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Offline Mongoose

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As far as easily enjoyable goes, though, I would most definately recommend Moribito/Seirei no Moribito. An English dub only exists for the first 10 episodes (which were very well performed). Aparently, Adult Swim cut production after the first 10 episodes for no apparent reason. That said, you'd have to watch the rest in Japanese. The sub-work is good, though, so not too many details should be "lost in translation." I've never seen a better rendered series, either. The visuals are truly superb.
Actually, your info is a bit out-of-date and/or incorrect.  Moribito was originally licensed by Geneon Entertainment, who commissioned its dub. (Just to clarify, [adult swim] doesn't produce the dubs for any of the series that it airs; it merely obtains broadcast rights from the American licensors.)  When Geneon ceased in-house distribution of titles and lost many of their licenses, the licensor Media Blasters took over the distribution rights from them.  (Media Blasters has been mostly dealing in more niche series released sub-only lately, so they presumably got a good deal on it.)  [adult swim]'s deal to air the show was originally made with Geneon, so when they all but closed, the broadcast rights presumably reverted to their Japanese parent company; the head of Media Blasters confirmed that his company never held the TV rights.  [as] originally broadcast only the first ten episodes of the series at the ungodly hour of 5:30 AM because that was all they had to show; apparently, there was some delay in getting the video masters from Geneon to Media Blasters.  [as] later re-aired the first ten episodes at a more reasonable timeslot, but due to the whole licensing snafu, they were forced to stop airing the show, and it looked as though they might have to give up the rights entirely.

But to get to the point of this whole convoluted situation, [as] recently started re-airing the series from the beginning for the third time, and they're going to continue past the tenth episode and run through the entire series.  It's currently in the 1AM slot on Saturday nights (or Sunday mornings), and I think this upcoming Saturday's episode is the eighth one.  All of that stuff aside, I completely agree with the recommendation; Moribito is an utter gem of a series that seems to have flown under a lot of people's radar.

And just to throw in one last remark to TrashMan, FLCL's creators have discussed/confirmed essentially everything that Flaser mentioned, so there's no "are or aren't" going on there in the least. :p In deference to our esteemed mod, I won't say any more, lest I raise the wrath of his drunk-fu.

 

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I've read the latest comments and on Trashman's opinion I call:

'Bollocks'

Art and literature by their nature are transcendent. That means that neither the creator nor the receiver/interpreter can claim it as their own. The reason is simple: Art/literature means something different for everyone, so you can't ascribe a singular "meaning" to it.

This is an oft forgotten fact, and literature teachers drive me up to the wall with it. Especially when they go: "the artist meant to...".

We (here in Hungary) have an anecdote about this. One of our poets, Edre Ady who - surprise! surprise! - was THE EMBODIED hungarian avant garde, well he lived to see some of his poems analyzed in class.

The lecturer started to say:
-Here, poet wants to say... - when a shout interrupts him.
-The shucks wanted! - says the poet.
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The lecturer started to say:
-Here, poet wants to say... - when a shout interrupts him.
-The shucks wanted! - says the poet.

Good God. Those are beautiful words.

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This is an oft forgotten fact, and literature teachers drive me up to the wall with it. Especially when they go: "the artist meant to...".

And yet what the artist was thinking or sought to achieve with a work still exists. Galieo's Retort, as it were.

"The artist meant to" is a perfectly valid statement. That everyone draws different meanings from the final object does not conflict with the possiblity of a singular intent for the work.
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A medium - any medium - should deliver it's message as cleary as possible.

Ok, what we're saying is it did get it's message across.  The theme is something most of on this forum can relate to.

Spoiler:
FLCL is no less than Naota-kun's journey from childhood into adulthood, everything is covered, from the growing "horns" that were bigger than before to his first crush and his realization that his brother's ex has been using him as a substitute for her own first crush.  Canti serves to contrast how Naota is quite powerless in the face of forces he cannot control and he wasn't prepared for, much like a child who is beginning puberty.

