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Loop take pics...I wanna see if there is a difference between the individual VF17D and the combo set.

I wanna see those Eva before I commit

It actually came in today!!! Sad as it may be I negelcted the Mac7 Box set2 and went straight to the pioneer elite blu ray player. Works fine and watched it with the wife. Going to watch it again later this week to let it sink in. But overall experience was great. They managed to create a condensed version of the series but with certain events and characters plugged into the story. If you have seen and read the series you will know exactly what I mean. It was kind of weird at first since both me and the wife saw the whole series and movie. Remember both of us don't know Japanese but I did pick up a few words here and there after watching the series with subtitles. The beginning scene was pretty cool. A lot of fight scene from the final battle Kenshin participated in the Bakumatsu wars. I didn't recognize the Shinsengumi who approached him. He didn't look like the Saito that I remember from the Anime (Remember Saito was taller and skinnier in the anime, then my wife reminded me there aren't many tall Asians like us to perhaps play that part). It was only after I saw him in his police officer uniform talking to Kanryu that I sort of could make out who the character was (long front bangs and hair). I thought it was Okita or another one of the Shinsengumi Capt. I didn't look at the pamphlet yet and the list of characters. The actor did a great job in portraying Saito, cigarette smoking and Gotatsu stance which was only used/shown once =(. The scene were Saito is testing Kenshin was short and wished they adapted the Anime fight in the dojo. Gein, this character I'm not sure or remember if he was in the anime. I could be wrong. But his fight scene with Kenshin in Kanryu's house reminded me of the fight scene Kenshin had with Aoshi. Too bad Gein only had one sword. Would have loved to see him do a Kaiten Kenbo. He did remind me of Hanma from the Oniwaban group due to his mask. Yahiko character was immediately recognized by his clothing. Actually throughout the movie the key characters are recognizable by their outfits. But I don't remember Yahiko to be so dirty. LOL Wife was like, why does Yahiko look like a slum kid? Megumi character was also done well. The movie injected how she became the sole survivor of her family/clan (different from the anime) Sano character. The actor did a good job in bringing out his traits and habits. I did find his Zanbatou to be small. It was nice of them to incorporate the fight scene,however public it may have been. They did show Kenshin hopping on Sano's sword as he was swinging it. I was waiting for one of the Kenshin's special moves but none was done. Kaoru character. I think she did a really good job on it. I was waiting for Yahiko to bust out on her cooking. It was sort of weird that Yahiko was already staying with her in the movie. As well all know Kenshin met him first on the bridge as Yahiko was trying to pick pocket him. Jin-E character was perfect. He was portrayed just like in the Anime and manga. I was a little bit confused on why he was working for Kanryu and why he was trying to find Megumi at the police station. I figured Saito would have probably stepped in. But I guess it was a way for the director to give him purpose in the movie. Jin-E's main purpose was to eliminate the Imperial politicians in the movie. I did like the scene were he encountered Kaoru. If you pay close attention, it was on a bridge which I thought was very symbolic since Jin-E kidnapped Kaoru by a bridge/pass in the Anime. The kidnapping scene and fight scene with Kenshin was the highlight of the whole movie. Not only did we finally see a Kenshin move (a double battoujutsu), but the director really based it on the Manga and from what I understood he might have used the exact script in the Anime where Jin-E believes he can actually beat the Battousai in speed since his Sakabatou will be a little bit slower in unsheathing. Aritomo Yamagata character was more of a douchebag in the movie. I don't recall him ever being like that in the Anime. Kanryu Takeda was also played well as a psychotic character who wanted to gather all the Yojimbo to work for him. I'm not sure but isn't he the actor who played the bald dancer in "Shall We Dance"? Its an old movie but I could be wrong. I really thought the close bodyguards of Kanryu were the Oniwaban group. What's up with Kanryu's fan boys (guys with their fans). The wife found them annoying. LOL Kenshin character was really played well and like the previous individuals have mentioned the actor was able to change his face when he turns serious. The fight scenes were more realistic with a little bit of special effects here and there. I like how the director give you a glimpse of Kenshin's past. I was excited to see the incorporated Tomoe and her fiancee. Too bad that they didn't show Tomoe's face. The fight scene with Tomoe's fiancee was identical to the OVA (with maybe a few extra swordsmen guarding the official). The director showed how Kenshin got his first scar and how he finished off Tomoe's fiancee. I don't recall the OVA ever showing Tomoe seing her fiancee's body and crying by him. I also love how they showed a scene of Katsura by the fire listening to Kenshin just like the OVA. Overall the movie was great. I know anyone who hasn't been exposed to it would love it. Its not like any other japanese movies out there and its different from any real live movie adaptation of any anime. Most anime when converted into a movie always look fake. By the time the movie was over my wife was like, "That's it? Are they making anymore? That wasn't the whole story!" She enjoyed it even though she didn't understand a single word. As requested pics: My Kenshin figure has seen better days =(

The DUST MAN!!! you have to get that dust off of it =)

that sucks.. got the racing girl in =)

Smooth..so I'm assuming it will only be available in modelsVersion

hehehe in transit!!!

Its the intano circus of valks.. so anything and everything goes.. including assumptions

Someone do it in the Midwest already!!!

That's why they are on back order lol

I'm glad I have the First Gen PS3 wit backwards compatibility and region free blu player. And if that doesn't work I have a backup JPN Final Fantasy lightning PS3 that can play Japanese BD.=) Still waiting for my Rurouni Kenshin to arrive =(

oh please... you know you guys like to be manhandled LOL

Congats!!

It better not be I skipped on the non fast pack one since I figured I might as well get the emerald force tanked up for carnage.

Hold up.. so theres a difference in color of the 17w/FP and one without?

Go watch Gundam Wing and Movie for that comment and come back and post your opinion afterwards =T

I'm eager to watch it. I've read the manga series about 3x now. There's a spin off out but not quiet sure what to make of it. I also have the DVD series, movie and ova. Gotta take a picture of the kenshin resin figure when the be arrives. Wife actually likes the trust and betrayal with Tomoe . Surprisingly it's one of the few anime she is willing to watch.

pics next week...oyee

Awesome!!!! Maybe next week I can display my newly acquired stuff.. I know I have to do some reorganizing and probably eliminate the poses and just do a stationary pose to make them all fit. =(

Got mine the same day and paid for it. Just sitting in the warehouse...

not with the amount of Macross stuff I ordered this year... freaking expensive ass year...

Is this going to censored as well like the previous two releases? Someone said there were two version of the other two films.... either or the adaptation of the manga series is pretty good. too bad the manga is kind of getting dry..

BD released got my payment request.. should be here by the end of the week.. =)

congratulations...

Damn.. that's a lot.. I guess I'll stick to the Avenger team... Obtained: Hawkeye Captain America V2