Do you watch anime?

[dodgepot]

and nope, i dont piss around with pretentious sounding words either.

 

[The Groke]

i dont read much posts on here, sorry.

"other post" = the previous post of mine on this thread that we are discussing, which you read, responded to and quoted in your reply.



Well, I am presuming you read it before responding...

and nope, i dont piss around with pretentious sounding words either.

Um...

*lets it lie*

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

wow

didn't expect quite so many actively avoid it votes

people are scared of the unknown

 

[5t3IIa]

I saw Akira and Tank Police years ago.

 

[kabbes]

I've only seen the occasional bit, here and there. The stuff that makes it into the mainstream, really. Akira, that kind of thing.

I'm curious to know what you made of the Animatrix, Shippy (assuming that you saw it). How did it rate on your animeter?

 

[kyser_soze]

Light to medium

Once I realised that the 'series' style are essentially soap operas with magic/guns/magic&guns/huge monsters/problems with parents and homework thrown together, and that basically they stick to the main soap opera codex of action in the first and last few minutes of each episode I got it.

 

[Epico]

I watched some bits and pieces when I was subjected to it by others, and like stigmata - the style just annoys me.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

I've seen quite a bit of Studio Ghibli stuff, Akira and Ghost in the Shell but other than that I tend to just so bits of it when Mr. QofG's - who is a bit fan - is watching i.e. Death Note at the moment

 

[FabricLiveBaby!]

I want to get the entire series of Full Metal Alchamist but at £15 for 4 spisodes it's just far too expensive.


I have Perfect Blue.

That is good!

 

[skyscraper101]

I wouldn't know where to start with Anime. I need a dummies guidebook.

I've heard of Akira and Ghost In The Shell but I've never seen them. Is that a good starting point?

I like the super charged anime techno that Shippy posted the other day - that was

 

[kyser_soze]

I want to get the entire series of Full Metal Alchamist but at £15 for 4 spisodes it's just far too expensive.


I have Perfect Blue.

That is good!

Bittorrent is your friend...

 

[bhamgeezer]

I used to love stuff like outlaw star when I was younger

 

[sim667]

I dont watch loads of it and im very picky...... one i liked was 'afro samurai' and i also liked a couple of films....... i cant remember what they were called, but the main character was called briarius.

 

[danny la rouge]

I don't need to avoid it, but I would if I happened across any.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

I'm curious to know what you made of the Animatrix, Shippy (assuming that you saw it). How did it rate on your animeter?

the animatrix doesn't feel like anime

it feels like animation done in the style of anime

because the stories and characters were not immersed in the anime tradition in the same way normal anime is it leaves the end product with a distinctly different flavour

this isn't to say i hated the animatrix i don't i just consider it more a piece of modern animation than full on anime

also studio 4c who did work on the animatix has the same feel in their stuff...

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

I wouldn't know where to start with Anime. I need a dummies guidebook.

I've heard of Akira and Ghost In The Shell but I've never seen them. Is that a good starting point?

I like the super charged anime techno that Shippy posted the other day - that was

anime is quite a large field

akira and GITS are both classics and are well worth watching but like many classics they might not be to everyone's taste

depending on what you want from a show there are quite a few different options

 

[Citizen66]

I've seen Akira. Can't see it as something I'd ever get in to.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

akira isn't that fantastic

it's got quite a nice use of light and shadow and great use of cloud as well as an excelent sound track.... however the plot is shot to pieces and i'm not fond of the character design.

it was one of the first breakthrough movies but it's not in my top 10

 

[DotCommunist]

whats the shippy judgement on NG evangelion?

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

eva is for me one of the greatest anime out there

it's a series everyone should watch...

not sure what else to say really... i'm a huge eva fan so i could rant and rave but i'll restrain myself

however as one of the first anime i ever saw i think it was one of the major influences on my anime watching

 

[skyscraper101]

eva is for me one of the greatest anime out there

it's a series everyone should watch...

not sure what else to say really... i'm a huge eva fan so i could rant and rave but i'll restrain myself

however as one of the first anime i ever saw i think it was one of the major influences on my anime watching

So this Evangelion, it's a good intro to anime is it? Better than Akira? I should probably rent some DVDs or something and see if I get into it.

The only thing I really remember watching was this late night manga on Channel 4 in the mid nineties. It was quite bizarre to me at the time, but kind of futuristic and cool - which is generally what I like.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

eva is a pritty good look at what you can do with anime

but you might want to start with something shorter

try flcl it's by the same people
http://www.boxtorrents.com/torrent/130295/FLCL_KAA.html

plus i saw the mid 90's stuff too was what made me seriously get into anime... they did some half decent shows too like 3x3 eyes

 

[The Groke]

flcl ftw

 

[DotCommunist]

Battle Angel Alita is a fine piece of work imvho

 

[Cloo]

Light - I like it when I see it, but I haven't actually watched any new stuff for years. If I knew someone who had a load of DVDs I'd probably borrow them, but I haven't made the effort lately.

I prefer the ornately animated stuff to the 'Urusei yatsura' type cartoony style.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

So this Evangelion, it's a good intro to anime is it? Better than Akira? I should probably rent some DVDs or something and see if I get into it.

The only thing I really remember watching was this late night manga on Channel 4 in the mid nineties. It was quite bizarre to me at the time, but kind of futuristic and cool - which is generally what I like.

My Korean student in Dalian was well into Evangelion, he described it and it sounded really good, but it's another 39 million hours of something I don't have time to watch.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

eva i think is worth making time for

 

[IC3D]

I'm a fan of studio Ghibli stuff though not watched any for a bit, need some kids as an excuse to sit through em again, theres not been any recent stuff has there?

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Yeah TBH SC, I just got so Asia'd out living in china so long. I might give it a go in a few months time...

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

I'm a fan of studio Ghibli stuff though not watched any for a bit, need some kids as an excuse to sit through em again, theres not been any recent stuff has there?

from ghibli yeah

http://www.nausicaa.net/wiki/Main_Page