no actually i got my ps2 first, then i got my cube, the cube has power basically in between the more powerfull xbox and the inferior ps2

i have more games for my ps2, i love my ps2 i am not a nintendo fanboy, but i think this is the most underarrpreciated console on the market, mainly because it has such incredible games that no one has played, and what does the xbox fan boast about? halo, which was a launch game.

so **** you very much

and the cube pad is the most comfertable to hold for long gaming sessions e.g. playing through metroid prime in the fastest posible time

and if i sound bitter towards xbox its because i am. apart from maybe voodoo vince

they should make it multi format, mainly putting it on the cube, and no im not talking about the xbox, most of the games on the xbox bar segas efforts are very easy, very boring and very...well american, is the only way i can describe it.

putting berserk on the cube would open up new power capabilities, a superior control pad, and well it would give the cube some god third party games which it is lacking, apart from nintendo and capcom games, the cube is really floundering at the moment.

really really cant wait for kiler 7 though, reminds me of mpd psycho!!

ok here are my favs,

blade of the immortal
gyo
uzumaki
tomie, yes im a bit of a junji ito fanatic
priest, yes it is amazing i'd reccomend it to anyone
vagabond
battle angel alita, damn you viz for re-realeasing these with extras!!
planetes, brand new from tokyopop, great looking and i cant wait to see the anime, shame i have a 56k modem and it takes 20 hours to d-load...

anyway those were my favs of the manga that ive read so far

serial experiments lain

while tripping my ass off, not a good combination, am i more alive online than i am in real life? is my body just a shell?

mtv used to show alot of cartoons, over here they did anyway, the head, the maxx, aeon flux, even beavis and butthead for god sake, so i cant see this as much of a shock. look how much the popularity in anime has risen over the past year, mtv like marvel and alot of other companies want a piece of the pie, thats all.

and i think heat guy j doesnt look all that bad, could be quite good, ill give it a chance like everything else

the 2 disc uk battle royale special edition has stopped being made by the distro compant (tartan cinema i think) and im happy to say i have mine, suicide circle is on amazon.com to pre-order i think its around november the 18th.

and i got the first three chapters of jisatsu circle from thehawks and i have to say it is really quite disturbing. i can honestly say that i doubt this will ever get an american realease, maybe the movie but its a different matter with the manga, its quite extreme, thats why i love the net!!:cowboy

because i have a lowly 56 k connection it takes ages to get any of the chapters, anyway i struggle on and im on chapter 1 of volume 2, its great, omanga has some of the more mature manga that hasnt reached america yet and may not at all,

the multiple theme could get very confusing, cant wait to see the main character arguing with himself, should prove to be a great series, shame its going to take me hours of d-loading time to get anything!!

anyone reading blue heaven? i got all of book one and it reminds me of a HK action movie called "red wolf" i think. anyway its showing promise

there are 7 dvds, and the last one "the end of the matter" comes out on the 28th of this month.

and yes its a rather good series once you get past vol 2

i use the anime corner store for box sets and individual orders

and amazon.com for first disc boxs (e.g witch hunter robin collectors box etc.)

i just ordered from the first time from animenation, i got a bottle of ramune for the novelty factor  :p

my one wish in the world is that best buy starts to ship overseas, cos from what ive seen they have some of the best prices

i dont think marvel really understands manga, its not just the look of manga that makes it manga, its the story that the most important thing, i mean look how widely manga really is, and to my eyes marvel just keeps pumping out the schmaltz, which is why i think that the mangaverse will fail, i mean anyone who loves manga will see through this ploy straight away.

plus spiderman looked stupid

i was very intrigued by this series when i saw the character designs in newtype, it looked really original and quite twisted, im on a 56k modem so itll take a long time to d-load the first episode, but ill get it hopefully and report back with my thoughts, for some reason it reminds me alot of X.

i did a search for other topics about this series but nothing came up, i dont wanna bring up a topic thats already been discussed or anything.

Anyway i just wanted to ask anyone that may have seen this series opinion, having read some widley different views online, id like to know from a fellow fans viewpoint, is it worth getting teh first disc next month? am i wasting money? is there something better i should get?

any and all opinions welcomed!!

i have 3 reccomendations for now.

Niea_7 :



As a starving student, Mayuko’s life consists of many part-time jobs, a small apartment over a bathhouse, and sleepless study nights. Unfortunately for her sanity, this hard life is complicated by Niea. Niea is a young 7th class under-alien who is living in Mayuko’s closet, building flying saucers out of trash, eating Mayuko’s food and being a bum. Compared to this stress, the man eating plants and the curry wars are nothing...

Haibane Renmei :



In a long-forgotten walled town, humans coexist with the Haibane, angelic-like beings of unknown origin. Rakka becomes the newest Haibane, after she awakens from a strange dream and finds herself hatching from a massive cocoon. With no memories of her previous life, Rakka struggles to adjust to her new surroundings, however burning questions remain in the back of her mind. What is Haibane and what is their purpose? What lies beyond the huge, forbidden town walls?

This is one of my favourite new series its fantastic! like watching a dream youve woke up from and cant remember.

Alien Nine:



Yuri is totally bummed. She just started 6th grade and has been elected to capture and eliminate the aliens that are constantly invading the school...Gross!

very funny, but it also has an over all sense of creppiness that sets it apart from alot fo other shows like it. i have a few more that ill come back adn post later!!