Anime Discussion Thread - Page 176

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

:/

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 21 2009 13:51 Thratur wrote:
Hi. This is my first post in the anime thread. I just finished watching Kanon 2006 and I wanted to commentate it a bit.

Are the writers of that anime completely sadistic or what? I cried like a fucking 10 year old girl a dozen time! I've watched about 10 animes before, but none of them have been even that close to make me feel something about the characters. The twists were, most of the time, mind-blowing. The characters were incredibly well-developed and I liked them all. Nothing annoyed me in that anime, unlike most animes. The beginning felt a bit boring, but it was totally worth it in the end. I'm really really happy to have watched this anime.

If you didn't watch it yet, go watch it. Now.

On December 27 2009 08:10 Nemesis wrote:

why did they have to pull crap like that?