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Old 03-10-2008, 07:19 AM Level: 13  HP: 22 / 309
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Currently the last anime I watched was Ouran high school host club episode 19. The whole anime's funny, especially this one ^.^
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Last one I watched was a few days ago, Ergo Proxy. I watched the first episode and scattered bits of the other ones.... research since I'll be doing a cosplay photoshoot. Yey.
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I watched this rather pervy anime called Green-Green. Hilarious, and somehow weirdly addicting. I want to watch more.
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Recently, I watched all 37 episodes of Death Note and by god, it is one of the best animes I have watched over a span of MANY years. Seriously, I've been searching for a good anime for so long, I've lost interest in checking out new anime and a couple days ago I felt like killing some time. The really interesting and funny thing is I'm an action lover, anime that has no action 8 times outta 10 bores me. Death Note has completely blown me away by the fact it's all about a couple genius's going at it trying to figure out who is who, all the while having great successes or failures. The characters are very interesting as well and aren't your typical high school kids with super powers that are above 9000. This anime truly goes beyond the average shit you see today that is simply rehashed stories and characters of older anime.

The other anime I've recently been watching is One Piece. So far, I hate the art, hate one or two of the characters, and a decent amount of the episodes [watched 1-30 so far]. However, I think I may be able to like it soon enough after I finally get more episodes ready to go through. Besides that, the only thing that really bugs me is some episodes that I'm sure I've seen somewhere before in other animes as being cliche as shit and the other fact that some of the characters "disappearing speed" sounds exactly like when a DBZ character vanishes to reappear a second later. Hopefully, once I get at least to the 100th episode I might come to like it, but right now I'm not so sure, especially since there are so many goddamn episodes. What is this? Pokemon with it's hundreds of episodes that are all about the same thing? I'm just glad I'm watching the Japanese dub and not the English because the English was just terrible.
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The other anime I've recently been watching is One Piece. So far, I hate the art, hate one or two of the characters, and a decent amount of the episodes [watched 1-30 so far]. However, I think I may be able to like it soon enough after I finally get more episodes ready to go through. Besides that, the only thing that really bugs me is some episodes that I'm sure I've seen somewhere before in other animes as being cliche as shit and the other fact that some of the characters "disappearing speed" sounds exactly like when a DBZ character vanishes to reappear a second later. Hopefully, once I get at least to the 100th episode I might come to like it, but right now I'm not so sure, especially since there are so many goddamn episodes. What is this? Pokemon with it's hundreds of episodes that are all about the same thing? I'm just glad I'm watching the Japanese dub and not the English because the English was just terrible.
Well that disappearing sound you're talking about could be because both One Piece and DBZ are both done by Toei Animation (because now that I think about it, you usually don't hear it outside those two shows)

As for liking it, yeah, you just need a little more time with it. I get LOTS of people including my brother and sister who absolutely didn't get what I liked about One Piece. And I just said "stick with it". Eventually they get through episode 35 and the end of the Arlong arc (around Episode 42) and they're hooked. For someone craving originality such as yourself, One Piece is your best bet, it just starts slow.

The reason OP has so many episodes is not because it's Episodic (like say Shin Chan or Detective Conan) but because it's one long story that actually intrigues people. Yeah, you COULD compare it to Inuyasha or Pokemon, but One Piece stays surprisingly fresh even after nearly 350 episodes just because it's good at introducing unique, original characters you won't see in other Anime. When I got to Skypeia (@160), I literally stood up and and gaped in awe of what I was seeing. Really.

Oh as for what I just watched. Episode 346 of OP, LAWL. I've also been watching Bleach and Death Note on AS. I could definitely say the "coolness factor" for Death Note has worn off with me. I've posted this in my Journal, but Light annoys the hell out of me. It also doesn't help that I was somewhat spoiled by the ending thanks to AMV Hell 4.
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Just finished watching Akira, and my God what a film! I've never seen anything like it before, and probably never will again. Before I watched it, I understood it was probably one of the most influential animes to ever come out of Japan, but it completely blew me away. Absolutely superb film!
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The last thing I watched was Armitage: Dual Matrix. It was an alright movie, but I did not really like the CG work that they had. The only thing that was good in the movie was the characters, so many of the other things in the movie did not look so good. The English dub was not so good either, but oh well. It was a interesting story in spite of its flaws.

