True that. Yeah I'm an addict, like Tact, but it's all good fun. Rock on with the rumbles!

EDIT: Just in time, Yui, although it didn't change the outcome in the slightest!
At least I got to vote and my voice of opinion was heard! ^^

Also: Space Pirate Captain Harlock for me.

So arcanine, liking more than one of the animes in a given match is a bad thing?

I vote for Captain Harlock

Ashin, you do know la blue girl is hentai right :(

Patzone of the Bubblegum Enders Crisislabor
No, I'd have just enjoyed your opinions had you voted. And it was 50/50 between ZOE and Bubblegum Crisis for me last round, they're just two different genres of equal quality imo, so I would've agreed with you, I just gambled on ZOE being better, because BGC does have mecha-like suits, they're just not a hundred times the size.

Harlock.

Also, rezo: ZOE is pretty fucking good. I'd even say it was better than the Gundam series I've seen--including the much vaunted Seed.

The round with rezo's wildcard I didn't vote, but the one with Urusei I did.

I might have put down a vote for Patlabor if it were against something else maybe, but in this instance I vote Bubblegum Crisis
And it was 50/50 between ZOE and Bubblegum Crisis for me last round, they're just two different genres of equal quality imo, so I would've agreed with you
aye

guess I'll toss out a lone vote for Lodoss.

ROLW

Lodoss.

Harlock

la blue girl! vote for la blue girl! maybe i need to post pictures to show you guys how aweomse a show it is. sure its old, but that's what makes it a CLASSIC! ^^




i vote for la blue girl!!!






















ps. don't make me show you pictures!

don't make me show you pictures!

I swear I'll have you banned if you do. I'll get a good laugh from the fact that you did it though!

CARTOON BUTTSEXXX YAHOOOOEY

Record of Lodoss War

Captain Harlock - 7
La Blue Girl - 2
Record of Lodoss War - 4

Today's lesson: Space pirates are cooler than horny tentacles and AD&D transcipts.




R.O.D. - A lot of people are instantly turned off by the title--Read or Die--but they wind up missing out on a very engaging show that manages a near-perfect balance of character-driven storytelling and over-the-top action. The original OAV series centers around Yomiko Readman, a shy bookworm who uses her power to manipulate paper as an agent for the British Library. The TV series that followed (called "R.O.D the TV" or "Read or Dream") centered around three "sisters" with similar abilities and expanded the ongoing story to truly epic proportions.

VS

Hikaru No Go (submitted by chorns) - A popular anime based on the game Go. Sixth grader Shindo Hikaru finds an old bloody go board in the attic of his house. Shindo's mind fuses with Fujiwara no-Sai, a Go instructor at the Kings Palace and eventually gets into the game and trys to become an insei. He faces many rivals and even plays online for a time. A very dramatic but beautifully drawn anime.

VS

Grave of the Fireflies - One of Studio Ghibli's most highly rated works, GotF recounts the trials of a pair of orphans as they struggle to survive after losing their mother in the wake of an American bombing during the final days of WWII.

I gotta go with Hikaru No Go, I love go, and ended up loving this show.

Grave of the Fireflies

R.O.D

For me, here's what I'd want to enter in.

Eyeshield 21
Due to it's extreme sports nature of playing football. Though, in the past Sena has always been bullied and has been their "gofer". But through that he gained the new ability of the light speed dash. Which when you hear him dash. It sounds as if a gun is being shot. Due to his extreme fast speed

Also, he didn't want to technically be in the football team. Which he tried for Team Manager. Which that idea was immediately scrapped as Hiruma forced him to play on the Deimon Devil Bats football team.

Whistle!
Sho tries to make a name for himself in the soccer industry by trying out for soccer. Unfortunately, his former school (Musashinomori) banned him from playing soccer. Due to his short height, which I think is kinda ridiculous excuse.

learn your place nigga

R.O.D.!

Oh yeah, thats depressing.. my three favorite anime's were all elimnated from the second round.. the horror :(

Grave of the Fireflies, I guess.

For me, here's what I'd want to enter in.

Eyeshield 21
Due to it's extreme sports nature of playing football. Though, in the past Sena has always been bullied and has been their "gofer". But through that he gained the new ability of the light speed dash. Which when you hear him dash. It sounds as if a gun is being shot. Due to his extreme fast speed

Also, he didn't want to technically be in the football team. Which he tried for Team Manager. Which that idea was immediately scrapped as Hiruma forced him to play on the Deimon Devil Bats football team.

Whistle!
Sho tries to make a name for himself in the soccer industry by trying out for soccer. Unfortunately, his former school (Musashinomori) banned him from playing soccer. Due to his short height, which I think is kinda ridiculous excuse.
Ugh, sounds like you've been reading American Shonen Jump a little too much, branch out!

