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I discovered Japanese cinema after seeing Kurosawa’s Yojimbo. It was like nothing I’d ever seen before and lead me to watch many of Kurosawa’s films and other period drama’s (jidaigeki) by other filmakers like Hiroshi Inagaki. Many of Kurosawa’s films had a noteable influence on...

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I’d definitely second the suggestions of Macross Plus and GITS SAC I. Both pretty much meet all the requirements that you have listed, most notably they’re available for very low cost but provide a good few hours of entertainment. In fact I keep meaning to pick up Macross Plus myself as...

This'll probably add to your annoyance but my Madlax 2-6 arrived fom ADV yesterday. While finding space to add them to my shelves I realised that they've actually sent me 2 - 7 - which was nice.

Arrived today; MS Gundam 08th MS Team, Char’s Counter Attack, Gundam F91 and MS Gundam Zeta vol 5.

For me Mononoke has one particularly notable advantage over Nausicaa (apart from being more recent) and that is it’s soundtrack. I love both films equally but the music of Mononoke is epic and beautiful. Didn’t they only create the Nausicaa manga as a result of initially failing to get...

I've enjoyed reading the first two volumes of the manga so I'll probably pick up the first DVD when it's released. It’ll be a first for me to watch an anime that where I’ve read the manga. How apt!

I ordered Madlax 2 to 6 (as 1 and 7 were gone) just after dinner today. I was only charged £9.99 even though they are £2 each. It wa kind of complicated though. The DVD's were shown as £1.70 each (£8.50 total) plus £1.49 VAT. I wasn't charged any shipping fees. It does state that they are...

That is about the right approach to trading and I too have bought from and traded with Dave very happily. I hope you guys sort this out as it'd be a big shame if there was a loss of confidence in buying and trading on this site.

Okay, I’ll admit that I may have watched mainly ADV dubs early on and formed my strong dislike of dubs in that early stage. So I suppose I have tarred every dub with the same brush and all that, but it’s too late now and I’m sticking to my stubborn sub guns. Plus subs are educational. I...

With the exception of Cowboy Bebop, which I’ll take my hat off to, I can’t stand dubs. They range anything from bad to horrific and no one will ever convince me that the western voice actors even take the task particularly seriously. You only have to listen to one of the episode commentaries...

With my current interest in older anime, I came across numerous references to this series. It sounds like a classic when you read the synopsis but it may have been spoiled in the western releases. It seems it’s only available with an English dub and has been subject to some ‘westernising’...

I’ve bought a Gunpla. It’s a 1/100th scale Master Grade Zeta Gundam model kit. Got a feeling that I’ll completely f*** it up when I try to build it. And for a proper finish I think you’re meant to paint them too but that’d really be asking for trouble!

I too can see your point but I also think that it’s nice to find your own way in anime. I enjoyed randomly stumbling from one series to another. And still do. I’m not sure what I’d have made of being given a list of what I should watch. Oddly enough, I too watched Noir very early on in...

I’ve seen the first series but I wasn’t hugely impressed. However, reading this thread has got me interested in seeing the TSR. But do I need to see Fumoffu in order to follow TSR?

The Cornerhouse in Manchester are showing it 3 times day for about three weeks. I suspect it could be a sparsely populated cinema for a Tuesday afternoon showing by the second week. Probably the best time to go!

I’ve gone ordering mad today! Kurau: Phantom Memory vol 3 (I love this show) MS Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket MS Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory MS Gundam 08th MS Team (inc. Millers Report) MS Zeta Gundam (the whole series)

True but it helps if you're called Gendo Ikari.

I'd have thought Rei was quite the opposite of easy. Asuka on the other hand...

This is the most exciting anime news I've heard in ages. I'm actually going to get to see anime in a cinema!! And subbed too!