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Japanese Anime Updates

I actually was moved to check out the plot ending because a) I might not be around to see the ending unless they do broadcast the whole thing, and b) without revealing a spoiler, an important development took place in Naruto's personal life in a recent episode I saw that now I know is concluded nicely in that last episode! PM me if you want to know what it is, and don't mind a major reveal about his personal life. I know may people have already seen the whole series, unless this is its first broadcast, which I doubt, but I still don't want to ruin it for anyone who hasn't seen it yet like us.
 
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No My Hero Academia hype in here? Easily tied for first place for the best anime I've watched. The last episode of season 2 airs Saturday and I can barely contain my waiting.
 
chas said:
I actually was moved to check out the plot ending because a) I might not be around to see the ending unless they do broadcast the whole thing, and b) without revealing a spoiler, an important development took place in Naruto's personal life in a recent episode i saw that now I know is concluded nicely in that last episode! PM me if you want to know what it is, and don't mind a major reveal about his personal life. I know may people have already seen the whole series, unless this is its first broadcast, which I doubt, but I still don't want to ruin it for anyone who hasn't seen it yet like us.
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Now I must know. PM sent!


BiggaBullfrog said:
No My Hero Academia hype in here? Easily tied for first place for the best anime I've watched. The last episode of season 2 airs Saturday and I can barely contain my waiting.
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I am unfamiliar with that one but I will be looking it up.
 
Keglo,

PM answer returned.

As I mentioned to him in addition to the spoiler, I love the character relationships much more than all the fighting. For example, I love how his much older mentor Jiraya has to pull his former woman teammate out of a drunken funk in a gambling den so she can clean herself up to become the new leader (hokage) of the Hidden Leaf Village!
 
chas said:
Keglo,

PM answer returned.

As I mentioned to him in addition to the spoiler, I love the character relationships much more than all the fighting. For example, I love how his much older mentor Jiraya has to pull his former woman teammate out of a drunken funk in a gambling den so she can clean herself up to become the new leader (hokage) of the Hidden Leaf Village!
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Thanks chas!

You know, it's funny. I started watching Naruto with my grandkids thinking that they might like it because it was a popular anime. The kids only made it through a few episodes before they lost interest. It hooked me pretty much from the beginning.
 
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BiggaBullfrog said:
No My Hero Academia hype in here? Easily tied for first place for the best anime I've watched. The last episode of season 2 airs Saturday and I can barely contain my waiting.
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I am unfamiliar with that one but I will be looking it up.
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It's an awesome show set in a future where 4 in 5 people have some kind of superpower - and the protagonist is one of the 1 in 5 who is born powerless. Great superhero stuff, great action, great themes and warm fuzzies, some of the most fun characters I've seen. Not many shows have moved me to tears, but I'm not even ashamed to admit that this one has gotten me all sorts of choked up.

If you like Naruto, you'll probably like MHA. I haven't seen much of Naruto, but they do have similar themes and stuff (typical of the genre). And MHA is quickly moving to replace Naruto now that it's ended. Bonus is that it's only two seasons in (thirty-something episodes), so it's not hard to catch up compared to Naruto's 500 episodes (or One Piece's 800+!). You can find it on Hulu or Crunchyroll, if you have either.
 
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CHINESE ANIME UPDATES!

I've just discovered that there is now tons of Chinese anime on youtube. I just finished watching two very long series, originally on their TV, done over the last several years, which are related and by the same director and company. Both are absolutely amazing stories about the China of 2,000 years ago. These are mainland productions, although at least one is based on a Taiwanese novel series:

Qin's Moon: (139 20 minute episodes) 5 seasons (7 were planned) Refugees and exiles from the First Emperor's subjugation of six other kingdoms unite to resist him and the new Qin (Chin) Empire circa 221 BCE. There is history, fantasy, culture, romance, and action in many varied and intricate locations! This was China's first 3D computer animated action series. I was totally astounded at the beauty of the visuals--and I usually much prefer drawn animation! The series does not end with a final conclusion, although it has not yet been continued as planned. (There are also three 'Special Episodes' with different story lines set in the same time line and a movie! I enjoyed the three episode one; the movie doesn't seem to be available on youtube.) Instead we now have...

Nine Songs of the Moving Heavens: (60 20 minute episodes, ending "To Be Continued...") This is the newer prequel to the previous series above. I actually watched it first--its set a few years earlier in time, just before Chin conquers the other states, in the state of Han--and then recognized five characters from it in Episode 1 of Qin's Moon. It features even better animation, similar to the last season of the above. I also like the story more, since instead of some child heroes it has all adult characters.

Both of these series have extensive entries on wikipedia, including episode and character summaries!

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Do you watch Chinese anime? What are your favorites?
 
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ANIME COLLECTION LIST

Here's a list of anime I actually own; I've seen a least ten times as many more via rental and Cable TV, etc. over the years. I started out just after the first period of their availability, when you were lucky to get semi legal versions with subtitles at tiny comic book convention booths, let alone dubbed copies! In almost all cases of long series I own complete ("perfect") collections, some of which can take up half a shelf by themselves. I watched Astro Boy back in the Sixties on local TV, and never turned back!

