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Old 09-01-2008, 06:22 PM
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I love anime, I am not into hentai though

I love

Chobits
Dragonball Z
GTO
Happy Lesson (I know it is more of a kids one .. but funny)
Comic Party
Fruits Baskets (my wife really loves that more than myself)
FMA

One of my favourites though it is a short film is quite good

Voices From a Distant Star
Synopsis

What a simple concept for a film, executed so wonderfully. A teenage girl travels in space, and the only way for her to contact the boy she loves back on earth in through her cell-phone's text messaging. But as she drifts further from earth, the messages begin to take a much longer to reach him. He begins to give up on hearing from her again, and she grieves over what she is unable to tell him from this distance. However, the ending is extremely moving and uplifting, more so than I thought this 25-minute film would be.

I need not mention how this film was made, by one man on his computer. While the visuals are surprisingly good for a film made with such sparse resources, Makoto Shinkai clearly understands that storytelling is the most important part of animation, and he made a film that is more beautiful and touching than almost anything you'd see in Hollywood, and he did it on his computer, and with a run time of under a half hour. This guy is talented, and I hope to see him directing more animes in the future.

Voices of a Distant Star is a superb film by any standards, certainly a must see for anime fans.
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