Manga films

Death Note

It's epic.
 
Guyver, there is the original and a remake (remake has more episodes and is more complete so to speak).

Akira is good, but has a hell of a lot missing from the storyline compared to the comics.
(it's like condensing the lord of the rings trilogy down to a 1:30 film).

Ghost in the Shell is good as well (there are 2 films and a series) but some of it is a bit strange.

Hotaru no haka (grave of the fireflies) I thought was a very moving film (and is based on the authors experience during the 2nd world war.)

I've quite a few, but can't think of any others off the top of my head.

ETA;
Not all of the translations are completely accurate.
Example that I remember, in Ghost in the Shell, the translation is, "must be a loose wire", the actual line is, "it must be my period"
 
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Am into Asian film:)
Can highly recommend cowboy bebop the series really excellent anime
For live action film there's loads but Old Boy is awesome a revenge thriller that's definitely full on :)
Then there's the Kurosawa movies like seven samurai old and black and white but fantastic films
 
Akira is the boss - brilliant, strange, beautiful... it's just ace.

Sky Blue - think it's S. Korean and mixes traditional animation with CGi, very long and melancholy in places but worth the watch, as it's a great story.

Cowboy Bee Bop: the movie - totally brilliant. Ace animation, really tight in terms of fluidity of movement, and it's got a good story too. Good soundtrack too, a must-see.

Venus Wars was one of my faves from the late 80s but it's like Hen's Teeth.... you can get it on VHS(!!) still or a US region DVD; there's no UK version apparently.

Cyber City Oedo 808 is brilliant. Very brutal - it's about three convicts employed to work as police - and a fair bit of foul language if I remeber rightly, but it's from that era (late 80s/early 90s) when Managa and Anime was going through a boom.

Ghost In The Shell needs no introduction - wired, adult but worth watching.

Macross Plus - pretty good, lots of mecha

Lots of others that animated films that cross all sorts of genres:

Castle Of Cagliostro
Naussica: valley of the wind
Laputa - castle in the sky
Princess Mononoke - absolutely amazing, probably my fave Ghibli film
My neighbour Totoro
Ponyo
Arrietty
Spririted away
Howl's moving castle
Grave of the fireflies - awfully sad film about children during the war in japan.
Only yesterday
Kiki's delivery service
The cat returns

Bloodrayne
Blood
Perfect Blue


An of course you have the Urotsokudoji series, possible some of the weirdest cinema you'll find in animated form. Lots of hard-to-stomach stuff with plenty of demons doing the dirty with scantily-clad schoolgirls. It's not one to watch with anyone who's easily offended, especially by sexual content that is very, very out-there. The final film was deemed so bad by the BBFC that when you buy the DVD, you get the audio track hut with stills over the top as opposed to the animations.
 
LCPete said:
Am into Asian film:)
Can highly recommend cowboy bebop the series really excellent anime
For live action film there's loads but Old Boy is awesome a revenge thriller that's definitely full on :)
Then there's the Kurosawa movies like seven samurai old and black and white but fantastic films
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Oldboy one of the trilogy by Chan-Wook Park, Lady vengence and Sympathy for Mr Vengence the other two, I loved all three. If you really like Korean films then I saw the devil is a must along with The man from nowhere both classic Korean revenge films

Steve
 
steve_v said:
Oldboy one of the trilogy by Chan-Wook Park, Lady vengence and Sympathy for Mr Vengence the other two, I loved all three. If you really like Korean films then I saw the devil is a must along with The man from nowhere both classic Korean revenge films

Steve
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Thanks Steve I hadn't heard of I saw the devil or the man from nowhere
Will have a look for those:)
 
I saw a manga film once about 15 years ago. Can't remember what it was called ("something of the overfiend" perhaps) but it was umm, "different". It lost me after a scene where the ground errupted with hundreds of pork swords rising to the sky.

Very, very odd.
 
ZoneV said:
I saw a manga film once about 15 years ago. Can't remember what it was called ("something of the overfiend" perhaps) but it was umm, "different". It lost me after a scene where the ground errupted with hundreds of pork swords rising to the sky.

Very, very odd.
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Legend of the Overfiend? Crikey... Not seen that for a long, long time
 
ZoneV said:
I saw a manga film once about 15 years ago. Can't remember what it was called ("something of the overfiend" perhaps) but it was umm, "different". It lost me after a scene where the ground errupted with hundreds of pork swords rising to the sky.

Very, very odd.
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Orotsokudoji - wierd stuff
 
antihero said:
Legend of the Overfiend? Crikey... Not seen that for a long, long time
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"Crikey" is the word alright. It was the first proper Manga I ever watched, around a friend's house.

specialman said:
Orotsokudoji - wierd stuff
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Yes, it was quite an eye-opener. I remember thinking "they'd never get away with these cartoons on Children's BBC".

Not my cup of tea to be honest but it was certainly "different".
 
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angel beats, kuros***suji, mirai niki, death note, higurashi, ao no exorcist, one piece, attack on titan, harhui suzumia, elfen lied, cowboy bebob, bleach, if you like shojou then ouran highschool host club, soul eater, fairy tale and maybe naruto or highschool of the dead, it really depends on what you're into.
 
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