<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Anyone else dislike anime?"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/54.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Anyone else dislike anime?

Besides Dragon Ball Z, but that's obvious. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3152748.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3152748.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? That's like saying "I dislike movies because they're live action."

Some Anime is slowed. Some of it is good.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3152756.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3152756.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3152763.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3152763.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3152789.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3152789.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3152811.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3152811.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3152847.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3152847.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Ahtman wrote:I do not care for most of it. Enjoyed it when I was younger but as I got older I found it repetitive and even a bit nauseating: similar animation styles, similar mile wide inch deep philosophical spouting, similar misogyny, ect ect. The rare gem that is good is very good, but I rarely find it to be worth the trouble to be honest. If someone I trust makes a recommendation I will watch it. Probably the biggest problem with anime is, of course the fans, who tend to confuse obsession for enthusiasm.


Word.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3152852.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3152852.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3152863.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3152863.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
dogma wrote:
Ahtman wrote:I do not care for most of it. Enjoyed it when I was younger but as I got older I found it repetitive and even a bit nauseating: similar animation styles, similar mile wide inch deep philosophical spouting, similar misogyny, ect ect. The rare gem that is good is very good, but I rarely find it to be worth the trouble to be honest. If someone I trust makes a recommendation I will watch it. Probably the biggest problem with anime is, of course the fans, who tend to confuse obsession for enthusiasm.


Word.


+1

Doesn't really interest me at all.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3152864.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3152864.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Ahtman wrote:I do not care for most of it. Enjoyed it when I was younger but as I got older I found it repetitive and even a bit nauseating: similar animation styles, similar mile wide inch deep philosophical spouting, similar misogyny, ect ect. The rare gem that is good is very good, but I rarely find it to be worth the trouble to be honest. If someone I trust makes a recommendation I will watch it. Probably the biggest problem with anime is, of course the fans, who tend to confuse obsession for enthusiasm.


You ever see Full Metal Alchemist or the First season (ONLY the first season) of Robotech? Very good, and they aren't misogynistic.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3152865.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3152865.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
nectarprime wrote:Besides Dragon Ball Z, but that's obvious.

Either you're still young, still watching the series, or haven't seen it in a while.

I sat down to watch a couple episodes when it was on recently. The entire series (including all spinoffs and movies) could be compressed into about 5 half-hour episodes if they got rid of the 45-episode fights, powering-up-to fight, and unrelated stupid gak that was supposed to be comic relief.

Some anime is ok, but like most tv shows, they're hit or miss. Mostly miss.

also, this:
Ahtman wrote:Probably the biggest problem with anime is, of course the fans, who tend to confuse obsession for enthusiasm.
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Ahtman wrote:I do not care for most of it. Enjoyed it when I was younger but as I got older I found it repetitive and even a bit nauseating: similar animation styles, similar mile wide inch deep philosophical spouting, similar misogyny, ect ect. The rare gem that is good is very good, but I rarely find it to be worth the trouble to be honest. If someone I trust makes a recommendation I will watch it. Probably the biggest problem with anime is, of course the fans, who tend to confuse obsession for enthusiasm.


Oh sweet, sweet truth.

I can count on one hand the number of anime films I can sit through, the number of shows that I like is even fewer.

Also: I currently, and will always, love Dragonball Z.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3152916.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3152916.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
remilia_scarlet wrote:Confirmed troll thread.


Of course, the person with anime pics for an avatar and sig thinks it's a troll thread. I was just asking for opinions.

The DBZ thing was a joke though. Yes me and my friends used to watch it all the time back when we were younger, in between bong rips of course.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3152926.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3152926.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Slarg232 wrote:
Ahtman wrote:I do not care for most of it. Enjoyed it when I was younger but as I got older I found it repetitive and even a bit nauseating: similar animation styles, similar mile wide inch deep philosophical spouting, similar misogyny, ect ect. The rare gem that is good is very good, but I rarely find it to be worth the trouble to be honest. If someone I trust makes a recommendation I will watch it. Probably the biggest problem with anime is, of course the fans, who tend to confuse obsession for enthusiasm.


You ever see Full Metal Alchemist or the First season (ONLY the first season) of Robotech? Very good, and they aren't misogynistic.


You mean Lin MinMay Macross First season? Her portions of it make it almost unwatchable.




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I like anime such as Berserk (when will he get to damn work on the next season? It's been how long, now?), Hellsing, Noir, Gurren Lagann (I finally broke down and watched it, and while it's not as brain-shatteringly good as people said it would be, it's still excellently enjoyable entertainment every episode), Samurai Champloo, FMA:Brotherhood, etc.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3152977.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3152977.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
CT GAMER wrote:
dogma wrote:
Ahtman wrote:I do not care for most of it. Enjoyed it when I was younger but as I got older I found it repetitive and even a bit nauseating: similar animation styles, similar mile wide inch deep philosophical spouting, similar misogyny, ect ect. The rare gem that is good is very good, but I rarely find it to be worth the trouble to be honest. If someone I trust makes a recommendation I will watch it. Probably the biggest problem with anime is, of course the fans, who tend to confuse obsession for enthusiasm.


Word.


+1

Doesn't really interest me at all.


Room for one more? Absolutely fething hate most of what I've seen. Blegh. Latent paedophilia FTL.

Wolfun wrote:Not all Anime is the same.
That's like saying "I dislike movies because they're live action."

No it isn't. Do I have to explain 'medium, style, genre' again, like the last thread of this type?:

Recorded Popular Music---> Jazz--->Be-bop

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Troy wrote:
Slarg232 wrote:
Ahtman wrote:I do not care for most of it. Enjoyed it when I was younger but as I got older I found it repetitive and even a bit nauseating: similar animation styles, similar mile wide inch deep philosophical spouting, similar misogyny, ect ect. The rare gem that is good is very good, but I rarely find it to be worth the trouble to be honest. If someone I trust makes a recommendation I will watch it. Probably the biggest problem with anime is, of course the fans, who tend to confuse obsession for enthusiasm.


You ever see Full Metal Alchemist or the First season (ONLY the first season) of Robotech? Very good, and they aren't misogynistic.


You mean Lin MinMay Macross First season? Her portions of it make it almost unwatchable.






http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1G1TSNA_ENUS371&=&q=minmei+robotech&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=526l6837l0l7113l15l9l0l0l0l0l312l1708l0.2.4.1l7&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1249&bih=567

Not sure which Lin Minmei your talking about, I'm talking about the one where she is a annoying twit who gains superstardom just because she sings a song about how "This is my time to be a STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153017.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153017.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153018.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153018.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
Devastator wrote:If you have such strong dislike for anime , why don't you just stop watching it and watch something else?
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I don't watch it, at all.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153030.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153030.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? It is like saying I don't like all films because some are crap.

The Ahtman quote was reasonable imho, the series do tend to regurgitate the same tired olf tropes through the story arcs.
Much mainstream cinema is equally guilty of this.

However there are anime worth watching for relaxation and some that are absolute gems.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153039.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153039.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Slarg232 wrote:
Troy wrote:
Slarg232 wrote:
Ahtman wrote:I do not care for most of it. Enjoyed it when I was younger but as I got older I found it repetitive and even a bit nauseating: similar animation styles, similar mile wide inch deep philosophical spouting, similar misogyny, ect ect. The rare gem that is good is very good, but I rarely find it to be worth the trouble to be honest. If someone I trust makes a recommendation I will watch it. Probably the biggest problem with anime is, of course the fans, who tend to confuse obsession for enthusiasm.


You ever see Full Metal Alchemist or the First season (ONLY the first season) of Robotech? Very good, and they aren't misogynistic.


You mean Lin MinMay Macross First season? Her portions of it make it almost unwatchable.






http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1G1TSNA_ENUS371&=&q=minmei+robotech&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=526l6837l0l7113l15l9l0l0l0l0l312l1708l0.2.4.1l7&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1249&bih=567

Not sure which Lin Minmei your talking about, I'm talking about the one where she is a annoying twit who gains superstardom just because she sings a song about how "This is my time to be a STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!"


Yes that horror show freak. Its creepy.


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Troy wrote:
Yes that horror show freak. Its creepy.



Minmei isn't that terribly porportioned. She's just annoying as hell.


Personally, the only anime that I enjoy is Full Metal Alchemist, Robotech (First Season, where people actually died and the characters grew up), Trigun ("In the ammount of time we have been talking here, I could have killed you four times!" "In the time we have been talking here, I could have GROPED you five times!" *Buttons fall off her shirt* ), and my guilty pleasure anime has to be Hellsing. Anderson is just too bad ass.


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Melissia wrote: FMA:Brotherhood


Blech. I know it's closer to the mangoes, but I just can't stand Brotherhood. It just seems..... worse? I don't know, it might just be because I've only been exposed to FMA due to the original series.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153071.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153071.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
nectarprime wrote:
Devastator wrote:If you have such strong dislike for anime , why don't you just stop watching it and watch something else?
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I don't watch it, at all.

Alright, what you cant see cant hurt you right?
Same thing as with furrys, just don't look it and its all fine.

Slarg232 wrote: and my guilty pleasure anime has to be Hellsing. Anderson is just too bad ass.

Considering that he managed to become even more bad ass in OVA 8...]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153089.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153089.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? Though i will watch dragon ball-z alot more.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153090.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153090.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Albatross wrote:
Wolfun wrote:Not all Anime is the same.
That's like saying "I dislike movies because they're live action."

No it isn't. Do I have to explain 'medium, style, genre' again, like the last thread of this type?:

Recorded Popular Music---> Jazz--->Be-bop



So, Death Note is in the same vein as Full Metal Alchemist?

