School Rumble (First Season discussion only) [Archive]

apr

2004-10-05, 13:17

Another show I managed to bring myself to watch, luckily.

What is this? you ask curiously.

Well, it's basically a comedy show about a high school girl (Tenma) with a crush on Distinguished Guy, who _finally_ gets in the same class as him, only to hear he's going to transfer in a couple of days. Disheartened she decides to write him a letter (more like a novel) confessing her love, but forgets to sign it. Still, she gets a surprise the next day at school.

At the same time, we have Tough Guy who is in love with Tenma and begs his way into her class. Um. He has a goatee and a motorcycle and he beats people up a lot. So. This sets us up for a humorous love triangle.

Very funny episode, with a visit from Initial D during a bicycle ride to school. Cute girls.

FlyByNite

2004-10-05, 16:59

Another show I managed to bring myself to watch, luckily.

What is this? you ask curiously.

Well, it's basically a comedy show about a high school girl (Tenba?) with a crush on Distinguished Guy, who _finally_ gets in the same class as him, only to hear he's going to transfer in a couple of days. Disheartened she decides to write him a letter (more like a novel) confessing her love, but forgets to sign it. Still, she gets a surprise the next day at school.

At the same time, we have Tough Guy who is in love with Tenba and begs his way into her class. Um. He has a goatee and a motorcycle and he beats people up a lot. So. This sets us up for a humorous love triangle.

Very funny episode, with a visit from Initial D during a bicycle ride to school. Cute girls.

So is the anime 12 min or 24 min-ish episodes? The manga (at least the few volumes I've read) are like really short vignette type things, sometimes a chapter is only 10 or so pages.

_yeah

2004-10-05, 17:14

Neither, actually. 3 episodes a showing. Around... 7 minutes an episode.

H times H

2004-10-05, 19:13

Is it just me, or the drawing style really resembles Azumanga Daioh?

Soulfang

2004-10-05, 19:40

Is it just me, or the drawing style really resembles Azumanga Daioh?
I got that vibe in some parts, and in others not at all...

Overall, I really like this series so far. Hopefully whoever subs it does a good job.

LynnieS

2004-10-05, 20:32

Is it just me, or the drawing style really resembles Azumanga Daioh?
There's a chibi feel to the whole thing - the mini episodes per airing also helps in the resemblance, IMHO - and I was surprised by the amount of comedy the first episode had, especially with the bishoujo shots of the girls in the ED. Given its timeslot (18:00), it shouldn't have been, I suppose. :heh:

A good show that's high on my to-watch/to-save list of the new series.

sarcasteak

2004-10-05, 21:31

Is it just me, or the drawing style really resembles Azumanga Daioh?
Only in the chibi parts, I think.
I'm definitely going to follow this series closely. ^_^

Mr_Paper

2004-10-05, 21:58

The manga is pretty good so I'll give this series a try.

I'm actually hoping to hear the famous (or maybe infamous) "Oneesan Power!" line or however it goes. ^^

Lord Raiden

2004-10-05, 22:23

I finally got a chance to watch the raw of this and it's great!! :D I love this anime! hehe. It's like a little bit of TnK, Asumanga Diaoh, Fruits Basket and a bunch of other love comedies. I'm really gonna like this one. Can't wait for it to be subbed. :)

truce

2004-10-06, 01:19

i've been looking forward to the anime version for a while now, and i just watched the raw. i thought the manga was funnier, somehow.. i guess the voices and animation took away from the imagination, haha.

Secca

2004-10-07, 03:09

Sakai

2004-10-07, 07:17

I enjoyed the 1st episode.
The other part I liked was "Sonko's Essay". XD

Master Ran

2004-10-07, 07:30

Yup. This is one likable show.
Soo funny

I also read the manga.
So I hope they'll show more of cute Yakumo.

Love this show.
:heh: Kinda like Azumanga all over again.

fairx

2004-10-07, 09:15

http://img47.exs.cx/img47/5065/School1.jpg . http://img47.exs.cx/img47/3072/School2.jpg

Omg this show is so hilarious, I cannot stop laughing. Specially when Tenma were writing love letter, that's the longest love letter I ever seen. :heh: And then the biking part where Tenma chasing Karasuma and Harima chasing Tenma. There were an Initial D moment too. XD

Gosh this is the kind of show I really love. Definitely one of my favorite this season. ^^

http://img47.exs.cx/img47/6335/School11.jpg . http://img47.exs.cx/img47/4982/School12.jpg

http://img47.exs.cx/img47/2230/School15.jpg . http://img47.exs.cx/img47/1884/School14.jpg

http://img47.exs.cx/img47/5071/School17.jpg . http://img47.exs.cx/img47/8324/School18.jpg
Hwah..! this show really fit the translation notes intro of dashfansub! GURU GURU..!!!

Its like riding those spinning (around) thing at the fun fair(?).

all those confessions trial & error and the bicycle rides reminds me of KareKano! "Harima-kuuun...!" (tho there are no bicycle part, and KareKano is like a rollercoaster experience.. up and own.. up again and so on).

Great first episode. i never laugh this hard since the first episode of Jubei-Chan 2!

BTW, anyone notice the blonde girl (Eri it says?) resembles Asuka? She even make the same face when saying the word "Chance..!"
and gotta LOVE that Initial D parody..!

dreamless

2004-10-07, 09:18

lol the Initial D moment is priceless, I was totally stunned when suddenly the music changed :twitch: :eyespin: :D
http://s02.imagehost.org/0307/school_rumble_initial_d.jpg :heh: :heh: :heh: lol the bicycle race, who's that Karasumaru guy anyway? Martial art master? Superman? Or he just modded the hell out of his bicycle :p

Oh, and Yakumo-chan is definitely DA BEST!!! We need more Yakumo-chan!!! :love: :love: :love:

Animizzle

2004-10-07, 10:18

Funny shit, Im looking forward to this one.

and guys, get a load of that ending song, simply the best!

Secca

2004-10-07, 11:53

:heh: :heh: :heh: lol the bicycle race, who's that Karasumaru guy anyway? Martial art master? Superman? Or he just modded the hell out of his bicycle :p
Lol, your're right maybe he's a Superman / Clark Kent type thingy, at first glance he looks just like a boring normal school guy, but sometimes he can be so cool and mysterious, I kinda understand why Tenma like him alot. I'm so rooting for her getting Karasuma's heart. ^^

H2-FumoGuu

2004-10-07, 12:07

As a fan of the manga I was looking forward to this. I thought the first episode was well done, although I'm not too big on choice of seiyuu for Tenma and Harima. It's much easier to tell some of the characters apart now that everything is in color and they have voices. I lose track of who's who all the time in the manga.

Roots

2004-10-07, 12:29

I love this series already. :) I have been in need for something more light-hearted lately. I was surprised the the guy that Tenma-chan likes looks so.....dull. Oh well. :heh:

Mr_Paper

2004-10-07, 12:56

I love this series already. :) I have been in need for something more light-hearted lately. I was surprised the the guy that Tenma-chan likes looks so.....dull. Oh well. :heh:Wait until you see his umbrella... You'll never see him in the same light again!

Wandering_Youth

2004-10-07, 13:46

LoveOfAnime

2004-10-07, 13:48

Muir Woods

2004-10-07, 13:57

One word (more like abbrevation): LOL!. The beginning of the episode was like an introduction to Japanese. I was taking it pretty seriously until I saw "all the Japanese I know I learned from anime and manga. (I'm serious. It's true.)." Then I cracked up. Nice touch. Initial D spoof = +10000 points. I play so much Initial D at university arcade, it would've been so funny if they drifted on their bikes :heh: (can bikes drift? heh heh). This anime is an absolute riot. I must've cracked up more than I can count. Plus the animation and atmosphere is cute. I love it too, it's a priority series for me, my comedy fix for the season.

fairx

2004-10-07, 15:12

I have never laughed so hard in my life. This show is strong in the comedy situations. And personally I love the way Harima curses all the time. You don't see that much in anime. :heh: anyway this one is definitely one to keep imho
Curses..? Cromartie High rules!
Lol, your're right maybe he's a Superman / Clark Kent type thingy, at first glance he looks just like a boring normal school guy, but sometimes he can be so cool and mysterious,
The Karasumaru guy reminds me of a char appeared in other anime b4 but I can't racall it out..
clue, anyone?

(can bikes drift? heh heh).
Goldenboy ep 5 = Kintaro vs Bimota Ojousama
The most memorable bicycle moments
+ 1st ep of GXP bicycle moment
+ definately School Rumble too

DrewGSR

2004-10-07, 15:47

lol that was hilarious, i esspecially loved the initial d part. can't wait for episode 2

naantje

2004-10-07, 16:19

this show is hilarious.............................. period

sarcasteak

2004-10-07, 17:57

"That's a fucking whiteboy!!!" http://s02.imagehost.org/0276/rofl.gif

The ownage was strong here. Now I must read the manga as well! :D

Kempis Curious

2004-10-07, 18:19

I liked the gags in this anime, though I have a bad feeling that I know the plot already and it's gonna repeat forever and ever (Karasuma will stay oblivious to Tsukamoto who will stay oblivious to... uh... MacKenzie). Hopefully that won't happen and the gags will stay good. Main character's hair thingies don't work too well for me... seems like they stole it from Mahouromatic anyways.

Those episode notes sure were important, ne? Sheesh, never seen so many puns in an anime before.

-k

sarcasteak

2004-10-07, 18:41

Those episode notes sure were important, ne? Sheesh, never seen so many puns in an anime before.
You've obviously never seen Galaxy Angel. ^_^;;

sparrow

2004-10-07, 19:04

too bad that they throw away the author's commenting on every scenes, although in the screen where they introduce the show's sponsors, (what seem to be) the notes exist.
Nice. Nice. I really enjoyed episode one and I think I'll enjoy this anime. The animation is nice and has good contrast. Dang! I thought Horie Yui was doing the main character but she was do a side one.there's no use of being the main character (Like Tenma and Karasuma) in School Rumble :D
better be the side character.

nubby

2004-10-07, 19:14

The main character is actually Harima.

The mangaka did a rework on the manga after volume 1 and Harima became the main character. That's when it got a whole lot better.

Wandering_Youth

2004-10-07, 19:26

Cool, I actually like Harima because he was more entertaining than Tenma. The curses seem to fit quite well too.

