Why do you watch anime?

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The Phantom Squee	Oct 29 2009, 01:00 PM Post #41
Sound the horn and call the cry: "How many of them can we make die?" Posts: 17,970 Group: Jupiter Clan Member #169 Joined: April 13, 2007 Blog: Tastes Like Homebrew Country: #0# True Name: Squee Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5KvMSVnafE	Adnarel Oct 29 2009, 03:16 PM Saturos And there's art in anime too, with different shots and artwork, and Haruhi is a prime example of that. xP Haruhi is not an example of good artwork, and nothing I have been shown of the series will convince me otherwise. It's bland cell-shading and Uncanny Valley body drawings, particularly the faces. The figure animation is nothing special, but the scenery is excellent. And on Shadow's note, how has this not been linked yet?



Poui	Oct 29 2009, 01:07 PM Post #42
Posts: 13,255 Group: Coatlicue Member #203 Joined: June 12, 2007 Gender: Female Country: #215# Theme Song: https://tinyurl.com/q7785ct	Sir Brian Consumptington III Oct 29 2009, 02:00 PM Adnarel Oct 29 2009, 03:16 PM Saturos And there's art in anime too, with different shots and artwork, and Haruhi is a prime example of that. xP Haruhi is not an example of good artwork, and nothing I have been shown of the series will convince me otherwise. It's bland cell-shading and Uncanny Valley body drawings, particularly the faces. The figure animation is nothing special, but the scenery is excellent. And on Shadow's note, how has this not been linked yet? And to elaborate...



The Grim Lich	Oct 29 2009, 01:08 PM Post #43
Legitimate Businessman Posts: 11,369 Group: Luna Clan Member #69 Joined: June 26, 2006 Gender: THIS AM GRIM, GRIM MAN Blog: Grim Tidings Country: Earth	Kami-chu. Again. The scenery is beautifully done.



Adnarel	Oct 29 2009, 01:54 PM Post #44
I'd rather be outside. Posts: 27,340 Group: Crystallux Member #71 Joined: July 2, 2006 Gender: #118# Blog: #118# Country: #118# True Name: #118# Theme Song: #118#	The only series I've been able to get into is Robotech, and that was, like, early 80s stuff. By most people's reckoning, the art style would be bad, and the framerate truly was dreadful. But I liked it anyhow because the characters didn't fall into the anime stereotypes (because the stereotypes hadn't been invented yet) and because some of the lines are so bad, they're good. Also, the script was done entirely by Americans. The series was bought by an American crew who ditched the Japanese story and made up a new one around the footage they had. So you escaped the 'bad Japanese idea of drama' and instead got the bad American idea of drama. But it was something.



Momentime	Oct 29 2009, 02:00 PM Post #45
uh oh Posts: 18,956 Group: Luna Clan Member #194 Joined: May 28, 2007 Gender: pew pew pew Country: #226# True Name: Shads	Akiko-chan Oct 29 2009, 02:07 PM Sir Brian Consumptington III Oct 29 2009, 02:00 PM Adnarel Oct 29 2009, 03:16 PM Saturos And there's art in anime too, with different shots and artwork, and Haruhi is a prime example of that. xP Haruhi is not an example of good artwork, and nothing I have been shown of the series will convince me otherwise. It's bland cell-shading and Uncanny Valley body drawings, particularly the faces. The figure animation is nothing special, but the scenery is excellent. And on Shadow's note, how has this not been linked yet? And to elaborate... For some reason all the text is in some kind of broken code. Also, you guys sure it's not just 'bad drama' and instead 'drama you're not used to due to being from a different culture'?



Poui	Oct 29 2009, 02:05 PM Post #46
Posts: 13,255 Group: Coatlicue Member #203 Joined: June 12, 2007 Gender: Female Country: #215# Theme Song: https://tinyurl.com/q7785ct	I see that too. Google can read it though.



Adnarel	Oct 29 2009, 02:20 PM Post #47
I'd rather be outside. Posts: 27,340 Group: Crystallux Member #71 Joined: July 2, 2006 Gender: #118# Blog: #118# Country: #118# True Name: #118# Theme Song: #118#	Lol, I see it's highly original environmental design, there. Were they going for that, though?



simplechild	Oct 29 2009, 02:44 PM Post #48
My only feel is murder Posts: 12,119 Group: Fori Member #115 Joined: October 30, 2006 Gender: Burning Blog: What's All This, Then? Country: 'Nam. True Name: simplechild	I'm wondering why this hasn't been linked until now.



Raven the Ravenous	Feb 6 2011, 01:43 AM Post #49
Worthy Posts: 91 Group: Clanless Member #718 Joined: November 13, 2010 Gender: Male Country: #226#	My reason? Cuz anime (and manga) is able to break the chains of reality that keep us from doing the absolutely crazy stuff we couldn't do and make it look ten times better than even with special effects in movies. Also because most of the [radio edit]ing shit that's on TV is either soaps, reality TV shows, news, paparrazi shows, or PBS. Not that I have anything against PBS, I still like watching Arthur. And now there's a channel that plays old TV shows back in like the 30s-80s. Modern TV sucks compared to these things. Also, anime is cool. Though I read more manga nowadays ironically. Also, with both, I'm a sucker for the gags and exaggerations they give, like cartoons but with cleaner art.



