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Anime

  • 16-01-2002 1:25am
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 189 ✭✭


    Hello everyone,
    I was just wondering if there was alot of Manga / Anime fans on these forums? If so, maybe we should have a new forum just for Anime and/or Manga...
    I go to Trinity, so I tought it would be really cool to have an Anime society there (... any otakus from TCD here??)

    If anyone is even remotely interested in anime, please reply to this thread.

    It's a pity that Anime has had so little exposure here in Ireland; thank God I can download hundrets of episodes of various series from the web :)

    Btw, my favourite series atm is Ranma 1/2, and I'm currently trying to download all the episodes of InuYasha :)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,731 ✭✭✭DadaKopf




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 189 ✭✭Kenshin


    Errr thanks for the site...
    It would be nice to have irish forums though.

    Oh well... maybe I'm just greedy.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,731 ✭✭✭DadaKopf


    I think it may actually be hosted on this very server. Could be wrong.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 512 ✭✭✭beaver


    Here's one I did earlier... the character is a guy I redrew from some Japanese book/comic called Endless Waltz...

    waltz.jpg


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 189 ✭✭Kenshin


    Wow, you drew that yourself? Very nice drawing.
    That could make a nice background image. I hope you keep up the good work :)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 512 ✭✭✭beaver


    Cheers, dude.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,049 ✭✭✭Cloud


    Hi Lord of Terror -

    The mangatoanime site is Irish in that I run it, but we do have members from other countries besides Ireland.

    If you'd like to moderate an Irish fan forum on the site it is something I'd be happy to add.

    John.
    --


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,049 ✭✭✭Cloud




  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    are there much anime/manga resources in ireland itself?

    i know forbidden planet stock a few anime dvd's and vids, but is there anything in the rest of the country?

    i know i've seen the odd anime dvd in carlow (bought ninja scroll in golden discs there), but i've yet to see anything up here in galway, or anywhere else.

    there doesn't seem to be much interest.

    {edit} oh, and i'd be willing to aid lord of terror in moderating the irish fan forum on mangatoanime, if he needs any :),


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,538 ✭✭✭PiE


    That's because when video stores do get around to importing some, they're usually hideously expensive (as far as video's go like) and go unsold :(


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    yeah, i noticed the prices of the vids in f.planet.
    i wouldn't mind paying that kinda money for a once off, if it's good.
    but to pay it for a vid whenb it's part of a series? .. you'd end up spending *alot* of money.

    ezydvd.co.au are good for anime dvd's, cheap too.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 189 ✭✭Kenshin


    Originally posted by Cloud
    Hi Lord of Terror -

    The mangatoanime site is Irish in that I run it, but we do have members from other countries besides Ireland.

    If you'd like to moderate an Irish fan forum on the site it is something I'd be happy to add.

    John.
    --

    Hi Cloud,
    That sounds like a very interesting idea, but do you think there would be enough irish otakus to post there?
    Mordeth
    {edit} oh, and i'd be willing to aid lord of terror in moderating the irish fan forum on mangatoanime, if he needs any

    I don't know as much about anime/manga as I'd like to, so any help would be great :)
    Would any other boards.ie poster out there visit the forum?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,783 ✭✭✭Puck


    You'll find that there are a good few manga/anime fans on Boards.ie and I think some are also members of MangaToAnime (myself included).


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,922 ✭✭✭Dave


    The guy in your pic is Heero Yui from Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, and did you really draw that free hand or is it a screen grab, it looks like a screen grab, from a DVD.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14 MetroDuck


    Sky Digital have been broadcasting a lot of anime/mange recently.

    Cartoon Network have been showing programmes such as Tenchi Muyo, Gundam Wing (I believe they also showed the movie Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz last month) , and Dragonball Z.

    Also the sci-fi channel(on sky digital) show a manga movie every Saturday at midnight...

    And I think fox kids have beed showing Card Captors every weekend morning...

    The only problem being that you need digital.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 512 ✭✭✭beaver


    Dave,

    I don't lie about my art. As i said, it's redrawn from a book (I know fúck all about it - was brought back from Japan for me by a friend... and I don't have a DVD drive :)). I drew it at about A5 size, scanned it and edited it in Photoshop (mostly just adding colour and shades). Then did the image around it.

    -Ross


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,049 ✭✭✭Cloud


    Cartoon Network also showed Blue Sub 6 last month - interesting.

    If Mord and LOT are still up for moderating an Irish Otakus board, register at the M2A site and I'll set it up.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    cloud, i'm registered there :)

    i have sky digital thankfully :) and i know sc-fi used to show the odd anime flick, didn't know they still did though.
    the only trouble is i have digital back home in castledermot, not here in galway :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 189 ✭✭Kenshin


    I've just set up an account at M2A with the same username.
    What would you think would be a good name for the forum? Maybe it shouldnt contain the word "Otaku" as it is considered so offensive in japan.

    Pity I don't have sky digital... I'm living by myself so it would be too expensive for me :(


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    paddyslair
    :p


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,922 ✭✭✭Dave


    Beaver,

    Anychance you'd post a quick tutorial on how you shaded that, I drew a picture and scanned it in, I shaded it in photoshop, but it looked nowhere near as good as yours. Here's my effort...

    anime2.jpg


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 512 ✭✭✭beaver


    Will do, Dave. Gimme a day or two though.

    Your style is much more sketchy (in that you've got more thinner lines whereas I've got a few heavier lines) than mine here. I'm wondering if the shading would work as well on your image. Whenever I've attempted manga-style pieces I've pretty much always adopted an approach of using as few lines as possible...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,049 ✭✭✭Cloud


    Cool! I've added a forum called Ireland for now, but I think we can get a better name later on.

    I've found a site called Eirtaku from UCC so I'll see if we can get them on board.

    www.mangatoanime.com


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    neet, thanks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    Someone explain to me, what the fup is an Otaku? :D


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    in this context, anime/manga fan i guess
    :)
    means obsessive or something in japanese


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,815 ✭✭✭✭po0k


    yeah, I'd be interested too......Otaku?

    Saw Wind of Amnesia over in my cousin's house one nighht on Sci-Fi about 6 months ago.

    have a good few anime divxes from the GLans. liked them alot.

    Animation is so far above western stuff, specially the movement and character interaction with background.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    "have a good few anime divxes from the GLans. liked them alot.
    "

    why didn't ya say that at the time! gimme! :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,574 ✭✭✭Clinical Waste


    Anyone know if the series is available here on DVD yet?

    I have discs 1 and 2. Need 3 - 8.

    Will pay what is necessary! If necessary?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,680 ✭✭✭Tellox


    I'm a huge fan of anime, Im currently trying to find somebody who would be interested in teaching me how to do it myself... so I can make flash movies and be one of the very few irish anime artists :)


    oh, and those films that are on sci fi on sat midnight are class


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