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It's with great regret that I learned the near end of Lost Canvas. The manga will end the April 7th and the conclusion is clearly rushed. Many plot's elements are still unresolved and many long-awaited moments last only ten seconds. It's sad because Lost Canvas, in his last part, became a true masterpiece, and now the conclusion destroys everything the title has built. It's a shame, really ! Source (french): http://www.manga-news.com/index.php/actus/2011/03/28/Fin-de-Saint-Seiya-The-Lost-Canvas

My worst Conan movies: 1) The Lost Ship in the Sky: One of the dumbest story I've ever seen in the Conan saga. The overuse of fan-service can't hide the fact that the movie doesn't have a true story to begin with. 2) The Time-Bombed Skyscraper: I found it not interesting. 3) The Phantom of Baker Street: The story is way too surrealistic this time and the plot lacks consistance. 4) Jolly Roger's in the Azur: Good action, but what in the world is THAT story ? 5) Countdown to Heaven: The story could have been better. Too linear and the two aspects of the story (the investigation and the disaster) don't melt well. 6) The Private Eye's Requiem: Not so bad actually, but the main idea is strange. I found all the others to be great movies.

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You want to discuss about the movie's main song ? Or are you confusing the title of the song with the title of the movie (Quarter of Silence) ? Because there is already a topic about the movie in the "News and Update" forum.

Exactly ! If the Apotoxine could rejuvenate someone by destroying his cells, the exact contrary (cellular regeneration) could also be possible and it would explain the secret of Vermouth's mysterious youth.

Vermouth seems to be the Detective Conan's incarnation of Joséphine Balsamo de Cagliostro, a woman who is 106 years old but still looks like in her 30's. As for Vermouth's secret, I still think it has to do with cellular regeneration, allowing a person to stay young indefinitely.

The FBI and the CIA are two different organizations, not aware of what the other is doing (especially with their infiltration missions). The real Akai is an exception. He's not a part of the FBI for the time being (he is officially reported dead, if not for Scar Akai), but he could well be in touch with the CIA if he survived (his death would have been faked by the CIA). Remember Akai discovered Kir was a member of the CIA just before his "death". As for Scar Akai, my guess is that he is a trap set by the CIA in order to confuse and catch someone (Bourbon). And I think the real Bourbon could be in fact infiltrated within the ranks of the FBI (which would explain why Akai would play dead). I say that because one of the first things Scar Akai did was to appear in front of the FBI agents, like if he tried to identifies someone or if he tried to obtain a certain reaction from someone (which would be the traitor if my reasoning is right). And the reaction from the Black Organization towards Scar Akai could confirm the fact that there is maybe a traitor within the FBI ranks.

Okiya Subaru is certainly Akai, but I don't think Scar Akai is Bourbon or even a FBI or BO member. Bourbon is a new member of the Black Organization but maybe he isn't a new Detective Conan's character. An already established character could be Bourbon. About Scar Akai, I think he is a member of the CIA, alongside Kir, and maybe a true relative of Akai (which could explain the face).

Because Movie 14 wasn't a detective story about finding a culprit, it was a Die Hard-like movie where Conan fights a terrorist group with his gadgets. They didn't had to show the dark figure.

Maybe "that person" is not even a man or a woman but... the Night Baron virus. :mrgreen: The fight between the human spirit and the computer, yeah !

I've seen the second trailer. Very spectacular and, despite the fact that it seems like another disaster movie, I feel the story will be more important than in recent movies and more darker (at least that's the impression the spoilers gave me). And it would be great to have a movie more serious in tone and darker (like Captured in her Eyes) after The Lost Ship in the Sky which was too much fan-friendly and light in tone. A Detective Conan movie where no one dies, that's kinda strange.

That's not what I meant. I said that, if the name Shinichi Kudo is a reference to Sherlock, the name of the boss could be a reference to Holmes' nemesis James Moriarty. But so far, the only character I think of which has the initial JM is Megure. But I sincerely doubt this character could be the boss of the organization. Otherwise Conan would have been targetted from the moment he talked about the black organization in front of him (in the lady in black case), and he would have probably recognized Haibara as a young Miyano.

I just noticed something strange. I don't think it's really a clue, it's more likely a coincidence, but there is one character who has the initials J.M. (from James Moriarty) in his name: Juzo Megure. But it's because the character he is inspired of is called Joseph Maigret. I thought maybe there could be some kind of clue like that because the initials of Shinichi Kudo are the first and the last letters of the name SherlocK, but there are no other character from the main cast with these initials.

