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It may be something like that, yes...

I don't remember all the details of this movie 'cause I watched it years ago but I thought it was very good, precisely because of its "out of time" atmosphere: it is probably very symbolistic but like almost all works of this kind cannot be appreciated by everybody, just because these symbols don't obligatory interest anyone

It is definitely art, and precisely surrealism: that's the main reason why some people will not like it; exploring unconscious is often a very personnal journey

I'm still on it, and it's not bad at all, though it's not very good either: all in all, an average show but enjoyable nonetheless

Bandai Head: No Plans for 2009 Gundam TV Series:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-...undam-tv-series

Saw it yesterday

It's "Watchmen for Dummies"

Not really bad, but not good either: just somewhere in the middle...

Makoto Shinkai is far better on short stories than on longer movies, but all of his production is worth the watch, at least for the gorgeous art. Don't miss his earlier works if you want to see originality

As for Voices..., it's one of my favorites animes, hands down. Although the common points are obvious, I don't think it should be compared with Gunbuster: this one is more a tribute to 70s super robot shows than a pure "tragedy of love" story; also, the respective lengths of both of these animes make them hardly comparable IMO

Except he has no cyborg parts: now, that's athletic

My mistake. After digging around a bit, I learned that there is apparently no anime version of Gunhed. I assumed there was because the concept lends itself well to anime. I saw the (horrendous) live action movie once and remember thinking to myself "I bet the anime version of this doesn't suck."

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The manga by the author of Silent Möbius is not bad at all, and far better than the movie

From official words, it is not a remake:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-...ger-z-or-remake

Now to try and find a copy of Parasite Dolls to complete my BGC spinoff watching...

This one's great too: definitely one of the most noir anime I've ever seen...

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I've downloaded Orguss II and am ready to watch it. Problem is, while I downloaded Orguss I and it is SUPPOSED to be subtitled, it is an MKV file and I can't seem to get the subtitles to show up in Windows Media Player. So, I have 2 questions:

1) Anyone here know how to get the subtitles to show up?

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I assume these are the ILA fansubs? If yes, then I have no problem to dispaly theirs subs in using the CCCP

Just wacthed Love, Live, Alive.

As much as I love anything and everything MOSPEADA-related, I wish there had been more new animation and less flashbacks.

Same thing here... It's the typical fan service show made with low budget and which works mainly on nostalgia value: I didn't lose my time though...

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A question about a couple of titles I'm looking at though. For those who've seen Le Chevalier D'Eon what did you think of it? I noticed it's for sell on right stuf and was tempted to buy it, but don't know too much about it. Also saw the Gunbuster movie on bluray and was interested in that too. I already have the original ova so I was wondering if it's worth the purchase just for the bluray? Thanks!

Le Chevalier d'Eon is really good but somewhat "weird" at times : nothing to do with the unusual "gender bender" theme (which is actually original and interesting in this show) but during a while the plot seems to go nowhere. Of course, I assume you like historical stuff and on this point, it is both faithful and surprising (especially at the end...) as well as very informative. Visually, it's gorgeous. To sum it up, I'd say, yes, it is really worth the watch

As for the Gunbuster movie, avoid it at all cost, especially if you already own the original OVA

Some of you know that I did some mapping for the Unreal video games series a while back; some of these works got awards by professionnals of this industry, such as CliffyB Ownages, and a pair of them made their way through the finalists of the international competition of the Make Something Unreal Contest back in 2004

A few years back, I wrote a tutorial about lighting for Unreal Tournament 2004 and it has now been translated in english by a person whose english is the native language. Although my description of this tutorial may sound very specific, its first part presents fundamental theories about the lighting in general but also the necessity of contrasts and how to use complementary colors in order to get these, as well as some other tips: these informations are usefull for any wannabe artists, whatever software they use, 2D or 3D but also web or print. The rest of the tutorial presents in depth study of official maps in order to explain the "how and why" their lighting was done this way instead of another, and this reading can also be informative to some extent

I know there's plenty of artists here, so I thought it may interest some of them

This tutorial is hosted on Unreal.fr, right here:

http://www.unreal.fr/tutoriaux.php?tutorial=49

Bonne lecture

Frank Miller didn't direct any of these actually (IIRC)

But whatever, the main problem here concerns the comparison between Yune and Miller IMO: the latter is greatly talented, whereas the former is simply competent...

