What is it about Anime?

Neziroth · Post by **Neziroth** » January 20, 2005, 8:45 pm

What is it about Anime that's so special?

My friends all watch it, they all love it, absolutely LOVE IT.

I try to watch it and all I can think of is that it reminds me of cheap looking cartoons... argh it bugs me to hear over and over "Anime is the best" etc etc etc.

So please, what is so great about it that just because something is Anime it's worth watching?

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » January 20, 2005, 9:25 pm

I like the 6 episode FLCL anime series but that one is exceptional with way above average story, music and animation. I tried to get into others but the content just wasn't there to hold my attention.

While were on the topic, I can't really get into manga either. Comics are so much more interesting...better art and story and you don't have to read the pages backwards.

Adelrune Argenti · Post by **Adelrune Argenti** » January 20, 2005, 9:30 pm

I think it is all about the tentacle rape pr0n but I could be wrong.

Actually, I don't get it either. It has never been something that interested me.

noel · Post by **noel** » January 20, 2005, 9:34 pm

I've never been WAY into it like some of my friends are, but I did grow up watching Robotech and Voltron and I really liked those cartoons.

I think some of it is that Anime is the first place some of our nerd friends saw animated boobage...

Jice Virago · Post by **Jice Virago** » January 20, 2005, 10:15 pm

There is good, serious, anime:
Cowboy Beboop, Wolf's Rain, Ghost In the Shell, Robotech, ect

Some middle of the road/confusing story anime:
Big O, Trigun, Gundam _insert series title here_, ect

Mindless Fun (but stupid) anime:
DragonBall, FLCL, Fist of the North Star, ect

Mass Marketting Tool anime:
YuGiOh, Pokemon, Zoids, ect

Overdramatised cliche ridden targetted at chicks but really appeals to gay nerds anime:
Inuyasha, Witch Hunter Robin, YuYuHakisho, Rironi Kenshin, dot Hack Sign, Blue Gender, and any series with fights that last 5+ episodes and the main character yells out his move while he is doing it

Overly Cutesy, Borderline Pedophile/Tentical Rape anime:
Ranma 1/2, Sailor Moon, All Purpose Cat Girl Nuku Nuku and pretty much anything you see little closet furries downloading off the internet with incomprehensably high voiced school girls as central characters.

I like descent serious anime, occasionally get into the mindless fun ones, tolerate the gay cliche ones, but the merchanizing and cutesy ones make my skin crawl. Also, the whole Naughty Tenticle thing is in a class by itself and I have a hard time understanding how so many of those are getting made by major animation studios.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » January 20, 2005, 11:20 pm

Jice Virago wrote:There is good, serious, anime:
Cowboy Beboop, Wolf's Rain, Ghost In the Shell, Robotech, ect

Some middle of the road/confusing story anime:
Big O, Trigun, Gundam _insert series title here_, ect

Mindless Fun (but stupid) anime:
DragonBall, FLCL, Fist of the North Star, ect

Ah shit, I forgot Cowboy Bebop. That's good too.

What do you mean about mindless fun and FLCL? Those 6 episodes have all sorts of hidden meaning to them and storylines. You can watch them again and again and find something you missed that adds to the story. FLCL plays out on two levels...one level is the wtf level...where you have no fucking clue what's going but the whackiness is still entertaining and good for kids watching ...and on a whole other level, there's an in depth story taking place. It's far from mindless. It has more content than Cowboy Bebop which I really like as well. To be fair, it takes more than one episode to start getting a grip on what's going on. One episode of FLCL would leave you kinda stale. I also prefer the well dubbed english version over the subtitles so it's easy to follow.

Take that mindless fun (but stupid) comment back!

The soundtrack by the Pillows for FLCL rocks.

Here's an FLCL music video by Radiohead - Iron Lung, that people who've seen FLCL may like:

FLCL - Radiohead(Iron Lung) ~34mb

(it won't make a lick of sense to someone who hasn't seen FLCL but you can see what the animation is like I suppose)

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » January 20, 2005, 11:24 pm

Inyuasha is amazing.

