Anime Thread

[Ov3rmind]

I'm not normally a huge fan of anime, but Neon Genesis Evangelion really "wowed" me. To top if off, The End of Evangelion was probably one of the best movies I've ever seen (anime or live action, from any country).

My friend is letting me borrow his DevilLady DVDs, weird stuff (not really sure how I like it so far).

[Pballwizz]

Jeez, I feel sad now, I thought I watched alot of anime But see, heres my problem, Im only fourteen, and my parents dont want me to see all teh super bad stuff ( id ont really wanna even). Im tryin to build up the nerve to rent Jin Roh cause I heard there is no sexual stuff (right?) but I hear ir's realllllly disturbing and has like images of just..I dunno...bad...so if someone could inform me how this movie is I'd appreciate it. Peace!

[badtoyz]

My fav's are NGE , Berserk , Outlaw Star , Kenshin , Akira
I have seen a lot just cant rember them all

[Sir_Brass]

Originally posted by Pballwizz
Jeez, I feel sad now, I thought I watched alot of anime But see, heres my problem, Im only fourteen, and my parents dont want me to see all teh super bad stuff ( id ont really wanna even). Im tryin to build up the nerve to rent Jin Roh cause I heard there is no sexual stuff (right?) but I hear ir's realllllly disturbing and has like images of just..I dunno...bad...so if someone could inform me how this movie is I'd appreciate it. Peace!

Jin Roh has no sexually explicit content, just like the vast majority of anime out there (contrary to the popular ignorant beliefs). It IS bloody, however, BUT is a very good movie. I bought it on a whim over a year ago and was NOT disappointed.



I'm currently watching Last Exile, and to ANYONE who has access to fansub sites (like downloadanime.org and other places), I highly recommend you download this series. It's not licensed yet, so it's not illegal to download . VERY VERY VERY good series. Thoroughly loving it. If you liked Castle in the Sky, you'll enjoy Last Exile, as the two are somewhat similar in their 'technology'.

[ramennoodles]

guess what i like.....






....POKEMON(just joking)

[UltimatePaintballer]

anime is the stupidest thing ever, in cartoons and porn.

[ramennoodles]

not making any sense UP

Brittani, just read your message, yeah, the otaku rep ain't an easy one.

[Will Wood]

Erm.. no. The porn thing is not in everything. It's a whole seperate category...Hentai. Just avoid what you would call "Porn" and your all set..

[UltimatePaintballer]

yes it does, its saying anime porn is stupid and those stupid chinese cartoons are stupid

:edit: gotcha wild woody

[ramennoodles]

1) its japanese
2) What you are talking about is hentai(pervert) which is like animated pornography, some anime does have nudity in it, it is because their culture in japan is much more evolved from ours, they do not find the human body disgusting and a thing to be hidden, but a piece of art.
3) just quit before you dig the hole any deeper.

[Sir_Brass]

Agreed. You don't have to like anime, but don't go around talking ignorant garbage like that! Anime is as varied and as broad as almost anything out there. A super-genre, if you will. It is not a genre in and of itself, but rather a categorization of all animated media that is created in Japan, of ALL genres. There is the disgusting side (hentai: animated porn), there is ecchi (better categorized as gratuitious nudity ... softcore. NOTHING is purely ecchi, but some series contain ecchi, but not many), there is kodomo anime (children's anime. basically kid shows), there is sci-fi anime, drama anime, romance anime, adventure anime, action anime, mecha anime, occult anime, comedic anime, fantasy anime, etc. etc. etc.

Anime ranges in quality from lowly crap only a cut above american day-time soaps to series and movies that have won awards globally (can we say "Spirited Away" or "Princess Mononoke") for artistic genius, and story-telling brilliance.

[ramennoodles]

i'm guessing you're a miazaki fan, eh?

[Sir_Brass]

Originally posted by ramennoodles
i'm guessing you're a miazaki fan, eh?

hai! boku desu!

[translation: yes! I am!]


I'm a fan of any high quality anime, which basically puts all things Miyazaki on that list .

[ramennoodles]

pardon my mispelling of *miyazaki* feeling gay, yeah, you still got my cowboy bebop movie and my love hina brittani, bring em on monday, i'm a big fan of almost any mecha, chobits, battle royale, i'm more into mange than anime, but i LOVE them both.

[Ironmag]

Battle Royale isn't an anime but it is an awesome Japanese movie. Too bad you wont see anything like that made here in the US, but shows how F'd up things could be. I highly recommend this movie.

And I also agree that anime cannot be labled so easily as there are so many different types just like there are "real" shows and movies. It's just an alternative means to get the story across, which frankly does a better job most of the time as compared to "real" shows and movies.