Anime Central

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I've Just this second strayed across this channel on sky(199) while I'm waiting for the repeat of Mighty Boosh.

It's currently showing Transformers Masterforce does anyone else know of this channel? Does it show good stuff? Is it worth me putting on my favourites?

I see Cowboy Bebop is on later, which is always good for a laugh...

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Muddy Funster! Bebop clashes with the Boosh, still a  browse at the TV Guide during the break there shows me it's basically the same 5-6  shows looped ad nauseam between the hours of 9 pm and 6 am...

[Bico]

Yeah, they repeat stuff, but they show them in sequence - if you miss something, you have to check back in about 24 days or so before it's repeated.
Have they started showing the subtitled stuff yet?  I find it hard to sit through English-language anime these days, as the same five people droning on in that flat, lifeless manner (that seems propietary to dubbed anime) just eats away at the soul over time - they may only be voice actors, but surely they're still supposed to, y'know... *act*, or something?
The Transformers shows on AC are something else, though - they seem to be the shows that the Americans never licenced (probably because of the high human/robot bodycount), and it's almost like some English voiceover studio has been bunged a bit of beer-money to translate the shows on the quick so they can be shown on digital telly.  There's something oddly compelling about a show that has Soundwave as a cockney bouncer.
Planetes looks interesting, too, although it's funny to see that the one thing that people held up as being half-decent about Star Trek: Enterprise - the opening sequence - was ripped-off wholesale from a low-budget anime.  But what the hell - if stealing from Japanese animators and passing off their work as your own is good enough for Walt Disney, it's sure as hell good enough for  space-fascists in boiler suits.

[The Monarch]

Everything is due to be repeated at the end of this week including bleach which is my fave

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Osted by Bico: t's almost like some English voiceover studio has been bunged a bit of beer-money to translate the shows on the quick so they can be shown on digital telly.

I dunno about that, the Transformers on last night was subtitled, consequently I have no Idea what was going on as I kept having to look away to type on here. Optimus Prime seemed to have little stubby wings and three human Pilots?!?

[chris_askham]

Is this on Virgin too, or just Sky?

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Sorry, damn my crappy HTML skillzz, I dunno if it's on Virgin, it doesn't even appear in my TV mag...  

[Bico]

"I dunno about that, the Transformers on last night was subtitled"

That'll be Masterforce.  They were showing the English dub of Headmasters last time I checked in on the channel, and were talking about doing subbed versions of some of the shows.

[The Monarch]

The full line up of shows seen so are are the following in order

vision of escalflown repeated twice

Bleach season 1 (ep1-20) repeated twice about to begin its third repeat this wednesday

full metal alchemist only shown once so far

Ghost in the shell sac: repeated twice

planetes repeated twice

transformers: headmasters not repeated yet

transformers: masterforce still showing

bleach season 2 (eps 21-51) nearing the end of the run

ghost in the shell 2nd gig nearing the end of the run due to be repeated soon

wolfs rain nearing the end of the run due to be repeated soon

cowboy bebop halfway through the series