Pherr the Dorf · Post by **Pherr the Dorf** » January 21, 2005, 1:09 am

Ghost in the Shell is amazing stuff

Hesten · Post by **Hesten** » January 21, 2005, 5:44 am

Ghost in the Shell are great, just bought the 2nd one too, also good, but dont beat the first one.

Oh, and why havent anyone mentioned Akira? That is THE king of anime, the best ever

.

Basically there are a few series/movies worth watching, but i guess at least 80% of the stuff released are junk. You just need to find the good stuff.

Apart from Ghost in the Shell and Akira, i can also reccomend Battle Angel Alita and Hellsing (ok, i like Alucard, ok?). If youre looking more for the cheesy stories, Princess Mononoke arent that bad. And if youre into the Hentai thing, get the US version of Legend of the Overfiend (nok the UK release, they somehow managed to cencor out 90 min of a 4 hour movie).

Trias · Post by **Trias** » January 21, 2005, 8:53 pm

check out Samurai Champloo...made by the house that cowboy bebop built!

Rivera Bladestrike · Post by **Rivera Bladestrike** » January 22, 2005, 6:56 pm

I loved Dragon Ball Z, the story is really amazing, if your new to anime, thats one to look at.

Gundam Wing was amazing like, it was a relatively short series, only 50 episodes long, but it is fucking amazing. Intense, intelligent, and emotional story line. The characters are incredibly deep and I really think its one of the best anime series ever made.

nobody · Post by **nobody** » January 22, 2005, 7:19 pm

don't think it's anime but samuri jack kicks ass

Cotto · Post by **Cotto** » January 22, 2005, 7:53 pm

nobody wrote:don't think it's anime but samuri jack kicks ass

Samuri jack is in a class of its own!

Been a big fan of anime, yet I dont know why. Sci-Fi used to do an Anime film every saturday night, watched a good few there.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » January 22, 2005, 11:11 pm

You can catch quite a bit of free Anime on sputnik7.com to get a look at various titles. Not all are good, but some are great.

Keverian FireCry · Post by **Keverian FireCry** » January 22, 2005, 11:14 pm

Add to the mindless fun(but stupid) anime...Naruto, by the guy who did Dragonballz. Not on tv at all, have to find it to download. My friends are obsessed with it, and I don't understand it at all. It's the same type of anime as DragonballZ. The main character is a young kid who is in some sort of school for insane-super-magic martial arts. His main skill is multiplying himself and kicking ass. It's a pretty fun/funny show, but just like DBZ everyone keeps getting more uber and uber until its just insane. My friends would tell you that it's MUCH better than DBZ. Both shows are pretty silly to me...

Tenuvil · Post by **Tenuvil** » January 23, 2005, 1:35 am

Cotto wrote:
nobody wrote:don't think it's anime but samuri jack kicks ass
Samuri jack is in a class of its own!

Been a big fan of anime, yet I dont know why. Sci-Fi used to do an Anime film every saturday night, watched a good few there.

Adult Swim was the own, every night at 11 Cowboy Bebop followed by some random anime (Inuyasha/Trigun/FLCL/etc.). Kept me sane when on the road

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » January 23, 2005, 1:48 am

I have never been into anime, but I did really enjoy Akira and Lensman years ago. I have never looked into a series though... I am sure there is a ton of great material out there, I just have trouble watching animation these days aside from Futurama.

Maybe someday--my taste in movies switches around every so often.

Oh, I also think someone should make a hentai, er anime about night elves getting kilt by the mageweave bagfull.... even a MS Paint version would do.

Thess · Post by **Thess** » January 23, 2005, 2:38 am

I have never understood Anime, and always found it to be stupid...

Kylere · Post by **Kylere** » January 23, 2005, 3:33 am

I do not understand Far left Liberals or far right conservatives but I am sure at least one or two of them are not stupid...

Anime when done well is excellent entertainment, far superior to most live action stuff. Anime when done poorly is a blight on the medium kind of like Jim Carrey movies (minus Eternal) are to film.

Vampire Hunter D is my fav, but I even like some of the bubbly stuff, depends on the writer more than anything else.

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » January 23, 2005, 12:49 pm

Neziroth wrote:What is it about Anime that's so special?

