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Rat Guy Posted 3/1/2008 7:21:40 PM message detail |
CLANNAD is getting good, and so is Kimikiss. I need a new anime to watch once these two are over. --- Nice boat, Kotonoha. |
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AdmiralViscen IV Posted 3/7/2008 10:21:08 PM message detail |
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Rat Guy Posted 3/7/2008 11:55:51 PM message detail |
Bought Nadesico cause I found a deal on it. I think I should stop buying anime for a while. --- Nice boat, Kotonoha. |
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Cauchys Inequality Posted 3/9/2008 9:49:14 PM message detail |
I'm watching through The Big O. It's really quite good, and much better
than I thought it was given the bits I caught on Cartoon Network. I
enjoy the art style a lot; it has a lot of vibes of things like Batman:
The Animated Series and is generally very stylized in ways I enjoy. I'm
watching it with the Japanese dub, but the English dub is quite good
too, especially the guy who voices Roger Smith (he also does Spike in
Cowboy Bebop and is probably the main reason people prefer the dub to
the sub for that show). --- "The world is a sphere. That means that the east is connected to the west, and the north is connected to the south." ~Enrique, Skies of Arcadia |
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Rat Guy Posted 3/10/2008 1:16:52 AM message detail |
I started True Tears. It's... weird. --- Nice boat, Kotonoha. |
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Rat Guy Posted 3/15/2008 7:13:23 AM message detail |
--- Nice boat, Kotonoha. |
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Little Lost Child Posted 3/16/2008 1:22:55 PM message detail |
Catching up on Yotsuba&! <3 this series. --- Fall was always left in your eyes / just a fleck of yellow light / like the sunrise, like the twilight -- "Weeping Willow," The Hush Sound |
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archangel87 Posted 3/16/2008 3:37:16 PM message detail |
Big O was one of my faves. I've actually been trying to get caught
up on Bleach. But I'm thinking of skipping this part because the stuff
with the Bounto is kinda boring. And I finally got caught up on Naruto
Shippuden a couple weeks ago. My friend tells me I should watch Death
Note and/or Fate/Stay Night. --- I guess we all know whose milkshake brings the boys to the yard... ~Mia Fey |
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Neeyahaha Posted 3/16/2008 9:09:04 PM message detail |
Never buy anime off ebay. Correction. Never buy anime off ebay if you can't tell the difference between what looks like it's probably legit and the real thing, and a seller who is obviously selling fake. Seriously, it's not that hard. Since I've figured out what to look for, my past 5 anime buys off ebay have been the real thing. --- Boy and girls in cars. Dogs and cats on lawns. From here I can touch the sky. |
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Rat Guy Posted 3/16/2008 9:44:08 PM message detail |
They don't always post the real pictures of what they're selling. I've
seen too many people burned by eBay to trust it for media anymore. --- Nice boat, Kotonoha. |
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Little Lost Child Posted 3/17/2008 8:40:05 AM message detail |
I <3 Mirai Nikki. I would love to see this animated in the future. <3 Yuno. http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/5517/20061110sq8.jpg --- Fall was always left in your eyes / just a fleck of yellow light / like the sunrise, like the twilight -- "Weeping Willow," The Hush Sound |
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Cauchys Inequality Posted 3/17/2008 8:43:06 AM message detail |
Oh good, someone else is reading Mirai Nikki. It surely needs to be
animated, but I'm not convinced there's enough material out yet for
even a 13-episode series, and I really don't want to see them improvise
an ending. The Big O was great for its first 13 episodes. I've watched 14 through 16, and they're like three times better. If all you saw was all or part of the initial run on Cartoon Network, and you enjoyed it even a little, you owe it to yourself to watch the entire thing. --- "The world is a sphere. That means that the east is connected to the west, and the north is connected to the south." ~Enrique, Skies of Arcadia |
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Little Lost Child Posted 3/17/2008 8:52:30 AM message detail |
It surely needs to be animated, but I'm not convinced there's enough
material out yet for even a 13-episode series, and I really don't want
to see them improvise an ending. True, and I feel the same way. It would be horrible to see a good series like this get butchered in animation... *stares at Gantz* :[ --- Fall was always left in your eyes / just a fleck of yellow light / like the sunrise, like the twilight -- "Weeping Willow," The Hush Sound |
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Little Lost Child Posted 3/17/2008 12:40:03 PM message detail |
*cries* Stupid Gundam 00 (ep. 23). TT^TT --- Fall was always left in your eyes / just a fleck of yellow light / like the sunrise, like the twilight -- "Weeping Willow," The Hush Sound |
