Takamura Bear

WHAT?1 I just watched Bleach 288 and listened to Kenny...NO, NO , NO NO NO NOOOOOOO...looked it up and...the voice actor changed! David Lodge, who did his AWESOME Kenny work up until the 240's in episodes...LEFT. So now they have this other guy...it's just...it's just not Kenny anymore .___.

Obviously talking about dub.

"WHAT YOU SAY, WHAT YOU SAY"...lol give that man a medal, the one who rustled Beaver's jimmies.

So I saw the cover of that History's Strongest Desciple or however it's spelled and thought "Dayum, that chick's fine wonder what's inside..." holy shiiiiit. The chapter that just released, so much...tease...like srsly. Fucking magic clothe that can always cover nipples and shit ya know?

Well of course I say Grimm-jaw. Exactly, but I was under the impression that the true way to pronounce it was this idiotic way of saying "Greem-jaw". WTF, as much praise as I have for the English dub, why the fuck can't they say GRIMM-JAW! *goes to the most important scene ever...in English dub*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6piHlBLUs9M

Hm, he says "Grimm-jow" rather than "Jaw", which I can accept. Even Nnoitra says it. So wtf Aizen, where did you learn to announce names?

And the best way I can think of to describe Gantz for you is that it's sort of a sci-fi Berserk, though it's not nearly as deep as Berserk. Fantastic, detailed artwork (though admittedly Oku uses a lot of computer work to enhance his art), brutal violence, and a story that you absolutely cannot guess where it's going. Yeah, that's kinda like Berserk, right?

And at this point, especially after 20th/21st Century Boys, I will read anything by Urasawa that is professionally translated. I've been writing Viz Media on a regular basis to see if they are planning to do Billy Bat, which I want to read so bad I can taste it! No response so far... :/

And you left out Otomo! don't tell me you don't like Otomo?

Are there professional English translations of Green Blood or Hideout - I really don't like fansubs...

I am currently in a re-read of Vagabond since the translated Vol. 34 comes out in a few weeks and it's been, like, a year since the last one. Inoue's art is just breathtaking, the amount of detail in every panel, especially the foliage in the backgrounds usually blows me away that that much time and effort was put into one panel! I picked up his art books Water and Sumi just to get more stuff from Vagabond. Not that Sumi's bad, but I cannot recommend Water highly enough if you haven't seen it, it's all color work...

Someone resurrected your Favorite Artists thread and I was astonished to find that you like Takehiko Inoue, Junji Ito and Kentaro Miura as much as I do. I rarely ever come across people who've even read one of these guys and here you've read all three.

I would also add to that list Naoki Urasawa (20th Century Boys), Hiroya Oku (Gantz) and Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira) all of whom are exceptionally talented as well.

I'm a fan of a number of American artists as well, but most often when I see people mention their favorite manga artists, mine are never among them. So, thanks...

Daayum. I'm not sure if it's canon but one of the Omakes said Shizune is 31 years old. Dat milf/cougar! Cougar on Cougar action right there.