Anime/Cartoon shows(Science Fiction based)

[grinner]

The rules.... In order to qualify... the shows must not be movies... have at least 12 episodes(willing to budge on this if you have a good arguement) and have been able to be shown on regular TV... NO HENTAI... Or extremely bloody shows. I will not put up Robot/Alien Rape shows... so don't suggest it.



Please list all Science Fiction/Fantasy/Supernatural based anime/cartoons to me here. I will start the list.

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AD Police (all incarnations)
The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
Aeon Flux
AstroBoy
Back to the Future
Batman(all incarnations)
Battle of the Planets
Bleep and Booster
Beserk
Betterman
The Big O
Blue Gender
BubbleGum Crisis
BubbleGum Crash
Captain Star
Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years
Captian Power
Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys
Cardcaptor Sakura
The Clone Wars
Col. Bleep
Cowboy Bebop
Combattler V - 1976
Daltanias - 1979
Daiguard
Dexter's Laboratory *(comment on this one?)*
Digimon
Dirty Pair *(Some Adult Situations)*
Dominion Tank Police
Dragonball (including DragonballZ)
Duel! Parrel Trouble Adventure
Dungeons and Dragons
Escaflowne
Excel Saga
Fist of the North Star
Flame of Recca
Full Metal Panic
Futurama
Galaxy Fraulein Yuna
Galaxy High
Gargoyles
Gatchaman- 1972 (aka Battle of the Planets in 1978, G-Force in 1986, and Saban's Eagle Riders in 1996 )
Getter Robo - 1974
Ghost in the shell
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
Godzilla: The Series
GoLion - 1981 (aka Voltron)
Gundam Universe*thanks Fam*
Guyver
Hellsing
He-Man/She-Ra(Masters of the Universe)
Iczer 1-3 and Icezelion
Inuyasha
Invader Zim
Irresponsible Captain Tylor
Jackie Chan Adventures
The Jetsons
Johnny Cypher in Dimension Zero
Johnny Quest (both incarnations)
Justice League
Key the Metal Idol
Kurogane Communication
Lain Serial Experiments
Legend of Crystania
Lost Universe
Lum Urusei Yatsura
Macross
Magic Knight Rayearth
Magic Users Club
M.A.S.K.
Marine Boy
Max Steel
The Maxx
Mazinger Z - 1972
M.E.G.A.S. XLR
Men in Black
Moldiver
Monster Rancher
Nadeisco, Martian Successor
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Oh My Goddess
Orguss
Outlaw Star
Patlabor
Peacock King: Spirit Warrior
Pinky and the Brain
Pokemon
Power Puff Girls
Project A-ko
Ranma 1/2
The Real Ghostbusters (including Extreme Ghostbusters)
Reboot
Record of Lodoss War
Robotech
Ronin Warriors
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles
Rubik
Rurouri Kenshin
Saber Marionette
Samurai Jack
Sailor Moon
Saint Seiya
s.CRY.ed
Shadowraiders
Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century
Silent Mobius
Slayers
Sol Bianca
Sorcerer Hunters
Space Battleship Yamato
Space Pirate Mito
Spawn
Spiderman(in all its incarnations)
Star Blazers
Stargate Infinity
Starship Troopers
Star Trek: The Animated Series
Static Shock
Steel Angel Kurumi
Superman(all incarnations)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Tenchi Muyo
Tetsujin 28 (aka Iron Man 28 or Gigantor)
Those Who Hunt Elves
3x3 Eyes
Thunder Cats
The Tick
Tenchi Muyo (including Tenchi in Tokyo)
Transformers(all incarnations)
Trigun
Underdog
Vampire Princess Miyu
Vandread
War Planets/Shadow Raiders
Weird-os
Yamamoto Yohko
Yu-Gi-Oh
YuYu Hakasho
Zenki
X-Men (in all its incarnations)

[Kyntio]

Hey grinner, here's some that come to my mind right away or the ones I like anyway.

Neon Genesis Evangelion (absolutey amazing) http://www.lwhy.clara.net/nge/
Cowboy Bebop (great graphics) http://www.futureblues.com/
3x3 Eyes http://www.angelfire.com/anime3/Girl/index.html

Do movies count? If so these are great
Ghost in the Shell (my favorite) http://www.manga.com/ghost/ghost.html
Akira http://www.akira2001.com/
Spirited Away http://www.spiritedaway.com.au/
Totoro http://www.totoro.org/
Final Fantasy: the spirits within http://www.ffonline.com/
Blood - the last vampire http://www.bloodthemovie.com/

[Egg]

grinner it would be nice if people could add a link for the more obscure shows so we can find out what they're about.:aok:
Egg

[Kyntio]

Egg - added some links, so you can get an idea :D

[Chryse]

Just Scifi stuff huh? No fantasy? OK...

Project A-ko
It's about Superman and Lex Luther daughters who are now adversaries and living in Tokyo. It's rather bizarre at times. Don't have a url handy. Never looked for it online.

Macross aka Robotech

Space Battleship Yamato aka Star Blazers

Voltron

Transformers

Gundam Wing

Trigun

Sol Bianca

Silent Mobius

I could keep going, but these are the ones off the top of my head. Most anime is Scifi or fantasy based.

Check out sites like http://www.anipike.com or http://www.rightstuf.com for lists and lists and stuff to buy and some synopses of these series and tons of others.

Technically, Spirited Away and Totoro are fantasy based. Spirited Away is excellant though. Loved the character designs of all those Shinto nature spirits.

:)
aileen
otaku

[Kyntio]

Chryse you're right!
grinner- leave Spirited away and Totoro as well as Blood off the list, they are not Sci-Fi, just got carried away ;)

I'll see if I can come up with more sci-fi ones later. Have to leave for now.

[grinner]

Originally posted by Kyntio
Hey grinner, here's some that come to my mind right away or the ones I like anyway.

Neon Genesis Evangelion (absolutey amazing) http://www.lwhy.clara.net/nge/
Cowboy Bebop (great graphics) http://www.futureblues.com/
3x3 Eyes http://www.angelfire.com/anime3/Girl/index.html
Battle Angel Alita http://mywebpages.comcast.net/juzzam1/baalita.htm

Do movies count? If so these are great
Ghost in the Shell (my favorite) http://www.manga.com/ghost/ghost.html
Akira http://www.akira2001.com/
Spirited Away http://www.spiritedaway.com.au/
Totoro http://www.totoro.org/
Final Fantasy: the spirits within http://www.ffonline.com/
Blood - the last vampire http://www.bloodthemovie.com/

there are looooads more but I don't know them all so I'll leave it up to others to post the rest

Movies do not count. There needs to be at least a dozen episodes... gives it enough to be shown as a TV show.

[grinner]

Also... could you place them in alphbetical order... helps me to edit the list.

[grinner]

bttt

[blue]

Aeon Flux

[grinner]

Originally posted by blue
Aeon Flux Wasn't that just a part of Liquid Television? or was there an actual series that was shown weekly? I will add it, but which was it. Do I add Liquid TV? cause that's not really genre.

[blue]

Not sure--there are VCR releases of only Aeon Flux that don't mention Liquid TV, I think, but I don't know if it was shown separately on TV as well or not.

[grinner]

I am pretty sure it was just shown on MTV as a part of Liquid TV... but I added it regardless. Cause it was cool.

[blue]

animated Batman and Superman--more than one version of each, I think--the new Batman was very good--Can The Tick go in?

[grinner]

Hell yes the Tick can go on... I have every comic that the Tick has appeared in and 9 different Tick T-shirts. I am a mark for the Tick.

[Chryse]

List amendments:

Oopps, "Project A-ko" was done as a series of movies... I they did 4, but then they re-did them as a short series. It's up to you if you want to leave it on the list.

"Battle Angel Alita" was also a movie, I don't think that was a series. Besides I think it's in the "Too bloody" category. Something about organ harvesting just isn't pleasant dinner conversation you know?

Put on the list "BubbleGum Crisis"

"Betterman" is definitely SF, but it's pretty gorey at times. It's rated pg-13 if that helps.

"Dirty Pair" isn't hentai, it is SF, but lots and lots of innuendo and more explicit stuff, but not really rape stuff too. *shrug* up to you.

"Tenchi Muyo" is SF based as well.. aliens, space ships, etc, mostly on Earth though, with fantasy elements.... It kind depends on which series you go with. There are several different versions, alll AU, all Canon... I find it a bit annoying.

"Excel Saga" is SF. Very funny.

"Digimon" is SF based as well, even if it does suck.

"Dominion Tank Police"

"Dual"

"Gigantor"

"Guyver"

"Irresponsible Captain Tylor"

"Kurogane Communication"

"Lain Serial Experiments"

"Moldiver"

"Nadeisco, Martian Successor"

"Outlaw Star"

"Patlabor"

"Reboot"

"Steel Angel Kurumi" The one Claudia Black does a voice for! How could I have forgotten that one!

"Vandread"

All these are from the Right Stuf Catalog, so you can look up synopses at the site, http://www.rightstuf.com

and now I think I'm fresh out of anime series suggestions.

:)
aileen

[ameliamo]

Well, folks have already listed my two favorites, Trigun and Cowboy Bebop, but here's a couple others to add to the list:

Inuyasha
Tenchi Muyo (and Tenchi in Tokyo)
Outlaw Star
Rurouri Kenshin
YuYu Hakasho

Sorry, I don't really frequent the websites for any of these, so I don't have links, but they're all pretty popular so a google search should bring up a fair amount of info. That and they've all been on Cartoon Network...