Grave of the Fireflies, I guess.

Grave of the Fireflies

Yeah, fireflies. I guess.


I gotta go with Hikaru No Go, I love go, and ended up loving this show.

We should play sometime. I've only played once, but I won that game and so I think it is clear that I am a master!

ROD 4EVER!!1

Yeah, fireflies. I guess.



We should play sometime. I've only played once, but I won that game and so I think it is clear that I am a master!
IT'S ON BOY

lol I vote for Grave of the Fireflies lol

Grave of the Fireflies, ftw.

Grave of the Fireflies

And one last farewell salute from me for R.O.D. as it gets handed its hat after a nice run.

R.O.D. - 4
Hikaru no Go - 1
Grave of the Fireflies - 8




Akira - Even the most casual of anime fans has probably seen Akira, although opinions on it vary pretty wildly. In the wake of World War III, Neo-Tokyo is practically ruled by gangs who battle constantly against the corrupt and ineffective government. Amidst the chaos, a motorcycle gang gets caught up in an incident involving a kid with psychic abilities, leading to one of them being experimented on and gaining powerful psychic abilities of his own, which he subsequently uses to take revenge on all of society.

VS

Spirited Away - One of Studio Ghibli's most well-known works. When an unsuspecting family stumbles into what they believe to be an abandoned theme park but is in reality a resort for spirits, the parents make the mistake of eating the food intended for the resort's patrons and are turned into pigs as punishment. This leaves their young daughter, Chihiro, all alone with nothing more than her wits and a few new friends to rely on as she tries to break the curse.

VS

Air (submitted by Ndi) - Air tells the tale of an traveler with unusual powers, and his friendship with a strange girl named Misuzu. A story spanning 1000 years unfolds across the backdrop of a quiet seaside town. Air has a deep and beautiful story, and some of the loveliest backgrounds ever seen in anime. It is originally based on a visual novel by Key, and spawned a 12 episode anime, a movie, several specials, and the classic phrase "gao gao stegosaurus". This is Ndi's favorite anime of the year, and quite possibly her favorite anime of all time!

http://www.everything-paris.com/misuzu.gif


Silly Ndi, putting a neat GIF with her description. But talk about a bad draw for Air... Any way you look at it, something major is leaving this time.

Oh geez :(

I know. It saddened me to do it, but I haven't ever fixed a round before and I'm not going to start now. On the other hand, Air is probaby the only wild card that has a chance of doing remotely well, simply because Ndi recommended it.

I`ll go for Akira. It probably seems like a cheap vote seeing that it`s the only one there i`ve seen but i gotta vote when i can. ;)

i'd be lying to myself if i didnt pick Akira but it still pains me a bit as Spirited Away is beautifull

i love both movies. akira and spirited away.

but i like cool techno/future/power trip stuff more than self exploration/growingup/life lesson stuff.


so.............


AKIRA 4EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1@

I'll vote for Air.

The other two are strong enough without any help from me.

I wanted Spirited Away to go against fireflies. I guess I'll be watching Air today.

Spirited Away

AIR

It took me ages to make up my mind, but I've decided I'll vote for Air to make it up to Ndi for my impending vote against CCS!

chair

akira

Air. for same reason as Ktulu.

I wanted Spirited Away to go against fireflies. I guess I'll be watching Air today.


Ndi why is the first video being read as a wav file x_X ?

The most difficult choice ever, but, Spirited Away.

Abstain.

Akira

Akira

I guess I'll just vote for Akira.

Since I haven't seen Air and I liked Akira better than Spirited Away. I'll probably watch Air tonight and see if it's good.

Air gets my vote, the other two are really big.

Ndi why is the first video being read as a wav file x_X ?

I think I know what the problem might be. I can resend the first episode to you later if you would still like to see it. I'm sorry. ; ;

Anyways! I'd be happy to send some of Air to anyone else who might like to vote for it, and of course, it gets my vote as well.

Yeah. I guess I will catch you on AIM later.

edit: I GUESS NOT. so akira?

Spirited Away

Spirited Away
x a million.

Akira had a choppy, incomplete storyline and average animation :(

SAYS THE MAN THAT KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT ANIMATION.

Spirited Away ^^

air

Akira.....average animation :(

Shows like Dragonball have "average" animation. Akira looks great :-\

Akira - 8
Spirited Away - 5
Air - 8

Air made a wonderful run of it, but alas, it comes to a tie. And per the rules of this round, Akira wins by default. However, its relatively low percentage of the vote could cripple its ability to survive a tiebreaker in later rounds.




Card Captor Sakura - After accidentally releasing dozens of magical cards upon the world, each of them a sentient creature, Sakura Kinomoto is given magical powers by the guardian of the Clow Cards and tasked with rounding them all up to prevent a catastrophe. Also includes two movie sequels.

