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Title: Gilgamesh!
Post by: greenkabbage on October 04, 2003, 08:46:56 pm
Hey all, i am back from the depths of... well something.   I bet you all missed me oh so horribly...
anyways, jokes aside, I just translated the first ep of gilgamesh and I have to say that I was rather excited about it.  The artwork is great and the setting is great too.  Let me know what you think about it so far.  I think this will be the (un)official replacement of WR till the last 4 eps come out.  I can't wait till the next ep comes out.  so much mystery!   :)
well, tune in next week again.  I will do my best to get the translation done the night it is aired in japan again to keep the eps rolling.   8)  8) gotta keep going with the one day subs  ;D
-gk
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: greenkabbage on October 04, 2003, 08:57:34 pm
Oh totally forgot, I am also working on the exDriver movie right now, about 50% done right now.  Shouldnt take too long to finish now.  stay tuned for more
-gk
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: digitize on October 04, 2003, 09:35:21 pm
Ah yes, Gilgamesh looks good indeed, a nice mysterious sci-fi anime, which is roughly based on the epic I believe.  Green did a great job btw, so did the rest of the project staff, i suggest you all watch it.

@Green
Nice to meet you, Im the encoder of gilgamesh ^^, and like i said before, good work on it, can't wait til next week.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Qubeley on October 04, 2003, 10:52:03 pm
Does anyone have an Mp3 of the ED?

Thanks.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Vo1ts on October 05, 2003, 12:51:18 am
oo exdriver movie too? nice
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Legato_2057 on October 06, 2003, 03:21:31 pm
Have to admit, I am disapointed with Gilgamesh. Not with the Live-eviL crew, your work is outstanding as always. The show itself just seemed lacking in something.  It could be that I just don't like the characters-too androgynous-but it just didn't click with me.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Spymon on October 06, 2003, 06:13:30 pm
I think there was a bit of an information overload in ep1 and lots of the symbols and themes on show may take a while to develop.  I'm busy reading up on my mythology as well.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: b00 on October 07, 2003, 01:59:13 am
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Does anyone have an Mp3 of the ED?

Thanks.

yea the end song sounded nice... so does anyone knows what it i????? ::)
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: digitize on October 07, 2003, 05:36:54 pm
Yeah, those who are familiar with the epic perhaps may enjoy it more at the moment... who knows.  Anyway, only one episode has aired, give it time and like spymon said things will develop ^^.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: rasha on October 07, 2003, 11:34:00 pm
i always find you need to watch at least 5 episodes before making a call on a series (sometimes more depending on the series) because sometimes things are just slow to get into and I would have missed out on some good stuff if I ditched it after one episode...i do agree that the characters are quite androgynous tho makes it a bit hard in the beginning to follow things but it seems interesting so Ill keep watching for a while :)
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Jelenity on October 08, 2003, 02:14:26 am
You know I searched and I still can't find anything of a background type info related to this series background. CAn anyone help me out on this with links??

jelenity~
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: greenkabbage on October 08, 2003, 10:03:11 pm
Here are some links:
if you know japanese: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/fujitv/news/031002_2.html
http://www.gilxx.com/
if you dont:
http://www.crystalinks.com/sumermythology.html

maybe that helps a bit?  

@ digitize, I havent seen your work because i am on dial up but i am sure you did well  ;D   nice to work with you :)

About ex D, I just finished the translation.  man was it a long bitch.  err i mean ... whistles.  it was 30 KB in plain text to give you an idea.  that's a lot of text.  i hope you guys will enjoy it once its encoded and released!  

about gilgamesh: the art work might take some time to get used to, but regardless I think the show has lots of potential to be good, and judging it after the first ep seems a bit harsh ;)  I dont know what kind of expecations you have but the first eps probably will set up the world first.  Maybe we can make a better judgement in a couple of weeks.  
anyways enjoy broadband if you have it.  44k sucks balls!

gk out
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: rasha on October 09, 2003, 01:26:56 am
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You know I searched and I still can't find anything of a background type info related to this series background. CAn anyone help me out on this with links??

jelenity~


are you looking for information on the epic of gilgamesh itself? if so, this is a good site to check out http://www.crock11.freeserve.co.uk/gilgamesh.htm

^_^
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: m.d. on October 09, 2003, 12:55:45 pm
i agree, the art style is a little strange, but that's okay... the first episode was interesting, i'm curious to see where they take the plot.  cool music and atmosphere.  looking forward to more eps!

one thing that confused me was the opening sequence.  a couple of the characters looked very similar, so i wasn't sure who was doing what.  i'm sure the details will be filled in soon enough.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: chii on October 09, 2003, 06:15:39 pm
This show definately has potential.  I really liked the contrast between the clean lines of the creepily drawn characters and the haunting images of fuzzy people carrying crops.  I have a feeling that the next few eps will be more focused and very interesting (and hopefully more original- I think I'm on the verge of anime overload).

Oh, and dosen't that chick have total Rose of Versailles hair?  Iloveit.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: greenkabbage on October 10, 2003, 10:29:43 pm
ok finished translating ep 2.  gotta do the OP real quick and then we should be good to go.  
ep 2 was good.  some action and more plot building.  the story is slowly starting to roll.  I think it is going to be good.  the stuff i saw in ep 2 was promising.   :D
ok now for the OP, look out for ep 2 tonight or tomorrow!

gk
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Verity on October 12, 2003, 05:52:23 pm
I registered just to share my opinion on this anime since so many people seem to be intially turned off by it. The first few minutes of Gligamesh were lets just say weird, I had no idea of what direction the creators were taking the anime. However after that incident [you know the one, I don't want to spoil anything] is when I became very interested in the anime. As has been mentioned the unique character design and dark environment are very well done. For those that paid close attention to the anime you may have noticed that it was executed with great precision; I cannot think of one frame in the anime that broke the mood or setting.

In closing I just want to say that I believe Gilgamesh has great potential, so watch a few more episodes before you take it off your radar.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Spymon on October 13, 2003, 05:39:10 pm
I can't wait for ep2.  One handy hint for trying to make sense of a series from the off is to pay as close attention as you can to the opening minutes as they should tell you everyhing about the series.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Xytek on October 14, 2003, 02:08:16 am
I loved it.. i'm waiting on ep2.. hmm where is it?  :-/
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: NewtonEwell on October 17, 2003, 03:11:02 pm
And then I'm gonna get Lovecraftian on their ass...

Gilgamesh has GOT MY ATTENTION after Episode 2.  When I saw the title, I was interested.  When I saw episode 1, I began fastening my seatbelt 'cause it had all the makings of high weirdness.

Now they drop the Monster Transformation thang on me.  Thank god I had my seatbelt on; I nearly fell out of my chair when the first of the mysterious bishonen changed into the Eyeless Horror from Hell.  

All this, and the makings of kick-ass psychic battles, too?  MORE, PLEASE!!!  I also like how the plot is unfolding.  Sharing the confusion of our main character(s) makes it nice and creepy.  That, and I've got the impression after this episode that Gilgamesh is our poor lost kids.

I'm excited about the next episode!!!  Thank you very much for bringing us another great series.

Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: digitize on October 18, 2003, 06:51:28 pm
Finally episode 02 of Gilgamesh is out, another job well done by the staff, and sorry for the delay.  Everyone can expect episode 03 soon (i.e. 2 days max).  I hope everyone enjoys the show ^^.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Verity on October 19, 2003, 09:38:18 pm
Wow, episode two met and exceeded my expectations, looks like it is only going to get better. I really like the opening of Gilgamesh, it is very nicely done; the art is superb throughout, not to mention refreshing as it breaks away from the look and feel of every other anime out there. And the closing song is great. I've got it in my playlist and am listening to it right now, along with the opening song.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: chii on October 20, 2003, 05:47:47 am
Ep 2 was creeeepy!  I think this is my new favorite series (to watch in broad daylight).  I want more!  

Oh, and what is with the German titles?  Is there a reason for this or should I just watch to find out?
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: DMN on October 21, 2003, 07:27:49 am
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Oh, and what is with the German titles?  Is there a reason for this or should I just watch to find out?


Well, the Japanese seem just to have a fable for the German language. They really like to use German phrases or other words in their series. Maby it's got something to do with past events nobody wants to talk about.
I think it's just kinda funny, especially if you are German.  ;D

The official Gilgamesh Page (http://www.gilxx.com) is also very interesting but my Hiragana just sucks!  :(
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Darrian on October 21, 2003, 08:21:06 am
I was curious if anybody knows the name of the font used for the English Kareoke subs in the intro?

Also, great work on the series so far, I'll be following this series closely unless it becomes boring, and Live-Evil's efforts to bring this show to those of us who can't understand Japanese are greatly appreciated.  Thanks.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Vash on October 21, 2003, 09:23:41 pm
ah Gilgamesh I see.
Myself I think its a shitty anime. So far I havent liked it but I will keep dling it to keep it in the archive. I hate the drawing of the series. I cant stand that style.

Thats my 2 cents.

