Japan makes cooler characters than everyone else...
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What I think Japan has is a little bit of crazy. I mean, some of the stuff they come out with is so stupid, and then other stuff they come out with that conceptually is just awesome.
I wouldn't say that they're characters are very interesting. They look cool, but the second they open their mouths, it starts going downhill.
xD.
This is my opinion.
I wouldn't say that they're characters are very interesting. They look cool, but the second they open their mouths, it starts going downhill.
xD.
This is my opinion.
I'm off the same mindset.Cheery Lunatic said:
While I will admit that the West (well at least America) has a tendency to use the 'brunette, slightly-bearded white guy' as a protagonist an awful lot, that doesn't mean that Japan's characters are suddenly better.
Over-the-top-ness doesn't equal cool. It can very easily make it look like you're trying too hard. I don't always want characters with kooky-crazy clothes, wacky over-the-top personality, stupidly powerful fight scenes, and power-levels that continually go higher every episode (despite them all being capable of destroying galaxies already). Sometimes I just want an average joe with a gun plugging away at some not too powerful enemy.
There are good characters both Eastern and Western, everyone has their preferences, OP seems to prefer Eastern, and even though he put it horribly, he can still have his opinion.
And I prefer Western.....still looking for that discussion value, though.
And I prefer Western.....still looking for that discussion value, though.
Did Japan make Gir? Was Doc Holiday Japanese? Was Mad Max made in Japan? Was Batman made in Japan? Was Tin-Tin a Japanese invention?
No, no, no, no, and NO! So can we please shut up about Japan making cooler/more bad ass/better things than the rest of the world.
Actually on second thought can we just shut up about any place making cooler/more bad ass/better things than the rest of the world?
No, no, no, no, and NO! So can we please shut up about Japan making cooler/more bad ass/better things than the rest of the world.
Actually on second thought can we just shut up about any place making cooler/more bad ass/better things than the rest of the world?
Whoa, way to completely ignore every piece of literature, film, and electronic entertainment that has ever come out of every country ever.
If we're just talking about video games, The whole cast of both bioshocks were really interesting characters, especially the second one with that dad who went down to rapture to save his daughter, they did so much character development pre-release that when you saw him in his new form it was a REALLY emotional moment. That's just one example.
Comparing non-Japanese comics to Manga, you get Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Batman, etc, VS well, I have limited exposure to Manga and anime, but from what I've seen the characters are always very two dimensional and their growth is always a growth in power rather than psychological or emotional development.
The characters in a lot of Japanese media seem to be pretty camp in their motivations.
Also film? The film industry being completely dominated by the west for a very long time and almost every great movie character in history has been non-Japanese.
However, I don't want to turn it into a comparison of west vs east, because if we alienate one side we don't get to enjoy the significant contributions. Art is art, from any country.
If we're just talking about video games, The whole cast of both bioshocks were really interesting characters, especially the second one with that dad who went down to rapture to save his daughter, they did so much character development pre-release that when you saw him in his new form it was a REALLY emotional moment. That's just one example.
Comparing non-Japanese comics to Manga, you get Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Batman, etc, VS well, I have limited exposure to Manga and anime, but from what I've seen the characters are always very two dimensional and their growth is always a growth in power rather than psychological or emotional development.
The characters in a lot of Japanese media seem to be pretty camp in their motivations.
Also film? The film industry being completely dominated by the west for a very long time and almost every great movie character in history has been non-Japanese.
However, I don't want to turn it into a comparison of west vs east, because if we alienate one side we don't get to enjoy the significant contributions. Art is art, from any country.
This is a very subjective topic. Some pre-puber boy/girl/a mix of both wielding a giant sword and yelling in a badly dubbed Japanese to English translation while flying through the air to have a giant aerial fight to a backdrop of flashing colours does not amuse me. I fact, it makes me want to rage really badly. What's with the giant hairdo and sword, anyhow? Most of those characters could drop the 1-ton hunk of metal and use their spiky hair to head-butt their enemies to death.
On the other hand, at least the gruff marine carrying a gun is doing the smart thing. A 8-foot long sword is great if you subscribe heavily to the "bigger is better" theory, but once you try lifting it, you'll realize how dumb an idea it is. A modern gun not only has a far longer range, but a human can actually hope to carry and use it.