I changed the subject of the topic. It now deals with the whole Saint Seiya universe and not just Next Dimension (I'd like to talk also about the original manga and Lost Canvas in the future, but I didn't want to create one topic by title).

Yes, great series ! The battle of the Sanctuary was so epic, one of my favorite anime moments ! I rediscovered the series much later, with the boxes with the japanese dub and the uncensored cuts of the episodes, and with the amazing Hades Sanctuary OVAs which came around the same time in my country, and it was like rediscovering a part of my childhood and still loving it. For the trailer, they are only presenting the CGI version of the Pegasus knight, but we still don't know if it's Seiya or Tenma (the Pegasus knight of the 18th century in both the spin-off Lost Canvas and Next Dimension which is both the prequel and the sequel of the original manga). But I hope that the new movie will be a new adaptation of the Sanctuary chapter. The battles would be amazing ! PS: If you have watched the french version of the anime, you must have heard the french opening theme. Awful, isn't it ? lol ! By the way, maybe you already know it, there was a project of a fan-video game (unfortunately incomplete) and the result was amazing to see. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RblZScv2NIs&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQk--EvZCOc&feature=related

Teaser of the new Saint Seiya movie in 3D: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocmcz5QrsCk&feature=player_embedded "Saori-saaaaaaaaaaaaaaan !"

Maybe I thought of something. I just watch the episode 345 and I think there could be an hidden meaning behind Vermouth's plot. As we all know, every member of the organization has a codename which is the name of a wine: Gin, Vodka, Vermouth, Kir, etc... And the menace that can destroy them is called the silver bullet, which is also the name of a cocktail. But a cocktail can also be created by mixing multiple wines. I searched a little and, for example, the famous martini cocktail seems to be connected to gin, vermouth and vodka. It may be possible that the true name of the organization (and maybe the leader's codename or name) is the name of a cocktail, its members having names of wines. One other thing: before, in the context of the episode, I didn't give too much attention to the fact that "The boss said Shuuichi Akai could be our silver bullet.". But why would the organization's boss made such a metaphore by the way ? We are led to think that it's a reference to the silver bullet which kills werewolves, but to this point nothing really links the horror movies to the black organization. Just wines. Maybe the "silver bullet", in the context of the Black Organization, has a different meaning that what we are led to believe in the first place.

The villains of the last film of the trilogy are revealed: Anne Hathaway: Selina Kyle/Catwoman Tom Hardy: Bane

A topic to talk about some of your favorite manga video games. The best manga video game I ever played for my part is Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 (X-360, PS3), an excellent fighting game with awesome animation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5F-BLLChoM&feature=channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xm1rbctlk4&feature=channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_MRs-OkJ9w&feature=channel I've also loved the previous Naruto 360 games (adventure games for their part), Rise of a Ninja and The Broken Bond, which are truly excellent. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsBYam2gSxo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpUMkw9b6So&feature=channel Others than Naruto, I've played Saint Seiya: The Sanctuary et Saint Seiya: Hades on PS2. They are average games (and ugly) but the mythologic and epic universe of Saint Seiya is nicely recreated and the story is taken from one of the best shonen manga I've ever read. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMcXDdtgOcc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajayJ1kZcfM&feature=related And Dragon Ball Origins (I prefer it to the Budokai Tenkaichi), a nice Zelda-like game with the humor of Dragon Ball and great graphisms. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msZn1gnoqfk I've not played yet to Dragon Ball Origins 2 but I would love to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8soj6dT9PQ&feature=channel

Mass Effect and Batman: Arkham Asylum.

Some pictures from the movie: Andrew Garfield as Spider-man: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/MovieAddict/news/?a=27886 Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/MarvelFreshman/news/?a=26209 Casting: Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-man Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy Rhys Ifans as Dr Curt Connors/Lizard (villain) Martin Sheen as Ben Parker Sally Field as May Parker Denis Leary as Cpt George Stacy Irrfan Khan as Van Adder (villain) Campbell Scott as Richard Parker Julianne Nicholson as Mary Parker Chris Zylka as Flash Thompson Miles Elliot as Billy Connors

No, in fact, the boss of the Black Organisation is... No, but I hope that, when we discover its identity, the boss will impose himself/herself as Kudo's Moriarty and that a lot of things will suddenly make sense.