Vash XD
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Spymon on October 22, 2003, 06:17:25 pm
I really like the realist stylings.  It's a little confusing right now though.  Nice job on ep3 for all those involved, was a pleasure to QC the file.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: hasukawa13 on October 24, 2003, 05:54:24 am
Does anyone know the name of the theme songs for this series?   ??? The opening especially has really struck a cord with me and I can't figure anything out from the credits other than the word "Crazy4U" Is that the group or name of the song?  I need help!  Please, my fellow anime fans!
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: greenkabbage on October 24, 2003, 10:52:51 pm
Hey guys, I just finished the translation for episode 4. Again the plot is driven along nicely, I think a bunch of things are going to be unveiled soon. Another good episode of a good series. Stay tuned for the release, hopefully it will be soon. *angry glare at slackers*
::coughs:: anyways, I hope the eps are turning out well, unfortunately I am on a 44k modem connection here so I can't watch the official releases :(  oh well i get to see 20 mb raws at a resolution of 320X160 or so. not bad eh? mad props to Tofu for making decent quality raws at low file sizes.

Cheers,
gk
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: digitize on October 25, 2003, 01:27:10 am
@Green
Oh don't you worry now, the 'slacker' (notice it's not plural) isn't working on the project any more.  Everyone can expect the release of gilgamesh 04 very soon!  And again, good job Green, you are an elite translator :)
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: greenkabbage on October 25, 2003, 11:30:25 pm
thanks digitize,
you're always nice to me, the only one  :'(
nachite nachite. in case you dont know japanese that meant just kidding, just kidding.
hehe. it looks like ep 4 will be released soon, if everything goes well.

-gk
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Vash on October 26, 2003, 01:00:49 am
Green your never on irc anymore so how are we suppost to know who u are. I know who u are and maybe talked to u once.

And I still say gilgamesh is still shitty!!!!

Vash XD
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: digitize on October 26, 2003, 02:17:44 am
Vash, no you're nutsy :)  Yes we need guys like green on irc, and guys like tanman off of irc...  nachite nachite (thank you green, I only know about 20 japanese words, added another to my small list :)).  Yeah sunday will be el dia de gilgamesh 04 ^^.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Vash on October 26, 2003, 03:46:37 am
Yes Yes I am nutsy not the othe word u think
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Lobuz on October 26, 2003, 11:38:06 pm
It's quite nice series, but I have a few small remarks.

Is it oryginally in 16:9 and is cropped to 4:3? Cause it looks like that. And it's sometimes annoying.

Why the audio is at 96Kbit/s mp3. It irritates sometimes. There are new better audio coddecs.

Why it's hardsubbed. If there are some translations for different language it's not handy. You can use ogm or mkv with srt or ssa,ass subtitles includedin it.

are there any chances for some changes?

Did You considered diferen ways of releasing files?Like eDonkey network with great eMule client. The files stey much much longer on that net with many sources.

I'm just replaying for Your ask for comments  ;) from front site

Regards
Lobuz
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Vash on October 28, 2003, 12:53:56 pm
its still sh*tty
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: digitize on October 28, 2003, 11:56:02 pm
Lobuz: the first ep was 16:9, rest 4:3... believe me, I'd keep it like that if I could.  Although tofu pointed out that the op is probably 16:9->4:3... but the rest is definately 4:3.  Next, all groups basically use hardsubs, otherwise it'd be too easy for lamer groups to steal subs... and believe me, many groups would, hardsubs are just a standard in fansubs.  The same goes for mp3, we realize there are better audio codecs, like aac and such, just mp3 is the standard right now, hopefully that'll soon change.  As for container, hopefully we'll soon change to matroska too.  The reason we haven't really is just for ease, most leechers don't understand diddly.  Last with distro, we have a few main ways to distro.  The most popular is bt, than xdcc bots in the chan, and last newsgroups.  Im sure the files eventually make their way to emule or whatever, but really we don't feel like putting it on there ourselves.  The best way to get a file is within a few days of release getting it off an xdcc bot, or like 10 hours after a release on bt, you can get nice speeds either way.  Im just rambling on now, but anyway, if you have any questions ... I might have logical answers... and again with the codec/container thing... it's just a standard atm, hopefully things will change soon as matroska and aac and such become more stable, popular, etc... much as what  happened with xvid.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Odd_shapeShifter on October 30, 2003, 02:11:26 pm
I personally am lovin this anime, I love the dark, gloomy mood it set's, I laugh the thick lines in the art, defenantly something different from what I have seen before.

I friend of mine studdied the Gilgamesh epic in it's original language, which is Akkadian.
She has a "bit" of a Mesopotamien obession.

She too didn't understand it at first in the beginning of the episode, so for someone who has done a study on the Gilgamesh story being a bit confused in the beginning, it's no wonder others don't have a clue about it.

Gave it two thumbs up and was/is waiting for the others (she commented after seeing 2 episodes).

She totally loves LE for doing again such a wonderful serie. (I recall quite well that she loved Wolf's Rain as did I).

So yeah, I do hope we keep on doing this and I am sure waiting just as eager for the next episodes, don't make us wait too long!  ;D

Odd_shapeShifter
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Spymon on October 30, 2003, 04:29:46 pm
Can't wait to finally watch ep4.  This series has been great to watch and dead easy to QC.  Well done to all involved.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: greenkabbage on October 31, 2003, 08:54:53 pm
Hi all, happy halloween.

@ vash: im never on irc because i am on a 44k modem connection with charges by the minute. cant be online for more than necessary, i.e. email and raw download.

it's sad and it hurts my soul but i cant do anything about it.

today we had water leak through the roof so I was busy until now and am dead tired. i hate to have to say this but the translation of ep 5 will have to wait until tomorrow my time (im in italy right now). hopefully i will have it done tomorrow afternoon, if not tomorrow night for sure. Sorry for the delay but right now I don't think i can make a decent translation.

-gk
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: rasha on November 01, 2003, 09:27:22 am
ehh the series is interesting but I'm still not sure if i like it or not..I think if they start delving into why the people change and why they have these powers, I'll get it a little more...I'll keep watching tho ^_^ a series deserves a fair chance ^_^  btw, the website for the show is awesome! I can't read much of it but i LOVE the way they have it set up!
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: digitize on November 02, 2003, 02:32:35 pm
@Green
Im sorry to hear about the water leak  :-/ hopefully that got fixed.  Anyway thanks for translating the ep despite your situation, everyone can expect the release later tonight ^^.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: BoBaKa on November 03, 2003, 12:17:17 pm
i'm lovin it !

this anime is a very dark one .. the storyline is going to boom and the anime is going to blow !
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: the_dreamer on November 03, 2003, 01:43:44 pm
Yo, i'm french, so i notice one little thing : at the end of Gilgamesh, if you try frech translation for "to be continue" it's not " étre suivre" it's "à suivre" !!!  :P
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Spymon on November 03, 2003, 02:27:30 pm
I'm pretty sure that's what it says in the japanese original.  Go shout at the gilgamesh producers in japan that they got the French wrong!
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: the_dreamer on November 03, 2003, 04:17:35 pm
lol !
And it's not the first time, for exemple in saikano the generique was full of error ... ( on est heureuses = heureux !)...
Sorry live-evile for misunderstanding .
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: greenkabbage on November 03, 2003, 06:41:01 pm
The waterleak will be fixed soon, hopefully. But then again it doesnt rain here much so people say: "who cares?" and put it off.
life is just chaotic and nothing can be done about it.

@the dreamer: yes the french phrases are put in by the japanese fools who thought they could be all cool by putting in German and French words. But alas, they failed to get it right.

I enjoy the show, it's got some good potential and once they start explaining the whole mess I think it will be get better, just like Rasha said.

dynamis, interesting word by the way.

*hint*
(ancient) greek anybody?
*/hint*

anyways, let's hope it will get better soon.
-gk
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: greenkabbage on November 10, 2003, 06:29:45 pm
I finished ep 6 last night. I hope it got finished but I havent checked yet. It looks like Gilgamesh is not even close to being as popular as wolfs rain. too bad. but I like the show and I think it will get better and better. Its cool to see Tatsuya develop, and I am sure his sister has got some talents as well.
can't wait for ep 7.
-gk
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Exile on November 11, 2003, 10:28:03 am
People don't seem to like this show because of the "unique" style of animation, but I think it has a lot of things going for it as well. It has strong back story to fall back on, the premise gets increasingly interesting each week, and I think the music really helps to cover the short-comings of the animation.

It's not the best-looking anime but people should look out for other things I guess. If the story continues to develop the way it has, then it's certainly one to look out for.  ;)

Hi greenkabbage, nice work on the translations and ep 6 just came out  ;D .
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: m.d. on November 11, 2003, 09:21:09 pm
I agree about the art style... very unusual.  It's grown on me over time.  The music is really good, too.

So... episode 6... I just watched it.  I was hoping for a little more info out of the Gilgamesh posse.  They didn't say much about the Professor, and the way they ended the conversation was a bit odd.  I guess the Professor doesn't need Kiyoko that bad?  :)  And what gives with the Gilgamesh people?  Do they just enjoy getting their asses kicked, or what?  Geez, talk about lousy teamwork!  They lose every time.  If the preview is any indication, it's pretty obvious what will happen next.

I'm trying not to let loose huge spoilers or anything... do you have a rule about that?  No one ever talks about the episode's content, so I'm wondering  :-/
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: J5983 on November 12, 2003, 02:23:22 am
They have LIPS! Amazing.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: chii on November 13, 2003, 06:17:12 am
LIPS?

