband: "No! Some stupid scriptkiddie defaced our lampshade! Now it's an ugly orange... but our carpets are blue! Argh. Curse those lamers. Computer?"
Main Computer: "Yes?"
Wife: "Nevermind him. He just doesn't have a sense of style."
Husband: "Style? What's STYLE got to do with it? Computer, change the lampshade back the way it was before."
Wife: "But, dear, you never back up ANYTHING. Remember, the Hou$eOS is just the default install? Things like backing-up aren't part of the package."
Husband: "Argh. Curse those H$ people. Curse them for owning a monopoly on all the houses of America."
End preview of future
Ok, it's a little skewed, but you get the idea.. I think it's a scary idea -- putting EVERYTHING on the net.. and quite possibly deadly one...
But to avoid things like this -- simply DON'T put your stuff on the net. :P If you don't want a scriptkiddie to deface your lamp, don't put it on the lamp. Don't let the companies FORCE you to put it on the net, either.
If, for some reason, you need to put your lamp on the net, make sure you do a CUSTOM installation.. don't let the factory just install the defaults. :P
Fight the man. Don't let H$ 0wn your h0use..
pr3s3nt d4y... pr3s3nt t1m3.... hahahahahahahahahaa