The
Anime Turnpike - Your one stop site to
the rest of the Anime & Manga internet world! This place contains links
to almost every anime/manga site on the web!Or try the European mirror site.
The following links are of gerenal/various anime I've encountered while searching the internet. Only the web pages that I find exceptional are listed here. If you know of any really impressive anime page that I don't have up here (or you think its better than one already up), then please e-mail me the URL and I'll take a look at it. I will be adding/updating the links contained here regularly.
General anime pages :
The
Anime Turnpike - Your one stop site to
the rest of the Anime & Manga internet world! This place contains links
to almost every anime/manga site on the web!Or try the European mirror site.
Serpent's Anime Page - This is one huge anime site with lots of multimedia files and info pertaining to all sorts of anime. Very well done - I highly recommend checking this place out!
Anime Theme - Looking for anime desktop themes for your Windows95 PC, then look no farther than here. This page has by far the coolest web page I've seen in awhile, a very slick interface (takes advantage of Netscape 4.0/MSIE 4.0 browsers).
The Ultimate Animanga Archive - Some information but LOTS of pictures of several popular anime series.
The World of Ranma 1/2 - A great page with tons of interesting stuff like interviews, summaries of movies, pictures, music, and lots more. A very slick and organized page indeed!
Resort Ranma - This is one unique web page! It is like a complete tour of a "Ranma" vacation resort if one existed. Definatly one to check out!
Ranma 1/2 Universe - A fairly large site. However, this site hasn't been updated for awhile.
A Guide to Ranma 1/2 Fan Fiction - The largest Ranma 1/2 fan fiction site on the web. Ranma 1/2 fan fiction are fictitious stories (and I thought Ranma 1/2 was real too =) ), involving some aspect of the series, written by fans of the series.
Ranma 1/2 Links Around the World - A nice Ranma 1/2 link page with plenty of links. What's especially useful about the web page is that it contains ratings on all its links done by people who've visited the sites.
Other specific anime pages:
I tried to find the best sites I could find pertaining to each of the following anime. I highly recommend any of these!Ah! Megami-sama Universe! (Ah! My Goddess) - WOW! This is by far the best Ah! My Goddess web page I've ever encountered! All the info you could ever need or want, plus b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l images. Another good page is the Relief Goddess Office Homepage!
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Team Head Quarters - A very impressive Sailor Moon page with tons of information about the series' plots and characters. The page also has lots of multimedia files on-line. This is not a place to miss!
Record of Lodoss War Home Page - Pretty cool page. Has character profiles, info about the series, lots of pictures (very organized), and it contains MP3 songs from Record of Loddoss War Volume 1 CD too.
Tenchiverse - This place has everything you ever needed to know about Tenchi Muyo!. There is a ton of stuff covering all the different series plus interviews and more.
Tomobiki-cho - This page contains a wealth of info regarding the series Urusei Yatsura. Anything you ever wanted to know about this great series, you'll find it here!
Anime Manufacturer/Distributor Company Homepages:
Below are some links to some of the larger anime manufacturer/distributors out there.A.D. Vision - Home of many popular anime such as Neon Genesis Evangelion, Blue Seed, Devil Hunter Yohko, and more.
AnimEigo -They distribute tons of dubs/subs of various anime including well known series such as Ah! My Goddess!, Bubble Gum Crisis, Urusei Yatsura, and more.
Manga USA - Distributor of various titles including Ghost in Shell and some others.
Pioneer Entertainment Anime - Pioneer's anime homepage. Distributor of Tenchi Muyo!, Armitage, El Hazard, and more.
U.S. Manga Corps - Home of Dominion, Patlabor, Record of Loddoss Wars, and a ton more.
VIZ Communications Homepage -The homepage of the U.S. distributer of Ranma 1/2 comics, videos and merchandise, as well as other various anime and manga titles. Also home of the magazine Animerica, the leading japanimation magazine publication in the U.S.. I never thought that cartoons could cost soooo much on video cassette!
Anime Web Rings:
What are web rings? What web rings do is serve as a sort of guide to other related sites. One person starts a ring, and a bunch of other sites join it. Soon, a bunch of web pages pertaining to the ring criteria are connected to each other so they are all easy to connect to. This way, more hits are achieved on a web page - sort of like an advertisement. The anime rings listed here are just a few of a TON out there for anime - there are usually multiple rings for each popular anime title/series. For the rings listed below, I tried to find the larger rings but there are probably larger ones. For more information about web rings, try looking at the Web Ring Organization Homepage.Ah! Megami-Sama! (Ah! My Goddess!) - The Ah! My Goddess! web ring.
Akira Ring of Destruction - Web ring for the popular movie, Akira.
Anime Web Ring - A huge web ring for all sorts of anime started a while back ago.
Cute Cute Anime Ring - A web ring with a bunch of "cutesy" anime pages. Also, check out the Anime Ring of Cuteness.
Dragon Ball Z Ring - One of a few rings for Dragon Ball Z.
The Neon Genesis Evangelion Ring - Ring for Neon Genesis Evangelion series.
Ranma 1/2 Aqua Ring - Supposively the oldest of the Ranma 1/2 rings.
The Record of Lodoss War Ring - Web ring for Lodoss Wars.
Sailor Moon Ring of Power - One of TONS of Sailor Moon web rings out there.