I kinda like Gilgamesh, but I do wish that would leak more about the story, I still don't know what is going on but  I'm guessing that their dad's intentions were good, he did not crash into the atmosphere for the sole purpose of terrorism, the girl is more complicated than we know, and some other (ancient) guy is looking for their dad?  I  wish I had enough space to keep old eps so that I could go back and rewatch the beginning (with the scientist's meeting), the part where the legend of Gilgamesh is explained, and something else (but I forget what it was).  Actually, now that I think about it, there has been foreshadowing, but it's sometimes hard to identify at first.  Maybe I'll have to rewatch the whole series after it ends.

@Odd_Shapeshifter:
You said your friend knows the legend of Gilgamesh?  I thought it was made up!  Could you pretty-please enlighten me?
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Spymon on November 13, 2003, 02:21:17 pm
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/MESO/GILG.HTM was the first thing I looked at after watching ep1.

Still undecided on the series as a whole as I've not been able to watch all the eps in order.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Saya on November 15, 2003, 03:50:47 pm
Aaah, it's been a while but finally I made it back to the L-E Forums. And what can I say? I really like Gilgamesh! It's a great anime.  ;D

But, why do most of you hate the drawings? I really love that style, it was the reason why I started this series.

At first I was a bit confused about the story but now I understand more and more of it.
And the music is absolutely great. I love it when Kiyoko plays the piano and sings to it.

Right, and why does nobody talk about the story?
Well, here are my 2 cents:
I think, that countess is really suspicious, and I'm sure that Gilgamesh are the good guys somehow.  8)

@gk: Your translations are excellent. Keep up the good work! Ganbatte kudasai! (Is that correct?  ;) )

By the way, I'm German and I didn't see any mistakes with the German words in Gilgamesh (yet).
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: m.d. on November 16, 2003, 03:42:54 am
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At first I was a bit confused about the story but now I understand more and more of it.
And the music is absolutely great. I love it when Kiyoko plays the piano and sings to it.

Right, and why does nobody talk about the story?
Well, here are my 2 cents:
I think, that countess is really suspicious, and I'm sure that Gilgamesh are the good guys somehow.  8)


i was really surprised the first time kiyoko started singing... it just came out so suddenly, caught me off guard!  very nice, though.

i want to talk about the story... i keep asking the same question!  :D   initially, i thought the same thing; gilgamesh have to be the good guys.  the countess does seem to have a vindictive side... BUT, the gilgamesh girl looks pretty evil, too.  and that thing with that guy and the birds... come on, far too blatant goodie good behavior.  now i'm thinking they must be evil... heh.  i guess it's possible that gilgamesh are being manipulated, who knows?

i still can't see how the epic of gilgamesh fits the anime.  how can gilgamesh be three (possibly four) people?  there seemed to be a parallel between the countess/professor and ishtar/gilgamesh, but the names don't match up.  it seems like the names should be reversed on the professor's "team."  i hope they reveal some more plot details, because i can't figure anything out.  i think we'll learn something about the "music" in the next ep, after kiyoko heard that loud noise.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Odd_shapeShifter on November 16, 2003, 10:00:58 pm
I think Spymon has answered your question, however reading further, if you people are interested, I could ask my friend to post here about the relation between the Legend/epic Gilgamesh and this anime.

I myself love the art aswell, but then I do have a very odd taste of art, I'm very happy to see this kind of art is still made into animation, it's not that I like the 'new' style that seems to be very popular these days, but I like to see various art and this sure caught my eye.

If there are any German words that need to be translated I most likely will pick out the errors, if there are any, even though I am not German, it's not quite that difficult for me since I'm Dutch.

Indeed the characters have lips, that in fact alone makes it an interesting anime.

I think Gilgamesh is not so popular because there is not much male bonding in it, there is not much of males that have the possibility of liking another male, which doesn't make it interesting for a lot of girls (since they like shonen-ai and perhaps Yaoi) and with Wolf's Rain there was the hinting towards that, maybe good to select a new anime that has that kind of hinting to attract more female fans, or am I seeing this all wrong?
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Spymon on November 17, 2003, 03:08:26 pm
I thought the whole thing was an allegory for 9/11, the first episode had too many coincidences for my liking.  And, to be honest, there's no such thing as a coincidence more often than not.  Crumbling towers, a terrorist that was once an ally, a terrorist that everyone believed to be dead and so on...

And the fact that the Gilgamesh epic seems to share a few common themes makes it more than likely that this is the case.  Anyway, we'll hopefully know all by the end of the series.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Saya on November 17, 2003, 05:12:04 pm
Well, I still think that the Gilgamesh guys and the professor are not that bad. How do you know that the prof planed that explosion (or whatever it was exactly). Maybe it was just an accident and a huge misunderstanding.
And I'm still convinced that the countess is sort of evil.

There are surely some parallels between the epic and the anime:
Enkidu (= the professor) and Gilgamesh (= the freaky kids) were best friends, Ishtar (= the countess) is a angry lady who hates them both.
The countess seems to hate the professor, maybe it's because he rejected her and chose Kiyoko's and Tatsuya's mother instead? What could be worse than the wrath of a jealous woman?  ;)
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: pandaposse on November 19, 2003, 04:40:31 pm
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The countess seems to hate the professor, maybe it's because he rejected her and chose Kiyoko's and Tatsuya's mother instead? What could be worse than the wrath of a jealous woman?  ;)


I may be taking crazy pills or something, but in the first episode the (future) Countess and the Professor have the same last name -- Madoka.  Could it be that instead of the Countess being a jealous lover, that the Countess could be related to the Professor?  As in she's his sister?  (Like the Kiyoko/Tatsuya bond?)

What do you all think??
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Saya on November 24, 2003, 03:21:22 pm
Woah, have you all watched episode 8 yet? That was weird!  :o
Now I'm sure that Tatsuya reminds the countess of the professor. They really look alike. That woman is so ****! (<- censored)

The countess could be the prof's sister? Well, I don't remember much about the first episode, it was very confusing. I have to watch it again, I guess.
But that would be an interesting twist.

Damn, this forum is so unstable!  >:(
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: crypticgimp on December 06, 2003, 05:09:06 pm
so a couple of thoguhts...from one of the posts i can see the correlation between gilgamesh the anime and gilgamesh the epic poem...but why does the countess remind me so much of michael jackson? hello..she sleeps in the same bed as a kid..takes lonely/messed up kids into her home...does anyone see that or i am i being weird again.

yes tatsuya reminds her of his father..and it seems some kind of love interest lies there...

the story of giglamesh is about a king who has absolute rules and goes on certain adventures..but whats key tot he gilgamesh story is that he is seeking eternal life.  that was hinted at the beggining.  so i think the whole story revolves around the ideal of man searching for that eternal life so to speak.

also gilgamesh was very powerful  which does correlate to the magic/psychic powers of the gilgamesh trio 9plus that girl) enkidu (sp?) was gilgamesh's rival --> friend who was equal to him in power.  those would be the kids the countess has..is the countess ishtar (a goddess of love who was..umm..promiscuous is a nice word here) who was rejected by gilgamesh....i am not so sure as the background between madoka and the countess isnt all that clear.  plus in the beginning was the picture of kiyoko and her mother so at that time madoka was already married....

i do see how one would think it an allegory to 9/11 but i dont know if the japanese care as much about that event as most americans and plus there have been many an anime BEFORE 9/11 that had the same sort of story..so i wouldnt put too much stock in that.

as far as the series goes i love it..the animation as well just rocks my socks on the mere fact that its different (wolf's rain did the same for me)  i truly can't wait to see how it all plays out!

wow gee have i talked enough already?
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Saya on December 07, 2003, 04:37:20 am
@crypticgimp: Just go on talking! I like a good discussion. And the forum is so empty anyways.

Well, I think we can agree that all the Gilgamesh kids were somehow artificially created, right? I mean just look at their names, they were just numbered: Uno = 1 (the girl), Sex = 6, Oct = 8, Novem = 9 ... (that's Latin, is it?)
But why were they created? By whom, the professor? And how did he do it?

I just can't wait to see the next episode!
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: greenkabbage on December 07, 2003, 08:23:19 pm
hello peeps, long time no see. i've been gone to japan for a while... family reasons...
anyways, sorry for the delay with ep 9, the japan trip was the reason. i just sent out ep 10 to the rest of the le crew so it should be done soon.
about the gilgamesh folks, if the names are any sort of indication then there should be at least 9, novem = 9, and yes it's latin.

about the german in the show being not wrong, i dont even really remember much german but oh well. and in case you didnt know i speak german fluently too :p heh so if there was an error I would SMITE IT with the wrath of god, or something like that.

