newbie would liek help

[rinko]

hey

i'm pretty new to this stuff and have no mates to guide me so i hoped someone could help me with my quandaries:

1- i recently got GitS on dvd however it clocks in at approx 120mins and i remember it being longer with more scenes that aren't on this dvd (i originally watched it once on video about 7 years ago). are there different versions/cuts of this film? i read the plot description on wikipedia and it seemed to match up with this dvd i have so i'm not sure if i'm going mad or what but i really want to see the longer version i remember - does it exist?

2- was 'blood: the last vampire' originally all in japanese or in the half english/half japanese with subtitles version i have got? is it possible to get a version of this dvd which is all in the original japanese (with english subtitles) cos i don't rate the some of the english voice actors on the film...ruins it a bit for me...

3- what do people recommend as being the classic anime to start off a collection with? i've got akira, 1 disc of yu yu hakusho and ninja scroll as well as the 2 titles metioned above...was thinkin of gettin princess mononoke and azumanga daioh next...

thank you very much for you help!


much appreciated!

[rinko]

you'd never know i studied english at university...

[fullmetalx89]

First, you should edit your posts. Second, I can only help you with number 3....Some good animes to start a collection in my eyes would be the ones you like, Yu Yu Hakusho is a good anime and since you have disc one you should get disc 2 and see if you still like it.

[kyubichan]

I like YuYu Hakusho, so I'll tell you to collect that. It's a bit lengthy though, about 100+ episodes.

[RyanSAC]

hey

i'm pretty new to this stuff and have no mates to guide me so i hoped someone could help me with my quandaries:

1- i recently got GitS on dvd however it clocks in at approx 120mins and i remember it being longer with more scenes that aren't on this dvd (i originally watched it once on video about 7 years ago). are there different versions/cuts of this film? i read the plot description on wikipedia and it seemed to match up with this dvd i have so i'm not sure if i'm going mad or what but i really want to see the longer version i remember - does it exist?

2- was 'blood: the last vampire' originally all in japanese or in the half english/half japanese with subtitles version i have got? is it possible to get a version of this dvd which is all in the original japanese (with english subtitles) cos i don't rate the some of the english voice actors on the film...ruins it a bit for me...

3- what do people recommend as being the classic anime to start off a collection with? i've got akira, 1 disc of yu yu hakusho and ninja scroll as well as the 2 titles metioned above...was thinkin of gettin princess mononoke and azumanga daioh next...

thank you very much for you help!


much appreciated!

I also thought the DVD was quite short but I guess you'll never know for sure unless you try and buy the tape.

And I started out with Stand Alone Complex and it really got me into it.....But Yu Yu Hakusho is really good too.

[tigercat070]

I also thought the DVD was quite short but I guess you'll never know for sure unless you try and buy the tape.

And I started out with Stand Alone Complex and it really got me into it.....But Yu Yu Hakusho is really good too.

i would not recomend stand alone complex as a first its very hard to understand if your just geting started in collecting anime i would say though that a good one is fruists basket easy to understand and it has a good story line

[MasterLuna]

Unfortunately I can't answer any of the questions except #3. I reccomend getting anime that you really enjoy and find an anime based on the genre you like. And to give you an example of a good anime, I reccomend Inuyasha, but I warn you it's very long. It's about 100+ episodes but a great anime.

[rinko]

hey

cheers for the help-

i'll def keep an eye out for fruits basket cos i borrowed the 1st 3-4 volumes of the manga and enjoyed them. started reading cromartie high school, genshiken and eden too so i'll look for the anime of those (i know there's one of cromartie - not sure bout the other 2).

i've ordered the FLCL books too - what are the anime like? i heard it compared favourably to azumanga daioh. views?

i found about about GitS as well. when i said my version was 120mins long what i actually meant was it was 1hr20mins (80mins) long whereas the full version IS about 120mins (bout 2 hours innit) so i traded my cut down version for the real thing. sorted!