VS

Lupin III - Master thief Arsene Lupin III pulls off some of the most daring robberies in history, aided by his friends and hounded by the tireless Inspector Zenigata. There's more continuity here than I can count, covering quite a few movies, tons of OAVs, several tv series', and other appearances.

VS

Gungrave (submitted by Merl) - Based on the mediocre video game of the same name, Gungrave follows a character named Brandon Heat, who has supposedly risen from "beyond the grave" to get his revenge. It's full of bad ass guns and fights and all the other stuff that is great about action anime, but what really makes Gungrave shine is its story, and the relationships between the characters. Gungrave ran for 26 episodes.


As I said last time, I'll be voting against CCS. Sorry Ndi, but Gungrave is simply too absurdly awesome to not walk away with my vote.

Also, in addition to what Merl said about Gungrave, I just want to point out that over half the show is about Brandon's rise through a mafia organization. Very dramatic. I thought the fights against all the mutant freaks in the second half were the lowest parts of the series. Still, it came back to end on a great note.

as much as ndi has recommended gungrave to me, i just can't vote against lupin III

You would if you watched Gungrave! Stylistically speaking, it's fairly similar to Hellsing in a lot of ways.

lupin3rd

Sakura! although i've never seen the other two, and i've already said lupin looks old with much antagonism following but that's first impression you're hearing, and gungrave looks generic like many anime titles these days.

Lupin III

I haven't seen much of the Gungrave anime yet, and what I saw was dull :(

Cardcaptor Sakura

sorry Merl. :(

GUNDAM.

Card Captor Sakura
i havent seen the others xD

GUNDAM.
dude where did Gundam come inn??

YOU SHETUP OR VOTE GUNDAM.

GUNGRAVE.

:smrt:

yah. unlike all the wannabes here that haven't seen the "other two" i've seen all 3!!!

thus, making my vote extra special and awe inspiring!

"what will tact vote for?" they ask in anticipation!

drumroll please.....








































LUPIN THE GUNGRAVE CAPTOR!!!!
:D



nobutreallyivoteforgungravesimplybecausetheendings aveditotherwiseidtotallyvotelupinthe3rd

Cardcaptor Sakura

I'm not voting in this round, but I just wanted to add that Akira doesn't have average animation and that anyone who says that is a dummyhead.

Thanks.

for my vote:



i just can't vote against lupin III





Akira had a choppy, incomplete storyline and average animation


SAYS THE MAN THAT KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT ANIMATION.

I don't need to know wines intimately to recognise when someone's filled a bottle with vinegar!


Shows like Dragonball have "average" animation. Akira looks great

You're right. Compared to DBZ, Akira looks snazzy. But i'd count DBZ 'less than average', so average still holds for Akira!


I'm not voting in this round, but I just wanted to add that Akira doesn't have average animation and that anyone who says that is a dummyhead.

Thanks.

Hi kubi <3

I don't need to know wines intimately to recognise when someone's filled a bottle with vinegar!

But you do need to know wines to recognize that a wine is an average wine!

No, seriously. Animation quality isn't something like art direction or an opinion of character designs where "every opinion is correct". I know a lot of people don't like Otomo's character designs because they're not as outwardly stylish as others, but Akira's a movie with a large budget that was used for some very above average animation. You can dislike the way it looks, but the fact is a film with average animation wouldn't even be able to attempt to reproduce something like the opening motorcycle fight.

and the storyline is pretty much perfect as it is
its just all over the place wich is too much for most people too handle

not that i understood it all from the first time i saw it(wich i pressume is the amount of times you watched the film)

but then again why the hell am i pointing this out.. its only the movie that singlehandedly brought anime to the west.. without any promotional support

and the storyline is pretty much perfect as it is
its just all over the place wich is too much for most people too handle

You are clearly not familiar with the source material. The animated version is but a pale shadow of the manga. IMO, it was one of the worst adaptations ever.


not that i understood it all from the first time i saw it(wich i pressume is the amount of times you watched the film)

Of course not. Cause it leaves so much out. All you have is guesswork to fill in the blanks, whereas the manga provides much clearer exposition.


but then again why the hell am i pointing this out.. its only the movie that singlehandedly brought anime to the west.. without any promotional support

Bullshit. I would rape this comment with a detailed explanation, but I'll simply say that it only garnered a cult following when it was released here, as did all the other anime films (Akira was just one of several) that were released around the same time.

You are clearly not familiar with the source material. The animated version is but a pale shadow of the manga. IMO, it was one of the worst adaptations ever.