A serious, thriller type anime compared to a comedic, Sci-fi type anime. Because they're both Anime?

So, by that logic, Two and a Half Men is in the same vein as Law and Order. Because they both have actors.

Right.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153127.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153127.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Melissia wrote:Considering most Anime has a summary that begins with "[Male name), a young high school student, is having a boring/lonely/whatever life and...", YES. High school wasn't so special that I want to be reminded of the blind stupidity of the administrators, the cruelty of the fellow students, and the generally boring nature of the studies which seemed to be designed for someone years younger than I was every day.

I like anime such as Berserk (when will he get to damn work on the next season? It's been how long, now?), Hellsing, Noir, Gurren Lagann (I finally broke down and watched it, and while it's not as brain-shatteringly good as people said it would be, it's still excellently enjoyable entertainment every episode), Samurai Champloo, FMA:Brotherhood, etc.


I think Beserk is finally getting another season, but really just read the manga instead. The manga's been ongoing for years now, and there is loads more to the story now. But I'd start from the beginning - the anime cut a large portion of the story - including reducing the Black Swordsman arc down to a single episode, and removing a few key points of Gattsu's history during the Golden Age arc. Some of these points change Gattsu's character a good deal, too, IMO.

But that's my usual gripe with Anime. They always cut things, change things they shouldn't, or add in stupid filler crap that's not in the manga. I have little patience with most anime, with the exception of Miyazaki's works which are not based on manga. The only anime I've found thus far where I prefer the anime to its manga is Nodame no Cantabile - which if you are looking for something unique and good, I highly recommend that anime series. (That, of course, doesn't keep me from reading the manga to find out what happens next, but that's me being impatient...) But otherwise, I say just go straight to the source and read the manga.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153131.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153131.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
Devastator wrote:
Slarg232 wrote: and my guilty pleasure anime has to be Hellsing. Anderson is just too bad ass.

Considering that he managed to become even more bad ass in OVA 8...




Only seen up to 4....]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153173.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153173.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153180.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153180.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Wolfun wrote:
Albatross wrote:
Wolfun wrote:Not all Anime is the same.
That's like saying "I dislike movies because they're live action."

No it isn't. Do I have to explain 'medium, style, genre' again, like the last thread of this type?:

Recorded Popular Music---> Jazz--->Be-bop



So, Death Note is in the same vein as Full Metal Alchemist?

A serious, thriller type anime compared to a comedic, Sci-fi type anime. Because they're both Anime?

So, by that logic, Two and a Half Men is in the same vein as Law and Order. Because they both have actors.

Right.

Wrong. One is comedy, one is drama. They are different styles. You are comparing two genres of anime (a style) to two styles of television program ( a medium). That's your error. You seem to think that by saying something is in the same style, I'm saying it's in the same genre, and so should share the same generic indicators. It's broader than that.


Animation is a medium. Anime is animation in the Japanese style. 'Sci-Fi Anime' would be the genre.

Television is the medium (roughly). Comedy is the style. Situation Comedy is the genre.


Hope this helps.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153217.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153217.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
CiaranAnnrach wrote:But that's my usual gripe with Anime. They always cut things, change things they shouldn't, or add in stupid filler crap that's not in the manga.
I don't care about that... as long as it's good. Mind you, most filler isn't very good. But sometimes the changes and the filler are still entertaining to watch.

The twin FMA series for example-- yeah, I think Brotherhood is better... but only because it's better written, not because it's based more on the manga than the first one. The first FMA anime series was still very much entertaining, more so than many series which ARE loyal to their manga.

This could very well be because I can't stand manga. Western style comics are far superior to Japanese style comics in my view.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153264.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153264.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
I have seen Akira and a couple of thse ghibli ones and they often have poor dialogue and muddled plots so if they are the best then........... Infact i have a similar problem with most eastern cinema all that 'House of four flying tigers' rubbish is woeful, 'Ooohhh look at the shiny!' doesnt sustain them through their usually butt numbing length. The only piece of eastern 'period' drama i enjoyed was the film 'mongol'.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153309.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153309.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Albatross wrote:
Wrong. One is comedy, one is drama. They are different styles. You are comparing two genres of anime (a style) to two styles of television program ( a medium). That's your error. You seem to think that by saying something is in the same style, I'm saying it's in the same genre, and so should share the same generic indicators. It's broader than that.


Animation is a medium. Anime is animation in the Japanese style. 'Sci-Fi Anime' would be the genre.

Television is the medium (roughly). Comedy is the style. Situation Comedy is the genre.


Hope this helps.


I don't think your descriptions are quite accurate. I think that when you say Television, you are actually referring to all filmed television programming that employs live actors. Otherwise, Animation is a style of Television.

The other problem I have with this line of argument is that it assumes there cannot be any cross-over between filmed shows and animated shows in terms of genre. This is not the case - there tends to be a large amount of overlap between filmed shows and animated shows, at least in terms of genre. The genre "Sci-Fi" includes both Cowboy Bebop and Firefly - two shows where even the plot is somewhat similar, despite one being an Anime and the other a filmed-TV series. And how many filmed high-school television shows have there been? I can name at least 5 without much trouble - Saved by the Bell, Fresh Prince of Bel-Aire, Happy Days, Family Matters, and Glee. I'm sure there are plenty more now that I'm just not aware of.

Anime is just a subset of Animation. But Filmed Television also has its own subsets - from being filmed live, to sitcoms, to filmed like a movie. You can perhaps call these "styles" of their respective mediums, but Comedy is not a style - it's a genre. Situational Comedy is a sub-genre of Comedy, but they are all still genres, and they are not unique to either Animation or Filmed Television.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153350.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153350.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153369.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153369.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Melissia wrote:
CiaranAnnrach wrote:But that's my usual gripe with Anime. They always cut things, change things they shouldn't, or add in stupid filler crap that's not in the manga.
I don't care about that... as long as it's good. Mind you, most filler isn't very good. But sometimes the changes and the filler are still entertaining to watch.

The twin FMA series for example-- yeah, I think Brotherhood is better... but only because it's better written, not because it's based more on the manga than the first one. The first FMA anime series was still very much entertaining, more so than many series which ARE loyal to their manga.

This could very well be because I can't stand manga. Western style comics are far superior to Japanese style comics in my view.


This is true. Sometimes they do filler well - unfortunately I've found this to be the exception rather than the rule, and it's enough to turn me off from anime in general.

It is a pity, though, that you just dislike manga in general. I can't imagine not reading the manga after watching Beserk - I was about ready to kill someone when they sprung that cliffhanger on me.


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Perkustin wrote:From what i've seen, which is the odd moment here and there, The dialogue is fairly woeful and the plots confusing (and not in a rich tapestry way more like an arbitrary double-cross kinda way).

I have seen Akira and a couple of thse ghibli ones and they often have poor dialogue and muddled plots so if they are the best then........... Infact i have a similar problem with most eastern cinema all that 'House of four flying tigers' rubbish is woeful, 'Ooohhh look at the shiny!' doesnt sustain them through their usually butt numbing length. The only piece of eastern 'period' drama i enjoyed was the film 'mongol'.


Are you watching the dubbed versions, or reading the subtitles?

The subtitled versions are almost always better than the dubbed. The only exception to this rule that I've found thus far is Cowboy Bebop. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153370.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153370.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?

You know that you can always be sacrificed to the Blood God right? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153378.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153378.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
CiaranAnnrach wrote:
The subtitled versions are almost always better than the dubbed. The only exception to this rule that I've found thus far is Cowboy Bebop.


"BELEIVE IT!" ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153408.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153408.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
FuryTheBerserker wrote:nectarprime: "I just can't stand it."


You know that you can always be sacrificed to the Blood God right?


For some reason I don't think Khorne likes anime either....]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153416.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153416.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Also I don't really watch Anime, I read the Manga. Even the Japanese versions of the shows often leave things out from the books, but the English dubs are usually incomprehensible. The reason for this is because in the west, Anime=Cartoon=For Kids, so they dumb it down. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153488.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153488.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153493.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153493.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
nectarprime wrote:
FuryTheBerserker wrote:nectarprime: "I just can't stand it."


You know that you can always be sacrificed to the Blood God right?


For some reason I don't think Khorne likes anime either....


khorne only likes blood and violence,so he probably watches hellsing.and other bloody ones.he skips to the bloody parts though.

i like anime. i will admit its hard to find a really good one but when you do its worth it.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153513.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153513.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
I don't enjoy graphic violence or overly sexual themes. Nothing about highschool, lol. I like deep story lines with twists.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153538.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153538.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
nectarprime wrote:So can someone recommend some anime for me?

I don't enjoy graphic violence or overly sexual themes. Nothing about highschool, lol. I like deep story lines with twists.


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If something is gak I won't watch it, not that I watch a lot in the first instance.

That said dismissing a whole form of media out of hand is like saying 'I don't like films shot on iMax']]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153544.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153544.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?

This is how I picture the average anime fan.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153551.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153551.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
lord commissar klimino wrote:
nectarprime wrote:
FuryTheBerserker wrote:nectarprime: "I just can't stand it."


You know that you can always be sacrificed to the Blood God right?


For some reason I don't think Khorne likes anime either....


khorne only likes blood and violence,so he probably watches hellsing.and other bloody ones.he skips to the bloody parts though.

i like anime. i will admit its hard to find a really good one but when you do its worth it.


Beserk.

