Are there any anime fans/ cosplayers here

[Amaya]

Just bored, curious and want to get to know everyone =] xx

[Knave]

Fan? Of course, the internet nearly forces the stuff under your skin and through your veins.

Cosplayer? No. You could not pay me to dress up as Naruto, Ichigo, Keisuke, Barret, Simba, Zeus, Hades, most likely not Mufasa, Ayane or any of the other characters portrayed through the media. I simply refuse to wear the wigs.

[Jack Frost]

I'm a fan, and if I ever get the money I would sure as hell cosplay.

[Godhand]

Oh cool this thread will really save on the cloth stars of david once the revolution comes.

[MetalDrago]

Anime: yes
Cosplay: Would if I could... *is eyeing a production model of the trenchcoat worn by Virgil in DMC*

[Amaya]

awesome, what to you guys watch? =]

Cosplays awesome, you should try it not too expensive XD

[Jack Frost]

An organization coat costs close to $150.
I watch code geass (Both seasons), Deathnote, Bleach, ect.

[MetalDrago]

Death Note, Negima?!, Ah My Goddess, Fruit's Basket (and before you ask, yes, I'm a guy, but those shows are HILARIOUS), Bleach, Kekkashi, Cowboy Bebop, G Gundam, Gundam Wing, FLCL, Eureka Seven, Trinity Blood, Blood+, and Soul Eater.

[orphans]

ani-moo >:

I kid. I'm horribly picky about my anime (can ask Artemis about that) and... yeah...

I dislike a lot of the new stuff >: not very interesting and mostly everything is big explosions and colorful rainbow effects. If DnD was real life, I might as well go ask a level 1 wizard/sorc to practice their color spray on me. Same thing (in my opinion).

[Taskmienster]

Off the top of my head, anime I watch or have watched :: Blood+, Hellsing, Vampire Hunter D, DBZ, Dragonball, DBZ GT, Cowboy Bebop, FLCL, Ghost in the Shell, Last Exile, Sayuki (sp?), Bleach, Naruto, Naruto : Shippuden, all the Gundams, Samurai Champloo, Ruroni Kenshin, Trigun, Dead Leafs (it's a movie only), Death Note (one of my favorites), Trinity Blood, Eureka Seven, The Big O... and probably plenty of other relatively never well known ones.

I'm not picky, I'll watch anything for anime, either to enjoy or to just laugh at. :p

Cosplay? No way. Wouldn't ever catch me doing that. Mostly because I have other things to spend the money on (beer and hookah and more beer). Lol

[Amaya]

Cool XD I just watch too much of it, Rurouni Kenshin, Tsubasa Resivoir chronicles, One Piece, Ouran High school host club, Fullmetal Alchemist, Kuroshitsuji, Naruto, Deathnote, Bleach, Tokyo Mew Mew, Higurashi etc etc etc :)

Yeh I would never spend a fortune a costume, they're just fun to make, the main expense is wigs XD

[orphans]

Cosplay? No way. Wouldn't ever catch me doing that. Mostly because I have other things to spend the money on (beer and hookah and more beer). Lol

I guess if I was into cosplaying, being asian has its perks... the few times I went to any ani con back when I had long long hair, people just assumed I was some obscure anime character = - =... even though I was in normal street clothing.

:D in another and completely creepy side note my hair is now on a doll.... that my mother made .... >_>

To SirArtemis: I'm so bringing that doll next time I visit you.

[Tainted Bushido]

Current On:

Bleach
Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail (can't find episodes 2-5 subbed anywhere!)

Have Watched

Trigun
Cowboy Bebop
Teacher Please! (more for fanservice than any true care for the plot)
Black Lagoon
Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage
Devil May Cry
Ruroni Kenshin
Code Geass
Code Geass R2 (Heard a nasty rumor they might return to that series with another protagonist for CC to torment)

No, haven't cosplayed, probably won't.

[Jalim Mandren]

I used to be a big anime fan. Nowadays I only watch Bleach.

