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Not sure if video games or JRPGs are your thing, but I would sure love to see Armed Fantasia (the Wild Arms spiritual successor) get released around my 36th birthday. Too bad Bee Train won't be around to adapt or make a standalone story based on that spiritual successor of an underrated wild west franchise. The only Wild Arms anime is that standalone Twilight Venom and that was back in Y2K.

I thought the animations (movements in general) in that Wild Arms 3 intro was flawless and that's what I'd like to see more often in anime. The character designs in that game were way ahead of its time. IMO, the 90s didn't end until 2003. In general! More neo-western stuff would be great to see.

The first three Wild Arms are basically a western/steampunk hybrid. They were a new kind of western overall. Kind of like Cowboy Bebop, Trigun and Outlaw Star were several decades ago.

All of a sudden, I'm remembering that Christopher Cross song and that is the kind of song I would play when reading Copperhead.

Said shoujo fangirl or Elise would love to see the return of Wild Arms under a different name too. Will be 38 next month and she's been watching anime for a very long time too. She deserves Armed Fantasia on her birthday.

It would be Hyper Police and I can't wait to get into Saga some time. Five other indie comics at least that are potentially similar as well.

I also can't wait to read at least 12 other indie comics that are also potentially similar to either Solty Rei or Twilight Venom (Wild Arms in general as well). Definitely around Year of the Snake or next year. After I finish my Devilman kick as well and I'll get into alternate Devilman stories much later (I only need the original, Shin Devilman, Devilman Lady, Devilman Saga and Violence Jack)

We know that there are more indie comics than just Witchblade, The Crow and Hellboy. All of which have adaptations and Witchblade got two.

Anyway milady! So what do you think stories centered on outworldly creatures catching bad guys in a dystopian futuristic world where humans are at the brink of extinction?

Definitely one of the best things about the 2003 anime.

My supertomboyish, big Virgo friend that likes some of the same light novels as you told me that she hates Brotherhood because of the jarring slapstick humor. So she prefers the 2003 anime and those first two PS2 games' stories. She generally loves sci-fi, psychological and unconventional anime, same with manga.

Megumi Toyoguchi should have had a chance to reprise her role as Winry in Brotherhood, but at least her acting roles are mixed. Kids should know her by now as Dawn.

Other than that, my German-American friend would totally agree with you about Greed.

Sagittarius women seem to have keen interest in art by the way. Said shoujo fangirl or Ellie that I've known for a decade is easily drawn to very beautiful manga art.

I wonder what she thinks of the upcoming Magic Knight Rayearth remake and shoujo is easily her specialty.

Huge CLAMP nerd as well. She should also read Hyper Police between work hours as well because the demon ladies working as bounty hunters are relatable and the artwork is like flawless. I can easily relate to Natsuki's struggles in a racist world that hates talking demons trying to live a humanly life.

That same tomboy loves the fact that Hyper Police's adaptation has Yuko Miyamura and Kotono Mitsuishi (having reprised her role in the recent Gundam SEED movie) in the cast. Yes, huge EVA nerd as well. She loves the Rebuild movies more than literally everyone else.

Most people think that those movies are all style and no substance like the don't know modern blockbusters.

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Welcome back milady! Didn't know you were online right now. Anyway, what do you love most about Greed? My German-American friend told me that she loves that character. Same age as that one shoujo fangirl and Potterhead that is working overtime while reading manga that I haven't seen in three years. Born on December also.

Aside from shoujo manga, that same shoujo fangirl in her late 30s also loves FMA, the manga, that is. She also loves the standalone stories in those PS2 games that Square Enix brought to America decades ago. Crimson Elixir has the best story out of that FMA game franchise.

I look forward to reading indie comics after Oh! My Goddess. Transmetropolitan should be as interesting as The Crow and Witchblade (I love that Gonzo adaptation). Wanted also sounds very interesting which must be cooler than Avengers. Even League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was cooler than Avengers and the MCU.

Good morning milady!

I haven't seen Bravern yet, but it looks a lot like Sunrise's Yuusha franchise and its got some Dai-Guard vibes too. I might check it out after I finish reading Ah! My Goddess, all 48 of those volumes.

Omoide Emanon sounds interesting and the plot also sounds cryptic, kind of like Armored Core (a mecha franchise that I easily put over Gundam). I might get into that some time after I finish Ah! My Goddess.

So what do you love most about Omoide Emanon? I think that's the manga my long time, semitomboyish friend from North Carolina is into besides a bunch of manga I've never heard of.

Aside from Silent Möbius, Hyper Police and Venus Wars (said semitomboy knows Yoshikazu Yasuhiro via Gundam: The Origin) are some of the most obscure manga I've ever read. Even Sorcerer Hunters was that obscure for me.

Other graphic novels that I can't wait to read are Wanted, Transmetropolitan, Saga and others that I've seen in an article about comics that deserve movie adaptations. Why League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was featured there is beyond me and everyone knows what that is.