:) Ame

[Chryse]

Originally posted by ameliamo
Inuyasha
Tenchi Muyo (and Tenchi in Tokyo)
Outlaw Star
Rurouri Kenshin
YuYu Hakasho
[/B]

Hey Ame,

Grinner is looking for SF not fantasy based anime. That leaves out Inuyasha (Japanese Fairy Tale), Rurounin Kenshin (also one of my faves, but it's historical fiction, not SF), and Yu Yu Hakasho, in IMO, more Fantasy than SF. Still, they are all excellant anime, but I don't think they fit into the requirements of this thread.

:)
aileen

[Nanse]

I'm following the same guidelines you used to the TV shows one, so I have a few fantasy ones. You can decide to put it on if you want.


Escaflowne - not sure how many eps shown in US (on Fox), but there are 26 in the series. Fantasy

Thunder Cats

Yu Yu Hakashu

DragonballZ

Samurai Jack

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (had to add it ;D)

Johnny Quest (both incarnations)

Dexter's Laboratory (I know, it's a stretch, but he invents things *shrugs*)

Justice League??

Do any of those help?

[Geegoo]

Wow, most of what I was thinking is already on the list. I'll have to think some more.

Aeon Flux was a show by itself as well as LiquidTelevision shorts. There were 10 half hours. Add the shorts, that should be enough.

Oh, how about Voltron?

[grinner]

Originally posted by Chryse
Hey Ame,

Grinner is looking for SF not fantasy based anime. That leaves out Inuyasha (Japanese Fairy Tale), Rurounin Kenshin (also one of my faves, but it's historical fiction, not SF), and Yu Yu Hakasho, in IMO, more Fantasy than SF. Still, they are all excellant anime, but I don't think they fit into the requirements of this thread.

:)
aileen I would put up Fantasy anime as well as Science Fiction Anime... because they are all genre. The other list became Genre based, so I really can't say this one shouldn't be... grok?

[grinner]

Originally posted by Geegoo


Oh, how about Voltron? All ready up there. Should I mention all the different Incarnations? The cars and the lions, and the space ships?

[Demonique]

Originally posted by Chryse
List amendments:

"Digimon" is SF based as well, even if it does suck.


Yeah, but not as much as Pokemon!

[Demonique]

List amendments

You forgot to add that there are several incarnations of Transformers:

Transformers (The original series both before & after movie)

Japanese continuation of the original series which wasn't released outside of Japan

Beast Wars: Transformers (CGI series by Mainframe)
Had some innuendo

Beast Machines (again by Mainframe. Contination of Beast Wars, but with different writers. Chief writer was Bob Skir (of Godzilla fame) which ensured it wasn't that great. E.g. Bob REWROTE original Transformers CANON. As far as he was concerned Cybertron had been EARTH at one point and had been transformed into a metallic world, never mind that the two planets were shown to be seperate and distinct in the original series)

Robots in Disguise (Japanese, haven't seen it, heard it wasn't that good)

Transformers: Armada. (Japanese, had annoying kids in it. One ep blatantly shoved the "illegal logging is bad" message down our throats and instead of chasing after the Decepticons the Autobots stayed behind to put out the forest fire Starscream had caused)

There are also various other Japanese versions of Beast WArs and Transformers, but I understand most of them are too crap to be released outside of Japan.


You also forgot War Planets/Shadow Raiders (another mainframe show, known as Shadow Raiders outside of the US)


More shows:

Max Steel

Weird-os (Mainframe again. Only saw it once, it didn't only suck ass, it's tongue was so far up there it'd be coming out of the mouth!)

Starship Troopers

Gargoyles (this show rocked!)

[Demonique]

Blue Gender, or is it too gory? Seemed mainly to be the Blue monster creatures that were blown up tho

[Demonique]

Power Puff Girls

[Egg]

Didn't they do series of the Marvel comic heroes
Fantastic Four
Incredible Hulk
Iron Man
There's probably more

[grinner]

Originally posted by Demonique
List amendments

You forgot to add that there are several incarnations of Transformers:

Transformers (The original series both before & after movie)

Japanese continuation of the original series which wasn't released outside of Japan

Beast Wars: Transformers (CGI series by Mainframe)
Had some innuendo

Beast Machines (again by Mainframe. Contination of Beast Wars, but with different writers. Chief writer was Bob Skir (of Godzilla fame) which ensured it wasn't that great. E.g. Bob REWROTE original Transformers CANON. As far as he was concerned Cybertron had been EARTH at one point and had been transformed into a metallic world, never mind that the two planets were shown to be seperate and distinct in the original series)

Robots in Disguise (Japanese, haven't seen it, heard it wasn't that good)

Transformers: Armada. (Japanese, had annoying kids in it. One ep blatantly shoved the "illegal logging is bad" message down our throats and instead of chasing after the Decepticons the Autobots stayed behind to put out the forest fire Starscream had caused)

There are also various other Japanese versions of Beast WArs and Transformers, but I understand most of them are too crap to be released outside of Japan.


You also forgot War Planets/Shadow Raiders (another mainframe show, known as Shadow Raiders outside of the US)

I just put (all incarnations) behind shows that have multipe series... unless someone says that they should be seperate.

[Paul Cousins]

Might I suggest you include:

The rest of the Gundam Sagas; G Gundam, Gundam X, Gundam (UC Sagas), Turn A, Gundam Seed.

If you are going to include the Bubblegum Crisis/Crash OVAs, you might as well include the 26 Episode Bubblegum Crisis TV series, the prequal (to the BGC/BGCrash OVAs) AD Police OVAs and the 6 episode AD Police TV Series (which is a prequal to the BGC TV series).

Even thought AD Police is only 3 Episodes long, it is very good and it has two very good mangas that continue the series, AD Police (released by Viz, 8 chapters) and AD Police 25:00 Manga (12 Chapters).

Also since you included Aeon Flux, you might as well include Reign the Conqueror.

And don't forget both Zoids Chaotic Century/Guardian Force (VERY GOOD) and Zoids New Century (barely watchable).

[Demonique]

Originally posted by grinner
I just put (all incarnations) behind shows that have multipe series... unless someone says that they should be seperate.

Ok, all incarnations behind Transformers.

Shadow Raiders/War Planets is a different show from TF, just made by the same company as Beast Wars with some of the same voicecast

[Chryse]

Originally posted by grinner
I would put up Fantasy anime as well as Science Fiction Anime... because they are all genre. The other list became Genre based, so I really can't say this one shouldn't be... grok?

Ok, cool. I wasn't following the other thread. Still, you can't have the Kenshin on this list. I don't think it's genre. Well, sort of, since they had crazy guys with more than human fighting skills, but it's still historical fiction more than anything else.

Ok, then, So add:

AstroBoy
Back to the Future, the cartoon
Beserk
Cardcaptor Sakura
Dual
Fist of the North Star
Flame of Recca
Full Metal Panic
Galaxy High
Hellsing
He-Man/She-Ra
Iczer 1-3 and Icezelion
Key the Metal Idol
Legend of Crystania
Lost Universe
Lum Urusei Yatsura
Magic Knight Rayearth
Magic Users Club
Monster Rancher
Oh My Goddess
Orguss
Peacock King: Spirit Warrior
Pokemon
Ranma 1/2
Record of Lodoss War
Ronin Warriors
Rubik
Saber Marionette
Sailor Moon
Saint Seiya
Shadowraiders
Slayers
Speed Racer
Sorcerer Hunters
Stargate Infinity
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the cartoon
Those Who Hunt Elves
Underdog
Vampire Princess Miyu
Yu-Gi-Oh
Zenki

The Harlock Saga/Queen Esmeraldas, Galaxy Express 99/Legend of Maetel - These were movies or series of movies using most of the same characters either as leads or supporting cast. But they are very closely associated with each other. Made by the same guys that did Star Blazers, same type of character designs too.

Gundam, btw, had something like 4 or 5 different series in the same universe, rarely the same characters or times. But you'd be safer with the "and all incarnations" stuck to that one.

You know, I really should not have read this thread. It's just reminding me of all the stuff I still have to get from the Right Stuf catalog. LOL I think I've exhausted all the options from that catalog on this list now. I think the only ones I haven't mentioned are the movies/hentai/bloody stuff you don't want.

:D
aileen

[grinner]

Okay Chryse... are these shows... or are the Anime movies? That would be the deciding factor... do we add movies... I think not. Just the ones that could be classified as series shows.

[Chryse]

The only movies are the Harlock Saga/Queen Esmeraldas/Maetel/Galaxy Express ones.

Everything else on that list is a TV series either SF or F or both.

edited to add
SF & F is a huge part of anime. And the ones I listed, with the exception of one or 2 series, are availble in the US. There are tons more that are in Japan that aren't available outside of Japan yet. That's part of the reason why I was just trying to stick to the SF stuff at first, but when you said that Fantasy was ok too... well, the floodgates really opened. LOL Then I asked my BF if he had any suggestions as well. And he added 3 or 4 that hadn't been on the list yet.

Anime, btw, also has a tendency for short series. Things that only run for one season, maybe 22 eps total. That's another reason there are so many of them.

:)
aileen

[Roland]

You forget one of the best and most famous anime:

ARMITAGE!!!

[grinner]

Originally posted by Chryse

Speed Racer
:D
aileen
I don't know about this... It is about a guy and a car... not many SF/F areas in the show. If I add this... I would have to add NASCAR Racers... which I would not want to do... but the premises are the same.

[grinner]

Originally posted by Roland
You forget one of the best and most famous anime:

ARMITAGE!!!
I don't think this was a series... I think it was just a movie based on a Manga. But you are wrong... the best anime is AKIRA, by Katsuhiro Otomo.

[grinner]

Originally posted by Chryse
The only movies are the Harlock Saga/Queen Esmeraldas/Maetel/Galaxy Express ones.

