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penguintruth
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Is Robert the son of some wealthy oil magnate? That's some collection.
I really want to get that first boxset of Fullmetal Alchemist's second season. I've even made room in my anime drawers for the rest of FMA. |
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Leebo
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Basically, Shuffle is exactly what you'd expect it to be. And it doesn't try to be anything else. If you're the kind of person who will care which girl gets picked, watch it. If that's not enough to maintain your attention, nothing else in the show is worth sticking around for.
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Mmsven
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I honestly don't like the FMA boxes. I would have preferred them release it as 1-2 boxsets instead of 4, the artwork on the boxes is rather plain, and it looks like they're made out of thin cardboard.
Also, is that guy using rocks to hold his dvds? Wouldn't that scratch the plastic? I would love to have some sort of adjustable wedge on my shelf to keep my dvds from falling. |
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ANN_Bamboo
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 Posts: 3904 Location: CO |
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^^;; They're called bookends. |
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kizzmequik_74
 Posts: 302 Location: QC, Philippines |
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Yeah, they are. They're pretty cheap and can usually be found in school or office supply stores. Since DVD cases are just plastic, there's little chance of the bookends to bend over time, as with some old examples that keep up books in library shelves. Still, I actually like the idea of using rocks as bookends. 
Oh, by the way, happy birthday, Bamboo, oh great provider of anime reviews! 
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britannicamoore
 Posts: 2618 Location: Out. |
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Happy brithday Bamboo, i turned 21 yesterday
Anyway, i've only seen one episode of Shuffle (and i moved on) but now that its hitting stateside I may have to try it out again. It sounds like what I expected, so i'll have to see about it. As for Beck, now that the whole series is out, maybe that damn box stero thing will go on sale. I've wanted to get that forever. |
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darkchibi07
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I'm not surprised about the first volume of Shuffle! in the Perishable. Heck, even I dropped it in like 10 or so episodes. Then a bunch of peeps praised it around the second half of the series and then came episode 19......oy that was fun!
I guess the question is are you willing to stick by it? 
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Leebo
Posts: 660 Location: Somerville, MA |
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Out of curiosity, do they still refer to Kaede's fanclub in the dub of Shuffle as the KKK (Kitto Kitto Kaede)? It seems kinda hard to avoid, when the first guy to say it has "KKK" on his shirt, IIRC.
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darkchibi07
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According to the free streaming episode on the website, the English dub does keep though they added on that they're not "the one with the white robes".
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Shadowrun20XX
 Posts: 1936 Location: Vegas |
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Happy Birthday SakechanBD! Have Fun!
I'll be moving in a couple days.Once I get settled in,I'll set up my collection for Shelf life and send it in.It's about 20 years worth. |
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Mylene
 Posts: 2792 Location: Indiana |
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Wow, I thought it got worse and worse as the series went, personally. Particularly with the absolute idiocy they gave Asa-senpai after a time. It was a shame to see such an awesome character end up at just the same level as the rest of them. 
I only disagreed with one part of Bamboo's review: "I don't think Shuffle is terrible." I really thought it was. I know, I know, I'm too harsh on it, taking it too seriously whatever, but for me, I really thought it was terrible. Even the added neat 'stuff' just felt thrown in haphazardly. That said, I did like the, er, 'special' scene with Kaede (was that 19?) That made me smile. I will, however, be rewatching the series when its fully out. Maybe if I can remind myself not to even attempt to take it seriously, it'll work better. I think it doesn't help that I didn't particularly like the character designs for the female characters either. |
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Veoryn87
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Getting through the first 4 episodes of Shuffle was..... Difficult for me... So I decided to stop there. I hated the girls. They were, as Bamboo said, stupid. Come on! Get your own lives!
I'm fine with the FMA boxes. Yeah, I wish there were two instead of four, but they take up less room than the individuals and I like the artwork and the booklets. |
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Berserkfury819
 Posts: 229 Location: Detroit Mi. Spider-Man is dead. R.I.P. |
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Happy Birthday Bamboo Dong! And a belated Happy Birthday to my fellow Detroiter Britanicamoore!
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ikky
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"Which hair colour is your favourite?" would be a better tagline for Shuffle, really. Those character designs...
Harem is not my genre, so I am uninterested by default. Beck is great, and it is nice to see it getting the attention it deserves. |
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LordPrometheus
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I wholeheartedly agree. FMA is the reason I got heavily into anime in the first place. Before that show, I was merely a casual fan. Now I can't get enough.
It really does deserve the hype. I still haven't found a show I like better(although some have come close). It takes everything I love about anime and blends it together in an awesome way. |
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