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YGY818 · 2003-11-04, 04:05

What happened to this anime. Why isnt it up for downloads anymore.

NoSanninWa · 2003-11-04, 04:17

I've moved this thread. Does that answer the question?

gmackenz · 2003-11-04, 05:54

Bet you now know what happened

See the animenewsnetwork site: LICENSED!

Too bad it happened right before the last subtitled show, the finale of EP 13. Don't worry, as with almost every short (12-13 episode) anime series, the ending totally sucked

I guess they needed somehow end the show as the manga must be no where near finished and the producers probably had to cobble together a real mish-mash. I've only started watching japanese anime shows in the past two years, and I've seen enough to dread the final episode of almost every series I've watched (Azumanga Daioh, Kiddy Grade, Ai Yori Aoshi and Fruits Basket being pretty much the sole exceptions). It's a shame, almost a crime one would hope, the mangling of endings.

Sheesh, the last 5-7 minutes was the worst! They rushed to "tie" up loose ends and made it very confusing to people who might have really thought they were following along the show somewhat closely. Whenever a show requires a montage with a voice-over to "tell" us what's going to happen and who's what and what's going to happen next...Watch out and hold your noses!

beanieboy007 · 2003-11-04, 07:02

an unfortunate event of licencing.

however, it is sopposed to be released in early-mid 2004, so not a bad turn-around.

aquilus · 2003-11-04, 10:43

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Originally Posted by gmackenz

Too bad it happened right before the last subtitled show, the finale of EP 13. Don't worry, as with almost every short (12-13 episode) anime series, the ending totally sucked

Alas, alas, true. If one desperately wants to see the last episode, it can probably be aquired with even less legal means...but the same applies to pretty much anything.

nojevo · 2003-11-04, 16:58

ikkitousen licensed ROFLMAO! this is really a sad year for anime industry in the states. First divergance eve and now this. There are much better shows to license but they end up taking something not worth wasting 30 bucks for a dvd. It seems that mainstream anime watchers wants a lot of boobies and fanservice.

Akiace · 2003-11-04, 18:00

This is shocking! I don't know it's licensed at all!! And with only one more episode to go!!!! I never thought this series would ever get licensed.

ff7799 · 2003-11-04, 21:14

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Originally Posted by Akiace

This is shocking! I don't know it's licensed at all!! And with only one more episode to go!!!! I never thought this series would ever get licensed.

Well I did release the subb for episode 13 however I had to remove it as soon as it was lisenced, if your lucky you might be able to find a copy on direct connect or kazaa.

gmackenz · 2003-11-04, 23:10

Don't worry about that last episode...Like I stated earlier...Very stinky mess 'o' stuff not really worth your time, even if you did "like" this show for the first 12 episodes.

I wish Stellvia was licensed, not this, and certainly NOT Divergence Eve...Ugh.

Back to the better shows...

P.S. I have to say it was the most curious thing to go to the official web site for Ikki-T and see for each episode a "Special Shot of the Episode!" of a portion of female anatomy in up close and personal...Fan service to a whole new level. So this was a "historical" anime huh

Hast · 2003-11-05, 08:41

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Originally Posted by gmackenz

P.S. I have to say it was the most curious thing to go to the official web site for Ikki-T and see for each episode a "Special Shot of the Episode!" of a portion of female anatomy in up close and personal...Fan service to a whole new level. So this was a "historical" anime huh

Heh, that was a funny page. I like that they made three "recommended" shots for each episode as well. Too bad I don't know enough japanese to read the comments. :-)

7thMethuselah · 2003-11-06, 02:07

can anyone tell me what happened in that last episode?
I just wanna know what the ending was ...

Aargh couldn't they wait to license it a week or two longer

Akiace · 2003-11-06, 02:32

yeah, can someone provide the spoiler to the ending? How bad can it get?

Wolfwood2970 · 2003-11-06, 08:34

wow im real sad that ikkitousen got licenced.... NOT

man this anime was really really just based on sex appeal and such

Like in the anime randomly clothes would be tourn off by a punch and at random times she'd just be in weird positions saying weird things

oh well anyways im not a big fan of this after watching episode 6 (i was expecting it to get better cuz of course i dont judge an anime in like 3 eps) I was greatly dissapointed at the lack of everything

Carrackus · 2003-11-07, 13:08

heh yeah it was licensed. the manga is going to be called Battle Vixens (crap!) by tokyopop.

