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Old 2009-03-23, 12:25   Link #541
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Going by the official site, the ninth DVD volume (which goes on sale 26th August, my Birthday ) will feature a DVD episode - Tensai Bishoujo Kagakusha Rachel-chan Episode 1. The Rachel-chan manga has been published in Champion RED Ichigo as a side story.
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Old 2009-03-23, 20:33   Link #542
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if there's anything i have to say about Linebarrel, it's one thing: if only GONZO can keep the quality of this series consistently, being as good as the final four episode (contrived plot twist excepted), they won't be in this dire financial situation.
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Old 2009-03-24, 03:19   Link #543
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i first watch this and expect a trainwreck like dragonaut , but it turns out not that bad in the end, and much better than dragonaut, but still fall very short compare to Gonzo magnum opus Last Exile tho T_T. Ending is average cliched stuff but I like it much better than those bs inconclusive ending nowaday. <3 the ED.
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Old 2009-03-24, 19:53   Link #544
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Wait... who the hell were you expecting Kouichi to get paired up with?

Sorry but it was quite clear from the first episode that it was gonna be KouEmi.
true kouichi liked emi not the other girls other already kissed him girl in painkiller dont know the name and his best friend
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Old 2009-03-25, 00:14   Link #545
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if there's anything i have to say about Linebarrel, it's one thing: if only GONZO can keep the quality of this series consistently, being as good as the final four episode (contrived plot twist excepted), they won't be in this dire financial situation.
Which is funny since Linebarrel is one of the reasons why Gonzo is in it's situation though judging from DVD sales and figures it's doing considerably better than Dragonaut ever did.
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Old 2009-03-25, 17:08   Link #546
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Hey guys, can we just pretend Dragonaut never happened? I don't like to think about it. ;____;
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Old 2009-03-25, 17:55   Link #547
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Wait... who the hell were you expecting Kouichi to get paired up with?

Sorry but it was quite clear from the first episode that it was gonna be KouEmi.
I knew that. I stopped watching after episode 3. I downloaded the last two episodes when i read that KouEmi was mortally wounded , but alas i was just fooled.

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Hey guys, can we just pretend Dragonaut never happened? I don't like to think about it. ;____;
lol! the pain! the pain!
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Old 2009-03-25, 18:03   Link #548
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^ The pain indeed, but this series at least didn't go anywhere near that path.
But I don't think you could ever feel for the series considering you skipped to the final last two episodes...what a waste
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Old 2009-03-25, 19:58   Link #549
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Why didn't they have the other mecha kids talk aleast one line like "who are you" or something. They maybe are the alternate kouichi and ami or maybe another set a heros that did a heroic sacafice that may them ended up there as well. It was a good ep,
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Old 2009-03-25, 20:18   Link #550
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^ The pain indeed, but this series at least didn't go anywhere near that path.
But I don't think you could ever feel for the series considering you skipped to the final last two episodes...what a waste
well, i read all the chapters of the manga that were available back then. Then realizing that it was a gonzo show, i knew they will diverge from the manga. So i stopped. I think the last anime that I watched a show from Gonzo all through was Dragonauts, thus why i said "the pain! the pain!".

Recently I am becoming more selective on what I watch. I used to watch everything that I could download, now I am more selective. Anyway, I don't know why you say it was a waste. I just wanted to see if Emi was going to stay dead or not.
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Old 2009-03-26, 18:01   Link #551
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well, i read all the chapters of the manga that were available back then. Then realizing that it was a gonzo show, i knew they will diverge from the manga. So i stopped. I think the last anime that I watched a show from Gonzo all through was Dragonauts, thus why i said "the pain! the pain!".

Recently I am becoming more selective on what I watch. I used to watch everything that I could download, now I am more selective. Anyway, I don't know why you say it was a waste. I just wanted to see if Emi was going to stay dead or not.
Dude, wise decision on your part and you didn't miss much at all. I'm pretty much a perfectionist so after sitting through 12 episodes I wasn't gonna drop it regardless, I don't regret it since I didn't waste my hardrive at all
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Old 2009-03-26, 18:06   Link #552
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well, i read all the chapters of the manga that were available back then. Then realizing that it was a gonzo show, i knew they will diverge from the manga. So i stopped. I think the last anime that I watched a show from Gonzo all through was Dragonauts, thus why i said "the pain! the pain!".

Recently I am becoming more selective on what I watch. I used to watch everything that I could download, now I am more selective. Anyway, I don't know why you say it was a waste. I just wanted to see if Emi was going to stay dead or not.
But considering that Dragonauts WAS just literally plucked from thin air...that is to expected.

At least this had some sort of base and as for the reasons why it was a waste (purely a personal opinion mind you), you might like to read this.
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Old 2009-03-26, 18:21   Link #553
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But considering that Dragonauts WAS just literally plucked from thin air...that is to expected.

