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      There hasn't been an official topic about this series, only various comments about how good it is.

      For those of you who don't watch Adult Swim, or don't have cable (you poor souls), the basic plotline is this (copied from the Wiki article about the series since I'm lazy):

      An elementary school boy on rollerblades dubbed Li'l Slugger (Shōnen Bat) is said to be responsible for a series of mysterious hit-and-run assaults in Tokyo. The circumstances are always the same: none of the victims can recall the boy's face and only two distinct details are left in their memories - golden rollerblades and the weapon, a golden baseball bat bent like a dog's leg.

      Two police detectives, Keīchi Ikari and Mitsuhiro Maniwa, are assigned to the case to track down the perpetrator and put an end to his violent and random spree. What at first may seem like a typical act of juvenile delinquency soon turns out to bear the signature of an unclear evil.

      I love this series, even though I am watching it through the dubbed version which is playing episode 6 right now. Each episode is more distrubing than the last (and I hear that episodes 8 and 10 are the most disturbing ones.)

      My favorite episode so far is Episode 5 where Ikari and Maniwa (which are my favorite characters) go through a RPG world as they interogate a middle schooler dressed like Lil Slugger.

      EDIT: I was trying to find some decent stuff from the series to use as an avatar, but Google has not been very helpful. Also, I was in Suncoast a few weeks ago and they already have the soundtrack AND the last two DVDs on sale.

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        I saw the whole series fansubbed a while back, and found it to be good stuff. I've only been able to watch a couple of the English episodes on AS, though, as I'm just not a night person (by the time it comes on at 11:00, I'm usually ready for bed). Still, the English version is really well done.

        Also, episode 8 isn't so much "disturbing" as much as it has really really weird premise.

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          I thought that ep. 6 that was on last night was disturbing, especially the part where Taekou found out that her own dad was watching her undress from a camera in her room. Satoshi Kon is the master of mind-fuck anime.

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            I always catch it on Adult Swim; but I started on episode 2. I love this series so far, but there's a lot of things about it that are puzzling me and making me think, but I guess I'll find that out later.

            So far my favorite characters are Ikari and the Hirukawa (the cop; even though his morals seem to be highly questionable). I'm confused, because I'm sure that Hirukawa being the only person not unconscious has some significance… And I'm not really sure if he was the one taping her undressing, but maybe I have too much faith in his character. It was awesome how he beat the hell out of Li'l Slugger (Shonen Bat).

            And hell, last night's episode (6) makes everything a lot more complicated. I hope I can put everything together and comprehend it by the end.

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              Originally posted by Cap'n Carter@Jul 3 2005, 01:57 PM
              **I'm confused, because I'm sure that Hirukawa being the only person not unconscious has some significance… And I'm not really sure if he was the one taping her undressing, but maybe I have too much faith in his character. It was awesome how he beat the hell out of Li'l Slugger (Shonen Bat).

              And hell, last night's episode (6) makes everything a lot more complicated. I hope I can put everything together and comprehend it by the end.
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              Hirukawa being the only one not unconsious? What do you mean by that? All of the other victims were runing around in beginning of Episode 6.

              And the kid Hirukawa beat up in Episode 4 (which was a pretty awesome ass whupping. Didn't expect him to actually hit the guy with the shoe.), was just a copycat attacker. So far, the only person he attacked that we know of is Hirukawa himself.

              Hirukawa was pretty cool with imagining himself as a manga hero, but he was definatly the one who put that camera in Taeko's room. He was the one who needed more money to build the house, so he took bribes from the Yakuza and even had to steal from innocent people. He probably needed more money to pay bills or maybe even that debt he owes to that one guy.

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                By that I meant Hirukawa was the only one who didn't get knocked out after being attacked. He got up after being hit, no one else did (unless it was a different case in episode 1). I guess that might have to do with the kid they captured being a copycat. But hell, I dunno. Last night messed me up.

                That makes sense, him selling pictures of her to make money. I knew he was bad, but I didn't think he was GETS OFF TO HIS OWN DAUGHTER bad.

                And one thing that annoys me with Geneon's translation is they leave all of the text untranslated. A person will be reading something of obvious importance but to the average viewer who doesn't know Japanese it's like "CHANG CHONG WAKA ZOO ZAKKA."

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                  Originally posted by Cap'n Carter@Jul 3 2005, 06:02 PM
                  **That makes sense, him selling pictures of her to make money. I knew he was bad, but I didn't think he was GETS OFF TO HIS OWN DAUGHTER bad.

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                  Yeah, that was fairly disturbing. Something I don't get though, (which will make me think different about Hirukawa depending on the answer) Was he just selling the pictures off as voyueristic porn or making them for his own "enjoyment". I know he was strapped for money, so is that why the pics were made or is he just a sick pedophille. Ether way, it's still a good show. As I said before…total mind-fuck.