Mr_Paper

2004-10-07, 19:33

I finally got to watch it!

The voices are good, but I somehow envisioned Tenma sounding a little more ditzy and Harima a little more course or rough. Oh well, it's still good and that end song is addictive as hell. >.<

Roots

2004-10-07, 20:20

"That's a fucking whiteboy!!!" http://s02.imagehost.org/0276/rofl.gif

The ownage was strong here. Now I must read the manga as well! :D

LOL! I want to be a fucking white boy too! :D

mintyfresh

2004-10-07, 21:06

Wow, I definitely took your replies for granted..

When you said funny, I though maybe a chuckle here and there, but this definitely had me laughing out loud! I haven't had this much fun watching a new anime in a while. Quite probably my fave show of the new season. And the Initial D parody! Brava! :D

Also, the end theme is one of th cutest things I've heard all year. Yay for that.

FlyByNite

2004-10-07, 22:41

Roots

2004-10-07, 23:49

That was some really nice translation and editing work for an unknown.

two thumbs up.

I agree. I loved the information that was presented in the beginning (although I already knew it all). It helps people who aren't familiar with the language A) understand some of the subtle humor, B) eliminates confusion while not spoiling the episode, and C) teaches them something new! I hope the group continues to do this episode, and I hope more groups will pick this good habit up! :D

Master Ran

2004-10-08, 00:16

Yup yup
The Harima Kenji joke was soo funny. :D :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v63/Master_Ran/harry.jpg

NeonShadow

2004-10-08, 00:32

I downloaded this becuase of the title. I thought it was.. gonna have lots of fighting like at a high school, e.g. Real Bout Highschool. But to my disbalief... I found it to actually be very funny. I never really laph at anime.. but this is actually one of the firsts time i actually lauphed outload.. and constantly at an anime. I really liked it alot. I really loved the Initial D spoof... since im a real huge fan of the series and manga. I need to check out the manga now.

Your thoughts of the show really helped me an deciding to download it or not. Thanks fellow members!

kj1980

2004-10-08, 00:51

Nice. Nice. I really enjoyed episode one and I think I'll enjoy this anime. The animation is nice and has good contrast. Dang! I thought Horie Yui was doing the main character but she was do a side one.

In a sense, Sawachika Eri becomes a pivotal character in this series later on...

Yup yup
The Harima Kenji joke was soo funny. :D :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v63/Master_Ran/harry.jpg

Keep an eye out for both "Harry MacKenzie" and the name right above it - "Tougou Masakazu." They will appear later in the series - whom their character designs (and somewhat personalities as well) are a spoof in itself of famous characters that all Japanese knows from heart.

I agree. I loved the information that was presented in the beginning (although I already knew it all). It helps people who aren't familiar with the language A) understand some of the subtle humor, B) eliminates confusion while not spoiling the episode, and C) teaches them something new! I hope the group continues to do this episode, and I hope more groups will pick this good habit up! :D

It's also an added plus for those who have read the manga. For example on the school class list, you see names of people who will appear later in the series, such as "Ichijou Karen," "Asou Hiroyoshi," "Imai Kyousuke," etc. etc...

dreamless

2004-10-08, 01:25

Just noticed that it seems whoever put up the front picture for this series in animenfo seems to be also a fan of Yakumo-chan's ;) Nice Yakumo pic :love:

kj1980

2004-10-08, 02:18

I'll probably be waiting for this scene:

http://www.boomspeed.com/kj1980/harima-sawachika.jpg

JamesBond

2004-10-08, 02:32

Yakumo's voice reminds me of Bocca from Melody of Obliivion. I can imagine Yakumo all of a sudden whip out a bow & arrow shouting: "Narihibike! Boku no Melos!" Turns out the voice actresses are different, though.

kj1980

2004-10-08, 02:59

_yeah

2004-10-08, 03:00

能登かわいいよ能登

Sorry, I had to. :heh:

noxian

2004-10-08, 03:23

Harima became the main character??
offhand the story of Tenma and Kurasuma was pretty much tossed out after the first volume or so, but after vol 1 there's chunks where harima's barely present or he serves as mostly background

after vol 1 it starts to become more ensemble and the other girls start to have bigger parts though
i know some people who've never read the manga and have wondered if Eri, Mikoto, and Akira get larger roles (since epi1 didn't show much)
If it follows the manga then yes (i dun think this is a spoiler, it just does; everyone starts getting bigger roles and Tenma's reduces slightly)

roan

2004-10-08, 07:13

i'd say that tenma has been demoted from the main character to a mascot (but that's ok because this is more of a gag manga than a love comedy).

i wasn't expecting too much after listening to the minialbums, but it looks like the animation staff is being extremely faithful to the manga. hopefully they'll do as well for the rest of the episodes.

http://omedetou2.tripod.com/4439.jpg - because somebody's going to eventually ask for this.

i'm really looking forward to this scene.
http://www.geocities.jp/uchidaroanjp/sukuran.jpg

Zanzi

2004-10-08, 07:57

jus wOw!!!!
so0o0o funny! hahah.. much daisuki 2 initial d spoof!
btw..
ANYONE KNOW THE ENDING SONG TITLE/ARISTS OR CAN HOST IT? :D
:help: :help:

_yeah

2004-10-08, 08:07

ED song: "オンナのコ♥オトコのコ" - "onna no ko ♥ otoko no ko"
"Girls love boys", I suppose.
Artist: Ogura Yuuko ( 小倉優子 ) - "Yuuko-rin"

OP song: "スクランブル" - "SCRAMbLE"
(sukuranburu - kind of neat, since "School Rumble" in katakana is "スクールランブル" - "suku-ruranburu", and only two characters off. It actually threw me in a loop back when I saw the announcement in Shounen Magazine, and I didn't realize that it was actually "scramble" until I saw the album release announcement on Horie Yui's site)
Artist: Horie Yui ( 堀江由衣 ) - "Hocchan", with UNSCANDAL

Lord Raiden

2004-10-08, 08:09

I've been thinking about this and strangely enough the way Harima changes in responce to falling in love with Tenma. It sounds a lot like what happened with Genzo and Megu from TnK. The idea may have been used already, but it's still friggin funny. Especially the way they're doing this. It's like a little bit of Asumanga Diaoh, some TnK, some Fruits Basket, and serveral other great comedy animes all tied into one. :D

Does anyone else love how the faces keep switching their shape from dark-evil to normal to chibi to funny to exagerated, then rinse and repeat? :D Especially Harima. He's just an absolute riot.

I'm so seriously gonna love this one!! :D

dreamless

2004-10-08, 09:10

http://omedetou2.tripod.com/4439.jpg - because somebody's going to eventually ask for this.

seriously, I want that Kenji out of that picture... actually I want Kenji out of the ED... he's just a nuisance in the ED :o :p :bash:

_yeah

2004-10-08, 09:19

http://img15.exs.cx/img15/188/1095145610_0015.jpg

The Japanese people are days ahead of you. That first pic was posted in the 2ch thread something like 15 minutes after the episode aired. And the second one I just posted appeared maybe an hour or so later. (I was reading the entire post flood live x_x)

Incidentally, they said the same thing you did. I guess it's a natural reaction. :p

nubby

2004-10-08, 12:56

Yuun

2004-10-08, 13:00

Since the release of Midori no Hibi, i've never laugh this hard. Though Sensei no Ojikan does provide a little laughter...

Man... I kinda lost interest in this show after watching the trailer and the 1st impression isn't that good either (in my point of view.)

But somehow i download it and watch the whole GOD damn thing... shit... my stomach still hurts even after the show... never aspect it to be so out of this world... not to mention Takumi's car... lose to a bicycle O_O and do they really need to go through all those tracks just to get to the school? (example: Jungles? Shrine's Stair Climbing)

Well i do agree that the art is a little similar to Azumanga Daioh and Sensei no Ojikan... but in sense of artwork i think AD and SnO is better compare to School Rumble. I thing the only fallback of this anime is it's artwork and musics.

Hmm... lian lau... be tahan... really looking for the next episodes...

eMpTy265

2004-10-08, 13:59

:bow:

OMG!

That's it, forget trying to supercharging my car, I'm going to get one of those nitro-bikes. ;-)

(I wonder why Harima Kenji uses a motorcycle when he can bike at almost 10X the speed...)

ooo... Karasuma's bike is DEFINATELY turbo charged... see that 'boost' in 19:22? That's must be the turbo kicking in... ROFL

or worse... maybe he's got nitrous....

:topicoff:

ahem... excuse me, I guess I completely lost it after watching the episode.

Definately one of the funniest animes I've seen so far, I really hope that more groups will take on this series.

(Oh a side note: is the manga licensed?)

Lord Raiden

2004-10-08, 14:05

hehe. He probubly uses the bike cause he doesn't want to expend the energy to bike that fast. :)

_yeah

2004-10-08, 14:21

Definately one of the funniest animes I've seen so far, I really hope that more groups will take on this series.

Question: what good would that do?
:dots:

Roots

2004-10-08, 17:03

Yeah I think (-) or whoever they are did an awesome sub job. One of the best I've seen in a long time (and I know Japanese pretty well so I can tell the difference).

I would also like to point out that I have now watched this episode THREE times over! :twitch: I think that breaks my record. I hardly ever watch an episode more than once in a month. The only other series I can think of that I've done that is Konjiki no Gash Bell. :D

PS: I like the girl with long blonde hair. :love: I think the one with short blue hair is cute too, but she seems a little dumb and that's a turn off for me. :eyebrow:

Muir Woods

2004-10-08, 17:41

Curses..? Cromartie High rules!

Now that you mention it, Harima reminds me a hell lot of that guy with the afro in Chromartie High (forgot his name). Seriously, they both wear sunglasses and has a mustache. Even acts a bit similar too. Which reminds me, gotta get new episodes of Chromatie High ASAP :heh: .

Yeah I think (-) or whoever they are did an awesome sub job. One of the best I've seen in a long time (and I know Japanese pretty well so I can tell the difference).

I don't know man. I'm just a little bit worried about the reliability of the translations after seeing the intro splash screens saying "All the japanese I know, I learned from anime and manga...". Like I said in my last post, after I saw that, I didn't take the translations as seriously as before. But I'll take your word for it that translation is good...maybe kj1980 can back this up.