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Little Lost Child Posted 3/19/2008 7:19:39 AM message detail |
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=KwqZb0sdkCE http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=3K5g5FSQReE Super Smash Bros. Brawl x Lucky*Star <3 Peach, Ike, ZSS. --- Fall was always left in your eyes / just a fleck of yellow light / like the sunrise, like the twilight -- "Weeping Willow," The Hush Sound |
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Deity42 Posted 3/20/2008 8:11:46 AM message detail |
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23716592/ Japan appoints robotic cat as "Anime Ambassador" to the world. Created by cartoonist Fujiko F. Fujio, Doraemon is a Japanese cultural icon and is popular around the world, especially in Asia. The robotic cat travels back in time from the 22nd century and uses gadgets such as a "time machine" and an "anywhere door" that come out of a fourth-dimensional pocket on his stomach to help his friends, allowing them to travel anywhere and to any time they wish. I always find it slightly amusing when news companies have to type out some ludicrous description of events in the most serious manner possible, lol. --- What caliber for Shetland pony? |
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Little Lost Child Posted 3/20/2008 9:47:47 PM message detail |
Soul Eater trailer. http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=D5qXZIiIFz4 Black Star = awesome. Soul's voice threw me off, but I can get used to it. --- Fall was always left in your eyes / just a fleck of yellow light / like the sunrise, like the twilight -- "Weeping Willow," The Hush Sound |
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HandofThrawn Posted 3/20/2008 10:44:22 PM message detail |
Doraemon has pretty much already been Japan's ambassador for 30+
years. Even all the Chinese kids I know grew up watching that cat. And Mirai Nikki = win. http://www.angelfire.com/ak5/handofthrawn26/japan.jpg --- {Board 548} What is there left to say?{εί} |
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Cauchys Inequality Posted 3/21/2008 10:38:47 AM message detail |
That Soul Eater trailer really isn't doing anything for me. Sorry. It looks like a translation patch for Umineko no Naku Koro ni is in the works. Umineko is the sequel to Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, and after watching the Higurashi anime, I'd certainly be up for more in that vein. --- "The world is a sphere. That means that the east is connected to the west, and the north is connected to the south." ~Enrique, Skies of Arcadia |
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Little Lost Child Posted 3/21/2008 12:03:31 PM message detail |
Huh, why are you saying sorry for? Anyway, I really like Bones as well as the series, so I'm hopeful for a nice show. From what I've read about and looked at Umineko, it doesn't look like it's gonna interest me that much -- or at least on the level Higurashi had me. Need to catch up on Kekkaishi. Oh well, good thing about slacking is that I have a lot of material to read... --- Fall was always left in your eyes / just a fleck of yellow light / like the sunrise, like the twilight -- "Weeping Willow," The Hush Sound |
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Impossible II Posted 3/24/2008 5:15:43 AM message detail |
I finally got around to starting Death Note, which is kind of
significant because Death Note is practically the only manga (or close
to it) I've ever read a decent amount of... Before quitting later on,
due to a combination of boredom from the story being less interesting
and confusion from having no idea what the hell was going on anymore. I
liked the battle of wits between Light and L, so that's what I'm
watching it for now. I don't exactly remember Light being so immediately evil in the manga. I'm probably just remembering wrong because it was a while ago, but it's only been one episode and he already sounds so vicious and corrupt. I remembered him having a twisted sense of justice, and that's about it. It must be in his voice... Especially when he decides to become God. --- 'All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others.' - Douglas Adams |
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Impossible II Posted 3/25/2008 6:52:29 PM message detail |
...The second opening makes me wish I had a Death Note to write my own name in. --- 'All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others.' - Douglas Adams |
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Deity42 Posted 3/25/2008 6:56:19 PM message detail |
Heh... ... --- Is that for real? The image seems to imply I sat down beside a Third Reich officer on a public train somehow. |
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Rat Guy Posted 3/26/2008 1:20:12 PM message detail |
I'm watching Nadesico again and in one scene they had "Guy/Gai" written as "GAY" in English. Lawl. --- Nice boat, Kotonoha. |
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Cauchys Inequality Posted 3/26/2008 2:57:23 PM message detail |
