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Slightly off topic (But only slightly) Several people here are talking as if Goro was the 'worst director ever' and 'ruined Ghibli name' well I'm not saying Tales from Earthsea was amazing, because it wasn't. I'd probably give it a par with what I consider Myazaki Senior's weakest film (Porco...

Man, that just hit like a ton of bricks. I remember just a few short years ago saying how Satoshi Kon was one of my top 3 men in Anime today (With Myazaki and Yoshitisho ABe) and that his work on Paranoia Agent has immensely influenced (by tone mostly) a book I have been writing. Hell, some...

largely true. But I would add, from someone who like me who generally prefers to watch a dub - the dubbing on Escaflowne is generally average with one really damn awful character which really grates :cry:

Been watching my way through Eureka 7 Again today, first time in ages. Got up to volume 7. As before, a reasonable series with a clever subtext not entirely developed, with several extremely good episodes here and there. all in all, not bad. (7/10) But it is still a million times better than...

Not a particularly great series. Nothing much intensely dislikable, but not much standout either. The ending is a little moving though, which is something.

The longest one was Landstalker on the megadriver - got it in 1994 IIRC, when I was 10 years old. Finally completed two years ago (2008) I played it so many times it was insane, but I finally stuck through it then. Brilliant game, probably my second fave RPG of all time (after Ocarina of Time...

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 7.5/10 Not the first time I watched it, but went back for a rewatch. Still a good, solid series for the most part, definately better (from memory) than the second one. However it dropped one and a half marks as always for the Tachikomas. WORST. IDEA...

Equally, going beyond films, there is the Future Boy Conan series - Miyazaki was the overall director of the series. Got a sense of humour like Lupin, and for 1978, it looks amazing. A little bit bloated at times (perhaps 8 episodes too long in all) but the first few, and the last few episodes...

I have recently been reading through the Manga, and while I rather like it, there are many issues with it (Not the least the retcon ending of the original series, the fact that the second series seems like a complete reboot at times, and the convenient 'forgetting' of characters when the author...

I have to agree with Myazaki's own reasoning on this - that the ending wasn't great. He said so himself. The Manga however is one of the best stories I have ever read, with a much better conclusion (Which also could be considered incomplete, but is far less contrived) However it is still a...

Really hard to rate the ghibli films for me. I'd prolly have Princess Mononoke on top (The Nausicaa Manga however is the fave thing Myazaki has time) but the rest are really hard. Excluding the Takahata stuff (Aside from Grave his films are so so) all I would rate high for various reasons. The...

Brave Story - 7/10 Got this the other day, and have now watched it twice. In many ways, it takes from the same book as spirited away - not that it is copying spirited away mind you. It is an 'Another world' fantasy story, the type which goes right back to Alice in wonderland in form, if...

Don't worry Girls, Explosions fix everything! - Nabeshin, Excel Saga.

Martian Successor Nadesico - Prince of Darkness. Just utterly awful. Completely defaces an excellent series.

Kai Doh Maru is on my list of the worst I own as well. Appalling, especially so as it wasn't a 'manga classics' release at the time, but a first rate one. Looking through my dvds, the following list comes up. Kai Doh Maru Virus Nadesico - Prince of Darkness (As i have said before, the...

Don't agree with that myself. I rate it far above Eva for one. True it is a little long winded (It could have been squeezed into 26 episodes) and the ending was a little meh, but it was not bad generally, In my middle tier for sure.

The Gargoyle of the Yoshinagas 8/10 The basic premice is pretty wacky, A young girl gets a gargoyle guardian from the local witch/oddities seller, which she in fact does not want. The gargoyle (gar-kun) stands guard at her door, zapping anyone who comes past. throw in robots, more gargoyles...

I like both, the origionals are a good intro, but I think the sequel is better overall in that it is a tight story for the length. Equally the first series is a little bit more wacky overall (the dub on the origional is worse, but watchable, and perhaps more funny - 'they're trying to take the...

Favourite(s) anime and why? What attracts you personally to this anime, and why do you think it is popular in the UK. Haibane Renmei (MVM) PAranoia Agent (MVM) Serial Experiments Lain (MVM) Read or Die (Manga) All of the above sit well in my favourites list. The first three generally for...

Unfortunately my Zaavi takes after Virgin in having only a reasonably small, but almost always overpriced Anime section. The few series they do have on offer I mostly have, and the remainder I do not want to get. *Sigh* I miss MVC, they used to have an immence Anime section.