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ChristopherDAC: You can send it to a different address (email is still the same), actually - am at different place. I'll email you the address as soon as I can. Max: Heh - the series is hilarious, and all the fights just get better and better. Takamura-san is positively wicked, evil...

Good to see everyone here. new and old. Saikano is pretty heavy indeed. For me though the saddest series ranking goes to Now and Then, Here and There for a variety of reasons. One funny thing is that the manga of Fruits Basket will be more expensive than the anime (as it has more volumes...

So JohnAD - After seeing the original Gundam in movie format, you gotta admit that Universal Century Gundam is pretty fun to watch. I mean sure, the animation is old, but the story seriously covers war in a way few anime does and carries the hallmark " Good? Evil? Depends on your Point of...

JohnAD: I was assuming that you had owned and seen Gundam Wing, but if you haven't ( or don't own it) then sorry for assuming you did. 0079,0080,0083, Zeta, Double Zeta, and F91 I believe are teh bulk of Universal Century Timeline. AC (After Colony) is a separate timeline from Universal...

Max: I believe it will probably be around 15~17 volumes altogether - it's 76 tv eps, 1 ova, 1 movie for the complete anime series, which covers about 33 volumes of the manga pretty faithfully. I think in Japan, there are about 76 or so volumes of manga for this series - it's been running for...

Nope, should have been listed but wasn't. Good catch, Alanna. :) There are two other suggestions for good anime from the '80's/early '90's - Kimagure Orange Road TV, OVA/Movies and Maison Ikkoku TV. Both are long but stories and romance/comedy is pretty well handled - not to mention Maison...

ChrisDAC: True, I'd love a legit release of the original Gunbuster as well. And your Nadia recommendation is very solid. (TV series, not the movie)

Elijah - welcome to the board. Urusei Yatsura is a pretty fun old series, with mostly comedy as the focus and an insane number of episodes. Another good addition is Ranma 1/2 seasons 1-3, OVAs, and movies. Gundam Movie Trilogy and CHar's Counterattack are also recommended, as Universal...

Max, try to watch the discs in order. One good thing - all the fights are contained in each disc so you won't be waiting for the next disc in terms of cliffhangers per se (e.g. like Samurai Champloo's cliffhanger eps.)

Last Exile is a great series with great plot, characters, and well thought out world. Easily and A series in its own right, and exciting to watch. As usual still buried under work. Other than that, I've been able to w atch some new things - commercial and non-commercial. As many of you...

The series "clicked" for me when I reached ep 15. After a certain bout, I realized that this was a must have series for many many reasons, with the best being the terrific cast of the Hajime no Ippo characters. I was and still am a sucker for sports anime, but am still surprised something this...

I do generally agree with Kong on what in my opinion is ADV's not so smart stance of selling boxsets so quickly. For someone how doesn't collect things as they come out, or gets anime used and would like to get teh individual volumes, a quick box set is not that beneficial. For example, I have...

I also got Samurai 7 #1 and #2 limited editions (read: more storyboards) as well and also recommend that - no superdeformed action here. Just some honest to goodness anime drama and ridiculous swordsmanship.

Hello all - am alive, just buried under the pressures of a diet (blech - lost 7 lbs of water weight - now the hard part starts) and work (big workload for everyone.) Got Maisson Ikkoku Collection #5, Fighting Spirit #8, Jubei-Chan 2 #3. I'd recommend the first two to any fan. The last is good...

CaseyL: It's 45 eps spread out over 10 dvds. Good fantasy like The Twelve Kingdoms doesn't come often. And anyone watching the Twelve Kingdoms should post here with comments/thoughts. All: No new dvd/manga stuff lately. Just sorta busy with work and life. I still recommend Fighting...

Andrew: Just keep watching. Yohko's hair color is definitely different, and her sense of self certainly solidifies as the story goes on. Her eye color also seems to be different (if I recall correctly was brown vs. green (and certainly not due to contacts - but I could be wrong. My...

Andrew Beacom: The boy you mentioned does appear later, but a few discs in. Discs 6-9 cover that stuff Hope the series keeps you enchanted. This is some of the best fantasy that anime has to offer, and is highly recommended. All: Busy weekend for me. Saw lots of good things at my...

Watched Saikano this weekend. I'd rate it an A- and a pretty depressing show. The love story's contrived feel made me demote it to A-, and the consequences of war were better handled in another 13 ep series, Now and Then, Here and There. I also started R.O.D. TV. Another fun Geneon series. So...

Andrew Beacom: I marathon these series, so details may be fuzzy - I finished marathoning it a few months ago. Other than that, feel free to shoot me a email or aim me if you have aim at Wooster0003. Started Silent Moebius. Interesting but also average so far... a B~ B- ish series for me...

JohnAD: Dumb Question, but will you be getting the movies for Mobile Suit Gundam as well at some point? I'd love to hear your take on that as well...

Well was feeling pretty ill (don't know from what- doc said get rest so that's what I did) so I ended up watching some anime. And sleeping. I saw all of Last Exile, and loved it. Interview the the production designer on disc 1 was really interesting as well. Last Exile - a stunning blend of...

JohnAD: Scary thing is I have cousins that young and they've all grown to be pretty well rounded and good looking individuals. What's shocking to me is that once, I could hold them and lift them as they were toddlers and such. Ralph: I'll have to sit down and watch Megazone23 when I am...

JohnAD: LOL Well she will prolly be a beauty, but I'll be an irrepresible old (and hopefully married) fart by then ( 18 yrs or so.) Besides, her dad (my friend) has declared that she won't be allowed to date until she is 50 so by then I'll be 81 or so...) Good to see you here, Ralph...

Max: YAY! Someone agrees with me on what is becoming my favorite anime series of all time. Seriously, if you watch 1-8 or so you'll get a feel for wht the series is about. Sure it's about boxing but it's really about so much more than that. Ippo's growth as a character and person are all worth...

JohnAD: Let us know what your opinion of U.C. Gundam is after you watch some of the series. I find it generally not -mech- based but -people/character- based, which is one of the unique things about Gundam. Anyhow, let me plug Hajime no Ippo a.k.a Fighting Spirit again for its blend of...

Problem with manga is that their volume count for a complete series kills me, not the cost of the individual volumes. For example, Maison Ikkoku is 15 volumes at $10 a pop. Ranma 1/2 will be 35 or so at $10 a pop. But same kind of issue exists with anime as well, so not much can be said. In...

Heh I need to get Fumoffu 2. If it replicates the first 1/2 of Full Metal Panic, then I will be a happy happy camper.... Max- is there really no Netflix in Canada? That is annoying indeed. Opi - Welcome to the Advanced Anime Thread in its latest incarnation... Share your thoughts on anime...

Stick with it for GTO, Max. It is a fun series, and some of the situations that Onizuka gets into (and out of) with his blend of naivete, bravado, and pervertedness is just too good to pass up imho. Otakon this year was pretty fun but was a bit disorganized, it seemed to me. Got a crapload of...

Heh - Otakon time for me, but first going to a NY Mets game (last place in NL East). Not much going on. Just busy with work, and work, and more work. Did I say work? Got a lot of Gundam, so I now have all of UC Gundam except for vol 4 of Gundam 0083 (dang it!!) I'll have to think about...