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Oyasumi
post Dec 23 2005, 08:21 PM
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Yeah, just like the topic said,
what are you currently interested in?

Mine has to be:
Bleach
Suzuka
Shuffle
Black Cat

but Right now im watching Hajime no Ippo, even though its pretty old.


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post Apr 20 2012, 11:11 PM
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 A few weeks ago, I downloaded a bunch of old anime, most of which I have not gotten around to watching yet. Among them was Dragon's Heaven, a single 35-minute OVA, which I decided to try out just now. Throughout the whole time, I had a broad and delighted smile on my face.

 It is very short, the story simple, and the characters few. Thousand years before the main events, a war raged between man and machine, on the side of the former fighting SH06H cyberoid “SHAIAN”, his rival on the battlefield being El Medine. SHAIAN's pilot is killed, and thus he decides to fall aslumber.
Though humanity ultimately wins the war, it is not until over a millennium later that the young lady Ikuru passes the site of his sleep, and he thus awakens. The city Ikuru hails from is being attacked by the Brazil Empire; SHAIAN agrees to help protect it with Ikuru as his pilot, moreso as he learns that El Medine is still around, and has become a general of the Brazilian Emperor. That's all there is to it, without any plot twists, or narrative highlights.

 However, even if you were to deny this simplicity to be charming in and for themselves, the anime would more than compensate for it through its artistic excellence.
 Its style is one of a kind, from the animatronic(!) opening, over the drawings which look like they have been inked, to the simply gorgeous designs of anything every crossing the screen (a large part of which is gritty war machines). If the art is not among the most splendid of animation, then it still stands out for being unlike anything else. (I guess it helps that I have a kink for the aesthetics of war, which this caters to delightfully with its numerous battles.)
All while the music is like the greatness of any and all eighties' soundtracks condensed (the beautiful orchestral pieces nonwithstanding)—simply an orgy for the ears.

