Poll: How many on the Escapist dislike anime?
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I dont really like or dislike, I used to watch Death Note and FMA but they weren't anything amazing in my opinion.
Anime is jsut the same as anything i suppose theres good and bad. I think its jsut becuase our culture (by this i mean a western culture) isn't flooded with anime its easier to find the good stuff. Call me xenophobic but i prefer more western shows ('The Killing' is possibly my all time favourite show) and western animation (PIXARRRRRR YAY).
OT - I hate with a passion the over the top anime fans. You know the ones that ONLY watch anime, dress like they're japanese, give themself japanese names and what not. GOD , theyre annoying. Embrace your own culture a bit guys and youll realise theres well made stuff here too.
Anime is jsut the same as anything i suppose theres good and bad. I think its jsut becuase our culture (by this i mean a western culture) isn't flooded with anime its easier to find the good stuff. Call me xenophobic but i prefer more western shows ('The Killing' is possibly my all time favourite show) and western animation (PIXARRRRRR YAY).
OT - I hate with a passion the over the top anime fans. You know the ones that ONLY watch anime, dress like they're japanese, give themself japanese names and what not. GOD , theyre annoying. Embrace your own culture a bit guys and youll realise theres well made stuff here too.
I like anime for the most part...
although recent anime has just been shit.
And it's funny really the anime which are meant to be mature and edgy (seinen) i find very inmature and just trying too hard.
So i sit and watch shonen, fantasy ,drama, shoujou... etc etc etc
although recent anime has just been shit.
And it's funny really the anime which are meant to be mature and edgy (seinen) i find very inmature and just trying too hard.
So i sit and watch shonen, fantasy ,drama, shoujou... etc etc etc
I judge anime by the same standards as other shows and cartoons. I just happen to like the art style a bit better than mostly anything from my country.
Overt sexualisation bordering on fetish fuel? Obvious minors with double F cups? Colour scheme resembling an acid trip? Obsession with cuteness? Exaggerated extrovert behaviour? Annoying tendency to involve half-digested bits of the occult? Ridiculously oversized weaponry and hairdos? Angst so thick you need to wade through it?
There's a few more, but you'll get the idea. Involving even one on this list makes anything nigh unwatchable. Two makes it downright terrible, and from three and up I won't even grace it with an opinion.
Sadly that leaves me very very few things anime that I don't detest.
There's a few more, but you'll get the idea. Involving even one on this list makes anything nigh unwatchable. Two makes it downright terrible, and from three and up I won't even grace it with an opinion.
Sadly that leaves me very very few things anime that I don't detest.
I am highly impressed to find something like this on the first page.Normandyfoxtrot said:
My hat goes off to you, seriously.
OT though.
This is going back a looong way. But I 'think' it was an attraction to how people can express emotions with nothing but acting through their voice coupled with settings and characters that are not bound by design limitations or a thin budget. (See: Ghost in the Shell vs the Matrix for that one).Snake Plissken said:
That said, my first experiences with anime go back into the late 90s when I first saw Evangelion and the movie 'X'.
My feelings are really conflicted. I guess I don't even hate anime so much as the people who love it/obsess over it. And hell, it's not even anime in particular. Mostly it's those manga readers I have to crawl past to get to the sci-fi section of my bookstore, because without exception all they do is plant their fat ass on the floor and read their crap and block the whole aisle because NONE OF THEM ARE EVER THIN.
I tried to get into anime like ten years ago. It was interesting for a while, but I got pretty bored of it. Too many robots or ghosts.
I tried to get into anime like ten years ago. It was interesting for a while, but I got pretty bored of it. Too many robots or ghosts.
I was indiferent.
I didn't dislike anime per se, but I really disliked the community.
Really there's nothing sadder than seeing those korean guys marrying pillows or pale white kids cosplaying as a yellow spiked hair weirdo and shouting randome japanese words.
Then I was introduced to the better animes by a friend and now I'm completely fascinated. There's really a sub-world behind the Naruto and One Piece of real masterpieces of drama, comedy and action.
Anime is that one place where you can go from an over the top action scene where shit goes batcrazy to a heartbreaking scene that leaves you depressed and thinking about your own life, on a time period of 10 minutes.
It's surprisingly variated too. There's aaall kind of stuffs, for all people. You don't like over-dramatic romance stories? That's fine, watch these ninjas kicking the shit out of each other instead. You don't like unreallistic worlds with magic and other nonsense? That's fine, watch this anime that deals with the problems of everyday routine.
My opinion has really changed. As I said, I didn't dislike Anime, I was just oblivious to it, and somewhat repulsed by the community, specially by those weird guys that sit at the back of the class, talk to nobody and draw nothing but semierotic anime girls all over their notebooks (we've all had one like this, boy or girl).