Gattsu, the main character, earns the name "100 man slayer" by killing 100 armed knights/mercenaries. By himself, at one time. Khorne would love himself some Beserk.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153569.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153569.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Next part is kinda NSFW
Spoiler:
Also, when you make your figurines with finely detailed vulvas, you have gone WAY to far.
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nectarprime wrote:So can someone recommend some anime for me?

I don't enjoy graphic violence or overly sexual themes. Nothing about highschool, lol. I like deep story lines with twists.


Death Note.

Bakuman is pretty good, though I don't know if it has an anime yet. Same people who did Death Note do Bakuman.

Nodame no Cantabile I highly recommend. Not the deepest of story lines, not many twists, but very fun and it survives the manga->anime transition extremely well. If you were ever in a classical band/orchestra, or enjoy classical music, you'll probably love it. If not, you might find yourself wanting to listen to more classical music.

Hajime no Ippo is another pretty good series. Boxing anime, not overly graphic/bloody or anything. Though the manga series has been dragging on lately...

If you are open to manga, I can recommend a few more that I'm not sure are adapted to anime yet.

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Monster
I am possibly an average anime fan, meaning I watch lots but don't get obsessed.

I assure you I look nothing like that.
Okay I have beard and specs, but that is as far as the similarity goes, ne?


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CiaranAnnrach wrote:It is a pity, though, that you just dislike manga in general. I can't imagine not reading the manga after watching Beserk - I was about ready to kill someone when they sprung that cliffhanger on me.
I'm just annoyed that they stopped it. Not pissed off.

Most manga artists, I find, wouldn't know how to write a consistent and competently done story if it came up and kicked them in the ass....]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153708.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153708.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
go watch ghost in the shell, gunslinger girl or azumanga daioh and its far more enjoyable than the utter tripe hollywood churns out everyday]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153726.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153726.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153741.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153741.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Melissia wrote:I'm just annoyed that they stopped it. Not pissed off.

Most manga artists, I find, wouldn't know how to write a consistent and competently done story if it came up and kicked them in the ass....


I find it curious you would say that, but still enjoy anime. Most of the time, I find that during the conversion of a manga to an anime, parts of the story become inconsistent and holes are introduced into the story. Rather, by reading the manga, I actually get the full, consistent, complete story.

That said, there are definitely manga - and anime - whose plots/stories are highly episodic and don't really create one large over-arching story. But this is hardly unique to manga/anime - several tv shows share this same flaw. But there are also several manga/anime series which do have the larger, complete, consistent story. High School of the Dead. Beserk. Death Note. The Breaker. Cage of Eden. H2. Touch.

Oh. Yes. Mitsuru Adachi. I've yet to read a single one of his works that I've not loved. I highly recommend his works.

The point is, there are plenty of manga/anime artists out there who write phenomenal stories, which are complete, consistent, and can't be read/watched one episode at a time. There are plenty of manga/anime where that's not the case, too, but this is true of most genres of story telling.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153743.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153743.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
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Ahtman wrote:I do not care for most of it. Enjoyed it when I was younger but as I got older I found it repetitive and even a bit nauseating: similar animation styles, similar mile wide inch deep philosophical spouting, similar misogyny, ect ect. The rare gem that is good is very good, but I rarely find it to be worth the trouble to be honest. If someone I trust makes a recommendation I will watch it. Probably the biggest problem with anime is, of course the fans, who tend to confuse obsession for enthusiasm.


This. I find most anime to be pretentious to the extreme. So much of it tries to have these deep philosophical and introspective moments and musings, usually on the part of the main character and/or villain, to the point that it comes across as obviously forced, insincere, and ironically enough, downright shallow. This in itself is fine, if I don't like something I don't expose myself to it unnecessarily, the problem lies with hardcore fans, who as someone else noticed can't differentiate between obsession and enthusiasm, but seem to go so far as to think that anime is some sort of exploration of the human soul, and that these moments actually do have some sort of deeper meaning which they frequently think relates to them in some way (no I'm sorry, no matter how much you might wish it was true, you are not a super emo self-loathing vampire with bunny ears and daddy issues, no matter how much you might think your life sucks, its nowhere near that bad). The worst die hards go so far as to look down on many other forms of entertainment and other storylines/settings for not having this same level of 'depth' and not being as creative as the anime that they seem to love to the point of worship.

Thats not to say I don't like anime. I appreciate a good one every now and again. I'm a big fan of the gundam series (especially those set in the UC timeline, but at the end of the day, I just like big frackin robots), Cowboy Bebop is a longtime favorite of mine (Faye is hot (for a cartoon character), the setting is cool, and the effect is enhanced by immersing itself in the music (or vice versa), and there are a few others that I appreciate, more for the setting and overall theme/storyline than because of the characters themselves or the plot, such as Blue Submarine No. 6 and Crest of the Stars, Jin-Roh, and Ghost of the Shell. In fact, I think most of the animes I do like are in the latter category rather than the former.

The other minor issues I have is when an anime seems to both take itself seriously and not take itself seriously simultaneously. There are lots of great anime that seem to make a mockery of themselves/parody real life, such as School Rumble. These I enjoy, they are good for a good laugh, but the show doesn't really take itself seriously (at least that seems to be the intention). But then there are other anime, like Trigun, where its a seemingly serious show, complete with character that is so introspective and philosophical and 'deep' to the point of inducing nausea, and yet they inject very shallow overt humor that interrupts the story and challenges my ability to suspend disbelief. Take for example the previous comment about the show, regarding talking and killing and groping. Its an obviously forced line that interrupts the flow of the story, ruins what is otherwise a dramatic and tense cinematic moment, adds no real value to the plot, etc. and just ruins the overall flow of things, just for the sake of a cheap laugh.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153763.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153763.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153776.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153776.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
What are you watching that is pretentious? I'm curious, none of the ones I've seen struck me as particularly pretentious. Maybe Death Note.

I know what you are saying, though, about the seriousness aspect - or lack thereof in some cases. I've noticed most of the darker manga I've read don't get anime series, whereas the more comical ones geared towards teens get them all the time. It probably has something to do with the target audience, and keeping everything age appropriate for the intended target audience. Nobody wants to make an anime out of a manga that'll cause them to get tons of angry letters/emails from parents.

As for fanatical fans - that's nothing new, nor unique to manga/anime. How many die-hard 40k fanatics are out there? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153811.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153811.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Soladrin wrote:Point is, Anime has more genres then any other video media.


Wut? Pretty much all of the anime genres/themes first originated in live action films. There have been sci-fi, fantasy, and steam punk movies too, you know...

If I am going to watch something animated, I prefer a more traditional and no weird eyes style. Atlantis the Lost Empire, Dead Space Downfall (which some were calling anime but there were no weird eyes. )


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CiaranAnnrach wrote:Re chaos0xomega:

What are you watching that is pretentious? I'm curious, none of the ones I've seen struck me as particularly pretentious. Maybe Death Note.

I know what you are saying, though, about the seriousness aspect - or lack thereof in some cases. I've noticed most of the darker manga I've read don't get anime series, whereas the more comical ones geared towards teens get them all the time. It probably has something to do with the target audience, and keeping everything age appropriate for the intended target audience. Nobody wants to make an anime out of a manga that'll cause them to get tons of angry letters/emails from parents.


My pretentious list:
Serial Experiments: Lain
Inuyasha
Jin-Roh *
Bleach

I'm sure there are others, but those are just off the top of my head. Pretty much anything involving teen angst is almost guaranteed to strike me as pretentious...

*While watching this I did my best to overlook this, because again, I enjoy the setting more than the characters and/or theme themselves.

As for Death Note, I actually liked it, then again I've only ever seen the live action films (which I thought were well done).

As for fanatical fans - that's nothing new, nor unique to manga/anime. How many die-hard 40k fanatics are out there?


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chaos0xomega wrote:
My pretentious list:
Serial Experiments: Lain
Inuyasha
Jin-Roh *
Bleach

I'm sure there are others, but those are just off the top of my head. Pretty much anything involving teen angst is almost guaranteed to strike me as pretentious...

*While watching this I did my best to overlook this, because again, I enjoy the setting more than the characters and/or theme themselves.

As for Death Note, I actually liked it, then again I've only ever seen the live action films (which I thought were well done).


Ahh. I've not seen Jin-Roh or Serial Experiments: Lain, so I'll take your word for it. But Inuyasha and Bleach both rank pretty low on my list of "good" anime/manga. They just get a whole lot of publicity by virtue of being battle series that are popular with children.

Death Note...I've not seen the live action film, but I heard it was phenomenal. I heard the guy they got to do J nailed his quirky personality, and J was one of the better characters in the story IMO. I really have no excuse for why I haven't seen it yet...I should probably try to find it.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153864.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153864.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? FTW?! plot twists then anything else I've read/watched ina long time.

I'd also reccomend Ghost in the Shell (The films were ok, but imo the first season of the TV series was amazing, and the 2nd was pretty decent too. There's a lot of sideboob from the Major character.). I'd also reccomend Helsing and Last Exile (The first 2 or 3 episodes of Exile are a combo of huh? and meh..., but it gets really good after that).]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153889.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153889.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153909.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153909.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
CiaranAnnrach wrote:
chaos0xomega wrote:
My pretentious list:
Serial Experiments: Lain
Inuyasha
Jin-Roh *
Bleach

I'm sure there are others, but those are just off the top of my head. Pretty much anything involving teen angst is almost guaranteed to strike me as pretentious...

*While watching this I did my best to overlook this, because again, I enjoy the setting more than the characters and/or theme themselves.

As for Death Note, I actually liked it, then again I've only ever seen the live action films (which I thought were well done).


