Really, I like both. Because honestly I can blame japan for these characters: Light Yagami. Naruto Uzumaki. Asbel Lhant. Hope and Snow from FF13. About 70% of the protagonists of anime. You know, all those grating, supposedly hero characters that at the end of the day, you just want to hit and hit until they cry like babies. Then keep hitting 'til they stop.
Then again, they brought me things like Persona, and Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Final Fantasy, Dark Souls and etc. Really good stuff. (And if i'm wrong about where these came from, my bad. -x- I just generally assumed.)
And, some of that really good stuff is basically influenced or drawn upon by Western things. Not to mention i'm pretty sure GTA, Red Dead Redemption, F.E.A.R., Bioshock, Deus Ex and Mass Effect came from, well, not the east.
Though again, I can blame them for all sorts of things I dislike as well.
I think the real thing, is that I love them when they're done well, or when they're mixed to ccreate something wholly great. (Like original Devil May Cry.) But, when done badly, they're face melting terrible. Though, when they do it bad, i'd say the eastern stuff tends to have it worse. I mean, bad western stuff typically is just forgettable, but many japanese things that go bad are mind grating.
Then again, they brought me things like Persona, and Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Final Fantasy, Dark Souls and etc. Really good stuff. (And if i'm wrong about where these came from, my bad. -x- I just generally assumed.)
And, some of that really good stuff is basically influenced or drawn upon by Western things. Not to mention i'm pretty sure GTA, Red Dead Redemption, F.E.A.R., Bioshock, Deus Ex and Mass Effect came from, well, not the east.
Though again, I can blame them for all sorts of things I dislike as well.
I think the real thing, is that I love them when they're done well, or when they're mixed to ccreate something wholly great. (Like original Devil May Cry.) But, when done badly, they're face melting terrible. Though, when they do it bad, i'd say the eastern stuff tends to have it worse. I mean, bad western stuff typically is just forgettable, but many japanese things that go bad are mind grating.