[Fineus]

True - but for the sake of arguement it's a shady area, so we (well I at least..) will turn a blind eye.

Besides, I like unliscened anime

[kode]

I wuv gray areas when it comes to things I liek.

[Fineus]

Amen.

But shhhh

[Gloriano]

well year ago i hunted  down few who shared illegal copyes some music and they said that it's unlicensed but those musics were stolen so we did sue them

[Razor]

Anime?
Please. What the heck is so ammusing about it?

[Knight Templar]

Originally posted by Kalfireth
If I'd watched it I could either tell you that answer or agree with you and say that it was a waste of time. Trouble is, I haven't experienced it yet and neither have you. Why brand something a waste of time untill you've given it a chance by looking at it yourself?

Or indeed if you simply don't enjoy anime then don't post in this thread at all.

But for goodness sake, don't simply say it's a waste of time and that you'll not give it a shot, it just makes you look incredibly small minded - and I've no time for people like that. It rather fits into KTs "rebel without a clue" quote in his signiture. Aimless and pointless.

But.. but..!.. It's anime! Anime is teh sux0r!!1

[mikhael]

Thunder, most anime is a waste of time. As I said: not all of it.

I want Shrike, who is recommending I (and everyone else) burn time and effort on this, give a reason why its worth the effort. "It's cool!" or "Because I said so." isn't good enough. Is that so much to ask, really?

But for goodness sake, don't simply say it's a waste of time and that you'll not give it a shot, it just makes you look incredibly small minded - and I've no time for people like that.

If I wasn't going to give it a shot, I wouldn't have asked the question in the first place, would I? Give me some credit.

So, to summarize: Give me a reason why this is cool enough for me to make some effort. Shrike said the description on the page linked way back in the thread sucked, but HE FAILED TO GIVE A BETTER ONE. This is making it very difficult to inspire me to make an effort.

[kode]

Originally posted by Holy Imperial Gloriano
well year ago i hunted  down few who shared illegal copyes some music and they said that it's unlicensed but those musics were stolen so we did sue them

well, IMO, music is a different thing. you can import music in a language you don't understand and still enjoy it, but it's hard to watch movies in languages you don't understand without subtext in a language you understand and still enjoy it.

an example: czech rock group kabát. I don't get a whole lot of what they're singing, but it still qualifies as highly enjoyable.

[Fineus]

Edit: Argh, this was posted having read up to KTs reply, need to read the new ones that were made while I was typing this response up...

Stupidity, the final weapon in any arguement when you know you have no coherent arguement. Congratulations on proving my point for me

Razor, it doesn't always have to be amusing. Sometimes it can deal with things that simply aren't in traditional film format. Ever seen Hellsing? The closest you get to that is Hollywoods half-arsed action movie in the form of the Blade series (unless I'm wrong, in which case I'd love to hear about a serious vampire series. No Buffy does not count).

Anyhow, everyone has their own opinion. I'm happy to hear them if theres a cohesive arguement behind them. As it is, the arguement against anime in this thread is... amusing.

Edit: Ok, now a separate reply to mikhael since he actually put forth a decent arguement. Consider whats about to be aimed at the mighty intellect that is KT and Razor.

Mikhael, thankyou! You actually explained yourself in a way that makes sense and given that, I'm sorry for grouping you with the likes of KT. I've yet to view the anime (damn thing is taking forever and a day to download) so I couldn't say why it's good (or indeed if it's bad). But I'm happy to hear Shrikes response if he has one. In the mean time I can understand why you don't want to waste time downloading something that you subsequently hate, thats entirely fair.

There, all done.

[Fury]

mikhael, It's waste of time trying to tell others why it is good. Everyone have their own tastes. One loves it, another hates it. That's it. Same story with every other series or movie, anime or no.

And I can only wonder how arrogant people are, saying that anime sucks. It's like saying all action movies sucks. Or all strategy games sucks. It's sad really how simple minded people are.

[Killfrenzy]

I downloaded Scrapped Princess a while back, curious about the name!

I'm glad I did though!!

[mikhael]

Originally posted by Mr. Fury
mikhael, It's waste of time trying to tell others why it is good. Everyone have their own tastes. One loves it, another hates it. That's it. Same story with every other series or movie, anime or no.
 

If this were true, no one would read video game reviews, movie reviews, or for that matter, listen to advertising.

For the vast majority of people, reviews and advertising and opinions of a product are very important in deciding to consume that product or not.

