
Escaflowne & Metropolis Hit US Big Screens Friday 189
darketernal writes "Escaflowne is appearing in theaters nationwide on the 25th, depending on your location. Rated PG-13. Here is a Yahoo! Review."
If you've seen Escaflowne in japanese, you probably know that
its a pretty cool show, and while its not one of my all time favorites,
if the big screen release gets anywhere near me, I'll be there.
Perhaps even bigger news is that
the mega anime film hit
Metropolis is
being release at the same time.
does this mean... (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:does this mean... (Score:1, Informative)
Sunrise Animation Studios (Cowboy Bebop, Gundam, a trillion other great shows) requires that its licensors wait 6 months between the time that they (sunrise) start release and the time the licensor begins release (and they must not finish the series before they (sunrise) do).
Of course, the American studios are having a hard time keeping up with a lot of the stuff out there, so it's often not much of an issue (except for hot-ticket titles, like the Bebop movie will be).
Others force various wait times, some don't at all.
Those that do, do it to avoid R1 reimportation (they KNOW that region coding means jack shit).
Yes! (Score:1)
That's not the REAL Metropolis. (Score:4, Funny)
Perhaps even bigger news is that the mega anime film hit Metropolis is being release at the same time
Oh, for Christ's sake, that's not the real Metropolis. This is the real Metropolis [imdb.com].
<sigh> All you young pups, just wanting your talkies, their 3 FPS scantily-clad cartoon characters with their monolithic teeth.
In case you hadn't noticed... (Score:2)
Re:In case you hadn't noticed... (Score:2)
Metropolis (the original) was ripped off by Madonna for her "Express Yourself" video.
Feh. I'm not much of a Madonna fan, so I didn't notice. I guess I'm a somewhat atypical homosexual: we're supposed to love Madonna. (I, however, prefer Jimi Hendrix and Howard Stern.)
Hmmm... Maybe my distaste for anime stems from the fact that there are no hot anime guys?
I liked the original much better.Oh yeah, for sure. Though I'll hit Gnutella and see if I can check out Madonna's video.
I prefer the series (Score:2, Interesting)
My problem really is that they neutered Merle in the movie, and almost neutered Allen. These two were my favourite characters from the series. I did like the fact they gave Merle a background though.
Of course, the movie is an excuse to listen to Maaya Sakamoto's beautiful voice for 90-odd minutes.
Then again, I can listen to it for 13 hours if i watch the series.
Re:I prefer the series (Score:2)
If you enjoyed the movie, you're a hell of a unique guy. While the anime club I used to be in loved the Escaflowne series (we even did a weekend showing of all eps back to back), the movie was about the only thing ever universally panned. It was amazingly bad, and I'm horrified that people will see it and get an impression of anime from it. Hell, we even watched Lensman for the self abuse factor and enjoyed it more. Gah.
--
Evan
Re:I prefer the series (Score:1)
He's at least not completely unique. I saw the movie at the American Film Institute festival, and enjoyed it enough to watch the series. The problem is not, I suspect, the movie per se but that the movie is a huge letdown after seeing the series. You just can't redo a whole 26 episode series as a 2 hour movie and hope to do it justice, so they had to change everything to make it work. It's pretty good if you don't go in expecting it to be more than peripherally related to the TV show.
Re:I prefer the series (Score:2)
So for those of you out there who loved the Escaflowne TV series, but hated how every damn Tenchi series had to be in a different continuity, think of this as the Shin Tenchi/Tenchi in Tokyo of Escaflowne. The first four episodes of TiT, that is, before they rewrote the plot from scratch.
I give it two guymelefs down. Save your ten bucks and watch something by Rumiko Takahashi instead. (Urusei Yatsura, Ranma, Maison Ikkoku, Inu Yasha, whatever you like best.)
Re:I prefer the series (Score:2, Informative)
Yes, the nerve-grating cast of the original TV series dub (that was panned by sub and dub fan alike) was brought back to do the movie.
So, no, Maaya won't be reprising her role of Hitomi for the North America theater release of the movie (to my dismay), but she will be on the DVD.
Re:I prefer the series (Score:2, Insightful)
Even worse, that means no Minami Takayama as Dilando. I thought that Dilando was a huge scene stealer in the TV series, and I'm going to miss Minami's voice for him in the movie. I can't remember a better deranged villain voice.
