Poll: Do you watch anime and/or read manga?
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The only real anime i ever watched was Dragon Ball z and i stopped doing that a LONG time ago. Most anime is just wierd as hell to me and not in an entertaining way.(unlike Gremlins which was wierd as hell but FREAKING HILARIOUS.)
First a note here. Something tells me you're not a Latin geek, so I'll just clarify it. Medium is singular form, Media is plural.wootsman said:
According to my dictionary the distinction between a medium and a genre is that a medium is solely the method of delivery, and a genre also includes things as style. BBC News, and your local top40 station both share the medium of radio, but they're pretty different genres of broadcasting.
In general you're pretty right that animation and plays have to exaggerate something, as they can't use the full spectrum of body language (most notably the face bit). But too much is too much, and literal childlike tantrums and "isn't he cuuuuuuutttttteeeee?!" moments definitely classify as "way to freaking much".
Characters never have to be exaggerated, as they can be established by nothing more than dialogue. Books have been doing this for quite a while, so I fail to see why animation can't.
I watch enough anime to keep track of it, even though, Im trying, I do read manga but not more then anime. I would like to build up my anime DvD collection and start a paperback manga collection. But Australia sucks for english manga, have to read it on the net.
AHH HIPSTER KILL HIM! KILL HIM WITH FIRE AND MAINSTREAM MEDIA! *ahem* I mean yeah I get you. I really don't like either of those terms either even though I honestly just looked them up 5 minutes ago if someone called me that I'd kinda be pissed off. It's not like I don't do other things and even though I like Japanese culture I'm far from being in love with it and obsessing over it.Tesral said:
I read the first book and a half of Death Note while putzing around at the library and subsequently watched the whole thing, and I thought it was great; I've also seen a few episodes of Hetalia: World Series, and try as I might I just couldn't get into Fullmetal Alchemist.
Yeah, i do both. watching and reading.
but the industry is sustaining itself on the "lonely pervert otaku"-Yen, so all we get every season (be it spring, summer, fall or winter) is atleast half a lineup of moe/harem BS.
I like the medium, but i have a heavy dislike for a large part of the western fan community. the "I AM OTAKU" "KAWAII DESUDESU" "^____^" crowd.
The "who would win, Naruto or Sasuke" crowd is also facepalmworthy.
People who read shonen and dislike characters, no matter how they're characterized, on the basis how many fights they've won.
The fanfiction crowd, especially the weird fujoshi.
The 2D-love crowd.
And so on.
Currently i'm only actively reading&watching gintama.
i have a high standard for manga, so i don't want to read any shonen nonsense(besides gintama). i need seinen to keep me entertained.
but the industry is sustaining itself on the "lonely pervert otaku"-Yen, so all we get every season (be it spring, summer, fall or winter) is atleast half a lineup of moe/harem BS.
I like the medium, but i have a heavy dislike for a large part of the western fan community. the "I AM OTAKU" "KAWAII DESUDESU" "^____^" crowd.
The "who would win, Naruto or Sasuke" crowd is also facepalmworthy.
People who read shonen and dislike characters, no matter how they're characterized, on the basis how many fights they've won.
The fanfiction crowd, especially the weird fujoshi.
The 2D-love crowd.
And so on.
Currently i'm only actively reading&watching gintama.
i have a high standard for manga, so i don't want to read any shonen nonsense(besides gintama). i need seinen to keep me entertained.
You're not familiar of Sturgeon's Law, are you?darkless said:
To answer the original question, I'm a fan, but I wouldn't call myself "hardcore". Sure I practice the art style and go to as many convention as I can and such, but I'm very picky when it comes to the subject matter of shows and manga.
This, I have a collection of about 500 manga and watch a few animes (I feel that they often aren't great, with a few notable exceptions) but I wouldn't call myself an otaku.Uszi said:
Agreed. Point closed.wootsman said:
Both characters transforming in a childlike version of themselves when they're throwing a mini-tantrum, and the addition of characters with no obvious value except them being fluffy and cute is pretty widespread I'd say. At least: I found it hard to find any anime not guilty of this.
They don't have to be talking the entire time. My point is that you can establish a character purely on what they say, without any kind of exaggeration.
I feel like asking that is kind of a strange question, since it mainly refers to the visual style, and the fact that it originated from Japan. I like EVA and watch Durarara!! with my friends for shits n' giggles, but no, not really.
I find the tropes, cliches, and voice acting to be atrocious in many of them.
I find the tropes, cliches, and voice acting to be atrocious in many of them.
Yea, that'd be it.wootsman said:Are you talking about when a character makes a weird noise like EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHKargathia said:
or something like this
[http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/651/1302654228623s.jpg/]
The "always looks like children despite their age" also is quite a bit of a downer, but I was referring to the insertion of fluffy pets that don't have any value except look cute and go "phweeep?"