@saya, yes gambatte kudasai is correct and thanks for the praise :)  aber dein Englisch ist doch auch nicht von schlechten Eltern, wo hast du denn englisch gelernt? Ich habs in Ami-land weiter gelernt :D  Cool dass es auch Deutsche hier gibt.

about the 9/11 thing, yeah i think its rather unlikely too. the japanese are not really that sensitive about that thing. at least not as much as the americans are. the parallels are not quite that clear either. and i do think that the professor might really be the good guy. and the theory with prof=enkidu, gilg=9?kids, ishtar=countess works as far as connecting the myth and the series.

the countess is creepy anyways. nekkid with touru boy in bed. bounchika wow wow. i mean, that's wrong countess! he's just a boy! but boy what a slut she is, oops did I just say that out loud? but seriously, with touru in bed one night and then sucking face with tatsuya the next. that woman is unsatiable.

and i was just about to ask a question that gets raised in episode 10 but i caught myself and won't do so and spoil something. like a child. nothing's worse than a spoiled brat. kick one for me if you see one. ...  ;)

ok it's way too late and i am talking way too much crap for my own good. cheers and hooray to all of you who like gilgamesh. it's good that some people like it, makes me believe that it makes sense for me to keep translating it :p

ok ciao kids
-gk
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: greenkabbage on December 07, 2003, 08:28:08 pm
ok i just checked animesuki and ep 9 is still not out! bad rest of the crew, bad!  >:(
and ep 8 needs a seed. so if someone would be so kind and seed ep 8 for the 15 people trying to download it, that would be nice and civil. do it for the good in mankind. or make yourself believe that doing so will make ep 9 come out faster.  ;D ok enough said again, off to bed with me.

gute nacht y'all
gk
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Saya on December 12, 2003, 04:22:47 am
@gk: Wow! I didn't expect another German guy to be here. This seems to be quite an international forum. That's cool! 8)
Well, I've learned English at school (it was my main subject, sort of). I watch some English movies, read lots of English books ... and that's it. I've never been to any English speaking country for more than a week, unfortunately.
But I also need to improve my Japanese somehow. ;)

But back to topic now:
I just wanted to watch Gilgamesh 9 but I have some problems with it. The quality seems to be really bad and I can hardly see anything. Do I need a new codec? Does anyone else have that problem?
Help me!!  :(
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Exile on December 12, 2003, 04:13:40 pm
I doubt if a new codec was used, it looks perfectly fine when I watched it.

You might wanna use BT to check if your file is corrupted?
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: shadowreaper on December 14, 2003, 05:58:14 pm
I'm having trouble with both episodes 9 and 10. I've downloaded them multiple times from multiple sites(all Live-eviL fansubbed of course). But about every 10 seconds the screen turns dark blocky looking. I've seen it before with movies. Somewhere along the line of seeding the file was corrupted and then everyone who leeched off of the corrupt seeder got a corrupt file too, and the cycle goes on. Is there any way for Live-eviL to re-release it. Oh, and why is it that when I try to get into the chatroom it says I have to be invited(I'm familiar with mirc but I can't find anywhere on the live-evil site that says anything about being invited. Thanks!
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: greenkabbage on December 14, 2003, 08:35:46 pm
Hey kids, all done with ep 11.
i heard that the encoder messed up on 9 and 10 and had to redo them. maybe thats why?
ask tofu for details. i think there might also be a thread for technical problems. maybe its worth checking it out if the site isnt down :p
ep 11 is finally telling a bit more about the past, heavens gate and that stuff. and its kind of gross..
but you'll see soon :D

anyways good night.
catch you lata
gk
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: crypticgimp on December 15, 2003, 01:49:43 pm
kabbage i shall make you into soup for letting me hang like this!

::waits impatiently::

eps 9 & 10 solidified some things for me! this show is really picking up speed now!
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Saya on December 15, 2003, 05:42:29 pm
Kabbage soup? Sounds delicious!  ;D
But no, we can't do that. We still need him for other stuff ... like translations.

I finally managed to watch eps 9 and 10, but only with a trick. I'm still looking for a permanent solution. *sighs*

There was one thing in these episodes that seems to be quite important as it was mentioned several times:
the Orga kids (with Tatsuya) have "familiar faces", they look a lot like those professors that were involved in Twin X!
Maybe the kids are their children? But if that's true then there must be something special about the scientists, too. It's in their genes or so.

Damn, I guess I'm just thinking too much. *yawns*
I'll go to bed now.
Oyasumi!
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: crypticgimp on December 15, 2003, 06:39:59 pm
yes..soup..its a goodness but i guess it can slide....for now...

yeah i caught on that they must be the scientist's kids in the beginning but it seems the pace is going and looking forward to the next ep!
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Saya on December 17, 2003, 02:22:42 pm
Ey, that ffdshow thing is really great! The files look good now, and even some of my other video files look much better now. Thanks alot! :)

Hm, I think I have quite a strange theory for you this time: *hehehe*
Mabye the difference between Orga and Gilgamesh is that the Orga kids were either born in a natural way or they were breeded, in order to create a new kind of human race with special powers. But the Gilgamesh kids were most likely cloned (their names are numbers), so the Professor/Enkidu chose a different way to create that new race.

Ehm, do you get what I mean? *confused today*

Anyways, I really have to learn more about the original Gilgamesh myth and other Babylonian myths! Maybe that helps me understand the story.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: shadowreaper on December 29, 2003, 12:36:49 pm
Anybody know where I could find some good quality pictures of those symbols that Gilgamesh has on their shirts. I'd really like the symbols to be white just like on the shirts. I've got two made now but I'm having trouble doing the others. I've normally been using the gilxx.com wallpapers and just editing them down to only have the symbol. I'm wanting to make some shirts of the symbols. Thanks!
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Saya on January 01, 2004, 11:15:14 am
@shadowreaper: My first idea was gilxx.com, too. Maybe you should check it again, they have some updates from time to time.
I love these symbols, too. They look so awesome!
Making shirts with these symbols sounds really great. What do they look like? White symbols on black shirts? How can I get one?  ;D

P.S. When will the next episode of Gilgamesh come out? Very soon, I hope.  :-/
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: shadowreaper on January 07, 2004, 04:05:19 pm
I....need....my....Gil-fixx...get it? like Gilxx...but Gil-fixx...hehe. Must have eps 12 and 13!
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Saya on January 10, 2004, 07:35:08 am
Me too! *sniff*  :'( I need some good Gilgamesh stuff!
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: shadowreaper on January 21, 2004, 01:15:27 am
Ok, finally, I've got the first Gilgamesh OST single CD! I got it from a place called #nipponsei but the torrent isn't working right. So I'm gonna re-torrent it and put it on suprnova.org. So go there tomorrow and search for Gilgamesh. I'll put it under Music, not Anime. Hopefully this will work! The singles are awesome!
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: shadowreaper on January 22, 2004, 02:13:43 pm
Here's the Gilgamesh Crazy 4 U Single CD torrent:

http://62.212.90.25/torrents/994/Gilgamesh%20-%20Crazy%204%20U%20-%20OST%20Single.torrent

I'm seeding it and I'll leave it on for a few days. I'm checking to make sure it has seeds though if I stop seeding for a bit, so if it's not seeding when you try it, just leave it on, I'll start seeding it again. Here's the tracklist:

1. Crazy 4 U
2. Crazy 4 U (Instrumental)
3. Crazy 4 U (Akakage's Crazy Love Remix)
4. Yume With You
5. Yume With You (Instrumental)
6. Wasuremono No Mori [Which is a perfect quality TV rip of the end song and not actually on the CD, but I included it.]

Greenkabbage, what does Wasuremono No Mori mean? And what does Yume mean? Thanks for all your translating!
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Saya on January 23, 2004, 02:47:32 pm
@shadowreaper: nice idea, but the link doesn't work.  :(
I want that ending theme, it's great! The opening, too, but I already have that single.

My Japanese is quite bad, but I'll try:
"yume" means "dream" and "wasuremono no mori" might be something like "Forest of forgotten things".

Please correct me, if I'm wrong!
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: greenkabbage on February 15, 2004, 04:19:29 pm
Hello people.
I hope you are still around. Sorry for the long gap...
Saya's translation is correct, good job. :)
Now to get to the status of the episodes: Right now ep 20 is airing/about to be aired in Japan. We released up to 11. You may ask, what the hell? Well there were some complications in the process, but don't think that we dropped the series. We are still doing it, and if you are faithful enough you might see something wonderful happen  ;)
Anyways I am still doing my job, so don't worry. I think you guys have earned something for your patience  (something good preferrably huh?)
By the way I am in Germany now, eating German chocolate (god, how i missed Milka in the US) and doing an internship at IBM. Life's good :D
I guess I bored you enough.

Cheers,
gk
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Saya on February 17, 2004, 01:46:52 pm
Hey greenkabbage! Wellcome back!  ;D

Now that's what I call good news. Never give up the hope. *sipping a cup of tea*
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: crypticgimp on February 18, 2004, 09:38:43 pm
i would like to do an experiment by eating swiss choco vs german choco and see which is better...it really doesnt matter as i, a non choco lover by fanatic of swiss choco (go figure?), would be happy no matter the outcome!

so save some choco for me!
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Spymon on February 24, 2004, 12:50:02 am
Hmm, now I know who crypticgimp is...

I really must devote some time to watching this over from ep1 again.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: crypticgimp on February 24, 2004, 03:27:46 am
Spymon..hmm..that name sounds familiar....  :P  ::)
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Vash on February 25, 2004, 01:56:30 am
swiss chololate is better

I know.

Vash XD
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Vash on February 25, 2004, 02:05:02 am
this series still sucks. Its ranks one of the shittest series we have done.

XD
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: mikala on February 25, 2004, 02:42:14 am
well i hated it @ the begginning , now i really love it =]
(but Galaxy Railways is quite better :D )
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: crypticgimp on February 25, 2004, 02:53:50 am
vash! bad! bad! bad! gilgamesg is AWESOME.  i love the way its animated as just because its totally different then any i have seen.  

but mmm..swiss choco bunny... *eats an ear*
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: 1010011 on February 25, 2004, 06:06:48 pm
i will fall back on my default "well at least it's better than creamy mami" statement :P
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: immortality on February 26, 2004, 04:33:19 am
so when are u going to realease them.....