 It's strange, it's short, but it's an outstanding and ensouled piece of art well worth seeing, which fails not to entertain greatly during the half of an hour it lasts. The effort put into it—of which one can catch a glimpse of during the credits roll, which shows the anime's creators building the robot models for the opening—is admirable, and not wasted the least. My most heartfelt suggestion; heartfelt for Dragon's Heaven has already lodged itself in my heart, unlikely to be expelled from there again.
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Oyasumi   Anime that you're currently watching?   Dec 23 2005, 08:21 PM
valkan   Zettai Shonen just finished for me, soooooo: Aqua...   Dec 23 2005, 08:59 PM
Elnendil   Nothing at the moment...but there are a few that i...   Dec 24 2005, 12:43 AM
Kohaku   Onegai Twins (again) Tsukihime (again) And reading...   Dec 24 2005, 12:45 AM
valkan   Very very good manga.   Dec 24 2005, 12:49 AM
Elnendil   Amen. Tsukihime was so awesome x3. Onegai Twin...   Dec 24 2005, 12:54 AM
forsakensmile   None really. Downloading Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien thoug...   Dec 24 2005, 01:07 PM
Swifty-chan   Hmm, I'm currently waiting for the latest epis...   Dec 24 2005, 01:59 PM
forsakensmile   Tsubasa manga is getting a bit draggy for me. CLAM...   Dec 24 2005, 02:29 PM
Malice   watching Tsubasa~   Dec 24 2005, 02:35 PM
forsakensmile   Is the anime any good?   Dec 24 2005, 02:36 PM
Swifty-chan   I prefer the manga. The anime's... *sigh* Mayb...   Dec 24 2005, 02:37 PM
forsakensmile   Manga when ported to anime can ruin everything. It...   Dec 24 2005, 02:40 PM
Swifty-chan   Well, I watched the first few episodes with my fri...   Dec 24 2005, 03:13 PM
valkan   They didn't think anyone would notice. That...   Dec 24 2005, 04:32 PM
Leyviur   Rurouni Kenshin is awesome. I submit that Kenshin...   Dec 24 2005, 06:33 PM
Swifty-chan   The manga's better though. The anime just got ...   Dec 25 2005, 09:32 AM
Leyviur   "Bandage Dude"? God, you make him seem s...   Dec 25 2005, 09:46 AM
Swifty-chan   I forgot the name of the bandage dude ^^'   Dec 25 2005, 10:45 AM
forsakensmile   Saddening. Well download ALMOST finished.   Dec 25 2005, 11:58 AM
Swifty-chan   Any good animes to watch out?   Dec 25 2005, 02:14 PM
Leyviur   Watch Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid. It's ...   Dec 25 2005, 02:31 PM
Marionette   Bandage Dude. >XD >XD >XD (Makoto Shishio...   Dec 25 2005, 03:56 PM
valkan   Heh Heh Bandage dude.   Dec 25 2005, 04:17 PM
Kohaku   I'd really like to see the Tales of Phantasia ...   Dec 25 2005, 05:52 PM
Liger   I'm watching Bleach... and that's about it...   Dec 26 2005, 02:54 AM
valkan   Good anime of a GREAT game.   Dec 26 2005, 06:22 AM
blues 3   Where are you guys getting this stuff from.   Dec 26 2005, 06:49 AM
valkan   Animesuki, boxtorrents, etc.   Dec 26 2005, 07:52 AM
blues 3   Oh yeah. I've got bit torrent....but I don...   Dec 26 2005, 08:13 AM
Swiyth   box torrent? is that like, bit torrent typo? or i...   Dec 26 2005, 10:27 AM
Marionette   Maybe that's why you can't find anything...   Dec 26 2005, 02:54 PM
valkan   ANIMESUKI and BOXTORRENTS. Use them whenever.   Dec 26 2005, 04:05 PM
blues 3   It just takes it a while and I some times can...   Dec 27 2005, 12:32 AM
chrishawke   That might be a codec problem. Or the file your ...   Dec 27 2005, 02:53 AM
blues 3   I'll try that thanks. I just updated my torren...   Dec 27 2005, 04:31 AM
Rhiannon   Right now I'm not really watching any anime. I...   Dec 27 2005, 05:34 AM
blues 3   Now in days I usually might watch an hour or 2 of ...   Dec 27 2005, 05:54 AM
valkan   TRAILER for the final episode of Tales of Phantasi...   Dec 28 2005, 04:21 AM
Dr Sturm   Is the ToP anime just parts from the game? If it i...   Dec 28 2005, 04:30 AM
blues 3   Thanks for the link.   Dec 28 2005, 04:30 AM
valkan   It's more of like a summery of the game. Lo...   Dec 28 2005, 05:27 AM
Dr Sturm   Does it go beyond the point in the game where you ...   Dec 28 2005, 05:29 AM
valkan   The anime starts in Midgard. None of our favorite...   Dec 28 2005, 05:35 AM
Dr Sturm   So, that would be after Arche joins your party? Be...   Dec 28 2005, 05:58 AM
valkan   Actually, it's quite a ways after Arche joins ...   Dec 28 2005, 06:01 AM
Dr Sturm   Well, I guess it'll be a while before I see it...   Dec 28 2005, 06:02 AM
blues 3   If your into megaman x/the megaman x game thats co...   Dec 28 2005, 06:03 AM