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                    i saw the fansubs….....the ending was kinda...meh.

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                      Just caught Episode 7 and the ending of that episode is just..wow. Maniwa has lost all of his marbles. And we finally know who aside from Hirukawa, did the copycat attacker assualted.

                      Can't wait for Episode 8.

                      On a side note, I read some articles about people complaining about how Shonen Bat is called Lil' Slugger in the dubbed version. I find their arguments to be foolhardy, since I think Lil' Slugger is a better name than the basic translation of Shonen Bat which is Bat Boy.

                      Sometimes, a dead woman is a dead woman. Sometimes a giant black gorilla is just a giant black gorilla.

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                        Yeah, they could have probobly gotten sued by DC Comics for some reason because if I remeber correctly, there was a "Bat Boy" in the Batman Elseworlds comics. I have also seen people get pissed over the dub being called "Paranoia Agent" instead of the opriginal japanese "Moso Dairinin". I think that it wouldn't sound much like a mystery series without the american name. Epiosde 7 has my mind in a total swirl. Just when it started making sense it got WAY more complicated.

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                          Originally posted by Zio@Jul 10 2005, 12:30 AM
                          **Just caught Episode 7 and the ending of that episode is just..wow. Maniwa has lost all of his marbles. And we finally know who aside from Hirukawa, did the copycat attacker assualted.

                          Can't wait for Episode 8.

                          On a side note, I read some articles about people complaining about how Shonen Bat is called Lil' Slugger in the dubbed version. I find their arguments to be foolhardy, since I think Lil' Slugger is a better name than the basic translation of Shonen Bat which is Bat Boy.
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                          Who else was attacked by the copycat? I must've missed that. Was it the fat kid from episode 2?

                          Last night's episode was insane. And next week's sounds like the most messed up thusfar.

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                            Saw the fansubs quite a while ago.. and I really loved this anime. It's all kinds of crazy, and done very well. That is to say, for the most part. The last few eps totally sucked and almost ruined the anime for me.. so I tend to just forget them and only remember how great the rest of the anime was.

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                              I only got one thing to say about this anime….

                              What is up with the beggining opening? It's all the main characters laughing like a bunch of people who need to be locked up in a crazy house.

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                                Well… you might've noticed that most of them probably should be in a crazy house.

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                                  Cap'n: Shugo (the fat kid) and Hirukawa were the only ones attacked by the copycat attacker.

                                  Roman: The intro mainly sums up about what happens to the victims of the real Lil' Slugger. All of them are backed into an emotional corner and when they get hit in the head by Lil' Slugger's golden bat, they feel better. An extreme would be what happened to Taeko Hirukawa in Episode 6 after she was hit by Lil Slugger. There's also a deeper meaning that fits with with the symbolism of Shugo's palm tree in Episode 2.

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                                    Damn, for an episode abotu people killing themselves that as hell was upbeat and funny.

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                                      Originally posted by Cap'n Carter@Jul 17 2005, 12:04 PM
                                      Damn, for an episode abotu people killing themselves that as hell was upbeat and funny.
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                                      Oh yeah, the music that played for most of the time and the little tune that plays when they chase after Lil' SLugger really helps make that upbeat mood until Fuyabashi tries to figure out why they can't kill themselves in the end.

                                      It was a bizarre episode.

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                                        I didn't get the end at all.

                                        EDIT: Ohh… they were dead all along.

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                                          Originally posted by Cap'n Carter@Jul 17 2005, 12:18 PM
                                          I didn't get the end at all.
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                                          From what I am guessing, I think Fuyabashi figured out they are already dead. It's the only explanation I can figure out judging by the reaction from those girls who were looking at the picture with them in the background.

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                                            Yeah, I found a forum discussing the episode and figured it out.

                                            The condom machine bit was weird… "HAPPY FAMILY PLANNING" indeed.

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                                              I never got that they were already dead. Aside from the girls' horrified reaction, I didn't see anything to show they were dead. Either way, I just love the concept of that episode; it had such a happy air about it, but it centered around the three people trying to kill themselves. Twistedly funny.

                                              And I'm pretty sure Hirukawa WAs getting off to his daughter. The biggest indicator of this is how he keeps telling the women he has sex with to "call me daddy". That usually means one thing…. Plus, it gives a whole new reason to why he was so adamant about giving her her own room.

                                              What I'm stumped about is the real Lil' Slugger - Old Man connection. I was thinking they're the same person, but we saw Lil' Slugger close-up, and he's not the Old Man, we can see that.

