Topic: Manga and Anime discussion

@Bentleyma oh nice I'll check it out. Cheers mate!

I am not a manga man, not even close. But I got Beserk Delux Volume 1 today on a bit of an impulse. I heard it's good, but I dunno.

@LN78 Unless I am wrong, the book I have got is the jumping off point for the lot, is that right? Even so, do you know if it throws you in at the deep end? I used to read a lot of Garfield when I was younger so I am hoping it's as easy to get into.

@LN78 I hate Mondays!!

@LN78 to be fair I read a few pages of Beserk and I can see me digging this. Maybe I am a manga man after all.

@HallowMoonshadow

That's also a fairly accurate description of Ghost in the Shell, so you'll probably enjoy that. The original movie is still one of my favourites, and the original anime series (GITS Stand Alone Complex Season 1 and 2nd Gig) are also wonderful.

In terms of recommendations, it depends on what you're looking for. Studio Ghibli movies are always an easy recommendation (Spirited Away being my favourite of them), Nichijou is a great slice of life comedy series, then there's the more serious shows like Death Note or the action packed JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

There's still so much anime that I'm unfamiliar with, so I still feel like a bit of a noob in this subject.

@HallowMoonshadow I’m a bit of a manga veteran these days, having read…150 pages of Berserk, so I would thoroughly recommend that. Beyond that I can only recommend Ghost in the Shell 😂

Although, I did watch Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle, both of which I enjoyed to various degrees. I also saw Your Name and Weathering With You recently, which are both very gooey but pretty fun.

@LN78 I got the Delux book, it’s really nice! I have only read The Black Swordsman and The Brand so far though. I had a stomach virus last weekend and most of the week so just sat around dying and feeling sorry for myself, mostly.

@LN78 yeah it’s weird reading backwards. It got used to it relatively quickly but I still get tripped up on the order when there are a lot of panels on the same page. I paid £40 for this one, didn’t think it was bad considering how big the book is but in reality it doesn’t take too long to get through it!

My final order of anime from RightStuf's Holiday 2021 sale delivered today!

My order from the recent Discotek sale finally arrived!

Just finished up the Jaya Island arc in One Piece the other day, and something about Bellemy's voice was bothering me the entire time as it sounded familiar yet I couldn't exactly place why, until the very last episode when it hit me it was Radditz's voice (from DBZ, dub for what it's worth).

The VA doesn't even do anything to make him sound distinct, it's just 100% Radditz.

My most favourite manga of all time. Really hoping the movie's good.

@ThereThere Spy X Family is really good so I've heard.

No problem, hope you enjoy! I still need to watch both shows myself.

Got a little haul in.

City Hunter the Movie: Shinjuku Private Eyes - I fell in love with City Hunter when I watched the first season on Retro Crush, so I decided to nab the recent movie. Watched it this morning & liked it.

New Cutey Honey - I first watched this about a decade ago on a YouTube channel that was uploading a bunch of old US Manga Corps/Central Park Media (which has been defunct) properties & remember really liking it. Needless to say I was excited to find out it had been picked up & remastered for Blu-Ray by a new licensor & am hoping to see if it still holds up.

Maken Ki season 1 - Similar story to the above, as in I watched it probably about a decade ago (though on some pirate site) and remember enjoying it (particularly this first season). I've been eyeing it for awhile and just haven't pulled the gun until now (no matter what I'll probably pick up season 2 eventually just for completionist's sake).

Bonus: Alternate art for City Hunter the Movie under the cardboard slip cover.

@KidBoruto, what a massive haul! Hope you enjoy Medabots, I watched it a little over on Retro Crush and it made me fill like a kid again (I only watched an episode or two when it first came out, so finding it was a bit of childhood wish fulfillment), and had a lot of fun with it.

Also let me know how you get on with Kenichi. I loved the manga when I read it years ago, though the anime didn't seem to really capture it well when I was first made aware of it so I never watched it.

@RR529 Make sure to watch the Jackie Chan City Hunter movie! Absolute steaming garbage but Jackie Chan is always watchable and I have a soft spot for it.

@nessisonett While not technically anime, did you ever watch the Jackie Chan Adventures cartoon? That was pretty entertaining actually haha. 😆

@TowaHerschel7 Yep, that was on when I was a kid! Quite liked it actually, it was a bizarre premise but totally worked.

@TowaHerschel7, @nessisonett, I had heard of the Jackie Chan City Hunter but had no idea it was related. Will definitely check it out at some point.

Totally forgot Jackie Chan Adventures even existed, but now that it's been brought up I remember loving it (not sure if I ever finished it, or if it ever did get a proper ending, though). I think it was a Saturday morning cartoon over here, part of the same block as Pokemon/Yu-Gi-Oh!.