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Well... I use the word "upcoming" loosely, as it's been "upcoming" for 15 years now.

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Hey, all this anime talk suddenly reminded me, anyone see Spirited Away yet? I heard it was good.

I saw it last week. I enjoyed it very much. The ending was a bit too tidy for me (story-wise), but it's still 2 solid hours of fantastic animation.

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I got to see it at AnimeFest in Dallas. They showed it late night on Saturday evening. I wanted to see if I had missed anything, so I saw it again on the Sunday afternoon showing.

Miyazaki pulled out all the stops this time. It's "Alice in Wonderland" with the volume cranked up to 11.

I loved Miyazaki's earlier work, especially "My Neighbor Totoro" and "Kiki's Delivery Service". Those are small intimate films. I was disappointed by "Mononoke Hime", it was a big film but emotionally cold. So I was a little leery about seeing "Spirited Away". But I was amazed that he could make a film both big and intimate.

The artwork and character design are truly amazing. And like his other films, this one has the simplest of story lines. The fact that he can keep you mesmerized for two hours (and it doesn't seem that long) is a tribute to his talent.

If you can see it on the big screen DO IT!

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"Nothing expresses the brutal grandeur of rectal polyps and anal fistulae quite like the mother-tongue of Goethe."

I guess I should have put my personal likes and dislikes when I started this thread. So here it goes.

Favorite Series/Movies:
Castle of Cagliostro
FLCL
Kik's Delivery Service
Love Hina
My Neighbor Totoro
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Perfect Blue
Princess Nine
Visions of Escaflowne
Wings of Honneamise

Dislikes:
Harem Series, i.e. one clueless guy surrounded by a group of panting women (ex. Tenchi Muyo, El Hazard, etc.)
Fight of the Week Series (ex. Dragonball, Pokemon, etc.)
Cutesy Series (ex. Sailormoon, Hamtaro, etc.)

Don't care for hentai, but a little fan service never hurts.

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"Nothing expresses the brutal grandeur of rectal polyps and anal fistulae quite like the mother-tongue of Goethe."

Mononoke wasn't intimate in the way that Totoro and Spirited Away were (haven't seen Kiki's), but I wouldn't call it "emotionally cold". I thought it was one of the most emotional movies I'd seen in a while.

I'm surprised that no one's mentioned Trigun yet, as it seems to be one of the most popular anime series in the US right now. (The protagonist was easily the most frequently portrayed character among males in costume at Otakon.) It's kind of a futuristic Western. I've only seen 7 episodes so far, but it's a fun series. I don't think it's on TV anywhere, but your local video store might have a few episodes on tape (mine did).

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You must have done a lot of heroine before seeing Mononoke Hime to think it was emotionally cold. It's my 2nd favorite of Miyazaki's (after Nausicaa). But I suspect we have different taste in Miyazaki, because I found Kiki to be boring -- nothing really happened in the movie after the beginning. It was just a series of trivialities.

But it was much better than Umi ga Kikoeru, which was a high-school melodramatic series of trivialities.

Oh, and by the way, the 11-movie 6-DVD Miyazaki collection is occasionally for sale on E-bay by this guy in Hong Kong called edkin. I got the whole set for less than $60US (including shipping), although I haven't received it yet. It's due this week sometime.

On another note, Trigun seemed to be pretty good. I've also only seen a few episodes, but it looked like it might be another Kenshin -- great up to the middle of the series when it turns into a maudlin soap opera. There are obviously other parallels with Kenshin, too. The episodes I saw I liked, though.

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"Old" is the old new.

Sailor Moon is hot. I'd like to fuck her. Anyone else?

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"I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown." -- mrjass@mindless.com

There was a guy at my university who loved Sailor Moon, even though he was well into his twenties. He also never cut his hair or took a shower. We called him "Scary Hairy James" and were baffled at his desire to get his hands on and watch as much Sailor Moon as humanly possible.

Jass = Scottish for James? Hmmm...

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You must have done a lot of heroin before seeing Mononoke Hime to think it was emotionally cold. It's my 2nd favorite of Miyazaki's (after Nausicaa). But I suspect we have different taste in Miyazaki, because I found Kiki to be boring -- nothing really happened in the movie after the beginning. It was just a series of trivialities.

But it was much better than Umi ga Kikoeru, which was a high-school melodramatic series of trivialities.

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Ok, give me a break, I rushed out that post in a hurry with a stomach that was growling for food. I do know one reason I was less than impressed with the film is that I saw the dubbed version. I still can't get the voice of Jiko (Billie Bob Thornton) out of my head. If I saw the subbed version, I'm sure I would think better of the film.

I will say the film is subtle and nuanced. In general, the characters are neither totally good or bad. Case in point, Lady Eboshi, who is both destroying the environment and acting as the protector of prostitutes and lepers. San has a sharp edge to her personality that makes it harder to empathize with her as compared to the other Miyazaki heroines. Mononoke Hime is the strongest of Studio Ghibli's films about the environment (ex. Nausicaa, Pom Poko). Speaking of which I never have seen Nausicaa in it's original form, only as the Warriors of the Wind. Perhaps that is another film that I need to rescreen.

Concerning Umi ga Kikoeru, I've never had the (dis)pleasure. I have heard the same thing said about Whisper of the Heart, and I'd agree. But I don't mind a movie that involves life's trivialities as long as the characterization is strong and the situations in the film add to the character development. For example a really bad slice of life anime that I saw recently was NeiA Under Seven. That was a whole lotta nothing going nowhere.

