As Ghym said, Evangelion has 26 episodes, the first 24 of which are officially part of the Eva show, the last two episodes being just fluff and psychedelic mumblings (which I personally enjoyed). The true last two episodes ending won't appear until the movies show up. The "official" last two episodes 25 & 26 comprise the movie End of Evangelion. The movie prior to End of Evangelion is called Death & Rebirth which recaps episode 1-24 and adds a few scenes that were not in the TV edits of episodes 21-24 (which were later included back into those episodes on the R2 DVD, and LD, but has never been licensed in the U.S.), which showcase a lot more stuff and fleshed out certain scenes.

The two movies are licensed by Manga Entertainment and will be available in R1 DVD coming this October.

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As for the bad DVDs (Spring & Chaos, and Crest of the Stars), I'm gonna turn mine in and I may sell off my Crest unless there's gonna be a replacement DVD available for it. Otherwise, it's just really bad to watch. Yuck!

Thanks for the information guys. I'll be checking this series out as soon as I find the funds.

For anybody ordering the Macross Set
 

I checked AnimEigo's Macross site today and they've updated their database of people who signed up to preorder the Macross set. You can now give them your credit card and shipping info. I guess this means they are getting close to finishing it up. Here's a link to their signup database, http://www.animeigo.com/@preorder/preorder.t. You need to know your "secret code", but if you've signed up already then just enter your email and they'll send you your code. Enter the code and you are taken to a page where you can enter your CC and shipping info. I updated my billing and shipping info. I can't wait for them to release this one. I apologize if this is old news, but I didn't know they were taking CC info yet.

If you haven't signed up for the set yet, then you can go here and do that. http://www.animeigo.com/products/macross.t

anyone here can tell us about Vampire Hunter D 2000 from Urban-Vision ?!

Coolness, thanks for the link, Ghym! I put in my pre-order info into the system. I actually had my e-mail in there when it was still in the 1000 something pre-order, but I never gave my info. It seems the boxset will be available come July 23, 2001. Well, that's the date they listed on the pre-order page. :)

They bought the rights to it. Theater showcase will be in English dubbed. The story is not a continuation or a retelling...it's kinda both actually (kinda like Evil Dead 2). This new movie just has better art. Character designs are still by Yoshitaka Amano.


KC

Yea I saw the theatrical trailer from the 1985 Vampire Hunter D SE!!!

http://www.urban-vision.com/titles/v...ges/vhd02.JPEG

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Cool pics - I was never all that hot on the original Vampire Hunter D, but I imagine this new one will have a better pace to it... I'm somewhat anxious to see it.

Thanks so much for the plot summaries Eig and everyone - :) - I ended up getting Parasite Eve (it was cheap) and Blood: The Last Vampire. It seems like there's a ton of stuff on the verge of coming out - much of it I haven't heard of. I'll need some help entering all of it into the Guide to Anime which I seriously need to update. :)

Lots of crap are coming out very quickly. You gotta keep on the ball... or else it will get harder and harder to keep on track. ;P

Well, I've been slackin - someone needs to help me out - why don't you do a post to the guide and include new ones that are coming out. :D

Trigger,

In due time...right now I have other obligations for my time. :(

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:)

:D

Dude - no rush - whenever you get around to it.

I know somebody mentioned this before, but I finally saw my first ever episode of <b> Neon Genesis Evangelion</b> on KTEH (public television channel in the Bay Area) last night. It was pretty cool. The picture looked a bit grainy, but the story was intriguing...it was Episode 5. I guess I'll be tuning in whenever they show the other episodes...anybody know if it's only once a week?

I still have yet to see Evangeleon... I wish it was on Toonami or something.

The DVD release of the Hakkenden has been announced. I wanted to see this when it was was on VHS, but there were too many tapes.

Info on the release:

The Hakkenden
During the war-torn feudal wars in Japan, the Awa clan faced certain extinction from a rival clan backed by demonic forces. However, a careless promise by their lord leads to both salvation and disgrace when their family dog brings back the head of the enemy warlord and insists on marrying the lord’s daughter.

