sung | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 16 2006 | anime, japan, Hayao Miyazaki, movies, review
watched this movie yesterday - via Netflx.
all in all a pretty good flick, but not as great as i had hoped. a part of that could be cause i'm such a huge fan of Hayao Miyazaki's previous works. works such as my neighbor totoro, nausica of the valley of the wind, spirited away and my personal favorite princess mononoke (in case you're wondering what mononoke means - ghost (angry), specter).howl's moving castle has a similar feel - creepy creatures, magic, spirits and the like. his creativity of how the castle works is pretty amazing. his characters are super sweet - but it seemed lacking. the movie felt long, the story slow to develop and the ending seemed very abrupt. everything tied up very nicely in 5 minutes and left you wondering... really. that's all you had to do?
this would be a rent for me. if you are curious - i'd strongly suggest his other works - especially Princess Mononoke.

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sung | Shared With: Everyone - Dec 04 2006 | tv, afro samurai, animesweetness - extended trailer (first scene) from afro samurai airing on Spike TV on Jan 4th 2007.
redotted from : Roldy
sung | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 06 2006 | books, anime, comics
so i figured it was about time that i read dragon ball because it's my duty as an asian person to at least know about this stupid little comic / anime series.
i say stupid only cause my main exposure to this series is from the anime dragon ball z which plays on the cartoon network. it's nothing more then various big looking guys grimacing all the time with very little action. when you think bout it the series is like a body builder's contest where all they do is flex - or in dragon ball z 'power up' or some crap like that.
so anyways - back to the series. i got all the series (well most of them) and started reading them from issue one. and to my surprise the first few issues are actually entertaining where humor is the genre of the books. it's silly yes, but it was very entertaining - then the story started taking a more serious turn and next thing you know it's all about fighting - booo....
so my recommendation - if you're even mildly interested only read the first story arc - basically up to volume 5, after that it starts to become more about flexing... not very interesting.
sung | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 06 2006 | anime, website
sung | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 31 2006 | video, anime
click to playwhy wait til sept 9th to watch it? watch it now at youtube. lol.
(for roldy)Quoted: Trinity Blood episode 6, Sword Dancer
sung | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 21 2006 | anime, movies, review
another great movie - based on an anime tv-series. you'll enjoy this movie more if you watch the tv series only so you're familiar with the characters, but it isn't necessary to watch the tv series to get the overall story for this movie.
the movie is self contained - and unlike most anime movies based on a tv series, it doesn't suck! it's a great addition. it doesn't try to put too much into it. this movie is a complete story - completely seperate from the tv series.
at the bottom of it, this movie is a sci-fi + action + bounty huntin! as for the plot - i'll let amazon tell you more bout it.
what amazon.com says :
A tanker truck is blown to smithereens in the middle of a busy street, and a deadly viral infection is released with the explosion. The Bebop crew - Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Faye Valentine, and Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV - are instantly after the culprit when the gargantuan reward of 300,000,000 woolongs is announced. But the case gets stranger and stranger as the cold-blooded Vincent Volaju, who supposedly has been dead for ten years, seems to be the prime suspect. Meanwhile, Spike encounters the dangerous Electra, who too seeks the madman. Conspiracies and secrets better left alone are uncovered, and Vincent's reign or terror is nowhere near over yet...Quoted: Amazon.com: Cowboy Bebop - The Movie: DVD

sung | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 21 2006 | anime, review
another good anime tv series. don't let the cover fool you - it isn't a lovey dovey story. it plays out more like a final fantasy story arc. it's very involved and takes place in a world of magic, dragons, huge as robot / armor like things and it's great!
one thing i love bout japanese anime is that it has a complete story arc. meaning - it has a beginning - it has a middle - and (MOST IMPORTANTLY) it has an end! what i also enjoy is the fact most anime take their time to unfold the story / develop characters - which isn't really seen in most US cartoons / anime. each episode is a complete story for US cartoons / anime - with japanese anime it's one continous story. it's great!
FYI - DO NOT RENT THE MOVIE WITH THE SAME NAME. THE MOVIE SUCKS ASS - JUST WATCH THE TV SERIES.
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sung | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 21 2006 | anime, review
trigun isn't a movie - it's an anime tv series, but it's still very enjoyable. it has it's moments of humor, action and of course you gotta throw in a moral or two.
the overall premise / story and the character design is what i enjoy most from this series. in the picture are two of the main characters. the guy in the red is the main character and the guy in the black is another - the guy in the black is a 'preacher' who carries around a big ass cross. when asked what it is his response is that it's filled with salvation. that salvation is a shit ton of weapons. sweeeeet.
it's si-fi meets western. it's pretty darn good - the only reason why it's getting a 3/5 rating is because of the very very end. it builds up to this great finale - and then (i thought) it kinda fizzled out. but everything leading up to it is great. if you've got a day to kill - check out this anime.





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