Re:I prefer the series (Score:2, Funny)
Interesting side note, after having had it mentioned that Minami-san was the singer for the japanese dance group "Two-Mix" I now have images of a derranged boy singing to the songs...
>_ it's bad....
Re:I prefer the series (Score:2, Interesting)
She's also in DoCO [tcp.com] together with the other women from Ranma 1/2. I just find it really odd to think of the same actress doing Dilando and Nabiki Tendo. I guess that's talent.
Re:I prefer the series (Score:2)
I've been an anime fan for roughly 10 years or so; Dilandu's English voice is possibly the worst acting job I've ever heard.
He ("he"... hahahah) steals most of the scenes he's in the Japanese version because he's so damn cool and psychotic... when he makes an appearance in the English version, I wanted to hurl bricks through my new $1000 TV and stab myself in the ears.
Re:I prefer the series (Score:1)
Seriously, that is just so totally wrong I can't believe it.
Hopefully if they show it here in Australia, they'll show it subtitled, like they have with Mononoke Hime (which has been going around various cinemas here for a year now...) and Metropolis.
/me goes off to cry at the thought of not hearing Maaya in wonderful Dolby 5.1 surround sound... *sigh*
Re:I prefer the series (Score:1)
Re:I prefer the series (Score:1)
The majority don't want to read subtitles, but hopefully more will begin to tolerate them.
The "pathetic anime companies" know exactly what they're doing. They're aiming for the larger market, and using that to keep us dedicated fans happy.
Fortunately, the DVD release WILL have the original audio, and japanese will be the only language i'll ever hear Escaflowne in.
Re:I prefer the series (Score:2)
They deleted relatively complex "bad guys" for an anime (Dornkirk and the original Folken, for example), and replaced it with a remarkably silly characters (the movie-Folken just makes no sense, for example).
The Difference Between Movie & Series (Score:2)
Escaflowne the movie was originally a shounen manga series, which became turned into a movie.
That's why the story is different, the people look different, and so on.
The series spends a lot of time on the love story between Hitomi, Van, and Allen, while the movie is about Van's fight.
Each has it's merits, it's just up to you to choose which you like most.
Gawyn
Nationwide? (Score:5, Insightful)
- A.P.
Re:Nationwide? (Score:3, Insightful)
New York, Chicago, and a couple of west coast cities isn't really nationwide, is it?
Sure it is. New York is on the east coast, Chicago is in the middle, and a couple of west coast cities are on the west coast, so the release area is "as wide as the nation"; therefore, "nationwide".
Then again, maybe not.
No, nationwide has to include Maine (Score:2)
Re:Nationwide? (Score:2)
Bah, no you shouldn't. It's too cold, wet and dark here for us to have ANY sympathy for Hawaii for ANY reason.
Re:Nationwide? Surely not, but why? (Score:1)
I got the idea that anime was selling well [mercurycenter.com] in our (US) theatres. Why are producers only interested in releasing to such a limited area?
- kaoruAngel
release locations? (Score:2)
Re:release locations? (Score:2)
Metropolis? (Score:5, Informative)
I admit that I'm not deeply into Anime, but I've seen my fair share, including Bastard, Tyler, Utena, and other random stuff. Therefore, I feel comfortable with saying that the only well-known MOVIE called "Metropolis" isn't animated. It's still incredible, even in black and white, and it's definitely highly rated.
But if slashdot (which pretends to be a news outlet of some kind) actually wants to make any sense even to the people who read it, a footnote is in order here explaining what "Metropolis" is for the vast majority of us who only know about the much more well-known movie by the same name.
Re:Metropolis? (Score:4, Informative)
and actually parts of Metropolis (1926) were animated, as well as stop action photography and other nifty effects!
Re:Metropolis? (Score:2)
There -is- a link, y'know... (Score:1)
Re:Metropolis? (Score:2)
Re:Metropolis? (Score:1)
Re:Metropolis? (Score:4, Informative)
This is like posting a link about an anime Star Wars without stating up-front that you're talking about a film with a completely different plot and a confusingly similar name. "No, it's not an anime-version of Star Wars. It just has the same name." Frankly, this is embarassing.
Yeah, go ahead anime lovers. Mod me down. I've got the karma to take your wrath.
