never read the manga, but i saw the film battle royale. it's pretty cool. ultra-voilent dark action flick where you see a bunch of japanese school kids gore the fuck out of each other. i can't imagine it being 800 pages long though... ugh. as an under 2 hour gore-fest, pretty cool.
sorry im so out of the loop, but where u been eric? by aol for me!!!!!! just kidding bro.