howl's moving castle

3 years 1 month ago

"I loved this film. One of my favorites from Miyazaki - if not my favorite. I went in with really no expectations and the only thing I knew of it was that Ebert didn't really like it and I thought Howl was a girl >_<

It is very fantasy based - so if that isn't your cup of tea, then you won't enjoy it as much. As with all Miyazaki films the animation is beautiful. The english dub was really well done, so no disapointments there! I'm actually looking to order the book (or borrow it from someone who's ordering it) so I can see how much it follows or adapts the original story. "
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Does your friends watch anime?

3 years 1 month ago

"Most of my friends watch anime. Heck, most of my close friends from high school discovered anime separate from me so we now have more to talk about when we visit.

Many of my close friends in FL I met through an anime community for FL. I eat dinner and watch anime at least a couple times a week with the two friends that I live with. XD"
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Which manga company do you like the most?

3 years 1 month ago

"I am finding I like Del-Rey's translations the best. Actually bought a manga that I hadn't read anything about just because they translated it. (and it was good!)

Viz... their earlier stuff is riddled with spelling mistakes. Their newer stuff seems to be better though. But I actually buy very few of their series, the only one that I actually buy is Hana-Kimi. And they screwed up names etc. in that too!

Tokyopop is another favorite of mine, they do a decent job of translating. They've learned to stick to one thing that they're good at, although - they screw up the anime that they release.

ADV is ok... depending on the series, unfortunatly they took too much on and the lesser-known series are suffering. Damnit! I want more Sweet and Sensitive! They also (saddly) try to make the manga more americanized - Osaka and her meatball sandwich in azudai? -_-

I haven't read any of CMX's releases, but I did look at some volumes in the store and... I really didn't like how the book was bound. Maybe it's just me :/"
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[problem] When I click on "more..."

3 years 1 month ago

"I reproduced the first error, seems like the member id isn't included in the link for more...(under Recent Entries). The member id is included for the show all wallpapers link however, so you can check out all the walls using that link until the other is fixed.

User => Edit Userpage => Edit my bio => submit => I wrote something => submit => Go on my userpage => Nothing (re-o__0 ?)
Is it only on my userpage (because I saw bio on other userpages)?

(Just to note that it isn't just you) I'm not able to update my bio either."
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xxxHolic

3 years 1 month ago

"O.o As far as I know she isn't Clow's sister, all she's said is that they go way back. Perhaps a rivalry of sorts."
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How do you make users participate in your forums?

3 years 1 month ago

"

mass msg them by email... set a warning for those who do not participate in the forum for a certain amount of time will be warn, then suspended, and finally ban... juz a thought...

Yeah... that's not the best way to get people to participate in forums. So... don't do that.

Definatly more specific interest. There's plenty of general forums out there. If you focus on something specific you can get more visitors and decent posts. Most prefer specific forums for their posting needs. Eg. AP - walls, AoD - anime dvds; etc.

Look at what forums you're active on, and what helps them be active. I'm semi-active here, and really active at another site that is specifically for anime fans in Florida to get together and hang out. Both have a set focus that keeps me coming back. General sites get boring after awhile."
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Madagascar

3 years 1 month ago

"I loved the penguins, they were my favorite part(s).

The jokes were far from corny which was a relief as shows that are geared towards family are notorious for having.

There will now be a whole new generation of kids walking around singing "I wanna move it move it..." Not sure if that's a good thing. O.o"
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Anime & manga piracy...

3 years 2 months ago

"Give it to another friend XD

The easiest way to tell if a series is pirated is:
A) read the back - if it says chinese subtitles on it anywhere, it's a bootleg.
B) number of disks. A normal 26 episode show is 6 disks (exception is Fruits Basket which is 4). If there's 3 disks, bootleg.
C) price. A legit dvd normally costs between $20-$30 with no extras like shirts, places like best buy often sell them for lower, but then, if you're shopping there, you know it's legit. Your local comic book store will almost always sell dvds for msrp: $29.99. If you can get an entire series for $10/$20... stay away.
D) Region-free, Region-zero, etc. Anything that has a region that isn't yours, is likely bootleg. Exceptions: Funimation disks are for regions 1,2 and 4. Some CPM disks are Region 0."
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Anime & manga piracy...