Mistaken Movie Identities (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Look at the topic icon, it should clear any con (Score:2)
Re:Look at the topic icon, it should clear any con (Score:2)
If you think it's fine to talk about an anime film called "Star Wars" without explaining that the film does not have the same plot as the film by George Lucas, then there's really nothing more I can say.
Re:Look at the topic icon, it should clear any con (Score:2)
So when I read on
Fritz Lang's Metropolis (Score:1)
I know this is Slashdot, but I would still be very surprised to learn that Fritz Lang's Metropolis [persocom.com.br] is lesser known than this anime thing.
Re:Metropolis? (Score:1)
All cheer those who don't know what a link is.
Re:Metropolis? (Score:1, Informative)
This exceptional animated film is based on the classic manga by the late, great Osamu Tezuka -- with whom director Rintaro worked on such '60s classics as Astro-Boy and Kimba -- and is scripted by Katuhiro Otomo (Akira). In an enormous, retro-future city where robots and androids do most of the work, there is nonetheless great unrest. The government is really a tool of evil billionaire Duke Red, and the seeds of rebellion grow underground. Stir into this crucible of turbulence a young man, his detective uncle, a youthful assassin, and an angelic blonde who doesn't realize just what she really is, and the result is as compelling as it is eye-popping, and as unusual as the swing-era music on the soundtrack. Original Japanese version with English subtitles.
If you need some more info, Here's a link. [sony.com]
They should get their priorities right... (Score:1)
Re:They should get their priorities right... (Score:2)
Why?
There's a ton of theories, one of which is that disney want to be made to look bad by releasing licensed films that stomp on their own.
Go yell at Disney. On the other hand, laud Tristar and Bandai for trying to get anime out and on the big screen.
Re:They should get their priorities right... (Score:1)
Although I'm sure the anime is better than Disney anyway, it doesn't take much effort to outdo sequels to Cinderella and Peter Pan *cough*
Umptilly billion dollars in revenue and you'd think they could at least buy something orig--
wait, never mind...
This may be off-topic but... (Score:1)
OK. Cute Japanese cartoons. Cute Japanese cartoons that are somehow cooler than anyone else's cute cartoons.
Did they make them using Linux? Do they appeal to Lawrence Lessig as he whiles away the hours in the Supreme Court? Phew, at least they're not made by AOL/Time-Warner...
What a moron... (Score:1)
Farther North (Score:1)
Re:Farther North (Score:1)
This is, supposedly, going to be the only place (thus far) where the Escaflowne movie will hit in Canada.
I don't know about Metropolis, but hopefully Tristar will do what they did with CTHD and give it a nice, wide, subtitled release.
Its funny as hell... (Score:2)
It probably wont hit any theaters around here, but at least the video [amazon.com] will be available in May...
Tezuka's inspiration; Metropolis trailer (Score:3, Informative)
Note that there is a trailer for the anime Metropolis in the trailers section of the first disc of the Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within DVD. It looks pretty impressive to me.
Re:Tezuka's inspiration; Metropolis trailer (Score:2)
Whore (Score:4, Redundant)
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Re:Whore (Score:1)
Re:Whore (Score:1)
Re:Whore (Score:1)
Hell, I'd give you karma for admitting that you are a karma whore. (if I had the points....)
And on a funny note... (Score:3, Funny)
Well I do not know the show/movie, yet I am a poser fan of japanese modern animated art.
As a linux user I went to the multimedia section to see some teasers. Hmmm... wonder if windows media works with linux? click...
Nope.. sorry, not using Solaris, whaddya stupid? Oh.. Hey.. MS, hows that VBScript treating ya?
Re:And on a funny note... (Score:1)
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Re:And on a funny note... (Score:1)
I can't believe some people have nothing better to do that bring this up under every article. Personally I'd be more interested in discussing if this movie is subtitled or dubbed, and why anyone would butcher anime with dubbing. Crouching Tiger proved that American audiences will watch subtitles movies. Dubbing is just wrong. Can you imagine The Terminator in French?? "We we, I'll be le back". IMHO language is just an integral part of a film.
And if you are determined to turn slashdot into a Linux/MS only discussion site, do us all a favor and just use the following substitution for slashdot:
lynx www.linuxtoday.com | sed 's/Linus/Cmdr Taco/g' | sed 's/Microsoft/Micro$oft/g'
Re:And on a funny note... (Score:1)
And, damn, that dub is terrible...
Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' On Heaven's Door next??? (Score:4, Interesting)
Yeah I know the movie starts with a bunch of terrorists blowing up a Martian colony, but everyone who's seen the fansub that's floating around says it kicks ass, and the series is certainly one of the best anime series I've seen. It's easily in Evangelion and Lain's league.
Besides, you can't NOT like CowBe...it's got Radical Edward!!!
Re:Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' On Heaven's Door next??? (Score:1)
They say Columbia Tristar has it (since they're a subsidary of Sony), and Sony Entertainment had a hand in making the movie.
Give it time. They're releasing that one Arnold movie that was indefinitely postponed following the attacks, so I don't see Bebop's release here being delayed at all.
Let's just hope they do the same as CTHD with it (subtitled, nation-wide release).
Re:Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' On Heaven's Door next??? (Score:1)
Apparently the DVD release of Metropolis is going to include trailers for:
Metropolis itself
FF : TSW
and..............
Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Well damnit, I'm sold.
Re:Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' On Heaven's Door next??? (Score:1)
Re:Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' On Heaven's Door next??? (Score:1)
Re:Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' On Heaven's Door next??? (Score:2)
Re:Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' On Heaven's Door next??? (Score:2)
This isn't to imply that it's just a 30-minute TV episode stretched out to 120 minutes, though... there's excellent pacing, and no filler. Awesome movie!
Re:Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' On Heaven's Door next??? (Score:2)
Re:Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' On Heaven's Door next??? (Score:1)
There are lots of excellent anime movies, including Ghost in the Shell, Mononoke Hime, Laputa, Porco Rosso, Totoro (now THAT's an excellent one, for whole family, young and old)..
On the series & OVA side, my list of favs starts usually with Area 88 and Gundam 0080 War in th Pocket, but there are so many that a comprehensive list is impossible to write from memory, and would take too much space anyway.
Of course taste is subjective, and differs from person to person. I'd guess from Your mention of Eva and Lain that ours might differ a little, as I'd say both Eva and Lain are good, but not very early on my list.
Eva starts well, then falls a little (some say a lot), and the end is anybody's guess (pick Your ending - I'm not sure which I like best).
Lain has EXCELLENT use of sound, but otherwise it's not all that special.
Key the Metal Idol is sometimes compared to Lain, and there are similarities. I'd say Key had more potential, but felt like after halfway suddenly the crew noticed that they have to bring it to end at once while they had planned for twice the length it ended as.
However, with those preferences You might want to check Gasaraki. I'm still waiting for my last disc, but up to that I'd say it's been very good.
Re:Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' On Heaven's Door next??? (Score:3, Insightful)
I have to strongly, strongly disagree with you here. Eva starts strong, gets a little weak around eposides 9-12 (the introduction of Asuka with that silly "syncronized dance" episode), and then just takes off and becomes phenomenal. The first ending is a little too abrupt for my taste, but the End of Eva movies have scenes in them with as much emotional impact of any great tragedy (the death of Dr. Akagi, in my opinion, was one of the best-written tragic moments in history - Shakespeare has nothing on Anno here). To sum up, Evangelion is a masterpiece - Cowboy Bebop is, well, fun.
Opening scene (Score:2)
Actualy the opening scene is of jet and spike busting up a convinece stand up. It was pretty intresting.
A little later, there is a huge explosion on a freeway on mars, and every nearby dies of a mysterious disease. That's the introduction to the actual plot of the film, btw.
mega anime film hit? (Score:1)
Metropolis was a bit of a letdown. The art direction was mostly just ugly for the first 45 minutes of the movie, and the animation quality was inconsistent from character to character and scene to scene. The use of computer animation made for some beautiful backgrounds, but they were often completely incongruous with ugly hand drawn foregrounds. The last 30 minutes were wonderful, though, and it was worth seeing for that alone.
A fight & special effect show. (Score:2)
What it reminds me of is The Matrix, which I enjoyed watching once just for the cool special effects, but didn't feel like watching again. I feel almost exactly the same about the Escaflowne movie. I'm not going to spoil it, but there were things that made me cringe nearly as much as the "they're using us for batteries" scene.
The series is better (at least what I've seen of it), but the movie's definitely worth watching for anyone who can happily sit and admire beautiful animation without being bothered too much by an unintentionally ridiculous story.