Their unnatural union bears fruit but when both are killed, the eight unborn pups are reincarnated as the eight Dog Warriors - The Hakkenden. As they slowly find each other and come together as a group, these eight warriors, who represent the eight separate aspects of Bushido, engage in bloody battles with demonic entities and evil samurai in a final attempt to redeem their clan!

Deluxe Box Set Contains All OVA (Original Animation Video) Episodes
Bilingual (English & Japanese language) DVD With Optional English Subtitles
DVD / $54.98 / 420 min. / Release date: 9/18/01

Has anyone heard any news on Star Blazers? The official web site only has vol 4 listed as coming out in April...but I havn't actually seen any of my local anime sources carrying it, nor have I heard any news about vol 5. Did this get destoryed in a Gammelon attack? Is Voyager (or whoever owns this title) not issueing any more until they sell the stock on hand? (which would be pretty difficult since trying to find this title is like pulling teeth) Please help. :)

Merin - Voyager is just slow at releasing Star Blazers. I have the first four volumes and I found most of them at my local Suncoast store in the mall. I've also seen them on the Suncoast website and BestPrices.com. Voyager seems to release a new volume about every 2 to 3 months. I'm not sure what the release date is on volume 5 yet, but I think it will probably show up sometime in July.

FYI, for those of you with digital cable in the Bay Area, I saw an episode of <b>Battle Arena Toshinden</b> on Encore-Action (Channel 530) last night at 7:30. It was the episode where It was okay...not sure if I'd buy the DVDs, though...I think I have to see some more episodes to make that judgment call. Though not Anime related, I also saw Supercop 2 right afterwards on the same channel (I had never seen it before).

Sorry for this post and my last post just being about what I saw on TV....I had never seen Evangelion before and I had never seen Battle Arena until last night. Just thought I'd pass along the info in case anybody had digital cable in the area....:)

i forget. was battle arena toshinden an OAV or an actual series?

Trigger, you're missing out on Evangelion. It is a must watch for anime fans. :)

As for Hakkenden, is this the ultra-confusing timeline samurai story? Or was that Yotoden? All I remember was there were 12 episodes, and the story was so confusing, a lot of us couldn't follow the plot because it went forwards and backwards in time w/o due warning.

[whine]But it's soooo long[/whine] :)

Oh, stop whining. :) It's only 26 episodes. It's no longer than Nadesico or Bebop. It's just stretched out over eight discs instead of six.

Do I hear a whining of an anime otaku??

masaka!!!

:) :) :) :)

You have 26 episodes plus 2 movies. What's wrong with that? It'll be forever until you finish the series because Manga Entertainment is releasing the movies in October... such a looooooooong wait... *sigh*

What would you say Fushigi is worth? I haven't seen it, but I already can't see paying more than $85 for each box since there's only 4 discs. Is the TV better than the OVA? I still don't know what it's about or what it's like. Does it seem like I ask this same question like every 2 months? :) Anyway - you don't have to go into what it's about again, just tell me what it's worth. If Cowboy Bebop is worth $20 per DVD (to me), then what should this be worth? Is there anything like it that I may have seen?

recieved Gundam 08th MS Team!
 

I just recieved Gundam 08th MS Team in the mail today. This disc was really put together nicely. It has 3 episodes, a textless opening, and "Bonus clip". The bonus clip is about 3 minutes long and starts out with a prologue about the One Year War, then shows clips from the show. It comes with a reversable cover with mecha on one side and characters on the other. The video quality is excellent and the sound is great too. I didn't see any artifacting or other problems. It's a pretty recent OAV, so the animation is great. Zakus have never looked so good! :) Some of the characters designs look similar to Bebop. I haven't checked yet to see if they were done by the same character designer. Anybody know?

I really like this show so far. The first three episodes have lots of action and introduce you to the people of the 08th MS Team. If you are a Gundam fan or just like mecha, then this would be a good series to pick up. I've been looking forward to seeing this series for a while, and so far I'm not dissapointed. It's definately worth a look.