The Dead-Out: Many dead koalas to see here~

[Beelzebub]

152 for FOTNS BB, and ya , the original Vampire Hunter D is a classic.

I did say it was over 150.

Either of you ever played the two FotNS games for PS3? Also there's an awesome 2D HNK/FotNS fighting game originally for the Atomiswave arcade platform. Though it was also ported to PS2. I think it was made by Arc System Works if I remember correctly.

[FlavaFlave]

VENUS WARS!

Dude, are you my long-lost brother? Seriously that was one of my earliest exposures to anime as well. I freakin' love that movie!

Another really good one that was written by the director of Akira was Roujin Z. It is a huge departure from Akira, but it has always been one of my old school favs.

Oh god, I forgot about Roujin Z - That's another fantastic movie as well!

Ok, so here's the real test - when did you first see anime? I think I was about 12 or so, and it was in the early 90's, but the SciFi channel was running it's first ever broadcast of anime, and for 1 week each night they showed a movie and actually had some random people doing intros/outros and stuff during commercial breaks. The first night was Venus Wars, and I just happened to catch it purely by chance. Some of the others they showed were Project A-Ko, Tank Police (another great one) and Demon City Shinjuku. A few months later they started doing a "saturday anime" block on saturday mornings and I would catch movies on there sometimes.

[FlavaFlave]

I did say it was over 150.

Either of you ever played the two FotNS games for PS3? Also there's an awesome 2D HNK/FotNS fighting game originally for the Atomiswave arcade platform. Though it was also ported to PS2. I think it was made by Arc System Works if I remember correctly.

I was about to ask you this as well - the only one I've played is the first one on PS3 - I actually enjoyed it even though I don't like Dynasty Warrior type games.... but it's FotNS.... so there's that.

Also played the original on NES and both versions on Genesis, (Last Battle/HnK). Neither of those were particularly awesome

[Sheras]

I'm sad now.

[Warrior]

I did say it was over 150.

Either of you ever played the two FotNS games for PS3? Also there's an awesome 2D HNK/FotNS fighting game originally for the Atomiswave arcade platform. Though it was also ported to PS2. I think it was made by Arc System Works if I remember correctly.

ya I fuckin love the Hokuto no Ken PS2 game, yup made by arc system works, My Fav HnK Character................Fucking Jesu.....er Toki

[FlavaFlave]

I'm sad now.

Why you sad? Your cat didn't get run over did it?

[Beelzebub]

Oh god, I forgot about Roujin Z - That's another fantastic movie as well!

Ok, so here's the real test - when did you first see anime? I think I was about 12 or so, and it was in the early 90's, but the SciFi channel was running it's first ever broadcast of anime, and for 1 week each night they showed a movie and actually had some random people doing intros/outros and stuff during commercial breaks. The first night was Venus Wars, and I just happened to catch it purely by chance. Some of the others they showed were Project A-Ko, Tank Police (another great one) and Demon City Shinjuku. A few months later they started doing a "saturday anime" block on saturday mornings and I would catch movies on there sometimes.

Holy shit, that's the exact program that I watched it on! I'm not fucking lying...it was some kinda festival of Japanese Animation or something if I remember correctly. Weren't they doing interviews with some of the animators/directors/creators between commercial breaks or something? Though I only remember watching Venus Wars, Project A-Ko, and I think Dominion Tank Police. I didn't end up catching Demon City Shinjuku. Though I did end up renting it from a local Blockbuster not too long after.

EDIT: I can't remember how old I was. Though I think we're about the same age. So I was probably 11 or 12.

[Ace Ventura]

Why you sad? Your cat didn't get run over did it?

[FlavaFlave]

Holy shit, that's the exact program that I watched it on! I'm not fucking lying...it was some kinda festival of Japanese Animation or something if I remember correctly. Weren't they doing interviews with some of the animators/directors/creators between commercial breaks or something? Though I only remember watching Venus Wars, Project A-Ko, and I think Dominion Tank Police. I didn't end up catching Demon City Shinjuku. Though I did end up renting it from a local Blockbuster not too long after.

Yeah, you're my long lost twin then
It was a festival of sorts and it lasted all week long. I totally caught it by chance too, and man was I happy I did. I remember near the end of that week they advertised the world premiere showing of Akira for August 17th (which was like a month away or something). The only reason I remember that is because that's 3 days before my birthday and that was the first time I saw Akira. Will never forget it

[Sheras]

Why you sad? Your cat didn't get run over did it?

I don't have a cat

And because I just went 18/6/11 in a game of LoL and we lost. We were having a major comeback too

You cannot even talk brah

[Beelzebub]

Yeah, you're my long lost twin then
It was a festival of sorts and it lasted all week long. I totally caught it by chance too, and man was I happy I did. I remember near the end of that week they advertised the world premiere showing of Akira for August 17th (which was like a month away or something). The only reason I remember that is because that's 3 days before my birthday and that was the first time I saw Akira. Will never forget it

Yep, I watched that world premier of Akira. It was so awesome. I definitely became a fan of anime after that.

No wonder we get along so well, I'm a Leo as well. August 6th is my birthday.

[FlavaFlave]

I didn't end up catching Demon City Shinjuku. Though I did end up renting it from a local Blockbuster not too long after.

EDIT: I can't remember how old I was. Though I think we're about the same age. So I was probably 11 or 12.

Yeah, it was before I was in highschool, I know that much... pretty sure I was about 12 or turning 12.

I did the same as well, finally found some anime at Blockbuster - they didn't have much but I found VHD and Venus Wars there, along with Appleseed and MD Geist. They had Bubblegum Crisis, but only a handful of episodes.
And I think you're right about the interviews with creators and what not - I can't remember who all it was, but I thought it was the coolest thing because they were explaining the nature of the movies, and the style of animation, etc.

[Ace Ventura]

You cannot even talk brah

Oh yeah? And why is that eh?

[FlavaFlave]

Yep, I watched that world premier of Akira. It was so awesome. I definitely became a fan of anime after that.

No wonder we get along so well, I'm a Leo as well. August 6th is my birthday.

Us Leo's gotta stick together! I'm guessing you're 32 as well? I guess you're my brother from another mother then since we don't have the exact same birth date
I won't bother asking if you've seen Ninja Scroll (if you haven't you need to cut your wrists ), but have you seen Wings of Honneamise? After I bought a few movies (the ones by MANGA), they had that great trailer reel beforehand and I literally scouted out just about every flick on that reel once I discovered Best Buys anime section

[Beelzebub]

Yeah, it was before I was in highschool, I know that much... pretty sure I was about 12 or turning 12.

I did the same as well, finally found some anime at Blockbuster - they didn't have much but I found VHD and Venus Wars there, along with Appleseed and MD Geist. They had Bubblegum Crisis, but only a handful of episodes.
And I think you're right about the interviews with creators and what not - I can't remember who all it was, but I thought it was the coolest thing because they were explaining the nature of the movies, and the style of animation, etc.

yeah, I would pretty mush go and stay the night at my best friends house every weekend. Then we'd usually rent a couple games/movies from BB. We'd rent anime a lot of the time. I remember watching a lot of what you mentioned above. Plus one's such as Riding Bean, MD Geist 1&2, and Patlabor.