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penguindf12 
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 Topic: Anime/Manga Thread
Posted: January 21 2007 at 22:24 |
My favorite animes are Neon Genesis Evangelion, Trigun, Lupin III, Cowboy Bebop, FLCL, and Excel Saga, although I've seen / I watch others. I also own the soundtrack to a few of the shows; a lot of the music is surprisingly "progressive" in nature, especially the Trigun soundtrack (which is actually composed by the guitarist from Japanese RIO band Tipographica - look 'em up on this site!).
I recently also started a band (consisting of a shifting lineup of 10 people), and among other things, we're learning many anime and video game tunes to play at a local anime convention later this year (in June). Hopefully, if all goes well, we'll play it and get a recording too, which I could post online.
For any prog fans who haven't looked into anime yet: a lot of it is pretty banal and predictable. However, in equal measure are shows of actual artistic merit. Trigun, Evangelion, FLCL, and Excel Saga are very "progressive" (Trigun and Evangelion are more "traditional" allegorical materials, while FLCL and Excel Saga are more dadaist and surreal - FLCL still retains an allegorical storyline, while Excel Saga is pure absurdism).
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Palette
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Posted: January 15 2007 at 09:35 |
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I'm glad to see a few Cowboy Bebop fans as this is a music forum.. and Yoko Kanno provides it with a great soundtrack :D
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Viajero Astral
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Posted: January 14 2007 at 22:34 |
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Not a fan, I just enjoy some old ones like Ranma and my favourite of all time: Saint Seiya, even a friend who hate anime love this one. Dragon Ball Z is kinda anoying for me in these days, I also like Cowboy Bebop, Rurouni Kenshin(Samurai X), Spirited Away, the kind of stuff semejant to the old school.
Edited by Viajero Astral - January 14 2007 at 22:37
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magnus
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Posted: January 14 2007 at 13:25 |
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I used to watch Naruto every week, and I also watched quite a lot of Dragonball Z. I grew tired though, it just didn't excite me that much anymore, I guess. It was great fun while I still watched though.
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The scattered jigsaw of my redemption laid out before my eyes
Each piece as amorphous as the other - Each piece in its lack of shape a lie
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Ed_The_Dead
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Posted: January 14 2007 at 13:25 |
Well, I don't like any manga or anime.
Except for the hellsing series. It ownz!
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Man Overboard
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Posted: January 14 2007 at 13:00 |
I'm -slightly- old-school, in the sense that I haven't seen anything that recent.
For anime, I really like Ranma 1/2, Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, Kino's Journey, Boogiepop Phantom, and Serial Experiments Lain, not to mention Neon Genesis Evangelion. Oh, I -have- seen a newish one, Ouran High School is good. And yes. Gravitation, My Sexual Harassment, Fake, and Level C. 
Manga, hmm... there's a lot of that I like. Any of the above that have manga, except for Bebop, that manga sucked. Addicted To Curry, the extended Fake series, Eerie Queerie (shut up  ), and a billion others that escape my mind because I just woke up.
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heyitsthatguy
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Posted: January 13 2007 at 23:53 |
 kazansky wrote:
why it's annoying ? |
cliche'd, cliche'd, and um...cliche'd.....plus the title character is just an annoying little f**k...that's my opinion though, not insulting people who like it edit: the english character dubbing of the character Naruto has an annoying voice, if you all watch in different languages then it could make a difference I dunno, I guess I don't like action based anime
Edited by heyitsthatguy - January 13 2007 at 23:54
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kazansky
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Posted: January 13 2007 at 23:27 |
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why it's annoying ?
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The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us.
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heyitsthatguy
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Posted: January 13 2007 at 23:18 |
Oh, I forgot, Paranoia Agent is pretty decent, interesting at the very least.....I wouldn't call myself an anime fan though Naruto= one of the most f**king annoying things ever 
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laplace
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Posted: January 13 2007 at 19:50 |
Trickster F. wrote:
I've never understood the fascination with anime and manga. How much is there to Japanese culture that goes deeper and more sophisticated? Of course it's the best thing Japan offers youngsters these days and an excellent way of making profit for various makers of different anime, video game and manga series.
