Recent Anime Purchases

2 of my 3 R1 dvds that i ordered this month came today:

Kaleido Star Amazing Collection (the box is too big for 5 thinpak cases ADV )

Princess Tutu Volume 1:Märchen (YAY!!!! Now for Vol 2 to come out!! Not long now!!)

I just bought the Mazinkaiser DVD's.

As one reviewer said, "It's almost like porn for super robot fans."

It's purposely retro as all Go Nagai creations are usually and it has all the depth of an episode of Power Rangers but it's so fun that it doesn't need any deeper meanings that new wave otaku will undoubtedly look for anyway. It just isn't there, it's just giant robot smashing fun and that's all there is to it. It's a throw back to a time when cartoon heroes were invincible and the more giant the giant robot the better.

If you like old school super robots then you're doing a deservice to yourself by not owning these, and if you're a Mazinger Z fan these are simply required because it's practically the same show with new yet retro animation. If you're not a fan of Go Nagai then you'll want to stay away from these DVD's, FAR away.

I'd also recommend Shin Getter Robot which is sort of in the same vein as Mazinkaiser and another Go Nagai creation.

MAAZIIIIIIIN GOOOOOO!

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Originally posted by Wreck-Gar I just bought the Mazinkaiser DVD's. As one reviewer said, "It's almost like porn for super robot fans." It's purposely retro as all Go Nagai creations are usually and it has all the depth of an episode of Power Rangers but it's so fun that it doesn't need any deeper meanings that new wave otaku will undoubtedly look for anyway. It just isn't there, it's just giant robot smashing fun and that's all there is to it. It's a throw back to a time when cartoon heroes were invincible and the more giant the giant robot the better. If you like old school super robots then you're doing a deservice to yourself by not owning these, and if you're a Mazinger Z fan these are simply required because it's practically the same show with new yet retro animation. If you're not a fan of Go Nagai then you'll want to stay away from these DVD's, FAR away. I'd also recommend Shin Getter Robot which is sort of in the same vein as Mazinkaiser and another Go Nagai creation. MAAZIIIIIIIN GOOOOOO!

Hell ya man! I have the Mazinkaiser dvd's as well also the Mazinkaiser vs. The General of Darkness movie. This show is awesome, the first few minutes of the first episode wastes no time getting to the mechanical destruction. I have myself just bought the Shin Getter Robo Armageddon pack, so its on its way here.
Change GETTTTTEEEEERRRR!!!!!!

My final R1 dvd of the month, cus i doubt the SuperGals thinpak set will be shipping soon:

Le Portrait de Petite Cossetite

London Expo today. So i went a bit mad!

Gravion volume 1, 2 and 3 from ADV's stand
Samurai Champloo vol 2 (early!!!!) from MVM's stand
Gundam SEED vol 7 and 8 (Way early!!) from beez's stand
Witch Hunter Robin vol 4 from beez's stand

And in manga
Ai Yori Aoshi vol 7 from Tokyopop's stand

Plues the usual freebies you get at cons (poster! King Kong game demo (yay! shame its teh ps2 version) other stuff i cant remember!)

A curiously tattered yet month-early issue of Shonen Jump, and my next installment of One Piece.

I bear a grudge against Viz, yet I keep buying from them.

And where is my more No Man's Land?!?

Huzahhhh!!!! New stuff and Happy Halloween people!!!

DVD's:
Last Exile Vol. 3 Discovered Attack
Cowboy Bebop Remix Vol.1 great volume!!!


Manga:

Naruto Vol.2

Got yesterday, when i got Star Wars ep 3 for a bargin price!
Mobile Suit Gundam F91
Casshan Robot Hunter

I picked up One Piece vol. 8 this weekend. Yarrgh a great manga that be.

Alas, that same day I had to pick up an AP test prep book so I can continue to survive my AP U.S. History class. A day of mixed emotions that was.

Bought at Yaoi-Con....

Manga:
Kizuna~Bonds of Love Vol.1 &2

And a few doujinshi..5 actually

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Originally posted by The 10th Doctor Got yesterday, when i got Star Wars ep 3 for a bargin price! Mobile Suit Gundam F91 Casshan Robot Hunter

If only Gundam F91 could've been a series instead of a movie. It seems so incomplete. Oh well, it's okay never-the-less and I guess there's more than enough Gundam shows.

I picked up Tokyo Godfathers at Borders last week (got the last copy; how's that for luck?). This is a great movie. I'll go rant about it in another thread, but do watch this film.

Pygmalion

Manga today -
Case Closed vol 5 (UK Printing)
Fushigi Yugi vol 5 (UK Printing)

Today I picked up:
One Piece Vol. 3 (God, I love Buggy the Clown).
Rurouni Kenshin vol. 18 (Enishi and his gang actually seem to be cooler than Shishio, which is insane)
and...
TRIGUN Maximum Vol. 6 (all I can say is,that The Double Fang and The Trip of Death are officially the coolest Gung Ho Guns, period).

First anime dvd of the month came in the post today:
Planetes Volume 2

Today I got..

Those Who Hunt Elves Boxset
Tenchi Muyo The Movie 2

Also, I should be getting the Re:Cutie Honey boxset in a week.

Love Hina Christmas Special

Nearly the right time to watch it too

First haul in a long time:

Hellsing vol. 7 (at long last!) and a Mai HiME trading figure that turned out to be Mai herself. Unfortunately, I broke her right hand off trying to attach her head...gotta find some glue.

Got Sky Blue so far today

I just got my New Getter Robo movies in the mail. Dudes if you have not seen this show, your life is not complete. Gone is the wide-eyed cutesy little girls, lame teen angst story lines, androgynous teenagers, and pascifists. Instead with Getter Robo, you get violence, blood, gore, cursing, and a bit of racism to spice it up if you're lucky enough. Getter Robo, like all Go Nagai robots, requires not one iota of training. Instead, a pilot's true ability in the cockpit is determined only by the strength of his heart and his ability to yell at the top of his lungs, preferably in nonsensical English/Japanese special attacks like "Getta Beaaaaaaaaaaam!!"

New Getter Robo will, right off the bat, strike you as manly. As I described it to my friends, this show is so manly that "after watching it your d*** will grow six inches". This brought about an uproarious laughter in the room, but it's truer than you think. Any women in the room, I'm sorry, but it'll be worth it in the end. New Getter Robo is not a show that wants to waste your time with whiny fourteen year olds who don't want to get into giant robots and kick alien ass. What kind of fourteen year old doesn't want to get into a giant robot and kick alien ass? I want to do it NOW.

There's nothing wrong with an anime that has no deep insights or any plot beyond "Get them!" to speak of. As long as it doesn't showcase breasts bouncing around in a way that makes me feel absolutely dirty then I'm fine with it and the breast:giant freaking monster ratio in this show is so low as to be almost astronomical. The only chick in the entire program is too busy looking perturbed and off-center to do any talking. How manly is that?

When Ryoma, in Getter One, jumps up into the air and throws his arms back while screeching "GETTA TOMAHAWK!!"I get so pumped up I just want to knock my friend down and start kicking him. When people tell you that videogames don't inspire violence, they're right, because it's all contained to shows like this. Shows that are so manly they just make me want to commit violence on my fellow homosapiens. Is there anything wrong with that? No way in hell there is, not where Getter Robo is concerned.