Anime/Manga Thread
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Topic: Anime/Manga Thread
Posted By: kazansky
Subject: Anime/Manga Thread
Date Posted: January 13 2007 at 10:40
I don't think i've seen a thread about this, so why not start for one  . Which do you prefer, manga, anime or both and what's your favourite manga and /or anime ?
IMO there's some anime version which is better than it's manga ones, and vice versa. However, i prefer reading manga than watching anime though, because in anime the stories are often got cut, and/or modified (e.g. having extra episodes) Favourite anime : Naruto, Yu Yu Hakusho, School Rumble Favourite manga : Angel Sanctuary, Shoot! series, Fantasista, and lots more...  ------------- The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us. |
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Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: January 13 2007 at 11:35
not a fan of anime, but I do like Hayao Miyazaki's works, if that counts as anything oh and FLCL for its sheer f**ked upedness  ------------- 
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: January 13 2007 at 11:37
I found one, but it was over six months old so I think you're good. I don't watch anime/manga. I used to (well it was on late at night and nothing else was on so....) Does Dragonball Z count as anime? |
kazansky wrote:Posted By: kazansky
Date Posted: January 13 2007 at 11:43
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yep, it's counted. In my country, anime don't shown on local tv very often, so we use to buy cds or dvds. as for manga, we had PLENTY here ------------- The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us. |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: January 13 2007 at 11:49
| I used to watch Dragonball Z all the time. Every chance I got. But then I found some bands I liked and halved my TV intake. |
Posted By: kazansky
Date Posted: January 13 2007 at 11:53
fortunately, i still have my interest in manga/anime when i found the bands that i like. but recently there haven't much good manga for me now...  ------------- The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us. |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: January 13 2007 at 11:54
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Another reason for my lacking interest in manga/anime was the rediscovery of Spiderman comic books.
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Posted By: Evans
Date Posted: January 13 2007 at 12:23
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Some of my favourite movies of all time are Anime. Spirited away and Mononoke hime are my favourite anime. I've also watched 30 or something episodes of rurouni kenshin, and then i stopped (mostly due to inaccesibility). Only manga i've read are Akira (really good one, highly recommended) and some kenshin (well.. okay, i guess). My main problem with Anime and Manga lies with it's often totally exaggerated cute-ness and that they always are supposed to make us cry our hearts out. Plus helium-voiced females don't really make it any more easy to bear, haha.. ------------- 
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Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: January 13 2007 at 12:38
They are my favorite animated movie too  Besides that, I don't watch too much anime or read mangas... I used to be a Dragonball fan as a child. I've also read Akira (which is excellent). Most mangas aren't my cup of tea though... -------------  
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Posted By: Falling Flower
Date Posted: January 13 2007 at 14:57
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. ------------- 
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Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: January 13 2007 at 15:03
What is that exactly Debby? I'm sure nobody knows. You should explain to us. We're all eager of knowing. -------------
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Posted By: Falling Flower
Date Posted: January 13 2007 at 15:15
In Japanese, the word hentai is a kanji compound of 変 (hen meaning "change" or "strange") and 態 (tai meaning "attitude" or "appearance"),
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Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: January 13 2007 at 15:17
It doesn't really relate to the actual hentais  -------------
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Posted By: Trickster F.
Date Posted: January 13 2007 at 15:26
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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. ------------- sig |
Posted By: Evans
Date Posted: January 13 2007 at 15:28
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Posted By: Scapler
Date Posted: January 13 2007 at 16:59
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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. ------------- Bassists are deadly 
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Posted By: Scapler
Date Posted: January 13 2007 at 17:02
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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Posted By: Scapler
Date Posted: January 13 2007 at 17:03
Manga is the comic books, anime is the animated cartoon form.
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: January 13 2007 at 17:05
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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. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: kazansky
Date Posted: January 13 2007 at 19:46
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if you already like anime, i don't think that manga could kill you ------------- The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us. |
Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: January 13 2007 at 19:50
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. ------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: January 13 2007 at 23:18
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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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Posted By: kazansky
Date Posted: January 13 2007 at 23:27
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why it's annoying ? ------------- The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us. |
Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: January 13 2007 at 23:53
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 -------------
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Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: January 14 2007 at 13:00
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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.------------- https://soundcloud.com/erin-susan-jennings" rel="nofollow - Bedroom guitarist". Composer, Arranger, Producer. Perfection may not exist, but I may still choose to serve Perfection. Commissions considered. |
Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: January 14 2007 at 13:25
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Well, I don't like any manga or anime.
Except for the hellsing series. It ownz! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> 
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Posted By: magnus
Date 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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Posted By: Viajero Astral
Date 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. ------------- 
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Posted By: Palette
Date Posted: January 15 2007 at 09:35
| 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 |
Posted By: penguindf12
Date Posted: January 21 2007 at 22:24
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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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