Well, here is part 2 of my post,
Here is the 3rd anime movie that ive owned for years and finally watched recently lol,
Steamboy
I bought this specal gift set dvd the day it came out 5 years ago. When i got home i watched about 20 minutes of it and then fell asleep and i never watched any more of it until a few weeks ago lol. I was sitting here bored and so i pulled it out and decided to finally watch it. This movie was pretty long (2 hours and 6 minutes), but i found myself enjoying it quite a bit especially towards the end. I'll admit that i do like AKIRA (also directed by Katsuhiro Otomo) better, but this movie was still awesome.
The special Gift Set version i own came with :
The dvd of the movie
A small Artbook of sketches from the film
About 10 Postcards
A Steamboy Manga book
Its a quality movie when it comes to story and animation and i highly reccomend it to all anime fans :)
Here are pics of the New anime dvds that ive bought recently :)
Dragonball Season 1 dvd set
I was really excited when i saw this dvd set at Wal Mart a couple weeks ago when i was about to leave work lol. I had been having a bad month and when i saw it, i immediately felt better lol. I bought it right there and then came home and started watching it. This dvd set is actually one of my favorites that i own now, simply because it has the original Opening and Ending themes that i always loved from the series, and the animation had been cleaned up alot as well. I was also excited because this box set was uncut, which is also what i had always wanted to see. I was able to see quite a bit of stuff that wasnt shown on Cartoon Network back in the day when they use to show it, thats how i got the screenshot for my current Avatar here on Theotaku lol. Me and Xaos chatted quite a bit about the series as a whole and everything and i sure hope to chat more thats for sure :) I highly reccomend this dvd set, it stands the test of time and its good for kids or adults :)
Ghost In The Shell 2.0
Ghost in The Shell 2.0 is basically a re-release of the original film, but it has recieved a Audio and Visual Overhaul. All of the original animations have been re-produced using the digital and film technologies and some scenes have been re-done using 3D CGI (Animation similar to Final Fantasy Advent Children). Hell, even the original voice cast returns with new recordings and the music has been overhauled as well by Kenji Kawai using 6.1 Skywalker Sound.
First i'll start off with the things i didnt care for -
The scenes that were redone with 3D CGI animation seem a little out of place. In my opinion , it kinda took away from the awesomeness of the original version. I was also a little dissapointed that the dvd had no bonus features whatsoever lol, It has "Play Movie" "Scene Selection" and "Credits", thats all lol.
As for the things i DID like -
The new Audio track is really awesome, with surround sound everything sounded really good and clear, and the new music tracks were great to listen to. The Audio overhaul is probably what i liked most about this dvd. I'd also like to say that even though i didnt like the CGI segments, the overall animation overhaul was done quite nicely. You can tell the animation is more clear the moment you watch it :) Ghost in the Shell has always been one of my favorite movies, and im a big fan of some of Mamoru Oshii's films (Patlabor 2 The Movie, Perfect Blue). Id say this version of the movie is a pretty cool upgrade for GITS fans, and would be a good movie for other anime fans that havent seen Ghost in the Shell before, i dont think it is worth the 20$ i paid for it though lol, maybe 14$ is a better deal. I reccomend it to you guys even though im partial to the original version lol. I guess im old fashioned lol :)
Well i suppose that will be all for part 2, i sure hope you all enjoyed the post, and it was good to post for once, especially after so long :)
I hope to chat with you all later :)
stay strong,
Yamcha
