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Wolverine Princess
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Has anyone seen School Days? The encyclopedia doesn't really have any information on this anime other than that it's a a half-hour long ONA, so I was wondering if anyone could tell me anything about it. My attention was captured by this YTMND site claiming it to be "emo" (WARNING: contains what I assume is a huge spoiler).
While the correct definition of the word is melodic music with emotional lyrics dealing mostly with teen angst (got this partly from Wikipedia, and partly from parenting books that I've read on self mutilation. Yeah, I occasionally read parenting books from time to time. It's fun. ), most people use the word to describe a whiny, teenage, self-mutilating attention whore. Going by either definition, what are some other anime you've seen that you'd classify as emo? I'm talking about either full-out melodramatic teen angst-fests or anime where self-mutilation is an important part of the plot. As far as self-mutilating goes, the only anime that immediately come to mind for me are Loveless and Shuffle, and you can't beat Evangelion in the teen-angst department. EDIT: Argh, how stupid of me. I forgot to state my entire reason for making this thread! Aside from my question on School Days, this is also a recommendation thread. A friend of mine asked if there were any emo anime, since she's really into that type of stuff. She hasn't seen anything outside of what's on Adult Swim, and her only requirements are that it has to be extremely depressing and have never aired on television. (I think she wants to watch something really obscure so she can brag to all the other casual anime fans at school that she saw an anime that wasn't on Cartoon Network) EDIT: Changed thread to a more appropriate name. (Sorry for the over-editing.) Last edited by Wolverine Princess on Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:19 am; edited 3 times in total |
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halochief_90
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Emo really seems to be everyone's new favorite word! I'm serious, I never heard that word until late last year, and now, it seems to be the replacement of "you're gay!" (as an insult in a non-serious way).
According to the terms I've heard the word used, I'd say any anime with emotional teenagers, black hair, black clothes, suicide or cutting of self, or slow rock music would apparently be considered "emo". Edit:Minor spelling mistakes Last edited by halochief_90 on Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:36 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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darkchibi07
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Check here. But in short, it's really just a promo for the PC game. Though if anyone daring enough to create an anime series based on this, I bet it'll make one heck of a cult following.
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Wolverine Princess
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That's disappointing. I was sure this was going to be one of my all-time favorites from that gif. |
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Pleroma
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Yeah, nothing happens in it either, suppsoedly the game is almost all cutscenes, shame nobody has made a compilation.
Hmm, emo anime.. well so much anime contains emo episodes, but I guess that isn't enough. However we should widen the definition you gave here as today people often refer to anything with a high amount of misery and suffering as emo. I would say Now and Then, Here and There is pretty emo if you ignore the main character...HMMM oh! KNGE, there ya go, emo as all hell lots of cheating, crying self hating and all that good stuff. I would also say NHK is sorta-emo in a funny way and Saikano is definitely emo romance, but who wouldn't considering the circumstances. |
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Azathrael
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You've butchered the word "emo" so much that it became "romance". Emo is not overdrama. It mostly refers to the type of music, or the objects/behaviors that are associated with it. Anything else is a misuse, like kids calling things that don't go their way "gay". Just because someone's looking for "emo anime" doesn't mean it exists; don't go around labeling great series as "emo" on a whim (or do it in your head where people won't criticize you for doing so). There is no such thing as "emo anime". Any coincidence is... coincidence. |
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Wolverine Princess
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Made a major edit to the opening post. (I can't believe I forgot to mention it in the first post.)
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Pleroma
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I am aware it refers to music, but I am talking about the common use, which is in fact to refer overdrama and a depressive mood. Yes its a misuse in the literal sense but when this misuse becomes far more common than the correct use then its a valid definition. Mind you, I love those shows I mentioned, but they sure can serve up a big ol cup o depresso. |
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Cloe
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I don't claim to know anything about emo (I was in college the first time I ever heard that term and proceeded to immediately ignore it), but this thread reminds me of a hilarious review of This Ugly Yet Beautiful World in a recent Shelf Life article. I suspect Bamboo's a bit of a cynic, though, so it's best to take her review with a grain of salt.
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Wolverine Princess
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True, since emo correctly refers to a genre of music, there isn't really such a thing as "emo anime" (Except maybe for this). |
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OnePieceFANatic
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I agree with Evangelion, she should probably check that one out. I don't know if it has any proper self mutilation, but I think it has a scene that comes pretty close.
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Zalis116
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I know I've used "Emo" a few times to describe anime or characters, and I know that I've sort of carved my own definition for it that isn't too accurate. I basically use it to describe series or characters that spend far too much time talking about negative emotions and how they pain them than they do actually doing something about it. Of course, since it's dramatic fiction, they can't always act like real, rational human beings and "do something" immediately--that would kill the story.
If you want recommendations, I'd say it's a good idea to scan through the "Trying not to cry" thread and see what gets brought up as the most über-depressing series. SaiKano, whether "emo" or not, is full of enough depressing content about love, heartbreak, war, apocalypse, and other stuff that is should qualify for your friend--it's a little more obscure and a few years old, so it should be good for bragging rights. |
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unhealthyman
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I wish my lawn was emo so it would cut itself
Buy your friend an emo lego set: 
Sorry, couldn't resist... :O Mmmm, its a bit of a tough one, Evangelion is the only one that springs to mind for the angsty whiny aspect of it. I can't think of anything else. Maybe some of the more depressing romance animes could be emo. Something that you could watch while crying in a black room while thinking about crying and cutting yourself. Unless you take emo in the strict music sense, in which case the closest you can achieve is listening to peoples drab 'music' videos made on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnmhdol2_-o&mode=related&search=Linkin%20Park%20music%20video I dunno, is Linkin Park even emo? I'm so out of touch. Mmm, after watching that video I even thought about Bleach's emo credentials, lots of people wearing black talking about death, lots of cutting and bleeding, spoiler[Rukia stuck alone in a depressing room thinking about dying ]? It doesn't fit into the 'really obscure' part of the recommendation. How about Serial Experiments Lain? I haven't watched anything apart from the first 5 minutes or something - looked like it had spoiler[ school girl suicide ] in it. It also fits into the 'street cred not [as] anime' category. [Edit] Just thought, that youtube video I linked might be against the rules, I only thought about it due to the one WolverinePrincess posted earlier... Apologies if it is. |
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Shiroi Hane
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I've seen this 'emo' word crop up for a while now. I even remember looking it up, but I still don't know what it means.. last time I saw it in relation to anime was the school festival episode of Suzumiya Haruhi.
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unhealthyman
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The way I think of emo, is its kind of like the new goth. But a bit less edgy. And with more crying. I think people much above the age of 20 don't come across many emo kids. Emo is meant to mean bands like Lostprophets and stuff like that, its like nu-metal with emotional lyrics. (Hence the emo name.) What I also think is great is some of the sub-genres from emo, like screamo. Can't wait to hear some of that.
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