Re:A fight & special effect show. (Score:2)
I'm not an anime nut and haven't seen too many anime movies, however every anime movie that I have seen has been exactly what you just described. I was starting to think that what you mention was a description of the genre. . .
Re:A fight & special effect show. (Score:3, Informative)
Metropolis Magna vs Movie (1926) (Score:2)
The Movie [uow.edu.au]
The Original Metropolis is going to be re-released (Score:2, Informative)
They talk about it here [dvdtalk.com]
Re:The Original Metropolis is going to be re-relea (Score:2)
I mailed the MPAA about this. See, the prices on DVDs between Canada are within 1 to 5$ of each other numerically, but are way off when you calculate the value straight across -- Canadian DVDs always seem to be cheaper. Why are the prices artificially low?
Then you see things like this movie, released 3 quarters of a century ago in Germany. What point does region coding serve? It's not like any parts of the world are still showing it in theatres. The entire argument of region coding as a means of protecting theatre owners is proved WRONG by little things like this.
Hrm? (Score:2)
Re:Hrm? (Score:2)
Sure enough ... (Score:5, Insightful)
Slashdot (to MPAA): You fucking fascists. We hate you.
MPAA: But look at these shiny colors!
Slashdot: Oooh! How much?
Re:Sure enough ... (Score:2, Troll)
The only companies that release anime and are associated with the MPAA are:
Columbia/Tristar and Manga Video.
So if you buy a dvd from one of them, you must make a contribution to the EFF.
Otherwise, you can enjoy Kenshin, Evangelion, and many other series without having to make a donation to the EFF/ACLU/other-freedom-fighting-organization-of-y
OH MY GOD (Score:2)
So what do I do? I move to Minot, North Dakota to get married. There are 13 screens in the entire town, and five of them were showing Harry Potter for 7 weeks, three more were showing Monsters, Inc for 6 weeks. WTF?
Everything you've ever heard about North Dakota is true.
Re:OH MY GOD (Score:2)
Trend (Score:2, Informative)
escaflowne? nothing better? (Score:1)
however my real comment is that I don't know if that anime is really being presented to the public that it's unknown to, sure escaflowne is a great series and movie, but what about Ah My Goddess the Movie, a fairly unknown anime in the US, cept in Samgoody stores...
Or such other obscure anime that has a following online, but rairly are they able to communicate with other anime fans in person. there are so many good specials and series out there, but they don't get watched because the networks decided that they need to kill the plot by cutting scenes and screwing up translations. the massive amount of following around Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke) after its big release is one of the only ways a show seems to get following, because the majority of people won't shell out for the dvd's cause they may not like them and the networks are to scared to show them
coincidence! (Score:2)
For those of you who are waiting for the release on DVD with English subtitles, and bitching at the US being still centralized around a few spots only (the ones with an Asian population big enough to make the release of the movie worth, all according to these idiots who own theaters), let me tell you that it is so-so, not so good. The story is ok but I was expecting way better from 2 super stars put together to make this anime. So don't be too mad, ok?
PPA, the Japanese girl next door.
Central US, please (Score:1)
For those who haven't seen Escaflowne. . . (Score:5, Informative)
Vision of Escaflowne comes in two flavors: series and movie. I'll talk mostly about the series, since I don't want to give out any spoilers.
Escaflowne tells the story of a 15 year old named Hitomi, a athletic Japanese highschool student who also happens to have a strange talent for 'hunches.' This comes out in her skill at foretelling the future using ordinary tarot cards. One day, when trying to break her speed record in the 100 yard dash, she has a strange vision that ends up dragging her into a strange alternate world called Gaea. Gaea is a land somewhere 'in space' out beyond the earth and the moon that has something to do with the sunken kingdom of Atlantis (to say more would ruin it). It is populated mostly by humans, along with many types of half-human-half-beast people. Although Gaea is by and large peaceful, when Hitomi arrives the entire land is plunged into brutal war, country by country, by a Gaean realm called the Zaibach Empire. The results of this war will determine the fate of Gaea.
From here, Hitomi is thrown into a series of adventures that change her outlook on life and most importantly teaches her much about herself. The entire time, she misses her home and wants to go back (Earth is known in Gaea as the 'Mystic Moon') but begins to care about the people she meets. In addition, her fortunetelling skills are mysteriously enhanced and become a major part of her life.
