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by Locke
Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:16 pm
Forum: Anime
Topic: Last Exile
Replies: 9
Views: 14240

Oooooh! I was fortunate enough to get the original boxed set for just $50 a few months before Geneon bit the dust. :P This is a great series with a unique story/universe and superb art/animation quality. I really can't say enough about it. Edit: To answer a question, yeah, this cheap boxed set was a...
by Locke
Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:12 pm
Forum: Anime
Topic: Gunslinger Girl
Replies: 6
Views: 12002

Freitag wrote:Where'd you see it for that price.
I saw it at my local anime convention last year. It came as a huge shock to me. I guess the series isn't exactly flying off the shelves.
by Locke
Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:10 pm
Forum: Anime
Topic: Anime Is Expensive
Replies: 15
Views: 27890

the thing i have to coment about is that we are basiaclly the last place in the whole world who gets 'new' anime and when it comes its all so heavily sensored... so really your paying more for less!!! I wouldn't say the last, but since Japan (of course) gets the original dubs/edits, I wouldn't say ...
by Locke
Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:33 am
Forum: Video Games!
Topic: mirrors edge: GITS like
Replies: 2
Views: 8355

I rented Mirror's Edge and beat it along with the time trial stages. I thought it was fun and all, but unless you're a "completionist" I just couldn't justify paying $60 for it. Anyone else sympathize? As for the combat, I'd say that Faith fights like the Major only in the sense that she f...
by Locke
Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:28 am
Forum: Anime
Topic: Anime Is Expensive
Replies: 15
Views: 27890

I've heard that anime is priced so high (in part) to compensate for losses suffered due to internet piracy. It wouldn't surprise me. (To be clear, though, I'm no pirate. :P)
by Locke
Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:25 am
Forum: Anime
Topic: Gunslinger Girl
Replies: 6
Views: 12002

mrtodd wrote:I quite liked this series although i'm not a big fan of short series' just because of the way that they are priced...... usually the same amount for a 13 episode as a 24 or 26... which is kinda boring..
I saw the full series on one disk for $20.00, though I have the original boxed set.
by Locke
Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:24 am
Forum: Anime
Topic: What is the most emotional anime in history?
Replies: 41
Views: 51663

The two animes that have "gotten to me" the most (so far) were Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, and Gunslinger Girl. Oh, and Fullmetal Alchemist had its moments too, I thought.

...And then there's the later episodes of Last Exile. Oh jeez.
by Locke
Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:47 pm
Forum: The Technology
Topic: Two questions--
Replies: 6
Views: 11464

Firstly, I do hope that your vision looks up eventually (no pun intended). I think there are huge opportunities for atypical applications. Sort of a "what if" type scenario. Imagine if you had a wearable sonar device like the old camera range finders hooked to something that gave input to ...
by Locke
Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:38 pm
Forum: The Technology
Topic: Two questions--
Replies: 6
Views: 11464

"...and that is where my goals differ from hers..." It's definitely the same case here. I have slightly defective vision, and it's nothing surgery can't handle, but I'm always thinking, "What if ______ event happens and I lose an eye/finger/____?" I'm probably one of the minor p...
by Locke
Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:22 pm
Forum: The Philosophy
Topic: You're quoting Milton, but we are not Satan.
Replies: 7
Views: 12843

I think Batou was just clarifying that while he and Togusa were certainly the "attackers," they were only plotting against and fighting their enemy to, as you said, serve the interests of their agency, which they obviously found to be the collective "good guy" in this case. Now, ...
by Locke
Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:09 pm
Forum: The Original (Oshii) Films
Topic: Innocence US Re-release!
Replies: 7
Views: 12449

Is this the English dub? I'm assuming it is. Please, do tell what you thought of it! :]]]
by Locke
Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:09 pm
Forum: The Original (Oshii) Films
Topic: Innocence on Blu-Ray
Replies: 9
Views: 13654

I wouldn't put it past myself to buy it before I even have a Blu-Ray player or high definition television. I saw this and Akira's Blu-Ray edition advertised in a magazine and just about flew.
by Locke
Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:06 pm
Forum: The Games
Topic: Stand Alone Complex for PS2
Replies: 27
Views: 37396

I can assure you, that site is 100% quality, and I'm a very sworn member of it. I have gotten a large majority of my Ghost in the Shell, and other items from there. Every soundtrack I have bought was from there, and all of them are perfect quality, and authentic. No fraud. Well then, I'll pay them ...
by Locke
Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:01 pm
Forum: The Manga
Topic: motokos girlfriends
Replies: 3
Views: 9784

Noooope. I think that those characters were just clients of hers. As you probably saw in Masamune's footnote in the index, dealing that drug they were all on (among a few others, I wouldn't doubt) is a side-business of the Major's. The girls were more than likely just present to build that portion o...
by Locke
Mon Jan 12, 2009 5:58 pm
Forum: The Manga
Topic: Summary for MMI?
Replies: 2
Views: 9492

(I know this isn't much help, but I didn't exactly want to leave you out to dry, either.)

I've been dying to get my hands on a copy of that. I'd suggest Wikipedia, or some other sort of Wiki for answers. That means spoilers, though.