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Pityless/Envy
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I've found that Mushishi isn't as intresting as it was anymore. Now I can only handle a few episodes at a time before I get tired of it. Still, it's a great show.
I'm also envious of that collection. |
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dtm42
Posts: 14084 Location: currently stalking my waifu |
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The funny thing is, I am of two minds on Mushi-Shi. It bores me and enthralls me simultaneously. Death Note has been getting some "hate" lately in the Forum, from what I've seen. It is a fact of life that not everyone will like it, however I always suspect that some just have an itch to attack a popular series. That said, I am heartened that you gave it a "Shelf Worthy". Apart from one near-insignificant typo, a great column as usual. Last edited by dtm42 on Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:18 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Cowboy Cadenza
Posts: 243 Location: Poughkeepsie, NY |
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You know, I totally agree that the whole moral aspect of Death Note being really fascinating. It make for a great debate. In the right hands, could a Death Note be used to save hundreds of lives by taking a handful of them? Is it ever with the jurisdiction of one human being to end the life of another?
The problem with Death Note is that it gets those moral qualms out of the way after the first episode or two and devolves into Light vs. anyone who's following him. I mean, sure, I guess it's hard to focus on that moral aspect for the whole show, but once Light has proclaimed he's going to become the God of the new world, he doesn't even bother with the issue any more. Please note that I did enjoy the show, I'm not really bashing it so much as expressing the part of me that sort of felt a little disappointing they didn't pursue that aspect of the show more after the initial couple of chapters/episodes. |
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Joe Mello
 Posts: 2312 Location: Online Terminal |
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As for sports themes, the old NBC stuff from the 90's (that may or may not have been written by John Tesh) is pretty good.
Not only did I just be a nerd, I used "old" and "90's" in the same sentence. I think I'll go cry now. |
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Selkie
 Posts: 60 Location: The Golden State |
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I love the chibi Rei and Asuka figures! They're so cute!
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britannicamoore
 Posts: 2618 Location: Out. |
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When was the last time I heard someone say bodacious?
One Piece is what i'm craving to pick up. It'll be my first touch of a real One Piece movie in America thats not a bootleg. It makes me feel all giddy and jolly inside. I also hope this does well enough to get the movies before and after- I'd love to own the others. I'll give Mushi-shi a chance in boxset form. Same with Death Note. As for Mushi-shi is it just me or he smoking a joint on the cover? |
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Mmsven
 Posts: 86 Location: British Columbia, Canada |
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I heard Mushi-shi has no real ending. There, I just saved you from a massive disappointment. Now you know what to expect.
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ManOfRust
 Posts: 1935 Location: Seattle, WA |
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If we're talking about sports themes, we have to mention the theme to Rocky!
And though most of you here are probably too young to remember it, for years and years, back in the dark days before cable when the big 3 networks were the only 3 and we only had, like, 5 channels to watch on TV, the voice of Jim McKay and the theme to ABC's Wide World of Sports meant we were about to see something besides baseball. Oddly, I couldn't find this theme anywhere on YouTube, aside from the "agony of defeat" part. I really need to get caught up on Mushishi. I watched the first disc all the way through twice as soon as I got it and haven't gone back to the series since. I think this is why I usually wait until a whole series is out before I start buying it, but in this case I wanted to get the pretty artbox and first disc as soon as it was available. |
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CorrosiveMeso
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Those are Tezuka Moderno figures, right? I didn't know there was a Pluto one. Great collection.
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Iron Chef
 Posts: 487 Location: Seattle, WA |
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I'm more metal than most, so sports themes tend to leave me hanging. But if you give me "Burnface" from The Acacia Strain or "Pure Hatred" from Chimaira, I'll be more pumped up than the inflatable sports gear!
