So did you see the whole GITS saga?, when you see that kind of series, the decent anime universe is heavily reduced.
A friend of mine got the new Evangelion, so I'll check it out there.
About long battles, no battle is longer than 'Z' warriors against Freezer, on DBZ. that was like a whole month or so. That and Captain Tsubasa matches. Damn! those guys ran miles, and miles, and miles in highto speedo, jumped hundreds of meters to hit the ball with their heads, destroyed walls with their strength, used their bodies as human cannons, defying all our sacred physics laws!!
About Kenshin, I think the Amakusa's ark was an interesting idea but it could have been done better. You have Kenshin really beaten up for the first time, blind, trying to surpass his limitations, getting a real development on his relationship with Kaoru, the always present criticism to religions, Sanosuke falling for someone and changing a little on the process, and a really good fight. Those elements are enough to make a decent season IMO.
Escaflowne was never soo good for me. I dunno why but it could'nt make it into my favs (and the weird noses were not a factor on this xd).
Have you ever seen Paranoia Agent/Paprika/Perfect Blue? if you don't, you MUST do it.
Of course I've seen the entire GITS saga! I'm a huge Shirow fan, I have some of his works too (in real paper, that is). Yeah, after GITS, Lone Wolf and Cub, Akira, etc. most anime/manga is rubbish. (Most is shit to be honest, especially the new ones. It got so popular in the US that the "publishing/release" standards were lowered a lot, and now you've got EMO girls thinking they know a hell lot of anime because they've watched Naruto and One Piece.)
Yeah, you've GOT to see the new Eva, it's simply incredible. It's so good I can't wait for the BD release, and actually downloaded the OST.
Hahahahaha yeah, especially when Namekusei is about to explode. It's like this: 5 minutes for Namekusei to explode! 3 minutes for Namekusei to explode! Namekusei is about to explode! Namekuse is going to explode! Namekusei explodes! Then, it explodes in the next episode
. And with "Supercampeones" (Captain Tsubasa), yeah, I remember "Steve Hyuga's" awesome "Tiger Attack". The CRn team is so lousy that around these parts we say that the team should watch the anime, and maybe will be better players
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Never really saw that Amakusa saga, so I can't say much. Which is it, the one that was of some religious freaks or something?
Ah I watched the Escaflowne movie, and some parts of the series. But I had them in horrible quality, so never finished it.
I haven't seen Paranoia Agent, but I'll download it. But of course I've seen Paprika and Perfect Blue. I especially like the latter, crazy stuff. On of the finest anime in general, and one of my favourites.
Gantz 321 was pretty insane.
Girl: Why're you helping me?
Weird guy: I'm a Loli.
Girl: But I'm 19
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Weird guy: Works fine with me.
good ol' Gantz humor hahaha.