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This is going for about what anime used to go for years ago however. $90-$120 was a very common price for 12 episodes, and one thing people forget is this is a niche market. There are people out there even who think anime is underpriced, even at prices like these.
At least this isn't Dragon Ball Z, 87 $30 singles is what it originally got. Hurray for spending $2,610 on 276/291 episodes.
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For ratings, I just use ANN's suggestions
10 = Masterpiece, exquisite beyond words
9 = Excellent, should be in anyone's collections
8 = Very Good, don't miss it
7 = Good, worth seeing
6 = Decent, I didn't lose my time
5 = So-So, it didn't really grab my attention
4 = Not really good, but not a total waste of time either
3 = Weak, wish I'd done something better with my time
2 = Bad, really not recommended
1 = Awful, avoid at all costs
0 = Worst ever, maybe useful as a sadistic torture device
Those descriptions are easy enough for me to understand. Basically, if I finish watching an anime, it's going to get at least a 5. If I start watching an anime, I've done enough homework that I usually like it and watch it all, but maybe 5-10% of the time I stop partway through and a couple of these I've rated as low as 3/Weak.
As it is, there's 117 I've finished, 3 I'm working on, and 7 I won't finish which I've rated at ANN, and they break down as follows:
10 - 19 so far, including a lot of Miyazaki, Baccano!, Blood+, Cowboy Bebop, Crest of the Stars, Disappearance, Moribito, Mushi-shi, NGE, Samurai Champloo, Welcome to the NHK, 12 Kingdoms, Sound of the Sky, and Xam'd. You may not think these are all 10's, but even if your tastes are much different than mine, I don't think any of you would rate any of these below a 7 or 8.
9 - 53 so far, evidently I think much of what I see "should be in anyone's collections." Includes many greats like Clannad AS, Code Geass, Darker than Black, Eden of the East, FLCL, FMP!, Gantz, Gintama, GTO, ID 1st+4th stages, Lucky Star, MKR 2, Gundam 00, Rurouni Kenshin, Steins;Gate, Trigun, Wangan Midnight, Wolf's Rain, and most of the rest of the Miyazakis. Obviously these are more up for personal interpretation, some of you may rate some of these a 5, but most of you I bet would give most of these at least an 8.
Won't go into the 8's, 7's, and 6's. Last Exile got a 5, as did Argento Soma, Arjuna, and Basilisk from the "will not finish list." Ouran HS and Texhnolyze both earned my contempt and landed my lowest scores yet, Weak 3's, couldn't get in to either of them despite seeing some good points, just didn't like the plots at all, IIRC, though in fairness I didn't get very far into either before quitting, they could get better.
10 = Masterpiece, exquisite beyond words
9 = Excellent, should be in anyone's collections
8 = Very Good, don't miss it
7 = Good, worth seeing
6 = Decent, I didn't lose my time
5 = So-So, it didn't really grab my attention
4 = Not really good, but not a total waste of time either
3 = Weak, wish I'd done something better with my time
2 = Bad, really not recommended
1 = Awful, avoid at all costs
0 = Worst ever, maybe useful as a sadistic torture device
Those descriptions are easy enough for me to understand. Basically, if I finish watching an anime, it's going to get at least a 5. If I start watching an anime, I've done enough homework that I usually like it and watch it all, but maybe 5-10% of the time I stop partway through and a couple of these I've rated as low as 3/Weak.
As it is, there's 117 I've finished, 3 I'm working on, and 7 I won't finish which I've rated at ANN, and they break down as follows:
10 - 19 so far, including a lot of Miyazaki, Baccano!, Blood+, Cowboy Bebop, Crest of the Stars, Disappearance, Moribito, Mushi-shi, NGE, Samurai Champloo, Welcome to the NHK, 12 Kingdoms, Sound of the Sky, and Xam'd. You may not think these are all 10's, but even if your tastes are much different than mine, I don't think any of you would rate any of these below a 7 or 8.
9 - 53 so far, evidently I think much of what I see "should be in anyone's collections." Includes many greats like Clannad AS, Code Geass, Darker than Black, Eden of the East, FLCL, FMP!, Gantz, Gintama, GTO, ID 1st+4th stages, Lucky Star, MKR 2, Gundam 00, Rurouni Kenshin, Steins;Gate, Trigun, Wangan Midnight, Wolf's Rain, and most of the rest of the Miyazakis. Obviously these are more up for personal interpretation, some of you may rate some of these a 5, but most of you I bet would give most of these at least an 8.
