|  sdoodle2000 | Dec 15, 2007 9:52pm | | I actually just today discovered anime, my 12 year old sister was looking to watching something and she couldn't find it.... so she asked me... are there any other 19+ year olds out there that watch this stuff too or am I in the minority here? oh yeah she wanted to watch death note and well I kinda watched it with her, after I found it, for like 4 hours...... |
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| | | erkman | Dec 15, 2007 10:09pm | | leik animu is kewlzdfsggerb |
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| | bigleo69 | Dec 21, 2007 7:57pm | | Hey!Your not alone! I got into anime about 9 months ago and still going strong. If you liked death note then you'll probably like Code Geass. Check it out and let me know what you think. |
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|  sublateralist | Dec 21, 2007 9:57pm | | i like to watch Fist of the North Star,Black Jack,and hentai. |
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|  DarkRegent | Dec 23, 2007 7:46pm | | Most anime isn't meant for young children. Like sub pointed out you can go all the way up to full on pr0n with hentai which interests some people. Personally I just like the storylines and no actors needed, create whatever kind of characters you want. I've been watching for 6-7 years since DBZ and Gundam Wing aired on Cartoon Network's Toonami. Full Metal Panic is a great series and some others are GTO, Ikki Tousen, Tenjho Tenge, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Black Lagoon but there are tons more. There are some more unknown animes like Louie the Rune Soldier and Those Who Hunt Elves which are both good funny shows. Anime's a great source of entertainment with lots of options already available. |
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| | | repku | Feb 1, 12:52am | Yes... Well..
(READ THIS: The following is all according to the "best" of my understanding... I don't watch or read much news.. these are just bits and pieces that I put together along with a few assumptions and probably my opinions.. as well as a slight glance at some wikipedia articles to make sure I was getting some names right. I'm saying all this so I don't have to say it again. This is all basically just me trying to remember things that I heard once. The facts are completely dubious and I'm pretty much expecting someone to correct me.. to death)
Basically anime and manga are like American comics, but much more developed.. It's kinda like how old films seem cheesy when compared to newer ones.
Sometime ago, the American comic industry kinda got messed up.. Something to do with parents getting angry or something.. any way, it somehow crippled the industry.
However, in Japan, this didn't happen.
That's not to say that some Japanese people never complained about it, but it didn't get to the point that it did in America.
So all the stereotypes and whatnot of American comic book nerds are pretty much the same as the Japanese ones.
Anime and manga originated from an artist known as Osamu Tezuki, who is known as the "God of anime" among other such names.
He based his art off of Disney cartoons and.. I'm not very sure about this but.. I think he also combined it with a little bit of traditional Japanese art.
His most famous series was 鉄腕アトム (Tetsuwan Atomu) known in America as Astro Boy.
Another thing to note is that the Japanese don't make a distinction between manga and comics or cartoons and anime like English speakers do..
"Manga" merely translates to "Comic".
And "anime" is a Japanese shortening of the word "animation" which they borrowed from English.. Both "animeshon" (not sure if I got my Romaji right) and "anime"pretty much mean the same thing to them and are both used.
Westerners sometimes call it "Japanimition".. I think I might've also heard once that the Japanese do something like that as well, but that's a really vague recollection and I'm completely and perfectly unsure about it. |
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|  Socman | Feb 1, 3:48pm | If you like Death Note, I believe it to be a blending of two common themes in anime. Well developed story (as previously mentions, "Basically anime and manga are like American comics, but much more developed." and I believe this analogy works for television as well), and philosophy.
For philosophy, you might want to watch Ghost in the Shell. You can probably find it online, and youtube probably has the whole series, including what's not released in the US yet (assuming there is any). Also, it's played on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network at night) Monday through Friday at 1AM. It had one of my favorite anime moments ever.
Also, for story telling, there's Baccano if you have bit torrent. animesuki.com/series.php/1057.html [animesuki.com/series.php/1057.html]. You can also get it on youtube, but you can legally download it (er...well, it's grey), so I suggest that. Otherwise, you have to load each episode in three parts. |
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| | | repku | Feb 1, 10:06pm | 7: That's only if you want dubbed though..
EDIT: Nevermind.. The rest of this post was just a know-it-all tangent.. ._.;
You'll (directed at sdoodle2000) most likely learn that eventually..
I should only say that if you actually ask.. |
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| | Rigel-5 | Feb 2, 11:29am | Repku: Japanese PTA groups gave manga publishers just as much trouble as their peers in the U.S. (e.g., The Seduction of the Innocent). That wasn't much of a factor in the development of anime and manga.
[ quote=repku ] Basically anime and manga are like American comics, but much more developed. [/ quote ]
That's subjective. I think what you mean is that anime and manga come in a wider range of subjects for a more diverse audience.
Much of this came about because the early Japanese movie industry couldn't compete with Hollywood film and TV-show imports, so it concentrated on a niche that American studios had neglected -- feature animation.
Anime (and the manga on which many are based) are better compared to U.S. prime-time television than American-style comics. That's why there are so many different kinds of animated and manga series aimed at such a diverse audience; it's just like American TV. Conversely, until recently American comics were almost exclusively produced for teen boys. Historically speaking, U.S.-style comics and manga are only superficially related.
Just like television, the majority of anime and manga are pretty awful; most TV shows stink. It's the fantastic exceptions that make it all worthwhile. |
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| | Socman | Feb 2, 3:17pm | True, most anime as well as TV sucks, but there's more good anime than there is good television. And most TV shows aren't thought of by the people who make them as art, whereas anime (AT LEAST more often) is.
In fact, Scrubs is the only real exception that comes to mind. I might want to say Futurama too, but that's only two good shows being made in America that I like. |
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