Animes I've watched:

DB/DBZ/DBGT
Trinity Blood
Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien (AKA Rumbling Hearts for the English dubbed version)
Onegai Twins
FMA
Black Cat
DN Angel
Elfen Lied
Escaflowne
FLCL
Grenadier
Mouse
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
Kanon
Noein
Shakugan no Shana
Yumeria

As for cosplay: Never done it, never intend to. It simply doesn't interest me.

[Atzar]

I've seen Dragonball/Z/GT, Yu Yu Hakusho, and Rurouni Kenshin (far and away my favorite). Little but of Samurai X, too. I generally like anime when I watch it, but not enough to remember to watch it when it's on TV or to buy it myself.

Not particularly interested in cosplay.

[Jalim Mandren]

Buy anime? What kind of blasphemy do you speak?!

Heathens burn at the stake. -=Gets out an axe and wanders off to the forest=- :D

[alicehana]

yes, im cosplay :) , made the cosplay props and weapons myself at http://cosplayweapons.blogspot.com . my lastest cosplay is avatar cosplay

http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx237/miccostumes/avatar%20cosplay/P1030131.jpg
http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx237/miccostumes/avatar%20cosplay/P1030117.jpg
http://i759.photobucket.com/albums/xx237/miccostumes/avatar%20cosplay/P1030086.jpg

[SirArtemis]

From what I can recall:



Bleach
Naruto
Naruto Shipuuden
Death Note
Code Geass
Cowboy Bebop
Gundam Seed Destiny
One piece
Giant Killing
Fairy Tail
Hellsing
Gankutsuou
Last Exile
Higurashi
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Sengoku Basara

[Dissinger]

Anyone looking for a more adult anime, might want to give Black Lagoon a try. Its foul mouthed and dirty as hell, but enjoyable, even if it gets surreal in a few moments. (Those twins give me nightmares...)

[Duffy]

Once you've seen My Neighbours The Yamadas everything else pales in comparison.

[Silence Sei]

Does this answer your cosplay question? (http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/137/l_e235f03f834c4f469af67f77f45c22a1)

Or this? (http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/147/l_cad500e775df4bf0b3fe946537715401) (That's a costume made for an 8 year old worn by a 20 year old, btw)

How about this? (http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/150/l_299bd24ac5ae44b6b965178cec645605.jpg) (That was supposed to be Chisato Madison from SO2, but I didn't get the jeans cut off in time)

As far as what I've see

Samurai Seven
Yu Yu Hakusho (Great ending, though Kurama should have won the last tourney)
Yu-Gi-Oh
Pokemon
Digimon (Season 1 ftw!)
Excel Saga
Saiyuki
The first episode of Wild Arms
Burst Angel
Big O (Another great ending)
Cowboy Bebop
Outlaw Star (Sub-par ending)
Sailor Moon/S/Whatever other letters they used
DB/DBZ/GT
Ronin Warriors
Thundercats
Monster Rancher (Best of the 'catch the beast' animes)
Kirby

That's all I can think of without going into stuff like Bible Black and La Blue Girl.

[uttam123]

whoa man that last sentence is very scary ive heard of them but i have my man card so not watching that. yours is long gone.

[Jalim Mandren]

Thundercats!! How could I forget Thundercats? Such an awesome 80s cartoon.

Who's your favourite Thundercat, Silence? Mine has to be Ben Gali. Cool character AND a blacksmith. FTW.

[uttam123]

oh yah jalim wanna do a 2-man quest wherever?

jusyt need somethinig to do even thought i got 3 maybe 4-5 battles going they arent as good as quests.

especially ones through prison

[Silence Sei]

Who's your favourite Thundercat, Silence? Mine has to be Ben Gali. Cool character AND a blacksmith. FTW.

Ben Gali was my second favorite, taking a back seat to Wily Kit and Wily Kat.

[Revenant]

Snarf!!!

[Jalim Mandren]

Kit and Kat kinda annoyed me, but not as much as the whining Snarf.

I really need to get around to watching Thundercats again. A brilliant piece of nostalgia.