/me cries... :'(
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Spymon on February 27, 2004, 12:40:22 am
It's live-evil, I'm sure there'll be some more episodes soon, maybe.  I'm sure they'll be out when they are ready.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: greenkabbage on February 28, 2004, 10:29:58 pm
Well you would think that the eps would be released as soon as they are ready. Doesnt seem to be the case though.  >:( I am kind of pissed. I translated all the way up to 20 and now AF released before us again. GRR, I really begin to wonder why I am even trying to translate the episodes quickly if the rest of the fucking team doesnt do the rest of the work.  Maybe I will just quit...
Well no, its only 6 more eps :p Maybe I will TL 21 & 22 tomorrow. I'll have to see how I feel.

-gk, pissed off and cranky, maybe because of the lack of sleep?
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Demn on February 28, 2004, 11:10:29 pm
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Well you would think that the eps would be released as soon as they are ready. Doesnt seem to be the case though.  >:( I am kind of pissed. I translated all the way up to 20 and now AF released before us again. GRR, I really begin to wonder why I am even trying to translate the episodes quickly if the rest of the fucking team doesnt do the rest of the work.  Maybe I will just quit...
Well no, its only 6 more eps :p Maybe I will TL 21 & 22 tomorrow. I'll have to see how I feel.

-gk, pissed off and cranky, maybe because of the lack of sleep?


:D I believe that it has to do with the encoder being sketchy and maybe just not around. :D Sorry gk <3
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Vash on February 29, 2004, 08:37:37 pm
Yes its the encoder being lazy and not being around.
Will try to get them out soon green.
Keep the good work up man.



Vash XD
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: digitize on March 11, 2004, 04:20:53 am
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Yes its the encoder being lazy and not being around.
Will try to get them out soon green.
Keep the good work up man.



Vash XD



Ummm vash, will you please shut your mouth, especially when you have no idea what is going on.  I encoded episode 12 & 13 long long ago, and was told I would encode ep 14 and 15 once they were ready, and that they were almost ready.  So I waited at least 3 weeks, perhaps more, and I finally msg'ed tofu last night and he was doing the typesetting for the eps.  So do not place any blame on me, I'd rather you say nothing at all, because I've encoded what I've been asked to do, and it's not as if I can encode the eps if i don't have the ssa's.  So again, please don't talk when you have no clue what's going on, kthxbye.

And the same with Demn, like I said, eps 12 & 13 have been encoded and ready for quite awhile now , so do not look at me.  And 14+ have not been ready until last night, so really get the story straight before you place the blame on anyone.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: DeadAlready911 on March 12, 2004, 04:48:07 am
IT'S HUGE!
[Live-eviL]Gilgamesh_12[5A29FBDF].avi 5A29FBDF
[Live-eviL]Gilgamesh_13[79B57609].avi 79B57609
[Live-eviL]Gilgamesh_14[0B5F48FE].avi 0B5F48FE
[Live-eviL]Gilgamesh_15[F3D8E4E1].avi F3D8E4E1
[Live-eviL]Gilgamesh_16[90338F58].avi 90338F58
[Live-eviL]Gilgamesh_17[E3FDD156].avi E3FDD156
[Live-eviL]Gilgamesh_18[68CAA298].avi 68CAA298
[Live-eviL]Gilgamesh_19[84CBACEE].avi 84CBACEE
[Live-eviL]Gilgamesh_20[F1B0E005].avi F1B0E005
[Live-eviL]Gilgamesh_21[5661F716].avi 5661F716
[Live-eviL]Gilgamesh_22[A69D8E4D].avi A69D8E4D
[Live-eviL]Gilgamesh_23[34989DB4].avi 34989DB4  

Because I forgot ep 23.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: greenkabbage on March 12, 2004, 04:48:24 am
Well now the good news:
if nothing happens (knock on wood sideways) 12-23 will be release in oh.. a few seconds. I have also translated 24 and that should be coming out tomorrow or so. time to rejoice. sorry for the long dry spell people. but now we should be back to full steam and things should work out a little smoother now.  well the torrents should show up in a few minutes I hope. *knocks on his table top again*
well you will get em at some point. :p
cheers,
gk
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: mikala on March 12, 2004, 04:52:32 am
dead you forgot ep 23 :o

[Live-eviL]Gilgamesh_23[34989DB4].avi 34989DB4
hum for usenet addict i'm going of course to post all these files :D
(1-7 has been posted on abmar & 12 is currently on the way :D )
i'm not around tomorrow ( friday ) but on saturday & more i should reach 20 :D
i don't want to flood usenet too :D
to know how to leech from newsgroups please read this thread (http://forum.live-evil.org/YaBB.cgi?board=leeching;action=display;num=1062548047)
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Tofusensei on March 12, 2004, 05:16:44 am
I hope all you Gilgamesh fans are satisfied for a little while...Hehe

Now to do the same w/ some other projects :X

-Tofu
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: digitize on March 12, 2004, 05:19:07 am
@tofu, this might sound crazy, but perhaps you can release things as each ep is done...
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Tofusensei on March 12, 2004, 05:27:09 am
Well, it wouldn't have made much of a difference.

All the eps were "done" in the past 2 days, after all... Except 12-13 :X

-Tofu
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: digitize on March 12, 2004, 06:58:19 am
Yes, I was referring to eps 12-13, it's still 2 less eps to worry about.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Tofusensei on March 12, 2004, 08:14:57 am
2 eps no one would have downloaded, too. :x

-Tofu
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Saya on March 12, 2004, 12:37:09 pm
*hugs whole L-E crew*  ;D
That's so great!! There's nothing better than good news to start the day ... um, wait a minute!
That also means I have to wait another 6 hours until I get home to start the download!
Arrgh!
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: kleverkaff on March 12, 2004, 10:19:58 pm
omigawd all the gilgamesh releases!!! esps 22, 23 and 24!!!! i lurrrvvveee you guys!!!!
thank you all for all the hard work! thank you thank you thank you THANK YOU!!!!! -beams-

Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: TryxieTrash on March 12, 2004, 11:01:15 pm
I've just downloaded eps 22, 23 & 24, and I'm almost in tears. They are so pixilated they're unwatchable. I don't know whether i've got a bad download or what, but all 3 episodes are the same. I thought I'd mention it. I'm downloading them over again just to check.
Take care all.

TT
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: shadowreaper on March 13, 2004, 06:13:00 am
Which codec should we use with these episodes. This always seems to happen with the Gilgamesh(I don't know about the other releases) episodes. I have Nimo, ffdshow, radium codecs.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: shadowreaper on March 13, 2004, 06:29:12 am
It's not the download TryxieTrash, it's the codec. You need one that will play the video. I'm not sure wich one will work. Hopefully they'll tell us. By the way...how many episodes are in the series? Is it going to be 26?
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: jiehao85 on March 13, 2004, 09:24:24 am
Try getting the K-Lite Codec Pack at www.kdp.2ya.com then. The pack got most codecs. I haven't seen a show that I can't watch with the codec pack installed so far.  ;D
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: digitize on March 13, 2004, 11:28:34 am
I'd personally suggest ffdshow alpha builds here: http://www.ligh.de/software/mirrors.phtml
and I'd suggest getting the newest ffdshow build listed (i.e. the bottom of the ffdshow list).
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: TryxieTrash on March 13, 2004, 05:32:50 pm
Hi Guys

Thanks for the advice. I already tried Nimo and it completely trashed everything, nothing played the avi's at all. I got DivX 511 but it screwed up to, kepted dropping sound badly, version 2.5.3 is working ok and is now the only thing that will play my avi's. Anyway, all's well that ends well, and the downloads are great.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Odyssey on March 13, 2004, 05:37:02 pm
hey i have been following the l-e releases of gilgamesh for awhile and just recently i noticed that like 4 episodes or whatever came out all at once or something. when i tried to download ep 21 i noticed it was a bundle of 18 to 21. is there a way to just get 21?
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: 1010011 on March 13, 2004, 07:02:10 pm
ugh, dont listen to anything these people say, you're all morons when it comes to cocdecs

1) uninstall ALL your codecs. codec packs are known to be crappy, especially nimo. also, more is NOT better, because the more you install the more likely they are to conflict. also, you have no idea which codec ends up decoding the file. so get rid of all of that shit, reboot your computer, and start over from scratch.

2) now install the RIGHT codecs. i suggest either ffdshow (and nothing else), or individual codecs as you need them. personally, i have divx 3.11 alpha, xvid 1.0 RC 3, ogg vorbis direct show, and matroska splitter on my comp, and THATS IT (i have xvid decode divx 5 files).

dont blame l-e on your inability to use codecs

on batch torrents: we dont give a shit about people who get whatever is released first, and dont care about quality. if you're impatient enough to only want ep 21 either leech from a bot in the channel or use the batch torrent.

"i have been following the l-e releases of gilgamesh for awhile" dont lie

and seriously, if you only love l-e for eps 22-24, you dont love l-e at all, you only love fast releases. get lost.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: DeadAlready911 on March 13, 2004, 07:47:36 pm
PREACH ON BROTHER 1010011!!!!!!!!