What I'm asking for is some decent advertising here. The only thing Shrike and I agree on is fashion, literature and girls (and not always the latter), so his initial statement isn't so very useful as review, or advetisement.

[Nico]

I heard lots of good things abut this series, but I don't have the time to look into it, sadly

Originally posted by mikhael
Um. Its anime. Give me a good reason to waste my time?

only good reason: you can't know if you don't try by yourself. Besides, not to be rude, but 24 minutes of your time (or mine )  is worthless. better spend them trying and see if you'll like it, rather than saying "it might be crap" and miss if if after all it fitted your standards. Well, that's my useless opinion on the matter.

[Knight Templar]

Originally posted by Kalfireth
Edit: Argh, this was posted having read up to KTs reply, need to read the new ones that were made while I was typing this response up...

Stupidity, the final weapon in any arguement when you know you have no coherent arguement. Congratulations on proving my point for me

Razor, it doesn't always have to be amusing. Sometimes it can deal with things that simply aren't in traditional film format. Ever seen Hellsing? The closest you get to that is Hollywoods half-arsed action movie in the form of the Blade series (unless I'm wrong, in which case I'd love to hear about a serious vampire series. No Buffy does not count).

Anyhow, everyone has their own opinion. I'm happy to hear them if theres a cohesive arguement behind them. As it is, the arguement against anime in this thread is... amusing.

Edit: Ok, now a separate reply to mikhael since he actually put forth a decent arguement. Consider whats about to be aimed at the mighty intellect that is KT and Razor.

Mikhael, thankyou! You actually explained yourself in a way that makes sense and given that, I'm sorry for grouping you with the likes of KT. I've yet to view the anime (damn thing is taking forever and a day to download) so I couldn't say why it's good (or indeed if it's bad). But I'm happy to hear Shrikes response if he has one. In the mean time I can understand why you don't want to waste time downloading something that you subsequently hate, thats entirely fair.

There, all done.

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I never really had an arguement.. other than I really don't like anime as it all tends to be the same to me and a reason why this particular anime is so good, like Mik said, would be supar...

On a side note, I really didn't mean to post so closely after Razor.

[Nico]

Originally posted by Knight Templar
a reason why this particular anime is so good, like Mik said, would be supar...[/size]

well... what other reason do you want than: "we think it's cool"? there's no math equation to prove than an anime is cool, you know... you have to trust people, or not, that's your call, but will saying "the plot is cool, the art is nice, the characters are interesting" will convince you? I don't think so. So as I said to Mike, you can be the only one to decide on that

[Knight Templar]

"The plot is cool because they go here and do this, both of which have never happened in the anime series that is shown the half hour before it on cartoon network."

"The artwork is cool because it looks like this and that and that's actually different, in a better way, from the anime series that's on half an hour before it on cartoon network."

[Gloriano]

well i think that most important think in animes is plot if there awesome artwork it's bonus

[Shrike]

Originally posted by mikhael
So, to summarize: Give me a reason why this is cool enough for me to make some effort. Shrike said the description on the page linked way back in the thread sucked, but HE FAILED TO GIVE A BETTER ONE. This is making it very difficult to inspire me to make an effort.

*yawns*

My, this thing got long while I was sleeping.

Anyhow, on the subject of fansubs being distributed, it's a grey area because the studios themselves have turned a blind eye towards it.  They simply don't seem to care/mind when its getting into areas that wouldn't recieve it otherwise - remember, fansubs are done on animes that wouldn't otherwise be available in english.  So we get the anime and the studios get the exposure for when they do get liscenced.

Anyhow, I could give a long explanation of what's going on in Scrapped Princess, but unfortunately that would irrevocably spoil the entire story.  Basically, it's a cool anime with some plot twists and is a lot more than just simple assassins after a princess, one that I'd recommend, but if you're just going to unilaterally declare that you don't want to watch it then I'm not going to bother trying to convince you.

*shrugs*

[mikhael]

Shrike can you give me a reason to spend the time? I'd aask Thunder because he's the only one so far that Gets It, but he's not seen it yet.

Venom: go back and read what I said to Thunder: it explains why I want more than a 'its cool'. Saying "You won't know until you watch it" or "no one can tell you if you'll like it" is absolute bull****.

That said, its more than 24 min of my time because most torrents are slow as hell to download. So yeah, I wanna a bloody reason. Its really not that much to ask.

[Bobboau]

ok, how's this describe and explain the first thing that made you say 'wow, cool!' or something similar