I've never understood the fascination with hentai either. What is real is not supposed to turn a person on, and I can't believe there are people who prefer this over genuine eroticism. |
can someone help me to repeat this post in antimatter form?  I like Serial Experiments Lain, Noir, BoogiePop Phantom and Vampire Princess Miyu. y'know, the interesting stuff without goofy jokes I don't understand because of the massive culture divide.
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kazansky
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Posted: January 13 2007 at 19:46 |
if you already like anime, i don't think that manga could kill you 
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The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us.
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stonebeard
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Posted: January 13 2007 at 17:05 |
I kind of want to get into manga. I like anime in certain ways, but not entirely. It's just daunting. I'm also considering how much of a geek I'm comfortable being. I already like prog, anime, and video games, and maybe taking the leap into manga will kill me.
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Scapler
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Posted: January 13 2007 at 17:03 |
Falling Flower wrote:
I prefer hentai 
I'm not even really sure what anime or manga are exept asian style cartoons.
But when I was little I always watched Gundam Wings (is that anime? or manga? what's the difference between the two?)
And I really liked the movie Jin Roh too. |
Manga is the comic books, anime is the animated cartoon form.
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Scapler
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Posted: January 13 2007 at 17:02 |
Trickster F. wrote:
I've never understood the fascination with anime and manga. How much is there to Japanese culture that goes deeper and more sophisticated? Of course it's the best thing Japan offers youngsters these days and an excellent way of making profit for various makers of different anime, video game and manga series.
I've never understood the fascination with hentai either. What is real is not supposed to turn a person on, and I can't believe there are people who prefer this over genuine eroticism. |
Youngsters?!? I don't think you can blow it off as just that. In fact, in Japan, adults buy far more manga than children, and read it with huge followings.
And cartooning is a legitimate artform, speaking as a cartoonist myself, you will never know how valuable, insightful, and artful a comic can be until you actually try to make one yourself. You see how easy it is to make a good one, then get back to me.
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Scapler
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Posted: January 13 2007 at 16:59 |
I like Naruto and Paranoia Agent. I liked S-Cry-Ed, but that's not on anymore.
I draw comic books in the manga style myself too, and not just those stupid drawings everyone draws and thinks they are good at. I respect the genre as probably the best hybrid of realistic and cartoony drawing styles.
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Evans
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Posted: January 13 2007 at 15:28 |
Trickster F. wrote:
I've never understood the fascination with anime and manga. How much is there to Japanese culture that goes deeper and more sophisticated? Of course it's the best thing Japan offers youngsters these days and an excellent way of making profit for various makers of different anime, video game and manga series.
I've never understood the fascination with hentai either. What is real is not supposed to turn a person on, and I can't believe there are people who prefer this over genuine eroticism. |
I can only assume you haven't watched Legend of the overfiend, hehe...
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'Let's give it another fifteen seconds..'
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Trickster F.
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Posted: January 13 2007 at 15:26 |
I've never understood the fascination with anime and manga. How much is there to Japanese culture that goes deeper and more sophisticated? Of course it's the best thing Japan offers youngsters these days and an excellent way of making profit for various makers of different anime, video game and manga series.
I've never understood the fascination with hentai either. What is real is not supposed to turn a person on, and I can't believe there are people who prefer this over genuine eroticism.
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Bern
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Posted: January 13 2007 at 15:17 |
It doesn't really relate to the actual hentais 
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Falling Flower
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Posted: January 13 2007 at 15:15 |
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Tool makes the butterflies in my tumybox go woooooooosh
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Bern
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Posted: January 13 2007 at 15:03 |
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RIP in bossa nova heaven.
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