[Knave]

Higurashi
Umineko
Kaiba
Bokurano
Casshern Sins
Ghost in the Shell
Chevalier De Eon
Afro Samurai
The Legend of Koizumi: Warning contains Super Aryan Hitler battling the pope.
Battle Angel Ailta
Evangelion
Paranoia Agent
Metropolis
Bererk
Big O

I've supplemented television for this stuff, never looked back since except for MMA.

[Duffy]

Snarf!!!

Bitch, that was my idea! :mad:

[Revenant]

Bitch, that was my idea! :mad:

Oh you want some, tea drinker? Bring it!

[Lillith]

*Sets cup down to one side.*

*Rolls up sleeves.*

Uh-hu!

[Revenant]

*sigh*

Sadly my wife just reminded me as I sipped on my Newcastle Brown Ale that you people are actually good for something.

I grudgingly concede.

[SirArtemis]

Oh you want some, tea drinker? Bring it!

Tea is my effing fuel.

[Knave]

THIS! IS! AMERICA's! INTERNET! SERVER!

We threw tea into the bay for a reason!

[Jack Frost]

THIS! IS! AMERICA's! INTERNET! SERVER!

We threw tea into the bay for a reason!
Yeah to protest Taxation without representation.

[Knave]

yeah to protest taxation without representation.

Yeah, but our choice might have been swayed if the tea had proven more delicious. Coffee for the win!

[Jack Frost]

Yeah, but our choice might have been swayed if the tea had proven more delicious. Coffee for the win!
Coffee is just as bad in my opinion. Now if they had taxed the non-existent soda I would have fired the first fucking shot at Lexington and Concord.

[Revenant]

I've honestly got nothing against tea.

I've got everything against the British. They need to learn to speak the language. Silly British-English.

[Jack Frost]

I've honestly got nothing against tea.

I've got everything against the British. They need to learn to speak the language. Silly British-English.
It's called English for a reason. They kinda made it.

[Tainted Bushido]

Wow Rev, you trolled several people with two posts...that's gotta be a record Rev...

[Jalim Mandren]

I've honestly got nothing against tea.

I've got everything against the British. They need to learn to speak the language. Silly British-English.

Awww... I love when the Americans cry about their parents.

[Knave]

Awww... I love when the Americans cry about their parents.

I love it when the Brits try to act like we didn't beat them from our shores with sticks and guns. Yeah, we kicked our dad's butt, and then threw him out of our house.

Now in all seriousness, is this the place to be arguing about who is better, and what drinks we prefer at morning, noon, and night?

[Dissinger]

Then they spanked us like the brats we were. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812) Are we quite done with the little patriotic history lessons and can we get back to anime now?

Anyone heard about grenadier at all? I'm trying to find other animes like Black Lagoon and I like the gritty realness of it, reminds me of cowboy bebop. I like that kind of feel to my anime...

[Jalim Mandren]

Grenadier is a funny anime. I watched it a few years back, can't remember much behind the story though. Mostly I remember bullets flying out of cleavage!

Oh and shooting other people's bullets. And the bad ass gun battle between two chicks in a tower/temple/something.

It's very much a fan service anime, I reckon.

[Knave]

Gritty realness?

Try Bokurano. It has giant robots, but the sheer amount of grit makes swallowing it something like Evangelion filled with glass and tears. It is not a happy series, and the realism is pretty horrifying.

We get to see all the collateral damage battles for the sake of the earth cause on damn near every scale.

I'm fully aware of the war of 1812, the fact of the matter is that Daddy Britania never got to stay, and I'd like to see Canada or Britain try to burn down our white house again. Of course, this does prove that Canada is probably not something to laugh at.

[Silence Sei]

I'm going to end this brit-America debate with one fell swoop. With a simpsons conversation.

Moe: "A Brit huh? You know we saved your ass in World War 2."

Hugh: "And -we- saved -your- ass in World War 3."

Moe: "Fair Enough."

[uttam123]

that should be framed and put on the wall

[orphans]

Bokurano was pretty good, though it didn't follow the manga completely. Pretty dark stuff though. The anime was good enough, though I feel the manga was a bit... darker.

I'm trying to think of other "gritty" animes but... nothings coming to mind right now.

