For the past week l had to finish a graphics project, completely redesign a website and now find l have an exam this Friday worth 50%....can it get any worse

The upside l guess is that l'm going to reward myself with a 2nd X-box once all this finishes

Yo, just started to get warm in New England. I've brought out my summer clothes. Anyone else wear socks with sandals (only with long pants). I was told it was a West Coast style but I'm liking it because I have ugly feet.

Though Boat Shoes is the ultimate solution. ^_^

There's no review up for it, so I figure none of you personally have seen it. But I was wondering if you've heard any good/bad things about this set.

http://www.import-anime.com/index.php?pa...118&list=M

Anyone had a chance to check it out? I'm interested to hear how it is. Here's a link if you haven't seen it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...egory=2290

I read this article on animenewsnetwork.com and was trying to figure out what it means. What are "repeated Denial of Service attacks"? In regular terms. Don't give me any technical jargon Schultz.


"One of the larger, and more popular providers of digital fansubs via bittorrent, AnimeSuki, has been shut down by their server provider after repeated Denial of Service attacks. Accoding to their website, they were able to shrug off most of the attacks, and many visitors to the site, as well as users of the service, probably never noticed them.

However apparrently the server provider did, and after a while decided that it wasn't worth hosting a site continually under attack, so they pulled the plug on AnimeSuki's server.

No one is known to have claimed responsability for the attacks.

AnimeSuki is working on re-establishing itself with another provider."

I know this isn't anime related but I know a lot of anime fans are also Star Trek fans. I been watching Enterprise from the beginning and I was wondering who else is watching it and what your take on the show is.

As for me, I believe the series got off to a slow start with some weak stories, however, I think it has really improved a lot this past season. I'd hate to see them cancel the show as I think the show will bloom in it's third season.

-Vidiot

Go to this site and click gallery

http://yotsuba.saiin.net/~ikurumi/

what did you think?

I posted this on the other board, but I guess nobody saw it. Anyway...

Here are a couple missing DVD's for you:

Rurouni Kenshin TV Series Part 1 (Eps. 01-48) (MI) - 6- E/J - E/C/Off
http://www.sundevildvd.com/content.php?a...m=DVD-R008

Rurouni Kenshin TV Series Part 2 (Eps. 49-95) (MI) - 6 - E/J - E/C/Off
http://www.sundevildvd.com/content.php?a...m=DVD-R009

Gundam Wing Perfect Collection (MI) - 6 - E/J - E/Off
http://www.cookiejarvideo.com/popup.phtml?id=MI.E015

Neon Genesis Evangelion Perfect TV + Movies (Unknown) - 4 - E/J - E/Off
http://www.cookiejarvideo.com/popup.phtml?id=U.521

Neon Genesis Evangelion Perfect TV (Unknown) - 3 - E/J - E/Off
http://www.cookiejarvideo.com/popup.phtml?id=U.520

Neon Genesis Evangelion Perfect Movies (Unkown) - 1 - E/J - E/Off
http://www.cookiejarvideo.com/popup.phtml?id=U.522

Fushigi Yuugi TV Part 1 (Eps. 01-27) (Unknown) - 3 - E/J - E/Off
Fushigi Yuugi TV Part 2 (Eps. 28-52) (Unknown) - 3 - E/J - E/Off
Fushigi Yuugi OVAs (Unknown) - 2 - E/J - E/Off
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...3326707737

