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[MoonlessNight]

Speaking of Bebop and Trigun, they are in the works of continueing the series. I can't wait for them too and when they do i will have to change my answers to those two.

You're talking about Trigun and not Cowboy Bebop, right? I could see a continuation of Trigun, but Bebop is a closed story as far as I'm concerned.

 

[tionfyre]

Please! No sequels >.<

I thought both series left you just where they shouldve. Wanting more. They were perfect endings.

 

[Susan]

Please! No sequels >.<

I thought both series left you just where they should've. Wanting more. They were perfect endings.

Agreed, although the Trigun ending was a bit open IMHO, the Bebop ending was *the end,* and I don't see the point in an official continuation for either series.

As a fanfiction writer, I'm especially against a continuation for Trigun: the open ending was ideal for fanworks, and an official sequel that totally explains everything and wraps everything up (as I heard the manga may have eventually) would be nowhere near as interesting as all the speculations and theories.

 

[Lyle]

Speed racer No, not by a long shot (sorry Speed fans). It's Trigun hands down

 

[Breetai]

Am I the only Robotech fanboy here? I feel lonely.

 

[ThePhoenix]

Rah Xephon and Lain. I probably win the most obscure choices here award. Rah Xephon is what Eva should have been if it wasn't slapped together, and Lain is just... Lain. Indescribable. Brilliant.


Cowboy Bebop and Trigun were great, but not as good as those two. I personally would like a Trigun movie, that would be nice (see the characters again) without tying too much up. The cowboy bebop movie worked perfectly with the show, and something like that with trigun would be good.

 

[Blessed-one]

oh, a Trigun movie would be fairly interesting. Imagine all the funny moves Vash would make...

 

[Susan]

oh, a Trigun movie would be fairly interesting. Imagine all the funny moves Vash would make...

LOL. . .if it was set in-series or even post-series and if it were NOT live-action like the upcoming Eva movie *shudders*, it could be good if it were done well. My main problems with a continuation, movie or series, would be if it was made as a simple attempt to milk the franchise complete with rewrites and changes to make it "more American" (coughcoughBig O Season 2coughcough), or if it's like the manga ending appears to be ever so slowly inching toward from those in the know that I know (highlight for rumor I heard)

Spoiler:The manga is rumored to eventually end in any of the following: a mutual death of Vash and Knives, the series becoming some kind of *intentional* sloppy religious allegory like Eva, or Vash dying at the hands of Knives.

An ending like these would, IMHO, indeed wrap everything up-but it would be *too* wrapped up, too closed to speculation and debate, except by grumpy fans who didn't want to see it go that way. As it is, weak ending or no, it's open and one can draw their own conclusions.

 

[MoonlessNight]

rewrites and changes to make it "more American" (coughcoughBig O Season 2coughcough)

Considering that Cartoon Network was one of the producers of the show for the second season it isn't that surprising that they tried to make it have more of an appeal for an American audience, but it is a little sad.

 

[Draco]

Bebop did not end. They are in the works of continuing it. A few of my friends that are way more into anime then i am found some anime site that was talking about it. They said that they are thinking about it. It may happen and it may not happen. They said as long as Spike is alive they will try to continue it.

 

[SenseiPenPen]

Am I the only Robotech fanboy here? I feel lonely.

Nope. I've seen most of the series, read all of the novels, own quite a few of the role playing books and built several models... I love Robotech. I like Macross better, though. And Rah Xephon. Episode 19 of Rah Xephon is by far the best half hour of animation I've ever seen.

Naruto's my current addiction, though. Yay, Naruto!

 

[Susan]

Hey Draco LOL I hate to tell you, LOL, but LOL Spike died in the final episode. Shhhhh. Don't tell anybody.

Ahahaha. ~.~

 

[SAint Mark]

Ranma ½ is one of my favourites one of the first animes I saw. Rurouni Kenshin is the best manga I read. Can't get enough of samurais.

 

[Pete Harcoff]

Grave of the Fireflies, bar none. Not only one of the best, if not the best, anime ever made, it's also one of the best anti-war films ever made.

 

[important]

berserk is the best anime ever

 

[Ardagnirion]

my favorite anime now must be Tenchi Muyo or Inu yasha

 

[Koryu]

My favorite anime is Rurouni Kenshin, that it is.

 

[elkano788]

my fav is megatokyo. of course, that's the only manga i've ever read, and mom won't let me have anything to do with the japanese because she has a grudge against the entire nation for the Bataan Death March
i used to watch escaflowne as a kid and loved it, but i stopped when they started up with the whole tarot card bit.

 

[SAint Mark]

My favorite anime is Rurouni Kenshin, that it is.

Have you seen the whole thing? It's really good until ep 65 or something and then the storyline of the anime departs from the manga, that it does .

Rurouni Kenshin would have been my favourite anime if they stopped making it when they caught up with the manga.

 

[Blessed-one]

Grave of the Fireflies, bar none. Not only one of the best, if not the best, anime ever made, it's also one of the best anti-war films ever made.

it's great! but it's too sad. There's no way i'm gonna watch it a second time.