Won't go into the 8's, 7's, and 6's. Last Exile got a 5, as did Argento Soma, Arjuna, and Basilisk from the "will not finish list." Ouran HS and Texhnolyze both earned my contempt and landed my lowest scores yet, Weak 3's, couldn't get in to either of them despite seeing some good points, just didn't like the plots at all, IIRC, though in fairness I didn't get very far into either before quitting, they could get better.
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ANN's kinda make me laugh.
I got to get around to using my account there more.
I got to get around to using my account there more.
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It's becoming less and less of a niche market all the time.
And also, I'd imagine that VHS tapes were more expensive to produce than discs.
And if Madoka were that many episodes, it'd be just under $2000. Not much of an improvement.
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Not really. While the popularity of anime pretty much continues to grow every year (The manga industry has had more success-though we're back to 2003 level sales now-, there's a New York Times Best-Seller list for manga as of a few years ago.), how much of the general public cares about it like they did during the anime boom?
The media was going nuts about reporting Yu-Gi-Oh!, Pokemon, Dragon Ball Z, and more. But those days are long gone, we've seen networks drop their anime line-ups one by one (Syfy dropped it's Ani-Monday, rumors are spreading that Disney XD has cancelled Naruto Shippuden, and more.) due to how it's not pulling in ratings. Many people I've talked to say it's becoming more and more niche. Still, we can only hope for the day when this stuff becomes mainstream for the first time.
So, did you see them STAIN THE SHIRT?[IMG/]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y4/Dravonic/prettymuch.jpg[/IMG]
Annnd that sums the series up so far quite well.
THEY STAINED THE SHIRT!!!!
I won't stand for it!!!
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What happened? Was on the Fandom Post, and saw a thread on the Eden of the East Japanese BD that's apparently coming out. What's with this box art?
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So, should I check it out as well? I keep hearing about that series. Though unfortunately, it's out of print, and going for inflated prices.
Fixed.
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The general public has never cared. But I am finding more people that read manga more than watch anime, but I think it might have to do with cost and availability.
Annnd that sums the series up so far quite well.
The only thing I remember about that series is I had no pants on when the girl I was seeing put it on. So thus I've not paid much attention. What is its name
Oh, and I'll second suggesting Black Lagoon again. It just has everything you'd want, provided you like things dark (the twins, oh my)
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That's Fate/Zero, takes place 10 years before Fate/stay night. It's currently airing (Final episode airs this Saturday.), and there will be another 13 episodes starting in March.
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Thanks guys on telling me what it is. I just remember some girl in that outfit and talk of the holy grail. And a somewhat wimpy lead guy or something. It was dubbed, it didn't help his case out.
Fumoffu is fun, though TSR probably wins out - assuming I've not completely lost my mind and we are talking about FMP here.
Black Lagoon is nice and heavy, will be a good contrast to Fumoffu
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I see.
That is my biggest dislike with a lot of anime is the overly cliche "hero" that is relatively simple minded. Especially the wimpy types. At least with simple minded heros like Naruto, you can at least commend them for not being afraid to try.
Then you get Shinji and Shu and those guys. And its just like "I'd rather not deal with, can we deal with the cool, bad guys some more?" Why do they do that? Ughh...
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Him and his "X>Steins;Gate" comparisons stopped making me laugh a while back. They sometimes on the rare occasion still make me do so.
Speaking of Steins;Gate, it's coming down from Crunchyroll tomorrow. Glad I finished it when I did.
Speaking of Steins;Gate, it's coming down from Crunchyroll tomorrow. Glad I finished it when I did.
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It's like the "arrow in the knee" joke of TGAT...
I'm off to bed.
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Shinji is definitely not the worst it gets, especially Rebuild Shinji. And Shinji arguably has some pretty damn good reasons for being the way he is.
Besides, yeah wimpy teenage hero is cliche, but unless you somehow didn't notice... most teenagers in real life are in fact whiny little bitches.
The goal isn't to make people laugh, it's to spread awareness. But if it can bring laughter to some, then all the better.
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Shinji needs to be bitch slapped by Kamina.
And Shu needs to stop freaking the hell out.
OMG, first again!
And Shu needs to stop freaking the hell out.
OMG, first again!
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