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2006-12-01, 09:31 | Link #242 | ||
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1.Washizu dying of a heart attack 2.Washizu dies of heart attack,and Yoshioka and others tries to split the whatever hundreds-million yen Washizu left. But Akagi beats them up and takes the money. Quote:
........Come to think about it,you kindda forget about it sooner or later because you wait so long..besides there's Kaiji and other mangas that could entertain me. I too thought 26 episodes in Washizu Mahjongg would be wayyyy too long.The anime made 6.1 volumes in 13 episodes,so the remaining...8 volumes(I'm assuming Akagi vol.20 will be the end.) can be made into a 12,13 episode series. (or an OVA?)I think I can handle that,considering 13 episodes in the Washizu mansion was quite entertaining,90% due to Washizu. Oh yeah..now I can post this gif I made some while ago: cute,eh? |
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2006-12-01, 22:25 | Link #243 |
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lol, great gif. Washizu in his spoiled brat mode.
The problem with competition anime/manga, though I tend to like them, is that you know that the main char will win and that always diffuses the tension. Though I like Akagi a lot (A-) a couple of episodes could have been cut/condensed to make it tighter. Maybe if they had waited for the Washizu arc to end and made it a more complete 26 ep series it would have been even better. But it does have my favorite anime opening song! |
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On a totally unrelated note, those Akagi figurines look very... un-Akagi ~ ddraggy |
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2006-12-02, 22:50 | Link #245 |
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Heh, that wasn't my intent, but kudos in turning my innocent words into something so perverted...and so freaking hot. Considering the fact that the world of Akagi is devoid of women, it might lead one to start trucking down the hersey highway.
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2007-01-06, 08:54 | Link #250 |
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Seems ntv showed a end-of-the-year Akagi Special. It was aired like 3 in the morning... I found a movie for the last part on youtube, which can be seen here . It's basically about Hagiwara Masato as navigator and explaining the Akagi events in AKAGI'S VOICE!
Personally I think this end-of-the year special proves that ntv is not finished with Akagi..(that or it was just so popular) perhaps there will be more to come..let's hope October :P |
2007-01-06, 20:39 | Link #251 |
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Well, they could animate an OVA showcasing the final rounds of the Washizu-Akagi match, but really, I don't mind the ending. It was awesome. It had all the conclusion one needed ...
I'd bet either a short series (11, 12 or 13 episodes) showcasing the final rounds of the Akagi-Washizu match, or a tightly-packed OVA ... and maybe some yaoi EDIT: Please delete any one of the two posts I did. I didn't realize the previous one was really posted, sorry - some problems with my connection at times. EDIT by Mod: I couldn't figure out which one I should delete, so I combined them instead.
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2007-01-08, 03:09 | Link #252 | |
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Even if they don't finish the match, there's a scene that I really really want to see that happens later on and it's not WashizuxAkagi yaoi Sticking Akagi with Washizu... sorry, just no. Too much of the wrong kind of drool. Maybe if Osamu pays a visit, instead ~ ddraggy |
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2007-01-14, 10:59 | Link #253 |
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Currently up to Ep14 of Akagi, and you know... it reaffirms my belief that anything can be hardcore in anime. I am now awaiting an anime series about life and death situations over flower-arrangements.
Or sewing. Hardcore sewing. Cheers.
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2007-02-07, 13:38 | Link #254 |
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Well, I'm just glad that I persevered in downloading the entire 26-episode batch of this anime! (Thanks, Triad!) Usually, when I download a new episode, I'll just preview/skim through it and watch it later.
But with Akagi, my "preview" of Episode 1 turned into a "marathon" of Episodes 1 through 6! That was two days ago...and just now I've already finished watching the entire series! Talk about "hooked"! :lol: As many have already mentioned, the mahjong part is merely a way of showing just how great of a "diaboloical genius" Akagi is, not just with his mahjong talent, but with the way he can stay calm and manipulate people's minds! |
2007-02-22, 20:20 | Link #255 |
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I can only say you guys know it, Akagi must be one of the greatest anime ever created.
To those that havn't watched it yet, I can recommend these links to get into the pure mindfuck that is Akagi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxXPtbN55NI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C2Eu...elated&search= Also after having seen episode 24 I imagined this as an ending: Spoiler:
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2007-04-16, 10:02 | Link #256 |
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Yeah, great anime. I wonder though. When he arrived on the scene at 13 in 1958 everyone freaked when they heard his age... he looked WAY older than that. To me he didnt look very different except his clothing and he smoked... in his early 20s? Its hard to tell at the end... when they flash to summer 1999 and we see Akagi briefly walking along, but he certainly doesnt look like hes 54. Could it be that Akagi really is a god?
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2007-04-16, 10:30 | Link #257 |
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Or maybe Immortal, and he cant kill himself, but someone else can if hes actually beaten after giving it his all? I mean everything he is involved in in the entire story is a deathmatch practically. Maybe thats a condition(s) of his being able to die. He drives his car off a cliff into the ocean winning the chicken match, and so makes it to shore, WALKS all the way to the mahjong game and Immediately wins a game hes never played before. For high stakes right? Death always threatening but then hes saved. Then the dice game where he seems like he HAS to play fair, like he cant call odd on an even roll, So he WINS in reality but the Yakuza want to kill him anyways. Remember he looks like he CANT WAIT to say even again, knowing someone is at the door but he cant get a word out edgewise and by the time he does hes saved by the cop. The other mahjong player he destroys who has his hands all cut up is ENRAGED after hearing Akagi explain his psychology outside the door, so much so that Akagi's pal nearly shits his pants and encourages Akagi to get away fast... but Akagi walks right up to the guy who says he is going to kill him, but in the end isnt able to. And of course Washizu is intent on killing him, and even the demons on his back seem to go for Akagi at one point but some holy looking sheild magically protects Akagi, deflecting the demons, and I cant imagine Akagi generating that because he seemed perfectly content with the idea of dying anytime. Perhaps the gods were using Akagi as a player in a huge godly tournament, of the best human players against Akagi, with rules that were implied but never spoken. Maybe Akagi knew he was a player and that he probably could never be allowed to die by cheating or losing on purpose, or for any other reason than by being genuinely beaten by a human opponent and so therefor had very little reason to fear death. Yeah Akagi had detailed explainations for all his manipulations, but there was always something more than that logic.. something humans couldnt fathom that gave him his true edge.. and remember in the beginning, he did say he heard these voices... telling him what was behind the tiles..... hmmmmm
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2007-04-16, 10:52 | Link #258 |
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sorry to go on and on but.... the ending... where he sends Washizu seemingly defeated, deflated, drained, to the couch. Even though it seemed as though Akagi exposed him as a coward, worth no more than his money, Washizu still had a significant lot of moneyand wasnt completely beaten. Akagi new he wasnt revealing the TOTAL extent of his saving and by throwing his blood away, antagonized Washizu back to life, stating that they hadnt seen the true Washizu play, hadnt seen his true core yet, and as predictable as ever Washizu leaves the room and brings out his entire secret stash, HIS REAL entire fortune... and as the very end suggests, Akagi won all six rounds, and so took IT ALL from Washizu, stripping him to the core, probably making it impossible for him to escape Japan from his crimes, leaving him nothing if not dead. Akagi truly killed the propped Washizu by removing his wealth/power as was Akagis explicit intention from the very beginning heh. Brutal.
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