Anime/manga

[Duel]

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The DMC anime looks alright. Haven't really seen any of the episodes but it seems to be over-the-top.

[Bon]

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Have you been introduced to paying for your manga? :V

Yeeeeeeeea....nope. No offense, but once a manga gets licensed, the USA tends to edit **** out, and that really irks me, John.

[Duel]

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The Trigun manga wasn't all that I hoped it would be.

I stopped buying at book 6 and just watched the anime.

[Valkysas]

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Yeeeeeeeea....nope. No offense, but once a manga gets licensed, the USA tends to edit **** out, and that really irks me, John.

This is an extremely rare occurance.

[Bon]

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This is an extremely rare occurance.

You sure? They did it to Tenjou Tenge, I know for a fact. I guess I haven't heard of other mangas affected by the licensing, so I apologize if it seems like I'm talking outta my ass.

[Valkysas]

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that's one of the few that it has happened to.

just avoid stuff published by CMX. you won't be missing much.

[thetruecoolness]

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Wait, Death Note? Predictable?

Why do I suddenly feel so simpleminded?

I thought it was one of the least predictable. Though I guess I glossed over a lot of the overexplination Loki was talking about, I looked forward to the process and traps Light set along the way, and can't say I saw the introduction of Near and Mellow coming (besides the fact there were more episodes left). I know I didn't see the events leading up to the ending playing out like they did, though really the end of the series could only go one of two ways. I was personally hoping for the other, but *** SPOILERS ***
Death gets us all in the end
*** END SPOILERS ***
eh.

As for Valkysas's comments about long anime, I completely agree, as Bleach was ok at first, but then it just kept going and became meh, then stupid. I guess I really should have avoided Inuyasha as well, since the ending solved nothing.

[John Mora]

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it seems like I'm talking outta my ass.

SURE DOES

Manga hardly ever gets edited like that nowadays. It's just another rationalization people make to keep stealing.

[The_Real_Crunk]

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I like One Piece........

[Duel]

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As do I.

[Big Country]

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but the DN ending was really predictable...

*** SPOILERS ***
no, i dont think it was. I actually thought Light was going to win and seeing the comments on many the episodes so do alot of other people. Also even if we did suspect Lights Death we wouldnt have any clue how even when near comes up with the way to prove he is Kira, until they explain it in the last episode
*** END SPOILERS ***



gtfo

[OnyxVeil]

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*** SPOILERS ***
no, i dont think it was. I actually thought Light was going to win and seeing the comments on many the episodes so do alot of other people. Also even if we did suspect Lights Death we wouldnt have any clue how even when near comes up with the way to prove he is Kira, until they explain it in the last episode
*** END SPOILERS ***



gtfo

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I thought it was because if you think about all the events happening throught he episode it's not too confusing... Light dieing seemed obvious from the start because of how evil he was but then at the end people think his plan might have worked. In reality it might have, but the people that made Death Note definately made it seem like Mellow was an impulsive, cocky person, but he wasn't stupid. Atleast not so stupid that he would take Misa thinking it would be to his avail. It definatley had a bigger purpose. I didn't know what it was but I had a nudge that Mellow and Near were working together after that. I didn't know how it all went together but in the 2nd last episode when I saw how calm Near was, I knew that he was going to win and light was going to die but I didn't understand how, so I thought about and re-watched a couple parts from the 2nd last episode and then, I was pretty sure I had it right... When I watched the last episode I wasn't very surprised. Death Note pretty much gives you all the information you need to build a conclusion in your mind. I didn't know how Near was going to replace the real notebook though, but I knew he definately tampered with it and was going to acquire the tampered part (or as it ended up being, a whole fake notebook) somehow and look at the names inside of it to find out who Kira was... But all of this was too much, by saying DN was predictable I meant that there were no huge twists in the story, there was some unfortunate twists, but they didn't come as a surprise...
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All of that writing pretty much proves that DN *isn't* predictable, but I believe that the ending of any series shouldn't have such a high possibility of being what can be gauged from the first couple episodes...

It might be just me though because when I watched Death Note there was no action filled fights so I decided to apply my brain alot more to what was happening compared any other anime I've watched.

[Big Country]

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That's just stupid.

[Denmo]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superbook


Get this:

According to CBN's official Superbook Website, Superbook was born of a desire by evangelist and CBN head Pat Robertson to reach Japan, where Christians constitute a minority of the population. Research conducted by CBN in Japan during the late 1970s and early 1980s indicated that children were likely to be the most receptive audience to Bible stories and that the best way to reach them was through Christian anime and manga. Thus, CBN contracted with Yomiuri Advertising (also known as "Yomiko") and Tatsunoko Production to create and market an anime series that would help drive Bible sales in the Japanese market. In this and in audience ratings, Superbook was a success, and the series was rerun frequently on local stations in Japan through the 1980s.

This sickens me to no end.

But it's also kind of ironic. Pat Robertson introducing to the US what would become some of the most violent and 'sinful' stuff seen in children's programming today. How does it make you FEEL, Pat?

[John Mora]

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I fail to see what's so sinister about an anime that teaches the Bible and Pat Robertson didn't introduce the U.S. to anime.