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                                                I love the show, together with Windy Tales it evoked my withering interest toward Japanimation. Yep, it's perhaps one the best I've ever seen, regarding I've only seen the first six fansubbed episodes… although the quality seemed dropping gradually as the series advanced. The second episode is my favourite, it's pure gold :P. In the whole, I believe, PA gave away more than a few worthly insights into Japanese culture.

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                                                  Originally posted by Captain Shmeckie@Jul 18 2005, 07:45 PM
                                                  **I never got that they were already dead. Aside from the girls' horrified reaction, I didn't see anything to show they were dead. Either way, I just love the concept of that episode; it had such a happy air about it, but it centered around the three people trying to kill themselves. Twistedly funny.

                                                  And I'm pretty sure Hirukawa WAs getting off to his daughter. The biggest indicator of this is how he keeps telling the women he has sex with to "call me daddy". That usually means one thing…. Plus, it gives a whole new reason to why he was so adamant about giving her her own room.

                                                  What I'm stumped about is the real Lil' Slugger - Old Man connection. I was thinking they're the same person, but we saw Lil' Slugger close-up, and he's not the Old Man, we can see that.
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                                                  The three of them already being dead sort of makes the most sense, though everytime they do try to kill themselves, they fail by a stroke of chance. Didn't Fuyabashi say something about an illusion right after that weird distortion moment?

                                                  For the whole "Call me daddy!", Hirukawa may like being in charge. When he was robbing, he pretended to be the hero in the manga he likes to read, beating up evildoers and saving the girl. And what better way to have your hooker assure your mainless and power by calling you "Daddy"?

                                                  As for the Old Man, he's not really connected to Lil' Slugger but he does have alot of knowledge about the world and the strange events going on. In the Japanese version, he is the one talks about the next episode at the conclusion of the current episode. He is able to find out Lil Slugger's next villian and there's probably something really important with that really big mathimatical equation he does in the Hospital parking lot.

                                                  He probaby can't act on this info since most peopel think he is senile, and Kawazu (the tabloid reporter) hit him with a car before the first episode.

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                                                    pretty cool anime, but the only thing i'm going to say about is hirukawa's shoe throwing > everything.

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                                                      I dunno. The last episode was good, but kinda incomprehensible at the end. Then again, maybe I just don't get it.

                                                      As for Hirukawa, we know he was getting the money back through robbery, and there was nothing, at all, really, to show us he was selling those pictures. However, we obviously saw he had a daddy fetish, especially shown in the way he demanded to be called daddy (the panicy insistance with the hooker, the perverted glee when the little girl walked into the house after he had her parents tied up). Plus, he had already been set up as a sick, low-moraled sombitch.

                                                      I'm pretty sure the Old Man is connected to Lil' Slugger in some way. First, you've got Maniwa seeing that huge red glow around him (Gohma), then, the vision of the magic show wherein the Old Man does tricks based on what Lil' Slugger does, then you've got Sagi saying Lil' Slugger was there, and Maniwa having a realization about the Old Man coupled with that statement.

                                                      The most I can gather in that is that it goes with the "he's one person, yet he's not". Other than that, I'll have to keep watching.

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                                                        Another week, another new episode highlighting our favoritle lil' assailant.

                                                        I heard of the basic premise of this episode awhile ago, I thought it would be boring, but I was wrong.

                                                        Some of those stories with Lil' SLugger at the end are funny, like the Space Rocket one.

                                                        One question though: What is the purpose of the last frame showing all three apartment buildings spelling out "ETC"? Do they mean Et Cetera or something else?

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                                                          _Originally posted by RomanMack+Jul 10 2005, 06:36 PM–>QUOTE(RomanMack @ Jul 10 2005, 06:36 PM)
                                                          What is up with the beggining opening? It's all the main characters laughing like a bunch of people who need to be locked up in a crazy house.
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                                                          I love the opening… we theorized that they're laughing at us because we're still watching, no matter how weird it gets o.o But really, it's a great, and kinda creepy opening._

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                                                            Originally posted by Zio@Jul 24 2005, 12:29 AM
                                                            One question though: What is the purpose of the last frame showing all three apartment buildings spelling out "ETC"? Do they mean Et Cetera or something else?
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                                                            Yeah. IIRC, that was the title of that particular episode.

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                                                              Yeah, just like how the previous episode ended with "HAPPY FAMILY PLANNING CONDOMS," the title of that episode was "Happy Family Planning."

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                                                                I wouldn't have know that since I really don't pay attention to the actual episode titles, just the summaries. I guess they are just going it for the side-story episodes, though I think they did it with episode 7.

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                                                                  Am I the only one who thinks it's funny as hell that a kid with a golden bat is smacking people in japan out of nowhere. You've got issues, then before you can say "WTF!!!" SMACK!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

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                                                                    I caught the last 15 to 20 minutes of the new episode…and it was creepy as hell.