Ahh. I've not seen Jin-Roh or Serial Experiments: Lain, so I'll take your word for it. But Inuyasha and Bleach both rank pretty low on my list of "good" anime/manga. They just get a whole lot of publicity by virtue of being battle series that are popular with children.


Unfortunately stuff like Bleach/Inuyasha is the kind of anime that the anime fans I associate with enjoy watching, and I am thus forced to put up with it. To its credit, while I find Jin-Roh nauseatingly pretentious, it does have some interesting themes and ideas that are actually worth consideration.

Lain just infuriates me to the point of homicidal tendency.

And I DEFINITELY recommend you see the live action Death Note (preferably subtitled). I thought it was great, and L was definitely a very engaging and interesting character, and is what sold me on the story overall. I can't really comment on how his similarity ot the anime/manga, but he was certainly very nuanced and quirky.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153938.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153938.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
I love Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153943.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3153943.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Monster Rain wrote:It's funny, when I first thought about anime in the context of this thread Miyazaki didn't even cross my mind.

I love Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke.

YES! I FOUND ANOTHER!

No-one seems to have seen Mononoke. And everyone in Castle in the Sky is a pedophile.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154001.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154001.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?


Aren't the Transformers anime? Before Michael Bay turned it into a hated movie franchise it rocked just about everyone's world as long as you were a kid at heart. Just for those robots alone I can't dislike anime




Monster Rain wrote:It's funny, when I first thought about anime in the context of this thread Miyazaki didn't even cross my mind.

I love Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke.


Princess Mononoke was a pretty trippy experience!

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Albatross wrote:
CT GAMER wrote:
dogma wrote:
Ahtman wrote:I do not care for most of it. Enjoyed it when I was younger but as I got older I found it repetitive and even a bit nauseating: similar animation styles, similar mile wide inch deep philosophical spouting, similar misogyny, ect ect. The rare gem that is good is very good, but I rarely find it to be worth the trouble to be honest. If someone I trust makes a recommendation I will watch it. Probably the biggest problem with anime is, of course the fans, who tend to confuse obsession for enthusiasm.


Word.


+1

Doesn't really interest me at all.


Room for one more? Absolutely fething hate most of what I've seen. Blegh. Latent paedophilia FTL.



...And I'll just be joining this fine group..
While I have on occasion seen some anime I like, I find the vast majority either don't interest me in the least or are so intent on their "seriousness" they become laughable...
..Plus, I really dislike the overall " style' of animation.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154030.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154030.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Ahtman wrote:I do not care for most of it. Enjoyed it when I was younger but as I got older I found it repetitive and even a bit nauseating: similar animation styles, similar mile wide inch deep philosophical spouting, similar misogyny, ect ect. The rare gem that is good is very good, but I rarely find it to be worth the trouble to be honest. If someone I trust makes a recommendation I will watch it. Probably the biggest problem with anime is, of course the fans, who tend to confuse obsession for enthusiasm.


Translation "I'm not 10 any more and what used to excite and thrill me is now revealed as repetitive and mundane." Well that and some bits about similar animation styles and whatnot, but then half the posts in this thread are a bit trollish so it would be a shame if this one missed the boat.

Most of you are adults. The vast majority of anime is made for children. You can cut and paste the word "Anime" for the word "cartoon" and it's the same gak. Every post will still apply. You don't like it now because:

A. This is not an anime forum and most socially akward gamertypes revel in getting to mock anything that is somehow as nerdy or nerdier then what they do. They need to do it. It's like its the only thing keeping them from drinking themselves to death.

and

B. Most anime in America is fairly repetitious since it's designed for a specific audience, age, and gender. Most of what makes it over here is adolescent power fantasies that can merchandized easily. These aren't made for the age group that is most vocal in this thread.

you could replace most of the instances of Anime with Metal here and it still works, but then no one is allowed to insult the golden calf of the gamer, despite how artless and childish it typically is]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154040.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154040.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Ahtman wrote:I do not care for most of it. Enjoyed it when I was younger but as I got older I found it repetitive and even a bit nauseating: similar animation styles, similar mile wide inch deep philosophical spouting, similar misogyny, ect ect. The rare gem that is good is very good, but I rarely find it to be worth the trouble to be honest. If someone I trust makes a recommendation I will watch it. Probably the biggest problem with anime is, of course the fans, who tend to confuse obsession for enthusiasm.


While I agree to an extent, imo just about all of that can be applied to nearly any style or genre.

For example most animation films today are repetitive, wannabe Pixar CGI abominations and even Pixar themselves have been slipping in quality. But then there are those that are definitely worth the experience like How to Train your Dragon. Carry on.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154079.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154079.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Cane wrote:Aren't the Transformers anime?


Depends on which version of Transformers you are talking about. Just coming out of Japan doesn't make something anime. G1, Beast Wars, the newer stuff are not anime at all, whereas the comics the last few years use anime style to some extent, even though the comics themselves don't follow most manga conventions either.

There are two strange ideas that seem to be floating about here.

One is this idea that anime is so broad it can't be defined. Load of crap, sorry. Anime very much has visual motifs and tropes that define it as anime and make it instantly recognizable. No one saw the title and though "I wonder if he is talking about South Park, or the Venture Bros.?" You either like those general motifs and style or you generally do not. It isn't as diverse as people are portraying. Just coming from Japan does not make something anime, nor does it being animated.

The other is that perhaps if you keep doing or watching something that you have not liked that somehow it will radically change your opinion. Even though you watched multiple types of animes and found them all lacking or just not appealing if you just....watch...one....more...it will change. If I hit myself in the head with a hammer 10 times and it hurt every time I doubt if you offer me a hammer with a different coat of paint on it I'm going to assume that one will not hurt. It will still hurt because it is another hammer, not a flower. This idea that it is the viewers fault is some grade A self delusion.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154082.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154082.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
But cartoons? No way man, I'm 21, still watch Spongebob, love catching old reruns of Looney Tunes, Invader Zim, Rocko's Modern Life, Hey Arnold!, Catdog, etc. All shows I grew up with as a small child. Now, had you said Monty Python, I would have to agree with you. I used to think it was hilarious, tried watching some stuff the other day, and I had to scratch my head and wonder what I saw in it in the first place (although Holy Grail is still good), same with Dragon Ball Z.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154091.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154091.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
GalacticDefender wrote: I prefer a more traditional and no weird eyes style..

stop watching DBZ then, its very simples people, stop watching crap anime made for children and stop going on 4chan and thinking men groping children is normal, its giving you all a very weird outlook on life, your sounding like 40k players......................oh wait]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154116.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154116.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
Ahtman wrote:
Cane wrote:Aren't the Transformers anime?


Depends on which version of Transformers you are talking about. Just coming out of Japan doesn't make something anime. G1, Beast Wars, the newer stuff are not anime at all, whereas the comics the last few years use anime style to some extent, even though the comics themselves don't follow most manga conventions either.

There are two strange ideas that seem to be floating about here.

One is this idea that anime is so broad it can't be defined. Load of crap, sorry. Anime very much has visual motifs and tropes that define it as anime and make it instantly recognizable. No one saw the title and though "I wonder if he is talking about South Park, or the Venture Bros.?" You either like those general motifs and style or you generally do not. It isn't as diverse as people are portraying. Just coming from Japan does not make something anime, nor does it being animated.


IIRC G1 had Japanese and Korean animators and its style was distinctly anime (design of robots and humans, animation, etc) but the property was owned by Americans. The CGI series definitely were more Western though.

Your point about "just coming out of Japan doesn't make something anime" is one I'd like to add upon for the hell of it since it goes both ways. For example the American cartoon Samurai Jack could be seen as an anime work or at least one heavily influenced by such; FWIW]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154126.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154126.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Stella Cadente wrote:
GalacticDefender wrote: I prefer a more traditional and no weird eyes style..

stop watching DBZ then, its very simples people, stop watching crap anime made for children and stop going on 4chan and thinking men groping children is normal, its giving you all a very weird outlook on life, your sounding like 40k players......................oh wait


this person just won.

i can list more bad animes than good ill admit...actually i cant because i try to forget about the bad ones.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154127.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154127.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
ShumaGorath wrote:Translation "I'm not 10 any more and what used to excite and thrill me is now revealed as repetitive and mundane."


Thanks for the terrible post and awful attempt at translation.

I don't know where the tangent on insulting other things and other gamers came from, other than perhaps it is something you do that you don't like about yourself so now you are projecting.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154137.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154137.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154143.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154143.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Oh, and Samurai Pizza Cats, because if I'm not mistaken, when it was sent to the US, they got the videos but no scripts so the entire thing is practically ad-libbed (and hilarious).]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154148.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154148.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154179.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154179.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
I'm not a big fan of horror movies either, whether they are sci-fi, slasher, zombie, fantasy, ect ect. That doesn't mean I have never seen any horror movies or that I have never even seen any horror movies I like, just that in general I do not care for them. The same is true with anime. I have seen a few good ones but most of it does nothing for me and I find it less than engaging, even when I was younger. I haven't told anyone they are not allowed to like it or called anyone names for liking it. All I have done is say why it doesn't do much for me. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154195.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154195.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154206.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154206.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Ahtman wrote:
ShumaGorath wrote:Translation "I'm not 10 any more and what used to excite and thrill me is now revealed as repetitive and mundane."


Thanks for the terrible post and awful attempt at translation.

I don't know where the tangent on insulting other things and other gamers came from, other than perhaps it is something you do that you don't like about yourself so now you are projecting.