Everything else on that list is a TV series either SF or F or both.

edited to add
SF & F is a huge part of anime. And the ones I listed, with the exception of one or 2 series, are availble in the US. There are tons more that are in Japan that aren't available outside of Japan yet. That's part of the reason why I was just trying to stick to the SF stuff at first, but when you said that Fantasy was ok too... well, the floodgates really opened. LOL Then I asked my BF if he had any suggestions as well. And he added 3 or 4 that hadn't been on the list yet.

Anime, btw, also has a tendency for short series. Things that only run for one season, maybe 22 eps total. That's another reason there are so many of them.

:)
aileen
I realize that Anime is predominately Science Fiction in nature... I have been watching it since the mid to late 70's. I grew up on Anime or Japanimation as it was called then.

[Mirth]

\\Dot.Hack
(the first series only has 10 epi's i think, but it might squeak on into the list, but it has 2 series and a video-game)

can't believe none's mentioned this (or if you did, my bad, can't believe i missed it:

Reboot! (i love that show...)

Record of the Lodus Wars (fantasy)

Anyone get G-Force (the edited version as it was known here in the states) aka Gotcha-Man (Japanese series)

[jedikatie]

How about The Real Ghostbusters and Extreme Ghostbusters, and Godzilla: The Series?

The Real Ghostbusters ran for several years on Saturday mornings plus had 65 episodes on weekdays. Extreme Ghostbusters ran for 13 episodes. Neither was in and of itself a movie, though were based on a movie.

As for Godzilla: The Series, this is the one which ran on Fox a few years ago, not the '70s version of Godzilla (with Godzuki, etc.). In this version, there were aliens (who incidently were called Leviathans ;)) in several episodes, not to mention a time travel episode, and of course, tons of mutations...

[grinner]

JOHNNY CYPHER IN DIMENSION ZERO
http://www.alphalink.com.au/~roglen/johnnyc.htm

[kechara420]

The Captain Harlock stuff was actually incorporated into a series with The Millenium Queen, and was shown in the U.S. as "Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years."

It was on weekday mornings, and ran for about a year, I think. While all my friends were into the Smurfs, I couldn't get enough of Captain harlock;)

I think maybe this could count ...

[kechara420]

It runs/ran on Saturday mornings.

[Kurt_eh]

Captain Star!

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/3365/

http://epguides.com/CaptainStar/cast.jpg

[grinner]

done, done, and done.

[poserwannabe]

MIB the show.. and others that i dont remember :P

[quendi]

i loved Marine Boy when I was a child: check it out (http://www.alphalink.com.au/~roglen/marine.htm)

[grinner]

Done

[ipimen]

OK.

i think i read all of the posts but if i missed it, please forgive me. You cannot forget INVADER ZIM!!!! I don't usually like cartoons but this has to be one of the coolest funniest cartoons ever!!!

Gir and Zim are awesome!! Just wanted to point that out :D

[grinner]

done

[ipimen]

oh, and what about that Cubix show?

http://www.cubixrobotsforeveryone.com/

does that count. I'm not sure it's scifi but is about a robot so i guess it could be counted. I don't watch it but it is before Zim on Nickelodeon here in Latin America, so i've catch some bits and pieces.

BTW, can i ask what is this for? just curious

[grinner]

Well, it started with VBKatLou saying that she wanted a list of shows that were killed off before their time. So I started the speculative fiction list. I had a bunch of people help me. Then that list was getting lost in another thread, so I started the one that is stickied to the top of this forum. It got big. Then people started to suggest cartoons. That lead to this list.

[kitfoxer]

Okay, how about Witch Hunter Robin. And Future Boy Conan!

Nadia/Secret of Blue Water? Blue Seed?

RahXephon? (not quite series length perhaps)

Hmm. If you're going to ban the gore, you'd better leave off Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star). Even though it's my all-time favorite anime! Unless you were to show it as an "Adult Swim" sort of thing.

[grinner]

Fist of the North Star kicks ass... that is why it is on there.

[ipimen]

Originally posted by grinner
Well, it started with VBKatLou saying that she wanted a list of shows that were killed off before their time. So I started the speculative fiction list. I had a bunch of people help me. Then that list was getting lost in another thread, so I started the one that is stickied to the top of this forum. It got big. Then people started to suggest cartoons. That lead to this list.

Oh, then Invader Zim definitely belongs there, cause it was cancelled way before its time :(

[Sci-FiGal]

Ghost in the Shell is now a series (as well as a new movie based on the second manga). But the series is about 14 episodes into it's run and will be the standard 42 episodes, I believe (could be wrong on the number though). Fansubs have already started poping up and the first episodes are avaliable on Jap. Dvd with Engrish subs. I'm a huge fan of the manga, and the first movie was ok, but it didn't have the humor mixed in with the scifi and drama the manga had. However the two episodes of the new series I've seen are great!

[the_cadpig]

What about Star Trek: The Animated Series? Only lasted 22 episodes but I loved it as a kid.

~cp

[Egg]

Originally posted by grinner
Well, it started with VBKatLou saying that she wanted a list of shows that were killed off before their time. So I started the speculative fiction list. I had a bunch of people help me. Then that list was getting lost in another thread, so I started the one that is stickied to the top of this forum. It got big. Then people started to suggest cartoons. That lead to this list.
I remember those halcion days grinner,
when life was easier,
We can only blame VBKatLou, for starting it all......
But the LIST is good, :highfive:

[grinner]

Originally posted by Egg
I remember those halcion days grinner,
when life was easier,
We can only blame VBKatLou, for starting it all......
But the LIST is good, :highfive: good times... good times. Oh nostalgia... where for art thou?

[Egg]

Originally posted by grinner
good times... good times. Oh nostalgia... where for art thou?
Nostalgia, Did you ever get on the telly, the mega old TV series Bill and Ben (The Flower Pot men)???

[grinner]

nope... never saw it. What was it about?

[grinner]

Egg... empty your PM file.

[Egg]

Know what you're saying, I've got loads of mails telling me to do it, I've dumped everything, but no joy, I'm full, lol, but it says I'm empty, deep blue sea !!!!!!!!Q!!!!??????????

[grinner]

ya might need to ask Xothas for some help. He/she is a decent bloke who should be able to help you.

[Chryse]

Hey Egg,

Have you emptied "Sent" mail? That seems to be the thing that most folks miss. ;)

:)
aileen

[grinner]

Originally posted by Chryse
Hey Egg,

Have you emptied "Sent" mail? That seems to be the thing that most folks miss. ;)

:)
aileen yeah... Egg figured it out last night. It was the sent box

[ichinen]

Man, I can't believe nobody has said Kikaider yet since its on Cartoon Network now. It was actually a live action series in Japan as well as the animated series.

How about G-Force? Actually that show might have been called "Battle of the Planets", anyway I used to watch it religiously when I was in middle school.

Okay, here is another one I used to watch when I was like in 5th grade. It was called "the Young Sentinels"; it was about Hercules and Mercury whipping ass in the 20th century.

And when I was in Kindergarten we used to watch a show called "Rocket Robin Hood".

That's all I can think of this second

[Sci-FiGal]

I just remembered, what about "Bill and Ted's Exelent Adventures"? It's only 6 episodes(bogus CBS cancled it, man), but it was scifi based (like totally time travel, maaaan), and very entertaining. A top-notch educational cartoon made fun! (and ritchously wicked, dude!)

[ichinen]

I checked and it was indeed called "Battle of the Planets", awesome show.

Unless your finished updating .

[grinner]

It actually has 2 different names. G-Force, Battle of the Planets. The G-Force was the original Japanese translation back in the late 70's... and it was re-dubbed in the 80's and became the Battle of the Planets. Battle of the Planets, while using the same cartoon as G-Force... changed the storyline. Technically they would be 2 different shows out of the 1 original show.

[ichinen]

Of course of the ones mentioned Battle of the Planets was by far my favorite. I actually heard it was changed again to a show called Eagle Riders.

http://images.allposters.com/images/109/046_C95010.jpg


The Young Sentinels began showing in 1977 and exceeded the minimum 12-episode limit, but the title was changed to the Space Sentinels half way through the first season.

http://www.whimsy.demon.co.uk/sentinels/title-small.jpg
http://www.whimsy.demon.co.uk/sentinels/grab-small.jpg

Rocket Robin Hood ran for three seasons in the late 60’s.

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Boulevard/2196/rhood.jpg

Also discovered another sci-fi series called “Tarzan and the Super 7”, which featured a multitude of characters and would fall under the Sci-fi blanket nicely.

http://www.geocities.com/sshumsuper7fan78/tarzansuper7logo1newlogo.jpg



and of course, Kikaider is running currently on the Cartoon Network.

[grinner]

Eagle Riders... that was the one that I was thinking of. I knew it had been re-dubbed again... but I couldn't remember the title. Just like Macross became Robotech... when anime comes over to the US... it changes. A Dirty Pair isn't the same in the US version as it is in Japan.

[dktigger]

Ok. I know I'm really dating myself, does anyone besides me remember those "marrionette" t.v. shows of the 60s ? I'm thinking of "thunderball" of "thunder...(something)" OH MAN I'M OLD!!! I don't even have the grey matter left to remember! Help me out!!

[grinner]

The Marrionette shows are on the other list.

[Spedoinkel]

Okay most of the ones I would mention are already on the list i.e. Lain, Transformers, Reboot, Full Metal Panic (greatest series ever)
I've got a few that have been missed.

.Hack//sign was mentioned but not .Hack//Dusk or .Hack//Liminality (3eps)

The Ghost in the Shell Anime that I saw was called Stand Alone Complex.

Najica Blitz Tactics = good show but a few too many panty shots.

Slayers, Slayers Next, and Slayers Try. I have them but am still working through th first series.