Lina Inverse

2004-10-08, 17:47

http://omedetou2.tripod.com/4439.jpg - because somebody's going to eventually ask for this.
Hell yeah! :love:
What's that strange black slug (or whatever) in the lower right corner? :bash:

Avacado Burger

2004-10-08, 17:55

This show would have been totally mediocre had Harima not been in it. You know, the typical guy-doesn't-notice-girl-but-girl-is-in-love plot... I think Harima totally makes the show, plus, you don't see that many bizarre love triangles anymore in anime.

I enjoyed the part with the big dude confessing his love, and the Initial D moment totally caught me off guard. The monitor was covered in Dr. Pepper... Plus it was all in my nose ;_;

The ED theme was sooo catchy, I loved it! Anyone know where I can get it yet?

Mr_Paper

2004-10-08, 18:30

The ED theme was sooo catchy, I loved it! Anyone know where I can get it yet?The ED theme's single will be out November 26th... I already have one pre-ordered. >.>

kj1980

2004-10-08, 18:52

Hell yeah! :love:
What's that strange black slug (or whatever) in the lower right corner? :bash:

Harima grows a beard...and a very long one at that. It's one of the jokes that will covered later in the series, so keep an eye out for it.

About the reliability of the translations after seeing the intro splash screens saying "All the japanese I know, I learned from anime and manga...". Like I said in my last post, after I saw that, I didn't take the translations as seriously as before. But I'll take your word for it that translation is good...maybe kj1980 can back this up.

Unfortunately, I cannot back this up because...

A. I live in Japan.
B. Hence, I can watch this as it airs on Wednesdays at 6:00PM.
C. I am Japanese so I don't need to "download" to "fansubs" to understand what's being said
D. I've never seen a "fansub" in my life - nor will I ever care to do so since I do not need to rely on them to understand what's going on.

Timeless Enigma

2004-10-08, 20:54

This first episode was great. I was laughing hard. I agree that this would be a mediocre anime if Harima was not present, but these days you need to tweak a cliche to make it fresh again.

I look forward to the next episodes, and as far as I can tell, Dash Fansubs did a pretty damn good job.

Mr_Paper

2004-10-08, 21:12

I look forward to the next episodes, and as far as I can tell, Dash Fansubs did a pretty damn good job.I agree but I would like it if he made the explanitory screens a little longer in length. the timing on some of them is a little too short to take in all the text on them. ^^:

Timeless Enigma

2004-10-08, 21:17

I never really noticed that. Whenever I see pre-episode text like that, I pause and read the whole thing. I usually have to do that with editor's notes during the episode as well.

Avacado Burger

2004-10-08, 22:08

I look forward to the next episodes, and as far as I can tell, Dash Fansubs did a pretty damn good job.
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Agreed. That extra effort goes a long way. Even if the timing's too short; that's why we have pause buttons (Well, I hope most of us do...)

Roots

2004-10-08, 22:47

I agree but I would like it if he made the explanitory screens a little longer in length. the timing on some of them is a little too short to take in all the text on them. ^^:

If they make the explanitory screens longer, then the filesize will be unnecessarily large. As long as its long enough for my brain to recognize it to my finger hitting 'pause', its long enough. :)

mangatron

2004-10-09, 00:10

Hm, Yakumo's Distant love CD [not sure what it's really called] sounds good, too bad no ED in it. I can always rip the ED....

I wish I can live at this forum....but I'm not a old member here, unlike my current home at AN....

mememe

2004-10-09, 01:58

this anime was really funny and i'm not the type of person that laughs at shows. I want Harima to end up with the girl! He's sooo cute he deserves it! :)

Cort

2004-10-09, 02:14

I liked the Initial D reference :heh:

Darkest Days

2004-10-09, 03:10

Meh. It had its moments, but I wasn't that impressed with the first episode. The art style kept changing for one thing; at one point, it reminded me of My Dear Marie and Detective Conan, and at many others it reminded me of Azumanga Daioh (so much, in fact, that I was actually expecting someone to yell out "Chiyo-chan!"). Neither is necessarily a bad thing, but I like my anime to have a consistent style.

I was also put off my the almost amateurish manner in which the subtitled were presented... The translator notes at the beginning really shook my faith in the accuracy of the translations. And I really didn't appreciate that stupid kanji lesson, either. It just wasn't necessary considering that the actual symbol made nary an appearance! The gag could've been explained succinctly with a tag line or two.

However, I am looking forward to the next episode. While I wasn't impressed by the first, it was far superior to the mindnumbing garbage that was Mai HiME ep.1... That alone is worth a second look.

Avaj

2004-10-09, 03:11

Wow, this gets put on my watch on site list, over my download and get to later list, or download, but never get to list.

I'd never think of seeing a guy with a hairband, though it did look cool, and kept his hair in order.

[edit]

So what are you trying to say here? :eyebrow:

Ima saying, at the time I wrote this I have 3 'lists'.

1. Watch as soon as I get it.
2. Get it and watch it later.
3. Get it but might never watch it.

This qualifys as list 1 material.

sarcasteak

2004-10-09, 03:58

Wow, this gets put on my watch on site list, over my download and get to later list, or download, but never get to list.
So what are you trying to say here? :eyebrow:

I'd never think of seeing a guy with a hairband, though it did look cool, and kept his hair in order.
Go read Yakitate Japan! :D

_yeah

2004-10-09, 07:26

I was also put off my the almost amateurish manner in which the subtitled were presented... The translator notes at the beginning really shook my faith in the accuracy of the translations. And I really didn't appreciate that stupid kanji lesson, either. It just wasn't necessary considering that the actual symbol made nary an appearance! The gag could've been explained succinctly with a tag line or two.

Have you ever been told a joke which you didn't get?

And then somebody had to explain to you why it was funny after they told you the joke?

Did you laugh very hard after you got the explanation?

Jokes are, inherently, not funny if you don't "get" it yourself. Thus, providing the background information so people can "figure it out" themselves is, I feel, the "best" approach.

If you watch the episode, the notes were laid out in such a way that the necessary background information was provided before the episode, and when the joke finally came up there was a very short note placed with it in order to explain it to people who didn't put the two together.

Lord Raiden

2004-10-09, 08:36

Well, I thought the suki jokes were funny regardless if it was explained or not. The explaination though I think helped make it funnier by providing a background by which to reference. It's like being told a John Candy joke and not knowing any of the background behind the joke. It's like an old joke I heard one time where the punchline was about a "camel going through the eye of a needle". At the time it wasn't funny and I didn't understand the joke. Then once it was explained to me and I heard it again, THEN it was funny. Same thing here. Some people needed the background lesson, some didn't. SO it was useful to at least some degree. Although I really don't think this translator "learned all of his japanese from anime and manga" to be honest. It's too good and fluent a translation for that to be true. ;) It it were true, that would be one seriously mucked up translation.

Muir Woods

2004-10-09, 11:14

Although I really don't think this translator "learned all of his japanese from anime and manga" to be honest. It's too good and fluent a translation for that to be true. ;) It it were true, that would be one seriously mucked up translation.

Which begs the question: why did he say it then? Was that a joke upon himself? Or did really muster (if not master) the Japanese language from anime and manga? Anyways, if the translation is good, then maybe I shouldn't complain and just ignore that little "joke" of his.

sarcasteak

2004-10-09, 11:22

Which begs the question: why did he say it then? Was that a joke upon himself? Or did really muster (if not master) the Japanese language from anime and manga? Anyways, if the translation is good, then maybe I shouldn't complain and just ignore that little "joke" of his.
It's a joke...ya know, so that others won't complain about the quality of his translation (which I think was pretty good). ^_^

mangatron

2004-10-09, 13:10

I think the manga translation needs a little help. I mean, half the kanji's aren't even translated. But good manga still.

Dejital

2004-10-09, 14:36

I watched it.

The little intro thing was interesting.... I think half of it wasn't even neccessary.... Since he did take his time to add comments DURING the anime too, which were mostly "I hope you paid attention at the beginning" which could have been substituted with the comments FROM the beginning. Otherwise, the anime was cute, but the whole love triangle concept is overused, so I doubt I will be following it... I might get episode 2 just in case (Whenever it's released).

mangatron

2004-10-09, 14:45

If your reading the manga, you'll see much more of a triangle.

I'm reading the latest chapters published in japan, and looks like Harima's into Yakumo too

roan

2004-10-09, 14:52

there are a lot of mistakes in the school rumble manga translations.
they even translated karasuma's name as kurasuma or karasumaru sometimes.

If your reading the manga, you'll see much more of a triangle.

I'm reading the latest chapters published in japan, and looks like Harima's into Yakumo too

no he's not. that's just a big misunderstanding that was caused by tenma. a lot of fans (the so called "onigiri" fans) would like to see them get together though.

mangatron

2004-10-09, 15:07

there are a lot of mistakes in the school rumble manga translations.
they even translated karasuma's name as kurasuma or karasumaru sometimes.

no he's not. that's just a big misunderstanding that was caused by tenma. a lot of fans (the so called "onigiri" fans) would like to see them get together though.

I said it looks like. In some chapters, he was with Yakumo, and they were like, studying together. Sry my japanese is bad, but then again, I said it looks like. Remember I'm going by latest chapters, not the ones scanslated. Of course, they may not be the latest......

roan

2004-10-09, 15:16

I said it looks like. In some chapters, he was with Yakumo, and they were like, studying together. Sry my japanese is bad, but then again, I said it looks like. Remember I'm going by latest chapters, not the ones scanslated. Of course, they may not be the latest......

actually when i mentioned the manga scanlations i was replying to something that somebody else typed. the latest chapter legally released in japan is 102.
the thing is school rumble can be really confusing if you start off at the middle because everything is so chaotic. yakumo was actually helping harima finish his manga manuscript (when they should have been studying for exams) in time for a contest.

mangatron

2004-10-09, 15:19

actually when i mentioned the manga scanlations i was replying to something that somebody else typed. the latest chapter is 103 btw.
the thing is school rumble can be really confusing if you start off at the middle because everything is so chaotic. yakumo was actually helping harima finish his manga manuscript (when they should have been studying for exams) in time for a contest.

ah i see. I do have those chapters, and I did say my japanese is bad. But I'm learning, is what's important. I started off at the beginning, and am still reading.