You're welcome! Thank you for liking it as well!

Hello again milady! How are you doing this month?

I got this 80/20 Japanese book and I love it. I still love that Oxford: Japanese Verbs and Grammar though.

I'm also about 40% done with Silent Möbius QD. After that, I may re-watch some old favorite anime, finish Witch From Mercury and maybe check out the fourth Ryo-Ohki OVA. I also want to see if there are any other interesting RAW manga and some non-Japanese graphic novels (can't wait to check out Transmetropolitan, Wanted, Saga, etc).

One thing that never change, is that I'm still a huge fan of Yoko Kanno.

Truth be told, I haven't and I'm not usually into isekai stuff.

I don't remember who said mecha is predictable, but that person is mistaken. So far, isekai is the genre that I find very predictable. I didn't even like War On Geminar which was nothing like Tenchi Muyo. Whatever AIC was thinking and War On Geminar was way more boring than Garzey's Wing. Garzey's Wing may be isekai, but at least it isn't harem like those light novel adaptations and Tomino is a decent writer. Somewhat of a pioneer for the anime industry.

One reason why I watched Vision of Escaflowne years ago was because I'm a big fan of Maaya Sakamoto. Her music is like a lullaby to me most of the time. My friend said the ending was rushed, but I find the last ten Kurogane no Linebarrel chapters to be much more rushed (if the finale were better, then I would have rated it a 9/10).

If I want a complete fantasy, then I'll play Alter Code f (best remake ever and Naruke-sama's music is the best; too bad the Japanese copy wasn't available; unlike WA2, this remake has furigana in the script or dialogue). Which I'm slowly replaying while getting to the Silent Möbius QD chapter finale.

Speaking of Silent Möbius, I'm actually the hang of reading it in its respective language, Japanese. In Japan, 藍菁 (some Cantonese which I confused for essential kanji some months ago) or Lum Chang would literally mean indigo turnip. :D

It was hard to read that small katakana or furigana next to those two Cantonese characters. So yes milady, I don't know Cantonese except for the fact that Jackie Chan speaks that southern Chinese dialect. Everyone in northern China (some southern Russians are more familiar with Mandarin being so close) speaks Mandarin, the true basis of jōyō kanji and Korean.

I would probably learn Mandarin over Cantonese and Southern Min someday because of its strong connection to jōyō kanji.

Almost 35 to be quite honest so I was born in the third to last Year of the Snake. Can't wait for Armed Fantasia to drop next Year of the Snake or next year.

I'm still waiting for a new Macross movie to come out.

IIRC, my Canadian friend feels the same about Witch From Mercury. I also agree with the scores it got on ANN. Definitely not a masterpiece if it's less than 4/5 stars.

I've been using ANN for a very long time so it's one of the first websites that I remember and I didn't get my first PC until I was in sophomore year (I didn't tinker with Ubuntu until Windows 7 was released; haven't used a Mac in 18 years and found out that Mac OS is based on BSD; my introduction to Unix).

With Wild Arms 2 out of the way, I'll be focusing on Silent Möbius QD or said sequel from 11 years ago. I might get into Sakura Wars 1-4 much later to test my Japanese more.

Ah yes! Yomiko Readman and it's been a while since I last watched Read or Die (bibliophiles and tomboys are the reason I'm sapiosexual).

wow you are in for a long trip! what do you mean by whimsical? what did you expect?

the beginning of OP is my favorite thing, it's so comfy like a slice of life, but different from your typical slice of life (but i only realized this in hindsight ahah)

I think that the original Grandia is awesome. Lacking in repetitive combat like many old JRPGs. I like it just as much or more than that JRPG Youtuber from Nevada called Davidvinc who I think is about your age. Another Youtuber fromllike Seattle about your age also loves Grandia according to an old video he made.

I also love the fact that Kappei Yamaguchi, Aya Hisakawa and Kikuko Inoue were all featured in the cast. Yes, those seiyuu are old school.

As for Little Witch From Mercury, I think that it's kind of interesting. G Gundam is still my top favorite from that franchise.

I'll definitely get back to that recent Gundam show and Silent Möbius QD (improving my Japanese more before I get back to it) after I finish Wild Arms 2 in Japanese.

Yes, in Japanese, because Sony didn't translate it (making Ashley say something awkwardly gay in the American version or disc one finale despite being Marina's boyfriend) right and Sony today has to rely on AI to translate Japanese imports.

Other than that, my Japanese is good enough to understand Brad Evans' backstory better. I knew some while back that Brad Evans being gay is nonsense made by some yaoi shippers back in the 90s who are like old now. Taking advantage of the mistranslation and putting words into Akifumi Kaneko's mouth. Gay? No! Suffering from an identity crisis like Wolverine? Yes. The Brad Evans that I see has a lot in common with Wolverine and maybe Rambo as well. Also suffering psychologically from war.

Other than that, thank you for responding milady.

ahah such a funny event