Anime of the Month Nominations: June

[Mynd Hed]

The Anime of the Month is meant to highlight anime that might not otherwise get any exposure and allow everyone to expose themselves to something new that they might not otherwise have seen. Ideally, everyone will nominate and vote for an anime that they haven't seen, but would like to. Only one nomination per board member will be accepted. Any nominations after your first will be ignored, so don't bother. I do take multiple nominations of the same title into account when deciding what should go on the poll-- all else being equal, if more people nominated one title over another, then the title with the most nominations will probably be the one selected.

Other criteria:

* Previous Anime of the Month cannot be nominated, which currently rules out Excel Saga, GTO, Read or Die, Kare Kano (His and Her Circumstances), Witch Hunter Robin, X TV, Noir, Last Exile, Haibane Renmei, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, Kiddy Grade, Fruits Basket, and Azumanga Daioh.

* Any anime which has been shown on widely available American television during the past few years (which mostly rules out anything on TechTV, Cartoon Network, Fox Kids, International Channel, etc.) is ineligible, since it probably doesn't need any more exposure.

* Only anime that has been officially released in the U.S. is eligible. No offense, fansubbers, but we like to keep everything 100% legal here. Mucking around in legal and ethical gray areas tends to cause more trouble than it's worth, at least as far as Toonzone is concerned. What you do in the privacy of your own home is none of our business. (-:

* Anime television series, feature-length movies, and OVAs are all equally acceptable. In the case of releases spanning multiple DVD and/or VHS releases, though, the discussion will primarily focus on the first volume in order to minimize costs for those who wish to participate. Discussion of later releases is allowed, but spoilers beyond the first volume should be omitted or placed in spoiler tags.

If you have any comments or suggestions on how to improve the selection process or just the concept in general, please feel free to post those. And as always, any questions can be posted on this thread or directed to myself via PM.

Let the nominations begin!

[True Noir]

Hmm.... let's see.... oooo! I know.... Saikano is my nomination.

[Juu-kuchi]

Let's go with Argentosoma this time around.

[Jaguar]

.hack//Legend of the Twilight?

[Lord Dalek]

Neoranga, just to make Jaguar squirm.

[Jaguar]

How, pray tell, could that make me squirm?

[Go-chin]

Sucks that we can't redo stuff.

If Kiddy Grade was selected this month, it would've been awesome seeing as the story finally kicks in. And what a story. o_o

Any who...my nomination is...

Choujuushin Gravion!
(Super Heavyweight God Gravion!!)

It's an awesome super robot show!
Complete with hot-blooded combination song!
And the cheesiness factor makes it even better.

Oh, the first DVD + box is only $27 at Best Buy, and it comes with 5 episodes, a really great looking box, and little static clings of Grand Kaiser and Gravion.
The first season will be 3 DVDs, and I'm assuming the second season, Gravion Zwei will also be 3.

[True Noir]

Oh wait... cross out my nomination of Saikano. I already watched it. I also nominate Argentosoma. Never seen it but looks totally awesome.

[Go-chin]

Oh...right.
"haven't seen, but want to."

Damn, I have no money for something new. Still saving for Last Exile and KG.

[SirHellsing420]

How about Peace Maker Kurogane? It's been recently licenced by ADV.

[Beefy]

Kaleido Star

[True Noir]

Oh...right.
"haven't seen, but want to."

Damn, I have no money for something new. Still saving for Last Exile and KG.

Yeh, I'm saving for KG too. Poor as dirt and like my parents are ever gonna by me anime. (too young for a job)

I also wish that KG wasn't nominated so early. The story is starting to become pretty awesome.

[Karl Olson]

since true noir won't nominate it, I'll nominate Saikano. It's a good show, and at 25 bucks list, it's a steal.

[Catlover]

I'm going for (the original) Dirty Pair OVA. Rightstuff.com has it on VHS for $.99 per volume, so it wouldn't bankrupt anyone to try it.

[Anime-Lover]

.hack//legend of twilight:anime:

[Mynd Hed]

The nommies are coming fast this month! Looks like our confirmed eligible nominees so far are:

Argentosoma (Seconded)
Dirty Pair OVA
.hack//Legend of the Twilight (Seconded)
Kaleido Star
Neoranga
Saikano

Choujuushin Gravion!
(Super Heavyweight God Gravion!!)

Peace Maker Kurogane

Can anyone confirm that these have been released? There's no info on them at www.animeondvd.com.

[True Noir]

since true noir won't nominate it, I'll nominate Saikano. It's a good show, and at 25 bucks list, it's a steal.

I actually wanted to abide by the rules for once, but in order to make up for not nominating Saikano, I highly recommend that anyone who has not seen this series get up from there lazy butt and go buy it.

[shogunthethird]

once again, I gotta throw in Tenchi Muyo GXP

[Go-chin]

The nommies are coming fast this month! Looks like our confirmed eligible nominees so far are:

Argentosoma (Seconded)
Dirty Pair OVA
.hack//Legend of the Twilight (Seconded)
Kaleido Star
Neoranga
Saikano


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Can anyone confirm that these have been released? There's no info on them at www.animeondvd.com.

It'll be listed as just Gravion, as that's what it's being released under.

And Peacemaker Kurogane was just recently licensed, and there is no set date for the DVDs.

[Nobuyuki sama]

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