Forum - View topicShelf Life - Straining Your I"s
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luffypirate
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gotta love cybuster
 i see some nana too
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teh*darkness
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Oooo... they redid the subtitles? See, I may actually have to buy this, since it was the first manga I ever bought and one of the first anime I ever bought, though at the time being naive, I ended up with a bootleg. So I'll pick this up just to support it for nostalgia's sake.
Hehe, you lack practice, young padawan. 
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Splitter
 Posts: 1276 Location: Knockin' on Heaven's Door |
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Yes! Another Strain fan! I watched it all on FUNi's site in January and immediately bought the box set upon finishing it. Seriously underrated and just all-around great sci-fi!
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Dorcas_Aurelia
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What I've heard about the subtitles is that they changed the presentation, not the script, if that makes things any clearer. |
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Craeyst Raygal
 Posts: 1383 Location: In the garage, beneath a 1970 MGB GT. |
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For years now I've said that Ken Akamatsu has done more damage to romantic comedy anime than any other individual. My only great gripe is that it's taken us long enough for Love Hina to gain freaking CLASSIC status for people to also look back and say sheepishly "You know, it really wasn't that good."
And to anyone who's seriously considering buying Love Hina, do yourself this favor: drop a heavy object in your crotch to simulate the viewing experience, then go to eBay or Amazon or the trunk of a shady figure's car and buy Ai Yori Aoshi instead. It's like Love Hina, but with pleasant characters, beautiful music, and a strong central romance. If the urge to buy Love Hina still remains, repeat process and buy Maison Ikkoku. |
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LiuXuande
 Posts: 201 Location: Chicago |
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Ohhhhhhhhh. lol. Yes, this is a great show. Definitely picking up the DVD set. Yay for name alterations! Also, I love harem anime...and I can't stand Love Hina. Tenchi was the first anime that got me interested in the medium, and it's SO much more of a "classic" than Love Hina could be. I wish the Tenchi Muyo OVAs were rereleased so I could [legitimately] own them... that Disc 3 is impossibly rare/expensive. Anyway, totally agree with "Craeyst Raygal". Ai Yori Yoshi is awesome. And of course, no need to mention, all the KyoAni Key adaptations 
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ryogasasaki
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couldnt agree more. the manga is very good. |
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ArthurFrDent
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Craeyst Raygal, and LiuXuande, this is the reason that cringe whenever the "Classic" tag is put on anything. Very few things ever appeal so broadly and forever to be called that. I know people that react violently to Tenchi as well... personally I never liked Maison that much... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ heh, watch them all and then decide...
and LiuX... rightstuf has all 1, 2, and 4 for only $8 each... I bought them just so that the backstok would go away, and they would consider putting them out again. I can't figure out why they have not. Probably some strange contractural snafu. |
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teh*darkness
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I'd say change that from a general statement, to only include those who don't know what they're getting into, and then it'd be a valid exercise. As for Ai Yori Aoshi, same applies to it as does to Love Hina. I've seen the anime and the Enishi sequel, and they pale in comparison to the manga, as well as not properly finishing the story, which Love Hina accomplished over three sets of OVAs. They over-emphasize the slapstick element in the anime almost as much as Love Hina, though there's less of it period, so it's not as bad. But it's also more along the lines of heartfelt romance (+comedy) aimed at a seinen audience, whereas Love Hina is a shounen romcom. Slightly different storytelling styles. |
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ANN_Bamboo
ANN Contributor
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You know, I gotta disagree with you on this one. I absolutely loved the first volume of Ai Yori Aoshi, and I loved the parts afterward that just included the two main leads, but I was completely turned off by all the side characters (esp. Tina). I also thought the series got a bit repetitive after awhile. |
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ArthurFrDent
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heh, SakechanBD, your avatar just reminded me that in my mailbox at home is probably sitting Saikano Complete... just waiting for me to watch.
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Shepperoni
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It's sad to hear the I"s dub is weak and the pace of the story's kinda akward. But I still feel obligated to buy it as a big fan of the original manga. Besides, seeing Iori and Itsuki animated is worth the buy alone!
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Megiddo
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Oh man, the original I''s OVA is atrocious. I don't even know what the whole point of it was. As you said, it was more traumatizing than enjoyable, and I advise all to just ignore it.
Now I''s Pure on the other hand, I was delighted to watch. I've been a fan of the I''s manga for a long, long time, and I'm quite satisfied with I''s Pure. Granted, there isn't enough time to go through every single interaction that occurs in the manga due to the short episode length, but I feel that they did a wonderful job in condensing the story so that even one who doesn't know the manga can still enjoy it. I like how they changed the format of how everything transpires by having it be flashbacks on Christmas day, instead of the day-by-day pace that the manga employed. All in all, I can't quite say why I love I''s. Maybe it's because the main character gets his arse kicked so many times but still ends up with the girl. That usually doesn't happen. Anyway, I'm happy that Viz actually brought this Stateside. Now if they could get to releasing Honey and Clover... |
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TheoryGirl
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That is exactly how it was for me, too! I originally checked it out because I'd heard the opening theme and really liked it, and I really liked the show, too, especially since it was the first anime I'd seen that didn't have a fantastic element to the premise (as most of what I'd seen up to that point was stuff like Pokemon, Tenchi, DBZ, and Slayers). But yeah, it definitely got old real fast. Even when the manga came out, I could only take two volumes of it (unlike my now-husband, who read the whole series--in reverse). |
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irishninja
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I feel the same way. The first three volumes nearly turned me off for the whole series, but I like the world created in too much to not give it more of a fair shake. By volume four, it stops being primarily about showing naked girls (although that aspect never actually goes away) and starts to tell a story. And what a great story it is, too! 
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