[Lucky Seven]

Originally Posted by JJ Rodriguez

I've watched the anime and it was fucking HILARIOUS for me. I don't read manga though, I just can't get into it I wish they'd just put out novels for the manga I'd like to read. I want the story line, but I don't want to read comics

Light Novels? Yeah, I only watch anime, i could never get into manga.

[Azyiu]

Originally Posted by Naren

I still can't believe they're actually doing this... WITHOUT ME

Fixed.

[Naren]

Originally Posted by JJ Rodriguez

I've watched the anime and it was fucking HILARIOUS for me. I don't read manga though, I just can't get into it I wish they'd just put out novels for the manga I'd like to read. I want the story line, but I don't want to read comics

The mutilated dubbed one that was released in the US? Funny story behind that. They didn't think anyone in the US would know the background behind the movie because the Japanese animated series and comics were never released in the US (still haven't been, as far as I know), so they spliced up the story, changed lots of different parts of it, gave the characters Hong Kong action film-style corny dialogue, dubbed it with the most idiotic voices possible, and cut the film that was over 2 hours long down to about an hour and a half (a total of 30 minutes of footage cut out, I believe). They changed several of the characters names and kept going. I saw the original movie in Japanese and it was excellent. Not anywhere near the quality of the "manga," but it was still really good. My friend had some of the US release and I watched it and it WAS laughable. The type of thing you'd sit down with your friends, drink beers, and laugh at for how stupid it is.

The "Hokuto no Ken" (Fist of the North Star) manga is seriously the best one out there. Without it being a comic, you'd miss a lot of the awesomeness. The insane gore (brains, intestines, cartilege, bone, and such flying everywhere with the floor drenched in blood - all this cut out of the animated series because it was on TV. Hokuto no Ken may very well be the most violent and gory comic from the 80s), the awesome martial arts action, the cool tension-filled scenes between characters, the elaborate depictions of the landscape and crazy locations... It would be cool if the writer for the series made a novel about it, though. Not sure, which part of the series he'd do, though (since it's pretty long - I've got every issue).

Originally Posted by Azyiu

Fixed.

No way. If Akira Toriyama called me up and said "Hey, Eric, dude. We've never met, but I want you to voice act in a new Dragon Ball animated film I'm working on," (or make music for it, whatever), I'd say, "Fuck yeah. Sign me up."

This? No way. I would never associate myself with it. Regardless of what you think about that Chow fella, there's no way this is going to be a good film. No way.

Originally Posted by Lucky Seven

Light Novels? Yeah, I only watch anime, i could never get into manga.

I like Japanese animations, but I think the comics are so much better. The quality is on an entirely different level. Animations have too much filler (they'll stretch a 15-page part of the comic out to 30 minutes on a show) and too much censorship.

I own the entire Dragon Ball animated series on DVD and I also have the entire comic series and I have to say that the "manga" is a lot lot higher quality than the animation.

[Lucky Seven]

Originally Posted by Naren

I like Japanese animations, but I think the comics are so much better. The quality is on an entirely different level. Animations have too much filler (they'll stretch a 15-page part of the comic out to 30 minutes on a show) and too much censorship.

I own the entire Dragon Ball animated series on DVD and I also have the entire comic series and I have to say that the "manga" is a lot lot higher quality than the animation.

Well, you see Japanese animation is something I watch when I have nothing to do. I haven't watched anything since summer, in fact I deleted all the anime I watched this summer. While I agree with you that the comics are probably better, it's just not something I'm into enough to actually spend money on. The only manga I've truly read would be the Evangelion manga, which wasn't necessarily bad, but it really felt like a different series (of coarse the manga came after the animation).

I'd read those Hokuto no Ken comics if I could find well translated ones, but that'll never happen.

[Naren]

Originally Posted by Lucky Seven

Well, you see Japanese animation is something I watch when I have nothing to do. I haven't watched anything since summer, in fact I deleted all the anime I watched this summer. While I agree with you that the comics are probably better, it's just not something I'm into enough to actually spend money on. The only manga I've truly read would be the Evangelion manga, which wasn't necessarily bad, but it really felt like a different series (of coarse the manga came after the animation).

I'd read those Hokuto no Ken comics if I could find well translated ones, but that'll never happen.

I've never read a Japanese comic in English before, so I don't know how the general quality of the translations are (although I actually translate Japanese comics into English as a part time job). I do remember seeing Japanese comics in the US for INSANELY high prices. They were something like $18 a comic. In Japan, I could go to a used comic shop and get 10-18 comics for that price. Or new, I could get 4-6 comics for that price.

I only watch Japanese animation when I'm seriously interested in watching it. I haven't seen a "new" Japanese animation in over a year (as in, I've seen older stuff like Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, and City Hunter within the last year, but that's all stuff that I'd already seen before).

The Hokuto no Ken comic series and animated series have not been translated into English. Too gory for Americans? Too EXTREME? Dunno...

The type of comics Evangelion fits into are what I call "shit." If an animation is based off of a comic, the comic pretty much is ALWAYS better. However, if there's a comic based off of an animation or a video game, the comic almost always sucks. I've read a few of those before and every single one of them sucked. So, it does not surprise me at all that an Evangelion comic would suck. They only make them because the animation has enough fans and popularity that they know people will buy it.

I used to collect comics by Akira Toriyama. I've read almost everything he's ever released: Dragon Ball, Doctor Slump, his short comic collections (I owned all of them), Kowa!, Sandworld (I think it was called), and all the other ones.

[Lucky Seven]

Heh, I've read some Dr. Slump on the internet.

[Azyiu]

Originally Posted by Lucky Seven

Heh, I've read some Dr. Slump on the internet.

Dr.Slump IS a classic!

I simply love ニコチャン大王 (King Nikochan) very very much!

[Lucky Seven]

Hoyo?

[Naren]

Originally Posted by Azyiu

Dr.Slump IS a classic!

I simply love ニコチャン大王 (King Nikochan) very very much!

Yes, it is. I especially like the beginning of the series. That's when it was the most hilarious. It was his kind of bizarre crass humor that really made Dr. Slump interesting.

[Azyiu]

Originally Posted by Naren

Yes, it is. I especially like the beginning of the series. That's when it was the most hilarious. It was his kind of bizarre crass humor that really made Dr. Slump interesting.

Very true And I used to have ニコチャン大王 as my MSN display pic