*DeadAlready911 starts dancing up and down the forum.*
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: crypticgimp on March 14, 2004, 12:27:34 am
damn..preach on brother..preach on....


on a less serious note: hahaha gilgamesh!!

oh baby i love it when you tune that piano..let me suck your eye!
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: immortality on March 14, 2004, 11:37:26 am
God this Series rules...weeeee....ive been waiting for your realeases since ep 11...and great thx...mwhahaha...now all i have to do is see them...i love this series...goes on the top list..
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Dark_Rain on March 15, 2004, 08:24:19 am
Odyssey : I don't see what's the problem, if you have all the other gilgamesh files by L-E, you can just put them into a directory and resume the BT download. It will download only your missing files, provided they didn't update the other files in between, then it wont work.

Also, it might involve creating the files via BT and then overwritting them with the complete one.


Oh and as for codec, sure people don't know how to use them but you'll have to admit that managing them for a neophyte is hell.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: 1010011 on March 15, 2004, 09:58:02 am
how come whenever i try to say something someone else always finds a better way to say it? :/ thanks dark

and damn, i still need to watch the rest of the released gilg eps, have seen only up to 17 so far. hopefully the courting rituals get more intresting later on......
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: greenkabbage on March 15, 2004, 03:01:50 pm
@dark: I was about to suggest that. you were faster though :p
@83: man you've got valid points but woo, chill out a little. that high tension will give you ulcers, and nobody would want that, right? And don't crush my naive ideals of the world being a good place by telling people we don't care. I mean we do love everyone, don't we? ;)
@immortality: Wow you're devoted, thumbs up! I consider that a compliment for our vastly superior work ;)  hehe, even if it isnt, thanks for the being faithful!
@all: I am surprised that so many people have been following the show. As I said in an earlier post, I was rather ticked off by the long delay too, whatever the reasons were. But now we finally managed to get back up to normal speed, which is INSANELY FAST...  ;D  well, ok so maybe its not really insane, but rather appropiate. I mean it sounds like y'all are craving more gilgamesh goodness. As do I, I kind of fell for the series after getting into it a little bit. the later episodes are so cool. and the plot keeps on thickening like gravy. oh groovy gravy. can't wait for the next ep, heh and i get to see it before you  ;)

oh man I really need to stop writing before I let more crap fill this text box. so I'm off.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Saya on March 15, 2004, 03:49:24 pm
@greenkabbage: Ey, another one who loves the Wolf's Rain OST?  ;D *happy*

But there is still one question that nobody has answered yet (or did I miss it?):
How many episodes will Gilgamesh have finally?
The usual 26?
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: greenkabbage on March 15, 2004, 04:35:37 pm
As far as I can tell from the gilxx website it will be 26. There isn't any section beyond the 21-26 section in the preview. So as long as they dont pull a WR or (gasp!) an inuyasha, we should be expecting 26.

ps: wo in deutschland bist du denn gerade Saya? Ich bin in der naehe von Stuttgart.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: immortality on March 16, 2004, 02:02:09 am
i know this has probably been asked but wat are the names of the Opening song and ending song and the names of the author...
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: 1010011 on March 16, 2004, 10:10:54 am
have you tried checking the credits?

opening: Koda Kumi - Crazy 4 U
ending: Yuko Ando - Wasuremono no Mori
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Saya on March 16, 2004, 07:21:26 pm
@1010011: Don't be rude. Maybe he (?) can't read the kanji.

OT@gruenkohl:  ;D
Ich bin gerade in Freising (bei Muenchen), dort arbeite ich bei einer amerikanischen Firma, wie passend! *lol*
Ende Maerz bin ich auf der Buchmesse in Leipzig. Kommst du auch?
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: immortality on March 18, 2004, 02:25:02 am
Quote
have you tried checking the credits?

opening: Koda Kumi - Crazy 4 U
ending: Yuko Ando - Wasuremono no Mori


i would have tried..but i can read the language..but thx for the help
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: greenkabbage on March 18, 2004, 05:58:05 pm
OH OH!! Ep 25 is going to be so cool! I can't wait to see it. I just read the preview and it's rocking my panties. Ohh wooo! Friday it's going to be friday soon in Japan. Woo! Woo!!
::bounces off::
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: shadowreaper on March 18, 2004, 07:37:20 pm
I downloaded all the stuff suggested by 1010011. I have one question. What should I do with the .ax files in the Matroska Splitter? But it is playing the newest Gilgamesh files good. I was able to watch it earlier though with VideoLAN player or something, but I did as instructed and uninstalled ALL codecs and started from scratch. Thanks 1010011! I also ended up having to download a AC3 sound codec.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: 1010011 on March 19, 2004, 01:37:52 am
unless you plan to play .mkv files, you dont need it at all :P i used an exe to install the matroska splitter, get it at http://ld-anime.faireal.net/guide/mkv-eng

i didn't download AC3 codec myself simply cause i dont have a surround sound setup (and fansubs almost never use it; the one exception being macross zero)
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: greenkabbage on March 21, 2004, 09:31:51 pm
OH MY GOD!
Gilg 26 is totally fucked up. I am translating it right now and hopefully it will be out by tomorrow. Yes i did 25 already. my god, this totally came out of the blue. hmm reminds of another series, but I guess i wont spoil it for everybody. OH well we can discuss later.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: shadowreaper on March 22, 2004, 08:05:31 pm
I can't wait. Any mods know when 25 and 26 will be released? The sooner these two eps are released the sooner Live-eviL will complete this series and be able to move on to the others.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: shadowreaper on March 22, 2004, 09:06:10 pm
Cancel that inquiry about the releases. In #live-evil, DeadAlready911 said they'd be released very soon. Also, gilxx.com has been updated for this month, but I don't know if you'll want to go there if you haven't seen eps 25 and 26 because of the pictures and new backgrounds and stuff. I saw them but I can't make anything out of them. Go at your own risk. One thing that isn't really a spoiler is about the next update of gilxx.com. Yeah, it says "Next Update: XX" Hehe. So in that case, I hope to never see the site updated again because I like the sky too much. ;)
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Molen on March 23, 2004, 06:32:25 pm
I would really like to see a HQ version of 25 and 26 for those of us that have no need to put the eps on cd.

Get a dvd-burner, they're cheap.  ;)
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: shadowreaper on March 23, 2004, 08:20:18 pm
They're going to do the HQ 25 and 26 pretty soon. Tufo said so in #live-evil. I've got about 5 minutes left to watch in the last ep.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: shadowreaper on March 23, 2004, 08:54:54 pm
As Stan says on South Park "Dude, the is pretty f***ed up right here!" Woah! That was crazy! No spoilers though. I'll wait til more people have a chance to get the last two episodes. I've got some pictures of a few characters and stuff from Gilgamesh from the site. I've edited them because they were messed up on the site. I'll upload them soon. Any idea what the easiest way to do that would be?
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Tofusensei on March 23, 2004, 11:33:20 pm
Which site you going to put them on?

And yes, the end is PURE INSANITY!

SPOILER WARNING:::::














I've always wanted an anime that just blows up the entire world O_O;;

Now did anyone understand the whole thing w/ the sister and the tuning fork at the end??

-Tofu
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: greenkabbage on March 24, 2004, 12:58:48 am
well they didnt really blow up the world, it was more like evangelion where they do a new start. the at field in eva, absolute terror field, was there to make humans not be a pile of uniform goo and there to protect people from getting hurt. in gilg what they do is remove all sorts of emotions from humans as far as i can tell, becaues emotion is bad and allows for jealousy, as with the countess. so lets get rid of emotions, shall we? and the tuning fork... well I guess TEAR, the child form of the countess was the last remnat of human emotion and thus had to be finished off in order to complete Cleansing Flat. just my interpretations. still didnt like how it left a lot of things unclear and sort of random
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Tofusensei on March 24, 2004, 01:13:48 am
Ohh... that kinda makes sense, then :)

btw, it's cleansing flood :P

I had to do a find+replace in all your scripts, haha!

-Tofu
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: shadowreaper on March 24, 2004, 08:34:40 am
Here's those pictures I was telling y'all about:

http://webpost.net/sh/shadowreaper/city.jpg

http://webpost.net/sh/shadowreaper/duo.jpg

http://webpost.net/sh/shadowreaper/novem.jpg

http://webpost.net/sh/shadowreaper/novemmonster.jpg

http://webpost.net/sh/shadowreaper/sex.jpg

http://webpost.net/sh/shadowreaper/tatsuya.jpg

http://webpost.net/sh/shadowreaper/uno.jpg
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: greenkabbage on March 24, 2004, 07:02:05 pm
damn you tofu, you should tell me those things before i make myself look like a complete idiot. well i should blame the bastards who did the voice acting first. they should learn that D and T are different sounds. oh well, then I should blame myself for not catching that error. then i blame tofu for not telling me.    :P
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Tofusensei on March 24, 2004, 08:28:12 pm
Aww, but making you look like a complete idiot is half the fun...

-Tofu
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: lemonherb on March 24, 2004, 09:17:56 pm
Wow, what a wonderful, logical and completely satisfiying ending to an incredible series. ::)
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: shadowreaper on March 24, 2004, 11:30:21 pm
Something tells me that the reference to the hymn 'Shall We Gather At The River' was chosen for a reason. Upon looking up its history it was written by a pastor and came from a vision he had of the apocalypse. More theories coming later...

