Comments on: Digging up backlogged gems, like Great Teacher Onizuka

By: bateszi

bateszi — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:19:02 +0000

Okay, it’s now officially on my list of things I need to read! Will be interesting to see how things are different, given the way the anime had an original ending, etc.

By: Hereandthere

Hereandthere — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:01:55 +0000

If you ever read a manga in your life. (or if you ever seriously fall in love with a manga) it needs to be Fruits Basket. It needs to, needs to, needs to. I will seriously cry if you liked the Fruits Basket anime but don’t read the manga. I will lay awake at night and feel that a great injustice has come upon the world. T_T tears will fall. I swear. READ that manga.

By: Bateszi Anime Blog » Blog Archive » 8-bit impressions

Bateszi Anime Blog » Blog Archive » 8-bit impressions — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:52:17 +0000

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By: Cameron Probert

Cameron Probert — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:22:46 +0000

Nope, haven’t gotten around to Black Lagoon yet. I’m planning on buying it though. I’m really up for anything ( I mean I’m watching ROD TV, Monster, Le Chevalier D’Eon and Claymore at once right now. Well not literally at once, but intermittently.)

By: bateszi

bateszi — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:53:10 +0000

@Necromancer: Cheers for linking me the OST. You know, I’m still hooked on those songs you sent me from Gigantic Formula, they get me through a busy day at work!… I so have to watch that now too, any anime with a soundtrack this good can’t be bad.

@Cameron Probert: Sounds perfect. Incidentally, have you seen Black Lagoon? Seems like something you’d enjoy, it features an inverse of the formula you mentioned above; this time, a timid school girl becomes the leader of a bunch of nasty yakuza. To say the least, it’s very cool.

@Soomer: Yawara seems a bit hit/miss, which is the general impression of gotten elsewhere too. Reading about it on Wikipedia, it sounds like it was a big deal in Japan when it first aired and the manga even won an award (I swear, Naoki Urasawa’s won this same award for every manga he’s ever written). Let me know if it suddenly improves.

By: Soomer

Soomer — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:28:41 +0000

Yes, i meant Yawara. I’ve watched through most of the fansubbed ones.

I like it, its not the best of them, feels like few things are missing, but its not bad. The main character is nice but her grandfather and “rival” is annoying. The story is about japan media finding out about her, her not wanting to continue judo because she wants to be a normal girl and because she blames judo for her father leaving when she was 5. There is also her grandfather trying to force her continue in judo whatever cost and a little weird love-quartet(4 people).

By: Cameron Probert

Cameron Probert — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:56:22 +0000

Yeah, Gokusen was a Media Blaster’s title too. And it had a horrible trailer. It’s not really “Dangerous Minds”. In fact it’s hard to find a real good comparison, I want to say “Kindergarden Cop” but it’s not quite that stupid. In a lot of ways, it’s like GTO only with the daughter of the head of the local Yakuza as the lead. It was a lot of fun. Especially when I was tired and working two jobs.

By: Necromancer

Necromancer — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:05:45 +0000

Another vote for Windy Tales, the animation was great (what’s wrong with big hips?) and Kawai Kenji’s soundtrack for it was really good, I’ll have to find it and listen to it later (took ages to download, very rare it seems).

By: bateszi

bateszi — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 17:54:45 +0000

@Animated FatCat: Cheers for the reminder. Officially on my list; I’ve always liked the look of Gasaraki, though I suspect it’s probably more of a “weekend” show due to its Gundam 00-esque emphasis on war, religion and politics (you know it’s bad when religion mixed with politics, what with one being all about fantasy and the other all about reality).

@Ubiquitous urchin: It’s another of my great laments that I’ve still to watch Mind game, especially considering how much I loved Kemonozume (if you don’t already know, both are from the same director and share a similar frentic style). Anyway, I’ve got this downloaded (from the now-defunct but frankly awesome fansub group Jolly-Roger)… Mind Game and Paprika are probably the most serious over-sights in my backlog.

@Soomer: I might buy Kimagure, considering its from AnimeEigo and everything. I’ll watch Touch!! first though, considering I <3 sports anime and all. Yes, I did just make the ‘<3′ symbol and I’m not a fan-girl…

Also, when you say “Yamara”, do you mean “Yawara”? If so, that’s from Naoki Urasawa of MONSTER fame. Let me know what you think of it, anyway, because I’ve always wondered how he went from writing about Japanese judo girls to neo-nazi conspiracies!

@berkles: Windy Tales looks good. Never noticed all that talk about body shapes, but it definitely is a unique looking art style and if just for that reason, I want to give it a chance, ala Mahou Shojotai. I love it when anime pushes beyond the “norm” of how it’s supposed to look, it usually results in a superior series.

@Cameron: I’ve seen a lot of those series you’ve mentioned, but I’d have to say I’m now totally pysched about Gokusen. Not sure how I missed it in the first place, I remember it came out around about the same time as “Gungrave” and back then, I was a bit less interested in drama and all about action. Now though… I really want to it see it, and as long as it’s not too “Dangerous Minds”, I’m sure I’ll adore it.

By: Cameron Probert

Cameron Probert — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 05:13:14 +0000

Damn, you beat me to GTO. Honestly, I’m a big fan of this series. Mostly because I’m a big fan of those “one teacher against a group of students.” In the same vien, I have to recommend Gokusen, which is awesome. I have to admit, I’m not much for the more light-hearted stuff, but I did like Starship Operators. And Burst Angel, which I have to admit is a guilty pleasure. If you’re renting you might want to go with BGC Tokyo 2040 or Heat Guy J. I actually liked s-Cry-ed, but that one’s kind of a mixed bag for most people.

The first section of Otogi Zoshi was pretty good too. Oh, and L/R Licensed by Royalty. Blue Seed is okay, but I can’t give it a really strong reccomendation, it’s kind of dated, both in plot style and animation.