Unfortunately, to say much more about the story would ruin it for the newcomer. The plotline is very deep, and digs into several 'human' concepts such as destiny, fate, and luck. Family and chivalry are also very important and the source of some major themes. In addition, the mystery of lost Atlantis is somehow involved.
Battles in Gaea are fought by huge robots (think Mechwarrior with swords) called 'Guymelefs,' even though the tech level of Gaea is supposedly stea-engine level. These 'guymelefs' are for the most part huge robot samuri, and are very interesting. Although there isn't really 'magic' in Gaea (at least not in the D&D magic-missle-everything style), there is a lot of unexplained natural phenomenon that are harnessed by the locals, such as rocks that levitate--'wandering earth.'
Escaflowne tells an amazing story and is a good introduction to good anime. I won't say much more about the plot (don't want to give too much away), but it will hook you and drag you along for a fantastic ride. The series is 26 episodes long, and basically continues one story.
Other animes you might want to watch if you liked Escaflowne, or don't know if you want to rent/download it and watch it are Cowboy Bebop and Lain. Bebop is the best anime I've ever seen and one of the best stories I've been told in a long time. Lain is disturbing, but brilliant. Still, I would say that Escaflowne is a great place to start in on anime and definitely worth your time. Although it starts slow (at the begining, I wanted to throttle most of the characters), the character development is fantastic, and the story is truly haunting.
Re:For those who haven't seen Escaflowne. . . (Score:1)
Unfortunately, this is the movie. The Escaflowne movie blows goats. Just think about it for a moment... They're taking a 13-hour miniseries and making a ~100 minute movie out of it. Do you think any of the fantastic plotline will survive?
Re:For those who haven't seen Escaflowne. . . (Score:2)
Akira was visually splendid, but a great deal of story was lost.
X/1999 was visually amazing, but MOST of the story got lost (especially since the printed version wasn't even FINISHED yet in Japan.)
(Thankfully, at least X/1999 is getting a series to tell the story. Akira had no such luck, but did at least the entire manga is being printed for US audiences.)
The trailer in QuickTime (Score:5, Informative)
http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/escaflo
Im just a kharma whore.
It's about time... (Score:1)
Most of the anime fans here at
I guess this is one of the few times I'm happy I live in Los Angeles. I can at least drive down and see Metropolis this weekend.
Re:It's about time... (Score:2)
no yoko kanno? (Score:1)
Metropolis (Score:1)
I saw it at a film festival last fall, and the story is a sort of typical (based on my limited experience on anime) with simple characters, cybernetics and a massively destructive ending. Nothing special there.
The art, however, is something else. Apparently at least partially computer generated backgrounds of the city, obviosly inspired by the Fritz Lang's Metropolis, are amazing. There are some scenes where the backgrounds really take your breath away, with some of the characters on foreground and huge cog wheels or fish tanks on the background, with carefully considered lighting.
This film is worth seeing because of the art, not the story, and on the biggest screen possible
Esca movie != Esca series (Score:1)
For those of you who don't know, Escaflowne the movie is considerably different from Escaflowne the television series; people refer to it as an "alternate universe" telling of the story, where Hitomi appears considerably later in Zaibach's war of conquest, and things on Gaia are considerably darker. The most startling difference is that some characters in the movie can use a form of magic, something which did not come up in the series.
Overall, where the series has plenty of humor, political intrigue, romantic subplots and character development, the movie seems to be more for the sake of eye candy than anything else, although the overall "message" seems to be the same. Watch this if you want to see some really cool battles and assassination scenes. Just don't expect it to be anything like the series.
Of course, this is just my opinion. YMMV.
Columbia/Tristar getting into anime in a big way (Score:2)
If there's one anime movie that has a good shot of breaking the US market wide open it's Cowboy Bebop. Think about it, they have a ready-made market created by Cartoon Network, and everyone who has ever seen a 572398572th generation fansub (or digisub ^^) will
-inq
Re:HOW THE WEST WAS WON (Score:1)
Which movie would you be referring to?
And if Escaflowne, did you happen to watch it in english?
If so, then yeah, a lot of people (dub fans included) will join you in panning the dub. I've not heard the dub for the TV series, and I don't plan on it, but from what I hear it sucks rocks.
Now the Japanese mind you...
Re:CmdrTaco's Shameless Plugs... (Score:1)
Re:CmdrTaco's Shameless Plugs... (Score:2)