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internisus .
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Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 9:45 pm Post subject: Great action scenes in anime! |
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Okay! Kemonozume episode 1, monkey fight!
DIEBuster episode 4, variable gravity well firing enormous energy blasts clear through Titan and out the other side!
Go! |
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BalbanesBeoulve .
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Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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Dude, no.
Come on. |
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internisus .
Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 354
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Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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oh come on just list some |
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internisus .
Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 354
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Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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Okay, fine. Would a mod please delete this thread? I merely wanted to express that the monkeyfight was excellent and got carried away with the thought. I won't do something so foolish again. |
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wourme .
Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 362 Location: Maridia
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Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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Just about my favorite everything in anime is in Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind. For this category, probably Lord Yupa infiltrating the airship.
"That's Lord Yupa! Kill him and you'll be famous!"
Also, the God Warrior in action. |
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OtakupunkX .
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Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:21 am Post subject: |
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Favorite action scene in any anime?
The other day some friends and I were watching Totoro at this guy's birthday party and this guy kept complaining about having to read the movie. |
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Dracko .
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Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:24 am Post subject: |
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Most of Cowboy Bebop and Read or Die. _________________ "This is the most fun I've ever had without being drenched in the blood of my enemies!" |
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OtakupunkX .
Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 730
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Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:27 am Post subject: |
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Coincidently, Cowboy Bebop is what made me decide that I want to be a filmmaker. It wasn't until I saw Clerks that I figured out that it's an easily attainable dream. |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 6563 Location: bohan
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Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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my favorite scene in cowboy bebop is probably the one in ganymede elegy where jet is chasing his ex and her new, wanted boyfriend through the canal streets while a capella music plays.
cowboy bebop is a show that uses music very well to recontextualize what is happening on-screen. _________________
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TheRumblefish .
Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 258 Location: Florida
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Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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Blue Submarine 6's underwater chase scenes rocked my socks. Also I adore the anime as a whole.
It took a lot to post in this thread. _________________
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Sushi d Moderator
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Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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Ebrey .
Joined: 27 Nov 2006 Posts: 38
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 3:32 am Post subject: |
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The last third of Zeta Gundam has some great fights. About 15 episodes from the end, a new side joins the war and it becomes an epic three-way battle. I love wars with more than two sides - you get shifting alliances and crazy battles. The fact that each side has an extremely badass in charge is also cool (the GOOD faction has the villain of the original Gundam as their leader). |
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ionus .
Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 12 Location: not philly
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:27 am Post subject: |
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I love the ending to Berserk. So rough, harsh! It gets me very hyped to write or paint...
erm, is that okay? |
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extralife .
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:29 am Post subject: |
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as long as it doesn't arouse you. |
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ionus .
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:33 am Post subject: |
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No, no, I'm pretty sure it dosen't do that. Actually, it's quite gut-wrenching to see what happens. Yet awsome scope at the same time. I love the backgrounds, and the godhand and whatnot! |
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Kipple .
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 5:36 am Post subject: |
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dessgeega wrote: | my favorite scene in cowboy bebop is probably the one in ganymede elegy where jet is chasing his ex and her new, wanted boyfriend through the canal streets while a capella music plays.
cowboy bebop is a show that uses music very well to recontextualize what is happening on-screen. |
Speaking of recontextualization, the first episode's hand-to-hand combat between Spike and the red-eye junkie is pretty neat. It's a shot-by-shot homage to a Bruce Lee fight scene.
EDIT: Nevermind, I was thinking about the scene vs. Vincent in the train from the Cowboy Bebop movie, specifically. But most of the fight choreography was lifted from Bruce Lee stuff in general, which is the interesting point. |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 6563 Location: bohan
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:19 am Post subject: |
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incidentally, the broom fight versus elektra is awesome. _________________
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Gouki .
Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 32 Location: Australia.
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:03 am Post subject: |
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OtakupunkX wrote: | Coincidently, Cowboy Bebop is what made me decide that I want to be a filmmaker. It wasn't until I saw Clerks that I figured out that it's an easily attainable dream. |
That a swipe at Clerks or the film industry in general?
The Read or Die OVA has some fantastically animated action sequences. _________________ ... Maybe Later. |
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OtakupunkX .
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:28 am Post subject: |
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Gouki wrote: | That a swipe at Clerks or the film industry in general? |
Not a swipe at anything at all. I'm still in awe at the fact that it was made on so low a budget. Just for the record, I prefer the original, pre-Miramax cut of the film to the theatrical one. |
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dark steve .
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:44 am Post subject: |
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man sundance endings are so : | _________________
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zebadayus .
Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 48 Location: Kentucky
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:09 am Post subject: |
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hm
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DonMarco .
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:55 am Post subject: |
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All my favorite non-Cowboy Bebop memories are with robots. Patlabor, Gundam 08th, Macross Plus, Ghost in the Shell, FLCL.... Too many to pick from.
