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PrettyKitty$$$$$
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You're not the only one, as I've thought the exact same thing as one reason I prefer animation over live action. For example, I can't watch a Tom Cruise movie anymore without remembering the couch jumping incident. And forget Mel Gibson movies. That guy is a whackadoo. Braveheart is ruined for me. We are bombarded with celebrities in the media so I have a hard time imagining them as the characters they are trying to play at times. With animation, I am able to forget the actor playing the role and just enjoy the story. |
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Saturn
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You have a point there, actually... I was trying to recall why my taste in anime used to be really broad when I first started watching when I was in jr high and high school, and why it's really not anymore (comparatively speaking). The answer absolutely is that, back then, there was no Netflix, no streaming, etc, so the only way to get anime was to buy fansubbed tapes online/through the local comic book store or rent what Blockbuster had to offer (hint: Akira, another copy of Akira, the Vampire Princess Miyu OVA, and 3x3 Eyes). Or watch Toonami of course, which is why I was once a Ronin Warriors fan. These days I tend to stick with things I'm pretty sure I'm going to like, the same way I do when choosing books or movies. I have a strict NO ROM-COM rule for any medium, for example. However, I always check out the preview guides here on ANN just to make sure I don't miss something in a genre I would normally ignore, the same way I read movie reviews online. Always willing to try something new! Last edited by Saturn on Mon Jan 17, 2011 3:23 am; edited 2 times in total |
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mdo7
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My hearts goes out to the people at Tuscon who faced this horrible event. I've been watching the news about it since the massacre happen.
Anyway, back on topic. As soon as I saw the first question about Black Swan looking too much like Perfect Blue, arggh. It reminds me of this other Answerman question. Great, first people keep comparing Inception to Paprika, and now this. If any people plan to say that Black Swan is a rip-off of Perfect Blue, then why don't we attack Star Wars for ripping off Kurosawa's film, and say Lucas is a fruad while we're at it. Stop bringing up film that looks too much like anime. I'm really tired of this. Of course there's going to be film that look like another. Does that mean they copied it off, no it doesn't unless you evidence to back this up. |
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SalarymanJoe
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No; just no. I don't know if where this originated - if it was from electronica/techno fans or hispter kids or what - but not every show needs to have every piece of it scrutinized to determine it's genre. I'm not familiar with the other shows you mentioned but I am with with Gurren Lagann. You want to know how I classify Gurren Lagann? It's a goddamned robot show. It's more Mainger Z than Z Gundam, if you want to get particular; science fiction if I have to be really broad. The drama and the romance that's in it? Inconsequential to determining its genre. When I am in the mood for romance, I'm going to look towards something like Maison Ikkoku or Marmalade Boy, not Gurenn Lagann. These sorts of attempts to nail down every aspect of a show can also have severe consequences, like Aura Battler Dunbine - should I call it a robot show? It was made by Sunrise in the 80s, after all (and it features a bunch of robots!) or a fantasy show (because it takes place in a world resembling medieval times with fairies and such)? It's going to resonate with the robot crowd much more than it is the fantasy crowd; so it's a robot show. Don't get me wrong - Dunbine's a good, goddamned robot show but if I'm in the off mood for fantasy, I'm going to look for something like Record of Lodoss War or Berserk. Many anime do not "cross genres". They may incorporate aspects of other genres for plot or characterization. I think the anime Touch is one that many would argue that it is equal parts 'sports' and 'romance'. I would argue that it is a sports show because baseball is ever present, even though there are a lot of romantic links (and damn good ones at that!). Cross Game, by the same author, is very much in the same vein. I've had people watch Touch and like it either because of or despite the romance but neither of them would classify it as a romance series, either. There seems to have been this movement in the past five, ten, eleven years to describe every feature of an anime as its "genre" - which seems to be where you are getting this idea that "anime crosses genres all the time" and "how do you class[ify] XYZ?". That's not the case. A work should be classified into a genre - something that's fairly general but rigid enough to have some quantifiable criteria. Each genre has different sub-genre or movements that further divide works into like categories. tl;dr - trying to list every facet of a cartoon as its genre is just as lazy and creatively dishonest as making and choosing from laundry list of fetishes for your lead females a la Welcome to the NHK.
Thanks for that blast from the past!
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Takkun4343
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Sure, I can see why Amazing Nurse Nanako was just something that no one would ever expect to see stateside. But I nearly raged when that person called the dub "horrible voice acting". New Generation Pictures, one of the best dubbing studios out there, dubbed that, and it was even the debut of the great Patrick Seitz. One can only wonder if the people in charge of NGP will be pissed at that person for badmouthing their dub.
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DuelLadyS
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I own the Princess Rouge DVD. A friend showed it to me once, and when I saw it in the used bin at Suncoast I had to have it. I'm dead serious. Wanna know why? Outtakes. Princess Rouge has some of the best frickin' outtakes I've ever heard! Seriously, I have told people to watch the show for the sole purpose of getting the full enjoyment of the outtakes. I wish I had a link or something to show you, but I can't find anything.
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stararnold
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It's important to note that some genres used by the film and television industry per country describe the format a story is presented in (whether theatrical film, OVA, miniseries, net animation, documentary, etc), and seeing that live-action and animation both appear in film and television, both are likely to be considered by many as format genres of an entire industry. For years, TV and film have been considered by many to be together as one medium/industry with video games, theatre plays, comic books, music, painting, drawing, sculpture, and novels as separate other mediums. Plus, for Japan to consider Anime and Live-Action film/TV as separate mediums/industries would mean for each film/TV company to have to choose between doing animation and doing live-action for the standard of doing T.V. or film, regardless of thematic elements defining each produced work.
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The Xenos
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Hey! I almost cried my eyes out watching Doggy Poo. It was just... so.. deep, man. It struck right at the core of me. Okay... maybe part or all of that was because I was at a con when they showed it at 4AM and hadn't slept all night and lay in the back of a video room completely out of it. Still... that sxxx touched me, man.
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rubixcubd60
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That's very true, however those that think this phenomenon is unique to anime are very wrong. One must remember that in every genre there are many subgenres. I am a Sci-Fi fan, and I can honestly say that I have read some sci-fi that had it not been for the setting I would not have touched with a 10 foot pole. I have read space romance, space detectives, even space dragons, not because I like these things (well except perhaps the dragons) but because they were sci-fi and I love that. |
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SerryHeart
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I still have the Princess Rouge DVD as a reminder to always remember to research what I want to buy. I remember that I was just getting into anime with the Sailor Moon series. That progressed to Fushigi Yugi, a great buy which I still watch when I want to reminisce (and nothing does that better then dusting off the old VCR that I can't believe still works). For some reason I thought this would be a great match to that genre and I bought what I thought would be the start to a new collection. Only after the ill fated purchase was I told...Oh yes, this was actually the final project for some students and it was never continued after the class graduated. Well darn! Worst purchase ever...well, that and Elf Princess Rane (I bought it on the same day so technically that does not count as a repeated mistake, right?).
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enurtsol
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Hey! That got quite a buzz in the fansub circles! ![]() |
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loka
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I am willing to give several fingers for the Karin (from Karin/Chibi Vampire) body pillow. Have been searching / asking Japanese associates for around 5 years now.
The nendoroid Shana Dengeki Dioh version has been hopelessly out of my reach for some time now. I suppose that doesn't count, since I can still obtain it for the low markup of $150. Same for Alien Nine: Emulators. |
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Dargonxtc
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