Anime Discussion Thread - Page 1708

On December 23 2011 02:18 Requizen wrote:

Why do you watch anime?

On December 23 2011 05:18 jtp118 wrote:
thanks for all of the recommendations everyone, that's quite helpful. i didn't realize that there wasn't a settled 'canon' of the very best anime ... maybe there should be some sort of huge meta-TL poll to see points of convergence on everyone's top 10/top 20 lists

On December 23 2011 05:20 Southlight wrote:


Try doing that for movies and TV shows and books and you'll realize what you're trying to ask for.

On December 23 2011 05:20 Southlight wrote:


Try doing that for movies and TV shows and books and you'll realize what you're trying to ask for.

On December 23 2011 05:09 Thratur wrote:
The Toradora OVA was very nostalgic. + Show Spoiler +

On December 23 2011 05:25 jtp118 wrote:




That's the thing ... if you got together 100 people were passionate about TV shows, I would bet $1000 that their collective top 10 would include The Wire, The Sopranos, and Twin Peaks. Or with films, there would be slightly more variation, but you would always see The Godfather I/II, Citizen Kane, Casablanca, 2001, etc., somewhere near the top.

On December 23 2011 05:25 Emnjay808 wrote:


Hes asking for a bloodbath.

And somehow I feel Sentenal will come out victorious...

On December 23 2011 05:29 Southlight wrote:
You may also get stuff like Buffy, Firefly, Friends, various asian Dramas, history channel stuff.
You may get Jackie Chan stuff, Star Trek, Toy Story, Disney films, etc.

In essence you'd get a giant list of shows and films internationally and across nearly a century.

Obviously Japanese anime has a smaller list to choose from.

On December 23 2011 05:39 EchOne wrote:
Anime is relatively young and specific compared to cinema or literature, but it *still* encompasses such a vast range of tastes that any sort of meta-ratings result would not really be helpful. All you can do is put arbitrary numbers to a show or shows that ultimately bear more on popularity than quality. Consider the metacritic toplist for games. Are those the best of all time, or even a result of the best way to find the best of all time? There's no definitive "yes."

I recommend you read actual reviews and criticism to get a more colorful idea of what a specific show can offer if you're so concerned about what other people think about shows. A number from 1-10 isn't enough, not even when offered by each viewer.

*But* if that's exactly what you're looking for, try something like this http://myanimelist.net/topanime.php Just be aware of the limitations.

On December 23 2011 05:42 jtp118 wrote:



But not if you were talking to people who actually knew TV or film, and weren't just casual viewers. I mean sure, my parents would probably say that NCIS is the greatest show ever, but you also wouldn't see them posting in a thread about TV shows ...

On December 23 2011 05:45 Zergneedsfood wrote:


Yeah, but you're basically relying on "professional" critics of anime who watch it intellectually to try to rationalize what is or is not the best of animes.

At that point it's just a matter of realizing that we all want to watch anime for fun and we deem animes as "best" or "worst" depending on our enjoyment, emotional reaction, etc. from said animes.

Like, I could be here saying that an anime like Clannad was great, and then someone else next to me could've seen entirely differently, depending on a character that he didn't like, or something like that.

On December 23 2011 05:46 Requizen wrote:
MAL is pretty good. A lot of people bash on it because it tends to stay away from "hipster anime"*, which I'm ok with. While it's not perfect, and it often just depends on the season or what DVDs got released recently, it's usually a good launching point.

Speaking of which, I still haven't watched Gintama. But every description I read of it makes me think of generic shonen with wacky sci-fi universe.




*By hipster anime I mean like, visit /a/. If more than 5 people have heard of an anime, it's shit. If it's a completely obscure anime, no matter how objectively bad, it's cool.

On December 23 2011 05:50 Requizen wrote:

Honestly, I kind of loathe the day where someone describes themselves as a "professional anime critic". Like you said, it's not really like books or movies where you have to take each one seriously. Taking things like, say, most Gainax shows seriously is a bad idea. But they're usually very enjoyable. Same for a lot of gag shows like Shin-chan. Not that I like Shin-chan, but some people do, and if you try to critique it alongside something like Cowboy Bebop, it's not even the same realm of imagining.

On December 23 2011 05:50 Requizen wrote:
Honestly, I kind of loathe the day where someone describes themselves as a "professional anime critic". Like you said, it's not really like books or movies where you have to take each one seriously. Taking things like, say, most Gainax shows seriously is a bad idea. But they're usually very enjoyable. Same for a lot of gag shows like Shin-chan. Not that I like Shin-chan, but some people do, and if you try to critique it alongside something like Cowboy Bebop, it's not even the same realm of imagining.

On September 22 2011 00:40 Southlight wrote:
Code Geass was amazing. It matched some of the most intellectually sound people, had battlefield tactics that were so intricate and thought-out that it reminded me of a cross between Legend of Galactic Heroes and Death Note. None of the characters were teenage emos, as they all were mature, driven people with their own convictions, like Shakugan no Shana. So much deep philosophy about manhood, mankind, and war, it was almost like an Evangelion version of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. The story arc with Euphie was tragic, reminding me of Titus Andronicus, and was both touching and exciting, making me wish things had taken that turn much earlier. Alas, that's the only qualm I had with CG, which is that it delayed some of the best moments until too late into the season, forcing you to watch R2, which was a very Gundam-esque move. That was around when we should have realized that their lead writer was assassinated and replaced by Char Aznable.

On September 22 2011 01:48 Southlight wrote:
What is Death Note, people ask, and why is it so heralded? Think Iago versus King Claudius, only King Claudius happens to be the Hyde to Hamlet's Jekyll. Imagine a match of chess being played by the most nefarious, scheming villains in literary history... against each other, amidst a contemporary sociopolitical backdrop. The pieces include the media, the power of information, the very philosophical ideals each of these monsters hold dear, and even you, the dear reader (or watcher), as you are sucked into this dizzying tale of cunning. Trod through the muddy, bloodied waters of the hundreds and thousands of corpses left behind in this intellectual duel, and look on in Ooba Tsugumi's game of bloodlust, justice, and vengeance.

On October 19 2011 03:45 Southlight wrote:
What you didn't know...
is that Ben-to is symbolic of the poverty-stricken countries. It takes place in a modern first-world setting to juxtapose "a world in which food is plentiful" with the grotesque side of man in which food is a life-or-death commodity, one in which people are more than willing to resort to violence to get. One in which connections, gender, and other such "civilized" social hierarchies don't matter. The main character is like a Peace Corps member who's been sent to China and wants to woo the love of his life with food, but because of his weak, mental and physical state from being pampered by a first-world society, cannot, and must train to become a real man before his courtship can continue.



Will he succeed? Will he become all that he can be?

On December 23 2011 05:55 Southlight wrote:


? I'm a professional anime critic.

On December 23 2011 05:57 0123456789 wrote:


The average anime viewer is 12. What does this all mean? ^_^

On December 23 2011 05:55 Southlight wrote:


? I'm a professional anime critic.