Zoids and Zoids: Chaotic Century are just big robot shows. The first series has an envolving plot and the secopund is just mostly fights but theyare both highly enjoyable.

s.Cry.ed (Scryed) is an amaszingly awesome series and the only thing I compare with Full Metal Panic.

Studio Gonzo has also made several good serires a few of wich I have seen, including:

Kiddy Grade = an odd show that is a little tough to swallow especcially since nothing really happens in the first 8 eps but still a good series.

Hellsing = Already listed.

Gatekeepers and Gatekeepers 21 (4eps) = I've only seen the secound series.

Vandread = I haven't seen but hear good things.

Final Fantasy: Unlimited = Okay series if not repeatitive. The music in the ending credits is awesome though.

you can get more info at thier site www.gonzo.co.jp although it in japanese.

Other places to go for info are www.everything2.com (greatest website in the world. It's like an online encyclopedia of ... everything...and then some) and also www.animefu.com

[Spedoinkel]

Also anyone intested in Anime should watch Jungle Wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu (The Jungle Was Always Nice Then Came Guu, or And Then Came Guu) and the sequel jungle Wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Gu Deluxe (6eps) not specifically scifi or any genre for that matter except comedy. It confusing trippy hilarious and suprising, at points it dosn't make any rational sense at all, but if you watch the serires till you get to the last few eps you realize there actually was a plot but you didn't notice it. It is an amazing awesome series (hmm, I say that alot) And well worth finding if you canfind it.

[blue]

How about "Pinky and the Brain"? 1995-98

[grinner]

would pinky and the brain be considered... speculative... or more of a LooneyToon? hmm. If this is added... what about TinyToons? Thoughts?

[Spedoinkel]

TinyToons isn't actually scifi tho they may spoof it from tome to time. Pinky And The Brain incorporated science in thier everyday activities.

[grinner]

but should it be considered?

[Spedoinkel]

Since the title of the tread is Anime/Cartoon shows(Science Fiction based) and that Pinky And The Brain does fit into that catagory I think yes. I don't think we should omit something based on who made it, as long as it is decent.

[grinner]

I still don't see how it is Speculative Fiction. Heck... Bugs Bunny and the other LooneyToons should be considered then because well... there was Marvin the Martian and Wil E Coyote used SF items. Explain it out. You just said they used Science... okay???

[Spedoinkel]

I mean as that they use science as a way of achiving a goal, not just as a joke, or convienent plot device.

[grinner]

But it is science FACT that they use... most of the other shows are more heavily into the fiction part of the spectrum.

[Spedoinkel]

*cough* Chia Earth?

[grinner]

if you think so... but I have doubts. It will go on the list.

[Spedoinkel]

Thank you.

[Col.Batguano]

Pinky and the Brain is A Science Fiction Cartoon and I think that it is simply because it is a loony toon is the reason for the bias against it, all the other loony toons had science fiction episodes, but Pinky & the Brain was rooted in science fiction.
the premise is that they where laboratory mice who's genes had been spliced,
and every week they would dream up some ingenious scientific plan to take over the world.

[eta_carinae]

I just worked a farscape post into the adult swm action boards....
And I think Inuyasha can sort of be considered science fiction, I mean there is the whole time-travel thing. I may be reaching a bit with that one though.

[grinner]

tell us about it

[eta_carinae]

Well, seeing as Inuyasha is targeted at a "younger" audience, it kind of gets a bad rap over at the adult swim boards (many, MANY crazy youngins'). So I just mentioned that I was 23 and I liked it, not because it made me think (like other anime), but because it was fun and a good escape. I mentioned farscape as a really great show to watch if you like to THINK about and be ENGAGED by what you are watching, instead of just sitting there :sumo: <--- tee hee! I just thought that was really funny :groove:

[eta_carinae]

Well, seeing as Inuyasha is targeted at a "younger" audience, it kind of gets a bad rap over at the adult swim boards (many, MANY crazy youngins'). So I just mentioned that I was 23 and I liked it, not because it made me think (like other anime), but because it was fun and a good escape. I mentioned farscape as a really great show to watch if you like to THINK about and be ENGAGED by what you are watching, instead of just sitting there :sumo: <--- tee hee! I just thought that was really funny :groove:

[zelbinion]

There was one several tears ago (ok, 15+) that I can't remeber the name of. It was anime. Came on TBS everday at 3:30.
Anyway, it was about a group that retrofitted a naval battleship into a space ship and set off to fight the aliens who had attacked earth.
Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

[grinner]

That would be Starblazers or the original Japanese version... BattleShip Yamamato

[Daffy]

There was one several tears ago (ok, 15+) that I can't remeber the name of. It was anime. Came on TBS everday at 3:30.
Anyway, it was about a group that retrofitted a naval battleship into a space ship and set off to fight the aliens who had attacked earth.
Does anyone know what I'm talking about?
__________________
--zel


Was the anime Stal Blazers/Space Battleship Yamato?
You can check out this website for a description of the anime.
http://www.the-nest.com/yamato/default.htm

daffy :bgb:

[Spedoinkel]

I thought I had already posted this but:

s.CRY.ed

[grinner]

what is it... info?

[Spedoinkel]

Anime

Posta apcolyptic Japan...Aren't they all.

A small portion of the island has broken off, being renamed "the lost ground", and many people have agained the ability to convert mater into different form. Alter users or Alter capabilists based on the translation. Alters are generally used for combat, though there are exceptions. Alters are unique to each person, and renge from practical to rather silly. The main characters are; Kazuma, who's alter is called "Bullet Punch" (I think I'll have to look again) cosists al forming armour over his right arm allowing for three extrmely powerful and incresingly faster punches. His ability later evaoves into full body armour. His rivial Ryuhou Tetsuio(sp?), is an officer of HOLY, the government organization created to govern the "inners" (people how live in the lost ground) his alter is a somewhat humanoid form that he controls telepathically. It has another form which is more powerful and looks like...umm...its hard to discribe...like a very spikey serpant with missle arms. This also evolves into full body armour.

It's and action drama. Very good I believe. Released by Sunrise from July 4, 2001 to December 26, 2001. It ran for 26 episodes on Japanese television, and has yet to be licensed in the states. It was directed by Goro Taniguchi, and the scenarios were written by Yosuke Kuroda. The music of the series has been collected into two soundtracks(Scryed OST 1 and Scryed OST 2), and were composed by Kotaro Nakagawa. The anime series also spawned a manga.
from

[Chryse]

Yes, that does sound very much like Star Blazers/Yamato.

Some other new anime from the new Right Stuf catalog http://www.rightstuf.com ...

.Hack//Sign (yes that period is supposed to be there). It's about a near future world where the internet was put on limited use for everyone. Then it was opened up again and was used primarily for an online game. That's when the wierd stuff happens....

Chobits Future based anime where everyone has pretty androids called "Chobits" except this one sort of poor boy who luckily finds a working Chobit in the trash... but this android is acting a little funny....

Blue Seed
Far Future anime, psychics, wars, monsters...

Fushigi Yugi
A girl falls into a magic book and travels back in time thousands of years to save a country by calling down the gods.

Risky Safety
Moe has an apprentice angel and an apprentice death spirit wreaking havoc in her life. Just 24 15 minutes eps, but it's sooo adorable!

Gasaraki
Its rated at for 12+ so it's not too bloody, even though it's about a boy in a war and Giant Robot Warriors!

Gatekeepers
Set after WW2, but there are teens in Japan who can travel to other dimensions and create Gates to those other places.

Generator Gawl
12 ep series about a near future dna manipulated people who decide that their creator is evil and travel back in time to stop him.

Medabots
anime: basically Pokemon but with fighting robots

Orphen
anime: Orphen is a sorceror who wants to find a mysterious dragon and expose secrets his teachers don't want him to find out.

Project Arms
SF anime with nanites, psychics, super spies, etc....

Rahxephon
I've heard this described as a bad rip off of Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Rune Soldier
A bunch of girls go out and fight evil magic anime

Samurai Deeper Kyo
Set in the beginning of the Tokugawa Era of Japan, Kyo is a wandering medicine man who also occasionally turns into his worst enemy, "Demon Eyes Kyo". Kyo is being hunted down by old enemies, many of whom have been mutated into monsters by an exploding meteor on a long ago battlefield. The outtakes of this are hilarious!

Saiyuki
More fantasy anime, including a water sprite who can't swim. :D

Soul Hunters
To save China from an evil sorceress, the Sages are on a mission: convice a young immortal to risk everything to capture the souls fo all evil beings.... Too bad all they could find was Taikoubou.

Soultaker
Amnesiac stab wound patient wonders why he has such strange powers and turns into a SoulTaker.

Space Pirate Mito
3 foot tall space pirate Mito is the most dangerous pirate in all of space. She uses proportionate android bodies to do most of the hard work of blowing up space police cars, but all she really wants to do is be a mom to her son.

Witch Hunter Robin
Anime: sounds exactly like the title....

Jubei-Chan The Secret of the Lovely Eyepatch
A young girl is the reincarnation of the unbeatable Jubei Kibagami and must fight off her ancient enemies and ultimately defeat the ghost of the man Jubei defeated 300 years ago with the help of Jubei's 300 year old manservant who now serves Jiyu as the Mistress of the Lovely Eyepatch. Weird twist on reincarnation, in a funny anime, with some wicked sword fight scenes.

X
Superhumans fight for the fate of the world!

Zoids
another pokemon/robot fighter rip off... when will this genre die???

Zone of the Enders
Martians plot to attack Earth. What shall we do? Let's get a truck driver to save us all!

Ok, I'm done with the catalog now. :D
aileen

[Spedoinkel]

Originally posted by Chryse
Rahxephon
I've heard this described as a bad rip off of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
[/qoute]
Actually I've seen a few eps and its is more like a better version of Eva mixed with Lain.

