Well, I'm glad I came back to this board. :)
Anyways, go see VERSUS. Its main focus is mindless action, but it does have a semi-intriguing Japanese-undead mythology thing going on, and the fight choreography is top-notch. Zero character development and few production values, but this movie is...
Saw this in the theaters here in New York. Watch it! A fantasy for both kids and adults.
Still not my favorite Miyazaki (that's PORCO ROSSO/NAUSICAA, followed by PRINCESS MONONOKE), but it was a great mix of both the epic fantasy of CASTLE IN THE SKY or MONONOKE and the close personal story of...
What if Miura had been put in charge of the Star Wars series? How would he have written it?
A few changes I can think of:
The Emperor would be a demon walking around with his brain exposed, and would have tentacles with which to rape passersby.
The Tusken Raiders would have done more than...
Hey trapped_soul, what's been doin on the board?
I'm sure because the ASOIAF series is good for the same reasons BERSERK is good --- great characters, tragic storylines, lots of politics and fighting, absolutely brutal realism ... and so on. And least that's why normal folks like BERSERK ...
The best fantasy novels I've read yet are George R. R. Martin's A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE series. Brutal and unrelenting, but also funny and even tragic. Remind of BERSERK a great deal, and close reading is a must. Truly great stuff. Three books so far, with six or seven planned ... anyone who...
With regards to the symbolism of the lost eye ... I'm betting that losing the eye is symbolic of losing the "whole" Guts that existed just prior to the Eclipse, the one who had a future with Caska and a chance at a fully human life. Once he loses the eye, he is "blinded" to the possibilities of...
For what?
Defeating him?
It seems pretty weak of Griffith to blame Guts for his fall. Guts didn't force him at swordpoint to seduce Charlotte and forget his dream. If Griffith was THAT strong, he'd go over and plant a big ol' kiss on Guts' lips and said, "Don't leave!"
At which point we would...
LOL Griffith!!
As for what country the Kushans are based on ... obviously Arab and Indian, but I'd also argue Ottoman Turk. The Turks used heavy infantry quite extensively and armored them, so the Kushan infantry look a lot like Turkish Janissaries. Funny, though, the Bakiraka, though I think...
If so, then doesn't that kind of imply that Griffith WILL make the world a better place?
Not while he's in it ...
At any rate, Zodd and the other Apostles wouldn't follow Griffith if the God Hand didn't have anything to do with it. Zodd's pretty independent (well, somewhat) but there's no...
And that black tide? Was it just there, sent by God Hand to kill everyone and regenerate Griffith?
Does anyone yet have a reason why Griffith is reborn, and why the God Hand would back this?
Hello folks,
Can't find any translations for Vol. 20-21 yet that can explain this: what the hell is Lord Mozgus, anyway? What's up with the frozen face, and how does he get the power to transform himself and his sick little crew into the equivalent of Apostles? Did he indeed sell out to the God...
Oh okay ... sorry. ;D
At any rate, on this point we disagree. I don't think that Miura drew the rape scene with ONLY this in mind, at least not anymore. But I don't think that was far from his mind. Compare this scene with your typical anime hentai rape-porn, or indeed with any xxx porn flick...