Forum - View topicPoll: Who is your Favorite Director?
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Unholy_Nny
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Actually, I lack knowledge of film directors and I don't really care about who the author of a specific book is, even though I know the name of a few. I do have some interest in creators, just not specific people, but rather companies. Such as J.C. Staff and... nothing else really comes to mind as far as companies I like either, I would say Gainax but they really aren't that great and are really overrated, and studio Ghibli is nice, I guess, but I prefer full series over films. EDIT: Oh, yes, I also have favorite manga authors. Such as Peach-Pit, CLAMP, and Koge Donbo. |
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DKL
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I think that the reason why I memorize all this production crap (other than to assert my intelligence over people, har har har) is that I actually think it's genuinely important to know who the hell is making the stuff I watch...
I mean, so I can have a consistent system of seeing things that I KNOW I'll like instead of just watching this and that; doing that (just seeing this and that) is REALLY unproductive... sure, I don't see as many shows as the next guy, but damn... I always tend to walk away satisfied when I "stick to the plan" and just watch stuff from people that I know who have done competent work in the past. ... Yeah... when I think about it... this is really simple logic (and I am a simple man... man). ... And yes, I am one of those people who can name a lot of english dub actors, though, surprisingly enough, I actually pay more attention to who directs the dubs and which studios do what... again, so I have that "consistent path" thingy... THOUGH, I kinda watch everything dub, so that doesn't necessarily make any damn sense (whatever). But then, I can at least give people a well-grounded opinion (sort of). So... uh... yeah... people should really just try to make an effort to keep track of production credits... but, yeah... it's tedious. Last edited by DKL on Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:08 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Squirrama
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If Sailor Moon is on the list of the most popular, than I'd love to see Kunihiko Ikuhara on that list.
Shoujo Kakumei Utena, both the series and the movie, have forever cemented his name as synonymous to genius director in my mind. No one else even comes close. |
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fxg97873
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I'm going with Ikuhara from Utena
Too bad he's not listed there. mk2000 EDIT: I can't believe Squirrama and I posted about the same thing at the same freaking time! Pretty amazing I think. Last edited by fxg97873 on Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:55 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Romuska
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I just had to pick Miyazaki because he's my favorite director period. But if I had to pick a runner up I'd definitley say Isao Takahata. Not only did her direct all of the great Ghibli movies mentioned here, but he also directected my favorite series ever 3,000 Leagues in Search of Mother. The single greatest anime series I've ever seen.
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Kouji
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[quote="Anime World Order"]
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Tempest
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Kou qualified, Shinbo didn't. What's so hard to grasp about that? We didn't "chose" any directors, we chose a set of qualifications and stuck to them. -t |
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Tempest
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Are you being sarcastic, or do you actually want me to answer that ? People simple didn't rate them high (good) enough. -t |
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MorwenLaicoriel
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About the fact that con goers couldn't name the directors, but could name the voice actors--when you think about it, it's not just anime...it's our culture in general. It's not QUITE as bad, but...to be honest, I couldn't tell you the name of the director for many films I've enjoyed. Sure, I know the big ones--Peter Jackson, George Lucas, Steven Speilberg, etc etc. But I couldn't tell you the director of Beauty and the Beast. But I can tell you most of the cast, and on a good day a chunk of the animators of the movie, as well.
Plus, english VAs have a large amount of precence at anime cons, where having a JAPANESE guest, like a director, is a *big* deal. |
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DKL
Posts: 1962 Location: California, USA |
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On that subject though, I actually only do this memorizing BS for anime... not really much anything else (which is ironic given that the facts are probably more accessible than all this speculating stuff I do with anime). But yeah, there are times when I just have to go: "Is it too snobby to talk like this?" To fix that (and so that I don't seem like a total douche), I try to screw around as much as possible while talking about stuff. Fo' shizzle! (see... it works). But yeah, people should just enjoy whatever at whatever level they like to enjoy it at... you know? That way, everyone's happy. |
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Unholy_Nny
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Kouji, you should fix your quote tags, because in the current state it looks like I was the one that said that. Which is bad because I didn't....
And, besides, what Anime World Order said isn't anywhere near as supremist as you made it seem.
Exactly, anyform of hobby or entertainment can be enjoyed on any seperate level for seperate people. For instance, I played through "Disgaea" once and got 40 hours on my game clock and extremely enjoyed it, yet I know several people who have clocked over 120 hours in several play throughs. |
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hikaru004
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I think that the default answer should be "Tatsuya Ishihara".
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scortia
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Hmmm still no Kunihiko Ikuhara. You'd think Shoujo Kakumei Utena wasn't the ground-breaking series that it was.
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ThePhatBishounen
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How do we see the list of qualifying anime?
EDIT: Nevermind I found it. |
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W-General
Posts: 280 Location: Ithaca, NY, USA / Taichung, Taiwan |
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Tomino is my God.
*Does the Turn-A hand sign* |
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