what anime should I start collecting?

[Uruk]

If you like vampire/horror (and apparently Ninja Scroll) then I would suggest Vampire Hunter D and Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. Vampire Princess Miyu is pretty dark as well. Trigun and Cowboy Bebop are both good bounty hunter series (that's about where the similarities end). Haunted Junction is a good inexpensive series that's pretty zany.

How can you not have tons of money for series? Don't actresses get 10 mill a picture these days?

 

[Sixchan]

I've really wanted to see Ringu I guess I missed Sci Fi showing it. I tried to search the Sci Fi scheduling but they didn't have it, I wonder if they didn't show it in America?

I'm almost positive that Adult Swim hasn't shown anything subtitled here too. They are just really building up a viewership with Adult Swim, I hope they will give it a shot in the future.

Bear in mind that CNX is a 24/7 channel here, rather than the late-night Cartoon Network that I'm told Adult Swim is. As such they have time for more programs, and show a film every night (Last night they showed Dirty Dozen). We also get shows about "fun" stuff like skateboarding and "Nu-Metal" (Trailer Park), along with ladies in swimsuits (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit), cop shows (The Shield, Boomtown), and other stuff (A drama called Kung Fu).

 

[Skade]

Bear in mind that CNX is a 24/7 channel here, rather than the late-night Cartoon Network that I'm told Adult Swim is. As such they have time for more programs, and show a film every night (Last night they showed Dirty Dozen). We also get shows about "fun" stuff like skateboarding and "Nu-Metal" (Trailer Park), along with ladies in swimsuits (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit), cop shows (The Shield, Boomtown), and other stuff (A drama called Kung Fu).

I just looked over the website, unfortunatly I did not see a listing of what anime they show. 'Course, I can't get it here in the States, but it would be cool. I had heard about a year ago (in New Type maybe) that ADV was considering an all anime network. I wonder if CNX is it? I did not see the parent company on the site.

 

[Sixchan]

I just looked over the website, unfortunatly I did not see a listing of what anime they show. 'Course, I can't get it here in the States, but it would be cool. I had heard about a year ago (in New Type maybe) that ADV was considering an all anime network. I wonder if CNX is it? I did not see the parent company on the site.

Well, it's made by Cartoon Network (Cartoon Network eXtreme, or something silly like that), so I wouldn't know about an ADV anime network (On second though, I did hear about an Anime Network a few months ago, but in the USA, not the UK).

It's not all anime though. Aside from the live action stuff mentioned above, we get things like Justice League and Johhny Quest.

 

[Alzrius]

By the way, Sixchan, love the new avatar! Black Lady makes evil look so good!

 

[Enchantress]

If you like vampire/horror (and apparently Ninja Scroll) then I would suggest Vampire Hunter D and Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. Vampire Princess Miyu is pretty dark as well. Trigun and Cowboy Bebop are both good bounty hunter series (that's about where the similarities end). Haunted Junction is a good inexpensive series that's pretty zany.

How can you not have tons of money for series? Don't actresses get 10 mill a picture these days?

That reminds me, I have seen Vampire Princess Miyu and Vampire Hunter D, though I have yet to see Bloodlust. I really enjoyed both and was extremely impressed with the artwork in both.

And, uhhh...Not that I'm not flattered that you think I'm an actress, but what made you think I was?

 

[jdavis]

I just looked over the website, unfortunatly I did not see a listing of what anime they show. 'Course, I can't get it here in the States, but it would be cool. I had heard about a year ago (in New Type maybe) that ADV was considering an all anime network. I wonder if CNX is it? I did not see the parent company on the site.

The Anime Network: http://www.theanimenetwork.com/

ADV has nothing to do with Cartoon Network (I wish they did, we could get some better Adult Swim anime that way). Adult Swim is is just 3 hours a night Monday through Thursday and 4 hours on Sunday; it is very limited (anime is 2 hours a night on weekdays and 1 hour on Sundays). http://www.adultswim.com/ I love Adult Swim but it is very very limited (how many times can you watch the same episode of Futurama over and over again?).

Toonami shows anime too: http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/toonami/index.html
and they show .hack/sign and some of the other anime (like G Gunadam) on Saturday nights.

CNX sounds very neat. It's a shame we don't have anything like it over here.

 

[WizarDru]

I think you gave up too early

I'm not sure what pattern you're talking about, but it's not really that predictable. And it's not the early episodes that fans consider so great (I _do_ understand why those episodes didn't hook you right away), but the later stuff, especially the Kyoto story arc. Cartoon Network is already well into this arc right now, although as I stated above, I find the unedited subtitled version to be a a step up from the dubbed version.

Do I think everyone will like Kenshin? No. But since you recommended Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Nadesico, and Big O, I can't see how you wouldn't like Kenshin!

Fair enough. Since you, Jdavis and Scorch keep singing it's praises, I'll give it another try. Usually, a show hooks me pretty quickly, and Kenshin didn't.

 

[Sixchan]

The Anime Network: http://www.theanimenetwork.com/

ADV has nothing to do with Cartoon Network (I wish they did, we could get some better Adult Swim anime that way). Adult Swim is is just 3 hours a night Monday through Thursday and 4 hours on Sunday; it is very limited (anime is 2 hours a night on weekdays and 1 hour on Sundays). http://www.adultswim.com/ I love Adult Swim but it is very very limited (how many times can you watch the same episode of Futurama over and over again?).

Toonami shows anime too: http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/toonami/index.html
and they show .hack/sign and some of the other anime (like G Gunadam) on Saturday nights.

CNX sounds very neat. It's a shame we don't have anything like it over here.

Cartoons are also spread around here (perhaps more so than America). We get Futurama on Sky One (sattelite + cable) and Channel 4 (network), for example, and Pokemon, Zoids, Yu-Gi-Oh are on Sky One and ITV (network). Nadesico, Evanglion, and Bubblegum crisis were all shown on Sci-Fi (Why oh why did they take away Anime night? *cries*). Sailor Moon and Jackie Chan Adventures are both shown on Fox Kids (Sailor Moon on ITV as well), along with the unforgettable Dungeons & Dragons. Then there's the Disney Channels (no Anime there, though).

While CNX sounds cool, there is the problem that all the stuff that we get, you get months before us. I'd love to see .hack/sign, and a lot of the other stuff you get, but I'm not likely to see it until Autumn at the earliest.

Out of curiosity, do you get Boomerang? It's the Cartoon Network channel that shows old shows like Scooby Doo and Hong Kong Phooey.

 

[WizarDru]

While CNX sounds cool, there is the problem that all the stuff that we get, you get months before us. I'd love to see .hack/sign, and a lot of the other stuff you get, but I'm not likely to see it until Autumn at the earliest.

Out of curiosity, do you get Boomerang? It's the Cartoon Network channel that shows old shows like Scooby Doo and Hong Kong Phooey.

I don't get it, but it is available in the US. They split it out of Cartoon Network a couple of years ago, as anime and more modern stuff started taking over.

And believe me, I don't think I could stand waiting the 6+ months for some of the stuff you guys have to wait for. It would drive me batty.