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Don't know who was responsible for it. But on a related note, the name of the society comes from it. We had just finished watching Project A-Ko and we had a meeting after the anime. On the agenda was what to call the society. Up to that point, we'd been calling it the Anime Society, but we figured w...

Has anyone seen this?

http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=16790

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It's definitely worth seeing if you want your head messed with.

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[s] Dee wrote on 17:25, 10th Mar 2004: Oh, and why did the dog disappear and reappear in posters in the "special level"? I honestly haven't thought about a rationale behind this, because I know that one of Oshii's trademarks is to have a basset hound somewhere in his films. I can't think of an expla...

I'm hesitant to purchase the DVD because of the fact that there are so many different versions floating around. I don't know how good the US domestic DVD is, compared with with I've seen (Japanese DVD). The cover art to the American version is so weak , too. I much prefer the Japanese and HK covers....

I guess I'm the only one who thought that the name 'Integral' was cool! @_@;

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I actually liked the sepia tones and the cinematography.

The 'slowness' reminded me of Tarkovsky's films which are deliberately slow, but still manage to be interesting.

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Hellsing is overrated. Alucard, Integral, and Selas were all interesting characters. The series could have done so much more with them. Alucard was about the only one that they dealt with in enough depth for my tastes. I really would have liked to have seen more character building and delving into ...

Avalon is fucking brilliant.

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I was talking to my friend earlier today about Rurouni Kenshin. Apparently I should have seen the TV series PRIOR to watching OAV 1, because the entire story is much more fulfilling if viewed in the following order: RK TV Eps. 1-95 RK Movie RK OAV1 RK OAV 2 *sigh* I hate it when I watch things out o...

I actually sort of fell asleep when I saw Metropolis as the story was a little bit lacking. But the CGI/cel animation was amazing.

Rintaro-san actually said that Metropolis was influenced by Frtiz Lang's Metropolis, but it wasn't based upon it.

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Also speaking as a former society President, I think that the lending library needs updating. Fair enough if you've shown recent anime series that belong to others, but at the very least there should be significant additions to the library each year. Infrastructure is important to every society, and...

I looked on the website, out of curiosity, to see what you all have got in the library. The series there are a few years old, with very few recent ones. What series is the committee looking to purchase at the moment? Some of the current series that are good/hyped (but which I don't necessarily know ...

On Friday 6th February, I attended a lecture at the Japanese Information and Cultural Centre (in Washington, DC). Rintaro, a veteran anime director, gave the talk. It was very interesting to hear Rintaro-san's perspective on the anime industry. He directed the first anime TV series in Japan, Astrobo...

[s] Dee wrote on 01:20, 14th Feb 2004: [s] General Porkov wrote on 02:55, 11th Feb 2004: [i] Dee, if the society were to show Lain or you were to borrow it off of the VP, remove all sanity before watching it. It's strange and a bit of a head****! (I watched it at one point when I was in charge of th...

[s] Leo Comerford wrote on 18:58, 6th Feb 2004: This message has just gone out to the members by email: Date 8pm 9:30pm 8 March Eva eps 10-12 Runouri Kensin (all episodes) Please tell me that you mean the Rurouni Kenshin OAV series and not the 95 episode TV series. -_-; [hr] samus -- [s] "If people ...

[s] Rezo wrote on 11:30, 22nd Jan 2004: Mysterious Cities of Gold Miyazaki's movies all have good music, but they're nowhere near the top of my list. Sorry Sammus... ^_^ That's all right. Much as Mysterious Cities of Gold is nowhere near the top of any of my lists. ^_^;; [hr] samus -- [s] "If people...

[s] Dee wrote on 01:16, 20th Jan 2004: Utena - don't laugh. The lyrics are a little out there, but I reckon the actual music is pretty good. I actually agree with you there. The music's good. I think the lyrics have some poetry to them, provided you're a native Japanese speaker (I reckon). [hr] samu...

If you know anything about Miyazaki, then you know that he's all about the environment. I mean come on, his first major anime film (Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind) basically had the same themes - war, destruction of the environment, live at one with nature. It was the same with PomPoko, Totoro, ...

[s] Thalia wrote on 20:22, 9th Dec 2003: I never liked Art in school - i don't know how u kept up with it for so long - i did a week of Higher Art and then thought, 'bugger this', and took physics instead ^^;; [/s] It was mainly because, ever since I was a child, art was the thing I was 'good' at. M...