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tenorbass

04-23-2005, 10:53 AM

say what your fav one is and what the plot is. :thumb:
one of my fav. animation movies of all time was AKIRA. and this is the plot.
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Artist-writer Katsuhiro Ôtomo began telling the story of Akira as a comic book series in 1982 but took a break from 1986 to 1988 to write, direct, supervise, and design this animated film version. Set in 2019, the film richly imagines the new metropolis of Neo-Tokyo, which is designed from huge buildings down to the smallest details of passing vehicles or police uniforms. Two disaffected orphan teenagers--slight, resentful Tetsuo and confident, breezy Kanada--run with a biker gang, but trouble grows when Tetsuo start to resent the way Kanada always has to rescue him. Meanwhile, a group of scientists, military men, and politicians wonder what to do with a collection of withered children who possess enormous psychic powers, especially the mysterious, rarely seen Akira, whose awakening might well have caused the end of the old world. Tetsuo is visited by the children, who trigger the growth of psychic and physical powers that might make him a superman or a supermonster. As befits a distillation of 1,318 pages of the story so far, Akira is overstuffed with character, incident, and detail. However, it piles up astonishing set pieces: the chases and shootouts (amazingly kinetic, amazingly bloody) benefit from minute cartoon detail that extends to the surprised or shocked faces of the tiniest extra; the Tetsuo monster alternately looks like a billion-gallon scrotal sac or a Tex Avery mutation of the monster from The Quatermass Experiment; and the finale--which combines flashbacks to more innocent days with a destruction of Neo City and the creation of a new universe--is one of the most mind-bending in all sci-fi cinema

MattyBlade

04-23-2005, 10:55 AM

pokemon!

edit: or pokemon2 , i haven't decided.

Damrod

04-23-2005, 10:58 AM

When it's narrowed down to movies:

'Akira' and 'Ghost in the Shell'

Whe it includes series as well:

add 'Neon Genesis Evangelion' to the above

Jim Hull

04-23-2005, 11:08 AM

When it's narrowed down to movies:

'Akira' and 'Ghost in the Shell'

Whe it includes series as well:

add 'Neon Genesis Evangelion' to the above

The exact same as mine! Damrod... you have great taste in anime. Mind you, NGE can be counted as a film it you also include death & rebirth.

Otherside

04-23-2005, 11:14 AM

NGE is quite possibly the best anime ever. Akira is ok as a movie, the mangas were better. I liked Wonderful Days alot as well, even though it was not "technically" anime.

StreetlightRock

04-23-2005, 11:20 AM

I saw Akira last month, 'twas quite good. Ghost in the shell was fab tho. So... what actually happens in Akira? i should watch it again but, yea, what exactaly is the ending about?

DVG.

Damrod

04-23-2005, 11:56 AM

The exact same as mine! Damrod... you have great taste in anime. Mind you, NGE can be counted as a film if you also include death & rebirth.

Cool, nice one! :thumb:

But generally, I always had the feeling it was more designed as a episode orinetated format. And 'Death & Rebirth' only the movie lenght feature of it. Anyways, whatever ones view is (movie or series) NGE is one of the best :)

Happymeal

04-23-2005, 12:01 PM

If you're looking for a NGE movie, The End of Evangelion is. Either you'll like it like I do or dismiss it as boring crap.

Abbath

04-23-2005, 12:05 PM

Pokemon is cool

Or maybe Hrurin Kensin (sp?)

Thor

04-23-2005, 12:10 PM

Princess Mononoke was always awesome. That and Spirited Away are my favorite Anime movies.

Gnarmageddon

04-23-2005, 01:08 PM

I agree with Akira. Amazing film. The books were better IMO.

conspiracy_rocker3

04-23-2005, 01:28 PM

Grave of the Fireflies and Spirited Away are my favorite anime movies. Anything Miyazaki is amazing though.

My favorite series are Evangelion, Hellsing, and Mirage of Blaze.

The Depressed

04-23-2005, 01:30 PM

Perfect Blue. Oh, what a mindbollock.

Akira was pretty swish too.