I like anime, it's a non guilty pleasure. I understand why I like it, what I like, and what it is. It's not something I bitch about because I feel the need to be superior to something to validate the other nerdy parts of my life. I dislike threads where the 40k community tries to imply they dislike something because it is:

childish
repetitious
poorly made
foreign
ugly

Frankly, most of those are not only subjective, they conflict with the fact that the games this website is based on are also fully covered by those sentiments. You know whats childish, repetitive, poorly made, foreign, and ugly? Warhammer 40 thousand. It's also fun.

Half the posts here either complain about the art style (hurr durr, anime all looks the same) or they say that the current state of anime is lame and what came before was great. Guess what, transformers was terrible. The plots were bad, the voicing was bad, the animation was bad. You were a kid. Spongebob? Bad plots, voicing, and animation. Very few works made on the cheap for kids are good, but this community and this site tends to take shots at other peoples passtimes with a regular basis because it's fun to do so. I dislike bullies, especially hypocritical ones.

Disliking anime as a genre is firstly kind of inane given that the majority of animation is done in korea at this point regardless and the amount of globalization in the cartoon market makes the term practically meaningless. Secondly anime as a genre is intensely diverse, it covers everything that is animated and comes from asia which is tens of thousands of works by hundreds of thousands of different people.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154229.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154229.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Ahtman wrote:I've seen less proselytizing in religion threads than I have in this one. I don't understand why the idea that something doesn't appeal to some people is so complicated.

I'm not a big fan of horror movies either, whether they are sci-fi, slasher, zombie, fantasy, ect ect. That doesn't mean I have never seen any horror movies or that I have never even seen any horror movies I like, just that in general I do not care for them. The same is true with anime. I have seen a few good ones but most of it does nothing for me and I find it less than engaging, even when I was younger. I haven't told anyone they are not allowed to like it or called anyone names for liking it. All I have done is say why it doesn't do much for me.


Exactly, just because I don't care for anime in no way indicates that I don't recognize others find it appealing..hell,My Missus and my kids all enjoy it, it's just something I myself don't care to watch.
...And how can you NOT like zombie films Ahtman?...Can't you see how Brilliant they are?...wait maybe if you just watched one more...hold on..I'll be right back.. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154238.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154238.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Ahtman wrote:I've seen less proselytizing in religion threads than I have in this one. I don't understand why the idea that something doesn't appeal to some people is so complicated.


It shouldn't be complicated, but it's lack of complication grammatically doesn't mean the underlying thought is simple or logical. It's like saying "I don't care for animated works done by asian people". Anime is not a genre. It's the word animation with an E instead of TION.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154248.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154248.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Ahtman wrote:
ShumaGorath wrote:Translation "I'm not 10 any more and what used to excite and thrill me is now revealed as repetitive and mundane."


Thanks for the terrible post and awful attempt at translation.

I don't know where the tangent on insulting other things and other gamers came from, other than perhaps it is something you do that you don't like about yourself so now you are projecting.




FITZZ wrote:
Ahtman wrote:I've seen less proselytizing in religion threads than I have in this one. I don't understand why the idea that something doesn't appeal to some people is so complicated.

I'm not a big fan of horror movies either, whether they are sci-fi, slasher, zombie, fantasy, ect ect. That doesn't mean I have never seen any horror movies or that I have never even seen any horror movies I like, just that in general I do not care for them. The same is true with anime. I have seen a few good ones but most of it does nothing for me and I find it less than engaging, even when I was younger. I haven't told anyone they are not allowed to like it or called anyone names for liking it. All I have done is say why it doesn't do much for me.


Exactly, just because I don't care for anime in no way indicates that I don't recognize others find it appealing..hell,My Missus and my kids all enjoy it, it's just something I myself don't care to watch.
...And how can you NOT like zombie films Ahtman?...Can't you see how Brilliant they are?...wait maybe if you just watched one more...hold on..I'll be right back..


Yes, there are some good zombie films but even I, the biggest horror fan I knew of before I ran into FITZZ, is getting a bit burnt out on them. Same goes for vampires, alas.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154258.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154258.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
ShumaGorath wrote:
Ahtman wrote:I've seen less proselytizing in religion threads than I have in this one. I don't understand why the idea that something doesn't appeal to some people is so complicated.


It shouldn't be complicated, but it's lack of complication grammatically doesn't mean the underlying thought is simple or logical. It's like saying "I don't care for animated works done by asian people". Anime is not a genre. It's the word animation with an E instead of TION.



"Anime" may simply be the Japanese word for animation, but in the context it is used by any Westerner in the history of ever, "anime" specifically refers to Japanese animation, which is decidedly different from Western animation in both style and substance.

But yes, I don't particularly care for most animated works created by Japanese people, nor that created by Westerners in a style similar to that utilized by Japanese people. Except the Teen Titans which, in terms of facial expressions, borrows heavily from Japanese animation. I like that show.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154269.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154269.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154272.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154272.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
ShumaGorath wrote:Saying you dislike anime is closer to saying you dislike hollywood films then it is that you dislike zombie films. One is a medium and the general vicinity of that mediums creation. The other is a genre.


... But..I do dislike the majority of "Hollywood" films...in most cases I'd rather sit around and lick a razor than go see a " Summer Blockbuster"...same applies to most Anime...with an E. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154280.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154280.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154292.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154292.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
I, in fact, have to wonder how popular Western animation is in Japan. I assume it's fairly niche, possibly even more niche than Anime is here. I was in Japan once, and there was exactly one TV channel that showed Western shows, and they were all either dramas or sitcoms aimed at adults (Curb Your Enthusiasm (They called it "Larry" something), Two and a Half Men (They called it "Parker Boys" or whatever the characters' last name is), Heroes, Knight Rider, and some British show about the S.A.S. that they called "S.A.S." but has a different name in the UK, I think it's called "Ultimate Force" or something, are the ones I remember off the top of my head). Never saw the Simpsons or South Park, not even merchandise. Perhaps because, like Anime is to many Westerners, they find South Park or King of the Hill or Family Guy difficult to understand or relate to.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154309.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154309.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Monster Rain wrote:Clearly, FITZZ, you didn't see Sex and the City 2, or you wouldn't be making disparaging comments about the film industry.


Ahh, Right you are Monster...I didn't see it, and even though I know that that sort of film would not interest me in the least ( having seen bits of the HBO series), perhaps I should view it...as it may be the "one" that changes my mind. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154311.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154311.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154313.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154313.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
FITZZ wrote:
Monster Rain wrote:Clearly, FITZZ, you didn't see Sex and the City 2, or you wouldn't be making disparaging comments about the film industry.


Ahh, Right you are Monster...I didn't see it, and even though I know that that sort of film would not interest me in the least ( having seen bits of the HBO series), perhaps I should view it...as it may be the "one" that changes my mind.


Oh god, don't. I watched 15 minutes of it as a goof and couldn't stand it.

Anyway, I've studied the anime genre(medium? style?) a bit and the cultural influences on it are pretty interesting. Lots of post-disaster/apocalyptic stuff going on that relates to the nuclear bombings in WWII. It's worth looking into.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154325.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154325.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
ShumaGorath wrote:Saying you dislike anime is closer to saying you dislike hollywood films then it is that you dislike zombie films.


No it is not. Again, anime isn't so generic to encompass anything when being referred to, and it has a specific style, which is why, again, when someone mentions anime, people don't think of The Triplets of Bellvue or Worker Cat and Lazy Mouse. Hollywood encompasses all forms of film-making, including animated films. Saying I don't generally care for anime doesn't mean that I don't like Japanese film as a whole, because I quite like much of Japan's live action cinema. I know you would like to steer things of course by implying racism as a motive, but I'm not really sure how that helps the argument move forward. You will also notice this is, as you pointed out, not an anime board nor is it an academic conference. We aren't going to write out a 50 page defense covering every possible permutation of a subject. We give an abstract and move on.

Perhaps if you practiced what you preached and didn't try to act superior like you accuse other gamers of doing, you would have a less exaggerated reaction to people having a different opinion.


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Oh absolutely. I have studied it a bit myself. In many ways the study of it is more interesting than the thing itself.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154327.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154327.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
No it is not. Again, anime isn't so generic to encompass anything when being referred to, and it has a specific style, which is why, again, when someone mentions anime, people don't think of The Triplets of Bellvue or Worker Cat and Lazy Mouse. Hollywood encompasses all forms of film-making, including animated films. Saying I don't generally care for anime doesn't mean that I don't like Japanese film as a whole, because I quite like much of Japan's live action cinema. I know you would like to steer things of course by implying racism as a motive, but I'm not really sure how that helps the argument move forward. You will also notice this is, as you pointed out, not an anime board nor is it an academic conference. We aren't going to write out a 50 page defense covering every possible permutation of a subject. We give an abstract and move on.



Room for one more? Absolutely fething hate most of what I've seen. Blegh. Latent paedophilia FTL.

From what i've seen, which is the odd moment here and there, The dialogue is fairly woeful and the plots confusing (and not in a rich tapestry way more like an arbitrary double-cross kinda way).

I have seen Akira and a couple of thse ghibli ones and they often have poor dialogue and muddled plots so if they are the best then........... Infact i have a similar problem with most eastern cinema all that 'House of four flying tigers' rubbish is woeful, 'Ooohhh look at the shiny!' doesnt sustain them through their usually butt numbing length. The only piece of eastern 'period' drama i enjoyed was the film 'mongol'.

This is how I picture the average anime fan.

Most manga artists, I find, wouldn't know how to write a consistent and competently done story if it came up and kicked them in the ass....

This. I find most anime to be pretentious to the extreme.

