..the original Urotsukidoji' s were very good adult fantasy anime, with great (at the time) animation and sound... ..even the English-dub voice actors are good... ..the darkness (now that i have seen a couple) are of that ' sex cartoon' ilk which i find extremely nauseating and insulting...
...I still haven' t got ' round to watching Appleseed yet... just too busy.... i' ll let you know what i think soon hopefully... .. try to order Innocence this weekend too..
...Lupin... ..considering how old they are, my expectations may of been too high...and you are right about it' s humours focus... ...i guess being the CyberHead that i am, i was expecting bio-exo-skeletons, Repilcant babes and ultraviolence... ...not some random cop cartoon... ...not my thing i guess...
...for me anime is
ALL about awesome animation... ...if it hasn' t got this basic prerequisite, then it' s just kid-brother cartoons to me...
..Thanks for the FOTNS tips KiLLeR, i' m still a massive fan of the film ..but i detest aimless 30 min tv shows... if it has to be a series, then it should be one overall story divided into parts, or there should be regular three episode stories like they do in Star Trek of something... ...otherwise i' ll pass...
..glad to see i' m not the only Shirow fan on this forum.... ..i' m still reeling from the excellence of Man Machine Interface... ..they HAVE to make an anime of it ..... it' s.... stunning...
...i' m disappointed that the collected edition was released in a traditional manga format... ..i would of preferred the large prestige format that the western publishers used for Intron Depot... the tiny Japanese style does not let you really appreciate his computer enhanced artwork...
...tell me about Galgrease/Galhound... i thought all his commissioned artwork was collected in Intron Depot... ..or are they new mangas?
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Allright... ..the most recent big anime film i have seen is
Vampire Hunter D:Bloodlust " Based upon Hideyuki Kikuchi' s Graphic Novels
Vampire Hunter D:Bloodlust combines elements of Horror, Romance, Fantasy and Graphic Violence.
D is a fearless yet outcast bounty hunter, half human and half Vampire, Who is shrouded in melancholy and scorned by both Vampires and humans alike... ...with only a wisecracking parasite on his left hand to keep him company.
He has been hired by the wealthy Elborne family to track down their missing daughter Charlotte and the notorious Vampire, Meier Link, who they believe to have kidnapped Charlotte in the night. However, D has some tough competition from a group of Vampire hunters called the Markus Brothers, who have been hired by the Elbournes for the same dangerous task.
Written and directed by Yoshiaki Kwawa (Animatrix, Wicked City & Ninja Scroll),
Vampire Hunter D:Bloodlust was made in 2000 and, unlike most anime productions, the dialogue was originally recorded in English"
...It shows too.. ..there' s no mistaking this discs audio excellence...
Featuring voice actors such as Michael McShane and Dwight Schultz, along with a brooding score, this feature is amongst the best in terms of audio production. The animation too, whist not as flashy as current productions such as Appleseed, has that ' made for cinema' swagger that all great anime classics have.
...And that' s exactly what this is.. ...a proper popcorn-munchin'
Movie ..if you want a 30 min Saturday-morning cartoon.... ...move on....
..I found the 97 minute adventure to be enjoyable, with good action set pieces, supporting characters, monsters and baddies. I did find the story frustrating in the directions it took, and it' s refusal to include any decent backstory for most of the cast was also annoying.. The parasite' s role was underused, and i had a distinct feeling of the film being watered down to reach a more general audience...
...With such potentially subversive material as this, i was expecting waaayy more ultraviolence and deviancy. Perhaps this is just an divergence in taste, because it plays out as a more-or-less standard lone hero adventure story (think any Clint Eastwood Western), with the Vampire angle and romantic shenanigans being played out by the rescuee and adversary, the only detours on a well worn fantasy-adventure path.
..Having said that, this film is still well-worth buying and is definitely one you' ll watch more than once, due to the excellent visuals, cool characters, monsters and story.. ..and if you' re one of those not impressed by blood suckers, you' ll enjoy it too, as it' s not really about vampires in the end... ..it' s about that L word...
Verdict: The perfect ' Date-night-in' Anime.... good action sequences and decent levels of violence for guys... ...melodrama and emotionalism for girls...
4 out of 5 is this the longest ever post or what?