[Nico]

 

Originally posted by mikhael:
Anime, for the most part, is crap.

I don't agree for evangelion. Sure, they make overuse of some cells, but I like the script ( ok, I admit I'm the only one I know who liked the end, but hey, I'm a twisted mind). And rah, they aren't robots damnit! sorry, I had to say it.
For anime being mostly crap, from my own experience, it's wrong, but I guess that in reality you're right. japanes makes so many different series, OVA etc, that there must be a lot of things to trash. Anyway, down here ( in France), we get to see mostly the most popular ones ( Tho it's not always true, things like Harlock aren't world wide known, and Goldorak or the Mysterious Cities of gold aren't even well known in Japan). So i guess french have an idealized vision of animes, that may not be true ( and it's also true for other countries I guess). Anyway, as we don't have the crap down here, I won't complain, and yeppe, in France, whatever you can say, we have almost only great animes, so animes does rule  

[Stryke 9]

 

[Unidan]

 

Originally posted by Carl:
Kamikaze, you may not be aware of this, but anime is one tenth as popular in the states

Sad, but true... BTW: Love Hina is awesome!

[mikhael]

 

Originally posted by venom2506:

I don't agree for evangelion. Sure, they make overuse of some cells, but I like the script ( ok, I admit I'm the only one I know who liked the end, but hey, I'm a twisted mind). And rah, they aren't robots damnit! sorry, I had to say it.
For anime being mostly crap, from my own experience, it's wrong, but I guess that in reality you're right. japanes makes so many different series, OVA etc, that there must be a lot of things to trash. Anyway, down here ( in France), we get to see mostly the most popular ones ( Tho it's not always true, things like Harlock aren't world wide known, and Goldorak or the Mysterious Cities of gold aren't even well known in Japan). So i guess french have an idealized vision of animes, that may not be true ( and it's also true for other countries I guess). Anyway, as we don't have the crap down here, I won't complain, and yeppe, in France, whatever you can say, we have almost only great animes, so animes does rule  

The US gets rather heavily filtered doses of anime as well. Only the best of the mostly bad crop makes it over here. That doesn't mean that anime rules, it means that good anime rules and that most of it is still crap.

Now, I've never heard of Goldorak, but I can say that Mysterious Cities of Gold are absolutely awesome. Better, by far than most of the anime that came out of japan during the same era.

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[ZylonBane]

 

Originally posted by mikhael:
Anime, for the most part, is crap.

I'm afraid I must now invoke Sturgeon's Law:

"90% of everything is crap."

[Corsair]

 

Originally posted by ZylonBane:
I'm afraid I must now invoke Sturgeon's Law:

"90% of everything is crap."

 
You're right though...
and I can't say I'm a big fan of anime. I've only heard of the few wildly popular ones here in the states

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[mikhael]

 

Originally posted by ZylonBane:

Originally posted by mikhael:
Anime, for the most part, is crap.

I'm afraid I must now invoke Sturgeon's Law:

"90% of everything is crap."[/B]

Incorrect. Theodore Sturgeon actually said, "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud."

Unfortunately, in my experience, the amount of art out there in the me-too world of anime approaches 0% 99.9% of it is crap. I form this opinion from careful and systematic study of japanese television over a period of several years. Other countries get the best of the bad lot. Sometimes, the worst stuff (like evangelion, which merchandized well) escapes too.

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--Mik
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ruhkferret on ICQ/AIM

"Your guy was a little SQUARE! You had to use your IMAGINATION! There were no multiple levels or screens. There was just one screen forever and you could never win the game. It just kept getting harder and faster until you died. JUST LIKE LIFE." --Ernie Cline

[Kamikaze]

Well yes most anime is crap (example: pokemon  ) but opinions differ so... (notice that some like evangelion but some don't)

But Love Hina is quite entertaining, I won't say it's perfect but I enjoyed it  

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[This message has been edited by Setekh (edited 02-10-2022).]

[ZylonBane]

 

Originally posted by mikhael:
Incorrect. Theodore Sturgeon actually said, "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud."

Yes, I know that. Irrelevant. Despite its off-the-cuff origin, "Sturgeon's Law" exists now as I originally stated it.

[mikhael]

 

Originally posted by ZylonBane:
Yes, I know that. Irrelevant. Despite its off-the-cuff origin, "Sturgeon's Law" exists now as I originally stated it.

Bah. Bad form to quote the misquotation.

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ruhkferret on ICQ/AIM

"Your guy was a little SQUARE! You had to use your IMAGINATION! There were no multiple levels or screens. There was just one screen forever and you could never win the game. It just kept getting harder and faster until you died. JUST LIKE LIFE." --Ernie Cline

[ZylonBane]

I didn't though. I quoted Sturgeon's Law, which is based on, but not identical to, an actual Sturgeon quote.  

[mikhael]

 

Originally posted by ZylonBane:
I didn't though. I quoted Sturgeon's Law, which is based on, but not identical to, an actual Sturgeon quote.  

Granted. I stand corrected.


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--Mik
http://www.404error.com
ruhkferret on ICQ/AIM

"Your guy was a little SQUARE! You had to use your IMAGINATION! There were no multiple levels or screens. There was just one screen forever and you could never win the game. It just kept getting harder and faster until you died. JUST LIKE LIFE." --Ernie Cline

[CP5670]

 

Well yes most anime is crap

I think all anime is.