Of course, the person with anime pics for an avatar and sig thinks it's a troll thread. I was just asking for opinions.

The DBZ thing was a joke though. Yes me and my friends used to watch it all the time back when we were younger, in between bong rips of course.

This could very well be because I can't stand manga. Western style comics are far superior to Japanese style comics in my view.


And what lovely abstracts this thread has produced. Certainly this level of intelectual wonderment is far beyond any question of value. I'll take my elite academic conference style of talking (or is it medium now?) and go to a board where it's not standard policy to call things pedophillic or talk about how fans of shows only enjoy them after sweet bong rips. Clearly this community is doing oh so well without the influence of my silly academic pretentions. Go ahead you veritable gods of intellectual discourse. Discuss. I will sit back in glaze eyed awe.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154535.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154535.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154570.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154570.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
I love Anime. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154580.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154580.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
Monster Rain wrote:


]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154588.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154588.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154590.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154590.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
ShumaGorath wrote:I'll take my elite academic conference style of talking


It may make you feel better to delude yourself into thinking you are writing in such a manner, but brother, you aren't.


ShumaGorath wrote:my silly academic pretentions.


There is a difference between putting on an academic pretensions and just being pretentious. I rarely get academic from your posts. Dogma, Killkrazy , and hell, even occasionally biccat, but you I get more of an ego trip, sense of moral superiority based around your love of your own intellect, which is a shame because if you could get over your narcissistic need for self glorification you would be a pretty good guy. This is compounded by the fact you simultaneously want to degrade other gamers (of which you are one, or why would you be on a gaming forum?) for something you do yourself. Which of course goes back to my theory that you are projecting your self hatred on others.

ShumaGorath wrote:Go ahead you veritable gods of intellectual discourse.


Again, it sounds more you are referring to how you see yourself.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154595.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154595.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
ShumaGorath wrote:BAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW




fix't.



I forgot about Akira. That was a pretty good movie, IMO.

Still don't consider myself an anime fan.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154599.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154599.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Chowderhead wrote:
Monster Rain wrote:It's funny, when I first thought about anime in the context of this thread Miyazaki didn't even cross my mind.

I love Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke.

YES! I FOUND ANOTHER!

No-one seems to have seen Mononoke. And everyone in Castle in the Sky is a pedophile.


Mononoke was good, but my favorite of his works is Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. His son did a pretty good job with the Earthsea anime movie, too. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154630.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154630.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
What were you saying about repetition?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154645.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154645.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
It may make you feel better to delude yourself into thinking you are writing in such a manner, but brother, you aren't.


It was a medium, I knew it. Damn.

There is a difference between putting on an academic pretensions and just being pretentious.


Yes, pretentious and pretentions are two different things!

I rarely get academic from your posts, Dogma, Killkrazy , and hell, even occasionally biccat, but you I get more of an ego trip, sense of moral superiority based around your love of your own intellect, which is a shame because if you could get over your narcissistic need for self glorification you would be a pretty good guy.


So you almost think I'm a good guy. Meh, I'll take what I can get. Except that biccat bit. That gak cuts deep.

This is compounded by the fact you simultaneously want to degrade other gamers (of which you are one, or why would you be on a gaming forum?) for something you do yourself. Which of course goes back to my theory that you are projecting your self hatred on others.


I've said this in the past. I dislike bullies with conflicting interests. It just happens to show up here a lot because of the boards nature as a magnet for gamers (and the gaming communities general lack of self restraint or consideration). Gamers have a tendency to alienate themselves through notions of childlike disdain for others or the things they enjoy, citing themselves as superior in some way for their disinterest or hatred. The number of anti twilight threads on this board and rants I've seen in person are a strong testament to a trend that I suspect could be easily tracked statistically. Hell, one of the other top threads right now is how much "you hate everyone else". Am I really projecting my own hate on others? Take a strong look at this thread and at my posts. I am consistent. I dislike double standards. I dislike bullies. I dislike people that are illogical in their racism and unconstrained in their proselytizing. I show my hatred towards others, I wear my opinions on my sleeve quite often concerning the gaming subculture and many of it's members. I'm not projecting anything.

I'm a gamer that generally dislikes gamers for having many personality traits that I used to possess. Read into that however you will but it doesn't really change the current reality. Threads on this forum about disliking other peoples enjoyed passtimes which are reinforced with blatent trolling or illogical rants will probably have me in them pointing out double standards or social trends.

Again, it sounds more you are referring to how you see yourself.


If that were true why would I use veritable.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154654.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154654.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:You know a thread has bombed when people no longer discuss the topic, but instead exchange copy pasties from their clipboards.

What were you saying about repetition?


This is what I get for assuming the thread couldn't have been completely derailed in less than a single page.

Oh how much I have yet to learn about the ways of threads on the Internet. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154676.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154676.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
Monster Rain wrote:





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CiaranAnnrach wrote:
Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:You know a thread has bombed when people no longer discuss the topic, but instead exchange copy pasties from their clipboards.

What were you saying about repetition?


This is what I get for assuming the thread couldn't have been completely derailed in less than a single page.

Oh how much I have yet to learn about the ways of threads on the Internet.


This is page four and the derailment has been building for at least two if not from the beginning.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154696.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154696.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154708.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154708.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
ShumaGorath wrote:
It may make you feel better to delude yourself into thinking you are writing in such a manner, but brother, you aren't.


It was a medium, I knew it. Damn.


You knew that academic writing was a medium? That doesn't even make any sense.


ShumaGorath wrote:Yes, pretentious and pretentions are two different things!


Which is why I differentiated them, shockingly, and pointed out you are being the former in this thread.


ShumaGorath wrote:So you almost think I'm a good guy. Meh, I'll take what I can get.[/i]


Generally you are bright and good natured, until inevitably you start posting about how in love with yourself you are.


ShumaGorath wrote:I dislike bullies with conflicting interests.


I agree, the problem here is that you are the one bullying. You've looked to long into the abyss it would seem.


ShumaGorath wrote:
Again, it sounds more you are referring to how you see yourself.


If that were true why would I use veritable.


Cognitive dissonance]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154987.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3154987.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
it would be like someone whos never played warhammer saying the entire hobby sucks because they once spotted a RT era space marine and thought it was rubbish and decided EVERYTHING about it must be rubbish.

if you want big eyes go watch some gakky western cartoon, most of them have big eye characters, at least allot more that I've seen than most anime does]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3155151.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3155151.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Referring to other types of animation as 'gakky' while showing an affinity for another and calling for reasonable discussion seems a bit hypocritical as well.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3155170.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3155170.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3155234.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3155234.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3155240.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3155240.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Ahtman wrote:While I agree with a good deal of what you say Stella Cadente, your point about the style not being a certain way is really undercut by having a pic in your signature that is an exemplar of generic, standard anime style.

Referring to other types of animation as 'gakky' while showing an affinity for another and calling for reasonable discussion seems a bit hypocritical as well.

did't say they all weren't like that, most serious ones aren't, and the first series of that anime wasn't, no worse than the styles hollywood uses, i'd rather see big eyes than michael bays boob and transforming trash style]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3155302.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3155302.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
CiaranAnnrach wrote:
lord commissar klimino wrote:
nectarprime wrote:
FuryTheBerserker wrote:nectarprime: "I just can't stand it."


You know that you can always be sacrificed to the Blood God right?


For some reason I don't think Khorne likes anime either....


khorne only likes blood and violence,so he probably watches hellsing.and other bloody ones.he skips to the bloody parts though.

i like anime. i will admit its hard to find a really good one but when you do its worth it.


Beserk.

Gattsu, the main character, earns the name "100 man slayer" by killing 100 armed knights/mercenaries. By himself, at one time. Khorne would love himself some Beserk.



Damn straight! Khorne loves animes and his favourite one is Berserk. He also reads the manga

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CiaranAnnrach wrote:
Albatross wrote:
Wrong. One is comedy, one is drama. They are different styles. You are comparing two genres of anime (a style) to two styles of television program ( a medium). That's your error. You seem to think that by saying something is in the same style, I'm saying it's in the same genre, and so should share the same generic indicators. It's broader than that.


Animation is a medium. Anime is animation in the Japanese style. 'Sci-Fi Anime' would be the genre.

Television is the medium (roughly). Comedy is the style. Situation Comedy is the genre.


Hope this helps.


I don't think your descriptions are quite accurate. I think that when you say Television, you are actually referring to all filmed television programming that employs live actors. Otherwise, Animation is a style of Television.

...which is why I said Television was 'roughly' the medium' in this particular context - I didn't want to muddy the waters by citing the medium as 'Live-action Televisual Serial Programming', or something. I mean, some people are having enough difficulty understanding the concept as it is. Even Shuma seemed to think that 'Academic Writing' was a medium, and he's a genius. I mean, self-proclaimed, but still...

The other problem I have with this line of argument is that it assumes there cannot be any cross-over between filmed shows and animated shows in terms of genre.

Where did I say that? I didn't say that, nor would I. There is of course, significant crossover between similar genres within differing styles and mediums. Sci-Fi is an excellent example of this - Science Fiction novels, and Science Fiction films are examples of sci-fi operating as a genre within different mediums. You could have a sci-fi Anime film and a sci-fi 3D Digital Animation - that would be an example of the same genre operating within different styles, but within the same medium, 'Animated Film'.

If you accept that genres share similar characteristics, why is it so difficult to accept that styles do too, albeit in a much broader (and occasionally more difficult to define) sense?


Anime is just a subset of Animation.

Yes, a style.

