Dragon Warrior

Haha, indeed. And a lot of those are good songs, particularly the Pixies ones. And yeah, in the original song, that's all the guitar is. And I don't recall any other instruments accompanying it. It's a fairly simple, soft song.

I've been watching the wrong after school specials then :[

Good to hear you're finally starting to enjoy your school hah. It's a college campus... they're just bound to be hiding in the woodworks.

S'right, hoe :3 [img]http://images.ukcs.net/15021/141404_Sherlock_Holmes_kitty.jpg[/img]

I don't mind boobs haha. It just seems ridiculous when every single character has large ones, 'cause it's just those creators being perverted it seems :P That's one reason why Hayao Miyazaki is so good... because he actually doesn't attempt to make characters ridiculously unreal. In fact, he makes a lot of his main characters plain looking. I've seen Cowboy Bebop and while I didn't mind Faye too much, I didn't get drawn in for some reason; which is weird, actually. It's space pirates and bounty hunters... I love that stuff.

That makes sense about the hip hop part. With reason behind it, I feel a little more accepting of it. And yeah, I probably would be more interested in Samurai X, especially if it chronicles his days as a manslayer.

I'm very open to music and can handle hip hop. It only bothered me because it doesn't seem to fit the show. I mean, this isn't The Boondocks (I don't like that anime either, actually haha). But maybe I need to watch more to understand why they keep inserting that sort of stuff into it. As for Samurai X, is that a prequel to Rurouni Kenshin?

Thank you all for your suggestions. So far I've managed to watch the first episode of Samurai Champloo and the first episode of Full Metal Alchemist. With Samurai Champloo, I thought the plot was decent after reading its synopsis and I could see potential for it. There were a few things that I didn't like when I watched the first episode, though; I'm not much for their drawing style... I've seen that style before and never really cared for it, but it's not enough to turn me off of it. What's mainly unappealing is the insertion of random modern day pop culture such as the rap song in the intro, and the record scratch and messing with footage when switching between character scenes. I will say I enjoy the humor a bit, and I can see it progressing as you get to know the characters, so I will give it more of a chance by watching a few more episodes. Full Metal Alchemist, however, has successfully captured my interest from the start. I remember watching the very first few minutes of episode one a while ago. Seeing the suit of armor sitting in the corner in the beginning scene reminded me the brother became that. Like I said, characters are a huge thing to me and we see that there are quite a bit of interesting traits in the characters displayed right in the beginning. I enjoy the humor and for some reason I really like Ed's voice actor. I definitely plan to watch more of it and hope it just gets better. As for all the other shows suggested by you swell folks, I shall see them all next. :]

I think Boo is actually hiding the fact that it's his name. *cough*

[center][size="5"][b]The Dragon Warrior Challenge[/b][/size][/center] So, here's the dealio... basically I'm not that big into anime, but the anime I do like I like A LOT. I have a lot of friends who are into anime, and my college campus hoasts a big anime convention every summer, so I get to explore that when it comes around. My friends even try to get me to go to other anime cons in Michigan, but I don't because I really don't fit in. I don't know jack about anime unless it's mainstream in the US like Hayao Miyazaki or Dragonball. [b]My challenge to you[/b], if you choose to accept, is to help me find a dang anime I'd actually like. My friends have tried to toss shows and manga at me, but they never really caught my fancy. I'm pretty picky, I guess, mainly because I can get turned off from too much stereotypical anime-isms, such as... [list] [*]Hyper, large-breasted females with untamed personalities... I'm not gay... they just don't need to be doin' that stuff, and not everyone in the dang universe is that well equipped! SHE'S SIXTEEN! [*]On that note, animes follow kids around too often. It was good to watch Digimon or Pokemon when I was younger, but they actually make fifteen year olds look fifteen. Other animes make thirteen year olds appear eighteen... dang schoolgirls... THEY'RE TOO WELL EQUIPPED! [*]I'm not busting anime's balls here because I can handle a little of this stuff. But if they're constantly sweat-bubbling, falling on their face from surprise, or turning in a cat at random, I'm going to punch a Goku in the Vegeta, if you know what I mean! [*]Plot-wise, I don't think I'll be too picky. You can probably capture my interest better with fantasy and stuff, but I don't mind some sci-fi or even realistic junk as long as it's not an unrealistic plot of a boy who has to go to school at an all-girls school because the boys schools won't let him in, so now he's placed in a bunch of illogical sexual scenarios that give us a chance to see thirteen year old girls with double D's. THEY'RE NOT THAT WELL EQUIPPED! [*]Lastly, and probably most importantly, no shows like One Piece. That kid disgraces pirates everywhere, and being OB's official pirate, I will stab him seventeen times, make him walk the plank, help him back up on my ship, give him food and heal his wounds, befriend him for three years as we go on great adventures making him think I'm buddies with him, then keel-haul his butt all the way to Tortuga and feed him to the big-boobed women that inhabit that deranged pirate town. THEY ARE THAT WELL-EQUIPPED. [/list] Having said all of that in an unnecessarily long fashion, I am still pretty open-minded to television and cinema. I mean, I did sit through the first Twilight film after all (joke drumroll). My interest is just hard to capture when it comes to anime because all in all a lot of it is the same from my understanding; I say this in the sense that it's about fighting, a school, fighting in a school, fighting with robots, fighting with robots in a school, fighting with swords, magic powers (used for fighting), fighting monsters and/or some form of fighting fad like trading cards, etc. It's unfair to say all anime is unoriginal and easily guessed, and anime does have its originality points, but I suppose that's why I couldn't get into some of the more popular animes... simply because they were too much of the same dribble. I even tried Evangelion and couldn't get into the first few episodes (I'm sorry, James. Don't ban me!). Now that I'm done sounding like I'm bashing the whole entire Japanese culture making you all wonder why the hell I've been on an anime-themed forum for over ten years, I will list off some anime that I really like and maybe it'll send you the right signals to help find a decent show or whatever. [list] [*][b]Hayao Miyazaki Films[/b] - Now how unoriginal do I sound? I'm an American who doesn't really watch anime and here I am spouting out first thing the most American-advertised anime films every released next to Pokemon The Movie. I figured because they're so widely known by even the high school jocks who don't know what a Charmander is I'd get it out of the way. He's a genius, and we all know it. His stories are compelling, original, the women aren't all blessed by being well-endowed, and it all seems very realistic. It's also very Americanized, not to insult Miyazaki's visions. These films seem very far from anime, in my opinion, to the point of not even seeming like Japanese animation at all. He bases a lot of his plots off of England culture for goodness sake. [*][b]Lupin The III[/b] - My favorite of these films is, of course, Miyazaki's, but the other ones weren't too bad either. I think I liked the cocky outlaw anti-hero character of Lupin and it was easy to follow. Admittingly, his female counterpart is extremely sexual and "gifted," and more often than not she's more nude than doing the plot any good, I look past her for the other fun characters that inhabit the storylines. Aside from Lupin, his sidekick/second-in-command/whatever is also a humorous and interesting addition to the plots. I'm not much for mysteries, though, so at times these struck out. It takes genius like Miyazaki to really bring out Lupin's pizazz. [*][b]Yu-Yu Hakusho[/b] - I first saw it when it was played on Adult Swim back when rocks were soft. It's fighting... and I know I ranted about fighting... but goodness, it's the good kind. It's supernatural powers, interesting character battles, tournaments, etc. They keep it pretty interesting. He's fifteen in it or something, right? Once again, nobody looks their age. I let it pass in this. Like I said, I'll make exceptions. [*][b]Rurouni Kenshin[/b] - It was good at the start. Then sometime after that pirate woman it started to go downhill. I forget. But either way, Kenshin himself and all the other characters as they developed kept it interesting. I can say right now characters are a big part of how I get into animes. Plus, a story about a guy who just kicks EVERYONE'S butt is always a good ride, right? [/list] If you bothered to read all of this (or any of it even), good for you, and I hope you have some ideas of what to toss at me. I may sound vicious because I'm picky, but I'll still give what you throw at me a shot. I won't shoot it down 'til I've seen a bit at least. Thanks for your times, folks! FUN FACT: Also, on an anime forum, I enjoy that spell check recognizes anime as being misspelled. HA!

