TAO Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Hey, I was just wondering how many of you on the forum watch any anime.My favorite series is Toradora! It's really hard to describe what I like about it, so yeah, I'm not going to go into it.I've also watched a lot of other series. Some of my favorites are Trigun, Rurouni Kenshin, Romeo x Juliet, and Mobile Suit Gundam Wing.So do you want anime? If so, what's your favorite series?Thanks!-TAO Link to comment
Nathair/|\ Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I don't watch much tv or movies at all and "pure" anime is a very small part of what I do watch, but I loved "Avatar: the Last Airbender." Link to comment
TAO Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 I don't watch much tv or movies at all and "pure" anime is a very small part of what I do watch, but I loved "Avatar: the Last Airbender."Oh yeah, I remember watching that, it was quite good! Link to comment
altersteve Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 I don't watch much tv or movies at all and "pure" anime is a very small part of what I do watch, but I loved "Avatar: the Last Airbender."This is one of my favorite TV shows ever. The sequel series, The Legend of Korra, is also great. 1 Link to comment
TAO Posted March 12, 2013 Author Share Posted March 12, 2013 This is one of my favorite TV shows ever. The sequel series, The Legend of Korra, is also great.Oh yes, I watched that too. If anything, I have to say it was better done than the original. Lots of suspense. Link to comment
DH Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Does Miyazaki's work count? I'm not familiar with anything else that might be considered anime. Link to comment
TAO Posted March 12, 2013 Author Share Posted March 12, 2013 Most people I know think they count =D. Link to comment
cinepro Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Back in the 90s, I had to watch about 20 hours of "Tenchi Muyo" for a job I was working on. My company still sees hundreds of hours of anime coming through every year, but I don't have to watch it anymore. 1 Link to comment
altersteve Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 There's also an anime movie called Grave of the Fireflies that is one of the most tragic, heart-wrenching films I've ever seen, if not THE most. I'd recommend it to anyone, but have a tissue box handy. Link to comment
Calm Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 This is one of my favorite TV shows ever. The sequel series, The Legend of Korra, is also great.But Korra should have gone for twice as long, the shortest of the series made for less character development and some crappy plot development and twists...especially the ending of how it was all resolved, she really hadn't developed herself spiritually at all. The reason she was 'restored' was not in line with the reasons given prior to that (I can remember exactly what it was, something along the line of she had gone so far down or suffered so much....but people suffer all the time and still don't spiritually develop).And speaking of Korra, just came across this today: Link to comment
Calm Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Does Miyazaki's work count? I'm not familiar with anything else that might be considered anime.Spirited Away is fantastic. 2 Link to comment
altersteve Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 But Korra should have gone for twice as long, the shortest of the series made for less character development and some crappy plot development and twists...especially the ending of how it was all resolved, she really hadn't developed herself spiritually at all. The reason she was 'restored' was not in line with the reasons given prior to that (I can remember exactly what it was, something along the line of she had gone so far down or suffered so much....but people suffer all the time and still don't spiritually develop).And speaking of Korra, just came across this today: [media=] The Legend of Korra has only run for 12 episodes so far. They're going to make 40 more. Link to comment
DH Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Spirited Away is fantastic.It is! I also thought "Kiki's Delivery Service" was fun. (Those are the two films I've seen.) Link to comment
The Nehor Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 If any bronies come out of the woodwork after this gateway thread I am burning this forum down and salting the earth. 1 Link to comment
The_RealEnigma Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 If any bronies come out of the woodwork after this gateway thread I am burning this forum down and salting the earth.You do that! Link to comment
Pahoran Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Elfen Lied.The first ten minutes are hideously off-putting, and the "fanservice" gets really annoying, but the story is very powerful.Regards,Pahoran Link to comment
DarkScythe Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 If any bronies come out of the woodwork after this gateway thread I am burning this forum down and salting the earth.can i join you due to the sheer fun of it? i have nothing against the bronies, but what you are suggesting is fun? Link to comment
BCSpace Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 (edited) So do you want anime? If so, what's your favorite series?We have most of the Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli stuff. My personal favorite is Princess Mononoke. I have young children who love Spirited Away, Totoro, Ponyo. I have older children who like Nausicaa, Whisperer of the Heart, Kiki's Delivery Service, Castle in the Sky. And of course our recent fav is Howl's Moving Castle. We watch a lot of other anime from time to time; some of it really good, some not so memorable. Tales from Earthsea was disappointingly horrible imho. The Secret World of Arrietty was beautiful but just okay as a movie. I also have some of the original anime from my youth; all of Speed Racer and the first year of Star Blazers (Space Battleship Yamato).If anyone wants to get into Anime of this type, I have highlighted the selections I think would be good to start with though of course all I mentioned without caveat are good and may strike you differently. Totoro and Ponyo are for little children but surprisingly are fascinating to watch even at my age.My 13 year old daughter draws in anime so to speak and is very good at it. They also enjoy Avatar: The Last Airbender, not the movie but the series. It's more American but I still think it counts as anime. Edited March 30, 2013 by BCSpace Link to comment
TAO Posted March 30, 2013 Author Share Posted March 30, 2013 @BC Did you know they are reamking Space Battleship Yamato next season? Link to comment
BCSpace Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 I have heard rumors of such a thing but never an actual date. Link to comment
blackstrap Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Well.I got surfing around Netflix and decided to watch " Desert Punk " Nuf said ! Link to comment
TAO Posted April 1, 2013 Author Share Posted April 1, 2013 I have heard rumors of such a thing but never an actual date.Here ya go!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleship_Yamato_2199 Link to comment
BCSpace Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 (edited) Sweet! Going to miss the original voices though.[media=] Edited April 1, 2013 by BCSpace Link to comment
BCSpace Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 There's also an anime movie called Grave of the Fireflies that is one of the most tragic, heart-wrenching films I've ever seen, if not THE most. I'd recommend it to anyone, but have a tissue box handy.I've been trying to screw my courage up to see that but have not yet been able to. Link to comment
Nathair/|\ Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 There's also an anime movie called Grave of the Fireflies that is one of the most tragic, heart-wrenching films I've ever seen, if not THE most. I'd recommend it to anyone, but have a tissue box handy.If you like tragic and heartwrenching, check out any of the Doctor Who episodes written by Stephen Moffat. Link to comment
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