3 years 2 months ago

"The local comic book stores carry alot of bootlegs, especially cds. It's always a big thing when we actually find a legit cd, even though they're starting to come out in the US more, the store isn't picking them up. -_-

I go around teaching new members of the club I'm in about bootlegs, so they actually know what is what before they buy them and get screwed by a crappy bootleg.

At least most of the merchandise is legit."
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sound fx in manga....

3 years 2 months ago

"I go back and forth. Viz is one of the only companies that actually translates the sound effects in panel, so you can't get the original, you just have to take their word for it. Sometimes it makes no sense. They put the english 'equivelant' in and while we might have one sound effect for something, the same sound may have 5 different sound effects for different types. (erm, does that make sense?)

I do like it when they translate them in the back, like a glossary. I can practice sound effects that way!

So I like either, generally preferring the original sound effect."
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ROSE Online

3 years 2 months ago

"It's not really fun in the beginning, especially with all the new people playing, but once you get to around level 25 it starts picking up. That's when the majority of the players kind of know what they're doing... and don't die every 5 minutes because they forget to heal."
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ROSE Online

3 years 2 months ago

"I'm playing (just got off for the night actually)! I like it, it's fun, except I haven't found anyone really good to party with more than once since the reset. Before the reset I had a guy that I partied with every weekend, it was awesome."
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what do you guys and gals prefer, dubbed versions or subbed?

3 years 2 months ago

"I generally stick to subs, although there are series where I'll watch the dubs, especially if the characters talk alot or if there's a ton going on. (Excel Saga, Abenobashi)

Generally I stay away from dubs because the voice actors don't seem to capture the characters properly (and some pronounce names wrong and that really bothers me).

I do try out the dubs when I can, just incase it's good.

However, if you watch the dubs of some shows, you can't hear Tomokazu Seki being all awesome in the sub."
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Who's going to E3 this coming week?

3 years 2 months ago

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i'm not going. saving all my pennies for otakon. i'll go eventually though.
for now, i'll just watch it on G4.

totally off-topic: Otakon?! Damn, and I can't go because it's so late this year and it conflicts with orientation and classes.

back on: Can't hit E3 either, I'm getting poorer by the day. T_T"
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Korean manhwa

3 years 2 months ago

"I've only read a few manhwa, one being Ragnarok, which I couldn't really get into.

But, I picked up Sweet and Sensitive and Couple and enjoyed both of them alot. Both just regular stories, no magic, no gender-bending XD, just HS/College everyday stuff. Which is nice since most of the manga I read has some curse preventing something, unrealistic plot (but still good!), etc."
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Anime Paper Survey

3 years 2 months ago

"I can't believe I filled this out. It's really long!

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[ FACTS ]

Name: Michelle
Nickname: Amai, or some random form of my name
Age: 24
Birthday: Sept 28
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
School/University: University of Florida
Graduation Year: 2006.. or 2007
Majoring in: Ecology
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[ HOBBIES AND OTHER STUFF ]

Hobbies: anime, manga, games (board and video), winamp skins, webdesign
Favorite Color(s): blue, green
Favorite Food(s): lasagna
Favorite TV Show(s): Fairly Odd Parents, Family Guy, Friends
Favorite Channel(s): Fox, Nick
Favorite School Subject(s): Biology, Math
Favorite Actors/Actresses: They have names? @_@
Favorite Movies: The Princess Bride

Q: What are the character traits you like about yourself?
A: Honest, Forgiving

Q: What are the character traits you don't like about yourself?
A: Take too much on

Q: If it was filled out, is the major you wrote the one you really want to be?
A: Yep.

Q: But if you had more choices and more money, what do you really want to do?
A: Same thing, but in other countries

Q: What are your plans for the future?
A: Get my Master's, good job, settle down in my own house

Q: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?
A: Somewhere where there is 4 seasons!