Swiyth   hmm....out of all the Tales series, i've only ...   Dec 28 2005, 08:53 AM
Dr Sturm   The Tales series are games. The Tales of Phantasia...   Dec 28 2005, 09:08 AM
Swiyth   that i know. but theres an anime for Tales of Ete...   Dec 28 2005, 09:13 AM
Leyviur   Eternia and Phantasia were both made years ago. It...   Dec 28 2005, 10:07 AM
Swiyth   ah well. say, no ones answered me yet. how is Tal...   Dec 28 2005, 10:21 AM
Swifty-chan   Tales of Eternia anime is okay... Somewhat predict...   Dec 28 2005, 03:58 PM
Swiyth   ooo. okay. then i won't buy it ^^ i still ne...   Dec 29 2005, 02:45 AM
valkan   You know what i'm looking forward too? THE DI...   Dec 29 2005, 04:29 AM
Swiyth   yeah!! i'd like to see that come about...   Dec 29 2005, 05:05 AM
Chardes   Tales of Eternia had NOTHING to do with the game i...   Dec 29 2005, 08:17 AM
Swiyth   heh. well, i have no idea how the anime is. so i g...   Dec 29 2005, 08:23 AM
Swifty-chan   My bro burn the disc~ ^.^ And yes, it has nothing ...   Dec 29 2005, 02:59 PM
Swiyth   XD whats DN? and i probably won't be getting...   Dec 29 2005, 03:07 PM
Swifty-chan   Hmm, if I'm not mistaken... DN stands for Deox...   Dec 29 2005, 03:31 PM
Marionette   I like the art in DN Angel, I enjoyed the Tales of...   Dec 29 2005, 07:25 PM
valkan   As far as fanservice goes, it was actually quite l...   Dec 29 2005, 08:40 PM
Swiyth   deuxyribonucleic acids. DNA. strange. DN Angels ...   Dec 30 2005, 05:36 AM
blues 3   I should try my bit torrent now...Swiyth, your goi...   Dec 30 2005, 05:38 AM
Swiyth   i WANT to. that means it'll be sometime befor...   Dec 30 2005, 05:40 AM
blues 3   I only watch saturday anime. Does anyone know wher...   Dec 30 2005, 06:46 AM
Swifty-chan   Which part? I follow the manga series, and it...   Dec 30 2005, 01:22 PM
Swiyth   oo. i've got to see that. well, i don't r...   Dec 30 2005, 02:55 PM
blues 3   I'm kindy iffy about it myself...I think I...   Dec 30 2005, 10:30 PM
Liger   <.< Inuyasha is very repetitive. Summary of ...   Dec 31 2005, 04:30 AM
valkan   Multiply Those who hunt Elves by 4, and you get In...   Dec 31 2005, 04:39 AM
Swiyth   i don't think its as bad as DragonBall Z I R...   Dec 31 2005, 08:30 AM
Dr Sturm   There's an end of DBZ?   Dec 31 2005, 08:37 AM
Swiyth   yes there is. but it leads to another era of drago...   Dec 31 2005, 11:10 AM
valkan   I tend to stay away from cash cow anime by nature,...   Dec 31 2005, 05:07 PM
Liger   I liked Dragonball, but it all sucked after Goku o...   Dec 31 2005, 11:37 PM
Swiyth   yeah. it was funny before he grew up. and it had q...   Jan 1 2006, 04:12 AM
Liger   ...after he grew up, just about every single (main...   Jan 1 2006, 03:00 PM
Swiyth   LOL. yeah not to mention that later on, they jus...   Jan 1 2006, 04:29 PM
Liger   Yeah. Well.. maybe. I dunno. I never really watche...   Jan 1 2006, 08:08 PM
valkan   Any more speak of Faggotball Z will earn my wrath....   Jan 2 2006, 12:01 AM
Dr Sturm   I will. If just to see how Disgaea goes to Disgaea...   Jan 2 2006, 12:05 AM
valkan   Well it's gonna air in just a few months. Acc...   Jan 2 2006, 03:08 AM
Swiyth   aw man. i hope Disgaea The Anime comes to Malaysia...   Jan 2 2006, 05:57 AM
Dr Sturm   Why would it need to "come to malaysia"?...   Jan 2 2006, 06:02 AM
Raijinili   Silly Sturm. Malaysians don't speak English. ...   Jan 2 2006, 07:48 PM
Liger   Disgaea Anime?! -slow- I will download it som...   Jan 2 2006, 07:50 PM
blues 3   What is this "Disgaea" anime.   Jan 3 2006, 04:24 AM
Swifty-chan   Disgaea is a PS2 game. I'm definately going to...   Jan 3 2006, 08:13 AM
Swiyth   well, i don't want to downloads it cause it ta...   Jan 3 2006, 08:20 AM
Swifty-chan   Gee, you could always burn the animes into a disc.   Jan 3 2006, 08:25 AM
Swiyth   just that my burner sucks XD the files will diss...   Jan 3 2006, 08:30 AM
blues 3   Your going to download a game onto a disk? How?   Jan 3 2006, 08:31 AM
Swifty-chan   ... Swiyth, you're scaring me... *looks at a s...   Jan 3 2006, 08:36 AM
Leyviur   Watching some episodes of Maburaho made me remembe...   Jan 3 2006, 08:43 AM
Swifty-chan   Lol, izzit great? Might ask my bro to get it for m...   Jan 3 2006, 08:56 AM
Leyviur   No, it sucks ass. Watch Full Metal Alchemist inste...   Jan 3 2006, 08:58 AM
Swifty-chan   Ahh, that I finished watching. Roy Mustang ruleez~...   Jan 3 2006, 09:23 AM
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