[qoute]
Zoids
another pokemon/robot fighter rip off... when will this genre die???
[/B]
Large animallike mech combat.

Originally a toy series just as poplular in UK as transformers. Later in 1984 a marvel comic series
and with in the last several years two anime series.

firstly, chronologically(I don't know about reliece wise) is Chaotic Century. This series has a long arching plot envlolving a war between the republic of Z and umm...someone else. Though two of the main characters are children this is not a children only series. It involves ramonaces between some characters, a lot of politics, and darker elements of loss, and betrayal. It contiunes and a few episodes before the end of the series it jumps to events after the war where everyone is grown up, the main character has become a republic soldier, and the events and questions from earlier are handled, leading to the obligatory possible apocolypse senario. I really enjoyed what I was abel to catch on Cartoon Network.

The secound series Zoids: New Century mostly focuses on zoid fighting, seeing as how it takes place several centuries after the other series. It is a global combatition between teams as they fight for the Royal Cup. It is comparable to Pokemon in that we follow the Blitz Team through the ranks of the comepetition, thier matches with other teams, and having to deal with uncomissioned deviant zoid group (these guys are not slackers they have some of the best zoids in the series but overly cocky pilots. The difference is that the battles are fast and intense, using a combination of CG and cell shaded animation, much strategy is involved, and are a joy to watch. People actually get hurt.

[grinner]

Hey sebacian_mercenary,
what happened to your post?

[Famira Damaris]

Mua ha ha...I just noticed only Gundam Wing's been listed. *resident Gundam fan*

There's actually a lot of Gundam series out there, but only a few have been released stateside (*snif* Turn A Gundam, bring it over! xO!)

Right now, what's available is
Mobile Suit Gundam (the original. Old school, baby!)

Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Trilogy (same as above, except in movie form)

Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (tries to fill in gaps but ends up trying too hard to emulate First Gundam)

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (the "end" of the whole Amuro/Char dealie. Won't make much sense unless you've seen MSG-Zeta-ZZ. On the flipside, you get Pixies Stix dust as an ending, whoo!)

Mobile Suit Gundam: 08th MS Team (Romeo and Juliet-style love story, basically. Except with hugeass robots. :P)

Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (pretty damn sad. Really short, but it's a civilian's POV, not a soldiers for once. )

G Gundam (Er...just...plain weird. It's Gundams kicking the crap out of each other in a tournament)

Gundam Wing (Tries to cram MSG-Z-ZZ-CCA's plotlines into itself and doesn't do too well. oo; But hey, lots of fodder for yaoi fangirls.)

Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz (Gundam Wing's "proper ending" - GW but with nifty animation.)

Whoo, babblage. :coffee:

Zeta Gundam and Gundam F-91 should be coming out, but details aren't really there, so I'm not sure if it's this year or next. *blinks* I heard something about Gundam SEED, but I have no clue what's going on with that.

[Spedoinkel]

Thats kinda scary.

[grinner]

I just put all those under the umbrella of Gundam... as they all are based on the same premise...

[Spedoinkel]

Oh Oh! I got another one Captin Power...can we justify that as a cartoon?

[Famira Damaris]

Originally posted by grinner
I just put all those under the umbrella of Gundam... as they all are based on the same premise...

I think you put them all under "Gundam Wing" (just basing this off the first post)?. Gundam Wing is fairly recent, compared to the other series. :p

For some reason, now I'm remembering Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Captain Planet. x_o

[grinner]

Famira Damaris, which one should I have written it as?


Spedoinkel, tell us about it.

[Famira Damaris]

Famira Damaris, which one should I have written it as?

Just Gundam. Or to be slightly more specific, into their "universes" - UC Gundam and AU Gundam (GW is one of the AU series)? Wa, and just call me Famira. Or Fam. The whole thing is just too formal. :p

[grinner]

righty oakie dokie... Fam...

so it should be Gundam Universe then?

[Famira Damaris]

Originally posted by grinner
righty oakie dokie... Fam...

so it should be Gundam Universe then?

Yep! *nod nod!* ^^

[grinner]

done and done.

[Spedoinkel]

Well about Captian Power...um... I don't remeber a whole lot but I...Okay I just found a site with bunches of info.

Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future. basically a liveaction cartoon, lasting for one season, produced by Mattel as a way to produce interactive toys (when they came out I was very confused as to how they are supposed to interect with what happens on screen) but was pulled because the toys didn't sell and presure from anti-violence parent groups, quite fun I liked it.

Here is a quote from the history page:

Despite it's obvious 'Kid Market' history and background, and perhaps one of the worst names that could be stuck on a sci-fi program,Captain Power managed to rise above the 'Kid Barrier' and retains a modest adult following - largely thanks to superior quality writing and a solid cast of actors.It had on its writing team, Lawrence DiTillio and J Michael Straczynski (Exec Producer/Creator of Babylon 5) - both very talented writers who were able to give to a show so obviously conceived for kids, an adult dimension. Straczynski, who went on to create Babylon 5, was instrumental in the development of the series characters and oversaw the development of the 1st season storyline.The series also showcased the talent of outstanding animation writers like Christy Marx [Jem, Hypernauts, Conan The Barbarian] and Michael Reaves [Gargoyles] to name a few.

Hmm, sounds familiar, but I just can't place it.

[Spedoinkel]

More stuff from CNN:

Captain Power is as advanced as anything you'll see on television. It's ground breaking use of computer animation and live action.

Siskel and Ebert:
'Hey - forget the toys - this is a good show.The scripts are good, the dialogue is good, the production buyers are good.

[grinner]

you didn't look at the first page again yet... did you.

when I posted done and done... the first done was for Fam and the second was for you.

[Spedoinkel]

Woot I'm over compensating!

[ChibiToaster]

Yamamoto Yohko
Galaxy Fraulein Yuna
Daiguard
Space Pirate Mito

Those are a few of my faves.

CT

[tlsmith1963]

I absolutely love Cowboy Bebop. The characters & stories are fantastic, & I think the music is amazing. It's as good as any live action series, & I think it *could* be done as live action. If you haven't seen Bebop, you should! Go out & get the DVDs!

Tammy

PS--I also just finished Rah Xephon, & it is also pretty amazing. Does anyone else like Rah Xephon?

[Spedoinkel]

I've only been able to see about four eps.

[MrVesham]

Originally posted by tlsmith1963
Go out & get the DVDs!
And the CDs! =]

[divinedaydreams]

I checked the front page but I didn't see Blue Seed. I'm pretty sure it had more than 12 episodes. I loved it.

[tlsmith1963]

Originally posted by MrVesham
And the CDs! =]

Yes, get the Cowboy Bebop CDs! The music is excellent!

Tammy

[Famira Damaris]

Yargh, I haven't seen Rah Xephon yet. :\ I haven't been getting out and watching a lot of anime since I started college. ^^;;

[Primevil]

Originally posted by grinner
Wasn't that just a part of Liquid Television? or was there an actual series that was shown weekly? I will add it, but which was it. Do I add Liquid TV? cause that's not really genre.

It started off as a short on Liquid Television, but then was creative into an actual show. I don't think it had more than one season. Freaky series. Worth watching just to say you have...

[Varuna_Rei]

Originally posted by tlsmith1963

Tammy

PS--I also just finished Rah Xephon, & it is also pretty amazing. Does anyone else like Rah Xephon?



I love RahXephon! It's one of my favorite anime. Indeed, it is pretty amazing. A complex story, well developed characters, fantastic animation...I definately recommend it.

[Primevil]

Hmm... I don't think I have ever seen that one. The series my fiancé and I have been watching lately is Haibane Renmei. It's from the creator of S.E. Lain. It's pretty good. I'm just dying to see the last volume that doesn't come out until March!

[cantrip]

Here are a few:

Cybersix
http://www.telecom-anime.com/cybersix/english/index.html

Phantom 2040
http://www.pazsaz.com/phantom2.html

Xyber 9
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0218796/

Zeta Project
http://www.pazsaz.com/zeta.html

Most of them were cut short, but I think they all have 12+ episodes. Although Xyber 9 only aired 10 (14 were produced).

____________________

"It's a happy face." --Crichton
"They're food cubes." --Aeryn
"No, see, the pattern forms a...never mind." --Crichton [DNA Mad Scientist]

[Buckwheat_2k4]

I've got a few more:
Battle of the Planets
Jason and the Wheeled Warriors
Will o'the Wisp

[oorat]

one slightly forgotten cartoon mini series, it ran for 13 eps, and if it had done well enough, it wouldve become a series. alas it was not to be. the show its self was decent, tho it seemed to have a major problem with ending on a cliff hanger, and then when the next ep would open, the events of the final moments of the last ep were changed, too bad for the small detail continuity.

Invasion America
http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/ShowMainServlet/showid-3202/ (http://)

[eta_carinae]

I heard that sci-fi had aquired rights to make a live action version of Witch Hunter Robin. I wonder what that would be like?

[Primevil]

Yeah, well, I heard that Witch Hunter Robin had good graphics but that it was pretty boring. Haven't seen it myself but I'm not in too much of a hurry to see it either.

[Chryse]

NeoRanga
a series of short eps (15 min) about 3 sisters who inherit a "god" called "Ranga" and their misadventures with Ranga in Tokyo, the Japanese Self Defense Force (which wants to use mecha against Ranga) and various politicos.

Saiyuki
A modern retelling of an asian legend called "Journey to the West" or "The Monkey King" A high ranking monk, accompanied by 3 demons travel west to find the source of spiritual corruption among demons. They are also accompanied by a little dragon who turns into a jeep.

:D
aileen

[shokoti]

Originally posted by Primevil
Yeah, well, I heard that Witch Hunter Robin had good graphics but that it was pretty boring. Haven't seen it myself but I'm not in too much of a hurry to see it either.
:eh: Nooooo... you will succumb to Robin's hair.

