Who is the Coolest?

[QES]

Thats like saying. MOVIES SUCK! or BOOKS SUCK! or GAMES SUCK!

This is a good point.

A type of media, does not in and of itself, suck. Generally the content IN that form, can either rock, or suck - depending.



Hey, looking at the vote tallies, everyone (with the exception of kael, and his honor guard) seems to be at about 3 votes. Some sort of egalitarianism going on here? Maybe the poll system is run by those corrupt diebold machines.

Kael, did you rig this poll system? And if so, why did you give exactly three votes to everyone?
-Qes

 

[Kael]

This is a good point.

A type of media, does not in and of itself, suck. Generally the content IN that form, can either rock, or suck - depending.



Hey, looking at the vote tallies, everyone (with the exception of kael, and his honor guard) seems to be at about 3 votes. Some sort of egalitarianism going on here? Maybe the poll system is run by those corrupt diebold machines.

Kael, did you rig this poll system? And if so, why did you give exactly three votes to everyone?
-Qes

I dont know. I voted for white rabbit.

 

[Nikis-Knight]

Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos!

 

[thomas.berubeg]

Thats like saying. MOVIES SUCK! or BOOKS SUCK! or GAMES SUCK!

The anime style of drawing shows so lttle emotion (eg two or three emotions) shown by either huge eyes, or reallly small mouths, and there are also no background to these "emotion" panels. well, in general, i don't much like any comic books (at least the art)

thomas.berubeg sorry to bring this up too, but YOU SUCK

Lol, you know im joking right ?

Of course





Sorry if i'm offending anyone

 

[Chandrasekhar]

Why would you say anime sucks except to piss off those people who like anime? You certainly aren't going to change the opinions of people who do, and I doubt that it was really all that informative for anyone. I'm not a fan of anime myself, but I'd love to see some example of another cartoon style that manages to show an emotion that anime absolutely can't.

 

[QES]

Why would you say anime sucks except to piss off those people who like anime? You certainly aren't going to change the opinions of people who do, and I doubt that it was really all that informative for anyone. I'm not a fan of anime myself, but I'd love to see some example of another cartoon style that manages to show an emotion that anime absolutely can't.

Maybe hes got like "Opinion Turrets"

Still, an odd thing to bring up out of the blue.

Hows book coming Chand? IM excited for you.
-Qes

 

[Chandrasekhar]

I will be retrieving it very soon. Don't expect to see me here very often once I do.

 

[Sureshot]

good Anime is amazing, the idea of someone saying it sucks is just absurd

id say he obviously is not aware of the good anime, someone might claim motion pictures suck too if they hadn't seen good ones, its ignorant, but they just don't know any better and they would be correct if only the things they know where the only things known

the absurd and ignorance aren't so bad tho, they add flavour to life, so i'll not hold it against him for speaking so incorrectly

 

[QES]

good Anime is amazing, the idea of someone saying it sucks is just absurd

id say he obviously is not aware of the good anime, someone might claim motion pictures suck too if they hadn't seen good ones, its ignorant, but they just don't know any better and they would be correct if only the things they know where the only things known

the absurd and ignorance aren't so bad tho, they add flavour to life, so i'll not hold it against him for speaking so incorrectly

Not absurd, it mereely means lack of exposure, as you said.

Good Animae I've Enjoyed and the various reasons:

Made Me Think:
Neon Genesis, Evangelion
Speed Grapher
Cowboy Beebop
Full Metal Alchemist

Made me Feel:
Evangellion,
Beebop
Trigun
Rurouni Kenshin
Full Metal Alchemist
Chobits

Made Me Laugh (out loud):
Trigun
Rurouni Kenshin
Full Metal Alchemist
Love-Hina (Yes......Yes ive seen it all)
Chobits

-Qes

 

[Nikis-Knight]

Would you call pokemon good bad or average? I'd call it painful to watch, and I wanted to gauge my anime taste.
So much of the anime that I've been exposed to is just too childish to take seriously. (or else too "adult" to take seriously.)

 

[QES]

Would you call pokemon good bad or average? I'd call it painful to watch, and I wanted to gauge my anime taste.
So much of the anime that I've been exposed to is just too childish to take seriously. (or else too "adult" to take seriously.)

"too adult" to take seroiusly strikes me as oximoronic, but thats just me.

Pokemon is for children. And actually, much of the animae i described is also for children/teens. At least in Japan.

I Ignore the Cartoon Networks Definition of "animae" That is NOT animae.
Firstly - most of the shows they choose to air, are not high quality or require much thought on the part of the viewer.

Secondly, the shows they DO aquire that are decent, they edit/censor into oblivion. Full Metal Alchemist and Rurouni Kenshin (Samuri X) are massacred by US developers. It Makes me cry.

