Is there anything good coming out in the anime world?

[matthewmalay]

I just watched the first episode of Initial D 4th Stage. The CG was very nicely done and the suspense is still there.

[ElVaquero]

Originally posted by matthewmalay
I just watched the first episode of Initial D 4th Stage. The CG was very nicely done and the suspense is still there.

God I'm so jealous.

[matthewmalay]

The fansub of it came out yesterday by Live-Evil. Raws for episode 2 are out also so it won't be too long before it gets released.

Just a warning, a bunch of idiots known as fob2k4 released the 1st episode as a prank and they made up their own lines for their release and included a bunch of nonsense.

[ElVaquero]

However BitTorrent is a no-go for my school proxy.

[Robojack]

Having watched the first episode of Initial D: 4th Stage, I must say I'm very impressed with the animation. Not only have they managed to blend the CG cars and digitally rendered characters quite seamlessly, but they've managed to reasonable retain the manga look of the characters, without making them a turn off to casual viewers. I like the cel-shading for the CG cars, but I'm hoping the action will resemble more of First Stage, with all the drive-by drifting shots, instead of all the in-car and car-following shots of Second Stage, which sometimes made it look like none of the cars are drifting, when often they are. The battle music still sounds like Eurobeat, but whether it'll always be like this is unsure. The OP and ED are very cool, although I originally expected the ED song to be used for the OP (as did most people). Very impressed.

[CrayonShinChan]

Have you seen Bastard!, buffgod? It is a short series i found a little similar to Berserk.

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I'm currently watching Detective Academy Q & Uninhabited Planet Survival on fansubs, loving both of them.

[ElVaquero]

I watched the first episode of Survival and just could not stand it. What a bad show...

[matthewmalay]

Originally posted by Robojack
OP and ED are very cool, although I originally expected the ED song to be used for the OP (as did most people). Very impressed.

I love the ending theme. The girl in it is HOT.

Originally posted by ElVaquero
However BitTorrent is a no-go for my school proxy.

Damn that sucks. The fansubs will probably start appearing in other p2p networks soon if not already. I've seen it on DC++ and I'm sure you can find it on IRC.

If you still can't download it AV has released or will be very soon the 1st volume of Project D and it contains a whole 2 episodes.

[ElVaquero]

Unfortunately, all of those alternative networks are also blocked. I am so glad that I'm graduating in a month.

[DARK OSAMU]

Well according to Kakkoi there is discussion of a HellBoy anime. Look into it.

[Robojack]

That's only Del Toro discussing with Gonzo about making one. There's only the possibility of a Hellboy anime, so don't expect to see it anytime soon.

[DARK OSAMU]

Of course.

[YamiFan]

To answer the original post---'Yumeria' would be a great choice.
Another good one would be 'Diamond Dust Drops'. I liked it for the mood. (not for everyone...)
I also recommend 'Bakuretsu Tenshi' and 'Maburaho'.

[dailyplanet]

Wow, this thread is old . . . Fansub wise Trinity Blood is pretty good (although it recently got licensed). I'm still waiting for Azumanga Daioh Perfect Collection . . .

[puzzleguy]

The series Blood- ( spin off of blood the last vampire ) looks good , been waiting for the fan sub- due out soon in Japan - love that movie, maybe the series will be as good -- done by IG the same folks that did gantz ( fantastic show ) Gantz is a fantastic show -also agree on Last Exile, thats another one of my favorites- available on English dub .