Anime Discussion Thread - Page 175

On December 22 2009 12:51 Mystlord wrote:
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 - Another disputed anime in terms of quality, Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 has several episodes that fail to maintain the pace of the show, and there is a mysterious drop in animation quality in episode 6, but it's a very down to earth story. It is rather tragic, but the strong point about this anime was, again, the characters. I feel that it was very easy to empathize with the characters, and this show will undoubtedly leave you in tears by the end of the final episode.

On December 26 2009 07:51 DoctorHelvetica wrote:
sawako is creeping up on waifu status for me

On December 26 2009 23:43 BrTarolg wrote:


which anime is that?

On December 26 2009 08:50 aers wrote:
No, the subs aren't out.

On December 27 2009 02:07 d3_crescentia wrote:

Some random dude subbed them last night.

+ Show Spoiler +

On December 26 2009 22:03 DragoonPK wrote:
Did anyone sub the East of Eden movie yet?

On December 26 2009 21:05 MuffinDude wrote:
I just noticed theres no minamike this year. Damn.

On December 25 2009 06:37 Zergneedsfood wrote:
Yeah....what makes Anime addictive? A bit new to the thread, but my girlfriend absolutely adores Anime, much like everyone else at my school. I've watched a couple of animes she's shown me, and I've read some of that Manga stuff, but I don't even know why it's appealing in the first place. It makes my girlfriend sort of sad because I don't like it, but it just makes me more confused.

To tell you the truth, the only good Anime that I've ever watched would be Spirited Away, and that was because it had such an amazing plot and story behind it that I just had to rank it among one of my favorite animated movies of all time.

But here comes the problem then. Animes that I see seem to be laid with a lot of things like filler and unimportant repetitive notions that just drive me up a wall. It's really frustrating to be in the middle of a series and then have like....3 episodes of nothing but shenanigans happen when the series isn't about shenanigans.

And then comes to the part where I don't see any logical progression or thought-provoking scenes in Anime because themes are really repetitive and characters just seem to be archetypes or one-dimensional. I'm not saying it's as bad as Twilight, because Spirited Away had some really dynamic characters, but it seems to me that a lot of Anime seems to have this trait...which generally turns me off to it.

^ Granted, I never watched EVERY Anime, but from what I have watched and from what I've heard about certain Animes, it only makes it more apparent to me.

So my only question would be, what are some REALLY good Animes and what's the difference between just watching some live action stuff as opposed to watching Anime?

If you had something that was touching and heartwarming and thought provoking (thought provoking being the most important one), that'd sort of be the genre I'd go for.

Granted....Anime girls are pretty cute....but I wouldn't put that as the reason why I'd watch Anime.

I really got turned off to Anime because of fangirls and the ones that I initially watched, but I'd really be open to any Anime that would be on par with something like Spirited Away (I'm actually sort of hoping to see it again right now....so I think I will)

EDIT: And my 100th post is used on an Anime thread on the TL forums....*sigh*

On December 27 2009 03:42 Tenryu wrote:


If you like Spirited Away im pretty sure you'll love all the other Studio Ghibli movies they made like, Princess Mononoke, Tales from Earthsea, or even Howls Moving Castle just to name a few.

But like other people said, theres alot of different type of anime.. it seems you just need to find the genre your into. Most of the people on this thread ive noticed are into the whole comedy/school life/harem/drama genre's. Which some are good and ive seen quite a few myself(but not really my style) and im sure your girlfriend are into these more then anything else as well. Tough luck ><

One thing id say i like anime more then actual movies is the stories. There's alot of series out there with dark and deep meanings of life and the nature's of mankind that i beleive cannot be depicted nearly as well in a actual movie. Even the ones that look innocent at first tend to turn out quite crazy and blows your mind away.

Oh btw you should watch, "Here and There, Now and Then" with your girlfriend. A bit older series but one of my favorites of all time, and im pretty positive you will enjoy it

On December 26 2009 07:06 aers wrote:
The final episode of DTB2 is basically + Show Spoiler +

:/