Talking of Makoto Shinkai, he has just announced his new film Kotonoha no Niwa, due out next year
"Distant Star's Makoto Shinkai Makes Kotonoha no Niwa Anime Film"

It's definitely better that Earthsea. What I meant is that it evokes the same kind of feel with its cinematography, although CHCLV does it better. There are plenty of very wide shots of sprawling meadows and grasslands, nice use of lighting, and similar architecture and character design to Earthsea...

Recently I saw a film called Children Who Chase Lost Voices . Apparently it's also got the alternate name in the UK of Journey to Agartha, but I haven't found anywhere that actually lists the film as that outside of Wikipedia. It's a pretty good fantasy movie which is kind of in the vein of more re...

I was lucky enough to get the Japan-only DS version of this game - "Ni no Kuni: Shikkoku no Madoushi (Ni no Kuni: The Jet-Black Mage)" - when I was over there last year. Although it rather seemed to have targeted for kids and that the story felt too rushed towards the end, I did enjoy it o...

Roy42 wrote:Your personal preferences must somehow be different to the defaults, I suppose.

Ahhh indeed; just realised I still had the Summer Time on in my settings, silly me. Sorted now, thanks Roy!

The day has come... Happy Birthday, JaySevenZero!!! :D I just had to be the first one for this as his other half (though it doesn't seem he's registered his birthday on this forum - on purpose or not)! ;) And also noticed there's another birthday boy today... Happy Birthday, RoboticMonk3y!!! :) p.s....

I've had a week off work so decided to watch Firefly/Serenity again for the first time in years. Had forgotten how much I love this show. Like Dredd, it makes me sad how few people supported these great stories on the big screen, depriving us of more as a result. Can't agree more with you about Fir...

The HD version is released on PSN next Tuesday in the US! In the meantime, will somebody please acquire me one of these stunning Okami sakura globes please! :mrgreen: http://fast1.onesite.com/capcom-unity.com/user/gregaman/okami/efb62949f3e5efa48c4f01ca604653cb.jpg?v=160000 Lucky people in Japan to...

...it really puts me off when poor voice acting ruins the whole movie :x Typical examples are recent Studio Ghibli movies - Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki says he likes "natural voice acting", but it's rather "wooden" than "natural" to me... :roll: I bought Arrietty to ...

Nice seeing everyone's recommendations! Tekkonkinkreet is pretty cool, I'm kind of interested in checking out that Tokyo Godfathers now though, thanks for the suggestion! Glad my post got you interested! Hope you like it as much as I do. Seeing Golgo 13 in your post put a big smile on my face, as I ...

Erm... Are 16 & 17 just simply...

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16: Mega Man (Rockman) & 17: Tetris

...? I was wondering if they were specific versions of the games... Are they? No? Is it just everyone kindly leaving easier ones for less knowledgable people like me...? Sorry if I'm being a complete dumb!

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mikeleddy83 wrote:Don't you worry about that, there's a little trick in store for this quiz, I'll post it around 9 if the quiz seems to be wrapped up by then.

The quiz is a lie?

The only one I know for sure at the moment amongst the unsolved ones

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#7: Snivy (Japanese name: Tsutarja) in Pokémon Black and White

Ah, can't believe I forgot this one!

Gurren Lagann (27-episode series, 2007)
Absolutely awesome robot anime full of energy and love!

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The ones that instantly came into my mind as my all-time favourites are: Samurai Champloo (26-episode series, 2004-2005) It was made by the people behind Cowboy Bebop that DarthCuddles has mentioned, but I personally got much more into this "samurai meets hip-hop" kinda unique world :) Bot...

Darn, I was too late; the only few I know have all been answered already Oh well, good luck everyone!

Hmmm this is too advanced for me; I only vaguely recognise a couple of characters but don't know the exact game titles Well I'll just enjoy seeing people's answers then Anyway nice quiz, Mike!

Thanks, really glad that last one is cleared up. I spent hours trawling through amiga music, it's been fun though! :D It was pretty much pure luck - I actually hadn't even heard of Amiga when I first saw the clue, hahaha :oops: but just felt like giving it a good try last night, and 15 minutes or s...

While everybody seemed to be giving up on #17, I somehow managed to figure it out, hurrah!! The Great Giana Sisters - composed by Chris Hülsbeck Ahhh now I can have a good sleep :) Well, mikeleddy83 has my total admiration for his hands-down victory! And I'm pretty chuffed to be in the 2nd place tog...

Never heard of 'em. Ha! 8-) Yea I am in that band as JaySevenZero wrote for me... :) I mainly play the drums, but in a few tunes I also do a bit of vocals, keyboard, glockenspiel, melodica, typewriter... which are all good fun :lol: I'd like to mention my older band here now though there's only a m...