My friends all watch it, they all love it, absolutely LOVE IT.

I try to watch it and all I can think of is that it reminds me of cheap looking cartoons... argh it bugs me to hear over and over "Anime is the best" etc etc etc.

So please, what is so great about it that just because something is Anime it's worth watching?

Im in the same exact boat as you, all i see is very shitty animation and odd incongruent plots

I love how whenever theres a battle it shows 2 frozen images of the fighters as they yell with flashing lights behind them for at least 2 minutes

Rivera Bladestrike · Post by **Rivera Bladestrike** » January 23, 2005, 5:09 pm

Keverian FireCry wrote:Add to the mindless fun(but stupid) anime...Nerudo, by the guy who did Dragonballz. Not on tv at all, have to find it to download. My friends are obsessed with it, and I don't understand it at all. It's the same type of anime as DragonballZ. The main character is a young kid who is in some sort of school for insane-super-magic martial arts. His main skill is multiplying himself and kicking ass. It's a pretty fun/funny show, but just like DBZ everyone keeps getting more uber and uber until its just insane. My friends would tell you that it's MUCH better than DBZ. Both shows are pretty silly to me...

I tried looking for this, I'm interested, couldn't find anything on google.

Keverian FireCry · Post by **Keverian FireCry** » January 23, 2005, 6:11 pm

It's very hard to find, if I have a chance to talk to my friend who has all the episodes on his computer, I'll ask him where he got them. It's possible I spelled it wrong or that since it's not popular in the USA that there's no translated name for english...

Lalanae · Post by **Lalanae** » January 23, 2005, 7:42 pm

h8 anime

Fash · Post by **Fash** » January 23, 2005, 8:49 pm

Cowboy Bebop.. got into that a while back from adult swim, downloaded all the episodes and the movie, watched it all...

other than that, it's pretty hard to get me to watch anime.

i like schoolgirls.

Sueven · Post by **Sueven** » January 24, 2005, 7:26 pm

A few weeks ago I was talking to a Japanese friend of mine who emigrated a year or two ago.

He told me that he had never really watched anime in Japan, nor had any of his friends. He considered anime to largely be entertainment for children, and was utterly baffled by the faux-japanese subculture here.

I've watched a reasonable amount of anime and generally fail to be entertained by it. A few of the more well-known ones that have been mentioned here were OK, but certainly didn't provoke any sort of deep thoughts or grab me in an interesting or unique way. As such, I tend to side with him when he says it's stupid.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » January 24, 2005, 7:52 pm

If I was more into anime, I'd call you all asshats and tell you why you were wrong, but besides a handful of anime (really FLCL and Cowboy Bebop) I can't defend the genre much as an adult form of entertainment.

I'm not going to knock it though. It's all about whatever makes you happy when it comes to entertaining yourself. That's like faulting someone for liking action movies with no deeper meaning over some other thinker movie. If watching an anime show makes you happy and takes you an hour or two closer to your eventual death in a pleasant way, then so be it. Some people feel they have to have maximum mental stimulation every waking moment. There's room for a certain amount of non intellectual entertainment with big flashy explosions and shiny metal objects mixed in with the rest of your brain food.

I'll go a few rounds with anyone that wants to debate the entertainment value of comics though over in the other forum.

Toshira · Post by **Toshira** » January 25, 2005, 12:21 pm

Thess wrote:I have never understood Anime, and always found it to be stupid...

I'd agree that most is really bleh, however, Ghost In The Shell imo is a good watch and ponder. Check it out.

Syenye · Post by **Syenye** » January 25, 2005, 12:24 pm

Rivera Bladestrike wrote:
Keverian FireCry wrote:Add to the mindless fun(but stupid) anime...Nerudo, by the guy who did Dragonballz. Not on tv at all, have to find it to download. My friends are obsessed with it, and I don't understand it at all. It's the same type of anime as DragonballZ. The main character is a young kid who is in some sort of school for insane-super-magic martial arts. His main skill is multiplying himself and kicking ass. It's a pretty fun/funny show, but just like DBZ everyone keeps getting more uber and uber until its just insane. My friends would tell you that it's MUCH better than DBZ. Both shows are pretty silly to me...
I tried looking for this, I'm interested, couldn't find anything on google.

