New Anime? Anything good?

myanimelist profile · Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:34 pm

Can you believe it? An Ikki manga will actually be animated soon!
Tetsuko no Tabi: http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=715555&postcount=860

Niccccce
I hope its good.

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:15 am

Anything to satiate those train otaku... some quality entertainment... but you know what that means, no one is going to fansub it. -_-

myanimelist profile · Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:25 pm

Izumi wrote:

Anything to satiate those train otaku... some quality entertainment... but you know what that means, no one is going to fansub it. -_-

Well Kemonozume is being fansubbed, which I was afraid wouldnt happen either. So there's still some hope :O

Scoundrel Joined: 17 Feb 2003 Posts: 403

2007 doesn't constitute as soon.

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:21 pm

two months... not that far... omg, i take the GRE in one month! holy @#$%

Fan Boy Joined: 13 Jul 2006 Posts: 10

Well, you guys have probably seen this, but if you haven't I thought it might get you excited. Black & White

http://www.tekkon.net/site.html

the trailers look good.

My favorite in the new movies that have come out recently is probably Toki wo Kakeru Shojo. I haven't read the novel as of yet, but the anime was well done.

myanimelist profile · Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 3:04 pm

Anyone know this "Moonlight Mile" series they're gonna be animating?

Roadie Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 61 Location: Belgium

It's kinda scifi. Two alpinists that adore sex and have unlimited stamina wanna go into space and succeed in doing so - using different ways and carreers.

myanimelist profile · Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 4:09 pm

Last night I watched the first of 2 Spirit of the Sun TV-specials (fansubbed, naturally). It feels like a pretty good adaptation, of course with Masayuki Kojima (Monster, Hanada-Shonen-shi) directing, I had little doubt in that.

myanimelist profile · Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 2:46 pm

Oh god, I am SO pumped.

Some of you might have heard about Piano no Mori, and know I am a huge fan. But the official site of the Piano no Mori anime-movie opened today, and surprise surprise: It's being directed by Masayuki Kojima, who directed Monster, Hanada Shonen-shi and A Spirit of the Sun. A man extremely capable of adapting manga into anime.
http://www.piano-movie.jp/

myanimelist profile · Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 11:02 pm

Man, what the hell, this is like a Makoto Isshiki Christmas. Or, a barbapapa Christmas. =D
Hanada Shonen-shi (originally a manga by Makoto Isshiki, of Piano no Mori) is being subbed again.

Roadie Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Posts: 51

Latest issue of Afternoon they announced they will be animating "Ookiku Furikabutte". A manga which Neuro referred to as an "emo-fag baseball manga" which doesn't hit too far off the mark as far as the characters are concerned. Still, I'd kind of like to see it.

Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 9:58 pm

Hmmm..."emo-fag baseball manga" sounds strangely amusing.
Has anyone seen Oshii's new film? From what I've heard its a part of his ridiculous Keberos saga, and judging by the title I'm guessing its more along the lines of the Lynchian/slapstick live-action entries of the series rather than Jin-Roh. I actually liked those movies where he was just screwing around with direction and plotting, and I'd take that over another Innocence any day.

Roadie Joined: 15 Jan 2004 Posts: 66

Nice to see you here Kagemusha, you've kind of been a source for manga to read for me, I'm not surprised at all that you're here.

Speaking of which, have you read the Building Opposite by Vanyda yet? Heard good things, but couldn't find it when I had the cash to afford to buy comics...

Also for those who reside in or Near New York City, the Girl Who Leapt Through Time (a very highly acclaimed anime film, from director Mamoru Hosada, who Madhouse producer Masao Murayama(sp?) called the next great one at his panel during otakon), is premiering in the US at the NY International Children's festival. http://www.gkids.com/

I've seen Hosada's other work, and found his Digimon movie surprisingly good, and the One Piece movie he did featured animators from Mindgame, which made it visually cool, though the story was nothing really special.

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 5:27 pm

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Speaking of which, have you read the Building Opposite by Vanyda yet? Heard good things, but couldn't find it when I had the cash to afford to buy comics...

I thought it was great. Art is a bit rough (improves over time), but has the perfect mix of drama, humor, mundane and the somewhat incredible than every great slice-of-life comic needs. The vignettes are short, but Vanyda's characterizations are good enough to work around the length. Even if there are some pretty standard archtypes at play (the disgruntled middle-age man, the lonely single mother) she really injects life into them. Even Boilet takes time off drawing naked Japanese girls to write a solid introduction.
Not really watching anything new at the moment, but I'm thinking about getting Ergo Proxy. Anyone have an opinion on it?