If you don't enjoy the second opening of Death Note, you simply
have no soul. It's one of the funniest things I've seen in anime in a
while. And I'm sure it was intentionally funny. --- "The world is a sphere. That means that the east is connected to the west, and the north is connected to the south." ~Enrique, Skies of Arcadia |
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Impossible II Posted 3/26/2008 5:46:10 PM message detail |
It doesn't matter what the intent was, the song makes my ears scream in pain, it's unwatchable no matter how funny it is. --- 'All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others.' - Douglas Adams |
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Impossible II Posted 3/30/2008 6:52:30 AM message detail |
And there's really no reason why you wouldn't like the first season
[of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei], unless you're dead on the inside. You weren't kidding, wow. The entire concept of two characters who each see everything solely in either a positive or negative light is just so perfect that I refuse to accept it wasn't already done by someone else. In any case, the way it's contrasted here is awesome... It was mostly in the first couple of episodes that they played off that constantly, but now that I'm past the character introductions, hopefully there will be a lot more of it. I haven't seen much of Kafuka (don't hate me, mods) and Nozomu giving their very different perspectives on the same thing in the last few episodes I watched, but it's hilarious when it does happen. Whether that's Kafuka turning something terrible like stalking (that was probably my favourite episode so far) into something light-hearted and hilarious, or Nozomu depressing something perfectly good and innocent. Both at the same time is preferable, though. It's weird that I can't seem to draw myself away from the opening, even though I pretty much always skip them on other shows. --- 'All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others.' - Douglas Adams |
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Little Lost Child Posted 3/30/2008 10:24:27 AM message detail |
Dunno if anyone keeps up with any of the "main" shonen series here,
but ahh... my love for Oda grows. That Duval thing had me really going,
it was great. --- Fall was always left in your eyes / just a fleck of yellow light / like the sunrise, like the twilight -- "Weeping Willow," The Hush Sound |
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Rat Guy Posted 3/30/2008 10:58:56 AM message detail |
Anyone know the new shows for the season? CLANNAD, True Tears, and Kimikiss are over now, I'll need something new to watch --- Nice boat, Kotonoha. |
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Cauchys Inequality Posted 3/30/2008 12:05:11 PM message detail |
I'm glad you enjoy Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, Impossible, though
it's too bad you have no soul. Do you have your volume turned up to max
and your earbuds attached directly to your eardrums or something? You
can't appreciate the humor of "What's Up People?!" if the song is
deafening you with its loudness, and it is admittedly a pretty loud
song. I read bout 100 chapters of One Piece, but I simply couldn't keep going. I thought a pirate theme would be cool, but in the end it's no different than Generic Shonen #25. Bleach had potential, but they turned it into Generic Shonen #32 in the Soul Society arc. Naruto seems like it has the most hope of not constantly being in the gutter, but even it doesn't do too well. I stuck with Bleach pretty far in the hopes that it would get better than Generic Shonen $32 (through the Soul Society arc and partway into the Heuco Mundo (sp) arc), but it never did, though it's got enough style that it's just barely worth reading, I think. I haven't read Naruto in a while, so I can only hope it suddenly got much better. I'll probably catch up on Bleach and Naruto in one big jump sum soon, maybe even today. --- "The world is a sphere. That means that the east is connected to the west, and the north is connected to the south." ~Enrique, Skies of Arcadia |
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Little Lost Child Posted 3/30/2008 6:07:24 PM message detail |
Yeah, One Piece isn't for everyone. However, I love it. I think the
thing I like most about it is Oda's storytelling and ability to make
people really feel for the characters (he's also pretty great at
foreshadowing and tying up those loose ends). I've gotta give props to
anyone who can get people to tear up/cry about a whale or a ship. Not
to mention, with his SBS, he's probably one of the funniest artists
I've read works of. Haha, I'll truly be sad when the series ends. --- Fall was always left in your eyes / just a fleck of yellow light / like the sunrise, like the twilight -- "Weeping Willow," The Hush Sound |
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Little Lost Child Posted 3/30/2008 6:42:48 PM message detail |
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Little Lost Child Posted 3/30/2008 6:59:20 PM message detail |
