If you are an anime fan...
11 Jul 2004 09:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
firecat...try to get your hands on a copy of the Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust DVD.
It was made in 2000 with a joint American/Japanese crew and originally performed with an English speaking cast. It's a sequel to a classic piece of anime, Vampire Hunter D, made in 1985. The main character is the same and the tone of the movies is the same, but the animation styles are much different; the original anime was done in a very simplified and spare style and the sequel is very lush and detailed. The director is Yoshiaki Kawajiri, who also did Ninja Scroll and several other anime movies that are popular in the US.
It was made in 2000 with a joint American/Japanese crew and originally performed with an English speaking cast. It's a sequel to a classic piece of anime, Vampire Hunter D, made in 1985. The main character is the same and the tone of the movies is the same, but the animation styles are much different; the original anime was done in a very simplified and spare style and the sequel is very lush and detailed. The director is Yoshiaki Kawajiri, who also did Ninja Scroll and several other anime movies that are popular in the US.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 12 Jul 2004 05:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 12 Jul 2004 08:40 am (UTC)I didn't like Ninja Scroll either. But I think I'll give it another try.
no subject
Date: 12 Jul 2004 08:48 am (UTC)I think that my favourites by far as far as anime goes are the Miyazaki films, followed by some of the other things that Studio Ghibli has been involved with. I also like Green Legend Ran and the occasional other movie. I like Ghost in the Shell still and Macross Plus. For series, I really enjoyed Fushigi Yuugi, El Hazard (although only the first series), Dragon Half (all two episodes), what I saw of The Hakkenden although I haven't seen much of it and a few other things. We have all the Cowboy Bebop DVDs also, although that was
no subject
Date: 12 Jul 2004 08:55 am (UTC)I can definitely see disliking Kawajiri's style; there's a horror element and lots of gore.
I love Miyazaki, Ghibli, Ghost in the Shell, and Macross Plus. Since we seem to have similar tastes except for Kawajiri, I'll check out Green Legend Ran. I'm trying to avoid series because so many of them go on forfuckingever.
You might try Jubei Chan the Ninja Girl: Secret of the Lovely Eyepatch. It's kinda self-referentially silly, but it also has a good story. And there's very little gore.
no subject
Date: 12 Jul 2004 09:03 am (UTC)Serial Experiments: Lain.
I'll see if I can find Jubei Chan the Ninja Girl. :) It's been a while since I've found new anime to check out.
Green Legend Ran isn't the best thing ever -- it's overlong and the voice acting is TERRIBLE (in their the dub or the original), but I like it. I'm not entirely sure why. I think the theme appeals to me.
no subject
Date: 20 Jul 2004 04:18 pm (UTC)Wicked City is about a human male special agent and a "Black World" female special agent trying to create a peace between humans and Black Worlders, all the while shepherding around a little pervert who's supposed to be spearheading the process. In Demon City Shinjuku, a nasty sorcerer has kidnapped someone's (Japan's?) prime minister and made a ruin of the Shinjuku portion of Tokyo. A kid whose father he killed and the prime minister's daughter tromp on in to find her dad/kill Levi Rah.
Short version: Wicked City is the one with the monster sex and the melting prostitute.
If you liked Bebop at all, Wolf's Rain is a fantasy anime by the same team, and it does have an ongoing storyline. (It's playing on Cartoon Network at the moment and I'm enjoying it hugely.)
no subject
Date: 20 Jul 2004 06:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 24 Jul 2004 11:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 20 Jul 2004 04:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 20 Jul 2004 04:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 20 Jul 2004 06:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 24 Jul 2004 11:52 am (UTC)