In addition to that I also watched Bleach and got to see Yoruichi and Son Foi battle it out and Yamamoto and the two captains stare at each other. I'm watching for the big show down with Ichigo and Byakuya.

There was also Naruto which was just more boring fillers with them ending the beetle story. It was actually interesting to see Hinata do something useful and cool. I'd like to see her technique up against Neji's technique and see which one is actually stronger.

No One Piece which really annoyed me. They put in some Yugioh/Pokemon anime in its place. I don't know what Cartoon Network is thinking, but they need to get One Piece back in the correct time, because it is far more interesting. Though whats wrong with Chopper, he's become a wimp in the Skypiea arc. He was so cool in the previous arcs. Its a shame to his character.

Dragonball Z with Goku ending his fight with Cell. Gohan is up next I know, so I'm looking forward to watching that. Gohan was always so much better than Goku.

Death Note keeps being fun and interesting to watch. They are trapping the third Kira currently. And for me I really love watching Light work. Its a shame he is not doing the evil thing anymore, but I really enjoyed that. I'm hoping that he will go back to being evil again soon. He was more fun that way.

And the last episode of Blood+ ending as about I figured it would. Though there was the only thing with Amshel and Haji that was not expected. But nothing new really happened. I actually would have preferred the other ending. But I guess you need a happy ending sometimes.
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The last anime i watched was Naruto series 3.1 like yesterday it was amazeing lol.
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Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann is the last anime that I watched. Now this was a weird and funny anime at the same time. It had mechs like gundums but they looked like giant faces. it was a good show to past the time with and very entertaining.
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The last anime I watched was spice and wolf which is quite new, aired in march this year, and I loved every moment of it. There's practically no violence, the main character being a merchant, but the lack of violence makes it better because so much is put into the characters it just swept me up. The story is about Lawrence a humble travelling merchant who when visiting a small farming village meets up with its wolf god who wishes to go back to her home in the north as the village no longer needs her the whole thing's really sweet and there are some great moments. I'd really advise you to watch it, it's only 13 episodes so it's not going to cut out to much of your time
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I watched The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzamiya. It's a series I had been wanting to watch for quite awhile I had just heard such good things about it and finally decided to track it down. Everyone I'd heard talk about said it was like, the best anime they'd ever seen, so I had some high expectations. I was not to be disappointed.

While it's not the sort of thing I usually watch, I really enjoyed it. It's basically about this guy Kyon and how he gets dragged into the maniacal schemes of one Haruhi Suzumiya.

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Who happens to be god. Or something to that effect. It seems that she may have dreamed this entire universe into existence. If she should become bored of this world she can simply destroy it and create one more to her liking. In other words, we must keep her entertained or she will kill us all.

And yet, she herself is completely unaware of this fact.

While the show is a comedy and thus shouldn't be taken too seriously, I found this underlying plot to be very interesting. It actually reminded me of a legend I heard once. It basically stated that there were people in the world who were put here specifically for the purpose of justifying man's continued existence in the eyes of god. If one of these people should fail in there task then the world would be destroyed.

The thought that struck me was that Kyon was one of these people. His job was to justify to the supreme goddess of the universe the continued existence of this earth. If he should fail, then She would simply start again. That would be bad.

I'm pretty sure the artist had this legend (and possibly some others) in mind when he wrote this. I believe it's an old Jewish legend if anyone's interested though I may be mistaken.


Anyway, she drags him (and others) into her schemes and ends up starting a club who's alleged purpose is to locate aliens, time travelers, espers, and anything else along those lines which might be running around. In reality it's really more of a "do whatever crazy thing just popped into Haruhi's head or she'll kill us all," kind of club.

Hilarity ensues.

Find it. Watch it. You won't be sorry.
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I recently watched Shakugan no Shana and the movie. I really liked the series. I heard that it was good, but it was better than I expected. I thought the whole plot was great. I can't wait to see Shakugan no Shana II. I'm sure it will be just as good. The movie on the other hand wasn't as good. I liked it, but it was just the first few episodes of the season and then kind of ended like the season did. I was hoping for a side story, new enemy, or something different, but it was just a recap of the first season.