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Anyone know of any good anime besides DBZ, Cowboy Bebop etc?

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check out vampire hunter d (a movie), that and cowboy bebop series are my favs


OK, what makes Animes so fascinating? I just think they're retarded.
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you obviously haven't seen any good anime then...
 
Originally posted by: oLLie
Originally posted by: Smithy18
DBZ...and "good anime" in the same sentence.... Anywho Neon Genesis Evangelion is an awesome series.

Regards
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Ah I knew any discussion of anime would bring out the elitist anime fans... not every anime can be Neon Genesis Evangelion you know. Nor should it be... Neon Genesis Evangelion was a piece of crack that people like you can look at and brag to everyone within earshot about how you "understood" the whole thing, and that it was just so deep and meaningful. Ha. There's nothing wrong with an action-driven anime, just like there's nothing wrong with your average plotless action movie.

Down with anime elitists...
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Nobody said that NGE was the anime to end all anime, nor did anyone claim to understand the ending that it gives. Don't be so harsh to judge a simple sentence like "Neon Genesis Evangelion is an awesome series." You could have replaced "NGE" with something like Love Hina, or Macross and you probably wouldn't complain. It's amazing how some people are quick to jump the gun and bash on NGE once someone mentions its name. I don't see any anime elitists here, just a group of people that like quality anime.

Anyway, I saw Spirited Away and a few episodes of Happy Lesson a few days ago. Sprited Away is good if you liked Princess Mononoke, and Happy Lesson is mostly just random humor. Good stuff.
 
Originally posted by: AsianriceX
Originally posted by: oLLie
Originally posted by: Smithy18
DBZ...and "good anime" in the same sentence.... Anywho Neon Genesis Evangelion is an awesome series.

Regards
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Ah I knew any discussion of anime would bring out the elitist anime fans... not every anime can be Neon Genesis Evangelion you know. Nor should it be... Neon Genesis Evangelion was a piece of crack that people like you can look at and brag to everyone within earshot about how you "understood" the whole thing, and that it was just so deep and meaningful. Ha. There's nothing wrong with an action-driven anime, just like there's nothing wrong with your average plotless action movie.

Down with anime elitists...
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Nobody said that NGE was the anime to end all anime, nor did anyone claim to understand the ending that it gives. Don't be so harsh to judge a simple sentence like "Neon Genesis Evangelion is an awesome series." You could have replaced "NGE" with something like Love Hina, or Macross and you probably wouldn't complain. It's amazing how some people are quick to jump the gun and bash on NGE once someone mentions its name. I don't see any anime elitists here, just a group of people that like quality anime.

Anyway, I saw Spirited Away and a few episodes of Happy Lesson a few days ago. Sprited Away is good if you liked Princess Mononoke, and Happy Lesson is mostly just random humor. Good stuff.
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Maybe next time you could actually read his post, then read my post. I was complaining about his mockery of DBZ, I have no problem with the fact that he liked Neon Genesis Evangelion, I did too to an extent.

Thanks for trying though,
Ollie
 
I've thought about getting The Wings of Honeamise (which is probably horribly mispelled), but I would like to know if it's worth it. Anyone seen it and recommend it?
 
Originally posted by: Mloot
I've thought about getting The Wings of Honeamise (which is probably horribly mispelled), but I would like to know if it's worth it. Anyone seen it and recommend it?
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Think of "The Right Stuff" and you've got a good idea of the basic premise. It's set in a fictitious society on the brink of war where space travel is not yet a reality, and is generally considered to be a joke of sorts. One of the cadets in the fledgling space program becomes inspired and starts to push for the theory to become actuality.

It's an utterly gorgeous movie, but it's slow-paced, and not for everyone, particularly if you're expecting something hyperkinetic like Bubblegum Crisis or Akira.
 
I don't get it. I quite watching cartoons when I was 8 or 9 (well, except for the occassional Simpsons episode 😀). What makes anime so popular? Because it's a cartoon from another country? Do you watch Spanish soap operas, too?
 
Originally posted by: BooneRebel
I don't get it. I quite watching cartoons when I was 8 or 9 (well, except for the occassional Simpsons episode 😀). What makes anime so popular? Because it's a cartoon from another country? Do you watch Spanish soap operas, too?
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So you don't watch Disney films?

Pigeonholing anime because it's a cartoon is like saying that you don't watch "dramas" or "comedies". The fact that it's animated and originates from Japan is pretty much the only common thread to a genre which includes sci-fi, romance, "kid's cartoons", and, yes, pornography. While there are certainly entries which contain cultural elements that most Western audiences don't quite understand, it's a sufficiently huge pool of entries that there is likely something that falls under the blanket that will appeal to someone unless they're biased against animation in general. A lot of it is garbage, but Sturgeon's Law always applies.
 