But I am wondering about the sidestories. What position are they placed, and exactly what is that Yakumo CD I've been listening to....

mangatron

2004-10-09, 15:23

Ah well, in my opinion, I want to see Harima get it going with Eri-chan. Maybe it's because I like Eri-chan lol

I kinda wonder, how the anime will take this manga, whether it be a good ending or a bad...

roan

2004-10-09, 15:26

ah i see. I do have those chapters, and I did say my japanese is bad. But I'm learning, is what's important. I started off at the beginning, and am still reading.

But I am wondering about the sidestories. What position are they placed, and exactly what is that Yakumo CD I've been listening to....

school rumble ♭ (thats supposed to look like a b) is serialized in magazine special which is monthly. yakumo was supposed to be the main character of that but lately it's been focusing on some of the daily events of other minor/very very minor school rumble characters. most of the time what happens in school rumble ♭ corresponds to something else happening in the main manga.

the yakumo cd refers to a school rumble ♭ chapter in volume 4 involving what harima ended up doing with his animals.

edit: that character isnt displaying properly but it should like a stylish b

nubby

2004-10-09, 16:11

school rumble ♭ is serialized in magazine special which is monthly. yakumo was supposed to be the main character of that but lately it's been focusing on some of the daily events of other minor/very very minor school rumble characters. most of the time what happens in school rumble ♭ corresponds to something else happening in the main manga.

the yakumo cd refers to a school rumble ♭ chapter in volume 4 involving what harima ended up doing with his animals.

Where did you get your information from roan? School Rumble is serialized weekly(9-10 pages) and Tenma was suppose to be the main character. After volume 1, Harima became the main character. There are a couple of love triangles(?) in the manga and Harima is in 3 of them.

love interest spoiler
Eri likes Harima(most popular by recent poll), Yakumo likes Harima(second), Harima likes Tenma(third), Onee-san likes Harima, Hanai likes Yakumo, Ichijou likes Imadori, Imadori likes Mikoto, Ooji likes curry, Imadori likes D's, and Akira likes little boys.

burrowowl

2004-10-09, 16:46

Where did you get your information from roan? School Rumble is serialized weekly(9-10 pages) and Tenma was suppose to be the main character. After volume 1, Harima became the main character. There are a couple of love triangles(?) in the manga and Harima is in 3 of them.
The "b" series being spoken of is a sideplot story arc that revolves around Tenma Yakumo, whereas the main story arc mostly focuses on Harima Kenji (it starts with a focus on Tenma Tsukamoto, but shifts over pretty early on). Both arcs are published in the same tankouban, with the "b" stories in the back.

mangatron

2004-10-09, 17:43

Uh, when I said what position are they placed, I kinda meant something like "how can I read this series[side story], without reading SR", or more like, uh, well, ok, like this: I'm reading SR, right? And then I read the b series, do I have to read them in order, or do they have any order at all?

My, if the artist is doing both at the same time, whoo, I guess I have ways to go to be a manga-ka like that.....

Thelastguardian

2004-10-09, 17:59

After being cut off from internet for two days, I finally have a chance to go on internet.

I don't know why no one has mention this, but does anyone notice that Tenma looks similar to Maharo? Must be the fault of those two bunches of hair sticking out.

Yes the drawing style keeps on changing, but I still find it superior to Azu m. .

And why are you guys argueing about the definition of joke? You people have way too much time on your hand.

Recommanded.

nubby

2004-10-09, 18:14

The "b" series being spoken of is a sideplot story arc that revolves around Tenma Yakumo, whereas the main story arc mostly focuses on Harima Kenji (it starts with a focus on Tenma Tsukamoto, but shifts over pretty early on). Both arcs are published in the same tankouban, with the "b" stories in the back.

My bad, I thought the "b" like character was rendered incorrectly. Anyways, the B chapters are just side stories.

SleeplessHeart

2004-10-10, 09:18

The scanlation of School Rumble is not translated quite well.
Many jokes are lost. I am not surprised that many readers miss the plot.
On the other hand, It is a pleasant surprise that '-' fansub group manages to bring the storyline almost perfectly. I begin to feel that this is a kind of "Azumanga Daioh" ver 2.0 with added romances and actions (wait for the sport festival episode). I love Tenma!

slak_guy

2004-10-10, 09:24

love interest spoiler
Eri likes Harima(most popular by recent poll), Yakumo likes Harima(second), Harima likes Tenma(third), Onee-san likes Harima, Hanai likes Yakumo, Ichijou likes Imadori, Imadori likes Mikoto, Ooji likes curry, Imadori likes D's, and Akira likes little boys.

whooo... now that's big :heh:

roan

2004-10-10, 09:43

whooo... now that's big :heh:

i now a bunch of people voted for tenma/yakumo, or harima/itoko for the coupling poll but i guess they discounted all the lesbian or incestuous couples haha)

the actual results for the poll are below
http://www.geocities.jp/uchidaroanjp/couple_poll.jpg

SleeplessHeart

2004-10-10, 10:27

Special abilities from the characters are interesting.

Tenma can bend a spoon with her mind easily.
Yakumo can read other persons' mind except her nee-san's.

slak_guy

2004-10-10, 10:32

Special abilities from the characters are interesting.

Tenma can bend a spoon with her mind easily.
Yakumo can read other persons' mind except her nee-san's.

erm... LOL! now those are very interesting special abilities...

roan

2004-10-10, 11:21

Special abilities from the characters are interesting.

Tenma can bend a spoon with her mind easily.
Yakumo can read other persons' mind except her nee-san's.

that's not right
yakumo can only read the minds of people who like (as in love) her, including her sister.

Lord Raiden

2004-10-10, 19:27

Woh, that's gotta be a handy skill. :D

mangatron

2004-10-10, 19:59

Woh, that's gotta be a handy skill. :D

I wish I can read the posts of people here... lol wait, I can.

Also, Harima can talk to animals. Now if I had that power, I'd a shown that rockweiler who pummeled me!

Burner of Anime

2004-10-10, 21:10

Tenma is a Yuri Geller follower??? :twitch:

Just managed to d'load the manga- where is this part?

sinistral

2004-10-10, 22:29

Definitely a nice anime.. love it very much...

1 thing to say though, i am a Initial-D true anime watcher and i would like to say :

The Hachi-Roku was a fake or a copycat of Takumi's 86.. watch the license plate

8/10 for School Rumble!

Lord Raiden

2004-10-10, 22:32

hehe. I can't get enough of the OP and ED of this show. I think I've lost count how many times I've watched it. :D

Some OP's and ED's I quickly get tired of. This so far isn't one of them. hehe.

mangatron

2004-10-10, 22:38

Some OP's and ED's I quickly get tired of. This so far isn't one of them. hehe.

I still haven't gotten tired of the Divergance Eve ED. Hearing wise :D

Avacado Burger

2004-10-10, 22:59

The Hachi-Roku was a fake or a copycat of Takumi's 86.. watch the license plate

It's probably Itsuki's crappy 85 Levin, hence why everyone blew past it so quickly.

Burner of Anime

2004-10-11, 00:15

Harima is : Interesting. Never seen a guy take that many criticals from a single femme, recover after shattering into a million pieces then come back for more >_< Don't know wheter to commend this endurance or fear it.

The good thing about this experiance is that he'll become one hell of a shoujo romance mangaka :heh:

Strange, the bloke Tenma likes seems to have disappeared entirely...

mangatron

2004-10-11, 00:40

Strange, the bloke Tenma likes seems to have disappeared entirely...

Ah, I believe,

Yeah, he like, poofed outta the manga during the summer break, and then back 2 school, and yet no Ooji. I believe it's that time, where he said he'll be sticking around for one more year, and maybe the year is over, and well, I've read all of Manga Inc's releases, and I've got ch 90-103, I might spoil myself and jump to those.

Well, then maybe I can have a more definitive answer, Believe me, I have no idea how this will go, I'm just speculating.

Tima

2004-10-12, 03:06

This anime is refreshingly hilarious :heh:

I especially liked the part where they were riding there bikes so fast they pasted the inital D car :heh:[/QUOTE]

I can't wait for the next episode to come out.

sinistral

2004-10-12, 04:57

It's probably Itsuki's crappy 85 Levin, hence why everyone blew past it so quickly.

couldn't be.. :nono: the car has a "Fujiwara Tofu Shop" logo on the side of the car

_yeah

2004-10-12, 06:05

Actually, it says Kobayashi Tofu Store.

(Kobayashi Jin is the original author of School Rumble)

Crimsonmon

2004-10-12, 08:18

After watching the OP for about the 20th time, I just noticed that nearly everything in it corresponds to an event in the manga. (Apart from the Tenma on the cloud with the UFO flying past)

gundamfans

2004-10-12, 10:40

Actually, it says Kobayashi Tofu Store.

(Kobayashi Jin is the original author of School Rumble)

School Rumble cannot use the exact same license plate, same logo of Fujiwara's Tofu Store because they need to pay for license to Initial D ppl. Anyways, it was just to make a point really. It cannot be Itsuki's Levin 85, because Itsuki can't drift at all. + the whole point was just to parody AE86. The change in BGM, the drift, etc. I couldn't get enuf of that part!! (Even though I'm a die hard Initial D fan...)

sinistral

2004-10-12, 10:50

Actually, it says Kobayashi Tofu Store.

(Kobayashi Jin is the original author of School Rumble)

i see.. thanks for clarification!

RiDE

2004-10-12, 12:03

nubby

2004-10-12, 17:18

If you feel you can do a better job of translating School Rumble, feel free to drop by #mangainc @ irc.highway.net and apply for the translator position.

Tima

2004-10-12, 17:48

I think you missed the point that it was nothing more than a parody. :)

I absolutly agree with you on that Ride. :p

mangatron

2004-10-12, 17:54

If you feel you can do a better job of translating School Rumble, feel free to drop by #mangainc @ irc.highway.net and apply for the translator position.

