Off the beaten track

[BanzaiBoB]

So post those anime series you really want to see, or have seen part of, but can't seem to get ahold of. Also shows you love, but when you mention them to others they are all *blank* "Never heard of it" etc.


1. Master Keaton - by the creative mind behind "Monster" and "20th Century Boys". Can't get anywhere.

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2. Keroro Gunsou - aka Sgt Frog - got a few eps, its hilarious, its big in Japan. No-one seems to have it here, and I get blank looks a lot of the time when I mention it.

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[jGLZa]

Same here. I really want to see Sgt Frog aswell. Also cant find it. Also slightly put off by it as its pretty big/long (the current has ended in Japan however). In the same boat would be Detective Conan but that has more episodes than One Piece!

Others...
I dont even know the name of it but it involves a nuclear bomb being dropped and people dying. Very old but good I hear.

[GrahamZA]

Oh! Super Milk Chan and Phoenix

[Ahzure]

1. Master Keaton - by the creative mind behind "Monster" and "20th Century Boys". Can't get anywhere.

I saw the trailer on one my Geneon DVD’s, it looked cool reminded me somewhat of Case Closed.
I believe you should blame Pioneer/Geneon  for taking their sweet time  releasing anime boxsets.  Certain volumes are available on Amazon, you might have look on ebay for the rest. I think your best bet would be to wait for a re release.
BB have you ever read Pineapple Army.

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It’s a collaboration between  Kazuya Kudo (Mai the Psychic Girl) and  Naoki Urasawa. Sadly Viz cancelled it after one volume

In the same boat would be Detective Conan but that has more episodes than One Piece!

The Case Closed boxsets usually retail for less than R250, on special it would set you back somewhere between R190 – R209.  So far five boxsets have been released, each consisting of 20 – 26 episodes.   

Phoenix

I saw it on Animax, I could not believe how good it was.


Anyway I'm looking for Princess Nine, an old ADV tile currently out of print

[BanzaiBoB]

BB have you ever read Pineapple Army. It’s a collaboration between  Kazuya Kudo (Mai the Psychic Girl) and  Naoki Urasawa. Sadly Viz cancelled it after one volume

New to me - must keep an eye out for it. Maybe someone has scans...

[jGLZa]

Up until recently I would have included Legend of the Galactic Heroes & Space Battleship Yamato here but I found some copies of them.

LotGH still doesnt seem to be available in boxset format though. Its wonder nobody has licensed this yet?

[Ahzure]

BB have you ever read Pineapple Army. It’s a collaboration between  Kazuya Kudo (Mai the Psychic Girl) and  Naoki Urasawa. Sadly Viz cancelled it after one volume

New to me - must keep an eye out for it. Maybe someone has scans...

It is an eight volume series. A group has currently re scanned  and translated somewhere between 6 - 9 chapters. You must check out the first chapter, BB.

Since you are a Naoki Urasawa fan BB,  I suspect you might  own the following title 

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Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl
When news broke that Women’s Judo would be included at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Jigorou Inokuma became ecstatic because now he would be able  to realize his  dream, someone from his family would win gold for Japan at the Olympics. He has placed his hopes in his granddaughter Yawara who is extremely talented. Unfortunately,   Yawara just wants to be an ordinary girl.

If I had the money I'd buy the first  boxset, never mind the fact that AnimEigo has been unsuccessful in licensing the  rest of the series.

The significance of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics in the story is that in the real world, this was the first time that Women's Judo would be a full competition event, and would thus see the awarding of the first ever Olympic gold medal for Women's Judo.

Yawara! was very popular in Japan, so when real life Japanese teenager Ryoko Tamura won a silver medal for judo at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, she was seen as a real-life "Yawara" (her age, stature, and ability all being strikingly similar to those of the fictional character) and promptly nicknamed "Yawara-chan".
She was still known by this name eight years later, indicating perhaps the enduring popular recognition of the series as well as that of Ryoko Tamura herself.

 

[BanzaiBoB]

3 old titles I'd love to see, but can't seem to find:

1. Video Girl Ai

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2. Space Battleship Yamato

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3. Space Pirate Captain Harlock

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[Alucard]

I have all of those... must pass em on to you when i come down next...

[BanzaiBoB]

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