I see that I'm going to have to borrow a friend's copy of Mononoke Hime and see it again. Maybe there is a way to burn out Billie Bob's twank out of my brain.

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"Nothing expresses the brutal grandeur of rectal polyps and anal fistulae quite like the mother-tongue of Goethe."

None of you bastards has mentioned Key the Metal Idol, which is far superior to Lain and Evangelion.

Anyway, since I don't have cable or money, I mostly see what's broadcast on networks. I was lucky enough to see Spirited Away, which everyone should watch RIGHT NOW.

Around here, we have a PBS station (KTEH 54) that shows anime. I've gotten to see a weird mix of shows thanks to them and the networks, and being noncritical, I like most of what I see. No one's talked about the broadcast shows yet, but since I despise purists (hey! I like dubs, bitch!) I can say that Ultimate Muscle is so freaky that it's better than most network shows. I'm also a huge fan of YuGiOh, but I waited years for that series to be translated, so I'm biased.

Though manga is usually better than anime. I'm depressed as hell that the English Shonen Jump won't have JoJo's Bizarre Adventure...

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"Only things I approve of should exist." -some guy on the internet

Well, if you're talking about Akira, I agree. If you're talking about Ghost..., I thought it went balls out with the whole dystopic future thing and the blurry boundaries between flesh and silicon. When the AI came to life in the shuddering, mangled body of that android and began to speak, and the scene has been set-up to convey the cold, hyper-intelligence that the characters are faced with, I found it about as compelling as anything I've seen in animation (I mean, aside from Sailor Moon's ass).I sympathise with your desire to see a serious and respectable treatment of Cyberpunk in film.
Hey, I know... what about Tank Girl?

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"You'll burn for this. Burn in jail!"

With all these references to Sailor Moon's bodily attributes, this just might devolve into one of Spank's masturbatory threads.

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"Nothing expresses the brutal grandeur of rectal polyps and anal fistulae quite like the mother-tongue of Goethe."

Check out my previous post which linked edkin from e-bay. You can get that 11-DVD set which are all in Japanese (with English subtitles you can turn on). I think he runs auctions regularly, so if you do a e-bay search for Miyazaki every day you should eventually come across his boxed set. It also has Nausica.

I just got mine a few hours ago in the mail; I'll post here if it turns out to be no good.

There are also other people selling it.

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When I was in high school, a local station (so local that I had to fiddle with the antenna) showed moderately obscure anime films every Thursday night for a couple of months. There was one in particular that impressed me, but unfortunately the only thing I can remember about it now is that I think it involved mecha. Then there was a drama about cockroaches who go to war and fall in love and die, maybe not in that order, which was surprisingly good for being about cockroaches. Then the station replaced the anime movies with Elvis movies. You can imagine my disappointment.

I don't know... I'm developing a dislike for that show. I try to find something else to do in between the two episodes of Kirby. :)

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Well, if you're talking about Akira, I agree.

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No, I meant Blade Runner. Fine movie, but not too cyberpunk. Really not very science-fictiony at it's core.

Yeah, Ghost was very cyberpunk, from what I saw, though I don't know if it did or didn't have the "rogue cowboy versus megacorporation" thing going. Anyway, when I said movies, I guess I meant live-action Hollywood movies.

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Hey, I know... what about Tank Girl?

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I tried to watch it, but my wife made me turn it off.

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I can't believe I wrote "it's" for "its." I hate improper use of apostrophe's.

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I know, that's one of those things, among others, that drive me to distraction, not to mention, causing physical pain, like the misuse of commas.

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"Nothing expresses the brutal grandeur of rectal polyps and anal fistulae quite like the mother-tongue of Goethe."

Was Ghost in the Shell not a collaboration between Japanese and Western production teams?

Nah. It's even more obtuse than Akira. It also has more talking and less action.

Whatever you do, don't watch Appleseed.

Hey, I like Kirby. :-P

I have this weird feeling that the Kirby cartoon is actually American-made, although I haven't found (or tried to find) any proof of it yet.

Does anyone also have a fuzzy recollection of a Kirby cartoon that was aired a decade ago?

And the main character in Sailormoon is FOURTEEN YEARS OLD, damnit, so stop getting aroused by her! STOP IT!

...I thought the whole point of anime was to become aroused by 14-year old girls with 44" busts wearing sailor-suit-looking school uniforms and skirts measured the exact length for easy fan-service access.

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I like

They Were 11
Princess Mononoke
Galaxy Express 999
Urusei Yatsura II: Beautiful Dreamer
End of Evangelion -> Neon Genesis Evangelion -> Asuka

and I wrote

[Click to view comic: 'Little Things']
[Click to view comic: 'Abridged: Galaxy Express 999'][Click to view comic: 'CORRECTION ON THE LAST STRIP, LOYAL AND NONEXISTANT READERS!']
[Click to view comic: 'End of Triple Dexx: The Movie 01'][Click to view comic: 'End of Triple DexX: The Movie 02'][Click to view comic: 'End of Triple DeXX: The Movie 03'][Click to view comic: 'END OF TRIPLE DEXX: THE MOVIE 04!!!!!!!!']

so I win.

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...I thought the whole point of anime was to become aroused by 14-year old girls with 44" busts wearing sailor-suit-looking school uniforms and skirts measured the exact length for easy fan-service access.

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Too old.

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