Ahh... talking about One Piece has made me wanna watch certain character pasts over. http://ca.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=frankyfan225 <3 The lot of them still make me weep like a baby (Chopper's "part four" in the link had me crying the whole time), but I love it. Wouldn't want it any other way with this series~ --- Fall was always left in your eyes / just a fleck of yellow light / like the sunrise, like the twilight -- "Weeping Willow," The Hush Sound |
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Rat Guy Posted 3/31/2008 12:40:45 AM message detail |
I love One Piece, but haven't watched since episode 163. I'm a little behind. --- Nice boat, Kotonoha. |
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Cauchys Inequality Posted 4/5/2008 2:11:32 AM message detail |
The first episode of The Tower of DRUAGA -the Aegis of URUK- is out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vgQ6WJ8zhQ&fmt=6 What makes this cool (and also perfectly legal to link to) is that Gonzo itself is not only putting this on streaming sites but also providing the subs. It's also going to be doing the same thing with Blassreiter this season, though the first episode of that hasn't come out yet. This is ostensibly as a response to the idea that anime companies need a more proactive answer to fansubbing than just cease and desist letters: in some sense, what better answer than to beat them at their own game? Fairly accurate subs (accurate enough that I didn't notice any inaccuracies with my limited Jpanese knowledge) out as soon as the anime airs, making it both higher quality and faster than speed subs. The show itself seems like it'll be pretty good. Even if you're not sure you like the setting, the first episode is definitely worth watching through to the end for comedic value. --- "The world is a sphere. That means that the east is connected to the west, and the north is connected to the south." ~Enrique, Skies of Arcadia |
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Impossible II Posted 4/5/2008 4:31:52 AM message detail |
Damn, that's a good idea. It's what I've been saying American
companies need to do with their shows if they don't want people
illegally downloading them. (Especially people from other countries who
would have to wait months to get the US episodes.) That entire episode was ****ing pointless and hilarious. Is the entire thing going to be like that, or is it actually a serious anime? Also, why is there a young man named Jil? --- 'All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others.' - Douglas Adams |
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HandofThrawn Posted 4/5/2008 11:17:55 AM message detail |
I know a several American companies have made alliances with/put
money into the site Crunchyroll, apparently in an attempt to get people
watching current-season videos, whetting appetite to buy DVDs [at which
point they'll pull the subs, of course]. It's an interesting idea. The anime business [in America especially] is being hit especially hard by fansubbing, and by getting in on the industry [and thus subsuming it the best they can] they can probably cut off a decent number of pirates from their copywrited anime. They can't really stop torrents yet, but not everyone on Crunchyroll etc is going to make an automatic leap to isohunt either. --- {Board 548} What is there left to say?{εί} |
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Cauchys Inequality Posted 4/5/2008 2:08:46 PM message detail |
Blassreiter Episode 1 is out, too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk5DLElScRk&fmt=6 This one is decent enough. --- "The world is a sphere. That means that the east is connected to the west, and the north is connected to the south." ~Enrique, Skies of Arcadia |
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Rat Guy Posted 4/7/2008 12:23:21 AM message detail |
I just watched High School Girls. It nearly had me in tears several times. Funniest ecchi I've seen in a long time. Also, finally got around to buying Evangelion. Amazon has the Platinum edition on sale for 29 bones, and even I can't pass up 70% off. Great deal. I need to stop buying anime. I still need to catch up on BECK, FMA (original releases), and School Rumble. Boo. x_X --- Nice boat, Kotonoha. |
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TobiasXeIKythe Posted 4/7/2008 12:30:54 AM message detail |
Second season of Code GEASS, yayuhz. |
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Cauchys Inequality Posted 4/7/2008 12:38:12 AM message detail |
Damn straight. Interesting how they parallel the first episode of the
first season. Also, I'm quite interested in who this Rollo fellow is,
besides the obvious "Lelouch's younger brother". --- "The world is a sphere. That means that the east is connected to the west, and the north is connected to the south." ~Enrique, Skies of Arcadia |
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Rat Guy Posted 4/7/2008 7:05:52 AM message detail |
I'll download it now that Eclipse has it out. I'm also interested in watching To Love-Ru. --- Nice boat, Kotonoha. |
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Little Lost Child Posted 4/13/2008 6:56:44 AM message detail |
Old news, but I just found out JAM Project's gonna be at Otakon.