'Shall We Gather At The River' by Robert Lowry:

Shall we gather at the river,
Where bright angel feet have trod,
With its crystal tide forever
Flowing by the throne of God?

Yes, we’ll gather at the river,
The beautiful, the beautiful river;
Gather with the saints at the river
That flows by the throne of God.

On the margin of the river,
Washing up its silver spray,
We will talk and worship ever,
All the happy golden day.

Ere we reach the shining river,
Lay we every burden down;
Grace our spirits will deliver,
And provide a robe and crown.

At the smiling of the river,
Mirror of the Savior’s face,
Saints, whom death will never sever,
Lift their songs of saving grace.

Soon we’ll reach the shining river,
Soon our pilgrimage will cease;
Soon our happy hearts will quiver
With the melody of peace.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: immortality on March 25, 2004, 12:37:15 am
so are u going to be realeasing the HQ..versions seperatley too...instead of them..in the batch..the small sizes...just dont seem to work for me...^^... :-/
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Saya on March 25, 2004, 07:11:37 pm
*hugs shadowreaper*
The pictures are so beautiful! And I love that song, thanks alot for the lyrics!  ;D

I had no time to watch the ending yet.
Damn, now I must avoid spoilers somehow. *sigh*
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Vash on March 25, 2004, 08:59:15 pm
Finally its over!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: ViD4R on March 26, 2004, 12:34:41 am
...this whole anime left me kinda startled  :-/

@ shadowreaper: I guess there is some more clues in the recurrent themes that are played. The one which Terumichi hears while he's inside of delphys - and the other waltz like one. I don't know yet where they're from but they sound familiar.


Then, the sumerian creational myth tells that the world was created when earth and sky divided (which apparently is reversed by the cleansing flood).

It also tells of a giant tree which, after it was derooted by the southwind and afloat in the euphrates, is planted in the holy garden of uruk by a woman called Inanna. This tree reaches from the earth to the heavens. Gilgamesh later roots it out.
A tree which somehow reminded me of the hullup tree is to be seen in the last few moments of the last episode.  
Whats more, when the Turangalila shoots its beam into the sheltering sky does the whole thing not resemble yet again an ernomous tree? :o

Then again the thing with the pitching fork kinda bugs me. Isn't that what is heard when the tomb of gilgamesh is discovered?  ???

so if anyone can make sense of what i just wrote...
plz answer and give me some hints will ya  :)
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: shadowreaper on March 26, 2004, 01:56:28 am
Dude, when you said "pitching fork" I kept thinking of a pitchfork...and come to think about it, it is used like a pitch fork at the very end, hehehe.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: immortality on March 26, 2004, 03:18:52 am
hmm..pretty cool series...made a lot more sense than EVA...everyone basically dies and the world is reborn to the beginning where kiyoko is i guess like "eve" and she kills TEAR to get rid of all the emotions in the world...and begin the world a new...kind of like "reformating" the harddrive  :-/

i still would have liked to see maybe one or 2 eps before they finished the series... :'(
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Dark_Rain on March 26, 2004, 10:19:17 am
Congratulations on finishing this serie guys. It was a really great show to watch and I can't help but repeat what the others said : Don't watch this while using mind altering substances or bad things™ could happen ^_^.

Anyway, very good work on the encoding and subbing.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: ViD4R on March 26, 2004, 10:54:35 am
@ shadowreaper: ::) tuning fork, tuning fork, tuning fork, tuning fork!! gomen nasai!!

@ immortality:
The ending really is kinda weird....
As for me i think that kiyoko kinda takes revenge for the anihilated mankind. Her gaze at the end sure does give me some proof for that one.
Remember she was in that cocon which was made up of fused human and gilgamesh matter.  So given that she spoke to tatsuya through using reiko's dynamis (and therefore was not dead) there is some slight hint that she would survive.

But then whats with that soul leaving the body thing when tatsuya dies ??? Angels??

Aww :-/ all too puzzling
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: shadowreaper on March 27, 2004, 06:44:18 pm
I was just messing around ViD4R, lol. I never thought of Kiyoko as being Eve. Who would be the Adam? Something I was thinking about...There was a flaw in Enkidu's work of Gilgamesh. Even though he set out to make a race without emotions; love, hate, sadness, etc. He ultimately failed in that. This is evident in Novem's admitting that he truly loved Kiyoko. I was talking to greenkabbage a few days ago and we were talking about how you can see Novem struggling with himself and the other members of Gilgamesh. Amor vincit omnia. :)
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: shadowreaper on March 27, 2004, 06:47:23 pm
I was wondering, could greenkabbage or someone who knows Japanese translate the full version of Wasuremono No Mori please? You can leave out the part that's on the series though. Thanks!
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Tofusensei on March 27, 2004, 11:05:53 pm
Is there a full version?

The OST's version is the same as the TV...

-Tofu
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: 1010011 on March 27, 2004, 11:45:23 pm
[vga-ost] Gilgamesh ED - Yuko Ando - and do record (VBR)

01 - Dramatic Record.mp3
02 - Happy Go Lucky.mp3
03 - Life.mp3
04 - Ame Tsuki.mp3
05 - Wasuremono no Mori.mp3

and of course track 5 is 4:24 long. but the whole EP is actually quite nice, i highly reccomend it tofu. course it's not really labled as the gilg ending single or anything like that, thats just how vga-ost labled it.

as for translating the whole ending song, i dont think anyone in l-e will bother unless they end up subbing a PV or something. there are websites out there that speciallize in japanese song translations, so you might wanna look for those (i dont know them off the top of my head, sorry)
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: shadowreaper on March 28, 2004, 08:19:55 pm
Si, si. It was on a single cd.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Saya on March 31, 2004, 05:28:10 pm
@shadowreaper: "Amor vincit omnia" ... what does that mean? "Love overcomes everything" or something like that? My Latin is really poor (never really learned it).

The final episode of Gilgamesh was just great! What a show down!  :o
But it kind of looked as if the producers had to hurry. Everything happens quite fast.

This is how I understand the last few scenes:
The world (and mankind) is destroyed because of the Cleansing Flood and TEAR (Hiroko-chan) plans a new pure world without emotions. But Kiyoko "survived" in that cocoon and kills TEAR, so the next world will be just like the last one.

Sorry if my post is kind of confusing. I probably shouldn't discuss stuff like that when I'm having a bad flu. *cough*
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: greenkabbage on April 01, 2004, 06:48:29 pm
@saya: You say that Kiyoko survived in that cocoon, yet En Kidu specifically said that a new man kind will be born from it, basically making her part of the plan. But that's an interesting point. Completely seperate from that... how is Kiyoko/Eve going to reproduce?! Or maybe she is a <dum dum dumm> hermaphrodite... or an asexual being that can just divide itself... Limitless possibilities! :D
And yes, the ending was rushed again. I liked the way WR did it. The 26th ep was good enough, but then they topped it off with 4 more episodes! Hats off to the WR producers.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: crypticgimp on April 01, 2004, 09:14:01 pm
wait the reason she was in the cocoon was that she was pregnant, thats why she was key to the whole new human race...
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Saya on April 02, 2004, 10:55:46 pm
Oh, wait a minute!
I thought it all over again, and now I believe it was NOT Kiyoko in the end, it's her child!
Kiyoko and Tatsuya seem to be together in a kind of after life, and that child of Novem and Kiyoko somehow survived in that cocoon.
And that child is the "living" proof that Enkidu's plan failed because Novem really had feelings.
It kind of makes sense to me. The doctors said before that the embryo grew very fast, but I don't remember if it really was female.

But I don't think that Kiyoko (or her baby) were part of Enkidu's plan. I'd say the world will start again at the very begining, with bacteria or something.  :-/
So maybe that last scene took place on a spiritual level, not in the physical world.

Argh! The more I think about the ending the more confused I get! *sigh*

P.S.
Are the names of the Gilgamesh guys ever mentioned during the series? I guess if I didn't check the web site I wouldn't know their names at all.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: shadowreaper on April 03, 2004, 12:41:13 pm
Yeah, it's on the official site. Their names are Happy, Grumpy, Sleepy, Dopey, Sneezy, Bashful, and Doc. Ok, no really, their names are Uno, Duo, Triam, Quattuor, Sex, Septem, Oct, Novem, and Decem. There should be one between Quattuor and Sex though. My guess is Quinque. I believe these are Roman numbers. They might be Greek. I'll get a piclist with them in a bit.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: shadowreaper on April 03, 2004, 01:09:14 pm
Alright here we go...everyone count with me in Roman(I guess)...

(http://webpost.net/sh/shadowreaper/Gilgamesh.jpg)

Like I said, I'm not sure what the fifth one is. If someone who can speak Japanese and knows the Japanese symbols can go to gilxx.com and go to the characters section. The fifth one is there with the name, I just can't read Japanese, hehe. Boy, I bet number 6 got made fun of a lot as a kid. ;)
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Tofusensei on April 04, 2004, 03:49:38 am
Hehe, the "unknown" one is like Quink, or something ^^

-Tofu

edit: Ahh, you said it, Quinque ^^
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Saya on April 04, 2004, 04:33:45 pm
Thanks guys, but that was not what I meant.