Naruto! Can find episodes here.

Keverian FireCry · Post by **Keverian FireCry** » January 25, 2005, 5:36 pm

aha!! thanks sye

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » January 25, 2005, 5:43 pm

All I've seen has been pretty dumb, bad plots, poor animation, etc...

Seems like 1960s Japanese TV and movies, with animated characters.

Erolz NTurnet · Post by **Erolz NTurnet** » January 25, 2005, 10:51 pm

I find it hard to find shows that I actually enjoy. Only DVDs that I actually watch every once in a while are:

Akira (wish I could get it with the old voices on DVD)
Cowboy Bebop
Evangelion
Ghost in the Machine
Escaflowne
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away

The rest of them sit on a bookcase looking pretty.. I have a better chance of digging up my Atari 2600 and playing River Raid again than watching them.

Unfortunately my friend who worked at this Anime Rental store moved to Japan. Have been meaning to look into this Full Metal Alchemist series though..

Syenye · Post by **Syenye** » January 26, 2005, 12:56 pm

Erolz NTurnet wrote:Have been meaning to look into this Full Metal Alchemist series though..

hi erolz! they show it on adult swim now on saturdays, and repeats on thursdays. since they licensed it in the US it's becoming harder to find the subbed version online. ><

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » January 26, 2005, 1:16 pm

The ones I enjoy, favorite to least.

Ghost in a Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Full Metal Alchemist
Cowboy Beebop
Inyuasha
Yu-Yu Hashigomiae (sp)
Witch Hunter Robin

Then there's Futurama, which owns all but GiS, even tho it's American made... don't forget Family Guy or Justice League: Unlimited.

...and I like the Yu-Gi-Oh music.

Revs · Post by **Revs** » January 26, 2005, 9:47 pm

Record of Lodoss War

Love Hina
Chobits

Rivera Bladestrike · January 26, 2005, 10:49 pm

Watched the first 9 episodes of Neruto, enjoying it OMGIAMRETARDEDCAUSEALOTISTWOWORDS.

Trias · Post by **Trias** » January 27, 2005, 3:58 pm

Rivera Bladestrike wrote:Watched the first 9 episodes of Neruto, enjoying it OMGIAMRETARDEDCAUSEALOTISTWOWORDS.

Naruto is on of my favorites

like 120 eps now

Midnyte_Ragebringer · January 27, 2005, 4:10 pm

No idea whats so great about anime, except different strokes for different folks.

I don't watch any of it because I don't really care for cartoons anymore. The only cartoon I watch is South Park.

Syenye · Post by **Syenye** » January 28, 2005, 1:14 pm

Trias wrote:Naruto is on of my favorites

i noticed! i imported the gamecube game (GNT3), but i can't get past the first mission because it's all in japanese. >< it's a great game, especially if you like the anime. i always lose as naruto because i'm too busy doing sexy no jutsu that i forget to fight.

family guy > south park.

"how old are you?"
"16"
"18? allll riiiiiiiight."
"Mo-om!"
"I like where this is going!"

nobody · Post by **nobody** » January 28, 2005, 2:36 pm

Syenye wrote:
Trias wrote:Naruto is on of my favorites
i noticed! i imported the gamecube game (GNT3), but i can't get past the first mission because it's all in japanese. >< it's a great game, especially if you like the anime. i always lose as naruto because i'm too busy doing sexy no jutsu that i forget to fight.

family guy > south park.

"how old are you?"
"16"
"18? allll riiiiiiiight."
"Mo-om!"
"I like where this is going!"

SP>>>>FG

"shut up you fucking jew"
"cartman! did you just say the F word!?"
"what? jew!?"

Rivera Bladestrike · Post by **Rivera Bladestrike** » January 28, 2005, 9:53 pm

Trias wrote:
Rivera Bladestrike wrote:Watched the first 9 episodes of Neruto, enjoying it OMGIAMRETARDEDCAUSEALOTISTWOWORDS.
Naruto is on of my favorites

like 120 eps now

Downloaded the first 50, watched them all in about 2 days. Currently downloading up to 115 or so.