Record of the Lodoss War is pretty old, but a classic if anyone hasn't seen that.

Uhm... if you want an acid trip... try Paprika by Satoshi Kon. Same person who did Tokyo Godfathers.

Tokyo Godfathers is pretty gritty, but more of a slice of life kinda gritty (and mildly depressing).

But my all time favorite for downers is Grave of the Fireflies. If you haven't seen it... I'm not sure if I want to recommend it, but it is amazing. Just... be sure you're not in a really bad point in your life when you watch it.

[Wolfman 20]

In my 20 years of life, I've seen:

FMA
FMA: Brotherhood
Inuyasha
Blood+
Trinity Plus
DB/DBZ/DBZGT
FLCL
Cowboy Bebop
Mobile Suit Gundam 0079
G Gundam
Gundam Wing
Naruto
Naroto Shippuden
Deathnote
Wolf's Rain
Fruit's basket

As for cosplay, I've done it once and it got me kicked out of school.

[Lillith]

Going as the Emperor from Emperor's New Clothes tends to do that to you :p

[Wolfman 20]

Well it wasn't that for me. A friend of mine and me decided to act out the big fight scene from Final Fantasy: Advant Children. I was Cloud and he was Sephiroth. We got everything down to the last detail, but the swords were fakes. But yet we still got kicked out of school.

[Amaya]

haha yay for ffvii, I'm doing tifa soon XD lol how did that get you in trouble, the swords look real or something??

[Wolfman 20]

Yeah. Plus we added fake blood and all. But it was a sign of violence that got us suspended and in time, expelled. It took us weeks to plan it all out. And fyi, Tifa = hottest game girl in world next to yuffie at a close second haha

[Knave]

Something inside of me, real deep down, thinks you should have seen the problems of this before the event even happened. At my school we get told to break it up over rap battles and low stake card games.

[Rhelin]

I'm kinda picky about my Anime too, I've only really gotten into Cowboy Beebop and Full Metal Alchemist.

I don't think I'd cosplay, but when I was on a business trip for a couple weeks in Singapore I found a nice little shop that catered to Cosplayers, I almost got some stuff. Oddly enough when I went to Japan on business, I couldn't find hide nor hair of it. Found the oxygen bars stimulating though!

[Wolfman 20]

Something inside of me, real deep down, thinks you should have seen the problems of this before the event even happened. At my school we get told to break it up over rap battles and low stake card games.

Well my friend and I thought about all the consequences before hand. We did just to get ourselves kicked out, and go out with a bang at that. We couldn't stand that school. A high school of over 500 kids, three principals, and some kind of fight every day, be it a cat fight or guys fighting over a girl, there was a fight. I just got so sick of it, I came up with the idea of a real but fake fight to get my friend and I kicked outta school.

[Jack Frost]

Well my friend and I thought about all the consequences before hand. We did just to get ourselves kicked out, and go out with a bang at that. We couldn't stand that school. A high school of over 500 kids, three principals, and some kind of fight every day, be it a cat fight or guys fighting over a girl, there was a fight. I just got so sick of it, I came up with the idea of a real but fake fight to get my friend and I kicked outta school.

+cough+ bad idea no matter how much you hate your school +cough+

[Wolfman 20]

+cough+ bad idea no matter how much you hate your school +cough+

Ha, then obviously won't ever experience my school life. Up until my senior year, I was the target of every single prank imaginable. Small ones, big ones, framing ones, law involving ones.

[Amaya]

damn i thought my old school sucked, sounds pretty shit there.

[Wolfman 20]

Yeah, on the outside everything seems so perfect till you get the seniors and underclassmen alone. That is when the shit literally hits the fan. Trust me, I know :(

[Gyzmo Gadjiltron]

lol. Aneeeeemayyyy.. Er. Only ones that I watch. The Naruto Series, Pokemon, Air Gear, A bit of Bleach, Dragon Ball series (Except GT), Halo Legends, Code Geass, and Megaman NT.

Not a big fan of cosplaying lol.