Ok, time for an edition of What pisses Shibo off! Well, let me tell ya. I know why most of you folks have come to this site. It?s the same reason I?m here. We buy anime from Hong Kong. I do it, you do it. It?s because we can get releases that aren?t available in the US and/or we can actually afford to buy stuff that we would never normally be able to buy. Like Fushigi Yugi, for example, which sells for $200 for each half of the TV series in most stores. I recognize this fact and I buy a lot of anime from HK.. I?d even venture to say I buy more of it than most other HK buyers. However, I?m not stupid enough to sit there and slam US anime companies and use that to justify my purchases.
?But Shibo, some companies don?t put enough episodes on each disc so they don?t deserve my money!? Yes, I agree that it sucks that some anime series only come 2 or 3 episodes on a DVD. People also need to realize that it?s happening much and much less frequently because of Anime?s growing popularity. As more people start buying each individual disc, the companies begin to make enough profit that they can afford to put more episodes on each disc. The more anime consumers buy, the easier it will be for the companies to offer more on each disc. ADV?s perfect collections are a great example of this.
?But Shibo, the companies charge too much for the discs, and it only costs a little bit to make a DVD!" I?d like to remind everyone that different series cost different amounts of money to license and will be priced accordingly.. The Gundam stuff is never gonna be cheap cause Gundam isn?t cheap to license. Macross 7 is so expensive that the joke in the industry is that it would take ADV, Bandai, Pioneer, and Manga to bring this series to the US because each company could only afford to license 1 DVD?s worth of footage. And of course, everyone needs to remember that all of the companies are also trying to make a profit, which is the main point of their being in business. The side benefit of all of this is more US releases, greater exposure to anime for the general population, and ultimately, more anime, manga, and anime publications for the english speaking otaku.
My point here? We?re all buying HK anime because it?s cheap. Don?t kid yourself. If we could get the same exact things in R1 for the same price, most of us would.. Any intelligent ones would anyway. So have fun, buy your HK stuff, and enjoy your anime. But don?t try and slam the US companies out there, because folks who do that make the rest of us HK buyers seem like morons. Thanks, and that?s What pisses Shibo off today.

I just finished Shenmue, and I think this game was about as over-hyped as Final Fantasy VIII. Here's why:

When starting the game, I read "you are expected to reach the climax of the game...by the time the cherry trees blossom in early spring". You start the game in October, and the game moves on virtually. To start off, the game is too easy. I completed the game in less than 1 virtual month and I had up till spring to go.

I started the game under the assumption this would be a virtual romp through the woods (So to speak), and could be much like a fully interactive Sims-type game if I so wanted to go that way. At least that's how it's painted.

All the reviews gloss over how every character has something to say, and it's a virtual environment bursting with life. What they don't tell you is that there are about 20 different non-main characters that roam the city, then 20 different non-main characters that roam the harbor. And they all say the same things. About 20 different responses to blow you off in each area. There is no point in talking to them. When talking to main charaters, they only talk about pertinent objectives Ryo has, nothing more. This is where I'm a bit pissy. There's nothing to do in this game beside completing the objective. All you can do is...talk to people and wander the city. Wandering the city wouldn't be too bad if you could do something besides walk and talk. Plus the city is so freakin ghetto, every other building is boarded up.

There's also the job they toot their horn about. "Such freedom, you can get a job". THe problem with the job you can get is that you can only get it when the story says you can, and you only hold it for 4 or 5 Virtual days before you get fired by part of the story.

Since the interactive nature of the game is shot down by intense linearity, there might be something besides the freedom part of the game. Unfortunately, we get a weak story, with a main character that just doesn't get it. Ryo (the main character) has to practically be hit over the head with clues before he allows you to explore where you know you need to go. Which is another restricting part of the game. Unless the story allows you, you can visit many areas of the game. You have to get to disc 2 before you can even leave your little town. Plus he just makes bonehead moves. He pays for a Ticket for Hong Kong. The receptionist says that you need to put something like 68,000 Yen down, and leave. Comeback 4 hours later. Ryo in his usual stupid self is like "alright" and leaves. When you come back, some thugs obviously feign ignorance, and threaten violence. When you beat them up, they tell you to come back the next day and they'll have a ticket...However they say visit us in the arcade. Guess what...you get jumped again...Ryo is frustrating to command.

Also we have Nozomi...who likes Ryo...yet Ryo is so rock-headed (or maybe it's stupid or ignorant or etc) he doesn't seem to realize it. Anyways, I'm supposed to cultivate some sort of romance with her. The problem is whenever you call her, the conversation doesn't last more than 5 lines, and it's always Ryo going "oh no reason...Bye".

Next is voice acting. It's so freakin bad and yuo can't turn it off. You have Tom who has the fakest Jamaican accent. Mark the uninspired black man with no VA talent. Not to mention Ryo's uninspired diologue. It's awful, If I hadn't been able to select subtitles and fast forward through the diologue, I would have gone mad.

Next is the fighting mode. The fighting mode seemed to be thrown together with a modified (read:weak) version of the Virtua Fighter Engine. In this engine, the controls are more finnicky, the cameras are awful and Ryo must have ADD since he won't focus on anything...or easily lose focus, so you start comboing someone, only for the camera to change and Ryo to just start punching air since he won't keep his focus on the enemy.

I just didn't like the game. For all the hype, it failed miserably.