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Has anyone else here never gotten into anime?
Sure, when I was a kid/teenager I watched Pokemon, DBZ and Sailor Moon like everyone else, but that was mainly because of the initial anime boom in the late 90's and early 2000's.
Other than that though, I've never actually gotten into anime. I was always more of a fan of the DC superhero cartoons, TMNT, and Marvel cartoons to ever get into anime when I was younger. Pokemon and Dragonball Z were the only ones I consistently watched, but I never got into any other anime. Is anyone else like this? |
I'll make something constructive of this thread and give you two anime tips:
Azumanga Daioh, for bizarre, but emotional comedy (I cried when watching the last ep, so... BUT IT'S VERY FUNNY, if you like surrealist comedy) Suisei no Gargantia, if you like robot fights and existential anxiety. I mean, those are kind of specific :p But please check them out if they sound interesting. |
You watched the wrong anime.
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I watched DBZ, Poke'mon, Yu-Gi-Oh and Digimon. Never got into anime that big though. Oh and Inuyasha.
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Not sure if these count as anime but I like Mega Man ('94), Avatar The Last Airbender and The Legend Of Korra.
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I like DragonBall, DragonBall Z, Sailor Moon, and Gundam Wing. I'm a fan of Toonami classic shows. I also like the new Toonami, but I don't really care for the anime on there.
I could force myself to watch One Piece and I would enjoy it, but that is pretty much the only current anime I would consider watching. DragonBall Z Kai is great, but I consider it the same show as DragonBall Z. For animation that isn't anime, I like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Batman, and Star Wars: The Clone Wars. |
I liked Neon Genesis Evangelion. Forced myself to watch Fullmetal Alchemist until the end, after I realized it was pretty boring mostly. I guess I rather watch anime movies than series...es.... :-?
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I like DBZ and DB, but that's about it. I want to start One Piece but 500+ episodes and multiple dubs that never finished are kind of intimidating. I guess you can say the same about DBZ, but that had a consecutive dub that covered every episode.
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I have no desire to read manga or watch anime, mainly because I'm not really a fan of the art style, and all the fans seem to be really f***ing obsessed with it.
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Growing up I'm glad I never became an anime/otaku type guy. Its because of anime fans that people don't make fun of Trekkies or Superhero geeks anymore.
Also why is so much of modern anime based on harem schoolgirl shows where like 5 girls all want the same guy? And the show is about nothing but dull fanservice with various hints of incest or lesbianism going on? Is this what the Japanese really care about aside from the action shows? No wonder why the anime boom in the U.S. died down around 2005. |
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Yes, there's a subgenre of anime out there that's based on girls and their bits - but there's also some great stuff out there. I view anime as a culturally unique art form which is used to convey emotion in a very beautiful way. *shrugs* Then again, you'd probably consider me one of those creepy otaku. :lol: I used to watch a lot more anime than I currently do... just haven't had as much time for it in the past few years. I don't know which genres you might like but perhaps you could try Vampire Hunter D, Hellsing, Devil May Cry, Cowboy Bebop or Trigun, if you were so inclined? They're all very good. Like most other people, I started out on Sailor Moon, Neon Genesis and DBZ (I've got to be honest, Vegeta is about 95% of the reason why I watch DBZ... I know I'm a total peasant but I really have no interest in DB because no Vegeta.) :P |
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I like anime/manga, but I can understand why you and many others can't get into it. I admit that it took me a while to get into anime and get rid of my pre-conceived and notions and discriminatory views of it. "Why are the japanese so weird?", "why do anime characters look white/european when they are supposed to be japanese?"... yea I used to think like that when I was 12. But since I've always been a big video game fan, and most of those games were made in Japan, it seemed silly for me to completely write off anime. Not to mention as I got older I matured a bit and stopped letting stereotypical views of mine regarding Japan to get in the way.
Indeed a lot of anime sucks, but same applies to any medium, honestly. Those harem anime you mention aren't all that anime is about. I'd recommend you to watch Cowboy Bebop if you haven't. Also Monster and possibly Legend of the Galactic Heroes, if you're into an epic space opera full of politics, great dialogue and backstabbing that's pretty much Prussians vs. the U.N in space. As for the fanbase yes plenty of anime fans, the so called "otakus"(which is stupid that they label themselves that, since otaku is not a positive word at all) can be annoying and embarrassing, but there's also plenty of regular folk who are anime fans. And honestly, no offense, but the way you act sometimes would give an outsider a bad impression of the Ninja Turtles fandom. You come across as obsessed as some anime fans at times. |
Though I am a Tokusatsu fan right, yeah I have gotten into anime
as a kid I watched the typical stuff; Digimon, Pokemon, Yugioh, Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, Card Captors ... and looking back on it now, it really does sicken me how terrible the dubs were Though I mainly read manga now couple of my main reads are: Assasination Classroom and Monster Musumue |
As I said, there's a freaky mouth-breather contingent in nearly any group, from My Little Ponies to people who like to grow ferns or collect stamps. :lol:
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Totally forgot about Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin earlier. Now that's a great show! |
And about fanservice, what do you think of stuff like Urotsukidoji? do you think that stuff gives anime a bad name?
Have you seen Akira, Ghost in The Shell, Ninja Scroll etc.? |
Its so difficult to get into anime where even respected shows go for boob or panty shots on the female characters. Can someone explain to me what the appeal of this is?
