Blimey. That would be an impressive feat for a series you liked.chaos said:@Fabio - I've seen it all, at least one DVD a day for over a month.
That it is. I read that Oshii didn't really want to make Only You as it was essentially a 100-minute TV episode, but he certainly wasn't going to pass up the opportunity to do something special with the sequel. It's a real shame it was never released here due to licensing issues.Doraemon666 said:movie 2 is one of the finest anime movies ever made.
yeah movie 2 is crying out for UK release but i dont think that will ever happen,and correct me if i,m wrong did the re-release of move 2 a couple of years ago in the U.S. only contain dubtitles,i,m sure i remember some reviews at the time complaining about it.fabricatedlunatic said:That it is. I read that Oshii didn't really want to make Only You as it was essentially a 100-minute TV episode, but he certainly wasn't going to pass up the opportunity to do something special with the sequel. It's a real shame it was never released here due to licensing issues.Doraemon666 said:movie 2 is one of the finest anime movies ever made.
Oh, by it didn't click with me I meant it was not what I expected it to be. I had high expectations for it, and it didn't match those expectations.fabricatedlunatic said:Blimey. That would be an impressive feat for a series you liked.chaos said:@Fabio - I've seen it all, at least one DVD a day for over a month.
I have to say that Urusei Yatsura isn't the kind of series that lends itself to being burned through quickly. I mean, I love the show and I find it difficult to watch more than two or three episodes per day; any more than that and the insanity begins to warp my mind.
Not that I'm suggesting a different approach would have given you a completely different experience; it's obviously just not for you. Weirdo.
What's notable is that while you found it predictable (and elsewhere mentioned repetition), UY is, for me, infinitely more inspired and fresh than the many, many series that have been "influenced" by it--that is, probably every romantic comedy ever.
cool,thanks for the info,i have the old CPM dvd of movie 2 but i was want to get the collectors series dvd just for collection purposes,thanks for clearing that up for me.fabricatedlunatic said:I have the "Collector's Series" version with remastered video and I don't think it would be dubtitled. Animeigo provided the translation for CPM, so if the dubbed dialogue is similar to or the same as the subtitles, it's more likely that CPM based the dub off the subtitle script. I'll check later anyway.
EDIT: Here's an old AnimeOnDVD thread about Patlabor. A few posters mention that CPM's dubs are often very close to the subtitle script.
Now that I think about it, that DVD has a commentary from Oshii that I've never listened to. I should probably rectify that.
No, it's interesting - I'll "probably" never get around to seeing UY, but this thread has been nice to see.fabricatedlunatic said:I realise that nobody's interested in this, by the way, but I don't mind talking to myself.
It's not a bad episode and I quite enjoyed the beginning. My problem is that there's about ten minutes worth of content stretched very thinly over the whole thing. I didn't really need half an episode of Ran and Benten chasing Sherberts and Ataru chasing skirt (he's a much more interesting character, in my opinion, when he's not reduced to a simple lech--that's what killed the sixth movie for me). It seems popular, though, so maybe it's just me.ayase said:I quite liked 'Sherbert' for the Ran action. But then they couldn't really go wrong with the characters
I'm reading =)fabricatedlunatic said:I realise that nobody's interested in this, by the way, but I don't mind talking to myself.