Gouki wrote: | The Read or Die OVA has some fantastically animated action sequences. |
The music sounds a lot like Metal Gear Solid at points. Yes, I know why, too. _________________ Collector of over 1,538 strategy guides. That's weird, right?
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OtakupunkX .
Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 730
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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I had totally forgotten about FLCL.
I think my problem with anime was that I started out watching the really great stuff (i.e. Bebop, FLCL, and the like) and, thusly, I found other series way under par. |
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professor_scissors .
Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 19
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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The Read or Die OVA wins for having a bad guy whose fire breath is powered by Buddhism. Now, what's this thing about the reason the music is so MGS? _________________ SUPER GAME BAKEDOWN 2007 IS COMING. |
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antitype .
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Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 2:02 am Post subject: |
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The action sequence near the end of Mind Game very nearly brought me to tears! _________________ antitype.livejournal.com | last.fm |
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Slonie .
Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 141
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Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:19 am Post subject: |
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Cowboy Bebop is of course great...And Read or Die does have some action setpieces I love (I always like submarines on dry land!), but to name one that hasn't been named yet: I've always been a big fan of the sheer over-the-topness of Spriggan.
(Youtube link if you need it http://youtube.com/watch?v=S4jauaDejwc) _________________ -Slonie
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TOLLMASTER nippon ichi PR man
Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Posts: 187
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Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:13 am Post subject: |
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Gundam 08th MS Team's penultimate episode, and Gundam 0080 War in the Pocket's final episode. It says what the other Gundams were trying to say; that war really, really sucks. Usually, Gundam is too busy showing how war is AWESOME to show why it sucks, except for in 5-minute encapsulated segments (or the series finale where a depressed anime director kills everyone).
Both of the fight scenes use irony to get across their point. In the first example, a pacifist is fighting a man who is trying to protect a ship full of innocents; in the second, two teenagers who had an obvious attraction to each other are fighting for reasons that no longer matter. With all the emotion and pyrotechnics that are going on, you realize that everything that's happening is a total waste of human potential.
The giant robots are also very cool looking. |
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Toto 4th Man
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Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 5:41 am Post subject: |
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Guys, that once scene in Noein is like wow.
It makes me sad watching the pre-amble to it too, but then I remember and I MAN THE FUCK UP. |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 5:45 am Post subject: |
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antitype wrote: | The action sequence near the end of Mind Game very nearly brought me to tears! |
i thought of this too, but i decided it's not really an "action" scene, at least compared to the other ones being described in this thread. it's more about how the characters' experiences, their memories, the things that hold meaning for them keep them going, keep them above water. it is an amazing scene, and leaves me breathless. _________________
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Perseus .
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Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 5:55 am Post subject: |
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Giant Robo is full of awesome action scenes! The opening sequence of the first OVA and the final battle in the last OVA stand out for me.
Norio Matsumono animated three incredible fight scenes for Naruto- the Sasuke-Orochimaru fight in 30, the Hokage battle in 71 and the Sasuke-Naruto battle in 133 (one of the best fight scenes in any anime, ever and is necessary viewing for all animation fans).
Also, you should all watch Mamoru Hosoda's One Piece movie, which has the best animated punch ever (forgot to mention that!). Even if you hate One Piece, you will enjoy, or at least appreciate, the movie- which strays pretty far from the typical One Piece/Shonen Jump formula and is much better for it. Hosoda's the guy who Ghibli hired to make Howl and then fucked over (which is why Miyazaki ended up doing it) and his recent movie Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo is supposed to be really, really good.
I don't see why we can't call that scene in Mind Game an action scene! It had plenty enough action for me, not to mention being so incredible that it leaves you completely speechless and maybe even a little teary-eyed after watching it (even the second time. heck even the third). |
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FortNinety Pheonix Wright
Joined: 19 Oct 2006 Posts: 250 Location: NY, NY
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Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:28 am Post subject: |
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No mention of Akira? Its got loads of great stuff. |
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DonMarco .
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Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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Goddammit, Persusues. Goddamn yous all to hell. _________________ Collector of over 1,538 strategy guides. That's weird, right?
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benreed .
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Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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Black Lagoon, any and all episodes with Roberta, the killer Columbian maid.
Thread over. |
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internisus .
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Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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GitS: SAC, late episode when they have to get Immakuruz or what's his name out of the hotel before the drug guys take him out. Batou's work is pretty exciting, but when Kusanagi is rescued from the power suit in a very, very close call and shouts, "Saito, hand over that gun!" before torturing the bastard using her remaining arm, well, it's extremely tense, to say the least.