I'm all for well designed female characters, but I don't need to see the camera closing it on body parts for no reason. No wonder why anime gets such a bad rep. |
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* "corrupted" in this case refers to them basically going on a raping spree, not fapping over it, which obviously is more than okay. Hey, whatever, I don't judge. |
My interest in anime is rather limited as well. I'm a fan of Voltron (aka GoLion/Dairugger) and Digimon and own all the DVDs. I've watched other anime series on Netflix such as Spice and Wolf and Sekirei, and checked out other series like Dragon Drive and Wolf's Rain. While I might have enjoyed them to some extent, I'm not much of an anime guy in general. I do like the art style, however.
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And porn isn't corrupt. Watching other people having sex has been a part of life since forever, before movies existed. Try to ban it, and it will still exist, the government will just waste money trying to ban it. It's a normal part of life for most people (yes, I'd dare say most people watch porn at least occasionally). But I don't wanna derail this more than I already have, so I'll just shut up about it :p |
What the hell are you guys even talking about in here? Dragonball Z? At least have the self respect to watch One Piece, you slobs.
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American animation and Anime have as much crap as they do quality, they both have their pros and cons. We all have preferences.
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It has no romance and rare fan service, if your against that type like me I'd suggest that one. It's more about comedy / adventure, has good character development and some amazing arcs. I'd give Adventure / comedy Anime a shot, that type hardly has fan service. I don't know why your only searching for Harem type Anime, course you'll find it if your looking for that. You have a bunch of different kinds of Anime besides that type, older or not. I'm with yah on the fan service thing, makes me sick! So I try to ignore that stuff as much as possible :D |
I'm not really into anime. I can only list about a handful of animes I'm into like Pokemon, FMA, Silver Spoon, DBZ Kai, My Bride Is A Mermaid, Air Master, Girl's High, Half-Broken Music Box, K and select episodes of Naruto and Hetalia but that's it. I'm also not really into more popular ones, like Death Note or One Piece and really the only reason I started watching Naruto and Hetalia was because it was recommended to me.
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I've never been an anime fan myself but I respect it for what it is. I have a friend that really loves it and I mean big time. There are a few that I do like though. I love Death Note a LOT and I love what I have seen of Hellsing and Full Metal Alchemist and Cowboy Bebop. I also love Miyazaki's films but I'm not sure if they actually qualify as anime in the sense that we are talking about. I've always felt like anime was a lot like jazz. It is an acquired taste and for those that do acquire the taste for it they are fiercely loyal to it and consider it superior to all other forms of music or animation. I can stomach the stuff that is a lot more "westernized" than the stuff that is much more "japanese" I guess would be the way I would explain it. My main quibble is that I've always felt like it was some times more style than substance. I've just felt that more time was put in to the actual animation and the action than in to the stories and the characters.
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What are your favorite villains? Mine are Crocodile and Buggy. |
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I have a lot of anime I really like. Not gonna lie, I'm a sucker for a lot of 80's and 90's shonen. My shelf has the entirety of Dragonball Z and Dragonball GT [forgive me, I found the complete series for sale at $23], still working on Dragonball, some Pokémon, YuYu Hakusho, Yugioh Duel Monsters, and some of Dragon Drive's manga. Transformers Armada, every Digimon series, Ranma 1/2, and Medabots occupy my Amazon wishlist. I really wish Zoids Chaotic Century had a box set release, though. I'd murder for it. :tsad: I also really enjoyed Inuyasha [my guilty pleasure], Ginga Nagareboshi Gin, Case Closed/Detective Conan, Rurouni Kenshin, and Wolf's Rain. I'm interested in and been needing to get around to watching Serial Experiments Lain, Trigun, Gurren Lagann, and Cowboy Bebop. Aaaaand for the record I prefer dubs to subs. I don't like having to read my screen since I read very slowly. Even if the dub of an anime is known to be bad, I will probably still watch it over the Japanese version just because I'm a big multitasker. So sorry to any Dragonball, Digimon, or Yugioh sub loyalists [except not sorry, the dubs are way better get the **** over it]. |
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Generally I really dislike the One Piece villains. They're built up in ways that make you hate them for such a long stretch of time that you're begging for Luffy to put their lights out by the end. That said I really like Buggy as well, and for some reason I really dug Kaku from the Water Seven arc. |
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Yeah, that's shonen being shonen, and indeed it takes the double amount of episodes/chapters to get something done with in OP that could have just get done in a few episodes. Other than Crocodile and Buggy, there really aren't many villains I like. Unless Smoker applies despite being a Marine, technically making him a good guy. And I guess I like Rob Lucci and Mihawk. And Bon-Chan doesn't count as a villain anymore, obviously. Gotta love that dude. |
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Wolf's Rain is great but Spoiler:
Rurouni Kenshin and Samurai X are good too, though Kenshin does have a few too many filler episodes sometimes. I loved Inu Yasha but stopped watching after Season 3 due to time restraints, and starting to get a little frustrated with the plot. Spoiler:
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Especially the haircut. I will forever be butthurt over it. Quote:
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Also, Shippou annoyed the living bejesus out of me. |
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****, my Vegeta roleplayer side is showing, isn't it. Quote:
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Also sob I loved Shippou. He was so cute. |
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