Anime?

[evenifigoalone]

Anyone else watch anime?

My introduction back in 2012 was Fullmetal Alchemist, followed by Clannad After Story, and many others including Blue Exorcist, Naruto, Death Note, Gurren Laggan, Dragon Ball....

Right now I am watching Fruits Basket (2019), My Hero Academia season 5, Beastars, and rewatching Kill la Kill.

 

[deannalw]

Not if I can help it.

 

[hjmick]

Not since I was a child and watched Speed Racer.

 

[deannalw]

Not since I was a child and watched Speed Racer.

LOL@ Speed Racer! I had forgotten about that.

My mom used to buy those pictures of orphan looking kids with eyes as big as grapefruit. Dogs and cats too. I didn't want to hurt her feelings, but those things scared the crap out of me.

 

[MisterBeale]

Transformers count?

My kid had this before he got into Transformers. It was a present when he was like seven or eight I think?

He watched it about a hundred times. I picked it up at a dollar store. . . after that, he was hooked on anime forever.

Anime Bargain Bin Reviews- Star Birds aka Tosho Daimos

The Complete History of Starbirds aka Tosho Daimos. Released by Toei, Hi-Tops Video and Derann

www.anime-games.co.uk

 

[deannalw]

Transformers are of the debbil!

Stepping on one of those barefoot is like stepping on a giant mutant lego with teeth.

 

[MisterBeale]

Not if I can help it.

Both my kid and his GF are in College. . the spend countless nights watching the stuff.

It is a new era.

I too, don't get it.

 

[occupied]

The shows are sometimes good but the culture surrounding anime is cancer. Then there's the fact that it's the gateway drug to the appalling world of Hentai. Small doses.

 

[deannalw]

The shows are sometimes good but the culture surrounding anime is cancer. Then there's the fact that it's the gateway drug to the appalling world of Hentai. Small doses.

I know little about anime and just looked up the word "hentai"

That's pretty yikes.

 

[occupied]

The shows are sometimes good but the culture surrounding anime is cancer. Then there's the fact that it's the gateway drug to the appalling world of Hentai. Small doses.

I know little about anime and just looked up the word "hentai"

That's pretty yikes.

Understatement of the year.

 

[lg325]

Not a fan myself but I will say those are some talented people who create it. Just looked up hentai. I agree it is bad stuff.
Anime as any other thing can be addictive, so this maybe just the Baptist talking, but be careful, do not become a slave to it.

 

[Correll]

Anyone else watch anime?

My introduction back in 2012 was Fullmetal Alchemist, followed by Clannad After Story, and many others including Blue Exorcist, Naruto, Death Note, Gurren Laggan, Dragon Ball....

Right now I am watching Fruits Basket (2019), My Hero Academia season 5, Beastars, and rewatching Kill la Kill.

Try Ghost in the Shell. The various series. Good stuff.

 

[Road Runner]

Naruto's the only anime I watch.

 

[evenifigoalone]

For anyone who's never watched it, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is probably the best anime out there. The writing is top-notch and the characters are extremely appealing, also it has almost no fanservice whatsoever.

Here's a music video (an AMV, as we used to term these things) with themes from FMA:

 

[evenifigoalone]

In fact, when I'm done with my Kill la Kill rewatch, I'm gonna rewatch Fullmetal Alchemist, both the 2003 adaption and Brotherhood. It's been almost an entire decade since I first watched it. I've always kinda wished that I could erase my memory of it just so I could rediscover it & be totally blown away all over again

 

[skye]

Not if I can help it.

LOL same here.

 

[evenifigoalone]

For anyone who's never watched it, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is probably the best anime out there. The writing is top-notch and the characters are extremely appealing, also it has almost no fanservice whatsoever.

Here's a music video (an AMV, as we used to term these things) with themes from FMA:

This one also captures a lot of the themes in FMA really well:

 

[skye]

.............oh Lordy!

 

[evenifigoalone]

Another one that's extremely good is Clannad After Story. It was my second introduction to anime, after FMA. And while Clannad After Story is great, the original source material (a visual novel that you can buy off of Steam), is far and away better. (A visual novel is basically an interactive story where you get to make choices and you can get different endings. VNs tend to have multiple routes, with one "true ending" that you unlock through various means.)

It was FMA and Clannad that made me seek out more anime, as they were both excellent masterpieces of stories that were deep and very emotional. Not all anime is as good as they are, most aren't. But it gave me enough of a taste of the medium to know I wanted more.

I guess I just feel like talking about the things I enjoy tonight. (Which, yes includes fandom culture such as fanfiction, AMVs, fanart, hence my previous posts.)

Overall..... fiction is wonderful. It's powerful, it's one of the things that makes life worth living. I've lived a thousand different lives, through all the shows I've watched, all the books I've read, and all the stories I've listened to.

 

[deannalw]

In fact, when I'm done with my Kill la Kill rewatch, I'm gonna rewatch Fullmetal Alchemist, both the 2003 adaption and Brotherhood. It's been almost an entire decade since I first watched it. I've always kinda wished that I could erase my memory of it just so I could rediscover it & be totally blown away all over again

I kinda wish it were blasted outta my memory banks too.