Astro Boy (Remake)
AKB0048*
Akira
Appleseed
Armitage III
A Wind Named Amnesia

Blue Seed
Blue Submarine
Bubblegum Crisis* (several versions)
Burst Angel

Cowboy Beebop

Demon City Shinjuku
Dominion Tank Police

El Hazard*
Escaflowne*

Fushigi Yugi* (The Mysterious Play)

Ghost In The Shell*
Girls Und Panzer
Grave of the Fireflies

Highlander: The Search For Vengence

Inu Yasha*

Love Hina*
Lum (Those Obnoxious Aliens)* Movies and first few episodes.
Lupin III

Milennium Actress

Neon Genesis Evangelion*
Ninja Scroll

Oh My Goddess*
Outlanders
Outlaw Star

The Phoenix

Ran Ma*
Record of Lodoss War*
Robotech* (Remake)
Roueroni Kenshin*

Shingu*
Spirited Away
Steam Boy

Tenchi Muyo*
The Twelve Kingdoms*
Those Who Hunt Elves

Utawarerumono

Venus Wars
Video Girl Ai

Wicked City

* Particularly large offerings, usually including one or more TV series plus movies, OAVs, etc.
 
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;) Initial research on My Hero Academia on wikipedia notes that they are now up to three seasons and a movie. It is available on youtube, so I'll be soon checking it out. Thanks, guys! The author noted that Naruto was indeed his inspiration. (Edit) Turns out its not available there. Although I did see and enjoy the first episode there!

I've also started Boruto, the adventures of Naruto's son. So far I'm not that excited by it, although I do enjoy seeing brief appearances of older versions of a few of the original Naruto characters. Apparently after Lady Tsunade 's run as village elder (hokage) of the Hidden Leaf, first his old team leader Kakashe sensei served and now Naruto himself has the job!
 
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Tornado,

Not that I recall--you managed to pick about the only one I own I'm not crazy about--it might have been a gift! It depends what you like of course, but as I recall its mostly just violence. I prefer character development and byplay, humor, and romance myself; with history and Asian culture as appropriate, and a good plot of course. Action should not be the only thing, for me.
 
Yes; the first of which, with Sean Connery I liked--and the TV show with Adrian Paul. I'm afraid I don't remember anything about the anime, though. Which is funny, because had you asked about any other entry on the list, I could go on and on in rhapsodic paragraphs. Oh, well...
 
Np. It just caught my eye and I was curious. Always loved Highlander.
Great list. I have seen a good chunk of those.
Ever seen any Captain Harlock?

Have you just watched the original Appleseed? There are a few of them and they are all pretty solid.
 
Yep, I have seen several versions of Harlock, Space Battleship Yamato, Starlight Express, and all that. Wonderful stuff in old school animation of the first classic generation of anime! It was the kind of stuff available for rental in the old cassette days of Video Rental Stores which are all now sadly gone. What fun it was to shop in them!

I believe I've seen the original Appleseed, and own a newer version. Its fun mecha genre.

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I recall having a Japanese board gamer over once visiting. I was so proud of my collection, which in those days (later than the rental era) was still pretty difficult to amass. So when I proudly showed my shelf of anime to him and said "look at what I've got," he said "You've got the wrong ones."

Hah!

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I also stood in for a pal for teaching one session of his college class once, and played a tape of anime themes at the start that I'd made from rental selections, which got some interested attention from the very diverse class of students!
 
I collected the original Star Blazers on VHS and remember they were insanely expensive.
Months and months of saving allowance to get one tape with like an hour of footage. :)
I wonder if I still have those somewhere?

There is a newer Captain Harlock that is pretty sweet for modern animation.
 
I have started to watch Boruto a couple of months ago but it is not as good as Naruto so I decided to stop watching it after season one episode 43.
 
I used to watch so much anime on Adult Swim's Toonami and then the Time Warner Cable Anime Channel. But now their offerings have been much reduced, and many are repeats. Perhaps they are now being replaced by online services and new things like the High Dive app; none of which I have. So I'm spending most of my anime time these days on youtube.

Its sad to hear that after 46 episodes Boruto did not improve, but as I say, there isn't that much to watch on cable any more, so its one of the few things to view on this older source.

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I also have a huge collection of US animation, going back to the late 1920s/early 1930s. The newer of which was inspired by the Japanese product, such as Avatar the Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. I collected the four huge hardback "library editions" of the Avatar sequel comics, which are very good indeed!
 
Did anyone ever watch the show Space Dandy? I’m not a huge anime fan but it’s something I was really fond of that seemed to go under too many people’s radars.
 
Space Dandy was a hilarious show that was broadcast on adult swim when I saw it, not all that long ago.
 
Just a note that I've recommended a new anime comedy on the TV thread: Level 1 Demon and One Room Hero, a comic fantasy satire series. Check it out and my short intro there! It just started running on The Anime Channel (I have Spectrum).
 
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