Review of the Japanese new series DVD #1

[Haruka-chan]

Ok it's late so i'll make this short and add more. Basically i was lucky enough to borrow this off a friend (along with a tape containing 80's series Robot Circus and the birth of Uran).

Basic specs:
16:9 aspect (Letterbox form) ie widescreen
5.1 sound
Creditless opening and ending
character info
short info segment
1-4 episodes
Japanese subtitles

The animation/graphics/visuals are great in DVD format. Really crisp and clean and smooth flowing. No errors what-so-ever.

The sound is fantastic, it really blows you away. We have a 5.1 sound system at home and i had all the speakers set up correctl;y and it was great. There is good use of the rear speakers as well. A great example of this is in the first episode when we see that organic kind of structure as though we are inside Atom's mind as he is waking up. The 5.1 sound is fantastic here and sound-wise it makes you feel as thought you are inside his head too. All speakers are fully used in this segment to give the effect, and this is only one example of good 5.1 sound use.

Extras:
I didn't look at what the subtitles looked like but seeing as they are in japanese i'm sure no-one cares ^^; (plan to rewatch it anyway)

The creditless opening/endings are nice too. At this point i'll note that on the DVD the ending credit's animation is full screen (fills the widescreen) instead of the little box. Both opening and ending have the Japanese lyrics removed form them (i mean the text down the bottom as they play). I gather this is because you can turn subtitles on anyway and it frees up the screen a bit more like this

Basic character descriptions and a pic for most of the major characters (atom, Uran, Ochanomizu, Tenma, Atlas, Tawashi, Robita etc)

The little info segment gives some info and scenes (in 4:3 aspect :wacko: ) on Ochanomizu and Atlas. It also very interestingly talks about how transport (land-air) works in Metro-City It describes what forms of transport have access to what level of altitude(ie cars, airships, air bikes etc)

And wait there's more The DVD packaging is really nice and inside they give you a little collectors card which you get with each DVD, the DVD slip with cover pic and a little booklet with info/pics of cool Atom toys that you can buy. There's a few bits mor eof random paper i forgot ^^;

Basically this is a really nice DVD and i seriously hope Sony release one as good as this. The menu system could be a little more flashy and there could be a few more extras but what is there is enough to satisfy anyone.

[DrFrag]

So it's all Japanese?

[Haruka-chan]

^^; didn't i make that clear? Yes the Japanese DVD is totally in Japanese

[Danny]

Sorry to hijack thread.. should only take two posts before we can return you to your regularly sceduled thread

Haruka san, (or is that haruka-chan san? I totally sux0r @ newbie Japaneese fanboy speak) buddy.. what is ^^; ? U use it a few times. I assume its an emoticon that just has no 'grafic' ? yes? no?

[Haruka-chan]

Haruka-chan.......chan because i'm a girl and i dislike being called plain Haruka for reasons i won't go into.

As for ^^; or ^_^; or ^^;;;;;; / ^_^;;;;;;;;; yes it/they are emoticons ^_^

^^ or ^_^ is basically a smiley face and the ; is representive of the sweatdrop many characters get in anime when they are exasperated/etc. some people also use a 6 because it looks more sweatdrop shaped ^_^6 ^^6 but i don't think it quite fits the face nicely and ^_^; / ^^; has become quite a standard

Other emoticons you might see me use are XP and XD. both are sideways faces (a la ). the X is basically eyes like >< or >_< and the the P and D different motuh shapes. Hope that clears things up for you ^_^ these faces are used frequently in the anime club society and outside.... sometimes i even almost use them in writing letters/emails when the person wopuld have no idea of the emoticons so excuse me for they are so deeply ingrained in my typing ^^;

=^_^= =^^= <- cat face

A lot of teh emoticons i use do have little graphic pictures but not all in this forum. O_o is closest to ::wacko:: and then i use ¬_¬ which also has a graphic representation too

[jeffbert]

Is there a functional difference between '-chan' & '-san'?

[Haruka-chan]

functional...

Well -san is formal but also general use. You use it for those older than you (though not at school, that's sempai), those you don't know that well and in other cases too.

While -chan is used when referring to animals, childern and friends/close friends usuall between girls. It's also used by many an anime character referring to their boyfriends ^^ It's sort of a cute sounding word and usually applies to cute things....


Not saying i'm cute XP but i'm often quite childlike and a highschool friend started calling me Haruka-chan/Haruka because i was very simillar to a character called Haruka. But now even though i like that anime character still i don't want to be linked as strongly with her so i always use Haruka-chan. And when i want to shorten that on IRC etc i cut the Haruka and keep the chan ^^; which a lot of people find weird. But if you want a shorter name for me you can use Ruka. I don't mind that ^^

[Danny]

Thanks for that, but I think I will stick to Buddy or Hon or Mate etc..

As informative as that was, I expected my question to be treated at Rhetorical, and also now I am rather confused.

Old dog, new tricks etc..

^^; <-- dig me catching on!

I know Cute is Kawaii and Gomen is Sorry.

Its cos I call ladies Kawaii, I get slapped, and so I say Gomen..

[DrFrag]

^_^ = (check the eyes)

Does Jackie Chan sound like a girl's name?

/runs and hides

[jeffbert]

Not saying i'm cute XP but i'm often quite childlike and a highschool friend started calling me Haruka-chan/Haruka because i was very simillar to a character called Haruka.

Which Anime was that?