>
> The warrior bunny is "Usagi Yojimbo"
> (http://www.usagiyojimbo.com/) - it's a Japanese style comic
> by an American (there are quite a few of them).
He was semi-based on Japanese legendary Samurai, but it's all ficticious
- the cross-overs with TMNT and Cerebus were brilliant at the time, as
TMNT hadn't turned "kiddie" yet
> To start with I'd try any of Hayao Miyazaki's work or, more
> generally, anything by Studio Ghilbi. Disney has brought
> "Kiki's Delivery Service", "Laptua", "Princess Mononoke" and
> "Spirited Away" to really good US DVD releases - any of them
> are great. Another easy-to-find must see is "Akira"
> - this was really the breakthrough film that brought modern
> anime into the American eye.
If you watch the Disney Kiyazaki films, PLEASE watch the Subtitled
versions and not the re-dubbed versions - Kiki's (my favorite Anime of
all time) has a horrid translation where they've completely changed the
"message" of certain parts of the film which really annoyed the hell out
of me
> Many great titles are easily available at most video stores
> like "Grave of the Fireflies" and "Ghost in the Shell". Some
> older stuff to look for is "The Venus Wars", "Neon Genesis",
> "Serial Experiements Lain", "Bubblegum Crisis" and "Dominion:
> Tank Police" (very funny).
Don't forget Bubblegum Crash (darker than Crisis), and there's also a
lot of the "stranger" anime which might pique your interest, depending
on your taste, Vampire Hunter D, Project A-KO, Appleseed, Patlabor,
Rougin-Z, Wings of Honneasime and others, but some series get longwinded
and turn "strange"
> If you're lucky enough to have Comcast Digital cable with On
> Demand there's an "Anime Network" selection (at least there
> is on mine) that offers dozens of shows for free. Also
> Cartoon Network has two shows with some anime "Toonami" and
> "Adult Swim" and TechTV (if you get it) also has regular
> Anime blocks.
I really need to get the onDemand working on our Comcast boxes, but our
controls don't have the button :P
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