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i agree with venio....i really hate the dubs that the licencing companies do. i tried watching kenshin with english dubs and i nearly ripped my ears off. another thing that i dont like is how many games dont keep the original japanese dialogue, take for example, Onimusha, i thought the original japanese dialogue added to the overall play experience. Then Onimusha 2 comes out and they decided to drop the japanese language track; and i dont know about you guys, but it kinda takes away from the atmosphere of the game. I think the same goes for anime. North American voice actors dont really portray the characters as well as the japanese seiyuu do. and it bugs me how some people say they are too lazy to read subtitles.....oi. :)Anyways, that just my 2 cents Wouldn't count on it, they've already got too many projects as is. Konomini, BakuTen, Naruto, and Gantz, are all weekly releases (i see all of these being licensed by summers end though heh). Then there's the titles they're doing that aren't as much of a priority (some of these haven't been released in months) AiBaby, TenTen, PA, Daa, Initial D 4th, Airmaster, Kyou Kara Maou, and some others i'm sure i'm leaving off. Besides that, they already release the most popular series (by pure download only) in naruto and with the whining caused by that there's no way i see them putting up with the second most dl'd shows whining as well lol.

Well I heard the rumors before but I was still surprised when I heard the news, just yesterday I was peacefully watching Full Metal Alchemist as I do every Monday but now that it's licensed the subbing will slow down for a while, it happened with Chrno Crusade and Maburaho when they were licensed too; at least I’m glad Sonchou will keep subbing it coz I really enjoy they're work. <3

*snickers about the Faye guy* I believe I saw that in real life (if we're speaking of the same one)... <img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /> :) :)I too feel there's nothing wrong with watching anime well into our older years. I have never or ever will consider myself an otaku (not that I want to), I'll just say that I'll be a fan for a long while <img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/happy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='happy.gif' />. I guess we each have to see how our lives go though. :) :)That picture is hilarious, but I have a very uneasy feeling in the put of my stomach as well +_+...

Ah, 3D in anime eh? I just had a debate over this with my friend about a week ago. I haven't been convinced either way, since as mentioned, it all depends on the anime itself. My friend was totally against using 3D in animes though. :) :)I often dislike the direct use of 3D sequences (i.e. Vandread, Blue Submarnie No. 6, etc.). The horrible contrast is especially apparent when 2D anime characters are added in the foreground. :)And then there are animes that directly use 3D, but the textures and materials of the 3D meshes are obviously softer, smoother, and have a richer sense of watercolor or 2D vectorization (i.e. Last Exile, Metropolis, etc.) There are also animes which are modeled in 3D and then redrawn in 2D. Basically, I like it when an anime tries to make it as "anime-ish" and perhaps "cells-looking" as possible. Raw 3D animes scare me. <img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' />You could pretty much look at any Gonzo show and there you have a nice display of 3D. I think it's mostly how they use it and exactly how it appears. Last Exile, for example, looks stunning. How nicely the 3D came across in that show was probably one of the big things to get me hooked. Jump to another Gonzo production, BakuTen, and I really don't think the 3D is all that impressive. At least not next to Last Exile. :) :)Honorable mention... Uchuu no Stellvia. It wasn't a big part of the show, but the 3D usage there was very nice.

Well if anyone plans on using Ebay for buying anything, always check the sellers feedback to see how "trustworthy" they are. If in any doubt ask the seller questions, if they don't answer back, or give an unsatisfactory answer than be weary and possibly avoid doing business with them. Lots of people on Ebay will ship internationally, but you should ask how much it will be if it's not listed (just to be safe, don't want to be killed with shipping costs). :) :)If you want to find official releases (US releases at least), it might be helpful to add in the company who distributes them (i.e. Tokyopop, VIZ, etc.) along with the title. :) :)You can find sets of manga for fairly cheap (compared to their retail price), so it can be worth checking Ebay out. :) :)I'm an avid user of Ebay though, so I may be abit bias. I have mostly good experiences, but if anyone is still weary, just go for the big name book stores that everyone's mentioned <img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/happy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='happy.gif' />. I say so long as you feel comfortable with the purchase