                                                                    Though I wonder if the little bit at the end where the Studio people care more about the tape then the dead guy holding it was Satoshi Kon's opinion about animation or if it was just the growing amount of uncaring about their fellow man shown in episode 9.

                                                                    Also, I was watching episode 8 again and I noticed something about Fuyabashi, Zebra and Komome. They don't have shadows for most of the show. That would be an additional supporting fact for the argument that they are dead.

                                                                    Only 3 more episodes to do.

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                                                                      The last one was an….. well like evey other PA ep F up, all the studio people getting killed and that little evil Doll explaning how an Anime ep is made really made the ep informal.

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                                                                        Yay, another post by me about the new episode.

                                                                        The square-off against Lil' Slugger versus Ikari's wife was one of the best moments of the series so far. I loved how Ikari just sat there with no terror in her voice talk about her troubles, as Lil Slugger does all of these actions while he waits for her to give up hope.

                                                                        It's also great to see Ikari and Maniwa back, though Maniwa will get a bigger role in the next episode called "Radar Man" (I saw the fansubbed version of it and it was awesome.)

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                                                                          Ikari's wife kicks much ass. I hope we see more of her!

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                                                                            Is it to late to come in? (I'm a big Paranoia Agent fan)

                                                                            Well, everyone's favorite bat-weilding phantom has become a giant oni-like monster. This most recent episode confused me to no end. However, Mrs. Ikari's sayings came true, how she said Lil' Slugger only borught a false end to people's troubles. Now Maria's back, Yuichi is being bullied again, and Kowazu is getting stressed.

                                                                            This also provides evidence that people's rumors and imaginations have made Lil' Slugger more and more powerful. Still, so many questions remain…I'm intrigued to find out the exact details of Tsukiko's past.

                                                                            And I do hope they tie up all the loose ends in the next episode. I know it's the last one.

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                                                                              The opening is one of my favorite things ever! My favorite episode is Happy Family Planning. I love Paranoia Agent!

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                                                                                I luv this anime, officially the collest opening ever, Also I think it was episode 3 the one with Ichi being acused of being lil sluger/shonen bat was my favorite. Also i think it was episode 6, the one where that girls dad was taping her dressing, ugg soo gross but very addictive

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                                                                                  Actually the episode with Ichi was the 2nd Episode. (It was awesome)

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                                                                                    @CaptainAWB1:

                                                                                    Actually the episode with Ichi was the 2nd Episode. (It was awesome)

                                                                                    O ya well anyways that one was the collest one, I liked the dub episode better, The part were Icchi is screaming at that fat kid, so cool

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                                                                                      I rewatched this series and I've fallen in love with it all over again. Anyhoo, bumping this thread to see if we have any new PA fans in this community.

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                                                                                        Well, I loved the series but, I only watched the dubbed version on Adult Swim. Did I miss out anything good or was the dub pretty solid?

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                                                                                          I absolutely love this series! The plot twist near the middle was a little disappointing, but it's no biggie! If there's one anime I come to close to being obsessed with, it's Paranoia Agent.

                                                                                          However, I'm not obsessed to the point of being a fanboy. It's no sweat off my back if people don't like Paranoia Agent. To each his or her own!

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                                                                                            I enjoyed watching this show, but I still have very little idea what the heck went down in half of the episodes.

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                                                                                              This is one of my favorite series ever, and the best Satoshi Kon work IMO. Everyone who liked it should try his movies (Perfect Blue, Millenium Actress and such). They're all awesome.

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                                                                                                @l2agnarok:

                                                                                                Well, I loved the series but, I only watched the dubbed version on Adult Swim. Did I miss out anything good or was the dub pretty solid?

                                                                                                It was okay.

                                                                                                The original was definitely a lot better, especially since "Little Slugger" sounds pretty stupid.

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                                                                                                  SHONEN BAT isn't exactly bad-ass either

                                                                                                  the bigot who thinks being an asshole is actually worth shit

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                                                                                                    Never said it was.

                                                                                                    But it still sounds a lot better than LITTLE SLUGGER.

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                                                                                                      Don't see whats so stupid bout 'Lil' Slugger'

                                                                                                      Shonen Bat sounds a hell of a lot stupider

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                                                                                                        lol Shonen Bat pretty much translates into little slugger if you put it in both countries forms of culturic terminology.. i think Little Slugger sounds better bcuz it gives off a creepy feel especially when u see him as a ferocious 8 foot man-beast…try saying OMG little slugger is going to kill me ...and then try saying omg Shonen Bat is comming to kill me sounds liek akiller manga title...or a death inducing manga chapter

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