Wonderful :] I could always use some of those. I hear they're good for when you're making music. So thank you.

I'm still listening right now... but I just want to say this is my first time actually really hearing the Podcast (aside from various segments from recent ones), and it selfishly took having MY music in it to get me here it seems haha. Actually, I think I planned to come around and listen to this next one anyway, even before Boo asked me to be in it. But I rather enjoy these, so you have a new listener for sure :]

Or a guy who gets his arm chopped off by a lightsaber in a Mos Eisley cantina.

You know it :]

Yeah, how Victor originally created the Slender Man was that he kidnaps children and takes them places and can kind of hypnotize you in a way, which I'm thinking is what Marble Hornets is portraying when [spoiler]people have memory loss for extensive amounts of time. That and the one video ToTheArk posted of J sitting on the floor pale with the Slender Male walking up to the camera.[/spoiler] I think it's more of the Slender Man's aura that makes this creepy. They may not follow the whole children thing, but it's just the fact that you're watching and anticipating he's going to be there. And the second you spot him in a frame you jump inside. If he killed people, he wouldn't be as scary because instead he just keeps tormenting people by following them and you have to anticipate his next appearance and never know when he'll "strike."

I was gonna say Dragon Warrior/Quest 'cause that character has a close resemblance to their version of a Golem :< An obscure picture from a more mainstream anime. [center][img]http://i55.tinypic.com/2nm1xtv.png[/img][/center]

Yeah, I think the "cool" thing is to post for a few weeks, disappear for anything from three months to three years, and then show back up again to post a few times more. It's the pattern I find myself following anyway.

I admit last night at 12am when I read the article you linked about the Slender Man (I never had heard of him before), I got spooked and didn't watch those videos. I don't normally get scared from scary movies, but this stuff seems more real. Stuff like that or aliens or just footage of paranormal that comes off realistically is what can actually get to me. I'm only now watching the entries at 10:30am haha. EDIT: On that note, Entry #26 is the worst so far to me. [spoiler]I didn't expect the Slender Man to be right there and having somebody actually screaming and running felt more real than any of the footage I've watched yet.[/spoiler]

Well, congrats :] I don't know what mine considering we lost our join dates from back in 1999. But I suppose some time this year it'll be my 12 year or whatever. Man, I'm old...

It happens to all of us :P I had to take a few year hiatus, but still always popped in every few months to check on it.

Liam! Aren't you a sight for sore eyes? I also returned to consider posting stories, but sadly it seems things don't really get feedback in that area. A writer is nothing without an audience, after all.

[quote name='chibi-master' timestamp='1294784607' post='703821'] It's not a drive-to-work-and-talk-to-customers kind of job, though, so I can make some very good money while never really leaving my room! [/quote] Sign me up! ... seriously. I need a job and I live in--and this is a real statistic--the poorest county in the United States when it comes to employment. Hooray.

They are also very clean and handsome (some of them anyway). And we all know THOSE stereotypes : D

I'm not entirely sure how you connected those two haha. Unless you think homosexuals eat fruit salad :]