I have to totally agree with him here with the exception that titles are being "imported to meet demand". I'm really beginning to believe that the US distributors of manga and anime think that the market is much bigger than it really is. They believe there is this huge demand because people are buying the A-List titles so they assume that people will also buy the B-List titles as well just because they're there. Sadly no one told them that anime/manga are still a niche market. :) :)All of early licensing they're doing as well only helps to kill demand. They license, they tell people to stop, people do, the fansub/scanslator folks forget about it and move to the next title, then when it is finally released stateside people don't care cause they've moved on to something else. Best example i can compare it to is how many people have bought a dvd of an american movie just from watching the previews? I'd imagine it's not many, 99% of the people will either watch it in a theater or rent it first. Don't see how they can't realize it's the same as anime but on a more extreme scale. I mean what kind of idiot will invest ~$150 towards a series they either haven't seen all of or most of? I know personally out of about the 50 or so anime dvds i've bought and 30 or so manga volumes i haven't bought <b>ONE</b> single item that i hadn't seen or read before. I personally will not buy anything i haven't finished before heh. Oh well who cares, they can keep their titles they kill halfway and i'll keep buying the ones i get to finish.

Lol, that would tear my soul apart. I could not choose between girls. I have 1 girlfriend, and thank god only 1. I would not want to be in an action anime... as much as the idea of killing people pleases me, getting killed does not. Ok, back to the peaceful anime's. Maybe I'll be one of those side characters that is normal. heh I would like to be in Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko, and be Yohko or Ayano in that series. They care each other so... much ~ XD Ah~ the sweetness~ XD

Next may be Satou Sei in Mariasama ga Miteru. She's very cool~ XD And can dates out girls~ XD

Next may be... Yakumo in School Rumble. She's very cool and caring ~ XD Anyone who is her sister would be the luckiest person in the universe

Aaah, there's one good example, regarding this topic: Belldandy from Oh my Goddess. After Keichi wished that Belldandy should stay for him forever, she's doing almost everything for him, even with the arrival of her Sisters Urd and Skuld.

Japan, Korea have a male-dominant society. Basically the perfect image of a woman is this: submissive; good at cleaning, cooking and other chores of the house; they have to please their husbands; don't go against their word; they can't eat before the husband; and they should have this overly-well mannered attitude (yes, Belldandy is the maximum example). AND they have to be pretty.

What a load of crap. I come from an asian family and I know what I'm talking about, and let me tell you, men aren't too happy about a more open minded attitude ^^U. Girls have it rough. Not only they need a complete submissive (and not say boring personality, they must look good according to the beauty standars. (the same goes for their interests, go with the flow)

I don't like this kind of girls (only reason i hate Belldandy, she's way too "the perfect japanese wife") in anime, nor i like the clingy ones. Go get a guy that will really give you some love, please. Although also I don't like the kind like Naru (Love Hina) that is always hitting the male character. Extremes are bad.

Amazing anime. After watching it I found this article about alchemy. Maybe you will find it interesting as I did.

Alchemy isn??t magic, it??s science, as preached in the first few episodes of Full Metal Alchemist. Edward Elric says it himself. But as his alchemic feats become more and more surreal, fans drop the scientific method and write it off as some magic?with strict guidelines. Curious fans may already know that alchemy is an ancient science that was once seriously studied. People used alchemy to explain things that, at the time, defied the laws of physics.

The three main pursuits of alchemists (scientists studying alchemy) were to turn base metals into gold or silver through transmutation, discover a remedy that could cure any disease and prolong life, and to create human life. We all know that these goals can??t be accomplished, even through modern science. But alchemists were endeavors who wanted to prove the impossible, and turned away any sign of doubt.

Wait a sec. Before you write off these guys as idiots, think about this: Alchemists presided in times before modern scientific tools and knowledge even existed. They were there to explain that things didn??t happen by the whim of a higher being. Heck, alchemy??s been around for 4,000 years! That??s way before any modern-day science came about. No microscopes, no Bunsen burners, no periodic table of elements, no handy chemistry book to tell them what was and what wasn??t. They relied on common sense, traditions, basic observations, and myths to fill in the gaps.