On the topic of GitS, though, nothing can ever trump the action scenes of the original movie, such as the takedown of that guy who they chase through the marketplace and canal before the Major slow-motion decimates him with her Chun-Li kicking action. But, in particular, everyone knows the tank scene in the old building by the waterfront at the end with the unbelievable music and the seaphim tree of life diagram engraved on the wall is the absolute greatest.
The Nausicaa post was epic! Nice job! |
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Dracko .
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Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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internisus wrote: | GitS: SAC, late episode when they have to get Immakuruz or what's his name out of the hotel before the drug guys take him out. Batou's work is pretty exciting, but when Kusanagi is rescued from the power suit in a very, very close call and shouts, "Saito, hand over that gun!" before torturing the bastard using her remaining arm, well, it's extremely tense, to say the least. |
Is that even in the first series? It's been a while since I've seen it, so that sequence, whether in there or not, is a blur. _________________ "This is the most fun I've ever had without being drenched in the blood of my enemies!" |
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internisus .
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Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, it's towards the end of the first SAC series. |
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Persona-sama Weltbeherrschen Mangaka
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:20 am Post subject: |
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This thread needs more screenshots, you guys.
Incidentally, how do you take a screenshot of a divx movie? I guess there're programs to do that? _________________
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Sushi d Moderator
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 1:39 am Post subject: |
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Persona-sama wrote: | This thread needs more screenshots, you guys.
Incidentally, how do you take a screenshot of a divx movie? I guess there're programs to do that? |
get VLC media player.
set the saving location of the images in the options. then pause -> right click -> snapshot.
i like this vlc player. it works so nice. its light too.
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DIEBuster episode 4, variable gravity well firing enormous energy blasts clear through Titan and out the other side!
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internisus .
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 2:47 am Post subject: |
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Your sig makes it perfect. |
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Perseus .
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:02 am Post subject: |
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FortNinety wrote: | No mention of Akira? Its got loads of great stuff. |
Akira's so legendary it doesn't NEED to be mentioned, man! Otomo's Steam Boy had some epic action scenes, too- including some Akira-esque city destruction stuff. The movie's nowhere near as cool as Akira, but it's not too bad .
What's this DIEBuster? It looks gorgeously abstract.
I just noticed that scene from Nausicaa! It looks really cool. Speaking of Miyazaki, Castle of Cagliostro has an awesome car chase (there's an great chase scene in the non-Miyazaki directed Lupin: The Fuma Conspiracy too) and Porco Rosso's flying sequences are a thing of beauty. |
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internisus .
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:25 am Post subject: |
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Cagliostro stands out because of the oddly perfect combination of humor and romance that colors all of its action. I can't single out any particular scene (any particular action scene, that is), though. Care to try? |
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Gouki .
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:53 am Post subject: |
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I'm pretty sure Cagliostro is one of my brothers all time favourite movies. It rates pretty highly on my list, too. It's amazingly good. _________________ ... Maybe Later. |
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Perseus .
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:04 am Post subject: |
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All of Cagliostro is wonderful (for a movie made in 1979, it's hardly dated at all!), but two action scenes stood out for me: the opening car chase scene, in particular the bit where Lupin drives his car up the side of a cliff (!), and the scene where Lupin and Zenigata team up, culminating in Lupin's gyro-copter rescue attempt.
You know how Cagliostro is a great movie while not really being faithful to it's source material at all? Hosoda's One Piece movie is great that way too (no I'm not suggesting it's anywhere near as good as Cagliostro- just similar in that way)- it's also really dark and pretty depressing at places! |
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FortNinety Pheonix Wright
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:02 am Post subject: |
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Perseus wrote: | FortNinety wrote: | No mention of Akira? Its got loads of great stuff. |
Akira's so legendary it doesn't NEED to be mentioned, man! |
Hehe... I will admit, I feel much better now. You've saved me a "kids today!" -type rant. |
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Sushi d Moderator
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:03 am Post subject: |
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Perseus wrote: |
What's this DIEBuster? It looks gorgeously abstract.
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i recently found out about it myself after watching gunbuster..
basically its a sequel to gunbuster, one of gainax's earlier works from around 1988. both gunbuster and diebuster are basically about space monsters that want to eradicate the earth, humans with their giant robots trying to fend them off and a young girl with a golden heart who ends up saving them all with a special giant robot. i also hear they have a movie out now called gunbuster vs diebuster. it might be crappy, but here's a poster i have found.
you could probably pick up both series off the internet or something due to it not being officially liscensed for distribution outside of japan or something lke that. _________________ X_X |
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professor_scissors .
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:10 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, Diebuster is awesome. _________________ SUPER GAME BAKEDOWN 2007 IS COMING. |
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internisus .
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 2:04 pm Post subject: |
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Omg! That poster! Look who is standing behind Nono! And to the left! And back!
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Mister Toups Hates your favorite videogame
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sup guys
_________________ where were you when nana komatsu got a wii? |
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