MattyBlade

04-23-2005, 01:31 PM

Pokemon is cool

Or maybe Hrurin Kensin (sp?)

pokemon was a gay, terrible movie.

Jim Hull

04-23-2005, 02:30 PM

Princess Mononoke was always awesome. That and Spirited Away are my favorite Anime movies.

Yeah, spirited away is great. Again, not a movie, but I really liked sailor moon.

Evil Peavey

04-23-2005, 06:38 PM

Ninja Scroll was one of the few that I've enjoyed.

StaticSynth

04-23-2005, 06:55 PM

Princess Mononoke and Akira.

...and I have a soft-spot for Project A-ko, because it was the first anime movie I ever saw.

MattSharpIsCool

04-23-2005, 07:28 PM

Neon Genesis Evengelion: End of Evangelion is a great movie. But if you havent watched the series, it really wont make much sense.

I haven't seen the Cowboy Bebop movie, but if its anything like the series, I'm sure it must be good.

BenJammin

04-23-2005, 09:01 PM

Yeah, I loved Akira and Ghost In The Shell. I haven't watched a good anime in so long...

eseer erre

04-23-2005, 09:13 PM

I've heard of Akira, and it sounds good.
Endless Waltz is good.

Bitter

04-23-2005, 09:13 PM

Akira.

+3kk!

04-24-2005, 10:57 AM

Meanwhile, a group of scientists, military men, and politicians wonder what to do with a collection of withered children who possess enormous psychic powers, especially the mysterious, rarely seen Akira, whose awakening might well have caused the end of the old world. Tetsuo is visited by the children, who trigger the growth of psychic and physical powers that might make him a superman or a supermonster.

i thought akira was a god? and the scientists inserted some part of him into the 3 children ? same with tetsuo?..........

Voices Of a distant star (romance / sci fi)
made by : makoto shinkai
running time : half an hour

story :
it's about a young couple which got seperated because the girl was selected to fight in space.( i never figure out why in anime kids are the fighters) so in space she drifts futher from earth and maintains her age but the guy gets older (physics stuff dont ask),and they keep in touch only via sms.

the reason why it's good is because everything was made by one guy (shinkai ) the effects,animation ,art work......except for the voicing cause the distributor company changed it.although the story is simple it is very emotional and there is a new style of story telling in it,all of this in half an hour. this is one of my favourite animes of all time, really good

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grave of the fireflys

made by : studio ghibli ( cant remember how you spell that name, but it's the people who brought us princess monokoe and spirited away)

story : set in WW II , it's about the survival of a brother and sister by themselves because their parents died and their aunties family steals their food..........soo they shift out to a cave and settle there

BassVirtuoso

04-24-2005, 10:58 AM

If you watch Ghost in the Shell enough you'll realize what a great plot it has.

red barchetta

04-24-2005, 02:24 PM

metropolis, evangelion, laputa, naushika (spelling?) and princess monoke are my favourites.

as a little kid, i loved watching totoro (good old parents being japanese :) )

Esp Griffyn

04-24-2005, 02:27 PM

Ninja Scroll was one of the few that I've enjoyed.

I considered buying that yesterday, the whole box set, but decided against it.

Ichi the Killer is the best Anime film Ive seen, its ****ing brutal.

But Id reccomend the Live action version over that, the live action version of Ichi the killler is one of the greatest films ever made.

red barchetta

04-24-2005, 02:29 PM

But Id reccomend the Live action version over that, the live action version of Ichi the killler is one of the greatest films ever made.
the way the title appeared in a puddle of jizz at the start was nasty.......

Esp Griffyn

04-24-2005, 02:32 PM

the way the title appeared in a puddle of jizz at the start was nasty.......

Even more nasty when you consider that the jizz got there when Ichi was whacking off over a woman being beaten up by her pimp.

Bitter

04-24-2005, 02:38 PM

Anyone ever see Jin-roh?

