Nagareboshi Gin (Shooting Star Gin, also titled "Ginga-Nagareboshi Gin") and Densetsu Weed (Also titled "Ginga Legend Weed"). Has anybody seen/read either of these mangas? They're by Yoshihiro Takahashi, and about puppies. yep. Puppies. Okay, wild dogs of Japan.
Just curious to see if anybody else knew about this series, it's one of my favourites 
I did read Ginda Legend Weed once.
of the bloody course i know!
ginga nagareboshi gin is my favourite animeseries ever, and you'd be amazed by the fanbase it has here in finland.
first i must admit that i haven't read the manga yet, because i haven't got my hands on it.
as for ginga legend weed, i haven't read it either, but i've heard it has become somewhat odd and that takahashi just repeats his old patterns.
when i was a kid, all we had was these very poorly dubbed and insanely-cutted videotapes, but a relatively high per cent of the age group still fell in love with the series. it just was something none of us had never seen, the first touch to anime for many.
it struct like a lightning on a clear day when there was blood and slaughter everywhere in something that was promoted as children's show. and the story was captivating. many fell in love with the brave dogs and their determination that was thrusting them forward, closer to their goal.
because of the cuts a whole generation of children was left in uncertanity of what really happened.
and it wasn't until the end of the year 2003 when the uncut version with original japanese voices was finally released here, and it sure was worth the wait.
15 years of wait.
when i bought my (conveniently high-prised) 5-disc-dvd-box, it was one of the most beautiful things i've ever held in my hands.
i think i cried the whole time watching it through for the first time.
Yes, it has a big cult reputation in here Finland. I saw the animation too when I was like, I don't know, around seven or eight years old but I haven't touched it since. I've thought about acquiring the unedited DVDs but the price scared me off :P. I'm surprised though, none of the publishers hasn't yet realized to import the comic, after all it already has an impressive fanbase.
Edit: Oh, I forgot. I did bought an edited VHS of the first two episodes for a Christmas present. I should ask my friend if he could loan it back.
actually, the manga might get published here, and in finnish even. but it's not quite certain yet.
the price of the dvd-box was painful, but it was worth every penny.
and besides, one vhs contains about 4 episodes. ah, the finnish dub is a classic.
'kirottu karhunryökäle!'
Four episodes ? My memory's playing tricks again, I should never put my faith on it at the first place -_-.
Nice if the comic get published in the cold north. I really haven't followed the local "scene" but I heard a rumor of One Piece also getting translated soon.
memory, that is a tricky thing.
as for another news, that is true. as far as i've heard, one piece will be coming out around next month.
Wow. It seems Finland is the only place anyone seems to know anything about the two. This is what I get for buying discounted manga and then realizing it's so awesome and I must have more (none of my friends will give it a chance… they don't think a series with a puppy-hero could be good... The fools!!). I recently managed to download episodes 1-21 of Gin subtitled in english due to it's extreme inavalibility in Canada >.<
Nagareboshi Gin's probably my third favourite series currently (first being One Piece, second being Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo).
yep, as yoska said, gng indeed has quite a cult-reputation in here.
it is somewhat well-known in other scandinavian countries as well, but it seems that the series has really dug itself especially in the finnish public.
i'm listening to the music from the anime at the moment, and i'm being reminded once again why gng is my favourite.
though one piece is better altogether on my opinion, it doesn't have the same nostalgic value as gin does, which makes it so special.
and if you want more information, here's probably the best ginga nagareboshi gin-site out there:
Yeah, I've been to that site. :3 Thanks though.
After reading the first two volumes of Weed, I was really pumped to learn as much as I could about GNG – I'm real glad I did too.
oh, i thought that you might have visited the site, but i was still feeling courageous, which better be a real word, and linked it.
i really want to read the manga as well, but i still haven't been able to get it from anywhere, at least not reasonably prised.
as for weed, i'm not quite sure if i even want to read it, because the people on the finnish gng-forum have said that it just seems that takahashi is making it longer and longer even thought the story doesn't carry.
(what an earth was all that talk about drunken monkeys?!)
I only managed to get up to volume 3 of Weed translated in a language I can read (which is English.. I can read French and German as well, but I don't think it's been translated into either of those). I found some GNG manga once, but it was far from reasonably priced for a single volume.
I checked up on the company that was translating Weed into English… turns out they stopped at volume 3 >.<
Oh well, at least I have my GNG episodes (I should watch them again when I get a chance... I love that series so much!)
I'm going to pull this out of obscurity
Current project for them is completely retranslating Nagareboshi Gin anime from scratch. They've done up to ep 6 currently
The sequel, Densatsu Weed is completed from ep 1-26
I have to say that the art is… meh~, but the story makes this one of the best I've ever scene. There's a sense of realism and yet unrealism behind this anime, so I'd have to say that if you do like full-on fantasy spamage like Bobo bobobo, then I highly suggest that you watch something else.
I haven't seen a worth while anime in a while, then I stumbled on to this on youtube. I have to say that it brought back my love of anime all over again. (No I am not being dramatic)
I'm going to pull this out of obscurity
Current project for them is completely retranslating Nagareboshi Gin anime from scratch. They've done up to ep 6 currently
The sequel, Densatsu Weed is completed from ep 1-26
I have to say that the art is… meh~, but the story makes this one of the best I've ever scene. There's a sense of realism and yet unrealism behind this anime, so I'd have to say that if you do like full-on fantasy spamage like Bobo bobobo, then I highly suggest that you watch something else.
I haven't seen a worth while anime in a while, then I stumbled on to this on youtube. I have to say that it brought back my love of anime all over again. (No I am not being dramatic)
I agree. I too have jumped on the band wagon when ASD started redoing the episodes. This show is gold. 