Haha, I'd go just for Makkun (Masami Okui)... it'd be amusing if Aya
Hirano was a guest as well and her and Kageyama did Bouken desho desho
again. Anyway, though I don't plan on going (JAM Project isn't that much of a must-see for me), I hope Storm and Nageki no Rosario make it on the setlist. --- Fall was always left in your eyes / just a fleck of yellow light / like the sunrise, like the twilight -- "Weeping Willow," The Hush Sound |
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Cauchys Inequality Posted 4/13/2008 10:37:48 AM message detail |
Yeah, JAM Project's being at Otakon is a definite drawing point for
me. My anime club has been watching The SoulTaker this semester, and
they do the opening for it, which is great. Shows this season I've watched te first episode of: Really Like: Code Geass R2 Macross FRONTIER Like: Allison & Lilia Blassreiter Bus Gamer Chi's Sweet Home Kure-nai Special A The Tower of Druaga Zettai Karen Children Dislike: Kanokon To Love-ru A special case needs to be made for Yugioh 5D's. It's Yugioh. On motorcycles. There is enough inherent humor in this combination to warrant one episode of watching, I think, and probably no more. --- "The world is a sphere. That means that the east is connected to the west, and the north is connected to the south." ~Enrique, Skies of Arcadia |
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Cauchys Inequality Posted 4/13/2008 10:10:07 PM message detail |
Oh god Code Geass R2 Episode 2. There are distinct parallels to R1
Episode 2, and it also starts answering a lot of important questions
while raising several new ones. All while being incredibly badass. --- "The world is a sphere. That means that the east is connected to the west, and the north is connected to the south." ~Enrique, Skies of Arcadia |
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Impossible II Posted 4/14/2008 1:31:58 AM message detail |
How many of these new shows are about motorcycles, anyway? Is this some new fad in Japan? I love how Tower of Druaga had an awesome episode making fun of fantasy and RPG cliches, only to degenerate into those exact cliches in the second episode. There's no ****ing way they can be THAT DENSE. I'm fine with a serious plot, and it's still interesting enough that I'll keep watching for a little while, but why not either make an extreme attempt to avoid looking like hypocrites, by having unique characters and avoiding cliches, or just continue the self-parody to a lesser extent? They can maintain a serious story with a sense of humour, and that kind of seems like the only way they can not look like idiots after pointing out how cliched the show would be before it even started. And at least that would be more original, rather than another generic fantasy anime. --- 'All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others.' - Douglas Adams |
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TobiasXeIKythe Posted 4/14/2008 6:19:36 AM message detail |
My friend Arthur and I watched through all of Gankutsuou the other day and holy ****. |
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HandofThrawn Posted 4/15/2008 12:14:35 AM message detail |
Just watched the first two new eps of Geass. So, yeah. Badarse
megalomania. mind control, weird plot twists, and girls in bunny suits
piloting giant robots. In other words, what I was waiting for. --- {Board 548} What is there left to say?{εί} |
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Cauchys Inequality Posted 4/15/2008 8:05:07 AM message detail |
The last minutes of the third episode of Geass R2 got leaked. As a
result, they're apparently planning to rework the third episode, and it
might get delayed, or they might show Episode 4 first and show Episode
3 the week after. But the stuff that was leaked was so goooooood. Since they're delaying it anyway, you might as well watch what's there. But it's probably super against the TOS to tell you where to find it. --- "The world is a sphere. That means that the east is connected to the west, and the north is connected to the south." ~Enrique, Skies of Arcadia |
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HandofThrawn Posted 4/15/2008 9:48:18 PM message detail |
So I looked for the Geass leak on GooTube and the search led directly to a Rickroll. I roflled, or at the very east lolled. The clip looked pretty good. It is [SPOILERS] invariably pretty entertaining when Lelouch finds himself one-upped. --- {Board 548} What is there left to say?{εί} |