Now I really appreciate that a lot of works goes into this form of entertainment and it really deserves more recognition that it has. It really has a social stigma attached to it and it's really sad. Even in Japan, where you would think it would be an inherent part of the culture, it still has a bad reputation and Otakus are really disliked by the general population.
So guys, if you are gonna watch anime, do yourself a favor and try to act normally too, and don't be socially retarded. The anime culture depends on you not being part of the problem
I didn't dislike anime per se, but I really disliked the community.
Really there's nothing sadder than seeing those korean guys marrying pillows or pale white kids cosplaying as a yellow spiked hair weirdo and shouting randome japanese words.
Then I was introduced to the better animes by a friend and now I'm completely fascinated. There's really a sub-world behind the Naruto and One Piece of real masterpieces of drama, comedy and action.
Anime is that one place where you can go from an over the top action scene where shit goes batcrazy to a heartbreaking scene that leaves you depressed and thinking about your own life, on a time period of 10 minutes.
It's surprisingly variated too. There's aaall kind of stuffs, for all people. You don't like over-dramatic romance stories? That's fine, watch these ninjas kicking the shit out of each other instead. You don't like unreallistic worlds with magic and other nonsense? That's fine, watch this anime that deals with the problems of everyday routine.
My opinion has really changed. As I said, I didn't dislike Anime, I was just oblivious to it, and somewhat repulsed by the community, specially by those weird guys that sit at the back of the class, talk to nobody and draw nothing but semierotic anime girls all over their notebooks (we've all had one like this, boy or girl).
Now I really appreciate that a lot of works goes into this form of entertainment and it really deserves more recognition that it has. It really has a social stigma attached to it and it's really sad. Even in Japan, where you would think it would be an inherent part of the culture, it still has a bad reputation and Otakus are really disliked by the general population.
So guys, if you are gonna watch anime, do yourself a favor and try to act normally too, and don't be socially retarded. The anime culture depends on you not being part of the problem
I grew up in the rural Australia so this "anime" thing was unheard of for me.
what i did find were these artists and directors like Yoshitaka Amano, Osamu Tezuka, Yosihiro Tatsumi,Katsuhiro Otomo, Schinchiro Watanabe, Masanume Shirow,Hayao Miyazaki, Makoto Shinkai and the kids at Gainax.
The first time I met anime fans i felt sick, anime culture encourages stupidity and discredits all artists and animators from Japan and worse I have met few fans actively discourageing this stupidity.
Anime fans ruin japanese animation, they encourage complacency and shallow massproduced work bereft of the freedom that once defined it. What has become of Japanese popular art would have Tezuka turning in his grave, i for one am glad he didn't live to see it (not that any anime fan i have met knows who Tezuka is)
i disasociate my self from anime culture as best i can, i prefer to think I just like art some of which is from Japan.
what i did find were these artists and directors like Yoshitaka Amano, Osamu Tezuka, Yosihiro Tatsumi,Katsuhiro Otomo, Schinchiro Watanabe, Masanume Shirow,Hayao Miyazaki, Makoto Shinkai and the kids at Gainax.
The first time I met anime fans i felt sick, anime culture encourages stupidity and discredits all artists and animators from Japan and worse I have met few fans actively discourageing this stupidity.
Anime fans ruin japanese animation, they encourage complacency and shallow massproduced work bereft of the freedom that once defined it. What has become of Japanese popular art would have Tezuka turning in his grave, i for one am glad he didn't live to see it (not that any anime fan i have met knows who Tezuka is)
i disasociate my self from anime culture as best i can, i prefer to think I just like art some of which is from Japan.
I don't so much as hate it, but, I do view it with some dislike.
The majority of it seems to be aimed at angst-ridden teenagers that enjoy oversized breasts than actually trying to be interesting or conveying some kinda of story or emotion.
Not to say there aren't exceptions, but, a good glance and you'll find plenty.
The majority of it seems to be aimed at angst-ridden teenagers that enjoy oversized breasts than actually trying to be interesting or conveying some kinda of story or emotion.
Not to say there aren't exceptions, but, a good glance and you'll find plenty.
I haven't watched it in a while, but I plan to when the new lupin III and HunterxHunter comes out.
Previously I've watched
Spiral
Black Cat
Guraan Laagan
High School of the Dead
Air Gear
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Soul Eater
Neon Evangellion
Naruto
Bleach
Case Closed
That's all I can think of right now
Previously I've watched
Spiral
Black Cat
Guraan Laagan
High School of the Dead
Air Gear
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Soul Eater
Neon Evangellion
Naruto
Bleach
Case Closed
That's all I can think of right now
Well I enjoy watching the occasional anime. Of course back when I was first watching it, I didn't really think about what kind of cartoon it was since I was rather young at the time. My first anime that I can remember would probably be Pokemon. I remember watching that show a lot when I was little.