Q: If you could visit anywhere in the world, where would you visit?
A: New Zealand
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[ ANIME-RELATED ]

Top 3 Favorite Anime of All Time: Kino no Tabi, Pretear, Mai-Hime
Top 3 Favorite Manga of All Time: Fruits Basket, xxxHolic, Kare Kano
Top 3 Favorite Video Games of All Time: Katamari Damacy, Gitaroo-man, Final Fantasy X-2 (which constitutes pretty much all the games I've played regularly)
Top 3 Most Memorable Anime Character(s): Himeno (Pretear), Kino (Kino no Tabi), Shuichi (Gravitation)
Top 3 Most Memorable Manga Character(s): Tohru Honda (Fruits Basket), Yuko & Watanuki (xxxHolic)

Favorite Mangaka(s): Natsuki Takaya
Favorite Artists/Illustrators: ...

Q: How often do you watch anime?
A: Several times a week

Q: What anime are you watching right now?
A: Tsubasa, Yakitate!!Japan, Peach Girl

Q: When was the first time you watched anime?
A: And knew what it was? Tenchi, 2000

Q: If you could watch whatever anime again, which one would it be? And why?
A: Sailor Moon. Subbed, uncut. Because there's tons of stuff I know I missed watching it dubbed.
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[ ANIME PAPER RELATED ]

Q: What makes you join AP?
A: Lots of great wallers, and it's amusing.

Q: How long have you been a member at AP?
A: Just over a year

Q: What is your member status here?
A: Senior Member

Q: What have you contribute to the community? If no, do you wish to contribute and what would it be?
A: Some scans when I find time, random mp3s, random comments.

Q: If you could change one thing about AP, what would it be?
A: Nothing, it's great, probably be spectacular once it's no longer beta.

Q: So, who's Bantam?
A: That guy. The supreme over-lord. XD

Q: Think you will be a member here forever?
A: I sure hope so.
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END OF SURVEY.
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tsubasa

3 years 2 months ago

"They spell it as Fay in the anime too. I prefer Fai myself, and that's how they spell it in the Del Rey's translation.

5 was just released by Del Rey. I like Tsubasa alot, but I still find myself leaning towards xxxholic as my favorite of the two."
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New way to sort walls?

3 years 2 months ago

"Many of the members also have their wallpapers up at their personal sites. Click on their name to go to their userpage and at the top there may be a link to that site.

They will likely have additional wallpapers that you might enjoy and aren't uploaded here. Additional sizes too. ^_^"
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Where do you from ?

3 years 2 months ago

"

i'd never live in florida or New Jersey cause people there can't drive XD

They really don't. But, watch what you say, I swore I'd never live in Florida, and... look at where I am now. >_< Darn job and it's appeal.

I was born and raised in New York - not the city, a little cow town about 2 hours north. Just the furthest extent to which all the people that lived in the city had their second house. So we got alot of weekenders. The closest mall was about 45 minutes away, so there wasn't much to do. Got my degree in Syracuse, and then moved to Florida for a job and start my master's.

Once I get my master's I'm going to try my best to move away from Florida. It's scary here @_@, I never knew how much I loved NY until I moved away. But, not sure if I want to move back there. Guess I'll go where my next job takes me (which hopefully is an awesome place and permanent) XD."
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Anime that stayed faithful to their Manga roots

3 years 2 months ago

"Kare Kano was actually pretty true to the manga. It just ended at a point in the manga, and that was it. If you pick up... volume 8 I think, you can jump right back into the story.

Fruits Basket was and wasn't, it jumbled up stuff, left a bit out and changed the end.

Yakitate!!Japan, is really close to the manga, so much so I've stopped watching it regularly and just watching the episodes I found highly amusing in the manga. XD"
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Another new feature!

3 years 3 months ago

"I worked a bunch on mine last night - http://amai.animepaper.net/ but still must play a bit with borders and those extra divs that Bantam just added!

Just a suggestion - on the messages page, instead of using mainbody for the p tags on the headers (general messages, private messages, etc.) could you change that to a new tag? Add that tag to the tables on the forum too, it looks too plain with just mainbody as the tag. "
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My HiME

3 years 3 months ago

"They'll answer all those questions in the next episode XD, it's really important to the series.

Just finished watching the series the other day. It was alot better than I thought it would be. I had seen the first few episodes but didn't get into it until episode 7 or 8.

The one thing that's really neat though is the CHILDs are based on different legends. Kiyohime for example plays out exactly like in her legend. Even down to the bell. http://www.theserenedragon.net/Tales/japan-anchin.html "
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