I'm re-watching Azumanga Daioh, subtitled. This act was inspired by both Sweeney_Todd, and the 36" Sony Trinitron my Uncle gave to me. All 350-400 lbs. of it was sitting in his garage, and he didn't care who took it, as long as it was out of there.
Watched the first episode of Wandaba Style. It's... interesting? But I don't know if it will hold my interest. Something about some rich kid who's determined to land on the moon (because he thinks the 1969 landing never happened [huh?]), teaming up with a mish-mash pop-idol girl group, who are going to play a concert...on the
moon!
Watched a few episodes of Shingu, and it's pretty cool. School kids with super powers, fighting off an alien invasion, with something much deeper going on. Very realistic characters. I like it.
Also watched two episodes of Samurai Gun. Not really sure what's going on, but it is violent! Ichimatsu
really doesn't want to kill people, but it's difficult, when that's kind of what he's obliged to do. In my view, not great, but very far from being awful.
I know what you mean. Angelic Layer was an all-round enjoyable series to watch. When first watching, I was afraid it was gonna turn into a Pokémon-esqe type of storyline - but no. This was not at all the case and was so much more beyond that.
I would highly recommend this series to anyone.
I said it before, and I will stick to it: CLAMP can do no wrong!
But mostly anything out there could put a DBZ fight scene to shame. Constipated-sounding power ups do nothing for me.
Of course, I say this being hypocritical of myself since I used to watch it quite a bit back in the day. Very difficult to watch it now though!
That's why I used it as a basis. DBZ was one of my first introductions to "popular" animé. My friends that do/did watch animé were all into it, buying the dvds and all... I lost interest kind of quick. All the Angelic Layer fights are intense, while seeming realistic; for being just a bunch of animated dolls, that is.
I can't wait either. Or rather, I am waiting for a bit just to see if any mention of re-releasing it as a thinpak happens. I doubt that'll happen yet though.
From what I've seen by checking the Best Buy and Amazon sites, vols. 1-4 will be released Sept. 30th, with vol. 5 out Nov. 11th.