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[Dagger]

I wasn't really in the mood for episode 3 until tonight, but I'm glad I saved it for a little while because the action is quite spectacular. Judging by the preview, the next installment will be much more light-hearted--which is great, because although I enjoyed the unrelenting drama and fighting in episode 3, the brief comedic scenes toward the end (not to mention the hilarious post-credits preview) almost killed me. I am still awed by the quality of Bleach's action sequences; the main show-down of this episode has some surprisingly innovative camera angles and feels a lot more dynamic than your average anime slugfest.

Hey, I've got a question for all you manga readers. I actually noticed the same thing as James regarding Tatsuki (is that right?) and Inoue--are there any

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hints about a possible relationship between them in the manga?

I already know which Bleach pairings--canon or not--I'm most likely going to ship. ;)

~Dagger~

[QuincyArcher]

i completely agree about the action sequences in bleach, they are always stellar even in the mangas. thats one of the things that i love most about this series. and as for what Dagger was saying:

Originally Posted By Dagger IX1
"I actually noticed the same thing as James regarding Tatsuki (is that right?) and Inoue--are there any

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hints about a possible relationship between them in the manga?

I think Tatsuki kinda sees herself as Inoue's big sister as well as her best friend, like its her duty to protect Inoue. towards the end of volume 5

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when Inoue faces her first hollow (aside from her brother)

and the end of volume 8 they go into more detail about their relationship if you feel like checking it out. but its nothing huge.

[Billy Shears]

Just a quick heads-up: TechTV is currently airing R.O.D the TV (you can check the TechTV website for the exact schedule), and will start showing Gungrave at midnight on October 12. I was hoping that both of these highly anticipated series would end up on CN, but at least Adult Swim still has the Read or Die OVA.

~Dagger~

Dammit, Dagger! You beat me to the punch 3 times! (just kidding)

The R.o.D airing on Cn was kind of a bummer, so now there are going to be a million Cn otakus clamoring for it like they do for InuYasha.

GitS:Sac is very, very well worth watching. I saw the 2nd volume by my friends house. Great art and action.

[QuincyArcher]

just watched ep 4, but i got Lunar's sub this time instead of ANBU's and i personally think ANBU does a much better job. anyway watching Rukia fumble with the juice box is hilarious, especially when Keigo asked her if he could help with anything.

[Kwai]

Been a while.

I've been following Bleach through the manga for the past two months and have become quite attached to it. However, whenever a manga becomes an anime or vice versa, there is always the apprehensive part inside you that debates whether the anime will be as good as the manga or not. Bleach, so far, has been so so. Of course, this might be because I've read too much and the repetition of the storyline is boring me. I don't think I can make up my decision until the main enemy shifts from

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the hollows over to the shinigamis over in soul society. That's where the real action and fun starts in my opinion.

The manga is currently up to book 14 and looking good. I'd love to see all of those cool shinigami leaders put to animation... At the moment, my favorite character is probably

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Kuchiki Byakuya, followed by Urahara Kisuke. Byakuya's almost cruel indifference combined with his incredible power is very attractive, but Kisuke's happy-go-lucky, yet merciless personality is cool too. I also like most of the shinigami leaders, especially Zaraki Kenbachi.

Big spoiler. Watch it.

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The thing I love about Bleach is how the swords the Shinigamis wield have a name/spirit and a different form when they are unsealed. It spices things up in an otherwise common sword fight animation. Plus, it's fun speculating what the swords look like/their special effects when they are unsealed.

[Dan Rugh]

[ANBU/A-Keep] Bleach 04 was released not too long ago.

It's a very good episode that's mostly about Chad and

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him acquiring a new pet parakeet (I think it's supposed to be a cockatoo, though). Chad finds out that the bird carries a curse with it, but he keeps it anyway. Soon after, he finds himself in several accidents, including a car accident that brings him to the Kurosaki Clinic. There, Ichigo and Rukia notice a large wound on Chad's back that appears to be a hand print from a hollow. It turns out that there is a soul entrapped in the parakeet that constantly attracts a certain hollow that enjoys eating Shinigami. Oh yeah... the bird can talk. lol

I really like Chad as a character. He's a giant with a kind heart.

[QuincyArcher]

Originally Posted by Metatron
"The manga is currently up to book 14 and looking good"

manga-rain has finished up through volume 16 actually, and of course its much farther than that in japan.

and as for what you were saying about the shinigami's (big spoilers ahoy!)

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i really dont like Byakuya Kuchiki because he really seems like a pompus *** and he betrayed Rukia. i also think he might be involved in the conspiracy around terminal duo/the execution. Though i really like Renji, even though he helps Byakuya bring Rukia in, he realizes the error of his ways and joins the "Shinigami uprising" (as i like to call it) along with Kenpachi and the others. he has the coolest sword IMO as well

[Dagger]

Whoa... episode 4 felt really short. ^_^;;

Anyway, Chad is cool. The part where he casually mentioned

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getting hit first by a steel girder and then by a motorbike

was just hysterical. I'm having a hard time suspending my disbelief with regards to his age (especially in Ichigo's flashback!), but I guess that's part of the humor too. Happily, there were some more great sparkly Rukia moments in the first half of the episode.

The

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cockatiel boy

has a rather cute voice. I wonder if we'll get to see

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exactly how his mother was killed?

