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sasazuka said:
I've always assumed that Central Park Media/U.S. Manga Corps used the M.D. Geist mecha as a mascot because the rights were cheap and, as such. they didn't have to pay a graphic designer to create an original mecha mascot design from scratch.
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According to Justin Sevakis, John O'Donnell was totally obsessed with M.D. Geist so it was more than just that.
 
Dom Cruise said:
According to Justin Sevakis, John O'Donnell was totally obsessed with M.D. Geist so it was more than just that.
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Justin's a faggot, but until other ex-CPM employees talk about their own experiences (bonus points if they worked alongside John), he's the best we got. And I don't think he made anything up or overexaggerated CPM.
 
Kari Kamiya said:
Justin's a faggot, but until other ex-CPM employees talk about their own experiences (bonus points if they worked alongside John), he's the best we got. And I don't think he made anything up or overexaggerated CPM.
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He posted a lot of interesting stuff about his CPM days in his Buried Treasures/Buried Garbage article series and I think maybe Tales From The Industry.

Before they went full retard he and ANN actually did have some quality content back in the day, particularly House of 1000 Manga for example.
 
InsolentGaylord said:
Since people are panicking about it a lot lately, has Japan become truly woke yet? Manga and Anime wise I mean?
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In my experience, the people who complain about Japan becoming "woke" are of the same level of intelligence as your average gamergate hanger-on. The type of people to be whipped into a frenzy at the slightest thing. I'd say it's best to pay them no heed.
 
SwanDive said:
In my experience, the people who complain about Japan becoming "woke" are of the same level of intelligence as your average gamergate hanger-on. The type of people to be whipped into a frenzy at the slightest thing. I'd say it's best to pay them no heed.
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Case in point, One Angry Gamer.
 
Vapewizard said:
I dropped Hoshiai no Sora around the time when it started getting preachy about transgender shit but that sort of stuff still seems like a rarity.
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That show sounded like it ended up a complete mess. With what the whole cherography plagarism thing and how it was supposed to have been 24 episodes, but it was slashed down to only 12.
 
Dom Cruise said:
He posted a lot of interesting stuff about his CPM days in his Buried Treasures/Buried Garbage article series and I think maybe Tales From The Industry.

Before they went full retard he and ANN actually did have some quality content back in the day, particularly House of 1000 Manga for example.
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Yeah, Justin talking about his expeiences in the industry and what it was like in the 90s and 2000s were fun reads, and occasionally Mike Toole also comes up with some decent column material. But otherwise their stuff is just as cucked as the Zac, Hope and co.'s stuff.
 
Because I feel so nostalgic about ultra violent Khorne-approved old school anime, I want to remind the good people of Genocyber. It is fondly remembered as part of the holy trinity alongside M.D. Geist and Angel Cop in terms of balls to the wall unapologetic gore. Genocyber itself is basically more or less Elfen Lied, but not complete and utter shit. Not to mention the theme song is metal as fuck.

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
I WANT YOU AND LOVE YOU FAIRY DREEEEEEAAAAAAMIIIIIIIING!

It's not just the ultraviolence, I can't put my finger on it but there is generally something magical about late-80s and 90s anime.
 
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Apparently both the My Hero Acadamia and the Demon Slayer manga had some massive things happen in them. I don’t read Slayer, but I think four characters are dead and with Acadamia Twice seems to have died for real this time
 
Fougaro said:
Because I feel so nostalgic about ultra violent Khorne-approved old school anime, I want to remind the good people of Genocyber. It is fondly remembered as part of the holy trinity alongside M.D. Geist and Angel Cop in terms of balls to the wall unapologetic gore. Genocyber itself is basically more or less Elfen Lied, but not complete and utter shit. Not to mention the theme song is metal as fuck.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=p-eAtBYyqxg
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I don't remember too much about Genocyber. Wasn't there some rudimentary CGI in there somewhere? Genocyber is, however, notable to me as having been the first anime I ever rented that was subtitled, back in spring 1994 when a local video store got in three or four anime VHS tapes from U.S. Manga Corps. The others, which were Project A-Ko (still one of my favourite anime films), Venus Wars, and possibly Peacock King Kujaku-Oh (not sure if that one was in the initial sampler or whether they got that one later on), were dubbed.
 
sasazuka said:
I don't remember too much about Genocyber.
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I will always remember it and the other "classics" like m.d. geist from that era because it also gave us the following, which left quite an impression on me as a wee lad.


it was a different time. I still remember urotsukidoji being banned in the uk. it was quite impressive to have something in the early 90s where you could get away with almost anything that triggered people hard enough to cause an immediate streisand effect.
 
ZMOT said:
it was a different time. I still remember urotsukidoji being banned in the uk. it was quite impressive to have something in the early 90s where you could get away with almost anything that triggered people hard enough to cause an immediate streisand effect.
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Would Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend have been one of those titles that was probably a victim of the "video nasties" hysteria following the 1993 murder of toddler James Bulger by two 10-year old boys, Robert Thompson and Jon Venables. The tabloids blamed the film Child's Play 3 for inspiring the boys although it's not certain if either kid had actually seen the film.

Legend of the Overfiend was a title that the same video store from which I had rented Genocyber had gotten later on in 1994. I think they even put it in the kid's section for a while until someone, quite possibly a very alarmed parent, had pointed out their mistake.
 
Just finished Kengan Ashura and it’s probably one of the top mangas of it’s kind, at least for my tastes. It was fun, badass, didn’t take itself too seriously, but also delivered a surprisingly captivating story. I loved how Ohma actually died in the end, it seemed like a fitting conclusion to Ohma’s character and actually earned. I think the way Ohma changed throughout the manga was handled nicely, his main goal and motivation weren’t really shifted, just his reasons and understanding of those goals. And that’s not even touching on the other characters, they were interesting and felt like they were each the hero of their own story. I’ve also gotten caught up on the sequel and prequel series, and I’m hoping it doesn’t take a turn for the retarded.
 
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