Tenchi Ring - Ring for Tenchi Muyo! series.
anime.berkeley.edu - Arguably one of the internet's largest anime/manga ftp sites! Movies/music/pics/info/etc.
ftp.tcp.com -
Another notably large site - mostly pics/sounds
but there's a lot more.
iczer1.usacomputers.net - Another huge anime ftp site! Images/movies/fanfics/sounds
www.anime.usacomputers.net - Very extensive collection of images from lots of anime and some movies/sounds. Very organized.
Bigfire's FTP Site - Lots of images from various anime (and some other stuff too).
But first, what the ratings mean - I don't know though, this star concept is kind of complicated. Also indicated is the version of the film I saw, either the subtitled or dubbed english version.
***** - Damn this is good!
****- Pretty good, you probably don't want to be missing this one.
*** - Not great, not horrible - maybe the comic book would be more enjoyable.
** - Hmm....what to watch? This or 90210? Oh wait! Melrose Place is on!
* - It doesn't get any worse than this - which is why this is deserving of the distinguished single star.
| Title | Subtitled or Dubbed | Rating | Commentary |
| Akira | dub | **** | Pretty good, for a dubbed anime. This is one of the more reknown anime titles - although a bit confusing at times, a great film overall. |
| Appleseed | sub | *** | It was kinda boring, but some may think otherwise because it addresses a serious issue. |
| Battle Angel | dub | **** | This one isn't bad, not bad storyline and good art . This anime is also known as Gunnm or Battle Angel Alita . |
| Cyber City Odeo 808 data 1 | sub | *** | Interesting theme, can't say too much about the film itself though. |
| Dominion (Tank Police) | sub | **** | This was the anime that started it all for me - fairly good (and funny). |
| Fist of the North Star | dub | **** | If you like loads of killing with blood and guts spilling everywhere along with a slew of characters, this one might be made for you! |
| Judge | sub | *** | OK at best, plot wasn't that impressive. |
| MD Geist | sub | ** | Boring. The back of the box looked cool though. |
| Mermaid's Forrest | sub | **** | Another great title done by the infamous Rumiko Takahashi (creater of Ranma 1/2) - kind of slow paced though. |
| Mermaid's Scar | dub | *** | I don't know if it was the english dub or just the story line that ruined this sequel to Mermaid's Forrest. |
| Ranma 1/2 series | sub/dub | ***** | This is just one of the best series I've ever seen - very humorous too! I think I've said enough about this anime on this page already. =) |
| Ranma 1/2 Movie 1 | dub | *** | This movie wasn't all so great - the plot was kinda stupid and it wasn't even that funny or enjoyable to watch. I sure hope the other movies are better than this! |
| Record of Lodoss Wars | sub | ***** | Wow, this is one great series - the storyline and the characters are especially good! This series will especially appeal to any RPG or Dragonlance(and the like) fans. |
| Tenchi Muyo! OAV series | sub | ***** | The OAV (made for home release) series is great! Just wish I could see how the regular is. |
| Tenchi in Love (Tenchi Muyo! the movie) | dub | *** | OK at best. I didn't find watching the movie very enjoyable - rather boring to watch. |
| Urusei Yatsura | sub | **** | Don't let the somewhat old and nutty video boxes deceive you to be a bad anime, cause this one is pretty good! I think it was this series which popularized Rumiko Takahashi, creator of Ranma 1/2. The series is pretty funny but the comedy gets old, fast , and the art is rather rough. As you watch these series, it's pretty interesting how you can see how much of the art/characters from Ranma 1/2 develop from the characters in this anime. |
| Urusei Yatsure Movies 2, 3 & 4 | sub | *** | I didn't like these movies very much. Rather than having a comedic approach to the plots, they were all rather dark and weren't very enjoyable. Probably scared the little kids. =) |
| Urusei Yatsure Movie 6 | sub | ***** | Now this is what all Lum movies should be like. This 10th anniversery film was the best out of all the ones I've seen. The plot is great (in its own way), the story line is funny, and the art is so much better than the earlier movies! Plus, all the characters from the series were implemented into the storyline somehow so that is pretty neat. If you're going to rent any Lum movie, #6 is the way to go. |
| Vampire Hunter D | dub | *** | Kinda cool plot, but I really didn't like the english translation. |
| Vampire Princess Miyu | sub | ** | Storyline isn't that great, neither are the characters - good artwork though. |
| The Venus Wars | sub | * | Ugg, I think the title is the only thing that made me rent this poor waste of a video tape. |
So what do I think about this card game? I really don't have too much to say about it. The game isn't all that fun, and the game seems to play rather awkwardly. I probably need to play it more to get a real feel for the game but from my impressions of the game, that first one was my last one. Actually the only reason why I bought the cards was because of the anime theme, nothing else. Hey, but there's one good thing to the cards - they have a nice shiny coating on them.
Ani-Mayhem is a card game which is designed around four popular(according to Pioneer Entertainment) anime series - Ranma 1/2, Tenchi Muyo!, El Hazard, and Bubblegum Crisis. Unlike Magic the Gathering, this game is designed for solitare play (one person game) as well as for multiple players. The game is initially rather difficult to learn, but it may be easier for others. However the artwork on the cards is really good (taken from video clips) and the cards have a nice finish to them so they aren't too flimsy.
Check out the following sites for some info on Ani-Mayhem :
The Authorized Ani-Mayhem Home Page - The official Any-Mayhem home page maintained by Pioneer, the people who made the game. Check this place out for the official and most current info pertaining to Ani-Mayhem.
Ani-Mayhem Sailor Moon Edition - A different web page created by some other people. Lots of illustrations of the game and extra rules/variants for a Sailor Moon edition.
Ani-Mayhem Archive - Another nice Ani-Mayhem info page - lots of visuals.