Well, besides Robin's hair, the series is gorgeous. But story-wise, I found it quite riveting. It takes its time to get into its stride, in particular with the first half of the show fleshing out the characters a bit. But then, well, something happens and the show goes into major arc mode, and it gets fantastic. Ep 15 (IIRC) was awesome. And it was great in that a lot of earlier, seemingly throwaway things were intergrated into the story.

I'd highly recommend giving it a try, especially since you lucky Americans can see the show on Adult Swim.

[Spedoinkel]

It's not like Kiddy Grade is it, where they took eight eps to introduce characters then make a story arch with alot of things that they don't explain?


Hmm, long sentence.

[shokoti]

Originally posted by Spedoinkel
It's not like Kiddy Grade is it, where they took eight eps to introduce characters then make a story arch with alot of things that they don't explain?
Since I've only seen the first two eps of Kiddy Grade, I can't say for sure, but from what I've heard of how the show pans out, it's not quite the same. It's been over a year since I saw the last half of WHR, but it does answer most of the questions it raises, IIRC. It just takes its time in doing so. :P

And the first half isn't character introductions per se, it's more getting to know the characters that are established in the first episode.

And did I mention that it rocks?

Also, other series I don't see listed in the first post (off the top of my head, and I haven't read the entire thread so sorry if some are repeats that just haven't been added to the first post):

Chobits
Infinite Ryvius
Now and Then, Here and There
Space Pirate Captain Herlock: Endless Odyssey
Twelve Kingdoms
X
Zone of the Enders

[Primevil]

Originally posted by shokoti
I'd highly recommend giving it a try, especially since you lucky Americans can see the show on Adult Swim.

Unfortunately, the lucky americans have to wake up early so staying up late to watch something is more out of the question than not.

[Daffy]

Originally posted by Primevil
Unfortunately, the lucky americans have to wake up early so staying up late to watch something is more out of the question than not.

Yup, I'm one of those. Sometimes I stay up late - most of the time I set the VCR.

daffy:kitty:

[Spedoinkel]

I have a bad habit of going to bed at 2 a.m. then getting up for my 9:30 and 10:00 classes which I have a half hour drive to.

[Nessus]

check out the scifi/fantasy anime series Neo Ranga at:
http://www.advfilms.com/catalog/search.asp?search%5Fstring=neo+ranga

[Stormhorse]

:)

Dodo, The Kid From Outer Space

Dodo, the kid from outer space
Dodo, can go-go anyplace
He's a science fiction pixie
from a strange atomic race
Dodo, the kid from outer space!

And how about Danger Mouse? He had scientific gadgets, and he battled an interdimensional demon once.

[Spedoinkel]

HA HA! Danger Mouse!

[Stormhorse]

The Amazing Three -- Three aliens disguised as cute cartoon animals arrive on Earth. Their mission: to destroy the planet in the interests of galactic peace.
They decide not to, fortunately.

http://www.toontracker.com/amazing3/amazing3.htm

[Primevil]

How about Duel! Parrel Trouble Adventure? It's from the makers of Tenchi Muyo! and has big mechas, too!

[grinner]

how many episodes?

[Primevil]

13 episodes with a special 14th made just for the DVD set.

[Enforcer]

I obviously love The Tick! Also, there used to be a cartoon I watched called G-Force. It was Japanese Anime. There were four or five different heroes that flew in a jet-looking thing and I believe the it was called the Phoenix. It had special attributes also. It's been so long, I can't remember it well, but I loved it. Right up there with Star Blazers. I think Aeon Flux did come out with a weekly show after the popularity it gained on liquid TV, but again, I'm not sure.

[grinner]

G-Force is on the list as Battle of the Planets. As that is the original name of the show. G-Force is a re-dub of the original re-dub of the Japanese show.

Duel is on the list.

[ChibiToaster]

Originally posted by Enforcer
I obviously love The Tick! Also, there used to be a cartoon I watched called G-Force. It was Japanese Anime. There were four or five different heroes that flew in a jet-looking thing and I believe the it was called the Phoenix. It had special attributes also. It's been so long, I can't remember it well, but I loved it. Right up there with Star Blazers. I think Aeon Flux did come out with a weekly show after the popularity it gained on liquid TV, but again, I'm not sure.

Ya know, I'm actually friends with the guy who created that show. His name is Sadao Miyamoto, and in Japan it was called Gatchaman.

Condor Joe, Mark the Eagle, Jun the Swan... can't remember the kids names... owl and goose. It was a great show.

I liked star blazers, too, but that was more of a soap opera.

^_^ I'll forward this to Miyasan. He'll be happy.

~CT

[TBZF]

Wow I'm glad someone mentionned "ShadowRaiders". This is my favorite cartoon of all time. It ran for 26 episodes and may have been broadcast overseas as "War Planets".

http://www.shadowraiders.com/html/INTRO/index.html

my other favorite is Cybersix which has been mentionned (I think) but it's not on the list of page 1.

Smoochies
TBZF

[Spedoinkel]

It has been mentioned.

[TBZF]

<LOL> I know - that's why I edited my post :)

Smoochies
TBZF

[Adam L Garcia]

EXO Squad!!!! Don't forget!

[Spedoinkel]

Well I guess we can put The Clone Wars series on here.
And 80's series M.A.S.K. http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/megasxlr/
And a new series M.E.G.A.S. XLR. Man that series is Awesome. http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/megasxlr/

[grinner]

M.A.S.K. was the one with those silly cars and such, right?

[Spedoinkel]

They wore high tech helmets, and had transforming vehicles.

And it seems we don't have Zoids in it's currently three incarnations on the list.

[grinner]

yep, I remember that silly show now. A cartoon that was made to sell toys.

[Spedoinkel]

As they all are. Well, at least the ones made in america and some over seas, targeted at preteen boys.

Ah-ha! Another one. The Robocop animated series RoboCop: Alpha Commando

[~Nikki]

InuYasha is my favorite:)

[Spedoinkel]

I thought that show was straight fantasy.

[divinedaydreams]

Pretty much.

[Mr.Blue]

http://www.escaflowneonline.com/ Is a good site with a chill Board for my favorite anime Escaflowne! It rules anime like Farscape rules the rest of the world n_n
(well thats my humble opinion.. :love2: :spin: )

The show is a mix of scifi and Fantasy and has all the elements of a greate show(watch Farscape for example)

I...LOVE Esca like i love Farscape..difrent but still the stikki stuff! Like Elvises burtsday cake.. :yes:

[Spedoinkel]

Two more series. Old ones, that I sorta grew up on.

The Pirates of Dark Water
The Mysterious Cities of Gold

[chip5541]

Even though InuYasha is not scifi I too love that show. But for Scifi my first show show I saw will always be #1... Star Blazzers followed by Robotech (both need a live action movie)

[grinner]

Anyone know anything about... The Slayers (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112166/)

[Spedoinkel]

I've got all three series.
Slayers
Slayers Next
Slayers Try (missing three eps, and I'm four from the end)

All good.

[Chryse]

Anyone know anything about... The Slayers (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112166/)

Dear goddess, we never mentioned Slayers????? :eek:
We (me, the kids and bf) LOVE that series... we've got all 3 seasons on DVD and are well on our way to getting all the movies... unfortunately, they've got some different voice actors for the movies, but oh well.. the stories are still so much fun! Heck the boys were trying to learn ALL of Lina's spells! :lol

edited to add
Check out the Slayer's Hamlet web comic... it's very, very well done.
http://amethyst-angel.com/hamlet.htm :lol

[Nhoj]

Ok. I know I'm really dating myself, does anyone besides me remember those "marrionette" t.v. shows of the 60s ? I'm thinking of "thunderball" of "thunder...(something)" OH MAN I'M OLD!!! I don't even have the grey matter left to remember! Help me out!!

That was the "Thunderbirds" and they made a new live action movie out of it. Matt Stone and Trey Parker are getting ready to do a send up of the movie, using marionets like the original, called "Team America". :cool:

[Chryse]

We should add Wolf's Rain to the list. There's another thread about it. It's set far into the future with all sorts of scifi elements as well as fantasy elements. Interesting story and plot too.

[Spedoinkel]

Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu

[MotorWerk]

Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea
Called Shagma in some countries.

http://www.absoluteanime.com/spartakus/

[Spedoinkel]

OMG, I've been looking for that show.

[Mek]

What about 'F-Zero: GP Legend' (English title) /'F-Zero: Legend of Falcon' (Japanese title translation)?

S'not the best show ever, but it *is* pretty much futuristic science fiction. (Even if the game canon is much better and more sci-fi) One of my favorites, in a B-movie sorta way. XD;;;

[DRD 1812]

I love Wolf's Rain, the Gundam series has been my favorite too.

[Nessus]

How about Last Exile? I didn't see it on the list, and it's a pretty good one. Also Now and Then, Here and There.

[Spedoinkel]

Yeah, Last Exile. I've been meaning to see that.

[Nessus]

The animation is amazing, especially the CGI.

[Mr.Blue]

But does it have any emotional content? Does it move u? :)
Wandering cos it does look cool in a trailer iv seen...

[Nessus]

Well, it's no Miyazaki, but compared to most anime, the charaters are less stereotypical, theres a pretty good variety of them, and they're all pretty interesting. And the relationship between the two main characters gets pretty poingant at places and is pretty well done, so if you like character driven anime, I'd definitely say check it out. :)

[Mr.Blue]

Cool! Sounds like my kind of show. :)

[blue]

Yes, add Wolf's Rain

[Spedoinkel]

I finished watching Last Exile the other day. It was okay, good, but not what I'd call great.

