>> From: Jim Davis
>>
>> 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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