Also, the marine is usually easily identifiable as a male (or rarely, female), and his eye sockets are the normal size, instead of being roughly the size of saucers. If the marine is male, he'll be pretty bulked up, but not impossibly so, and if female, she will have at least a DD cup size, and usually armour intended to emphasize that, so that enemy combatants will try to hit on her instead of shooting her... genius!
Seriously though, I find Japanese characters weird, boring, and unrealistic beyond any level of belief. At least western characters tend to stick somewhat to realism, except perhaps having a few too many muscles or extremely large breasts.
On the other hand, at least the gruff marine carrying a gun is doing the smart thing. A 8-foot long sword is great if you subscribe heavily to the "bigger is better" theory, but once you try lifting it, you'll realize how dumb an idea it is. A modern gun not only has a far longer range, but a human can actually hope to carry and use it.
Also, the marine is usually easily identifiable as a male (or rarely, female), and his eye sockets are the normal size, instead of being roughly the size of saucers. If the marine is male, he'll be pretty bulked up, but not impossibly so, and if female, she will have at least a DD cup size, and usually armour intended to emphasize that, so that enemy combatants will try to hit on her instead of shooting her... genius!
Seriously though, I find Japanese characters weird, boring, and unrealistic beyond any level of belief. At least western characters tend to stick somewhat to realism, except perhaps having a few too many muscles or extremely large breasts.
Can't agree with the OP.
Just off the top of my head I can several superior western characters.
Roland Deschain.
Al'Lan Mandragoran.
Tyrion Lannister.
Raistlin Majere.
Gandolf.
just to name a few...
Also, when it comes to giant robots, none are better than Battlemechs. Its the only mecha I've ever seen that does giant robots right. Every japanese giant robot thing I've seen fails improbability checks on several levels.
Just off the top of my head I can several superior western characters.
Roland Deschain.
Al'Lan Mandragoran.
Tyrion Lannister.
Raistlin Majere.
Gandolf.
just to name a few...
Also, when it comes to giant robots, none are better than Battlemechs. Its the only mecha I've ever seen that does giant robots right. Every japanese giant robot thing I've seen fails improbability checks on several levels.
Also, when it comes to giant robots, none are better than Battlemechs. Its the only mecha I've ever seen that does giant robots right. Every japanese giant robot thing I've seen fails improbability checks on several levels.[/quote]
Friggin Right! Thank you! It was terrible going through school with my friends telling me that a
"Gundam" could kill an Atlas... WTF? Hmmmm comparison, 100 tons v.s. 7 tons. I'm pretty sure that
that Atlas is going to walk away from the fight.
I enjoy watching much anime BECAUSE of how ludicrous it is. Hell, if I wanted to watch some
realistic warfare I would watch Full Metal Jacket, Band of Brothers, or Patton. I watch so that I
can see someone take a cannon from their back pocket, shoot down something crazy big, then
comment to the large impossibly proportioned girl to his right that he left his BIGGER gun at
home. Somethings, you watch to expect craziness. Hell, otherwise, all the animation on television would be gone!
Friggin Right! Thank you! It was terrible going through school with my friends telling me that a
"Gundam" could kill an Atlas... WTF? Hmmmm comparison, 100 tons v.s. 7 tons. I'm pretty sure that
that Atlas is going to walk away from the fight.
I enjoy watching much anime BECAUSE of how ludicrous it is. Hell, if I wanted to watch some
realistic warfare I would watch Full Metal Jacket, Band of Brothers, or Patton. I watch so that I
can see someone take a cannon from their back pocket, shoot down something crazy big, then
comment to the large impossibly proportioned girl to his right that he left his BIGGER gun at
home. Somethings, you watch to expect craziness. Hell, otherwise, all the animation on television would be gone!
As a Halo fanboy and DBZ fanboy, I admit that DBZ is cooler, but yes, opinions.ZeroMachine said:
Japanese characters I think are cool: Dante, Auron.
American Characters I think are cool: War, Alex Mercer.
I think we can settle this with a quick fight to the death.
Incidentally I just picked characters off the top of my head. I'm sure you CAN think of cooler.
American Characters I think are cool: War, Alex Mercer.
I think we can settle this with a quick fight to the death.
Incidentally I just picked characters off the top of my head. I'm sure you CAN think of cooler.
