Ouran High School Host Club or The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

I'm not a fan of anime. Dunno why, but I just don't really like the animation and none of the premises really interest me.

Thanks Chi!
Got my slap dice today!

I really loved the first one and didn't think a second rendition would outdo it but Brotherhood has been amazing. It shows us a bigger layout of Amestris and the neighboring nations...especially with Fort Briggs and the ever so lovely General Olivier Armstrong I agree with you on the story...they have given us so much more depth and the action is on a higher level.

I watched the first three seasons of Bleach and after the Bounts I got lost with the story. So I am about 100+ episodes behind.

Ok...must go check my mail.

I've said it before, but I'm not an anime fan at all either. Every time I try to watch one I get five or six episodes in enjoying the show, then I get very quickly bored and angered by the repetition that seems to find its' way into every single one. Maybe I'm crazy, but watching a guy yell "spinning sword ultra jump attack!" (or whatever) over and over again does not make for compelling action.

To be fair I haven't put that much effort into the genre, largely because I've known a couple of people who were "that kind" of anime fan who really turned me off to it, but I suppose I don't know why I should have to.

Edit: I should clarify that there have been a few anime-esque video games that I enjoyed. I loved Persona, for example. I thought the animation worked, the story worked, and aside from the voice acting the sound design was really interesting. I've just never met an anime I liked, and very few manga where I could tell what the hell was going on.

Any Ogre references in mainstream comics?
I seem to have found;
She-Hulk #8, "Amongst the Ogres"

Jen is put on trial by the Ogres for trying to change their way of life, which is basically to sit around, isolated from the rest of the world.

Excuse me while I sit around.

I'm on the case. That's something of a Where's Waldo that I can enjoy.

That's right. I said "enjoy." Do your worst.

Btw; who's the Cubbies fan?
I picked up two Aug 7th 1963 ticket stubs W/ the children's stubs attached yesterday at the flea mkt.

Sandy Kofax pitched 9.1 innings!

Cost 5 bucks!

May or may not feature actual Ogres.

Batman #535
"The Ogre and the Ape"

Batman began working a murder case which quickly became a serial killer case. Doctors once involved in genetic experiments on humans and apes were being killed by a pair of their failed subjects. Batman took down the last remaining doctor instead of his victim.

Thunderbolts #33
"Ogres In the Shadows"

Story unknown to me at this time.

I think SLVR's a Cubs fan.

Ogre in the Shadows featured this guy: http://www.oocities.org/area51/portal/5275/ogre.html

And for the record, SLVRSR4, Dngrgrrl and myself are all Cubs fans. I think TPChid as well, but I don't want to speak out of turn on that one.

Poked my head in here right in time!

Cubs fans/Ogres that I know of:

ME
Dngergrrl
TheAvengerThor
TPChid

SLVR, DngrGrl and myself. In fact, until last season I was a season ticket holder.

Well, I've been a Red Sox fan in NY since I was a kid.

But since I kept a low profile when they started this season 2-10, I'll continue to be reluctant to take shots at any other team now.

...Uh, except the Yankees, of course.