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  1. The Shade
    The first 3 were officially released by Tokyo Pop, but the series fell victim to their downsizing a couple of years ago and they stopped releasing them. There are fan translations out there for books 4-10: a Google search might help.
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    Thanks Jason. Please keep us updated.
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    Hi Jasonc. Not to sound impatient, but how's the project going?
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    Finished Gundam 08th MS Team. I liked it for what it was: a side story to the one year war. But I have to ask: wtf was up with episode 12? I realize this was just an epilogue, but it really added nothing at all to anything. Next stop: Gokusen live action season 2. Let the wackiness continue!!!
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    Currently watching Gundam 08th MS Team. I must say that, after the really lackluster MS IGLOO, this is like a breath of fresh air. 08th MS Team started off really well for the first 2 eps, then slowed down. I'm up to ep 8 and it looks like things are starting to pick up again and move towards the climax. Hopefully, for a side story to the 1 year war, this still delivers the goods (at least by the standards of a side story OVA).
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    Sweet. Please keep us posted.
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    When you're done making your case art, can you post samples? I might be interested in them. Also, are you going to do 16 standard DVD cases, 8 double cases, 16 thin packs, 8 double thin packs? Just wondering.
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    Turn A was a good enough show, but yeah, that theme song really brought the show down a notch or 2. If you want to know whether or not you should watch it, do what I did. Skip the theme song each episode and be patient for the first 20-25 episodes. It will be slow, but the wait will be worth it.
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    I went a bit retro (now that we're in the 2010s, is the 1990s now considered old school?) and decided to watch "Now and Then, Here and There" from 1999. I've watched 6 episodes so far. It's good, but sort of depressing. Can't wait to watch more.
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    I'm Misa Hayase. (If my wife sees this, she'll probably want to ask some questions)
  11. The Shade
    Thanks, and thanks for the quick reply.
  12. The Shade
    How good were the VIP subs? As good as the PsyKorps/Central Anime ones?
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    Really? Then I'm counting myself lucky that I never bought the old set. Oh, and this series just keeps on being funny.
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    Have watched 6 episode of Irresponsible Captain Tylor so far. Man, this series is hilarious. A note, I'm watching the Right Stuff Remastered DVDs that were sourced from the remastered Japanese DVDs. While I love having a remastered product, and the video looks crisp & sharp, I think the Japanese firm that remastered this series also worked on Macross DYRL. The video is pretty grainy, even on my 31 inch old CRT screen. Aside from that, I'm loving this series and am looking forward to the next episodes.
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    Next series for me: Irresponsible Captain Tylor. My wife got me the remastered DVD's for my birthday last week. I'm so lucky.
  16. The Shade
    It starts to pick up about halfway. If you can be patient, by around episode 25, it does start to improve.
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    Hey, I just got my email confirmation that I've won a free screening pass from the ANN contest. Mind you, I've already seen it on fansubs, but I probably will go see it. Would have been better if I had won 2 passes, could have brought along a friend who's a huge eva fan.
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    Hey Bishopcruz: any update on the sub patches you're doing? I really like them and appreciate all the effort you're putting into them.
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    Finished Mobile Suit Gundam last week. Brief opinion: Episode 1-30: I know that I said that the first 30 episodes were slow and I stand by that. Episodes 31-43: If the entire series had been at this level, I might really consider it one of the best series ever. What a turnaround. The last 4 especially were good, almost approaching theatrical quality story telling at times. Good stuff Next up: Going with a current series that just wrapped up: Haruhi Suzumiya 2.
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    Still watching Mobile Suit Gundam. After watching 35 episodes, I can see why this show was originally set to be canceled after episode 39. Man, those first 30 were... hmm... how to describe them... flat. While I understand that Tomino was trying to portray war as not exciting and horrific; it is difficult to be engaged when you are really indifferent to the plot and characters. It does start to pick up again after episode 30, but I can see why this would have been too late to save the show. With Tomino and Co having been succesful in getting a 4 episode extension, I can imagine that Eps 40-43 will probably move along much faster than the others, but we'll see...
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    Decided to go really retro. Currently watching Mobile Suit Gundam. So far, it's a bit slow after having watched 14 eps, but it's starting to grow on me. I think it also helps that I'm trying to approach this by pretending I've never seen any Gundam series at all (which, being the very first Gundam project, is how it should be).
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    Well, that explains why the fansubs I watched never really worked that well. I was also using MPC, never even though to switch player. Each time a song would come up, like Rankafan & Master Dex said, the video would slow down, but the audio would continue as normal. This made for a very infuriating experience. Glad to know that, if I ever encounter a similar situation in the future, there's a workaround for it.
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    Reading the Nausicäa of the Valley of the Wind manga for the 5th time. It really is just so much better than the film version (even if the film version is pretty good in its own right). I'm sometimes amazed that the guy who brought us the films "My Neighbour Totoro" & Kiki's Delivery Service" can have created a comic that is so much more serious than these films. For those of you who had ever watched the film version of Nausicäa and wondered what would happen if these giant insects ever really started to attack humans, you get your answer in the manga.
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    I vote for Contact starring Jodie Foster and a then up and coming (and currently derailing his career) Mathew McConaughey.
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    If he did say it. sorry for asking about it. I didn't feel like reading 21 pages to see if it had been mentioned. I can still live recompressing the WMV audio, so it's ok.
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