in the shell

EPISODE 4 Shinjuku Tower The clear sky opens to the blue above. For a cold morning, it warmed up quite a bit. The Tower, huge in other cities, feels humble next to the others. The 47th FLOOR, a mechanic, Jon, works underneath a Porsche. He reaches his hand out from under the car. “Umm…Biff?” “Yes si...

Oshii gave us two good films and helped with 2nd Gig. I, for one, would like to see him pursue more original work, or even a return to live action.

Trying not to sound condensending, but Richard Taylor is from WETA, which was mentioned...and he had been working on this project since LOTR ended. However, it got put into turnaround and this team did Master and Commander. Last word indicated it still was in turnaround.

The buzz indicates it was in "turnaround" which translates to mean that production has halted for the time being. The WETA designers, apparently, really enjoyed working on it...but funding ran out. I doubt it will ever get made. At least, not to the level we would like. This project has be...

EPISODE 3 “Sagawa Electronics Geofront” An assembly plant for prosthetic bodies. The plant is offline. Fluid tanks are empty. The machinery is new and unused. A light comes on. Then another. Robotic arms go to work, grabbing limbs from suspended liquid. A suspension tank starts filling up. MicroMach...

I just started watching that one...and I stopped. I hated it. The animation was definetly unique...and it didn't work for me. It is way too jarring for my taste. It turned me right off.

Update on Refugee Releif Sectors Refugee Relief Sectors: After World War III and World War IV, a massive shifting of population occurred all over the globe. Hundred of thousands of non-Japanese citizens found themselves on Japanese soil, either from a failed invasion, or fleeing from their own count...

TNG's ending was good...better than their first movie...better than the last movie. DS9 had a good ending to...Enterprise...Voyager, both sucked.
Good endings...

Some Animes have dowbeat endings because it fits. Others are down for no other reason.

The biggest problem with trying to gather factual accounts about the incident is that it is self-evolving. Its hard to pick apart what really happened with stuff from the movie...some account now include events in the movie and claim is factual. There was one site I read which basically claimed the ...

Black Mamba wrote:
Has you ever heard of a CD called "Unearthed" by E.S. Posthumus?

It is one of my favorite CDs and I strongly recommend it.

Have it.

Yeah, if its based on a true story, it can hardly be called plagerism. I used the real accounts and not the movie...

EPISODE 2 A naval base off Newport. “Yokosuka JMSDF Naval Base” “The Kirishima -- Ilse class destroyer” Three service vessels surround the Kirishima. On the largest one, several high-ranking Japanese military men observe with binoculars. The most honored one, an Admiral, lowers his set and turns to ...

Uh....he--he--hello....My name is Slipstream, and I...like....pudding... Okay...seriously. I could be the oldest one here. I started watching Anime back in 1991 when only comic stores had them for rent. Then, all that was being imorted were the good films and the really good OVAs. It was a golden ti...

I am catching Samurai 7 now and the first DVD was great. The 2nd one, I thought was poor and the animation quality dropped I think. I have also been catching Burst Angel which has fantastic animation but I am waiting for it to have a point. :) I am watching Champloo and I love it. I still rain prais...

New age, ambient, ethnic sometimes. I like modern symphony. Rarely do I like top 40 songs. I also am a child of the 80s...so that stuck with me.