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[djisas]

Originally Posted by morpha

I got upto i dunno episode 10 maybe there was a dead body in the watercanal.
It got on my nerves that the story line kept.... like.... i dunno....rebooting with a different bad guy.

I lol'ed when the put the knife on wall and started headbutting it. That was sickening.

Petite Cosette had such a strong effect on me because -as mentioned - 3 cans of mother and sleep deprivation.

Indeed the story reboots often, after Rika gets killed the story reboots, there will be not much explanations, but Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Kai solves everything, the sequel...

Originally Posted by MKmods

Hey Yukikaze, I was watching some anime tonight and there were a few that sucked. So I remembered you mentioning this and took a look.

I only saw ep1 so far but it was REALLY good. Im gonna get a bowl of cereal and some bananas and watch as much as I can till I fall asleep.

Thanks for reminding me about this.

So what were you watching that sucked??
Valkyria was very good, but up ahead it might loose some charm. specially when the Valkyries start fighting...

[MKmods]

Originally Posted by djisas

Valkyria was very good, but up ahead it might loose some charm. specially when the Valkyries start fighting...

Damn no shit, I got to ep22 before I got so pissed at it I quit. It was good about 5/8 of the way but than the 3 way with her and the 2 guys and army bullshit screwed it all up.

Has anyone in Japan ever had a real relationship?(not this soap opera over drama bullshit kind)

Damn now I am pissed I need to watch Photon again...

[morpha]

Japanese sensibilities are different from ours.

They live in a country whos culture promoted extreme politeness to the point where they have two methods of saying something; a polite way and a rude way. (or 3 way; formal and informal and rude).

that said. these games are probably written by otaku neets who haven't ever had a relationship that wasn't with a dating sim character.

Photon is awesome.

[MKmods]

LOL, I was raised by a Japanese family so I am aware, when I was 17 my GF/wife had me stay at their house in her bed, They were amazing to me.
When I watch anime I see a lot that is familiar, however this 'I LIKE you" baloney is bugging me and waiting 20ep to hold hands and kiss is also kind of silly.
I realize there is a large audience of 12-16 year old chicks watching over there but come on...The Seinen stuff isant much better

I wish there was more along the lines of Black Lagoon....

I SO NEED PHOTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[morpha]

It drives me nuts aswell.

When a person asks me why I watch anime I say its because its an animation with much more interesting plots and more adult themes than western cartoons allow. But the truth is the majority of it isnt any more 'adult' then most of the stuff produced by the west.

Hardly any of the anime produced is actually targeted at a mature audience unless your talking about PORN which is a different bag of chips.

I tend to rate anime very criticaly.. interestingly enough my anidb scores show ive rated 50% of the anime I've seen <5 (out of 10) and the other 50% spaced evenly throughout the higher scores. What does this mean? I've watched 70 anime shows I didnt like and thought were a waste of my time. and only some of the other 70 were EXCEEDINGLY AWESOME.

[MKmods]

I have seen some really good ones too, And luckly they seem to be making even more good ones.

I think a big part is my age (im must be too old for this stuff), cutesy is fine for a bit but after a while its just too fricken much.

Maybe this was enough for me to get my head out of my ass and go back to work now..(after I see Photon)

[Mussels]

lol, i was just at morphas place and he used the same lines in our conversation as he did in this thread.

(i agreed with most of it)

[kid41212003]

Originally Posted by morpha

Japanese sensibilities are different from ours.

They live in a country whos culture promoted extreme politeness to the point where they have two methods of saying something; a polite way and a rude way. (or 3 way; formal and informal and rude).

that said. these games are probably written by otaku neets who haven't ever had a relationship that wasn't with a dating sim character.

Photon is awesome.

In English you call everyone "you" and yourself "I", and I believe most of languages from the East are the same as Japanese in politeness.

When you talk with your parent, you use a different word to call yourself and your parent, when you talk with your friend you use a different word too, and sister, girl friend, wife, ect.... There are more than 10 ways to translate the word "I" into Vietnamese depend on the situations (I'm Vietnamese).

And it's consider rude calling someone older than you with their names.

[entropy13]

Originally Posted by kid41212003

In English you call everyone "you" and yourself "I", and I believe most of languages from the East are the same as Japanese in politeness.

When you talk with your parent, you use a different word to call yourself and your parent, when you talk with your friend you use a different word too, and sister, girl friend, wife, ect.... There are more than 10 ways to translate the word "I" into Vietnamese depend on the situations (I'm Vietnamese).

And it's consider rude calling someone older than you with their names.

Indeed, in our case we add a word to denote that the one we're talking to is older, and there are two translations of "yes", one for normal use and one for respectful/older people use. We even have different terms for the oldest, youngest, middle sister/brother.