Sry, I'm enjoying the raws I got. Besides, already asked to join em, said they didn't need a raw guy, much less a japanese reader like myself. I'm still learning ;)

Secca

2004-10-13, 05:03

Episode 2. ^^

Lol I swear Harima is the weirdest looking high school student... Actually he doesn't even look like a student at all, he looks 30 to me. XD

But he's sucha sweet guy. ^^
http://img87.exs.cx/img87/4665/School21.jpg . http://img87.exs.cx/img87/8628/School22.jpg

http://img87.exs.cx/img87/8156/School23.jpg . http://img87.exs.cx/img87/1142/School24.jpg

http://img87.exs.cx/img87/70/School25.jpg . http://img87.exs.cx/img87/9858/School26.jpg

FlyByNite

2004-10-13, 05:18

Episode 2. ^^

Lol I swear Harima is the weirdest looking high school student... Actually he doesn't even look like a student at all, he looks 30 to me. XD

Heh, yea. I thought that when I first saw him in the manga "what's with this funky facial hair and sunglasses? Then the reason why he looks the way he does is funny. ;)

_yeah

2004-10-13, 16:15

School Rumble cannot use the exact same license plate, same logo of Fujiwara's Tofu Store because they need to pay for license to Initial D ppl. Anyways, it was just to make a point really. It cannot be Itsuki's Levin 85, because Itsuki can't drift at all. + the whole point was just to parody AE86. The change in BGM, the drift, etc. I couldn't get enuf of that part!! (Even though I'm a die hard Initial D fan...)

Well, there seem to be a fair number of cameos with the author's name. In the class list in episode 1, there is a Kobayashi Jinko on the list.

mangatron

2004-10-14, 12:36

Hmm, Just got the Tenma CD, I wonder how many more of these are there. Nice songs by the way.

dreamless

2004-10-14, 15:07

ep2 lol at Harima's little adventure during the test :heh:

hmm... more Yakumo-chan than ep1, so I like it more than ep1 :p

Mr_Paper

2004-10-14, 16:28

hmm, just got the Mikoto Cd.....does anyone want to enjoy what I have? I mean, I really want to share, but my BW is taxed and taxed with all the work I do, I guess if you guys make one big request, maybe I'll find a way to ul. Say, drop by the <blah> channel sometime, I'm there noon till 5 pm pacific time -8 GMt.You shouldn't offer to share CD rips on the forum, it is against the rules.

mangatron

2004-10-14, 17:31

Oh sry, another error on my part. I'm learning, I haven't been here long enough to know how things go here. Anyways,

Lately I haven't been seeing the Ooji guy in the manga, has anyone had a chance to read up on him? I'm like, have no time to read the manga now....

Melty Snow

2004-10-14, 17:53

The testing segment was the best :). I like how they make such small things really big and funny.
I also really needed a new series to make random gif's out of.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/dantanle/Harimasmoothmouth.gifsmooth
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/dantanle/Harimaslowmouth.gifstops
Didn't feel like checking on which frames he stopped moving his mouth, so just did it on random ones :(.

Lord Raiden

2004-10-14, 18:31

We need one of that guy when he's in the OP spinning around. I love that scene. :D

Or when he's in his chibi face. He looks so cool! ;)

Zafo

2004-10-14, 18:32

Mr_Paper

2004-10-14, 18:35

We need one of that guy when he's in the OP spinning around. I love that scene. :DThe problem with that scene is that the credits are over top him the entire time. There aren't any clean frames to use for making the avatar.

Ooji on the other hand, has a nice clean frame during his entire spin.

Sokar

2004-10-14, 18:55

Melty Snow

2004-10-14, 19:10

The problem with that scene is that the credits are over top him the entire time. There aren't any clean frames to use for making the avatar.

Ooji on the other hand, has a nice clean frame during his entire spin.
Not sure how to handle moving backrounds though, except maybe editing frame by frame, but one whole spin has quite a few frames.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v359/dantanle/piggiesring.gif
piggies

kj1980

2004-10-14, 20:41

I got a quick question, is the physical exam in Japan really important or something? I don't really get the importance of the physical exam, and it seems like people make a big deal out of it. I've seen it in HaniHani and School Rumble.

For guys, no.

For girls, probably. But then, I'm not a girl, so I wouldn't know.

Probably has to do with "eek! I gained weight since the last check-up!" or "sniff sniff, my breast size hasn't increased..."

kj1980

2004-10-14, 20:45

Hmm, Just got the Tenma CD, I wonder how many more of these are there. Nice songs by the way.

School Rumble character CDs:

Vol. 1 - Tsukamoto Tenma (released July 22)
Vol. 2 - Tsukamoto Yakumo (released August 25)
Vol. 3 - Suou Mikoto (released September 23)
Vol. 4 - Sawachika Eri (will be released October 27)

Burner of Anime

2004-10-14, 20:48

Curious how long this show will run. They are introducing characters and scenes up till volume 6 for the manga in the OP/ED clip [the Adventures of Fisherman Kenji and the Mexican Wrestling girl].

Me likes Yakumo a lot :D, Harima/Eri comes next followed by the unrepentent playboy rogue Imadori. I'll just keep this guy away from every girl I know since his itchy hands and D power make him a plague to every femme on planet Earth :heh:

Lord Raiden

2004-10-14, 21:14

The problem with that scene is that the credits are over top him the entire time. There aren't any clean frames to use for making the avatar.

Ooji on the other hand, has a nice clean frame during his entire spin.
Actually, I'm pretty good about cleaning up images like that. If someone could get me all of the images from that scene (preferably from the raw so I don't have to deal with the subs too) I could go in and clean up the entire image on each frame and give it back to you guys to animate. The nice thing about anime vs real photos is the colors in anime are more uniform over larger areas, so they tend to be much easier to clean up. :D

I'd grab the images myself, but I don't have a good way to rip them properly without spending the next 9 hours capturing all the frames. T_T So, I'd need someone else to capture all the frames. After that I could probubly crank out the edited frames in a day or so at the most and get them back to you guys to work with. PM me if anyone can provide those images. I'll give you an email address where you can send them.

mangatron

2004-10-14, 21:15

School Rumble character CDs:

Vol. 1 - Tsukamoto Tenma (released July 22)
Vol. 2 - Tsukamoto Yakumo (released August 25)
Vol. 3 - Suou Mikoto (released September 23)
Vol. 4 - Sawachika Eri (will be released October 27)

Oh thanks for that info, I sure will keep an eye out for Sawachika-chan's CD. She's my fav girl :o

rcxAsh

2004-10-14, 23:02

(Whoops, sorry about the bad post, NoSanninWa. Must get a refresher on the rules again.. my mistake there.)

But anyways, School Rumble is amazing!

I think that it's one of my favourite series now.

Gotta love the OP and ED songs as well.

So can someone clarify for me, Harima is supposed to be the main character? (He's featured in the ED) Tenma?

Personally, I think Tenma is hilarious... the whole plunger thing was interesting. Don't think I've ever seen anything like that before. :heh:

Wandering_Youth

2004-10-14, 23:45

Ok I didn't bother to read the post above page 2 but why was Yakumo calling Tenma nee-san when they are not related or are they? I don't see them living in the same house and I don't Tenma is that much older than Yakumo. Heck Yakumo is taller than Tenma...

Edit: Nvm, I just saw episode 2...

Crimsonmon

2004-10-15, 03:57

So can someone clarify for me, Harima is supposed to be the main character? (He's featured in the ED) Tenma?

The focus seems to switch to Harima after the first volume. But for a short a while it switches to Tenma's friends after...

Harima drops out of school.

Now the focus seems to be on the whole groupr, with a few of the boys the only ones not having an appearence for a short while.

But Yakumo is the main character in the 'B' stories at the end of each volume.

b-a-k-a

2004-10-15, 05:09

this show is hilarious! harima cracks me up everytime he appears in a scene and,
although rather simple, the ending theme is damn addictive. i can't wait to see more episodes (especially after i read that the manga starts to concentrate more on harima after the first volume).

Rand

2004-10-15, 05:19

hahahaha !

This is the funniest show i have seen in 6 months !
I could not stop laughing my ass out during the whole episode !

BTW, this bycicle scene reminds of Gloden Boy ep 5 in a certain way.

Marine-RX179

2004-10-15, 05:19

I think one of the main thing that make this anime funny is that both Harima and Tenma are baka (at the same level).......even though they are two completely different persons, but yet how they think so much alike really cracks me up lol......it's almost like those two are sharing the use of the same brain (mind) haha.

Lord Raiden

2004-10-15, 08:28

Well, now that you mention that, you're right. They do appear to be sharing brain cells. :D

mechazawa

2004-10-15, 08:49

If your reading the manga, you'll see much more of a triangle.

I'm reading the latest chapters published in japan, and looks like Harima's into Yakumo too

Oh, he does look like, but actually he isn't.
However, not only you but Tenma, Hanai(Class Rep.) and many other characters are misunderstanding their relationship. Sometimes I can't help feeling a bit sorry for Harima.

Anyway, I can hardly wait for......the sports festival episodes on TV, in which every characters are so cool!

Lord Raiden

2004-10-15, 10:04

Ok, I cleaned up a test frame, and I don't know if it's the fault of the encoding, or if I'm just out of practice, but this was a lot harder than I thought and didn't come out as cleanly as they normally do. Especially those blasted sunglasses of his. There were so many color changes that it made parts of the edit a royal *** and consequently they ended up looking choppy. :( Of course once the image is shrunk to 100x100 that fact will become invisible. :)
http://www.raiden.net/anime/School%20Rumble%20-%20Original.jpg
http://www.raiden.net/anime/School%20Rumble%20-%20cleaned%20copy.jpg

Of course if I was to do that spin scene of Kenji's that's going to take a bloody lot of work. A lot. Especially since I just saw what the background looks like. Editing the charecter should be easy. That background however is going to be a royal b**ch. But if someone really wanted to see Kenji spin around I can attempt to do it. But after seeing the amount of work involved, it's starting to sound less and less interesting. :( Drat, and I would have loved to have had him in a series of clean frames just spinning around. ;)

Burner of Anime

2004-10-15, 10:16

With both the manga and animation, I've come to the conclusion that Harima was created to be the evolutionary pinacle for the anime loser male. Look at it this way, he's tough, good in a fight, has good hand eye coordination, is Very polite to women [with the exception of Eri >_<] and is filled with "Animal Magnetism" :heh: But as most here have figured out he's also lacking in common sense, braincells, luck with the opposite sex and in possession of a glass heart.

Open game to put this poor bloke through a continuous succession of romantic disasters. :twitch: Inevitably, Harima has taken the lead in most of the stories thus far. Most of the other characters haven't really changed since their introduction- so those to look out for are Hanai, Yakumo and Eri for the dramatic moments.