Trias · Post by **Trias** » January 29, 2005, 7:11 am

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Haibane Renmei
Full Metal Alchemist
Ruroni Kenshin
Mezzo DSA
Samurai Champloo
Last Exile
Gun Grave
Gunslinger Girl
Naruto
Yakitate Japan
Bleach
Windy Tales
Midori no Hibi
Genshiken
Samurai Seven

these are some great ones i've been watching currently

Ogbar · Post by **Ogbar** » January 29, 2005, 10:44 am

I was always a "Speed Racer" and "Kimba, the White Lion" fan ... do they count?

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » January 29, 2005, 8:25 pm

Ogbar wrote:I was always a "Speed Racer" and "Kimba, the White Lion" fan ... do they count?

Speed Racer is the mother of all Anime. It had a monkey. It had drama.

Go Speed Racer goooooo!

Here he comes
Here comes Speed Racer
He's a demon on wheels
He's a demon and he's gonna be chasin' after someone.

He's gainin' on you so you better look alive.
He's busy revvin' up a powerful Mach 5.

And when the odds are against him
And there's dangerous work to do
You bet your life Speed Racer
Will see it through.

Go Speed Racer
Go Speed Racer
Go Speed Racer, Go!

He's off and flyin' as he guns the car around the track
He's jammin' down the pedal like he's never comin' back
Adventure's waitin' just ahead.

Go Speed Racer
Go Speed Racer
Go Speed Racer, Go!

Rivera Bladestrike · February 11, 2005, 7:32 pm

I've watched every episode of Naruto now, and I think its an excellent series for anyone that likes anime, check it out. Not to mention its a weekly series, theres no seasons, every week is a new episode (or a double episode every two weeks. Good stuff.

Syenye · Post by **Syenye** » February 12, 2005, 3:39 pm

Rivera Bladestrike wrote:I've watched every episode of Naruto now, and I think its an excellent series for anyone that likes anime, check it out. Not to mention its a weekly series, theres no seasons, every week is a new episode (or a double episode every two weeks. Good stuff.

if you can't get enough naruto, check out the manga. it's almost dead on with the anime but a bit ahead of it. just remember to read right to left. ><

Rivera Bladestrike · February 12, 2005, 6:01 pm

Yeah, I read all the manga too, unfortunately, now I can't get enough!!

Leonaerd · Post by **Leonaerd** » February 20, 2010, 10:07 am

Trias wrote:check out Samurai Champloo...made by the house that cowboy bebop built!

and now on Hulu!

Neroon · Post by **Neroon** » February 20, 2010, 12:30 pm

I remember liking The Guyver when I was younger. I think I still have the first 6 episodes on VHS, but no VCR. They made a couple crappy live action movies about it with Luke Skywalker in the first one.

Also Space Battleship Yamato, which either spawned, or was spawned by Star Blazers. That was late 70's I think.

Kwonryu DragonFist · February 20, 2010, 2:10 pm

I liked
DragonBall Z,
Wicked City,
Monster City,
Ninja Scroll
Urutsukidoji - Legend of the Overfiend,
Ken Fist of the North Star etc

They all had a great workout-regimen

Of the american cartoons i liked
He-Man and
Dundercats

Psyloche · Post by **Psyloche** » February 22, 2010, 9:50 am

Coming back to this really old post...

Previously I'd only watched the first Anime version of Full Metal Alchemist, and liked it. I'd never read the manga, but took the time to read through it, hearing it was different. I also started it with the thought that it was finished, it is not. I still like how the original Anime version of FMA ran, but apparently there's a new series called Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, which sticks to the Manga storyline. I'll probably start downloading it at some point, because the first Anime and the Manga basically diverge in storyline right around when they meet up with their Sensei. I'm pretty much a fan of both, but maybe because I watched the Anime first. A lot of people that read the Manga first didn't like the way the first Anime went.

I think the Manga is ending soon, I'm not quite sure how much further it can go, too bad it's a monthly release and now I really want to know what's going to happen. I blew through the Manga in about a week.

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