So, unlike Evangelion which is just a mind ****, this has a logical flow and is very deliberate, if manic, in it's delivery of thematic elements.
Art and literature by their nature are transcendent. That means that neither the creator nor the receiver/interpreter can claim it as their own.
As far as this goes, an Artist does indeed "own", in every sense of the word, they're works, legally, financially, creatively.  It is not an absolute ownership, as such phenomena as AMVs and other reuse of video or audio have been more or less been ruled fair use.  In any such case, the artist is always free to tell the other creator either personally or through legal representation that they don't want they're property used like that.  But copyright law has GOT to evolve in the face of the ability by ANYONE with access to a minimally functional computer to create perfect copies of ANY work stored on media available to that computer.  The alternative is to go back to LPs and distribute like they did in the 60s

*fixed for spoilage
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Offline BloodEagle

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Damn it, Liberator! They're called spoiler tags, use them.

 

Offline TrashMan

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A medium - any medium - should deliver it's message as cleary as possible.

Ok, what we're saying is it did get it's message across.  The theme is something most of on this forum can relate to.

In the most confusing way possible.
Why bother? Dead Poets Society, Forrest Gump, Gattaca, etc (I can keep going)... - they all have a deep emotional impact on the viewer and give your brain a lot to nibble on once the flick is over. Without having to re-watch it 10 times.
I'm saying that not all methods of delivery are equally good, regardless of the creators intentions.

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Anyway, thinking of watching something from my childhood again, just for kicks. Maybe Daitarn 3 ....hmmmm..I have started watching a few episodes of Haruhi. Not impressed so far.
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Offline Snail

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Stop this topic from becoming a "you don't get this programme blah blah" slang match or i'll lock it down quicker than a missouri state trooper >:(
please do

 

Offline Colonol Dekker

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One disapproval is enough after reading through the dross.
Campaigns I've added my distinctiveness to-
- Blue Planet: Battle Captains
-Battle of Neptune
-Between the Ashes 2
-Blue planet: Age of Aquarius
-FOTG?
-Inferno R1
-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
(Others lost to the mists of time and no discernible audit trail)

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Offline General Battuta

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Ey, I'm not so sure about that, it seemed a pretty substantive debate...I'm gonna unlock it for now, Dekker, but if you feel it really deserves to be shut down, let me know.

 

Offline Colonol Dekker

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I can see your point of view, bear in mind though members, discussion doesn't warrant "bollocks" for example, a valid response, keep it civil. . .
Campaigns I've added my distinctiveness to-
- Blue Planet: Battle Captains
-Battle of Neptune
-Between the Ashes 2
-Blue planet: Age of Aquarius
-FOTG?
-Inferno R1
-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
(Others lost to the mists of time and no discernible audit trail)

Your friendly Orestes tactical controller.

Secret bomb God.
That one time I got permabanned and got to read who was being bitxhy about me :p....
GO GO DEKKER RANGERSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Offline TrashMan

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Need... fire... for... eyes.

 

Offline Flaser

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Offline NGTM-1R

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Since we're doing that sort of thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3LMwj2FUqs
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Offline Mongoose

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Since we're doing that sort of thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3LMwj2FUqs
If you're using that song, this is far superior.

 

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Decided to get befriended by Nanoha, quite frankly Ngtm-1r's promise of mobile suit action was to good to not give it a shot, and it did deliver.  The first season starts off a little slow but once they introduce Fate the whole thing gets exponentially better and continues that trend through the following seasons.  I'd argue by the end of season 3 Nanoha is closer to being a RX-93 ν in a schoolgirl outfit.  I might whinge about the transformation stuff but other then that there isn't much not to like.  The fact that the protagonist doesn't angst out about kicking ass and taking names is refreshing in and of itself.  Besides the show is  a tvtrope goldmine to boot. 
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*agrees wholeheartedly with StarSlayer*

Just finished the series myself, and loved it. My gripe is that, from what (admittedly little) I've seen of it, the English dub appears to be very poor. Not badly translated, mind you, but the voices don't seem to be anywhere near as good, particularly the Devices (except Bardiche, I think he might be incapable of not being awesome), which sound far too mechanical.

I think I'll stick to subs, for once.

EDIT: And Haruhi S2 has finally broken out of the endless recursion of time, so we should see a return to form in the coming weeks. Not sure when the next new episode is coming... if they're doing the "Disappearance" arc (which I'm dearly hoping they are), then it'll be at the end of the season, since they're airing them in chronological order this time.
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So... this Nanoha thing has piqued my curiosity. Let's say I watched Mai-Hime, thought the first half was meh, thought the darker second half was sweet, and then thought the whole thing was ruined by its ending. That's really my only experience with any magical girl shows. Will this be up my alley?
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