Anyway, I hope they are planning to animate up to book7- the school sports bash was really good for giving the title of School Rumble it's meaning :D

Mr_Paper

2004-10-15, 10:29

@Lord Raiden - You could always remove the original background from the captures and replace it with a stationary background of your chosing. ^^

FlyByNite

2004-10-15, 10:58

Lord Raiden

2004-10-15, 12:55

@Lord Raiden - You could always remove the original background from the captures and replace it with a stationary background of your chosing. ^^
Well, that's true. Hadn't thought about it that way. ^_^ Probubly because I'm used to keeping everything as intact as possible.

kj1980

2004-10-15, 13:09

Lord Raiden

2004-10-15, 13:23

They do?? I guess I don't pay enough attention to what's on the DVD's anymore because I didn't know they did that. Oh, that will be nice. ^_^ It'd save me a lot of work.

mangatron

2004-10-15, 14:22

as long as the beach stuff gets animated, I'm fine ;)

Yeah, I'll be fine with that too. And I do want Eri up with, you know.

sarcasteak

2004-10-15, 23:05

"Harima-kun...I love you~"

http://s02.imagehost.org/0494/harima_fantasy.jpg

http://s02.imagehost.org/0276/rofl.gif http://s02.imagehost.org/0276/rofl.gif http://s02.imagehost.org/0276/rofl.gif

Burner of Anime

2004-10-15, 23:34

Dash fansubs just released ep2 :D :bow:

Now waiting for all the Nurse Tenma caps to start showing up at 4 and idlechan :heh:

sinistral

2004-10-16, 03:09

"Harima-kun...I love you~"

http://s02.imagehost.org/0494/harima_fantasy.jpg

http://s02.imagehost.org/0276/rofl.gif http://s02.imagehost.org/0276/rofl.gif http://s02.imagehost.org/0276/rofl.gif

this scene makes me very awkward for some reasons..

And oh, btw, nee-san means Older sister ? Which means Tenma is older than Yakumo <- :love: ?

dreamless

2004-10-16, 04:06

yup, Tenma is actually Yakumo's older sister... I don't know how Tenma feels about having a younger sister who is taller than her, smarter than her, hotter than her, can cook better than her, or just simply excels in all possible ways leagues more competent than her... :eyespin: :p

sarcasteak

2004-10-16, 04:44

this scene makes me very awkward for some reasons..
Same here. :o

...except while I'm blushing my ribs are hurting from the laughter :D

yup, Tenma is actually Yakumo's older sister... I don't know how Tenma feels about having a younger sister who is taller than her, smarter than her, hotter than her, can cook better than her, or just simply excels in all possible ways leagues more competent than her... :eyespin: :p
Yakumo is teh hotness! Tenma's only edge over Yakumo is that she's so baka and energetic...but during Harima's love-love vision Tenma is indeed very pretty. :D

Trax

2004-10-16, 05:24

Great 2nd episode, Harima was hilarious! :D

Secca

2004-10-16, 06:18

About that scene, Sarc. Did I mention that Harima looks 30 to me, and then that image in his head with Tenma just looks even more wrong to me. It's a crime. :heh:

sarcasteak

2004-10-16, 07:48

About that scene, Sarc. Did I mention that Harima looks 30 to me, and then that image in his head with Tenma just looks even more wrong to me. It's a crime. :heh:
That's because Harima is fulfilling Kimura-sensei (http://animenfo.com/anime/character/display.php?id=944&n=oatwud&t=kimura)'s dream! :D

...and this is why I shave. :heh:

Lord Raiden

2004-10-16, 11:40

Ah, hmm. I wouldn't exactly say that Harima is fulfilling Kimura's dream. Kimura is a total hentai to the n'th degree. Harima is just a punk kid with a growth problem. ;)

mangatron

2004-10-16, 15:11

Harima is just a punk kid with a growth problem. ;)

Don't look at me lol, cuz given I have the glasses and wave back that hair, your looking at a Harima in me :heh:

And I got no probs with the mustache [kinda awkward for a german to have one, but then again, lots of em in the old days.]

USB500

2004-10-16, 15:21

"Harima-kun...I love you~"

http://s02.imagehost.org/0494/harima_fantasy.jpg

http://s02.imagehost.org/0276/rofl.gif http://s02.imagehost.org/0276/rofl.gif http://s02.imagehost.org/0276/rofl.gif

*avatar'ed* This scene wins all! Oh, great, I think I better redeem myself. :bash:

This series turns out to be great, and it brings back my old memory of Azumanga Daioh, blended with a bit of Midori no Hibi & Cromatie. I hope it will do well as its manga counterpart...

...and I can't wait to see Harima's transformation as a manga artist.

Lord Raiden

2004-10-16, 15:23

OH sweet avatar!! Is that the image I cleaned up, or did you do that yourself? :)

USB500

2004-10-16, 15:37

I made the avatar myself (source: School Rumble manga, forgot which volume).

We definitely need more of Harima/Tenma/Yakumo goodie. XD Oh, and did I mention the way Yakumo-chan pose herself in the ED? *nosebleeds*

Shenlong

2004-10-16, 17:45

http://utdallas.edu/~ets031000/Pics/comparison.jpg

Is Harima a younger version of Johnny Depp?

mangatron

2004-10-16, 18:37

Is Harima a younger version of Johnny Depp?

LMAO. Oh my goodness, what a great comparison, but I think if you had a identical picture of Harima [pose, face direction] I think you can scare all of us in thinking there's a SR live action drama lol.

BuGGY!!

2004-10-16, 21:36

Yakumo fan here !

check the ava

<----

and awesome comparison shenlong :lol:

sarcasteak

2004-10-16, 22:17

http://utdallas.edu/~ets031000/Pics/comparison.jpg

Is Harima a younger version of Johnny Depp?
Now the truth is out! :bow: :bow: :bow:

Yakumo fan here !

check the ava
Cute avy...Yakumo is sugoku kawaii!~
But why is your name so illegible? I suggest adding a thin light stroke around your name.

BuGGY!!

2004-10-16, 23:13

i originally intented to make it not so visible (just to add a mark in the corner so it's not so plain) but maybe I'll change it. :)

sinistral

2004-10-16, 23:40

nice avatar! Yakumo~~~

Secca

2004-10-16, 23:41

LOL that's an excelent comparison, they even have the same pose and color tone. You're killing me. XD

fairx

2004-10-17, 00:16

Woah.. did u guys noe (bet u do!) about AzuDorama hoax..?

Hehehehe.. maybe we could do the same wif SR?

the same action from manga conterpart: LOL

http://img98.exs.cx/img98/2629/rumble1.jpg

Sailor Enlil

2004-10-17, 03:24

http://utdallas.edu/~ets031000/Pics/comparison.jpg

Is Harima a younger version of Johnny Depp?

If Harima does something like cosplay as Edward Scissorhands or a similar looking character during the series I think I'm gonna faint.

Shenlong

2004-10-17, 03:44

lol my gf was saying the same thing, if Harima cosplays as a pirate during the series ;)

http://utdallas.edu/~ets031000/Pics/comparison2.jpg

Danger

2004-10-17, 04:14

lol johnny depp..

i totally dig school rumble. Does anyone else think it has that midori no hibi feel to it? without the girl on his right hand?

But that troubled youth that everyone is afraid of, and yet he's sorta kind?

USB500

2004-10-17, 04:38

lol my gf was saying the same thing, if Harima cosplays as a pirate during the series ;)

http://utdallas.edu/~ets031000/Pics/comparison2.jpg

Ahahah! Never thought Harima and Johnny Depp would have this kind of resemblance. :heh:

Sailor Enlil

2004-10-17, 05:27

lol my gf was saying the same thing, if Harima cosplays as a pirate during the series ;)

http://utdallas.edu/~ets031000/Pics/comparison2.jpg

Okay now I think I've seen everything :twitch:

dreamless

2004-10-17, 05:29

Yakumo fan here !

check the ava

<----

and awesome comparison shenlong :lol:

*drools*

maybe we should start a Yakumo fanclub already :D

Lord Raiden

2004-10-17, 08:00

Ya know, we ought to see if we can't find comparison pictures for the other charecters too, especially Tenma-chan. :D

_yeah

2004-10-17, 08:05

I wouldn't be surprised if Kobayashi modeled Harima's design after Depp. Remember that he appears to be a big Hollywood film buff - all the titles of manga chapters are Western film titles!

BOZZY

2004-10-17, 11:02

I wouldn't be surprised if Kobayashi modeled Harima's design after Depp. Remember that he appears to be a big Hollywood film buff - all the titles of manga chapters are Western film titles!

Hahaha... I didn't realize this until you pointed it out...

fairx

2004-10-17, 12:27

Hahaha... I didn't realize this until you pointed it out...

same here..
tho I thought the translator just made it up..

sinistral

2004-10-17, 12:32

what a similarity between Harima and Johnny Depp :bow:

mangatron

2004-10-17, 13:41

lol I'm seeing alot of SR avvies....and that Depp comparison....you know, I think I'll be looking out for the others. but, I find it quite hard to see a comparison for the girls....

Shenlong

2004-10-17, 18:39

Its alot harder for girls.. maybe Akira Takano and Jolene Blalcok playing Enterprise's T’Pol..

http://utdallas.edu/~ets031000/Pics/comparison3.jpg

IMO the problem is finding real people with the thin lips and the impossibly slender faces of anime females

Burner of Anime

2004-10-17, 20:06

Somehow I'm more interested in capping Harima's Oh! $*** moments when he messes up a confession. That or when he gets caught in an act with women :p

Such a poor unfortunate male. :sad:

No matter, Ep3 has Tenma going full postal in her Love battle with a bow and arrow. :heh:

Wisely

2004-10-17, 23:54

Well, I prefer the part where

Harima "flirts" with Yakumo and the various screwed up scenes with Eri

SleeplessHeart

2004-10-18, 03:08

Its alot harder for girls.. maybe Akira Takano and Jolene Blalcok playing Enterprise's T’Pol..