It actually wasnt a bad series despite the fanservice (i liked it *grin*). the story i thought was neat.

Iron Monkey · 2003-11-07, 23:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by nojevo

ikkitousen licensed ROFLMAO! this is really a sad year for anime industry in the states. First divergance eve and now this. There are much better shows to license but they end up taking something not worth wasting 30 bucks for a dvd. It seems that mainstream anime watchers wants a lot of boobies and fanservice.

Well, they did license Mouse. That has to tell you some of the quality lincenses out there. My guess is it's probably cheap, so companies are probably like, meh, can't be any harm in doing it.

gmackenz · 2003-11-10, 14:10

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Originally Posted by Akiace

yeah, can someone provide the spoiler to the ending? How bad can it get?

Well, extremely lame in my opinion

Here's my muddled take on the mess:

I no longer have the show, and it is blissfully fading in memory.

Spoiler:

Ending...Hmm. Hakufu has the annoying creepy womanizer guy (Saji) by the throat and we realize that somehow the newly dead Toutaku has taken over her body and is intent on killing just about everybody left I guess. Hafuku's cousin Koukin tries to intervene and "wake" her up and gets pummeled. Finally Hafuku overcome's Toutaku's spirit and regains control. Not before she's killed (I think) Kannei, the crazy guy with the iron pipe weapons (finally!) by stomping his mad head into a bloody smear.

So does Saji get punished for arranging all of this, torturing Koukin and the big guy Gakushuu, causing crazy-boy with the iron pipe fetish to go crazy, and betraying, well, everybody's confidence? Nope, next day he's in the hospital and Ryomou is visiting him (catches him groping some nurse, but she doesn't seem to mind all that. All is forgiven! Sheesh.

Hafuku finally has a showdown match with Ukitsu (see images here: website ) and they are destined to kill one or the other, supposedly Hafuku. Ukitsu is so excited she takes off the weights she normally wears around her wrists and ankles Hafuku gets pummeled like always, until almost naked she awakes the dragon thingy in herself and almost kills Ukitsu, who coincidently also becomes close to naked. As this is happening, Hafuku's mom and the old geezer from the Hot Springs episode are talking about Hafuku's destiny to die at the hands of Ukitsu...But both are so stupid according to the geezer, so they will ignore destiny and live to fight on.

What!?! My disbelief at what a crazy turn this show makes me laugh out loud at this point.

Hafuku suppresses the dragon-spirit-thingy, tears off the Megitama-Blue Seed earring abd cheerfully Ukitsu follows suit. So the fight ends in a draw.

Bleh!

Finally, a montage of scenes rapidly follow as time is running out on the episode. Toutaku's female follower takes the mark of the emperor to another school and pledges her loyalty (It's the group led by the napping dude who vanquished Hafuku's school in the tournement previously) and lots of silly narration by the old geezer about the history of the conflict of the Three Kingdoms...Blah Blah Blah.

And that's it...As I remember and despise.

7thMethuselah · 2003-11-10, 14:40

doomo arigato gozaimasu!

at least i know how it ends

kamij0 · 2003-11-21, 22:48

man .. that was a bad ending ...
luckily i never watch

Hao Asakura · 2003-11-22, 00:03

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Originally Posted by kamij0

man .. that was a bad ending ...
luckily i never watch

IMO, the ending wasn't that bad. It's just the story has never been better since the beginning

PocariSweat · 2003-11-23, 03:20

I'm also astonished at the crap that's getting licensed this season. Really, I have to laugh - in the race to pre-license stuff sight-unseen, it seems the distributors are really picking up some steaming hunks of cabbit droppings.

I remember starting a joke thread awhile back saying their maybe some U.S. studios are watching this board - so instead of raving about stuff we like (and having it licensed before complete), we should use reverse psychology and be saying stuff "Gee, I hope they license *Mouse* instead of that boring Scrapped Princess - *Mouse* is so kewl!" (SP was still airing then). Now I'm beginning to wonder if it actually worked!

2003-11-04, 04:05	Link #1
YGY818 Inactive Member Join Date: Nov 2003	Ikkitousen What happened to this anime. Why isnt it up for downloads anymore.

2003-11-04, 04:17	Link #2
NoSanninWa Weapon of Mass Discussion Fansubber Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: New York, USA	I've moved this thread. Does that answer the question? __________________ There's not that fine a line between willing suspension of disbelief and something just being stupid.