But Filmed Television also has its own subsets - from being filmed live, to sitcoms, to filmed like a movie. You can perhaps call these "styles" of their respective mediums, but Comedy is not a style - it's a genre.

No, it really isn't. It's a discursive style, a style of performance, of writing. It's OK man, this stuff can be a little tricky, which is why I'm trying REALLY hard not to be an arsehole about it this time round. It can be labyrinthine - mediums within mediums, genres that encompass multiple styles, styles that encompass several mediums....


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Oh, and FuryTheBezerker, the 'R Word' is generally frowned upon 'round these parts, so I wouldn't get into the habit of using it. Just a heads-up.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3155495.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3155495.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? I take anime like i take everything else watch/read the ones i enjoy and leave the rest, altough i do occasionally stick in an old 80s cyberpunk collection movie and laugh at how i took it so seriously when i was a kid.
Amazing dub]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3155822.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3155822.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
coolyo294 wrote:
I love Anime.


Fanbois gonna fanboi?

See how productive that is?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3155972.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3155972.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Stella Cadente wrote:
if you want big eyes go watch some gakky western cartoon, most of them have big eye characters, at least allot more that I've seen than most anime does


wut]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156008.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156008.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
nectarprime wrote:
Stella Cadente wrote:
if you want big eyes go watch some gakky western cartoon, most of them have big eye characters, at least allot more that I've seen than most anime does


wut


That's what he's thinking of.


Mind you ,when I think of western animation, I think of this:



Because Bruce Timm is a genius.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156028.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156028.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
I do have a distinct dislike of super-hero comics and shows, if that counts for anything.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156316.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156316.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
Sure, there's a few gems in the rough. But, for the most part, anime (and animation) are full of absolutely terrible shows/movies. I have friends who enjoy some of them, but when I watch those shows, I'm not sure if my friends actually like them, or just enjoy them "ironically".

I fully respect other people's enjoyment of these shows. But, they're typically not for me.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156340.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156340.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? lol]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156353.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156353.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime? IT. Back then I watched a ton of Anime. Over the years I slowly stopped watching it. Now that Netflix instant streaming has a ton on there I am watching it again, but I am finding it the same old recycled stories. The same old hero or anti-hero and the same main character. It all seems so cookie cutter to me.

Also, anything rated PG 13 or lower seems to be too childish or immature to me. I also am finding a lot of them that do have good stories seem to use the same character development tools. Back in the 90s we got a hold of some fan subs of Neon Genesis and we loved it. Watching it now as a much older adult....I like it, but not as much.

I was sick last winter with a cold and on break (I work for a school system, so I get winter break off) and decided to watch Moribito, which I actually did like overall. It sort of falls under the same problem most new Anime does. It is mass marketed, and thus mainstream in some way or another so it is dumbed down to make sales.

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The posts complaining about big eye cutesy stuff....well just about every cartoon in any country has those elements especially those intended for younger audiences, FWIW]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156539.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156539.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?

1. If you don't like anime, let it be, don't make stupid threads about it or post you dislike it in an anime thread, treat it like a horshoe crab: yeah, it exists, yeah it may be strange, but, it's just there, you don't have to like it.

2. Not all anime is the same, thinking so is the height of ignorance. Saying so would imply that naruto and eden of the east are the same.

3. Like someone stated in another thread, dismissing things as childish because they're aimed at a younger audience and/or you're trying to be mature is, in fact, immature.

4. There's a wide variety of anime, don't just use a few titles to judge the whole medium. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156724.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156724.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
remilia_scarlet wrote:Ok, I'm going to try to get my 2 cents in before this thread locks

1. If you don't like anime, let it be, don't make stupid threads about it or post you dislike it in an anime thread, treat it like a horshoe crab: yeah, it exists, yeah it may be strange, but, it's just there, you don't have to like it.

2. Not all anime is the same, thinking so is the height of ignorance. Saying so would imply that naruto and eden of the east are the same.

3. Like someone stated in another thread, dismissing things as childish because they're aimed at a younger audience and/or you're trying to be mature is, in fact, immature.

4. There's a wide variety of anime, don't just use a few titles to judge the whole medium.


Did you even read the thread? I cited some anime that I actually enjoyed. You seem to be the one trolling here.

Furthermore, why are you even posting here if you take such offense to others not enjoying what you do?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156744.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156744.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? IT'S NOT A fething MEDIUM, IT'S A STYLE!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156747.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156747.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Albatross wrote:AAAARGH! IT'S NOT A fething MEDIUM, IT'S A STYLE!


Maybe its a state of mind...]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156759.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156759.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
nectarprime wrote:Did you even read the thread? I cited some anime that I actually enjoyed. You seem to be the one trolling here.

Furthermore, why are you even posting here if you take such offense to others not enjoying what you do?


Yes, I did read it, but there were others posting as well who didn't. I'm not at all offended, not at all, in fact, this reminds me of a thread on myanimelist.com, where some /b/ user posted how much they hate anime, and the thread went on for 12 pages before it was deleted, in short, it was angry neckbeards arguing amongst themselves about anime, it was entertaining.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156789.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156789.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Albatross wrote:AAAARGH! IT'S NOT A fething MEDIUM, IT'S A STYLE!


Apparently, not everyone agrees with you. Still, no reason to get upset over it. Relax a little...]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156792.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156792.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Melissia wrote:
nectarprime wrote:
Stella Cadente wrote:
if you want big eyes go watch some gakky western cartoon, most of them have big eye characters, at least allot more that I've seen than most anime does


wut


That's what he's thinking of..

that and allot of hanna barbara cartoon characters had big eyes, and some of todays kids cartoons are just pathetic, never mind big eyes its just big everything.

but then the west hasn't got japanese people doing it all, and most of the west just despises anyone not white so I guess that doesn't help

AND DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT MODS, I WASN'T BEING RACIST JUST POINTING OUT WELL KNOWN FACT, SO KEEP YOUR CLAWS OFF.

Actually, that is pretty racist and it's just downright flamebait, which is against DakkaDakka rules.

Thanks,

Manchu]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156827.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156827.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Anime's "Big Eyes" was influenced by American cartoons...notably Snow White

weird neh?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156848.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156848.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Film or video/CGI would be the medium.

*

/pedantry.

BTW Not all Anime is about scantily clad schoolgirls and fan service.
Just most of it!

edit My Neighbour Totoru is one of my favourite FILMS of all time.
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CiaranAnnrach wrote:
Albatross wrote:AAAARGH! IT'S NOT A fething MEDIUM, IT'S A STYLE!


Apparently, not everyone agrees with you. Still, no reason to get upset over it. Relax a little...


Don't worry Albatross, just because people don't agree with you, doesn't make you any less right. People could disagree that the we need oxygen to live, but they'd still suffocate without it.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156883.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156883.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Stella Cadente wrote: and most of the west just despises anyone not white so I guess that doesn't help



Uh, you really think that's true?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156898.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156898.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? I do however really enjoy Studio Ghibli films, but those movies are works of art. And anime, I find, seems to be drowning in generic, same protagonist gak. While there are gems, I find it as a genre, somewhat lacking.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156900.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156900.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
remilia_scarlet wrote:Ok, I'm going to try to get my 2 cents in before this thread locks

1. If you don't like anime, let it be, don't make stupid threads about it or post you dislike it in an anime thread, treat it like a horshoe crab: yeah, it exists, yeah it may be strange, but, it's just there, you don't have to like it.



This is not an anime website. While going onto an anime website and stating you don't like anime could be considered trolling, not here. Indeed most of those not overwhelmed by anime are noting good faith reasons, and also most are noting they in fact like some of it.

Be careful of unintended consequences. I'm down with banning anti anime threads if I can get rid of the ten a month "whats your favorite anime" threads too.
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Frazzled wrote:
Be careful of unintended consequences. I'm down with banning anti anime threads if I can get rid of the ten a month "whats your favorite anime" threads too.


A valid argument for making an anime thread sticky, or allowed to dig up, like the comic book thread. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156948.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3156948.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? we should rejoice and share the things we do like not spend hours hating and debating the things we dont. ha that rhymes]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157105.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157105.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157179.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157179.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
My only problem with subtitles is that sometimes I don't want by attention being drawn from the action on screen, but I'm too lazy to learn French or Chinese so I suppose I'll just have to bear that particular cross.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157223.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157223.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
that way you can keep your field of visionfocused on the action and the subtitles at once

failing that i suggest sitting far enough that you can still read the subtitles but keep everything centered at the same time

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Thanks! ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157238.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157238.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157239.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157239.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157259.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157259.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Just can't get used to it

Am able to read the subs quickly which helps just a tad.
So have learned a little Japanese

Harry Gateaux = Thank you
Harry Gateaux go Sinus = Thank you I have a cold
It's a Dicky Mouse* = Tuck into a meal of fried bat
Go name a sigh = sorry

* Dicky as in bird, not something rude, and as in german fliedemaus = flying mouse.


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*evil laughter/monstrous gurgly sounds*

High-pitched squeal: Ieeeeee!!! (noooo!!!)

*sickening squishy slurpy sounds*

High-pitched squeal: Yamette!!! (stoooop!!)

*squishy sounds continue*

...

or maybe im just watching the wrong kind of anime]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157344.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157344.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:My ears go like that with dubs Remilia
Just can't get used to it

Am able to read the subs quickly which helps just a tad.
So have learned a little Japanese

Harry Gateaux = Thank you
Harry Gateaux go Sinus = Thank you I have a cold
It's a Dicky Mouse* = Tuck into a meal of fried bat
Go name a sigh = sorry

* Dicky as in bird, not something rude, and as in german fliedemaus = flying mouse.




