Sunday, November 7, 2004

Q and A time part 1.
lots of people been "I saw that Ghost in the Shell 2 has a DVD release of Dec. 28, but it will only contain the japanese audio track. As big as this franchise is now, don't you think that they would have dubbed it too? I'm kind of upset that I'm not going to be able to enjoy all of GITS2's fancy CG animation because I'll be too busy reading subtitles.

I guess they'll create a dub track eventually because it's better marketing to confuse the anime consumer by releasing another version of the same movie over and over again. (like Akira)"

i say "The problem is Ghost in the Shell is so complex and alternative-universe based that it won't have much mass-market appeal. That is why the original GitS was reduced to art house theaters.

There could have been a dub, but I don't think GoFish Productions is equipped with a dubbing department since they haven't dubbed any anime.

And, yes, there is a new version of the original coming soon from Manga Entertainment as well as the next volume of the GitS manga. I don't know how you found other movies unless you were looking at Stand Alone Complex. There are four different versions of the VHS movie.

-Ghost in the Shell dubbed
-Ghost in the Shell subtitled
-Ghost in the Shell Special Edition dubbed
-Ghost in the Shell Special Edition subtitled"

Also one person said "Gravitation is sooo incredibly good!I started watching it tonight and all I can say is wow! Certainly not afraid to cross any lines, that's for sure. It is highly, highly recommended for *mature* audiences."

well I was a bit disappointed in the ending. The manga from that storyline is much better. We've also been watching it subbed--the Japanese cast is incredible.
Right Stuf just listed T-shirts--they have the marketing rights. They've also promised the OVA next summer.

people who havnt seen it say "I'm sort of interested, cus Nabeshin is involved. I obviously don't expect Excel Saga-style comedy on this one, but it's not too melodramatic, is it?"


Well This one is no where near as wild as the manga(Sounds like Excel.....)
Shuichi is insane---idiot-boy lead the Japanese seem so fond of. He decides Eiri doesn't like him because he's a guy, so he dresses in a schoolgirl uniform. I loved it when Sakano decked Touma in the last volume which was just insane.
K's wife(she's seen in the anime as the doll dangling from K's car mirror) kidnaps Shuichi & takes him to America. K tries to save him, per Shuichi's wishes, but she gets the upper hand & Shuichi is indeed whisked away to New York.
They also didn't get into the cooking show. Or show how evil Touma really is. Pretty boy is psycho when it comes to Eiri. I don't recall that jealous lead singer(played by Shinichiro Miki) ending up in the hosptial after Touma forced him into the road & he gets hit.
So the anime seems to focus more on the music career while the manga is more on the relationship. And they skipped a lot--we never see the Nittle Graspers's keyboardist with Bad Luck as she was in the manga until that band re-formed.
The anime has some excellent VA's in Japanese--Takehito Koyasu is Sakano, Shuichi is Tomokazu Seki, Touma is Ai Orikasa, K is Ryoutaro Okiayu(isn't as good as others I've heard with English & the character's American) & Kazuhiko Inoue is Eiri.

Also People say " I assume they probably will stop showing Trigun. Cowboy Bebop is more popular so it can keep running for a longer period of time. Maybe in a couple of months they will show it again but it makes sense to stop showing something after viewers get bored. Did you notice they stopped showing almost all of the GUndam series after they reran it a couple of times. I suggest buying them. If they are too expensive try to split the cost with some friends."

Well Seriously, there's NO excuse for telling someone to get a bootleg, whether you recommend it or not. By Saying that, you did endorse it. There's also NO excuse for buying a bootleg of a licensed series, especially one that is readily available in stores (both online and B&M)

Some Friends been talking about re-making anime saying "Now, today we have really nice technologys and what not. Anime could be considered to be at hight in character design.

with that in mind do any of you think that the new technologys should be used to re-do older anime?

Example; the samurai x movie has different animation from that of ther series (i think it is older) and then there is the Samurai x Oav, which has extremely well defined lines and seems to be that they are more porportional. in Reflections they re-did some of the fight scenes from the series.

Should this be done?"

Well all the 70's animes could be remade... they are awesome but lack graphical attractiveness, Like Lupin The III

And 90% say this "Now,
I heard many people in here mentioning this mang(w)a and I got somewhat interested in it. The trouble is I can't get in Poland but I can get it in December because I wil be visiting Japan then.
My question to those who read it is: is it any good? I tried googling for it with many combinations of "Black and White" "manga" and "mangwa" but just couldnt find anything about it (how in the world does the term "black and white" in google finds "naked s*** in tub" is still beyond me).
So just tell me what you think about B&W and what is the story about."

Ok,Well, this(http://www.artbomb.net/detail.jsp?idx=4&cid=116&tid=113) is the review that made me want to read Black and White, and it pretty much says it all.

It's got a very unique art style - the kind that looks sloppy at first glance, but you can really tell that Taiyo Matsumoto put a lot into it. Really looks like nothing else on the market. Storywise, it's about these two street kids who are completely inseperable and cover up for each other's weaknesses, so a lot of different groups of people try to split them up. Except it's in this really weird town that doesn't exist and lots of bizzare things go down. The characters are very believable and realistic, Black and White has one of the best portrayals of friendship I've ever seen in a comic book. (waring that link may have some *adult* things)

On the Live Action Akira Movie And Other Movies "Akira: Katsuhiro Otomo said to Telerama that PITOF is to direct the live action Akira.

Bandidas: Mexico's newspaper El Universal reports that Steve Zahn and Dwyght Yoakam have joined the cast of "Bandidas", currently shooting in the country with Salma Hayek and Penélope Cruz.

Bride and Prejudice: Nine new stills from the next film from the director of "Bend It Like Beckham" are up at The Hollywood News.

Cube Zero: Screamfest Horror Film Festival announced today that writer and director Ernie Barbarash's new film Cube Zero will premiere at the 4th annual Festival on Friday, October 15th at the Loews Universal Studios at Universal Citywalk.

DVD News: Details are up for ROTK: Ext. Edition, Anacondas, Princess Diaries 2

Edison: The one-sheet for the Justin Timberlake flick is up at Piperabo.

Miami Vice: Jamie Foxx is rumoued for Tubbs in the Michael Mann-helmed film adaptation.

Mindhunters: Various international posters are up at the official site.

The Fantastic Four: Pics of a statue of Dr. Von Doom and the Von Doom corpoate logo is up at HNR. Meanwhile Superhero Hype reports that Laurie Holden ("The X-Files") may have been cast as The Thing's fiance Debbie.

The Ring 2: The first pics from the horror sequel are up at Mysan.

Walk the Line: Hailey Anne Nelson has joined the cast as Johnny Cash's daughter Rosanne. Currently cast are Joaquin Phoenix as Cash, Reese Witherspoon as June Carter Cash and actress Ginnifer Goodwin as Cash's first wife.

X3: Patrick Stewart has mentioned a June 2005 start of production date."

Also There is no new dragon ball series.Don't believe any rumors of new dragonball series. There have been other rumors including Dragonball X, AF,S and Z2 and it's all fake.
The Dragonball cash cow is pretty much dried up and that's how they plan to keep it. They tried to revive Z with GT and got about half the ratings.
So as much as some people may want it, it ain't gonna happen.

Also any pictures you see of further super saiya-jin forms are just purely fan art. BUT Well, it does exist another Dragon Ball thing after Dragon Ball GT, but I seriously can't remember so much of it.

Oh, yes, I've looked over old things that I keep in found this. It does exist the Dragon Ball GT TV Special, which is more than one chapter. It's about the story of Goku Jr. and his friend Pakku.
thats all for today.

Part 2 coming soon
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