All things Kia Asamiya thread!

RamonesFan2020204 · Post by **RamonesFan2020204** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:29 pm

The first of Kia Asamiya's work I ever saw was "Martian Successor Nadesico", which was back in 2001. I discovered it through an AMV I saw. When I watched the first DVD, I thought the show was so awesome! Then in 2004, I discovered "Steam Detectives", and when I first saw it, I thought it was good, but I slowly got hooked the more episodes I saw of it. I was surprised to find out it was created by the same guy who made Nadesico! Steam Detectives is one of my top, favorite animes, and it's sad I don't see enough people on forums talk about it. Kia Asamiya's great. Narutaki's the cutest child detective ever, Ling Ling, Lang Lang, Minato and Yurika are hot babes, LeBled's a cool looking villian, Ruri Hoshino is hilarious, Akito Tenkawa's funny and awesome, Jun Aoi is overlooked, and Gai Daigojui (sp?) is timeless!!!! I still haven't seen "Silent Mobius", and I still haven't read the Batman comic he made called "Child of Dreams". Speaking of Batman, Steam Detectives reminds me of Batman. I heard once that Kia Asamiya said he wanted to make an environment similar to Gotham City. Plus I think the characters in Steam Detectives can be compaired to Batman characters:

Crimson Scorpion=Cat Woman
LeBled=The Riddler
Dr. Guilty=The Joker
Inspector Yagami=Commishioner James Gordon
Just some examples

I also made a shitload of Steam Detectives AMVs featuring songs from the two soundtrack albums to the 1989 Batman movie (Prince's soundtrack and Danny Elfman's film score). I like every single one of 'em. Back around late '04/early '05, I REALLY wanted to make a Steam Detectives and Batman crossover fanfic, but I never did, because I couldn't think of a good name for it, and I'm not sure if I want to do it anymore. And finally, if I hadn't seen Nadesico OR Steam Detectives, I would've never discovered these FANTASTIC voice actors that I LOVE:

Spike Spencer
Brett Weaver
Tiffany Grant
Kelly Manison
Josh Meyer
Gray Haddock
Larissa Wolcott

badmartialarts · Post by **badmartialarts** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 11:21 pm

The characters in Steam Dectectives actually compare more favorably to characters from the Sherlock Holmes books and movies, with a good mixing with Batman.

I liiked what I have read of Dark Angel and Silent Moebius, I'd recommend the manga for Silent Moebius over the anime in fact, although the anime isn't bad, it doesn't have a conclusive ending.

EvaXephon · Post by **EvaXephon** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 11:45 pm

Ah, Silent Mobius, that brings back some memories. I liked it, and I've been meaning to check out the manga.

TaranT · Post by **TaranT** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 12:19 am

EvaXephon wrote:Ah, Silent Mobius, that brings back some memories. I liked it, and I've been meaning to check out the manga.

Silent Mobius is one of the best buys in anime TV series.