Please tell me you're joking about the "Japanese you've learned"?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157384.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157384.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Monster Rain wrote:
My only problem with subtitles is that sometimes I don't want by attention being drawn from the action on screen, but I'm too lazy to learn French or Chinese so I suppose I'll just have to bear that particular cross.


Crouching Tiger was terrible about that because so much exposition happens in fight sequences.

Also:

I'm Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your senior drill instructor. From now on you will speak only en français, and the first and the last word out of your filthy sewers will be "Monsieur".]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157410.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157410.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
nectarprime wrote:
Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:My ears go like that with dubs Remilia
Just can't get used to it

Am able to read the subs quickly which helps just a tad.
So have learned a little Japanese

Harry Gateaux = Thank you
Harry Gateaux go Sinus = Thank you I have a cold
It's a Dicky Mouse* = Tuck into a meal of fried bat
Go name a sigh = sorry

* Dicky as in bird, not something rude, and as in german fliedemaus = flying mouse.




Please tell me you're joking about the "Japanese you've learned"?


It does sound strange, but it's nowhere near as strange as russian dubbed anime.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157412.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157412.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? harry gateux= what the
maybe thats what learning japanese by watching anime does to you, good luck with that anyway]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157560.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157560.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
Oh and Cowboy Bebop is a fave. No-one disses Cowboy Bebop, even if it is a crazy bootlegged copy in basterdised Korean. ^^]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157588.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157588.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
weiler wrote:This thread has gone way beyond my comprehention
harry gateux= what the
maybe thats what learning japanese by watching anime does to you, good luck with that anyway


Harry Gateaux - Arigato - Thank You. (Think of pronouncing Harry as 'Arry.)
Harry Gateaux go Sinus - Arigato Gozaimasu - Thank you very much
It's a Dicky Mouse - Itadakimasu - Let's eat
Go name a sigh - Gomen nasai - I'm sorry. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157594.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157594.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? Hari gato (sp?) = Thank you, not, "what the".
I don't know the anglosized spellings of the words.

Ah ninj'd (somewhat appropriate for the thread, I feel)
Thank you for that Ciaran.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157596.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157596.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:No
Hari gato (sp?) = Thank you, not, "what the".
I don't know the anglosized spellings of the words.

Ah ninj'd (somewhat appropriate for the thread, I feel)
Thank you for that Ciaran.

No... you don't actually know Japanese. At all.

And the word is anglicized, you should look up the definition. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157608.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157608.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
dogma wrote:I'm Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your senior drill instructor. From now on you will speak only en français, and the first and the last word out of your filthy sewers will be "Monsieur".


"Est-ce vous, John Wayne? Est-ce moi?"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157617.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157617.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? Said I had picked up a few words.

Which I have, and then played around a little with them for amusement.
It's what words are for. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157627.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157627.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157716.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157716.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? 2. you havnt learnt japanese at all if that is your translation of it is.
3. Words are not for amusement they are for communication it is lazyness that makes real words and turns them into slang.
4. I doubt you could ever learn words the way you are proposing to due to the fact that the subtitles mostly dont translate the same as whats being said and when it is correct its translated into english tense which is completely different, i know i can speak japanese.
Anyway i wasnt trying to put you down just thought it was funny
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Others however potentailly could. But that is another thread.

I have remembered some phrases by using silly mnemonics.
As I was typing them I just went along for amusement playing with the words pushing them further into outlandish whimsy.
Not taking the pee out of another lingo, the butt of the joke was my own "misunderstanding"

Humour is also something that language communicates, ne?

It obviously failed this time ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157878.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157878.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
3. Words are not for amusement they are for communication it is lazyness that makes real words and turns them into slang.



Reading your post, I find this statement painfully ironic.

In any event, it appears jokes about language are serious business, just like liking that weird My Little Pony show makes you a terrible weirdo and not liking anime is pure, unabashed racism.



All this simply reminds me how terribly rusty my Japanese is and now I need to go brush up.

Oh, and here's something that, for some reason, always makes otaku's heads explode whenever they hear it:
I really don't like anime in general.
I like Japan, I like Japanese, I like Japanese people, and in fact, my major in college was East Asian Studies, and I studied in Japan for a semester and loved every minute of it.

For some reason, a lot of people can't reconcile someone disliking anime but liking Japan. In fact, while I was in Japan I wondered how many foreign students were there chiefly because of anime. There weren't a lot who fit that description, but more than you'd think.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157920.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157920.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
My goodness I am having a fit of the vapours! ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157932.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3157932.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
RatBot wrote:
3. Words are not for amusement they are for communication it is lazyness that makes real words and turns them into slang.



Reading your post, I find this statement painfully ironic.

In any event, it appears jokes about language are serious business, just like liking that weird My Little Pony show makes you a terrible weirdo and not liking anime is pure, unabashed racism.



All this simply reminds me how terribly rusty my Japanese is and now I need to go brush up.

Domo arigato Mr. Roboto?


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RatBot wrote:liking that weird My Little Pony show makes you a terrible weirdo


But it..... I won't go there, I don't need another warning.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158013.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158013.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158112.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158112.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
liking that weird My Little Pony show makes you a terrible weirdo


Must admit that watching a recent thread raised a question as to why there was so much derision aimed at weirdos, on a forum dedicated to toy soldiers that have the most bizarre backgrounds.
Added to which there is much discussion of which bit of said weird universe you would most like to be/do/possess etc

Anyone else see the irony?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158118.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158118.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:
liking that weird My Little Pony show makes you a terrible weirdo


Must admit that watching a recent thread raised a question as to why there was so much derision aimed at weirdos, on a forum dedicated to toy soldiers that have the most bizarre backgrounds.
Added to which there is much discussion of which bit of said weird universe you would most like to be/do/possess etc

Anyone else see the irony?


No, as GW products are meant for all ages (yet have adult themes). MLP is a show made for little girls.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158133.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158133.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:
liking that weird My Little Pony show makes you a terrible weirdo


Must admit that watching a recent thread raised a question as to why there was so much derision aimed at weirdos, on a forum dedicated to toy soldiers that have the most bizarre backgrounds.
Added to which there is much discussion of which bit of said weird universe you would most like to be/do/possess etc

Anyone else see the irony?


loud and clear. lots of people are hypocrites it seems...]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158154.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158154.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
lord commissar klimino wrote:
Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:
liking that weird My Little Pony show makes you a terrible weirdo


Must admit that watching a recent thread raised a question as to why there was so much derision aimed at weirdos, on a forum dedicated to toy soldiers that have the most bizarre backgrounds.
Added to which there is much discussion of which bit of said weird universe you would most like to be/do/possess etc

Anyone else see the irony?


loud and clear. lots of people are hypocrites it seems...


Why is this coming as a surprise to anyone?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158158.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158158.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
CiaranAnnrach wrote:
lord commissar klimino wrote:
Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:
liking that weird My Little Pony show makes you a terrible weirdo


Must admit that watching a recent thread raised a question as to why there was so much derision aimed at weirdos, on a forum dedicated to toy soldiers that have the most bizarre backgrounds.
Added to which there is much discussion of which bit of said weird universe you would most like to be/do/possess etc

Anyone else see the irony?


loud and clear. lots of people are hypocrites it seems...


Why is this coming as a surprise to anyone?


surprise? ive known this for a while,this is the 1st time anyone has mentioned it though.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158178.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158178.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Why is that more peculiar than passionately believing SM's pwn Spartans or some such?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158187.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158187.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? THEY'RE NOT TOY SOLDIERS, THEY ARE MODELS AND THEY ARE ONLY FOR ADULTS. IT'S A SERIOUS HOBBY AND NOTHING LIKE PLAYING WITH TOYS.
-end nerd voice-


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RatBot wrote:-nerd voice-
THEY'RE NOT TOY SOLDIERS, THEY ARE MODELS AND THEY ARE ONLY FOR ADULTS. IT'S A SERIOUS HOBBY AND NOTHING LIKE PLAYING WITH TOYS.
-end nerd voice-




That's what I say to my girlfriend!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158237.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158237.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? Like i said no offence intended.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158280.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158280.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
We are no longer together.
Not sure where it went wrong ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158301.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158301.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:Told my GF to shut up and watch My Little Pony while I play armies with dice.

We are no longer together.
Not sure where it went wrong


you didnt let her play ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158311.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158311.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158315.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158315.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? metaphorically and literally.

Getting back more on topic she gave all her moves names like they always do in anime cos somehow, if it has a special name, it hurts the guy harder!
Apparently.

SUPER DYNAAMIC TABLE LEG DRAGON SMASHO!!!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158325.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158325.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:But she kept tabling me...
metaphorically and literally.


....suck it up like a man?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158331.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158331.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime?
weiler wrote:English is not my first language as i am japanese, hence why i found chibis japanese translation amusing.
Like i said no offence intended.


Oh, well, then I apologize for being so harsh.


Miscommunication all around!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158335.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158335.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
....suck it up like a man?


Got no choice but to suck it up
She knocked all my teeth out.



It was the Super Dynamic table leg smasho move that reduced my gnashers to rubble.
They weren't wasted though, as the old enamel and fillings have been very handy for basing.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158359.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158359.page GMT Re:Anyone else dislike anime?
Grakmar wrote:Sure, there's a few gems in the rough. But, for the most part, anime (and animation) are full of absolutely terrible shows/movies.
... same with live action shows, really. I at least like anime more than I do hollywood.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158707.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3158707.page GMT Anyone else dislike anime? http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3160088.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/387593/3160088.page GMT