At least this had some sort of base and as for the reasons why it was a waste (purely a personal opinion mind you), you might like to read this.
That's all find and dandy that "you" enjoyed it but your missing the big picture here, the changes made in the animated version was not meant to not enhance the story but to sell the damn dvds which has been Gonzo's method to reaching out to the otaku fanbase in the recent years, the show had it's moments but beyond that there was nothing but cheese all around, nothing noteworthy nothing memorable just cheese but it seems like viewers nowadays like cheese.
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Old 2009-03-26, 18:46   Link #554
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So here I am putting some thought back into the series (as in why it my not be so bad afterall) and you dismiss it as nothing but cheese.
Ironically Bleach is one of those biggest bullshit cheese "brands" out there but it seems like you are a fan of it
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Old 2009-03-26, 18:56   Link #555
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I liked this series more than I thought I would, it probably helped that it didn't take itself too seriously. At the end I only have one burning question, what was Yamashita's gender ?
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Old 2009-03-26, 18:56   Link #556
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But considering that Dragonauts WAS just literally plucked from thin air...that is to expected.

At least this had some sort of base and as for the reasons why it was a waste (purely a personal opinion mind you), you might like to read this.
gonzo is really in dire needs to get good writers and they need to try new things. they wonder why they have financial problems. they keep making anime in the same way and try NEW business models. That is where the problem is. they think the reason that their products are not selling well is because of the internet and that they need new business models. they keep resisting to admit that the reason is because of the way they are making anime.

Studios like J.C staff , Kyoani and Gainax don't seem to be doing as bad. Gonzo keep paying good money for license of Manga to just do as they please and just use the manga name to entice the fanbase to watch and buy the DVD.
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Sadly, Gonzo is expecting the western fanbase to react as they think they would like in Japan but really...with the internet and all, the proportion of people going out and buy DVDs is next to none compared to the leechers, especially since a lot of fans are skimpy with money. Occasionally though Gonzo do produce good stuff but fans are too preoccupied to just damn their name because of the automatic preassumption that Gonzo = crap. While I agree that they do slip up at times, so does a lot of other companies...besides Kyoani who are just being rained upon with sakura petals <----- sarcasm.
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Old 2009-03-26, 19:15   Link #558
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Occasionally though Gonzo do produce good stuff but fans are too preoccupied to just damn their name because of the automatic preassumption that Gonzo = crap.
This. I mean yeah i've had my far share of hate on Dragonaut, we all have because it's the cool think to do, though i don't dislike Gonzo, and there are far to many people who hate on them for reasons i can't agree with. There are plenty of manga adaptations that end up the same way as the one's Gonzo handle, though we don't see people hating on the studio as much as we do with the Gonzo haters. There are just far to many of them that go ott when it's not needed. This time is one of them.

I'll stick up for Linebarrel, because seriously like Deathkillz is saying, it's not that bad of a show. Like i've said before, yes it's a shame it wasn't dark like the manga is, though i've got nothing against watching a cheesy mecha show with fanservice --- like a lot of people.
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So here I am putting some thought back into the series (as in why it my not be so bad afterall) and you dismiss it as nothing but cheese.
Ironically Bleach is one of those biggest bullshit cheese "brands" out there but it seems like you are a fan of it
So now instigating my tastes are bad based on my avatar? Way to contradict yourself and your entire argument. Not once have I mocked you or anyone for enjoying the this anime, I was stating that if you can look pass the marketing strategy Gonzo used to sell the dvds and garner viewership, then your in denial, because there is nothing of high quality being put here, the story and writing are both weak and the characters leave more to be desire but series strong points are it's mechas, fights and well boobs, there's nothing wrong for liking it for those reasons alone but to put actual thought into it is assinine.
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gonzo is really in dire needs to get good writers and they need to try new things. they wonder why they have financial problems. they keep making anime in the same way and try NEW business models. That is where the problem is. they think the reason that their products are not selling well is because of the internet and that they need new business models. they keep resisting to admit that the reason is because of the way they are making anime.

Studios like J.C staff , Kyoani and Gainax don't seem to be doing as bad. Gonzo keep paying good money for license of Manga to just do as they please and just use the manga name to entice the fanbase to watch and buy the DVD.
This. Granted this isn't Gonzo's first adaptation travesty (cough "Hellising" cough) you can obviously see there methods in getting people to watch and buy these past years. With Dragonaut it was tits and mecha and with Linebarrels it's tits, mecha based on an ongoing series, so not only have they alienated fans of the original but they've destroyed any ambiance of the original material and the fact that they don't seek to improve makes it worse.
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Old 2009-03-26, 19:30   Link #560
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Oh dear no, I was just retorting the "nothing noteworthy nothing memorable just cheese but it seems like viewers nowadays like cheese." statement as it seemed like you really hated "cheese" and to bring you to light that Bleach is all about cheese if you, yourself haven't noticed, that's all. And while it is true you haven't mocked anyone, you sure are mocking the series in an uncontrolled manner which makes you look like a troll (and I apologise if that isn't your intention, it's just a feeling).

Well anyway, I don't watch anime for the sake of looking at their marketing strategy or whatnot so frankly I don't give a damn if Gonzo tries to bribe viewers with BOOBS as I know it won't be working on me. What did work though was the story, the ending and the enjoyment of this series for being a "guilty pleasure".
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