Okay okay, I swear, I??m done with explaining the alchemists themselves! Alchemy has numerous roots (the study spans over three continents), but the two most distinguishable (at least, in their earlier stages) were Chinese and European alchemy. The basic difference between the two was that Chinese alchemists were more interested in medicine than the European alchemists??s interests in turning lead to gold. Otherwise, there??s not a huge dividing line in the two. Both of them have have a key object ?? the Philosopher??s Stone in Europe and the Grand Elixer of Immortality in China, and both have the four base elements of earth, water, wind, and fire.

Those are just the most distinguishable, though. Numerous other areas held their own beliefs and studies in alchemy. (Remember, alchemy spanned over three continents!) In truth, western alchemy derived from ancient Egypt, where it is believed that one of their gods, Thoth, wrote down books of knowledge, with one book about alchemy. Thoth??s symbol was the cadecus ?? the symbol worn by Ed (cloak) and Al (left shoulder) to show their sins.

Aha, see, we??re making connections now!

Let??s back up a bit to the four base elments of alchemy. Unlike today, where we have the periodic table of elements in a neat little, er, table, of the 100+ elements that comprise the Earth, alchemists had the ancient elements of earth (Venus), fire (Mars), wind/lightning (Jupiter), and water/ice (Mercury). These derive from the four humours, which were thought to be the elements that make up the human body (yellow bile for fire, black bile for earth, blood for air, and phlegm for water). In a way, these elements make enough sense ?? you can see how every object can be made up of these elements. A basic reasoning for why alchemists didn??t further explore the elemental field is: ??If it ain??t broke, don??t fix it.?

However, the mistake of non-exploit is one of the sources for alchemy??s downfall. Scientists began to slowly break apart the alchemic foundations, disproving alchemy with things that could be?proven. A hard fact of reality was that, while science had hard evidence to go on, alchemy usually relied on myths (ie ?? ??If you have this much water, this much salt, and this much blah blah blah, you can make a human!? Nope. ??Not true,? says science). Another issue was the fact that many things alchemists said could happen were never quite proven.

Science had hard roots, and many lost their faith in alchemy??s truth. But the preamble of modern science didn??t die that quick; in fact, alchemy lived well into the 18th century. Yet without alchemy, science wouldn??t be here ?? or at least, the way we know it. Medical research advanced because of alchemy. Paracelsian alchemy led to the beginning of modern medicine, finding the roots of germ-caused diesases and how one??s body became sickly without natural vitamins.

Alchemy is now revered as a fantasy, used in myths. It exists somewhere in the realm of truth and lie. But? maybe those alchemists were actually right. After all, the universe still holds its great mysteries that even modern science can??t explain. If alchemic studies had kept up, who knows what our today would be like?

no not like that the move is find but the anmineis still fun why not we fell happy about the life why we to see the mive not the anime its the older people tell us not to see the anime its do not have something in and we can not find anying in it ok well its not ture

no i can not see the anime book in my school the school library is too small not any books in the exect the dells we can not to find anime in it so we go ing to borrow in out of th school when we find a small shop near the school we find a lot of the anime books in the shop so we often to see and borrow anime books in that small shop not in the school library so if we want to see more the anime books we should leave a long long road in the city to find the shop which can we borrow the anime books in ,its too tired for us to see anime

buy a anime need much of the money but i am still a student in the collage i do not have many money i own less than$880 a month so i do not have the money to buy the anime expect i do not to eat so when i need the anime i choose to download it in the web because it can be very cheap and i do not use many of my time to see it when it download complect in can be off auto

i will not to see it because when the anime become a real film my dream will dead it will leave me and go out ,i can not to think when a girl we like in the anime become a real girl in film it can be what and what i will fell about it may be i will fell sad to see it becuse the girl is not like she in the anime is not looks good in anime so i will not to see a film ,which the mother is the anime