As I grew older though, I found myself enjoying the more teenage to adult oriented shows, such as Fullmetal Alchemist. That show was freaking amazing in my opinion.
Now-a-days, I don't watch too much anime. The last one I remember watching was Kare Kano, which was based on a surprisingly good manga. It didn't really live up to the manga though, as it got cancelled mid-way through. Most likely because the show took some very weird turns before it got cancelled. One episode featured all the characters as paper puppets and another episode had a narrator speaking most of the character's lines.
Another annoying thing about that show was that at the beginning of nearly every episode, the show felt the need to hastily recap everything that happened up to that point. It got annoying after a while. And then the creators of the show decided to pull a dick move and made two episodes that COMPLETELY revolved around recapping what has happened in the past episodes. If that isn't filler, I don't know what is.
tldr:
Some anime I thought was good, while others I thought were poorly executed to put it into nicer terms.
As I grew older though, I found myself enjoying the more teenage to adult oriented shows, such as Fullmetal Alchemist. That show was freaking amazing in my opinion.
Now-a-days, I don't watch too much anime. The last one I remember watching was Kare Kano, which was based on a surprisingly good manga. It didn't really live up to the manga though, as it got cancelled mid-way through. Most likely because the show took some very weird turns before it got cancelled. One episode featured all the characters as paper puppets and another episode had a narrator speaking most of the character's lines.
Another annoying thing about that show was that at the beginning of nearly every episode, the show felt the need to hastily recap everything that happened up to that point. It got annoying after a while. And then the creators of the show decided to pull a dick move and made two episodes that COMPLETELY revolved around recapping what has happened in the past episodes. If that isn't filler, I don't know what is.
tldr:
Some anime I thought was good, while others I thought were poorly executed to put it into nicer terms.
I used to love Anime, but got turned of a couple of years ago by my frineds who insisted on showing me every single silly anime out there.
I've liked anime and manga ever since I saw the first episode of Gundam Wing on toonami in second grade, however in general I dont feel like most anime lives up to the potential of the medium, and alot of it is kinda dimestore-y like trashy romance or fantasy novels, has bad voice acting as ascribes to so many stereotypes that it gives anime a bad name, like GTA used to do for gaming.
I think well executed anime, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Desert punk, (I think Death Note was better as a manga) for instance, fills an interesting niche, something longer than a movie but (should) have a definite end. I think animes shouldn't exceed 20-60 episodes and should never have more than one season, 20 to 60 episodes and thats it end of story, serialized and continuous plots are for manga, where the artist can come out with a new chapter every week on their own, animes require whole studios and have to be completed in bulk.
EDIT: and each episode should be self contained while also progressing the overarching plot. the camera does not need to follow the protagonists every waking minute, there should be no need for previous episode recaps at the beginning of every episode, its okay if to have them if a particular plot spans 2 or 3 consecutive episodes, or at the end of the series, and there should NEVER, I repeat NEVER, be entire episodes of nothing but expositional dialogue or 2 people screaming at each other a la dragon ball z
I think well executed anime, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Desert punk, (I think Death Note was better as a manga) for instance, fills an interesting niche, something longer than a movie but (should) have a definite end. I think animes shouldn't exceed 20-60 episodes and should never have more than one season, 20 to 60 episodes and thats it end of story, serialized and continuous plots are for manga, where the artist can come out with a new chapter every week on their own, animes require whole studios and have to be completed in bulk.
EDIT: and each episode should be self contained while also progressing the overarching plot. the camera does not need to follow the protagonists every waking minute, there should be no need for previous episode recaps at the beginning of every episode, its okay if to have them if a particular plot spans 2 or 3 consecutive episodes, or at the end of the series, and there should NEVER, I repeat NEVER, be entire episodes of nothing but expositional dialogue or 2 people screaming at each other a la dragon ball z
Anime is ok... I would say I like it only because I don't just dismiss them right away.
I've seen every episode of the original Dragonball and DBZ series and loved them to death.
I've also seen all the Fullmetal Alchemist episodes which I also thought that awsome and Paranoia Agent was good to me.
I would love to start watching a new anime series but I would like to start watching from the beginning not jump in at one episode to see if it's good or not and then go watch the series off the internet.
I've seen every episode of the original Dragonball and DBZ series and loved them to death.
I've also seen all the Fullmetal Alchemist episodes which I also thought that awsome and Paranoia Agent was good to me.
I would love to start watching a new anime series but I would like to start watching from the beginning not jump in at one episode to see if it's good or not and then go watch the series off the internet.