Also, if it were up to me, Mushishi and Death Note would be the next two huge-normous hits in the States. With Mushishi's one-off episodes that you can pick up any time plus Death Note's serialized psycho-drama, you really can't ask for anything more than that. Those two show off the versatility in anime, rather than another shonen title where muscled dudes stand around and yell at each other while "powering up." But instead of either of these taking off like gangbusters and inciting the next wave of anime fandom, we'll probably have to wait around for D.Gray-man. 
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Murasakisuishou
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Eh? As far as I was aware, Death Note has been insanely popular. I personally don't care for it (no rewatch value, plus I don't like anime that takes itself that seriously), but I know even a few non-anime fans who love it, and most of my old anime club was obsessed with it. Heck, you can't go anywhere on the internet without smacking into a Death Note fan. |
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Wyvern
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The One Piece movie is an odd duck. It's a retelling of an old storyline, so you'd think it would be aimed at newbies who want to get familiar with the show without watching 100 episodes. But it's written in such a way that makes it less accessible to newcomers and much more geared at fans -- in other words, people who have already seen this story animated. So I'm not quite sure who it's meant to appeal to, but it did pretty well in Japan so I guess someone likes the idea.
The problem is that they're trying to condense an arc that took 42 episodes to tell in the tv series, down to the length of four episodes. It just can't be done without some serious pacing issues. Personally, I'd rather see a movie with an original storyline. I hope FUNimation releases movie 6 before long. That's a terrific movie even for non-fans. |
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Randall Miyashiro
 Posts: 2451 Location: A block away from Golden Gate Park |
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I remember back during the 80s a couple ice skaters from Asia skated to Hisaishi's music from Nausicaa. I used to watch the Olympics more often and would always play name that tune for the ice skaters since I have an extensive OST collection. I agree the Brisco County theme song is really amazing and I remember how painful the wait for Friday night was back when Brisco and X-files were played back to back on Fox.
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rizuchan
 Posts: 980 Location: Kansas |
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I actually like the Death Note anime better than the manga. I don't know how to explain it, but there's a different kind of excitement watching it than reading it. Maybe it's just because I'm so impacient about reading manga...
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dtm42
Posts: 14084 Location: currently stalking my waifu |
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I am a Death Note fan. And of all the things I want to say, I will say this: Us fans of DN maybe be everywhere, but you are more likely to find us if you look in certain places. Like an certain Anime site (coincidentally with Anime in its name) that has a forum where we can annoy the 'danes who do not get DN, let alone why we call them 'danes. Note that is 'danes with a apostrophe as a prefix. Language is very important, you know. Nobody has ever taken over the world with poor grammar. That goes for our living God Light, who makes that paedophile Haruhi look like the hyperactive brat she really is. Now, we also enjoy other pastimes than lambasting inferior Anime. One favourite is to brag about what we'd do if we had a REAL Death Note, while another is to argue with each other over who (L, Light or Ryuk) was the cooler/smarter/sexier character. But most of all, we love patting ourselves on the back (or even each other on the feet (ep 25)) for the privilege of being fans of such an awesome series. Though there are unbelievers among us even as I 'labouriously' ignore the ignorant American spellcheck, I do feel as though I am making a difference here. Enriching the lives of the simple folk here at ANN by spreading the joy of murder gives me such a warm fuzzy feeling. I just hope one day all that justified hate-mail I get swamped with will disappear under a sea of Misa Misa's Gothic Lolita clothing. So thankyou ANN, for giving us a place to congregate. Here we can feel accepted by other understanding members of our community, instead of being laughed off other (less enlightened) forums as the posers and losers we probably are. And another thankyou, for giving us the opportunity to spread our populist message of watching the news, "diary keeping", dramatic potato chip eating, and giving yourself diabetes. So, off to spread more messages of wholesale slaughter. Bye! P.S. Will put in a good word for you with Light. Just as Elvis works incognito at a gas station in the Midwest somewhere, Light never truly dies. Yes, I have a sense of humour, as twisted as it is. Yes, I am bored senseless. I just hope people don't think I hate Death Note. I love it. But not like THAT. |
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