Adnarel	Feb 6 2011, 04:53 PM Post #50
I'd rather be outside. Posts: 27,340 Group: Crystallux Member #71 Joined: July 2, 2006 Gender: #118# Blog: #118# Country: #118# True Name: #118# Theme Song: #118#	Holy necrobumps, Batman!



Dracobolt	Feb 6 2011, 04:59 PM Post #51
Incorrigible Posts: 72,032 Group: Kid Squid Member #25 Joined: September 11, 2005 Gender: Female Blog: Creative Contemplation and Random Rumination Country: #226# True Name: Braco the Magnificent Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMhvS8oGXQU	Holy irrelevant spam post, Spider-man! =P



Adnarel	Feb 6 2011, 05:00 PM Post #52
I'd rather be outside. Posts: 27,340 Group: Crystallux Member #71 Joined: July 2, 2006 Gender: #118# Blog: #118# Country: #118# True Name: #118# Theme Song: #118#	Oh, don't you lecture me about spam posts, missy!



Dracobolt	Feb 6 2011, 05:03 PM Post #53
Incorrigible Posts: 72,032 Group: Kid Squid Member #25 Joined: September 11, 2005 Gender: Female Blog: Creative Contemplation and Random Rumination Country: #226# True Name: Braco the Magnificent Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMhvS8oGXQU	I will if I want to! (Because then my post count will go up.) Um, anime! It's full of cool stories, bro.



Deleted User	Feb 6 2011, 05:08 PM Post #54
Deleted User	I'm not particularly interested in watching anime, myself. Only ones I've really watched are DBZ, Yu Yu Hakusho and Fullmetal Alchemist, and to an extent, InuYasha and Rurouni Kenshin. I thought FMA had a brilliant story and characters, DBZ is just really fun and Yu Yu Hakusho for the same reason as DBZ. I certainly won't watch anime just because it's anime. However, I do know quite a few people who are happy to watch anime just for the sake of watching anime. >_>
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Dracobolt	Feb 6 2011, 05:15 PM Post #55
Incorrigible Posts: 72,032 Group: Kid Squid Member #25 Joined: September 11, 2005 Gender: Female Blog: Creative Contemplation and Random Rumination Country: #226# True Name: Braco the Magnificent Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMhvS8oGXQU	I think that's a silly way to be. Er, watching anime because it's anime. I watch anime because I can find the sort of stories I like in that format, just like I can with books and movies. Anime is just a medium that can be used to tell stories.



Raven the Ravenous	Feb 7 2011, 09:03 AM Post #56
Worthy Posts: 91 Group: Clanless Member #718 Joined: November 13, 2010 Gender: Male Country: #226#	If my dad had bought cable TV, then I'd be more focused on cartoons than anime. I don't watch anime for the sake of watching anime. I actually watch either for the sake of not watching reality TV shows. Cuz I see all people on those shows are just whore-seeking-freaks. Though I don't hate all of them. I love the game shows. Uh...where was I? Oh yeah, I watch anime cuz it's cool!



Kula Diamond	Feb 7 2011, 10:27 AM Post #57
atlus tracts Posts: 14,836 Group: Jupiter Clan Member #624 Joined: May 14, 2010 Gender: SNK's slave Country: #238# True Name: Tiltyu Theme Song: https://youtu.be/vqiYrvRq4W8	The only anime i like is DBZ, and that's because of the huge explosions and shiny beams.



HyrulianJedi	Feb 21 2011, 04:06 AM Post #58
uguu~ Posts: 7,500 Group: Clanless Member #116 Joined: November 2, 2006 Gender: Girl Blog: I Hate Blogs Country: #0#	One key difference between western shows and Japanese shows is that anime (usually) has a solid ending to a season, whereas western shows tend to plan themselves for several seasons, only to get canceled halfway...or sometimes not even finish with a season. A season amounts to an arc of the full story, usually. And I get irritated when shows deliberately leave massive plot points open. Heroes, season 1, was probably one of my favorite shows, until the ending, when Spoiler: click to toggle Sylar crawls away clinging to life and no one notices, and Hiro appears in the distant past. I'm of the opinion Sylar should have died there, because while he did give a lot of nice conflict in season 4, his resolution in it was absolutely terrible. Western shows are often too afraid to make too decisive an ending, possibly for fear that people won't watch a second season if there's no cliffhanger compelling them too. Anime suffers from this sometimes, but not nearly as much.



Saturos	Mar 25 2011, 01:35 PM Post #59
heart-under-blade Posts: 36,354 Group: Iris Member #2 Joined: March 20, 2005 Gender: Male Country: #0# True Name: Saturos Theme Song: https://youtu.be/mh5vyvMGhqE	Or just the simple fact that most tv shows suck, period. >_>



Peytral	Mar 25 2011, 01:37 PM Post #60
peytral pls Posts: 15,452 Group: Sol Clan Member #459 Joined: March 18, 2009 Gender: Miserable pile of secrets Blog: Ab Animo Pario Country: #0# True Name: Peytral Aznable	pretty much, yeah

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