Quite a match, she has a super analytical ability like T'pol has.
A small thing that I like from "School Rumbles" is the ridiculous fact, nobody will think that Akira is actually ...

a secret agent

dreamless

2004-10-18, 04:31

Quite a match, she has a super analytical ability like T'pol has.
A small thing that I like from "School Rumbles" is the ridiculous fact, nobody will think that Akira is actually ...

a secret agent

Hmm... but then I guess nobody will be surprised by it neither... I won't be surprised if Tenma is revealed to be an alien from outer space... :heh:

Crimsonmon

2004-10-18, 05:04

Hmm... but then I guess nobody will be surprised by it neither... I won't be surprised if Tenma is revealed to be an alien from outer space... :heh:

Well, she is sitting on a cloud with a UFO in the OP...

zalas

2004-10-18, 14:34

Well, she is sitting on a cloud with a UFO in the OP...
And the fact that her confession plan is "From Outer Space" ;)

mangatron

2004-10-18, 16:53

And the fact that her confession plan is "From Outer Space" ;)

Let's not forget her slowness, it's so out of this world lol.

Lord Raiden

2004-10-18, 18:14

LOL. I knew she was a slow ditz from the first scene of EP1. When her sister has to wake her up out of her daydream like that I was like "dyed blonde". hehe.

sarcasteak

2004-10-18, 18:37

LOL. I knew she was a slow ditz from the first scene of EP1. When her sister has to wake her up out of her daydream like that I was like "dyed blonde". hehe.
She reminds me so much of Milfeulle...her ornament moves, too! XD

FlyByNite

2004-10-18, 18:46

I actually think Karasuma is an alien... He delayed going back to outer space because of the love letter and that's why he thinks his raincoat outfit is normal ;)

ShiroOokami

2004-10-18, 18:51

hahaha nice theory that u think karasuma is an alien...that's hekka funny...he seriously freaks me out, he never smiles or anything, he alwayz keepz a straight face :twitch:

Burner of Anime

2004-10-19, 00:20

Well, I prefer the part where

Harima "flirts" with Yakumo and the various screwed up scenes with Eri

:heh: These are also pretty good ones- so the beach trip and the camping one just has to be adapted :D

Favourite one is when the school nurse realises that she has met Harima before, and everyone walks in on them >_<

But the manga is pretty messed up. My take is [if the above ref to J.Depp is correct], this series is basically a male fantasy of his clone having a terminally bad time of his life with a crew of beautiful women- something the vast majority of angry and green men would wish on the real thing :frustrated:

Just realised something, has anyone noticed that there is a severe shortage of parents appearing in the manga? Save for Eri's dad [who appeared faceless btw], everyone is either living alone or working.

Anyway, what do ppl here think of the only subbing crew working on this show?
a Excellent work
b Burnable trash
c "I can finally understand the jokes..." also: "Didn't know Eri keeps fubbing the language" :heh:

Personally. Option A and C :D If the crew is reading this then thumbs up.

sarcasteak

2004-10-19, 00:41

Just realised something, has anyone noticed that there is a severe shortage of parents appearing in the manga? Save for Eri's dad [who appeared faceless btw], everyone is either living alone or working.
Isn't that the case for 99% of the anime/manga/games? XD

You can't have hawt loli incest sister relationships under parents' watchful eyes. :nono:

Wisely

2004-10-19, 01:02

They did not mention why in the manga why most of the characters live away from parents or are the parents just working 7 days a week, 24 hours per day

I just want to know why Karasuma

was living inside the Gym room? Maybe he is an Alien !!

:heh:
Anyway, what do ppl here think of the only subbing crew working on this show?
a Excellent work
b Burnable trash
c "I can finally understand the jokes..." also: "Didn't know Eri keeps fubbing the language" :heh:

I'll give a ( (A+B+C) / B )* A * B / A+B+C to code my answer

kj1980

2004-10-19, 01:04

I just want to know why Karasuma

was living inside the Gym room? Maybe he is an Alien !!

Because he doesn't.

Burner of Anime

2004-10-19, 01:56

Isn't that the case for 99% of the anime/manga/games? XD

You can't have hawt loli incest sister relationships under parents' watchful eyes. :nono:

Damn, didn't see it that way :twitch: But let's not feed the fanficcers and Hentai mangaka anymore material than there already is. The moment I find a Tenma x Yakuma yuri doujin is the day I freak out. :uhoh:

NoSanninWa

2004-10-19, 01:58

Damn, didn't see it that way :twitch: But let's not feed the fanficcers and Hentai mangaka anymore material than there already is. The moment I find a Tenma x Yakuma yuri doujin is the day I freak out. :uhoh:
Nobody has to give those perverts ideas. I'm quite certain that someone is busy working on such a thing. You better avoid doujim because otherwise your freak out is inevitable. :heh:

kj1980

2004-10-19, 02:02

dreamless

2004-10-19, 02:29

Damn, didn't see it that way :twitch: But let's not feed the fanficcers and Hentai mangaka anymore material than there already is. The moment I find a Tenma x Yakuma yuri doujin is the day I freak out. :uhoh:
wow that's a great idea! I can't wait to see some Tenma x Yakumo action :heh:

Burner of Anime

2004-10-19, 02:56

wow that's a great idea! I can't wait to see some Tenma x Yakumo action :heh:

Noooo! That's taking sister love power too far. :twitch: Anyway, does anyone have any idea how long this show is going to run?

Speaking of dead ringers,
Karasuma Ouji = Mr. Spock [Leonard Nimoy]? :thinker: Pointy ears missing though...

USB500

2004-10-19, 03:18

Anyway, does anyone have any idea how long this show is going to run?
From the current manga publishing, I'd say 26 episodes. 13 is not enough for me, since we don't know what really happens to the characters (up till manga vol 6). And we definitely need to know who the heck Harry McKenzie is. :heh:

sinistral

2004-10-19, 14:21

http://www.sunnews.com/images/2002/0523/jlorgb.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/sinistralz/akira2.jpg

perhaps the hairstyle are the same ? :heh:

Wisely

2004-10-19, 17:29

Because he doesn't.

Chapter 11 ?

fairx

2004-10-19, 21:21

Isn't that the case for 99% of the anime/manga/games? XD

You can't have hawt loli incest sister relationships under parents' watchful eyes. :nono:

hahaha..

Thats rite.. and we got sooo many children living alone - no parents appear but they DO go to school properly! :twitch:

Its easier to pull out wacky.not.quite.ideal themes if the char live alone, thats the catch in anime / manga.

Perhaps / it is the escapist dream of many teenage to live their lives freely.. away from nagging and boring parents. well, I do.. once, until I run out of allowance XD

Roots

2004-10-19, 22:32

I just watched episode 3. It was pretty hilarious :D It even contained a Kenshin reference (shin-gan = heart's eye). :heh: Oh yeah and there was a great use of the audio in this episode. Tenma was absolutely hilarious in the second part where

she got the idea to send Kursama-kun her love letter attached to an arrow shot in his direction. She totally went all-out with the old samurai manner of speech. I was cracking up so much! Especially at the end where she says "Kakugoshinasai!" ROFLMAOFHRSHIT!!!!

Oh yeah, and I forgot some other cool things about the episode which IMO dont' qualify as spoilers

1) We see some matrix action in this episode. :heh:

2) Nice insert of the music video for the opening song in this episode. I was like "Woah! Real TV inside an anime!"

3) Tenma's hair twitching thing is so darn cute! :D Especially in part 2 near the beginning. I think someone can make a really good animated avatar out of that.

Lord Raiden

2004-10-19, 23:32

Yeah, Tenma's hair twitching reminds me of how Chiyo-chan's hair twitched. It just adds to her uber cuteness. :D

Burner of Anime

2004-10-20, 00:11

Incredibly enough, I get the impression that the mangaka went through the extra trouble of making sure all the characters have something they can excel in [as opposed to 99% of the fillerific anime characters] as well as something they are terminally bad at :heh: Say for example, Hanai is an intellectual martial artist- but can't play music to save his life. So having Tenma appear as deadly competent with a bow was a major suprise :D

It's even more outstanding when there is a conflict between the characters. I eagerly await the Harima vs Hanai bash in their misguided and fully misunderstood love battle :twitch: These 2 are going to kill one another if not careful :p

Thing is, the manga suddenly became rather Harima-centric after his flashback chapter...

kj1980

2004-10-20, 01:04

Chapter 11 ?

Where does it specifically say "he lives in the gym room?"

infested_ysy

2004-10-20, 05:42

Okay, I have a question here...

Are there any difference in the video quality between the RAW and the Subbed version of School rumble?

Because... this is what I see for both of the episodes for School Rumble released so far, subbed by [-]
http://img97.exs.cx/img97/6489/bscap460.jpg

But Secca posted his/her's that looks brighter than mine

http://img47.exs.cx/img47/5065/School1.jpg

Exact same shot, but with different hue on the skin and overall brightness (and oh gawd! I see post-encoding pixels on the red skirt >.>). So, what's the problem with it?

_yeah

2004-10-20, 05:51

Every raw is different, so the colours and brightness will depend on the capper's signal and settings. The raw Secca took screencaps from just happened to be horribly oversaturated and washed out.

After a show airs, there are well over a dozen raws for most popular shows floating around on Japanese P2P networks. Most fansub groups will download a few of the larger ones and choose between them. They may also elect to do some colour-correction and filtering on the final encode.

Thus, the colours of every encode may be different.

Secca

2004-10-20, 06:23

Exact same shot, but with different hue on the skin and overall brightness (and oh gawd! I see post-encoding pixels on the red skirt >.>). So, what's the problem with it?
Muahaha it's a secret. :D

I'm J/k. ^^ That screenshot was taken from episode 1 raw if you are curious. That time (-) fansub version hasn't been released yet, so i have no clue. Maybe they just use different raw source. who knows. ^^

infested_ysy

2004-10-20, 08:39

kj1980

2004-10-20, 08:47

2) Nice insert of the music video for the opening song in this episode. I was like "Woah! Real TV inside an anime!"

That scene is the big screen projector in front of the South Exit in Shinjuku Station. That clock tower behind Harima and the skywalk is very distinctive of that area. The big screen projector usually shows Old Navy commercials and J-POP hit PVs (music videos).

The music video for the OP song is indeed, moe. Horie Yui with UNSCRAMBLE. If you want to get your own copy of it, the single CD that goes on sale on 10.26 includes a DVD with that PV in it.

dreamless

2004-10-20, 09:45

Okay, I have a question here...

Are there any difference in the video quality between the RAW and the Subbed version of School rumble?