Their names (Novem, Uno, ...) are never ever mentioned in the ANIME!! We can only find them on gilxx.com.
Right?
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: crypticgimp on April 04, 2004, 10:08:06 pm
they are kinda mentioned when they talk to each other..and other than having their names on their shirts then umm..no.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Saya on April 05, 2004, 07:23:23 pm
Quote
they are kinda mentioned when they talk to each other..and other than having their names on their shirts then umm..no.

Well, I really don't think their names are mentioned. I'll check it again.
And the shirts ... who can read that?! What language is that anyway?
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: shadowreaper on April 07, 2004, 09:14:10 am
I was wondering, too, if the symbols on their shirts was their name? That'd be weird though. No other language could make a show with badguys(REAL badguys) with their names on their shirts. That'd be so messed up..."Darth Vader" or "Sauron" etc.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: 1010011 on April 07, 2004, 08:28:00 pm
with regaurd to wolf's rain ending, the only reason there are 4 ova eps for it is because production got lagged. if not for poor planning, those four terrible recap episodes would not have existed, and the series would have finished without needing a single ova episode.

attention japanese studios: DONT end it like WR. EVER
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: shadowreaper on April 08, 2004, 02:10:46 pm
I did just skip through the four recap episodes. I hate episodes like that. But I liked the WR series.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: DeadAlready911 on April 09, 2004, 12:12:11 am
I think this is beating the Dear Boys thread.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Saya on April 11, 2004, 04:25:56 pm
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I think this is beating the Dear Boys thread.

Why?  ???
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Vash on April 12, 2004, 12:32:55 am
Dear boys is way better then gilgamesh


GO DEAR BOYS!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Spymon on April 13, 2004, 03:22:20 am
Poor Vash...  not that I've seen all of Gligy, but it'd have to suck mighty bad to be worse than Dear Boys.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Wicked_Child on April 22, 2004, 04:06:11 pm
Quote
Thanks guys, but that was not what I meant.

Their names (Novem, Uno, ...) are never ever mentioned in the ANIME!! We can only find them on gilxx.com.
Right?


Actually Novem's name is mentioned in the eps where he "kidnaps" Kiyoko. It's when their in the plane and Fujisaki, Tatsuya, Fuu, and Tooru show up. It's either Oct or Sex that say, "Novem" in a warning fashion. I can't remember the exact eps right now though.

THANK YOU SHADOWREAPER for figuring out the rest of their names. I knew who Novem, Sex, and Uno were but that was it.

Okay now I have to catch up with the rest of this thread.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: shadowreaper on April 23, 2004, 06:37:54 am
No problem, Wicked_Child. It's too bad they don't say their names in the anime. I'm waiting on Gilxx plushies and more merchandise!
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Wicked_Child on April 23, 2004, 02:06:11 pm
Gilxx plushies? I dunno if I'd want one of the Gilxx kids in their non-human forms. Though it'd be interesting to see how they make them. But more merchandise would be nice.  :D

Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Saya on April 24, 2004, 07:19:17 pm
Gilxx plushies? Yay, that would be great!!  
I want one, too!;D

But what about a Gilxx cosplay ... let's say ... Uno?  ;)

P.S. Wicked_Child, your user pic is great! Horray for Schwarz!  8)
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Wicked_Child on April 25, 2004, 03:16:09 pm
Still not sold on the Gilxx plushies but doesn't mean I wouldn't want one.  ;) I have to say that the pic posted of Sex topless was very...erm...eye opening. In a good way.

Cosplaying Uno? A friend of mine who cosplays brought that up. She said she wouldn't feel too comfortable doing that though. At least at the moment she feels that way. I think a person would need a certain body frame in order to cosplay Uno properly. That's why despite the fact that I'd love to, I never would.

Has anyone ever brought up the sex factor of Novem and Kiyoko? I mean, imagine how mind blowing that could be. I don't know why my mind is wandering in this direction but it is. Forgive me.

Thanks Saya about my icon.  ;D A friend made it for me since she knows I love that priest killing knife licker. Gotta love Schwarz!
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: otaku on April 28, 2004, 11:57:58 pm
I loved gilgamesh and wolf's rain though I would have liked better endings, particularly I was like most dissapointed with wr. Still love wr though
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Vash on April 29, 2004, 02:38:28 am
Its still shitty
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: shadowreaper on April 29, 2004, 08:22:19 am
I was reading this month's US Newtype and I was shocked to see the "Top 20 Most Popular Anime"

1. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
2. FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST
3. Mab....
ok, skipping a few
14. Gilgamesh!!!

I didn't even know they knew about Gilgamesh in Japan. ;) I had heard it came on at like 1 or 2 in the morning. Maybe that was US time though. So maybe we'll start seeing some cool merch and plushies!
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: 1010011 on April 30, 2004, 07:35:20 am
man japan sure likes crappy anime, assuming #3 is what i think it is...............but it is intresting to see something like gilg at #14. that anime had like no production budget and it showed painfully............i guess the story was enough to captivate some people (like myself)
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: shadowreaper on April 30, 2004, 11:48:12 pm
Maybe Gilgamesh will be a cult(no pun intended) anime. Here's the list, anyway:

1. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
2. Full Metal Alchemist
3. Maburaho
4. Chrono Crusade
5. Peace Maker Kurogane
6. Neon Genesis Evangelion
7. ROD The TV
8. DC ~Da Capo~
9. Maria-sama ga Miteru
10. Naruto
11. Saiyuki Reload
12. Inu Yasha
13. Kaleido Star
14. Gilgamesh
15. Mobile Suit Gundam
16. Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
17. Gungrave
18. Chojushin Gravion Zwei
19. Kokaku Kidotai Stand Alone Complex
20. Onegai*Twins

I wish they would do most popular anime without taking the current fads and anime that's seasonally popular into consideration. Basically I wish they'd do top anime of all time.

Oh, and #5 Gilgamesh person is "Quincke" according to this picture's link: http://www.gilxx.com/bbs2/imgs/icon_quincke.gif
Here's a link with more of those icons: http://www.gilxx.com/bbs2/applybbs.cgi?job=icon
They're from the Gilgamesh message board. Too bad I can't read Japanese.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Spymon on May 01, 2004, 03:29:31 am
The fact that Da Crapo made it to number 8 quickly lessens the poll's impact.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: shadowreaper on May 01, 2004, 07:27:53 am
I've never seen Da Capo
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Spymon on May 02, 2004, 12:03:41 am
Trust me, don't.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: crypticgimp on May 02, 2004, 12:16:03 am
da capo was cute in the beginning and then it got weird and stupid and had a sucky ending.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: 1010011 on May 02, 2004, 05:21:55 pm
all you need to know about da capo:

http://www.andrewlb.com/temp/voiceofreason.jpg
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Wicked_Child on May 05, 2004, 04:43:55 am
Shadowreaper, were you the one that posted the pictures of Uno, Duo, Novem, Novem's monster form, and Sex? If so, are those official pictures? I just want to be certain is all.

Wow. Gilgamesh beat Gungrave. *snickers* I'm sure one of my friends would have a fit over that.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: greenkabbage on May 05, 2004, 08:12:26 am
are those the top 20 from Japan? or the US?  and why is inuyasha higher than gits SAC? why is inuyasha even on there? O_O I dont know da capo but I think this top 20 is crap anyways.

about quincke... I think it should be 'Quinque'   Romans didnt use k's at all ;)

Here a list of roman numbers:

unus,a,um    
duo    
tres,tres,tria        
quattuor
quinque            
sex                
septem          
octo                  
novem              
decem

I guess those are the 'correct' spellings, but who knows what the gilg creators were thinking about when they picked the numbers.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: Gryphon on May 08, 2004, 03:28:05 pm
How about this synopsis of the ending, TEAR is the last remnent of emotion in the world, being the embodiment of Hiroko's emotions. And the, shall we just call it, child of Kiyoko and Novem, kills her to ensure no emotional 'polutants' for the future world. Even though she was born of love, at least from Novem's side, it would make her more like the irony. She being born of emotion, but destroying emotion all together. The only problem I see with that is, she does show a form of emotion at the end, she's pleased, if not looking a bit insane, at the murder of TEAR.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: shadowreaper on May 13, 2004, 02:59:45 am
Yes Wicked_Child, those are official pictures from gilxx.com
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: immortality on May 14, 2004, 04:11:07 am
whoo..theres a lot of old anime on there...EVA...Mobile suit Gundam...if this is a list of the Best anime series

theres definately something wrong with it...but Gilgamesh was pretty good...the animeation wasnt top notch or anything..but the story was cooll...then ending kind of was wierd..but so was EVA's...anywayzz..this is why US anime magazine's blow...
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: RoboTek on June 07, 2004, 07:18:06 am
I know this series has been out awhile, but I was wondering if anyone could seed the last portion of it.

I am making a point to seed what I can and still mantain a decent upload, but I dont have the last few eps.

PS: Sorry if you have a prefered place for these requests, but as you notice I am new here.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: DeadAlready911 on June 07, 2004, 07:42:22 pm
We have a leeching forum.  The only way to miss it is NOT TO READ.  "I am new here" is just a poor excuse.
Title: Re: Gilgamesh!
Post by: greenkabbage on June 08, 2004, 03:52:29 pm
Well there are two seeds on the batch torrent, so if you want to get the rest of the eps make sure you have all the other eps and get on. With Azureus you can even choose which files you want to download.