[Wolfman 20]

lol. Aneeeeemayyyy.. Er. Only ones that I watch. The Naruto Series, Pokemon, Air Gear, A bit of Bleach, Dragon Ball series (Except GT), Halo Legends, Code Geass, and Megaman NT.

Not a big fan of cosplaying lol.

Where the hell do you watch the Halo Legends? I never knew it was a show, I've heard wind of a movie, but nothing else.

[Gyzmo Gadjiltron]

I have the special edition dvd set. I bought it a while back. I'm sort of a big Halo fan. :)

[Duffy]

I am fairly into anime, but more so films than series.

I am being educated on classical Japanese Anime however, I am finally going to sit down and watch Akira, in all it's supposed glory this evening. I am immensely excited!

I also got shown the first two episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion so I'm hooked already on that, then it's a one way trip through Chow Yung Fat and the House of Flying Daggers eta of Martial Arts films.

God bless Asia!

[Gyzmo Gadjiltron]

Lol. Bruce Lee all the way for me, in the martial arts films. Well him and a bit of Jet Li.

[Knave]

I am being educated on classical Japanese Anime however, I am finally going to sit down and watch Akira, in all it's supposed glory this evening. I am immensely excited!


Read the manga, Akira in its entirety is so massive and awe inspiring the movie barely covers one tenth of the awesome.

Also, check out Rebuild of Evangelion, same thing, only bigger budget.

[Duffy]

That film.

Blew My.

Mind.

So much so I have to watch it again tonight just to double-check :o

[giga123]

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[giga123]

bumping this back up because of edit above starting after the link

[giga123]

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become a member and enjoy plzz add the site ur own personal touch and become more intune with ur innerself

[Max Dirks]

Throw the advertisement into your signature Giga, then everyone can see it and you don't have to keep "bumping" posts (which is also not allowed).

[Hysteria]

That film.

Blew My.

Mind.

So much so I have to watch it again tonight just to double-check :o

Kaneda! Help me!

Tetsuo! Tetsuo!

*Tetsuo turns into a giant child thing and squishes everyone*

Its an amazing film, if you watched it in english, I'd suggest watching with the original and new dubs. The lines change a bit between the two. As knave said theres much more story out there if you want it too, I haven't though, I am not a big manga fan :-/

Awesome moments for me were:

Bike going through the resturant window at the start.
When you first see the clown boss and it cranks up that freaky music.
When Tetsuo's stomach and intestines fall out in a hallucination and he tries to put them back in.
When Tetsuo is attacked by the bear made of toys and milk.
When Tetsuo walks into the army guys in the hospital and releases a shockwave outwards and squishes them.
When Tetsuo is sitting on the stone chair with the red cap drapped around him and you see his new hand start to absorbe the chair.
When Tetsuo goes crazy and absorbes Kaneda and the girl and Kaneda escapes by firing the laser.

Good times...

On a related note, Kanye West's harder, stronger, better, faster film clip was based on Akira.

[Knave]

Kaneda! Help me!

Tetsuo! Tetsuo!

*Tetsuo turns into a giant child thing and squishes everyone*

Its an amazing film, if you watched it in english, I'd suggest watching with the original and new dubs. The lines change a bit between the two. As knave said theres much more story out there if you want it too, I haven't though, I am not a big manga fan :-/

Awesome moments for me were:

Bike going through the resturant window at the start.
When you first see the clown boss and it cranks up that freaky music.
When Tetsuo's stomach and intestines fall out in a hallucination and he tries to put them back in.
When Tetsuo is attacked by the bear made of toys and milk.
When Tetsuo walks into the army guys in the hospital and releases a shockwave outwards and squishes them.
When Tetsuo is sitting on the stone chair with the red cap drapped around him and you see his new hand start to absorbe the chair.
When Tetsuo goes crazy and absorbes Kaneda and the girl and Kaneda escapes by firing the laser.

Good times...

On a related note, Kanye West's harder, stronger, better, faster film clip was based on Akira.

So... blowing up the moon doesn't make the list?

[Hysteria]

So... blowing up the moon doesn't make the list?

I don't remember that in the movie.... I do remember him bring down the orbiting weapon though.