Best Option? Find it online, subed (NEVER DUBED), and get the origional uncut versions.
The sole exception for English Speech Animae is Cowboy Beebop. The Voice actors do a fantastic job. Otherwise, it's just sad. And usually censored.

I am not an 8 Year old Girl. Despite rumors to the contrary. So i want adult understandings and dilmeas, and moral ambiguities. I also want heroism and nobility. Basically i want good story and storytelling.

The above mentioned do that, if found in their origional fashion (With english subtitles - for I do not know Japanese)
-Qes

EDIT: AN unedited first episode of Full Metal Alchemist, should make you slightly twitch at the end, for example.

 

[Nikis-Knight]

by too "adult" I meant, well, "boobies," not moral ambiguity.

 

[QES]

by too "adult" I meant, well, "boobies," not moral ambiguity.

Well im sure grey fox will be interested in what youve seen now.

Yeah, "hentai" isnt what im talking about.
-Qes

 

[thomas.berubeg]

Not absurd, it mereely means lack of exposure, as you said.

Good Animae I've Enjoyed and the various reasons:

Made Me Think:
Neon Genesis, Evangelion
Speed Grapher
Cowboy Beebop
Full Metal Alchemist

Made me Feel:
Evangellion,
Beebop
Trigun
Rurouni Kenshin
Full Metal Alchemist
Chobits

Made Me Laugh (out loud):
Trigun
Rurouni Kenshin
Full Metal Alchemist
Love-Hina (Yes......Yes ive seen it all)
Chobits

-Qes

Would you call pokemon good bad or average? I'd call it painful to watch, and I wanted to gauge my anime taste.
So much of the anime that I've been exposed to is just too childish to take seriously. (or else too "adult" to take seriously.)

Sorry QES, i admit i've never read any of these: my exposure to anime has been that of any american stuck in the backwoods of NJ. I seriously do live in the backwoods, and in the most Hick town of the North east. i guess i've seen just about as much as Nikis-Knight.

i'll see about those QES (by the way, what are "Opninion Turrets" i've never heard the term before. i can kind of infere the definition, but i'm not completely sure.)

Sincerely,
Thomas

 

[Nikis-Knight]

i'll see about those QES (by the way, what are "Opninion Turrets" i've never heard the term before. i can kind of infere the definition, but i'm not completely sure.)

I would wager he made it up on the spot, based on turrets Syndrome, a mental disorder wherein a person will suddenly blurt out random stuff, including profanities and the like, iirc.

 

[QES]

Ya its a made up term. I just though it odd to spout a negative opinion on something that didnt seem to come from anywhere. And I hope you didnt take it as an insult, it was only a joke, and more importantly it was an attempt to difuse a potential argument before one occured (lots of animae lovers in this forum i think). So it was meant to be a stop-gap.

On the shows i mentioned, they're in novella and book form, but im talking about the episodic TV versions. I watched them, not read them. Granted most people enjoy the manga (written version) better. But for "graphic novels" i typically prefer the actual visual medium. If i want to read, i dont need pictures.

Kind of either/or for me there.

Still, everything i mentioned is quite good. At least i think so.
-Qes

EDIT: To find episodes of these, bit-torrent clients and networks are fairly good at it. I watched them through friends who had them.

 

[thomas.berubeg]

Alls well, good, and forgiven on my part

 

[dreiche2]

I only recently found out that some anime are exactly the kind of shows I was looking for all my life (kind of), i.e. serious, interesting Sci-Fi and stories, where I had to grow up with He-Man an the like, which I knew even as a child it sucked

If all you know about anime is pokemon and boobies I really recommend you check some other out. Regarding boobies & co., there are of course animes around where there are strange tendencies (typically Japanese, if you know what I mean), but there are also some great shows were it is not the case.

But if you start with more popular things like Ghost in the Shell or Princess Mononoke/Spirited away (movies), you can't do much wrong and I think they give you a good idea what anime can be like..

 

[Grey Fox]

Sorry QES, i admit i've never read any of these: my exposure to anime has been that of any american stuck in the backwoods of NJ.
Sincerely,
Thomas

Good that someone could make you give Anime another chance.

But I DO suspect you are mistaking Manga for Anime. (Or maybe its only me that call graphical novels from japan as Manga).

Atleast to me, Manga is graphical novels, and Anime is animated pics from Japan.

And when it comes to both Anime and Manga, I've read too few and seen far from enough. I just dont take the time I should.

There are some real good ones in both artforms, just like there are in any other. (And yes, Games is an artform, aswell as a compilation of several other artforms) And yes there are horsehockey ones and ones you arnt interested in, since there are SO many styles and they are usually made for a specific age-group. (There are all forms of Anime that there are forms of movies or books, or games. From Drama to Comedy, to Kid-flick to Chick-Flicks to Porn and Action. With a Realistic, Sci-Fi or Fantasy setting.).

 

[wilboman]

That's - arse - "Opinion - goolies - Tourettes". Feck.