Originally posted by: FeathersMcGraw
Originally posted by: BooneRebel
I don't get it. I quite watching cartoons when I was 8 or 9 (well, except for the occassional Simpsons episode 😀). What makes anime so popular? Because it's a cartoon from another country? Do you watch Spanish soap operas, too?
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So you don't watch Disney films?

Pigeonholing anime because it's a cartoon is like saying that you don't watch "dramas" or "comedies". The fact that it's animated and originates from Japan is pretty much the only common thread to a genre which includes sci-fi, romance, "kid's cartoons", and, yes, pornography. While there are certainly entries which contain cultural elements that most Western audiences don't quite understand, it's a sufficiently huge pool of entries that there is likely something that falls under the blanket that will appeal to someone unless they're biased against animation in general. A lot of it is garbage, but Sturgeon's Law always applies.
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Well said, Feathers. However, you didn't point out that originally, cartoons in the U.S. were targeted at adults, not kids. It was some time after they were first introduced that they became associated with children. I think much of the main reason for American culture automatically associating cartoons with children is because of the Disney cartoons. Not that Disney was bad, but BooneRebel should understand that animation in other parts of the world is not necessarily aimed at children.

A side effect of this is that anime in Japan is HUGE compared to animation in the West. As I understand it, "SuperDimension Fortress Macross" (the Robotech Macross Saga in the U.S.) in Japan was almost as big as Star Wars was in the U.S. And it spawned more sequels.

I would also like to point out that much of the early anime that was translated to English from Japanese was "kiddified." In other words, it was chopped-up, simplified, and made as non-violent as possible, which resulted in them being just plain stupid and virtually unwatchable by anyone over the age of 10. An example would be the conversion of Mazinger-Z to the English version Tranzor-Z. Or the horrible "Battle of the Planets."If BooneRebel is basing his point of view on these pieces of crap, then I certainly understand his misunderstanding.

Even today, the English version of Dragonball Z is apparently heavily censored (e.g. People don't die, they go to another dimension).

Back to BooneRebel's question: What I like about anime:
1. Japanese animation (until recently) visuals blew American cartoons away. Totally. No comparison. If you like special effects in movies, you HAVE to appreciate anime.

2. Violence. I always thought American cartoons sucked because they never portrayed violence realistically. Some of the first Japanese cartoons I saw had people dying left and right. In Voltus V, in the 2nd episode, Mom dies flying a kamikaze plane into the enemy in order to save her kids. Contrast that with G.I. Joe. Every episode: 5000 shots fired, no one killed.

3. Actual plots. Starblazers (Space Battleship Yamato in Japan) was the first cartoon I ever saw that actually had a long-range plotline. You actually had to watch the episodes in order, or the series made no sense.

4. Creativity. Lots and lots. I wonder if drugs are as popular with the "creative" crowd in Japan?

5. The chicks in anime are really cute. 😛

 
FMP
EVaNGELION [Asuka Strikes!]
Hellsing
Chobits
Shaman King
Vampire Hunter D
many more

to bad they arent continuing FMP and Hellsing at the moment

watch Outlaw Star is u have time to spare. Scryed sucks. the TV adaptation of Ah! My Goddess is not as good as the manga

they just started with Ghost in the Shell, anime series different from the movie
 
Initial D

Outlaw Star

Princess Mononoke

Inu Yasha

Blue Seed

Evangelion

Akira

Graves Of The Fireflies

Sen aka spirited away

Lain Serial Experiment

Ayashi No Ceres

La Blue Girl (mature)

Video Girl Ai (mature)

Ranma 1/2 (mature/teen)

Rurouni Kenshin (extremely good)

Rurouni Kenshin OVA (awesome)

Ninja Scroll (mature)

Trigun

Escaflowne

Fist Of The Northstar

Fushigi Yugi

Ghost In the Shell

Gundam Wing

G-Gundam

Love Hina

Macross

Macross II

Macross Plus

Metropolis

Bubblegum Crisis

Angel Sanctuary

Blood Reign, Curse of the Yoma
 
1) Hack Sign

2) Record of Lodoss War

3) Perfect Blue (Movie)

Skip Vampire D (Sucked) and go straight to Vampire D: Bloodlust which was much better in every way.
 
I just finished watching Rurouni Kenshin Samurai X but, I don't really get the ending.

*SPOILERS BELOW*















How does he end up killing Tomoe instead of the the guy from the shogunate? 😕
 
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