[Mr.Blue]

Think il pick up vol.1 of LastExile and find out for my self!
If its no good i always got Escaflowne ;)

[Spedoinkel]

It starts out good, and escelates for a bit, but then it sort of stagnates after the mid point.

[divinedaydreams]

grinner just saw the new avatar and can I say...

That's Just Wrong!

[Nessus]

Definitely add Elfin 'Lied'. It's ultraviolent, but we're all big boys and girls here. It's got a great mix of cooky japanese humor and well laid out action. One of the best series I've seen in a while.

[Nessus]

Ooh, Yojimbo also isn't on the list. It's not really scifi based. Its a take on the great Kurosawa movie, but a pretty good take. Everyone has a story, everyone has a motive, and everyones secretive. Its a very cool, Twin Peaks-esque anime...omg, did I just compare something to Twin Peaks? lol.

[eta_carinae]

I just watched the movie Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal. I thought it was pretty good and I'd like to watch more of the story. My question (for those of you who have seen it), is would it be better to watch the entire series and then the other movies? I've already added Rurouni Kenshin to my netflix queue. But it will take me some time to get through.

[Spedoinkel]

I watched Reminiscence (what my translation calls the first four OVAs that are the beginning of the Kenshin story) and I loved it. The anime series that came after it just didn’t work too well for me. I saw one movie that was straight from the anime series and it was a little better. The stories didn’t really peek my interest because they didn’t really go anywhere.

[eta_carinae]

I thought the other Kenshin movies were sequals to the series? That's why I was thinking it would be better to see the series before the movies - so I would know what was going on. Trust and Betrayal are the first 2 disks of the 4 disk OVA. Though I saw it as one disk - the director's cut. I'll probably watch the series anyway - that's how I've been seeing Cowboy Bebop (though the 5th disk has a very long wait :grr: ) I'm just impatient. Anyway, you think I wouldn't have any trouble picking up the story if I just skip right ahead to the last 2 disks of the OVA?

[Chryse]

The movies are completely different from the series. I've watched them all and I prefer the series. It might be because I saw the series first, then the movies. I've noticed that people who watched the movies first, like the movies better and those who have watched the series first like the series better.

Chronologically, they are the same story of Kenshin. From the Samurai X movie, to Trust and Betrayal, then the tv series, then ending with Reflections. But the movies were made and animated by different people than the tv series. *sigh* The style of drawing is different and the way they draw eyes, especially Kaoru's, in Reflections just scares me. But I LOVE the tv series. There are a lot of lighter eps in the series, as well very dark, fight intensive eps and long story arcs as well as stand alone episodes.

In terms of production, the movies were made after the tv series, to give the Kenshin story a true beginning and ending, more or less. But they also serve to illustrate (at least with the first 3 movies) WHY Kenshin is the way he is.

As for what to watch. Watch at least season 1 of Kenshin, or at least part of it. Reflections wraps up what happens to everyone at the end of the tv series, which has very little to do with the first 3 movies (especially in terms of the main characters of the series). I'd recommend watching season 1 and 2. You can skip season 3. They moved away from the manga in season 3 and came up with some pretty lame stories, IMO. It's really a pity, they could have done wonderful things with the Enishi arc (Tomoe's little brother) in the tv series, but they didn't do it. :(

Cowboy Bebop! :D Good choice there too! Err, aren't they all out already? Or is there some new edition you are getting?

[eta_carinae]

Cowboy Bebop! :D Good choice there too! Err, aren't they all out already? Or is there some new edition you are getting?

Yeah, they're all out. I've just been renting them from Netflix so I can watch them on my own time and not have to deal with the crazy scheduling changes on Adult Swim (if I were to try to tape it). Although, with the amount of time it's taking to get the 5th disk, I may never see it! *sigh*

Thanks for your review of the Kenshin series vs the movies. I'm definelty looking forward to it ;)

I was looking at the reccomeneded stuff for me on Amazon, and I found it really amusing that since I had ordered some Inuyasha stuff, they reccomneded Rurouni Kenshin disks :D I thought that was pretty cool.

[arcticflare]

Hopefully, I didn;t miss a post talking about this. . .
Trigun: Is there a second season? I'm in the states, and to lazy to actually do work to find out. . . I love the show, though.

[Chryse]

Inuyasha and Kenshin have similar themes, though the "feel" of the series are really different. Both are set in historical Japan, with the addition of supernatural forces (it's less obvious in Kenshin, but they are some things that just don't happen in real life!), humor, and good relationships. I love both series. :)

ahhh Netflix. I love Netflix. :D

Hey articflare,
There's just the one season of Trigun. No second season.

[divinedaydreams]

Which sucks! You know they could still do more with it.

[Spedoinkel]

Yeah....

[eta_carinae]

Inuyasha and Kenshin have similar themes, though the "feel" of the series are really different. Both are set in historical Japan, with the addition of supernatural forces (it's less obvious in Kenshin, but they are some things that just don't happen in real life!), humor, and good relationships. I love both series. :)

ahhh Netflix. I love Netflix. :D


Yeah, it seems like Inuyasha is more, I don't know, optomistic? I read a review of the last Samurai X move that said it was really sad.

And I love Netflix too - in fact I do believe I am being spoiled by it :D

[Chryse]

Reflections really is very, very sad. heck it's downright depressing.
Inuyasha on the other hand is a happier series.
Kenshin on the whole (and especially the movies) are pretty serious. Kenshin is looking for absolution for the sins he committed as the Hitokiri Battousai, but since he also believes in redemption, there is humor and smiles along the way. But Kenshin's mission is a very personal and serious one. Inuyasha's mission is less personal and less critical to his perception of himself, perhaps because he's still "searching for himself" and still trying to find his place in life. Kenshin already knows that stuff and wants to make up for it.

I sorta wish there was more Trigun, but it's very common in Japan to go out on top instead of waiting until the series is gasping with it's dying breath and leaves everyone with "I remember when it was good..." when it finally ends. There's fewer series in Japan that jump the shark that way, so it's a good thing over all... and there's always the manga. :D

[eta_carinae]

Reflections really is very, very sad. heck it's downright depressing.
Well great... then I have something to look forward too... :rolleyes: And I know I won't be able to resist it.


Inuyasha on the other hand is a happier series.
Kenshin on the whole (and especially the movies) are pretty serious. Kenshin is looking for absolution for the sins he committed as the Hitokiri Battousai, but since he also believes in redemption, there is humor and smiles along the way. But Kenshin's mission is a very personal and serious one. Inuyasha's mission is less personal and less critical to his perception of himself, perhaps because he's still "searching for himself" and still trying to find his place in life. Kenshin already knows that stuff and wants to make up for it.
Now having seen a few eps (got the first disc today), I see what you mean. And I'm already hooked :)


I sorta wish there was more Trigun, but it's very common in Japan to go out on top instead of waiting until the series is gasping with it's dying breath and leaves everyone with "I remember when it was good..." when it finally ends. There's fewer series in Japan that jump the shark that way, so it's a good thing over all...
I've never seen Trigun, though I hear it is very good. Perhaps that will be the next one....


and there's always the manga. :D
Which is where I'll be headed when I reach the end of the Inuyasha series. Though I've never read manga before.... I think I will like it very much :yes:

[Ka D'Argo]

I know you guys probaly already talked about this before. But I am not into anime i just end up getting bored and watching something else. But I really, really, really enjoy Ghost in the Shell. I have never been so into an anime show before in my life. I tried watching all sorts of them too. I first started watching DBZ on Cartoon network but they showed one battle that lasted almost two months and then they started it all over again with reruns so i lost interest. Then I tried getting into Cowboy Beebop, and i just didn't like it. I just never could get into them. But GITS is freakin awesome!!! the animation, the story line. love it.

[Spedoinkel]

Well the GITS series is a rarity. Most anime follows a long arching story line, as opposed to the fairly episodic nature of GITS.

Anime, as with all media requires going through alot of crap to find something good. I for instance, think DBZ and all it's incarnations are utter crap. Just a bunch of overly muscled frat boys who like to constantly beat up on each other. And not all anime is in the stereotypical Big-Eyes-Small-Mouth style with the exagerated emotions. There are some that are still very cartoony, but use a more "natural animation" style.

[Chryse]

Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex is one of the best anime series of all time, IMO. It's a wonderful show. The animation rocks, the story is complicated and interesting. It's most certainly a rarity amongst the usual dren.

The first DragonBall series wasn't bad. It was loosely based on the Legend of the Monkey King from China, a very ancient and well loved story. After that first series though, the show just sucked.

[eta_carinae]

It seems like there have been a million DBZ shows too. Funny how some stuff can be so popular.

[divinedaydreams]

Anyone seen Arjuna? Not sure what I think about it yet. I'm watching it through Comcast On Demand.

[eta_carinae]

I haven't seen that one. Or heard of it for that matter :D How do you like it so far?

[divinedaydreams]

It'll get yah thinking.

________________________________

The revelations that come after life ...

Come explore the world of Arjuna, the breathtaking new anime about humanity's impact on Earth!

From acclaimed creator Shoji Kawamori (Macross, Escaflowne) and composer Yoko Kanno (Escaflowne, Cowboy Bebop)!


"This is one of the best series I've ever seen. It's one of those shows that leaves you with goosebumps. It's atmospheric, dreamlike, gorgeous, and powerful."
- AnimeNewsNetwork.com

[Ka D'Argo]

I don't know if any of ou have heard about this show, i just saw it on adult swim a couple of nights ago. I can't tell if it is sci-fi or anything because is only saw one episode but i totally fell in love with it. its called "Paranoia Agent". Animation is awesome and the story line is really wierd. Has anybody else seen this? If you have already written about it in this post i apologize.

[eta_carinae]

I saw it. It was weird. Especially the talking beanie-baby thing. I got the feeling the old guy was the one on the skates, but who knows.

