An older pic of me shortly after a haircut lol.
Well it looks like im back with another post :) To be honest, i didnt originally have any plans to post to day, but the recent turn of events during the past 2 days have changed my mind, You'll find out why in this post.
It all started yesterday (Monday). Yesterday morning after i had been awake a while, I took the time to re-watch Episode 26 (the final episode) of Neon Genesis Evangelion, since i had fallen asleep while watching it over the weekend. The final episode was a subtle end to a great series, not really answering all the questions, but provided a cheerful and positive ending to a series that was obviously overcome with desperation, grief and unanswered questions and a little bit of a ray of hope.
I put all the dvd cases back into the box and put it back on my shelf, then started looking through my collection to find something to watch. I found myself watching a demo dvd from one of my Newtype anime magzines. I only watched 2 of the episodes, even though there were 4 available.
I watched :
Neo Ranga: Episode 1
Viewtiful Joe: Episode 5
I really found myself enjoying Neo Ranga, To me it was alot like the Patlabor movies/series. The episode ended right before the real action started, so i dont really know much about the plot, but for one episode it seemed pretty cool :)
Viewtiful Joe was alright lol. I had never played the videogame before so i knew nothing about it from the get-go. It did kinda remind me of an old cartoon called "Captain Nintendo" though lol. It was a comedic episode with a different but cool animation style, and oddly enough i enjoyed it and i wouldnt mind seeing other episodes of the series that for sure, just to see how things turn out lol. It kinda made me want to ry out the games well lol.
After i watched those episodes, I found myself pulling out my box set of the anime series called GANTZ
I figured that since i was done with the Evangelion box set, it seemed like just as good a time to start GANTZ, so i did. Since i had already bought volumes 1 and 2 seperately before buying the box set, i just went ahead and started with disc/volume 3.
WARNING: GANTZ is a very very adult oriented anime series. It has extensive nudity, suggestive themes and more adult language than i have ever heard on any movie/dvd period lol. The Box says TVMA for a reason thats for sure lol. This series is sadistic and unrelenting. Its like watching the mixture of a horror movie and a videogame. The box set has 6 disc and each disc has 2 episodes, except for the 6th disc which has 3. So if i remember right, the Season 1 Box set that i have is 16 episodes long. I ended up watching the entire box set yesterday. It was enjoyable and a bit disturbing, but pretty cool to wath an anime with absolutely no restrictions. I wont spoil it for anyone , but if you have any questions about GANTZ, feel free to ask and ill help any way i can :)
Now for the big part.
Neon Genesis Evangelion Dead and Rebirth
Shortly after i got home from work this morning, I ate some food, took a showerand sat here in my chair and contemplated on whether or not if i wanted to watch The Evangelion: Death and Rebirth dvd. And after a short time of deliberation, i forced myself to put it in my dvd player. When the dvd menu came up, i remembered why this dvd had kinda overwhelmed me a long time ago when i tried watching it. The main dvd menu is constantly moving, as if it is a computer going out of control. Words, symbols, an scenes from the series flashing here and there, with the Pachbel Canon music playing in the background. Even watching the menu now gave me a strange feeling. I love the Pachbel(sp) Canon song, but when it is associated in this anime series - it just gives me a strange feeling of sadness or lost hope, maybe thats the intention i guess, maybe one day ill be able toexplain the feeling a bit better. Today i only watched the REBIRTH part of the movie. Its kinda drastically different than the series in some aspects, but it is more explanatory, which i suppose is a good thing. Im sure ill try to watch the DEATH part tommorrow, and possibly the End of Evangelion dvd tommorrow as well - if im brave enough lol.
On a cool note, ill be borrowing the complete series of Slayers on vhs from someone i work with, So if they remember to bring them tommorrow, i may find time to watch that instead, either way im sure ill keep you all updated on what im up to :)
Well, i suppose that will be it for todays post. I just wanted to let you all know about my progress on Evangelion and my experiences with some other anime episodes :) I thank you all for visiting and i hope to chat with you all soon :)
stay strong,
Yamcha
Hello everyone,
This past weekend has been really great, but before i get started, id like to thank all of the people who have been taking the time to visit my anime World and Myotaku and have been giving me feedback as well as have been subscribing :) This weekend was really productive. I managed to make some cool new friends here and in turn they have moved me back into the swing of my old anime swashbuckling was lol. Yesterday i found myself watching anime dvds until i fell asleep lol. Im also proud to say that i managed to create a wallpaper and a card yesterday. They are pretty simple in nature, but it was still fun to create something for the first time in years, thats for sure :)
After i finished posting yesterday, and made my visits to other worlds on theotaku - messaging, commenting, etc. I found myself pulling out anime dvds, trying to make a choice of what to watch first lol. I always hate having to choose, and yesterday was no different lol. I put a stack of about 10 dvds on my computer desk and started browsing the otaku to see if anything would spark an intent to watch any of the certain dvds i had in front of me, and almost immediately i got messages from Xaos and Ryosuke(sp) Forever. they gave me opinions on what i should watch next and took it to consideration immediately lol. First i watched "Samurai X: Trust and betrayal", then i watched "Serial Experiments Lain: volume 2", then "MADLAX: volume 1". I was just starting to watch some episodes of "Blue Seed" when i finally fell asleep lol. I had a great time though, I really enjoyed Samurai x trust & betrayal. i have the directors cut, so im not sure what is different about that version. If anyone knows, id sure like to know lol, i may look up on it sometime today ^^
"Serial Experiments Lain" was pretty wierd lol. i couldnt really catch on to it much, Id say partially due to the fact that i dont have and havent seen the first volume. I had always thought that it was the first volume but when i inspected the back of the case a little closer , i realized that my dvd started with episode 5 lol. It was still enjoyable though, id say its on a similar wavelength of GANTZ and .Hack//sign. Its quite intruiging thats for sure :)
Next was MADLAX. Ive had this dvd since it was first released and i had never watched it lol. even though i was pretty tired while i was watching it, it was still a great show. i found myself liking the opening and ending themes, so i may just try downloading them later on today lol. The dvd had alot of extra stuff on it though, like Japanese promos, sketches, an unused opening sequence and textless opening and ending animations, so all of that certainly added to the fun time i had watching this. It has violence, shooting, women kicking ass, so whats not to like? lol
The other dvds i pulled out were
ZOIDS : volumes 1 &2
Aura Battler Dunbine : volume 1
The 12 Kingdoms : volume 1, 2, &3
the Legend of Zelda: Gannons Evil Tower
RahXephon : volume 1 and 2
Nightwarriors: Darkstalkers Revenge
So i guess thats the list i'll be asking help to choose from today lol, so if you've seen any of these dvds and think they should be the next one i watch, feel free to let me know ^^ I enjoy all the feedback i can get and especially having conversations with other fans about series that we may have common interests in!
Oh yea, Id also like to thank Xaos for allowing me to guest post on his "StreetFighting in the world" otaku world. I had a blast, and i certainly look forward to doing again sometime soon :)
Well i suppose that will be it for today, I hope to chat with you all soon ^_^
stay strong,
Yamcha