~Dagger~

[Anime Empress]

Oh! I love bleach. ^_^ It's getting pretty interesting...not to meantion it was good from the start. I like the cell job. The art style and all. It's pretty cool. XD

[QuincyArcher]

just watched ep. 5, best one so far in my opinion. lots of great action. and from the preview

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it looks like kon and urahara will show up in the next episode.

[Dan Rugh]

I watched episode 5 yesterday morning and I was very pleased. That little bird is so cute when he talks, especially when he calls Chad "Oji-chan."

The plot that unfolded in this episode was very interesting:

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the hollow was actually a serial killer that killed Yuuichi's mother and now haunts her son after death. It was sad that Yuuichi died even though he never actually "died."

So... now that the kid has been

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sent to Soul Society, what's gonna happen to the bird? Does Chad keep him for the rest of the series?

[QuincyArcher]

sent to Soul Society, what's gonna happen to the bird? Does Chad keep him for the rest of the series?[/spoiler]

you never see it again in the manga, but could be different for the tv series.

[Dan Rugh]

I just finished reading the manga up to where the story is in the anime. I was surprised that they changed the part about

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Karin getting sick. Did she actually have diarrhea or was something else happening and I'm just dumb? On the other hand, the change that was made when Oushima the bully came to pick on Ichigo at school

worked out better, in my opinion. It made the scene mean more to me. I think Kubotite is making these changes himself because I don't see any reason that the animators would feel it needed to be changed.

I can't believe that they have already used up 12 chapters of the manga for only 5 episodes.

Added spoiler tags. These are pretty minor, but it doesn't hurt to be cautious, ne?

~Dagger~

[Dagger]

I also thought episode 5 was the best thus far. I want to see more of the

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cockatiel boy, darnit! The aural transition from his higher-pitched bird voice to his normal-sounding spirit voice

was actually surprisingly well handled.

The next episode looks as though it will lean more toward comedy than action, although I'm not wholly inclined to place a lot of faith in fifteen-second promos. It was pretty clever of the scriptwriters to make the previews be narrated by characters who have not yet been introduced... I'm curious about the guy who's taken care of the past two previews, not to mention that bizarre plushie/animal/thing which appears in the opening animation.

EDIT: It would be interesting if Kubotite was indeed behind those alterations, Dan. I like the idea of a manga-ka being able to streamline and otherwise improve his work as it undergoes the transition from page to screen.

~Dagger~

[QuincyArcher]

I think Kubotite is making these changes himself because I don't see any reason that the animators would feel it needed to be changed.

actually in the credits Kubotite is only listed for the Original concept and the voice of Kon. so its whoever the director is thats making the changes

[Dagger]

actually in the credits Kubotite is only listed for the Original concept and the voice of Kon. so its whoever the director is thats making the changes

According to ANN, the director of Bleach is Noriyuki Abe. He has also directed Yu Yu Hakusho, Great Teacher Onizuka, Tantei Gakuen Q, Tokyo Mew Mew and Gakkou no Kaiden.

Wow... that's quite a resume, and definitely food for thought. Until I looked this up, I had no idea that the director of Bleach had also been in charge of Yu Yu Hakusho! Maybe this explains a) why his name sounds so familiar, and b) why I instantly took a liking to Bleach. Great Teacher Onizuka and Tokyo Mew Mew are both fan favorites. In a pleasant sort of coincidence, I'm currently on the fifteenth or sixteenth episode of Tantei Gakuen Q, otherwise known as Detective Anime Q. It's surprisingly addictive and well-made.

Yu Yu Hakusho is one of the few super-long shounen action anime with almost no filler and a satisfying ending, so knowing that Bleach has the same director gives me a lot of hope for the future of the anime.

~Dagger~

[QuincyArcher]

i get most of my anime from the good ol' intarweb, its free but near impossible if you dont have broadband. if i like the series i go out and by the dvd's when they release. if they get licensed that is. i really don't care for the stuff that airs on cartoon network/adult swim because the english dubs are always such poor quality IMO.

btw, just watched ep. 6 and the series is getting better and better, im loving it. though they really overplayed the initial encouter with ichigo and kon more than they did in the manga. but i think it turned out for the best.

[Dan Rugh]

I couldn't wait any longer on ANBU/AKeep for episode 6 so I got Lunar for now.

I was very happy to see more characters introduced. The two kids, Jinta and Ururu look like they could be at the center of a lot of mischief going on in future episodes. We also got to see Urahara,

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the shop owner. Exactly what kind of shop is that anyway if they have Shinigami stuff for sale? I guess Urahara, Tessai, Jinta and Ururu have spiritual powers also. The soul candy that Rukia bought there was hilarious, but too bad she couldn't get the kind with the bunny head on top. T_T I thought the whole ordeal with the Mod-Soul Ichigo was very amusing. Is that supposed to be the little bear guy, Kon?

[QuincyArcher]

the shop owner. Exactly what kind of shop is that anyway if they have Shinigami stuff for sale? I guess Urahara, Tessai, Jinta and Ururu have spiritual powers also.[/spoiler]

i doubt the series will get far enough within the first season to go into their backgrounds, but

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Urahara is actually an ex-high ranking shinigami, they really dont go into much detail about his shop but i assume he smuggles items from soul society and sells them. they really don't give much info on the others either but they all have pretty significant spritual powers