[djisas]

Mark, i rarely fail in my recomendations and on judging anime, having watched over 700, i know whats a masterpiece and what really sux, although even i might be a little biased sometimes, but that is always a matter of personal taste...

If you watch everything i recommended so far on the orb, im sure none will disappoint you...

I remembered another wacky comedy, its called labyrinth of flames and is just 2 ep short, i believe you might enjoy watching it, it has lots of fan service but not actual nudity, and if there's little nudity to it nothing much is shown...

Another good quick watch would be Tokyo Marble chocolate with 2 ep, very interesting, its a romance between a young man and a young women, but each of the ep i shown from the perspective of one or another, like a game it shows 2 different paths for the same conclusion, and is very fun...

[MKmods]

Il take a look at Tokyo Marble.

hey dj are there other animes like Black Lagoon (be fine with me if there were no teenagers in it)

(LOL, except for "white album" you dj and Wile E are batting a thousand with recommendations)

This thread and AnimeOrb has been such a blast, you guys taught me a lot.

[Cold Storm]

have you watched Madlax yet MK? If not, I really think you should! Its worth it. That's all ways the first that I think about when I think of Black Lagoon.. That, & Noir

[MKmods]

Thx CS, Il load them up.

Just saw ep1 of Madlax, had a feeling it was gonna be good as she kept talking about wanting Pasta and I have a bowl of "Angel Hair" right in front of me....its kismet

Damn CS 101K pretty cool

[kid41212003]

3rd season coming soon .

http://www.blacklagoon.jp/

[Wile E]

Hmmm. That's cool. I didn't expect to see another season of it, tbh.

[morpha]

oh dear god yes.

[Mussels]

black lagoon + boobs touching = more win than i can handle.

[morpha]

Originally Posted by Mussels

black lagoon + boobs touching = more win than i can handle.

lightweight

[Cold Storm]

I can see another season coming.. There really wasn't any "big" background shown of the cast... You got to see the whole background of Hotel Russia, and hint of Revy's past.. I mean she has the name "two hands" & I don't even remember in the anime why she got that.. Besides the fact she loves guns and to shoot...

[kid41212003]

For some reason, Revy doesn't like people to pity her in a really really weird way. I don't think the matter relate to her parent, because the way she talked to Rock didn't sound that way, it sounded like she got violated when she was young... and did anyone know that Revy is Chinese?

[Cold Storm]

In the last few episodes of second season, when she and Rock go to japan for Rock to translate.. she says that she was Chinese that moved to the states...

[djisas]

Originally Posted by MKmods

Il take a look at Tokyo Marble.

hey dj are there other animes like Black Lagoon (be fine with me if there were no teenagers in it)

(LOL, except for "white album" you dj and Wile E are batting a thousand with recommendations)

This thread and AnimeOrb has been such a blast, you guys taught me a lot.

Knowing that you like madlax, how about watching it's predecessor NOIR, not a sequel, but a previous work from the same creators...

How about gunsmith cats??
A classic, the cars look great, just 3 ep...

Other titles worth checking are Shikabane Hime, there's plenty of action and girls kickin asses, Trigun another classic every anime fan should watch...

Gunslinger Girl, its a little different from the other's, instead of adults, it features young girls as assassins, the anime is very good, but if you like the style will only depend on how you see it...
The Italian Social Welfare Agency professes to help abandoned and seriously ill or injured children, but that's just a cover for a secretive government program to transform preadolescent girls into assassins via cybernetic implants and extensive brainwashing and conditioning. These assassins are then used to combat Mafia and other underworld elements. Each girl is paired with an adult male handler to form a fratello, which roughly equates to the handler being the girl's older brother as well as supervisor, trainer, and field commander.

I just remenbered, have you already watched Kite, the original??

Read or Die might be interesting too, check the ova first...

None of this is like black lagoon of course, but all are good action anime...

[MKmods]

I think I skipped kite as the whole sex slave thing really creeps me out. (I did like Mezzo)

I liked read or Die (really good)

I started Gunslinger girl but the young girls thing just wasent interesting (However I really liked Canaan)

I have seen Noir too.

Il take a look at some of the others, Thx dj.

[Cold Storm]

you bring up so many great anime in that post Dj.. I forget alot of times about Read or Die.. It was really good anime. I do think the ova should be checked first. But, I fell inlove with it in mins.

Gunsmith Cats.. I haven't seen that for a long long time.. I've forgot all about it.. Might have to grab it myself.

Shikabane Hime is on the hdd, but I haven't watched it.. Need to.. Need to watch a lot of things.. lol

Gunslinger Girls made me think a lot about Strike Witches.. Which was a great anime

Another one that I really love and watch a few times over all ready is Burst Angel. It was a good anime... Wish there was more to it..

[MKmods]

Thx CS, I didnt know there was a RoD OVA.