I'm sure he has. But the movie is more of a retelling than an adaption.It changed the story drastically to fit the movie's running time. It honestly does make sense on its own for the most part. I think a lot of the confusion comes in from trying to match the two. ie: in one Lady Miyako is a super important character and in the other she's a crazy lady ranting on the streets that you probably think is a man. The one thing that the movie might not have been clear enough on was the Nezu subplot. I don't remember offhand but I think he has almost no significant role in the movie and then he has that sudden confrontation with Ryu near the end. But if you read the comic then its "oh yeah, that guy".

but yeah the comic is much better, as is usually the case.

once again prak you go claiming things you dont know
if your this predictable with chess i bet even my dumbass could easily handle you

i own the manga in Japanese, Dutch and English and have read it more then a dozen times

luckily i read it years after i've watched the anime wich in most cases is all the more rewarding as indeed theres loads of great stuff that the movie downright abandoned

but where is the so called guesswork?
Otomo cut out most of the subplots and a dozen of charakters and like Rezo said adapted it into a retelling instead of making an adaptation of the manga.

the only people to who it could have been really confusing was the Japanese as Otomo didnt even finish the manga at the point the anime got released

the only fact why most people really dont get the movie from the first viewing is because almost everyone expects a pure action/horror flic with no social commentary or anything involved.. they just expect good ol gratious violence

look at the dvd and especially the old vhs covers
its almost always badass kaneda you see on his bike.. that doesnt really give most people an impression of a movie with such huge visual metaphors and allot of charakter developement


but then again why the hell am i pointing this out.. its only the movie that singlehandedly brought anime to the west.. without any promotional support

Bullshit. I would rape this comment with a detailed explanation, but I'll simply say that it only garnered a cult following when it was released here, as did all the other anime films (Akira was just one of several) that were released around the same time.
name 2 anime films that made such an impact
hell name one that made even half of the impact Akira did
and please
for my christmas present
try the detailed explanation!

i know that there was anime in the west before it but Akira opened up the doors and estabelished itself in most of the world as the first animated feature for grown ups and made people aware of the fact that there was more to animation then Disney and Looney tunes stuff

hell i think even the Akira manga was also one of the first manga licenses the usa had tho i'm not entirely sure of that

I'm perfectly willing to have this discussion, but make another thread for it if you must instead of shitting up my rumble thread with big off-topic posts.

Also, I would update this today, but the shrine is being too erratic. I'll try again tomorrow morning.

omg. i definately have something to say about this! especially what prak said!

fuck yah, the shrine has been shitty for the past month. someone fix the fucking database or something. fucking laggy site. i got a cable connection and i can d/l at 500kb a second. (thats bytes, not bits like the fucking companies try to sell at) and this site takes forever and a day to load.

FIX THIS SITE!!! CHANGER SERVERS! I DON'T CARE. I'LL FUCKING DONATE FOR THE CAUSE!!

rezo make a real vote :(

lupin?

that counts

Gungrave

is this really all teh voters

also prak: count rezo's vote *_* :D

Card Captor Sakura - 4
Lupin III - 5
Gungrave - 4

Lupin squeaks by in a very competitive round to secure its place in the quarterfinals. Now for the last match of the wild card round.




Ranma 1/2 - 15 year old martial artist Ranma Saotome returns from a trip to China with a strange curse that turns him into a girl every time he's splashed with cold water and only hot water can turn him back. Upon his return to Japan, he receives the added complications of his engagement to Akane Tendo, which was arranged by their parents, and his regular battles against an outrageous cast of misfits. Covers seven seasons of the tv series, an OVA series, and two (or is it three?) movies.

VS

Area 88 (submitted by Prak) - Tricked by his best friend into joining the foreign brigade of a country fighting a civil war (a contract that will cost either $1.5 million or his life to break), ace pilot Shin Kazama flies dangerous missions every day, bloodying his hands to earn enough money to return to Japan and the woman he loves. Meanwhile, his old friend has sent a photographer to Area 88, the base where Kazama is stationed, to take a picture of Shin's dead (or dying) face so he can use it to convince Shin's girlfriend (whose father is extremely rich and powerful) that he won't be coming back and she should marry him instead. Covers an old OVA release and a recent series, both of which are highly excellent--they also help fill in the void of good fighter combat anime--and remind me a lot of Leiji Matsumoto's works.

VS

Wings of Honneamise - The tale of an alien race's first steps into space. The Royal Space Force is an underfunded agency that's viewed as nothing more than a joke by the rest of the nation. However, the government they serve has found another use for them: bait to start a war with another country. Now they must race against time to complete their launch in order to prevent the conflict.

gungrave got 4? did you count my vote? O_o i put it in super tiny text. :p


anyway. for this round. i vote ranma 1/2. :p even though that area 88 sounds really really good.

Though I have seen only the first episode of Area 88, it still impressed me more than Wings and Ranma combined.

I continue voting for Wings of Honneamise

Area 88.

Wings

Ranma 1/2

where all da voters at

Ranma 1/2

Area 88

looks like wings is going to die :(

Area 88