Phalanx

04-24-2005, 03:30 PM

I've seen quite a few and I must say that I haven't really seen a movie i've thought was good, Akira was pretty good actually, Ghost in the Shell was a bit of a "oh god, another horny artist" sort of movie. Transformers the movie for me

Faith No Doubt

04-24-2005, 03:46 PM

Urotsukidoji

Pop music sucks

04-24-2005, 04:05 PM

End of Evangelion.

That Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie was getting pretty weird. Especially when she turned into a high performance car. The movie wasn't so bad though, I thought the dancing on the dueling arena was kinda sweet.

Katana

04-24-2005, 04:15 PM

I love Akira and Initial D, but I haven't gotten into any other anime. I hate Dragonball Z. IS there anything any of you could suggest to me? Ghost in the Shell?

Pop music sucks

04-24-2005, 04:21 PM

There's the cult classic Neon Genesis Evangelion, it is one of the greatest series.

Then you can branch out into Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040, Gasaraki, Perfect Blue, Boogiepop Phantom, and Revolutionary Girl Utena.

Phalanx

04-24-2005, 05:09 PM

Fist of the North Star, so old yet so good, it was when japanese cartoons actually looked realistic

lemons

04-24-2005, 05:20 PM

Akira....

tenorbass

04-24-2005, 05:21 PM

Anyone ever see Jin-roh?
oh ya man i saw it own and like it alot. but when im watching it i think some one is watching me . so here it to jap. animation :chug:

Bitter

04-24-2005, 05:41 PM

Actually, Akira's storyline is horrible. Breakthrough on animation though.

I LOVED Gundam Wing.

Earache

04-24-2005, 05:45 PM

anime is the stupidest stuff ever, the other day i was flipping through my tv and i stopped to watch some show called heat guy, or somethin' i could not stop laughing, there all trying to act tough, its terrible.

Bitter

04-24-2005, 05:47 PM

Happymeal

04-24-2005, 06:12 PM

Urotsukidoji

hentaiboyz.

I also thoroughly enjoyed Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz. Even more so the Rurouni Kenshin OVA. Cool, cool movie.

Arucard

04-25-2005, 05:09 AM

Cool, nice one! :thumb:

But generally, I always had the feeling it was more designed as a episode orinetated format. And 'Death & Rebirth' only the movie lenght feature of it. Anyways, whatever ones view is (movie or series) NGE is one of the best :)

You forgot Evangelion : The End Of Evangelion. But yeh, Evangelion owns! As everyone has said, The Ghost In The Shell is good, but the sequal is abit meh. Animation is great though.

I love Gundam Wing and Gundam : Chars Counterattack, and also Appleseed.

Arucard

04-25-2005, 05:12 AM

hentaiboyz.

I also thoroughly enjoyed Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz. Even more so the Rurouni Kenshin OVA. Cool, cool movie.

Anyone else that said this, agreed. When Zero opens his wings its like 'woooh.'

HeavyArms custom and Tallgeese 3 rule too, as you could see by my old avatar.

Incognito

04-25-2005, 10:08 AM

Actually, Akira's storyline is horrible. Breakthrough on animation though.

I LOVED Gundam Wing.

Um, how so ?(On Akira)

But ya, I loved gundam wing to, I have endless waltz but, the whole "we don't needa fight this war blah blah blah we don't want soldiers dying for nothing yadda yadda yadda" constant dialouge is the movies only downfall.

Anyone see the ghost in the shell stand alone complex? They're really good IMO.

chorbalan

04-25-2005, 12:45 PM

Gundam Wing.

The only anime I ever liked and ever will like. It was awesome though.

Arucard

04-25-2005, 12:50 PM

Its awesome isnt it? I own every disk, and its great. My faverouite character is Milliardo, and my faverouite Gundams are Tallgeese 3 (technically not a good, its made out of Neo Titanium) and HeavyArms Custom.

Esp Griffyn

04-25-2005, 02:10 PM

StaticSynth

04-25-2005, 03:04 PM

I love Akira and Initial D, but I haven't gotten into any other anime. I hate Dragonball Z. IS there anything any of you could suggest to me? Ghost in the Shell?

Watch Princess Mononoke. Now.