[..].....and the reactions on their faces makes me LOL. [...]

Yeah, sometimes they overdo it...

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So you're admitting that you like anime designed for little girls huh?

He he, it's actually my first one since something like 25 years: I really liked Candy Candy or Magical Princess Gigi when I was a kid

I haven't watched Princess Tutu but in the same genre is Shugo Chara made by Studio Satelight (Yes the studio that did Macross Frontier) which isn't bad for a magical girl anime, though some have argued that situations and decisions made by Amu will not be realistically encountered by a real girl her age.

Maybe I'll give a try to this one: thanks for the recommendation

[...] I'm about to finish up Overman King Gainer, which is some good post Turn-A Tomino, it's actually got a lot of Turn-A & Zeta elements mixed in, with some of the ugliest but somehow watchable mecha ever. It's a bit disturbing to see the character designs from Eureka Seven with these characterizations though

I really love Overman King Gainer, and yes, the mecha designs are among the most bizarre I've ever seen but in a strangely good way: actually, the King Gainer is one of the first action figures I bought a pair of years ago or so; my girlfirend likes it too: she thinks it looks funny with its green circle in the back. As for the show itself, it is really good, yes, one of my favorites in fact, but I don't think it is supposed to be taken seriously...

Bri -> Because you like Eureka Seven, don't miss the manga by Kondou and Kataoka: it differs considerably from the anime, particularly the ending, and in a very succesful way I thought

About one third into Princess Tutu and I love it: don't laught because this hotchpotch of european traditionnal myths and legends is simply fantastic. I like how the various archetypes and themes of the fairy tales classics are mixed and sometimes switch their role – I mean, on the symbolism side: for example, when Tutu hurts Mytho in trying to give back his heart to him, or the desperate attempts of Fakir to "protect" his friend from her; it's difficult to say where stand good and evil, contrarily to the Walt Disney's versions which are the most often considerably simplified in comparison to the original stories

I love the part that animals play in this show: it's a fundamental element of all fairy tales and they are here very well used, both in the serious way and in the funny one (on this point, the dance teacher is simply great). The main heroine is one of them too, which doesn't ruin anything because the testimonial to The Ugly Little Duck (don't know if it's the correct title in english) is obvious. There's also some nice thoughts on the role of the writer, especially when the story escapes his hands and he becomes its puppet...

Music is great too, with these classic tracks from old operas which illustrate magnificently every instant of this old fashioned tragedy: this show presents numerous common points with Macross on the subject of the role of music in making hearts closer the ones from the others, hence the role of classic dance in this story which give a (very) false appearance of a magical girl series to it

Frankly, you'll not lose yout ime in giving a try to it: it's charming in many ways, and not the simplest ones. I'm sure the little kid who still inhabits your heart will love it

Go for CorelDraw instead of anything else, particularly if you're not a professionnal: this soft owns everything related to vector art, and especially Illustrator which is actually the sucker...

Did I say there are no "Mech oriented" legos? No, [...]

Indeed, you didn't say there's no "Mech oriented" legos, but you did say that people who make legos don't rely on "Mech oriented" parts, which is often untrue

It was a simple observation: no offense intended

A lot of people use Bionicles parts for their Legos, which can be considered as "Mech-oriented"

Well, that may be the only Gunparade thing I'll like then

And I didn't know it was from a videogame: what's its title?

I read it again a few years ago, and I understood the same thing I had read 10 years before: it was some sort of neural link; I don't remember anything about goggles and keyboard, at least while surfing into the cyberpsace

Kind of sad how fan's most wished for titles are just remakes or animated versions of stories that have already been told.

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Already told, yes, but in a bastardized way which didn't have a lot to do with the original idea, at least concerning First; and that is not kind of sad, it is sad all short: I already explained my point of view in the Gundam Show Thread and I don't feel like explaining it once again, but it's in the very last post of the topic if you're interested in

For Bandai at least, the advantage would be pretty obvious: such remake would probably bring more interest for the original franchise, which in turn would help to sell the rest of it in the various areas of the world which still have to get their own UC releases (like in my country for example...)

Concerning Sentinel, it'll be more appealing once animated, for obvious reasons, expecially if you don't feel like reading poor/amateur english translations

The 'thinking cap' device is actually far older than this in SF: you can find some in many short stories published in the pulp magazines from the 40s...