[JadeScape]

I like...:)
Inuyasha
Full Metal Alchemist
Cowboy Bebop
Hellsing
Ghost in the Shell
Samurai Champloo
Avatar: The Last Air Bender

[Ka D'Argo]

The beginning credits were what freaked me out. it has the main characters laughing in different scenes. except the scenes are of the world blowing up and bombs going off around the world. it is really trippy. i love it.

Oh and i thought it showed the face of the kid so it couldn't be the old guy could it?

[eta_carinae]

all I remember seeing was wild hair and a baseball cap? It seemed like more of him was revealed when people were talking about him, but I thought that was just like a rumor-type thing. You know, like the telephone game?

And you're right about the opening credits. They are way creepy

[Ka D'Argo]

At the very end of the episode when the sleezy reporter gets whacked (or so you think) the girl is running like crazy to get away and then she trips and falls on the stairs. she looks up and the kid is standing right there and you see his face and he looks like they described him, then he just says something like, "well hello again" and then skates off. man it was crazy. But I think its just some kid. but i might be totally wrong. all i know is that i'll be watching it again this week.

[eta_carinae]

oh yeah, you're right. now I remember. But there definetly was a connection with the old guy - with the whole enormous equation thing in the parking lot that had her room number as the solution. What that is yet, I haven't a clue. And I'm also kind of wondering why he attacked her. They almost made it seem like it was a dishonesty thing, with all the "white lies" being told at the beginning of the episode.

[Ka D'Argo]

Everybody is connected somehow. So Since that episode was the first one i guess we have to wait until sunday at midnight to find out if it continues or goes on to another story. but it was a really cool ep. And i am sooooo picky about my anime shows.

[Chryse]

Paranoia Agent is weird! Very bizarre. Saw the first ep, don't think I'll be watching more. I've read some of the synposes of the DVD's and it just gets odder and odder... More attacks by the kid on roller blades too. The opening freaked me out too. I didn't like it.

I can't wait until Adult Swim starts airing season 2 of GITS and Full Metal Alchemist. :)

[Ka D'Argo]

Well I watched the second episode of paranoia agent! It was wierd and cool and awesome!!! I loved it and am now a hooked fan of the show.

[Pip_The_Great]

OMG! I actually have one to add that's not listed. Since you said it could be a Science Fiction/Fantasy/Supernatural based anime/cartoons, I'd like to suggest Fullmetal Alchemist. I think this show would almost fall under being SciFi because they look at alchemy as a science as opposed to Supernatural/Magical.
http://www.fullmetalalchemist.com
(not the best website for it, but it gives you an idea about the story line)

EDT: Ok, well I guess I'm not the first to say something about it (after I researched this thread using Full Metal instead of Fullmetal), but I think it would be a good one to add to the list.

[Spedoinkel]

Last Exile.

[Ka D'Argo]

I'll tell u what show i don't like...S-cry-ed or however you say it. this show is bland and the animation isn' that good. what sucks for the benefit of the show is that cartoon network puts it on right after paranoia agent and the contrast in style and quality makes it out to be a really crappy show.

[Spedoinkel]

Maybe the Americanized version you've seen is bland and crappy, but original fan subs kick ass. It's my seound favorite anime. Like a japanese version of X-Men.

[Ka D'Argo]

maybe but i dont like the animation either. I'm very picky about the animation of a show. thats why, and dont kill me for saying this, i just can't get into the whole dragon ball series.

[Spedoinkel]

Well that's because Dragon Ball is low grade juvenile crap.

Hey, I don't like the animation on Reign the Conquorer so much I can't watch it at all. That sickly elongated, big lipped look just makes me nauseous.

[Ka D'Argo]

i agree

[Chryse]

Now wait. The original Dragon Ball series was ok. Even the first part of Dragon Ball Z was ok. It was a very odd and amusing retelling of parts of "Tale of the Monkey King" (Goku's story in it's original Chinese form - part of it is known as "Journey to the West" but only a part.). Interesting in it's own way. Everything after the creator left the series is pure crap. But the very start of the series is worth watching, even if it is rather juvenile.

[eta_carinae]

Well I watched the second episode of paranoia agent! It was wierd and cool and awesome!!! I loved it and am now a hooked fan of the show.


I've been watching it just cause I'm curious what's going to happen. I was out of town for the last two weeks though, so I still have some catching-up to do.

I like s-cry-ed. Although I think the fact that the guy that does the voice of Sano and the lady who does Kaoru from Kenshin helps. Seems like when I hear voices of actors whose characters I liked in one show kinda makes me like them in the newer ones.

On the topic of s-cry-ed.... is the girl with Kazuma his sister? I thought I knew at one point and now I have no idea.

[Spedoinkel]

No, they arn't siblings. There was one episode that showed how they met. Kanami was sitting under an awning, and Kazuma came up. She game him some bread. After that they lived together.

Of course I can't tell the specifics of their relationship. Whether they lived together out of convenience or if there is an intimate relationship. Several times people at the farm refered to Kazuma as Kanami's "man" and "husband". Whether they were joking or not, I don't know.

Also whether or not Straight Cougar was Kazuma's older brother, or just someone who taught him to fight is up in the air.

[eta_carinae]

Anybody still watching paranoia agent?

[Ka D'Argo]

I missed saturdays ep. But we rented the entire series on netflix so i can watch them all. I was really mad that i missed it.

[Chryse]

My boyfriend's still watching it. He swears it's getting more interesting and he does give me synposes on the eps, but it's too late at night for me to want to stay up. He wants to buy it on DVD eventually, so I'll see it later on. :)

[eta_carinae]

well, I've watched almost all of Rurouni Kenshin (tv series) - I'm working my way through the "filler" eps at the end of the series. Anyway, I just watched Samurai X: Betrayl again (was supposed to get Trust, but Netflix screwed it up). It totally makes a difference having seen the series first. You feel way more connected to Kenshin, and I recognize other charcters now that also appear in the series. I'm actually kinda scared to watch the final film, cause I don't want to be all depressed :lol

I did read somewhere that the creator of the series didn't like the way the final movie ended. He preffers happy endings, so I'm definelty going to be checking out the manga. I've also read that the final arc in the manga is way better than the movies anyway.

[Mr.Blue]

Anyone seen "The place promised in our early days" ? Its from the director of Voices of a distant star... anygood? :)

[Chryse]

Yeah, the final arc of Kenshin in the manga was about Tomoe's little brother, Enishi. Dunno why the anime didn't do that arc, they really should have. Reflections, the last film really is depressing. *sigh* sorry... I mean it's sorta happy too, but it's a depressing happy... I know that makes no sense. You've really got to watch to get that. But Kenshin and Kaoru really do love each other, and it comes through very well in the movie.

Making the creators of series end them seems to be a bad deal every time it happens. Kenshin is depressing. When they forced the creators of Eva to explain the ending, he warned everyone that they wouldn't like it. And no one liked it. You can't really want the world to end, no matter what the series is.

Hi Mr. Blue.
Never heard of that anime. Is it a series or a movie/OVA?

[eta_carinae]

I thought the series ended cause the ratings dropped during the filler eps before the revenge arc? At least that's what I've read online. *sigh* I wish they had finished it though. But, at least we have the manga to read :)

I need to find a new series to occupy my time now. I mean, I have the smattering of shows on adult swim that I watch, but they're only on once a week (well, the ones I watch anyway). I did put Full Metal Alchemist in my netflix queue. I've seen a few episodes on tv and it seems pretty good. Although I haven't seen them in order so I have no idea what is going on :lol At least that one seems to be pretty popular, and is still in production. I saw a lot of stuff for it when I was in Japan. And I finally bit the bullet and bought the last two discs of Cowboy Bebop that I've been waiting on. Of course, disc 6 they had and have shipped, disc 5 is on backorder :rolleyes: figures.

BTW - I haven't heard of "The place promised in our early days" either...

[Mr.Blue]

Hi Mr. Blue.
Never heard of that anime. Is it a series or a movie/OVA?

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2324

I thought it was a series like Voices... the ratings on ANN are almost allways thrue the roof on new shows before "normalpeps" get to watch it. :rolleyes:
No disrespect but the hardcore fans are somtimes blindfolded... ;)

[eta_carinae]

Well, I finally watched Samurai X: Reflections. Talk about depressing! And it strayed pretty far from the manga. I've read the Jinchuu arc, this skipped and glossed quite a bit, and the stuff that happened after the manga ended is very out of character, IMO. Plus, if you don't know the story already, you will be VERY confused. I have to say, I love the Kenshin tv series, I love the manga, but the movies just didn't do anything for me. I wish they had animiated the last arc from the manga. It's just so good! And I like the tv series voices and writing much better.

[Spedoinkel]

I borrowed the DVDs for the TV series form a friend once. only managed to get through about ten eps. I just though compared to Reminisnce it was bland.

[eta_carinae]

The tv series (IMO), is way better. You get to know all the characters, and it's much more fathful to the manga. The OVA's are also missing a lot of the humor and characterizations of the tv series - where are the oros? The jokes about Kaoru's cooking? Misao? Lord Aioshi? I'll admit that some eps were really slow, especially when they were fightning Shishio in Kyoto. And I do like the way the fighting sequences are animated in the OVA. But I've just been dissapointed with the movies in general. I guess I liked Trust and Betrayl well enough. But the motion picture and the last one just didn't do anything for me :shrug:

[Mr.Blue]

I just saw SteamBoY ... hmmm.
I looks so FANTASTIC!
But its just not cool. No heart no soul. :(
Or maby i need to watch it again?

There are moments of good stuff starting to form but nothing ever comes.
Id give it ***/*****
Its like an avreage movie from Hollywood only with design and ac