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Panzer World Galient - Episodes 10 - 13

Lots of interesting stuff going on in these episodes, Galient is continuing nicely at the moment.
 
Brave Police J-Decker-Episodes 1-5,This is fantastic and alot better than Fighbird which was good but J-Decker is better written,faster paced and has better characters and has a great mix of action and really great humor,the parody of Kato from Doomed Megalopolis in episode 2 had me in stitches,i think this series is going to just get better and better,great stuff. :D
 
Dirty Pair ep 1-2 (rewatch)

Suitably impressed with Nozomi's release for the series. The transfer looks good, without having been scrubbed to death, and they've even kept the original Japanese credits in place by tacking the English ones on after the end of the episode.

Now if only they'd give City Hunter the same treatment...
 
The Familiar of Zero: Episode 7

An episode where Louise is relegated to being a waitress in a pub. There's scenes of people commentating on the small size of her breasts, leering men, and the occasional lingering shot of naked leg flesh.

And it was all (sort of) going so well.

Oh, Japan.
 
The problem I have with The Familiar of Zero, the reason I reserve such bile for it, is that it had a vaguely interesting premise that was gradually pushed further and further out of the frame to make room for awful tsundere fanservice and equally woeful attempts at comedy.

I'd like to say it gets better, but then I'd be forced to remember the second season exists.
 
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

Finished watching it. Enjoyed the themes and characterisation a lot, but the last episode... what? I just could NOT take in all the information they were throwing at me. Not in the NGE sense that it was a jumbled stream of consciousness trip, but just the sheer volume of it. I've lost track of who's responsible for what in the laughing man case and that big library at the end which I initially thought was part of the net and then turned out to be real.

I also don't understandwhy section 9 got back together. I get Aramaki disbanded it as a pretense to protect the team, but why were they then imprisoned and released with no explanation as to how or why they were released. Think of all the (comparitively) innocent men they slaughtered who were tracking them down for no good reason. Not to mention the poor tachikomas.

Also, Motoko's mouthed words, is that just one of those things that's never explained to give our own interpretation to? And why wasn't she wearing her watch when she got shot and subsequently was in the library? Is that a sign of her giving up her individuality or something?

Don't get me wrong, I loved the series, but **** me there was so much jargon you're just expected to immediately get. In the final conversation between the Major and the Laughing Man it was like a jargon spewing contest extraordinaire.

If anyone has the patience to help me out with this I'd appreciate it.[/b]

EDIT: Ok just read some of the stuff on wikipedia to help make sense of some of it, so I get that the Major not wearing her watch when she was killed was because she was piloting a body remotely but I could've sworn it was missing in that last sequence too, but maybe I wasn't paying enough attention (i've sealed the dvd to go back to lovefilm now so I can't re-check).

The reason for the disbanding is clearer to me now too, but I still don't get how they were so easily released after all those people they killed...
 
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Kaiji S2 episode 21 - Just when you think it's going to end, another thing happens in this arc, i'm starting to get a bit less tense as these episodes go on, it's a small nitpick but I wonder if the next episode finally ends it.
 
Brave Police J-Decker-Episodes 6-20.One of the better Brave series Shinji Takamatsu(Gundam X,School Rumble etc)really seemed to be have a blast and a fun time directing this,fun is the key word to describe J-Decker a great mix of action,comedy and likable characters and does not suffer from the repetition that Fighbird suffered from,i loved Fighbird but it did feel although it out stayed its welcome,J-Decker is like another side of a coin,fantastic series so far.
 
Watched the second disc of Outlaw Star last night.

First anime I watched in aaages due to lack of decent DVD player. Checked out the original Japanese, and still not bothered about dub or sub XD.


Also, people who use PS3's. Press triangle, go to AV Settings and set Upscaling to normal :p.
 
Paradox295 said:
Also, people who use PS3's. Press triangle, go to AV Settings and set Upscaling to normal :p.
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You make it sound like that's some kind of mega secret. :lol:

I'm gonna get Outlaw Star as soon as it comes back into stock at Amazon. It's one of the classics I've never seen.
 
ayase said:
Paradox295 said:
Also, people who use PS3's. Press triangle, go to AV Settings and set Upscaling to normal :p.
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You make it sound like that's some kind of mega secret. :lol:

I'm gonna get Outlaw Star as soon as it comes back into stock at Amazon. It's one of the classics I've never seen.
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Some people might not know :V

When I first tried it, it was in 576p stretchy vision. Ew :p
 
Yessss... "classic" is one way of putting it. It's actually decent but doesn't, IMO, deserve its status

I still live in hope that one day someone will release a version with decent video quality.
 
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