2003-11-04, 05:54	Link #3
gmackenz Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Oakland, CA Age: 59	Bet you now know what happened See the animenewsnetwork site: LICENSED! Too bad it happened right before the last subtitled show, the finale of EP 13. Don't worry, as with almost every short (12-13 episode) anime series, the ending totally sucked I guess they needed somehow end the show as the manga must be no where near finished and the producers probably had to cobble together a real mish-mash. I've only started watching japanese anime shows in the past two years, and I've seen enough to dread the final episode of almost every series I've watched (Azumanga Daioh, Kiddy Grade, Ai Yori Aoshi and Fruits Basket being pretty much the sole exceptions). It's a shame, almost a crime one would hope, the mangling of endings. Sheesh, the last 5-7 minutes was the worst! They rushed to "tie" up loose ends and made it very confusing to people who might have really thought they were following along the show somewhat closely. Whenever a show requires a montage with a voice-over to "tell" us what's going to happen and who's what and what's going to happen next...Watch out and hold your noses!

2003-11-04, 07:02	Link #4
beanieboy007 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Age: 41	an unfortunate event of licencing. however, it is sopposed to be released in early-mid 2004, so not a bad turn-around.

2003-11-04, 16:58	Link #6
nojevo Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Isla del Encanto	ikkitousen licensed ROFLMAO! this is really a sad year for anime industry in the states. First divergance eve and now this. There are much better shows to license but they end up taking something not worth wasting 30 bucks for a dvd. It seems that mainstream anime watchers wants a lot of boobies and fanservice.

2003-11-04, 18:00	Link #7
Akiace Member Join Date: Jul 2003	This is shocking! I don't know it's licensed at all!! And with only one more episode to go!!!! I never thought this series would ever get licensed.

2003-11-04, 23:10	Link #9
gmackenz Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Oakland, CA Age: 59	Don't worry about that last episode...Like I stated earlier...Very stinky mess 'o' stuff not really worth your time, even if you did "like" this show for the first 12 episodes. I wish Stellvia was licensed, not this, and certainly NOT Divergence Eve...Ugh. Back to the better shows... P.S. I have to say it was the most curious thing to go to the official web site for Ikki-T and see for each episode a "Special Shot of the Episode!" of a portion of female anatomy in up close and personal...Fan service to a whole new level. So this was a "historical" anime huh

2003-11-06, 02:07	Link #11
7thMethuselah Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Antwerp area, Belgium, Europa Age: 48	can anyone tell me what happened in that last episode? I just wanna know what the ending was ... Aargh couldn't they wait to license it a week or two longer

2003-11-06, 02:32	Link #12
Akiace Member Join Date: Jul 2003	yeah, can someone provide the spoiler to the ending? How bad can it get?

2003-11-06, 08:34	Link #13
Wolfwood2970 Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Age: 37	wow im real sad that ikkitousen got licenced.... NOT man this anime was really really just based on sex appeal and such Like in the anime randomly clothes would be tourn off by a punch and at random times she'd just be in weird positions saying weird things oh well anyways im not a big fan of this after watching episode 6 (i was expecting it to get better cuz of course i dont judge an anime in like 3 eps) I was greatly dissapointed at the lack of everything

2003-11-07, 13:08	Link #14
Carrackus Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Age: 39	heh yeah it was licensed. the manga is going to be called Battle Vixens (crap!) by tokyopop. It actually wasnt a bad series despite the fanservice (i liked it grin). the story i thought was neat.

2003-11-10, 14:40	Link #17
7thMethuselah Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Antwerp area, Belgium, Europa Age: 48	doomo arigato gozaimasu! at least i know how it ends

2003-11-21, 22:48	Link #18
kamij0 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003	man .. that was a bad ending ... luckily i never watch

2003-11-23, 03:20	Link #20
PocariSweat ポカリが？どんな動物ですか？ Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: あんたの頭の中	I'm also astonished at the crap that's getting licensed this season. Really, I have to laugh - in the race to pre-license stuff sight-unseen, it seems the distributors are really picking up some steaming hunks of cabbit droppings. I remember starting a joke thread awhile back saying their maybe some U.S. studios are watching this board - so instead of raving about stuff we like (and having it licensed before complete), we should use reverse psychology and be saying stuff "Gee, I hope they license Mouse instead of that boring Scrapped Princess - Mouse is so kewl!" (SP was still airing then). Now I'm beginning to wonder if it actually worked!