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SavageGamerGirl · Heroic Joined: 24 Oct 2010 Posts: 1258

If the anime you saw was the original English dub "Warriors of the Wind," then you'll do yourself a BIG favor if you watch the re-dub released by Disney a few years ago.

It restores over 20 minutes of the original story that was needlessly cut from the first dub. The restored footage helps the movie make more sense, since it was a pretty important plot point that was cut. It also restores the characters' original names, and has much better voice talent. You can't go wrong with Patrick Stewart as Lord Yupa!

But the manga is definitely the way to go. The movie barely encompasses even 3/4 of the first book, and since it came out about many many years before the series was completed, the story is completely different.
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SavageGamerGirl · Heroic Joined: 24 Oct 2010 Posts: 1258

This one has the re-release:

http://www.amazon.com/Studio-Ghibli-Movie-Collection/dp/B0016RO6X8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330029880&sr=8-1

I don't think any recent collections will ever have the original "Warriors of the Wind" dub. Miyazaki didn't like the movie version of his manga for how it had to butcher the story, and absolutely hated that first English dub.
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Kodyax · Seasoned Joined: 29 Sep 2010 Posts: 492

Warriors of the Wind led me to read the Manga. I now have the re-release on DVD.

SavageGamerGirl · Heroic Joined: 24 Oct 2010 Posts: 1258

Same here, but the new release is definitely superior!
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Kodyax · Seasoned Joined: 29 Sep 2010 Posts: 492

You'll get no argument from me on that front. As much as I liked the dubbed anime that first came out, the one that Disney put out is much better. To some Disney may be the evil empire but they have great taste and for some fun that can be a little mindless, there are few other bits of eye candy that are better for the whole family.

warrenss2 · Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 6:41 am Post subject:

I nominate SavageGamerGirl to write up a Savage Worlds version of "Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind".

Any seconds?

Twisted Evil

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Virgobrown72 · Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:19 am Post subject:

I'd also like to put in a vote for Afro Samuarai!!!
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Kodyax · Seasoned Joined: 29 Sep 2010 Posts: 492

Anyone foolish to take on the bugs in Nausicaa's world is either foolhardy or has the Death Wish hindrance, whether it's on their character sheet or not.

Lord Karick · Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:45 am Post subject:

More of a generic fantasy setting, but one that would work: Eragon's Alagaësia, post final battle with Galbatorix.
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SavageGamerGirl · Heroic Joined: 24 Oct 2010 Posts: 1258

I'd definitely give the Ohmu Heavy Armor, but I'm not sure about the others.

The only other thing to do really would be to stat out the vehicles, but that shouldn't be too difficult.
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tigerguy786 · Seasoned Joined: 26 Nov 2011 Posts: 434

Has anyone else read the book "World War Z?"

It is a very different take on the zombie apocalypse. It seems to do well at covering the global impact of something like this, also things don't shut down entirely they're more stalled out. For example, the government and military don't ever shut down completely, they let the zombies have most of the country while they gather survivors in... Colorado I think? Somewhere anyway, and eventually they develop anti-zombie tactics and weapons and fight back against them.

I know zombies are overdone, but from what I remember by the time of the framing device (a reporter gathering accounts of the history of the Z War) the zombies (I think they're called ghouls or just "Z") are more of an obstacle or hazard than the enemy. The enemies are in fact largely other human factions.

It seems like it could be a good way to give some life into the zombie thing since it would take place after the initial "apocalypse" and is now in the re-building stage.
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ogbendog · Heroic Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 1916

Or the Newsflesh series. Post Zombie uprising, we won because of George Romero movies. Unlike a lot of Zombie movies and games, he made Night of the Living dead, and it saved us.

So it's post uprising, but civilization survived. Any mammal over 50 lbs that dies comes back.

http://miragrant.com/newsflesh.php

I've read the first two, and they are good

OJ · Seasoned Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 154

I'll second Afro Samurai. Of course you could rig it up with Iron Dynasty...

Virgobrown72 · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:38 pm Post subject:

Y'knw, actually, there are a lot of things I don't like about Iron Dynasty. I kinda feel like, in order to create a specific flavor, they moved away from the Fast Furious Fun kinda thing, y'know? It felt like they layered on a lot of things that could have been covered in the SWD. Just my opinion though.

We are actually doing a conversion of Afro Samurai here, using the SWD mostly, and I must say, it feels and plays pretty well so far. We're not quite done yet, but when we are, I'll let you guys know... Wink

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