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Anime is really, really terrible. I have seen a lot of anime, and the vast majority of what I have seen have been nothing more than masturbatory exercises in gratuitous sex and violence made even worse by a budget that necessitates really high collars obscuring people's mouths when they're talking so that they don't need to animate it.
The worst thing is the "anime joke." You know ? it's when a male character says something lecherous and a female character responds by physically assaulting him and screaming something, usually extending the pronunciation of the last syllable. I dunno, maybe this is hilarious in a culture where the overriding concern is to not stand out or do anything that indicates that you are not completely committed to the status quo.
The worst thing is the "anime joke." You know ? it's when a male character says something lecherous and a female character responds by physically assaulting him and screaming something, usually extending the pronunciation of the last syllable. I dunno, maybe this is hilarious in a culture where the overriding concern is to not stand out or do anything that indicates that you are not completely committed to the status quo.
I like things that are good, no matter the medium. Live action, CG, western animation, anime, I don't reallly have a preference for one or the other overall, it just depends on the day whether I want to watch me some Babylon 5 or an episode or two of Code Geass (dubbed, not subbed; I don't like the disconnect of having to determine the emotion or tone of the words in audio and the actual meaning/specific words in text). It just depends what I've been watching recently, what my friends have been talking about, and how my current stock of delicious snack food is doing.
what u just said sounds like the soulless mainstream crap like Ikki Tousen thats shat out to appease the masses. try watching something intelligent, that doesn't abuse their funds by spending it all on Frankensteining together a hyper-sexualized 13year old girl to do something retarded like kill Satan or get raped by a tentacle monster, you know something well animated with at the very least solid writing and inspiring characters like Ergo Proxy or Serial Experiments Lain or hell even the Gundam franchise has enough respect for their show to at least try and do something good(though the quality usually fluctuates between amazing and crap from series to series)...Good morning blues said:
You know what else is terrible? Dessert. I have tasted many desserts I don't like therefore all desserts in general must suck.Good morning blues said:
You know what else sucks? Vegetables. I don't like brussel sprouts or onions so all vegetables must suck.
I also concur with your well-put opinions on anime. I saw some I didn't like so the whole genre must suck, right?
...This sounds like flamebait.
i love anime, normally the weirder the better normally... fav series include Serial Experiment Lain, Evangelion and Diebuster just of the top of my head... which reminds me i really need to get around to re-watching Lain... hmn
Anime seems to be focussing on telling a good story, with interesting characters. I'm not saying all anime is good, but I can't find many western shows that focus on telling a story, rather than portraying drama or quite litterally "let's see what happens" in Reality Shows.
You have good tastes Lain is my favorite actually I was in the middle of re-watching it I bought the DVD box set off of amazon for more than a $100 and I got it last friday...2 day shipping my ass...I also watched Evangelion 1.0 you are (not) alone recently, it was good...Pink_Pirate said:
I felt the same way about Death Note, as soon as THAT GENERAL EVENT occurred just stopped reading it. It went from being an interesting battle of geniuses to...well, shit.HontooNoNeko said:
OP: There are some amazing animes, just like there are some amazing cartoons and movies and books and everything else, as other people have said.
Generally, though, I prefer manga.
i like a lot of different types of anime, but i am a huge shonen fan! more than anything else, good shonen keeps me happy.
It creeps me out a bit... I think its the eyes
yeah its the eyes.
yeah its the eyes.
So thats where they got the [prototype] blade from.Ranorak said:Gotta love Fullmetal alchemist Brotherhood
It can be very enjoyable. I tend to pick animes that are highly rated on ANN, thus I tend to get some of the best of anime.
I've enjoyed most of Hayao Miyazaki's movies, which were incidentally my introduction into the medium (not counting Pokemon).
I've watched several series, and enjoyed all of these to greater or lesser extents:
From most recently watched to oldest seen:
Le Chevalier (Pre-Revolutionary France, action, horror, magic, mystery, EXCITING)
Spice and Wolf (drama, medieval and economics; surprisingly enjoyable combination)
Skip Beat (full of lulz)
Cowboy Bebop (Old, but still very good)
Code Geass (full of confuse, fanservice and mindfucks)
Death Note (full of "ALL PART OF MY SECRET PLAN")
Claymore (entertaining female medieval demon-hunters, very dark)
I'm sure I've seen more, but I can't remember them all. All of these ones are good to some extent though.
EDIT: Gurren Lagann (WTF THIS IS AWESOME BUT WHAT IS GOING ON?!)
I've enjoyed most of Hayao Miyazaki's movies, which were incidentally my introduction into the medium (not counting Pokemon).
I've watched several series, and enjoyed all of these to greater or lesser extents:
From most recently watched to oldest seen:
Le Chevalier (Pre-Revolutionary France, action, horror, magic, mystery, EXCITING)
Spice and Wolf (drama, medieval and economics; surprisingly enjoyable combination)
Skip Beat (full of lulz)
Cowboy Bebop (Old, but still very good)
Code Geass (full of confuse, fanservice and mindfucks)
Death Note (full of "ALL PART OF MY SECRET PLAN")
Claymore (entertaining female medieval demon-hunters, very dark)
I'm sure I've seen more, but I can't remember them all. All of these ones are good to some extent though.
EDIT: Gurren Lagann (WTF THIS IS AWESOME BUT WHAT IS GOING ON?!)
I like it every now and then. It's not my favourite medium, but I won't dismiss anime just because it's anime. But when I watch anime, I make sure it's a good one. Samurai Champloo, Cowboy Bebop and Studio Ghibli's work are among my favourites.
What I specifically don't like about anime, is that typical anime crap: ridiculous exaggerated facial expressions, those flashy backgrounds when something happens, stupid motions and overreactions. No thanks, I'll stick to more mature anime.
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There's quite a bit of difference in anime styles.
What I specifically don't like about anime, is that typical anime crap: ridiculous exaggerated facial expressions, those flashy backgrounds when something happens, stupid motions and overreactions. No thanks, I'll stick to more mature anime.
FYI, not every anime uses the same kind of art. Far from it, actually. Anime can range from:Spinozaad said:
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There's quite a bit of difference in anime styles.