Neon Genesis Evangelion, Clamp's X, Noir, Galaxy Express 999, City Hunter, Angel Heart, Cat's Eye, Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni, Umineko No Naku Koro Ni, Yu Yu Hakusho, Saint Seiya, Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Slayers, Ranma 1/2, Urusei Yatsura, Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, Card Captor Sakura, Touch !, Love Hina...

A presentation of the various mangas which compose the Saint Seiya saga. There are four titles: the original Saint Seiya manga, its canonical prequel and sequel Next Dimension, and two non-canonical spin-offs: The Lost Canvas and Episode G. Saint Seiya / Knights of the Zodiac by Masami Kurumada (1986-1990, 28 volumes for the normal edition, 22 volumes for the collector edition) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61iQc22BXZL._SS500_.jpg http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51OkqRp4%2BaL._SS500_.jpg It's the original manga which inspired the great animated series. It is composed of three story arcs: The Sanctuary (volumes 1 to 13), Poseidon (volumes 14 to 18) and Hades (volumes 19 to 28). The drawings are not particularily good, but Masami Kurumada is a great writer who created a fantastic universe and a wonderful story. The Story When the forces of evil awake, the goddess Athena returns on Earth. By her side stand her holy knights, the Saints of hope. With their fists, they tear up the sky up and the earth shakens within their foots. Some years ago, billionaire Mitsumasa Kido send 100 orphans children to follow a training with the mission to become a Bronze Saint. Only ten of them have as far succeeded. Pegasus Seiya. Dragon Shiryu. Andromeda Shun. Cygnus Hyoga. Phoenix Ikki. The five of them are blessed by the power of their sacred cloths and they have all swear to protect Athena with their own lives. There are three class of Saints: Gold, Silver and Bronze. The Bronze Saints are the weaker. When the five Bronze Saints discover that the reincarnation of Athena is none other than Saori Kido, the adoptive daughter of Mitsumasa Kido and the girl they grew to hate during their childhood because she was overly physically abusive toward them, they refuse to believe that such a mean girl could be the reincarnation of the goddess of hope. But they still protect her against the murder attempts by the Silver Knights. The Grand Pope, master of all Saints and holy representant of Athena on Earth, turns out to be a corrupted and tormented soul who tried to murder Athena as a baby years ago and failed. Now that he has discovered where Athena was hidding during all these years, he tries to finish the job. On her part, Athena wants to return to the Sanctuary, her rightful domain in Greece, to confront and defeat the traitor. According to the prophecy, her Bronze Saints must fight by her side to lead her to the path of victory, confronting their superiors, the Gold Saints, in the process. But the first people to whom Saori must prove that she is truly the reincarnation of the goddess of hope are her own knights. Will Saori be able to gain their trust and their friendship ? Saint Seiya: Next Dimension by Masami Kurumada (2006 - on-going, 3 volumes so far) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61OYxPJWGhL._SS500_.jpg Preview pages (in french): http://www.manga-news.com/index.php/preview/381 Next Dimension is both the prequel and the sequel of the original manga. Fans of the original manga are generally enjoyed to see the original heroes back in the sequel of the Hades chapter but, unfortunately, the drawings haven't improved so much and the story is good in itself but the narration is awful. The major improvement from the original manga is the fact that Next Dimension is fully colored and it brings a lot of comfort during the reading. The Story The Earth is saved from Hades, but at a great cost: the Pegasus Saint has fallen. Searching for a way to resurrect her favorite knight, Saori Kido/Athena travels to Mount Olympus where she hopes to find a way to travel through time, at the holy war of the 18th century against Hades, in order to prevent the events leading to Seiya's death. Andromeda Shun stands by her side as the goddess prepares her confrontation with her fellow sister Artemis, goddess of the moon. In the meantime (if we can say...), in the 18th century, the young Gold Saints Libra Dohko and Aries Shion are sent by the Sanctuary to investigate the signs of the imminent return of Hades. They determine that the God's vessel is going to be Alone, a gentle and shy boy, but they are prevented to exacute him by the arrival of his friend, Tenma, the Pegasus Saint of this era. As Hades reincarnates himself through Alone, the Sanctuary prepares for a difficult battle, Tenma joigning them. The reincarnation of Athena still hasn't manifested yet, but some believe that she will come from another time, and with her the most courageous Saints of her era. Little did they know that the god of Mount Olympus will not tolerate that Athena, guided by her human emotions, could allow herself to change the course of destiny. Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas by Shiori Teshirogi (2006-2011, 25 volumes) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61u0Ze-H99L._SS500_.jpg Preview pages (in french): http://www.manga-news.com/index.php/preview/99 Lost Canvas is a spin-off of the original manga and is considered a non-canonical title, despite the fact that it's maybe the best Saint Seiya title of all. The action takes place during the holy war of the 18th century between Athena and Hades, but the story differs drastically from Next Dimension. The main quality of Lost Canvas is the quality of the story. The author developps a lot the personality and psychology of her characters, main and secondary, heroes and villains, and she turns her story in a war involving great warriors who often fight in the name of something and who fall for the same reason. The fights are also wonderful: epic, spectacular, well drawn and, at a certain point in the story, strong emotionnally and very dramatic. In the end, Lost Canvas is a great shonen title and maybe even better than the original manga (especially from volume 16). The Story 18th century. The Earth will become the theater of the war between two deities, the goddess of hope Athena and the lord of the underworld Hades. But for now, the orphans Tenma, a impulsive and courageous boy, and Alone, a noble and shy painter, live normal life. Everything change the day where the mysterious Pandore comes to Alone, saying the return of her lord is imminent. A chain of event happens and the potential of Tenma is discovered by the Gold Saint Libra Dohko when his burning cosmos (his hidden force) saves his village from a flood. As Tenma is brought to the Sanctuary in Greece to follow a Saint's training, Alone discovers a world of death and sufferings and eventually accept his fate as the reincarnation of Hades, hoping to use the power of the underworld to bring salvation to the tortured soul of the two worlds. In the meantime, in the Sanctuary, Tenma meets his childhood friend Sasha, the daughter of Alone, who turns about to be the reincarnation of Athena. The pawns are in place and the strong frienship of the past between Tenma, Alone and Sasha will become the theater of a tragedy during the fated reunion between the Pegasus Saint, Athena and Hades. Will their friendship be able to survive in this time of war between forces that none of them is able to control ? Saint Seiya: Episode G by Megumu Okada (2002-2009, currently on hiatus, 17 volumes + volume 0 so far) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/610Y2HEKDZL._SS500_.jpg Episode G is a spin-off prequel of the original manga. It takes place some years before the events of the original manga and it focuses on the Gold Saints, and especially the Leo Saint, Aiolia. A special volume called volume 0 was also published, taking place several years before Episode G, during the childhood of Aiolia. His older brother, the Sagittarius Saint Aioros, is the main character of this special story. This is not really a good title, entertaining at most. It has some good ideas which are poorly executed, a lot of bad ideas which are even poorly executed, and some of the golden rules of the Saint Seiya universe are even broken (real monsters from mythology for example). The art is special (that's the least I can say). Personnally I like it, but most people hate it and the real problem is... it's very difficult to read the fight sequences. They are epic, very spectacular, but most of the time it's a pain to progress the reading when we must stop to correctly read every page. The author also focuses a lot on the personality of everyone of the 12 Gold Saints. Sometimes they are interesting (Leo Aiolia, Virgo Shakka), sometimes the prestigious Gold Saints of the original manga look like idiots (Scorpio Milo, Sagittarius Aioros). In the end, it's not really a good title. Not that bad, but certainly not good, and hardly interesting. The Story When something bad happen in the world, the Sanctuary intervenes and send one of his 88 Saints to resolve every conflict. Aiolia is one of those holy knights, but he doesn't like it that much. Trained from an early age to become the Leo Gold Saint, his life has changed the day his older brother Aioros was framed for the murder of goddess Athena and coldly executed by his fellow Gold Saints. Now considers an outcast within the Sanctuary, everyday of Aiolia's life has become a nightmare, being hated by almost everyone and hating them in return. He is so disgusting of his blood that he tries to repudiate his own identity. One of his only emotional support is a young girl he has adopted and raised as a younger sister in an attempt to create a new family. Despite his responsability as a Gold Saint, Aiolia has also developped a rebellious attitude toward the Pope's authority and, as a result, the distrust of almost everyone against him is increasing day after day. But when a serious menace, the Titans of myth, manifests, the Gold Saints must forgot their animosity and work together as a team against this new menace. As the battle progress, new relations between the Gold Saints begin to emerge. Aiolia possesses the key to victory, but when the time will be right, will his mind be strong enough to triomph ?

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