StaticSynth

04-25-2005, 03:05 PM

But Id reccomend the Live action version over that, the live action version of Ichi the killler is one of the greatest films ever made.

lol, no. :smash:

Phalanx

04-25-2005, 03:56 PM

ah, we're all big geeks :D

Otherside

04-25-2005, 04:09 PM

eseer erre

04-25-2005, 05:20 PM

Deathscythe was my favorite design. Epyon was a close second though.
This thread seems to be getting hijacked, as much as I enjoyed the show...

Azmati

04-25-2005, 08:44 PM

Ninja Scroll
Nuff said...
I remember X was a goodin.

Arucard

04-26-2005, 06:26 PM

You cannot believe how geeky that sounded!

/wants gundam wing box set

It woulda sounded alot worse if id said what i meant to say.

'Technically not a Gundam as it is made from Neo Titanium.'

But anyway, Virus is an alright anime too. I think we should make an anime community thread.

mmfan486

04-26-2005, 06:30 PM

Dude!

I've only actually seen 1; Street Fighter. Forgot how the plot goes; I need to watch it again.

blockhead was banneed again

04-26-2005, 07:32 PM

Akira was alright. The plot was really confusing and rushed though.

Pop music sucks

04-27-2005, 01:58 AM

My brother and I started watching Witch Hunter Robin, it's turning to be quite interesting. I have seen the first 5 episodes, I had to stop at 3 because I had work.

From what I saw it seems like it'll be a good series, what I like about Robin is that she's not the typical 15 year old, she's quite reserved and quiet. At least, from what I've seen so far.

2nd Impact

04-27-2005, 02:50 AM

Im definitely gonna go with Evangelion.

Otherside

04-27-2005, 06:38 AM

Esp Griffyn

04-27-2005, 10:41 AM

lol, no. :smash:

lol, **** off kid.

Puma

04-27-2005, 10:43 AM

Japanese animation can lick my balls.

Otherside

04-27-2005, 03:06 PM

Japanese animation can lick my balls.

You could just get your mom to do it.

Arucard

04-27-2005, 03:56 PM

You could just get your mom to do it.

What he said.

I watched the Animatrix again today, The Second Renaisance Pt.2 is ****ing scary.

Pop music sucks

04-27-2005, 04:49 PM

Have you seen Samurai Champloo? It's the next series done by the guy who did Cowboy Bebop, I'm downloading the first season now, hope its good :\Nope.

From the only few episodes I've seen of Witch Hunter Robin, I really like Stubborn Aesthetics and Addicted to Power. Every time they encounter a witch it's kinda creepy. Especially Stubborn Aesthetics.

:thumb:

Puma

04-27-2005, 04:53 PM

You could just get your mom to do it.

Oh haha good one man oh man you really got me oh dude that was funny ha ha I'm still laughing keep posting man.

What he said.

I watched the Animatrix again today, The Second Renaisance Pt.2 is ****ing scary.

Please don't ever reply to me again. Nerd.

red barchetta

04-27-2005, 05:31 PM

Have you seen Samurai Champloo? It's the next series done by the guy who did Cowboy Bebop, I'm downloading the first season now, hope its good :\
its hilarious. you'll definately enjoy it

conspiracy_rocker3

04-27-2005, 05:44 PM

Has anybody ever seen Nadia, the Secret of Blue Water before? I'm thinking about buying the boxsets.

Otherside

04-27-2005, 06:30 PM

Oh haha good one man oh man you really got me oh dude that was funny ha ha I'm still laughing keep posting man.

Please don't ever reply to me again. Nerd.

Wow, it's not often that someone raises the bar for stupidity on MX. You should be proud.

spitfirejunky

04-27-2005, 07:39 PM

Zone of the Enders

Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Doors

Akira

Arucard

04-29-2005, 10:27 AM

Oh haha good one man oh man you really got me oh dude that was funny ha ha I'm still laughing keep posting man.

Please don't ever reply to me again. Nerd.

Omg, he called me a nerd when he has nearly 8,000 posts, im so upset. If i was you, id go take your life.