Because... this is what I see for both of the episodes for School Rumble released so far, subbed by [-]

But Secca posted his/her's that looks brighter than mine

Exact same shot, but with different hue on the skin and overall brightness (and oh gawd! I see post-encoding pixels on the red skirt >.>). So, what's the problem with it?

well, you can also adjust the brightness and color settings of the screenshots easily... I like to adjust some screenshots of some dark scenes a bit brighter myself... also people use different capture settings and encoding settings may also end up with different video qualities.

mangatron

2004-10-20, 16:16

say, did anybody check out that SR album? It has some nice pics in there...

lol Yakumo in a wedding dress...

Secca

2004-10-21, 02:52

Lol when did Tenma learn to shoot? That's some crazy stuffs she pulled off. ^^ And the bus scene, she was really into it too and looks so cool on top of a bus... But she completely missed him. XD

And Harima is so hilarious in the ending. :heh: Poor guy, will Tenma ever recognize his shades? ^^
Also It's funny how Karasuma in Tenma's drawing looks way much cooler than the real person... actually the real Karasuma looks flat and 2D compared to that drawing. XD

Love is a sucha mistery. ^^
http://img76.exs.cx/img76/627/School31.jpg . http://img76.exs.cx/img76/2769/School32.jpg

http://img76.exs.cx/img76/6316/School33.jpg . http://img76.exs.cx/img76/6986/School34.jpg

http://img76.exs.cx/img76/8479/School37.jpg . http://img76.exs.cx/img76/7204/School36.jpg

http://img76.exs.cx/img76/3814/School38.jpg . http://img76.exs.cx/img76/2135/School39.jpg

sinistral

2004-10-21, 04:15

For some reason, the drawing of Kurasama looks like Rock Lee in Naruto :heh:

Lord Raiden

2004-10-21, 09:25

Yeah, I was going to mention that the other day but forgot. He does look an incredible amount like rock lee. :eek:

Secca

2004-10-21, 09:52

Maybe this is just me, parody of Star Wars? ^^
http://img76.exs.cx/img76/3814/School38.jpg

Princess Leia and Jaba the Hut? XD

Burner of Anime

2004-10-21, 10:31

Can't stand it, have to get the raw for this show to watch >_<

Besides, with that scene above it seems reference spotting for this show will be a blast as well :D :lol:

fairx

2004-10-21, 11:38

The first anime that force me to dload raw was Koi Kaze..
Maybe School Rumble too...?

arrrggghhhh....... !

Lord Raiden

2004-10-21, 12:18

gundamfans

2004-10-21, 12:37

It's honestly shocking how many parodies there are in this show. In just the first three episodes we've seen Initial D, star wars, cowboy bebop, Tenchi Muyo, Naruto, Asumanga Daioh, and like 3 other movies and 2 tv shows I can't remember off the top of my head. :)

It would be awesome if we could collect a list of shows/movies/anime parody'ed and keep track of that list because I think it's going to get long. :D

can you tell me what the cowboy bebop, tenchi muyo, naruto and azumanga daioh parodies are?

Za Paper

2004-10-21, 15:04

I dont see any of those parodies either. Some of the stuff people stated above are really stretching it like the Naruto and Star Wars references.

Lord Raiden

2004-10-21, 16:21

Star wars parody (http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=345775&postcount=224)
Maburaho parody (think rin-chan) (http://img76.exs.cx/img76/6986/School34.jpg)
Asumanga Daioh reference (think chiyo-chan) (http://img87.exs.cx/img87/8156/School23.jpg)

I looked for other references that other people provided, including the Initial D reference, but I couldn't find them in the thread. But those are a few of what we're refering to.

Roots

2004-10-21, 16:23

Diaphanus

2004-10-21, 16:25

I like this series so far! Tenma valde bella est! I have a Tenma avatar now! My "Location" is now "Domus Tenmae" ("Tenma's House"). :)

and guys, get a load of that ending song, simply the best!
Yes! It has bikini girls for my benefit!

http://omedetou2.tripod.com/4439.jpg
Yay! I like it a lot! :D :D :D :D :D

Tenma can bend a spoon with her mind easily.

I could probably learn how to do it by using just my hands:
http://www.skepticreport.com/psychics/urispoon.htm

FlyByNite

2004-10-21, 16:46

Maburaho parody (think rin-chan) (http://img76.exs.cx/img76/6986/School34.jpg)

That's kinda stretching it isn't it? I thought rin-chan used a sword. If anything it looks more like Kikyo from Inuyasha http://delenn.swmich.edu/~crussell01/Project/people/kikyo.jpg

donna8157

2004-10-21, 16:53

Actually, when Tenma had the bandages over her head .. it reminded me of Shishio from Rurouni Kenshin.

And the one where she is holding the bow and arrow: Yes, it looked like Kikyo .. but isn't that a common miko outfit anyway? Because in X TV, one of the characters who was a miko also wore the same thing.

Lord Raiden

2004-10-21, 17:02

That's kinda stretching it isn't it? I thought rin-chan used a sword. If anything it looks more like Kikyo from Inuyasha http://delenn.swmich.edu/~crussell01/Project/people/kikyo.jpg
Actually, you may be correct on that. Rin-Chan was the only name I could think of, but Inuyasha is probubly a better example. :)

donna8157

2004-10-21, 17:09

I'm not sure whether or not the manga is licensed, but I was wondering if you could get the translated mangas online?

mangatron

2004-10-21, 17:09

ah, that ep 03 was funny, I liked that part where they go into the forest. Man, makes me pity Harima....

Next ep ought to be really funny, get to see more of Hanai, and well, it was such a rarity to see a live action music video....and wow, Eri-chan had her hair down!

Shay

2004-10-21, 18:34

Could someone tell me the name of the end theme please?

Secca

2004-10-21, 18:51

ah, that ep 03 was funny, I liked that part where they go into the forest. Man, makes me pity Harima....
Harima is just too sweet. :) He doesn't want to burst the bubble that Tenma tought it was a good policeman who has rescued her. ^^ He's really realy a nice guy. ^^

Tenma. I still cannot believe she didn't recognize him, he's been like sitting next to her with that shades and goatie..... everyday. XD

zalas

2004-10-21, 18:59

Asumanga Daioh reference (think chiyo-chan) (http://img87.exs.cx/img87/8156/School23.jpg)
That's not much of a reference, seeing that any girl with pigtails sticking out would fit. You're just seeing similarities.

Here's the ED single:
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=KICM-91124

mangatron

2004-10-21, 19:34

Harima is just too sweet. :) He doesn't want to burst the bubble that Tenma tought it was a good policeman who has rescued her. ^^ He's really realy a nice guy.

I want to be like Harima :D

cept the being bad with girls part....lol

USB500

2004-10-21, 20:44

That's kinda stretching it isn't it? I thought rin-chan used a sword. If anything it looks more like Kikyo from Inuyasha http://delenn.swmich.edu/~crussell01/Project/people/kikyo.jpg

Sweat! Now I cant wait to see the serious side of Tenma-chan. :love:

Oh, something I made while wasting my time for ep3.
http://img19.exs.cx/img19/1276/schoolrumble00.gif

Burner of Anime

2004-10-21, 22:06

Harima is just too sweet. :) He doesn't want to burst the bubble that Tenma tought it was a good policeman who has rescued her. ^^ He's really realy a nice guy. ^^

That's entirely his problem with girls. :heh: Really, we all probably want to be a bad@$$ like him but minus the glass heart and suck timing. He should just say it out to the girl and suffer the consequences. Oh wait a minute, he did do this but the end result is simply too tragically funny. In fact, he's still suffering from it :twitch:

For the references, oddly enough the segment with Full Postal Tenma was called Broken Arrow in the manga. Jin Kobayashi really does find movie and series titles to fit whatever he intends for the characters. Haven't seen ep3 yet, but there should be a Captain Hook ref. there as well.

Secca

2004-10-21, 22:13

but there should be a Captain Hook ref. there as well.
LOL now that you mention it, there is. I didn't realize it was a reference of Captain Hook. :heh:

sarcasteak

2004-10-21, 22:19

Harima has gone from funny loser to unfunny loser in this episode for me; I don't know how much longer I can stand this sadistic comedy. :(

But the Captain Hook reference rocks, yes. :D

mangatron

2004-10-21, 22:22

LOL now that you mention it, there is. I didn't realize it was a reference of Captain Hook. :heh:

Now wonder why I recognized that scene from somewhere, I was just laughing and smiling too much to remember.... :heh:

Burner of Anime

2004-10-21, 23:38

I'm not sure whether or not the manga is licensed, but I was wondering if you could get the translated mangas online?

Sure you can, Mangainc has graciously translated up to the 5th volume [well, almost anyway]. Quality of translation is an issue but I'm not going to bring this up again :( Most ppl here who can't stand the wait have seen up to volume7 raw, but since most of the jokes are visual it's rather easy to understand. As to the where, that's what Google is for isn't it ? :p

kj1980

2004-10-21, 23:46

Sure you can, Mangainc has graciously translated up to the 5th volume [well, almost anyway]. Quality of translation is an issue but I'm not going to bring this up again :( Most ppl here who can't stand the wait have seen up to volume7 raw, but since most of the jokes are visual it's rather easy to understand. As to the where, that's what Google is for isn't it ? :p

The tankoubons are only up to Volume 6 right now.

The ones serialized in Magazine are what will be included in Volume 7.

Burner of Anime

2004-10-22, 00:20

The tankoubons are only up to Volume 6 right now.

The ones serialized in Magazine are what will be included in Volume 7.

Opps, my bad- would explain why the raw scans for them aren't too good :p

Has there been any new chapters? the last one seen ended up with Akira pointing a gun to both Harima and Hanai's head :heh: Also wonders if the adpatation will reach this far

edit: More spotting, This time Dinosaurs??? :twitch:
http://upload.serverseed.com/pictars4/Jurassic park.jpg
it's from the portion of the manga where Tenma is lost in the forrest :p

Sailor Enlil

2004-10-22, 04:09

It's honestly shocking how many parodies there are in this show. In just the first three episodes we've seen Initial D, star wars, cowboy bebop, Tenchi Muyo, Naruto, Asumanga Daioh, and like 3 other movies and 2 tv shows I can't remember off the top of my head. :)

It would be awesome if we could collect a list of shows/movies/anime parody'ed and keep track of that list because I think it's going to get long. :D

Gosh are they trying to pull an Excel Saga here?

And speaking of parodies, don't you think Tenma's hairstyle, facial expresion, and naivity, all resemble those of the robot maid Mahoro from Mahoromatic?