Fulgrim
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I admit that I am addicted to anime....I have quite a collection (a few hundred bucks worth....quite a lot considering I am only 17 lol) and I relish every DVD I collect. I tend to buy the entire series at once becuase I hate having to wait for the next installment to come out, plus its cheaper in the long run.
so to get to the meaning of this. What Anime do you like, and what about it that makes you like it?
for me it would have to be Outlaw Star, Cowboy Bebob, FLCL, Gundam Wing, Gantz, Gad Gaurd, GunGrave, Ghost In The Shell, and .Hack
I love Outlaw Star because it was the first anime I watched, back when adult swim (tv channel) was taboo and you had to hide watching it from the parents. It had an interesting plot and was one of the first real anime series to hit the U.S. (in my opinion)
Cowboy Bebop is made by the same people who made Outlaw Star, and a lot of the things in them are similar, space combat, pirates vs police vs bounty hunters. Although in this the main character works quite intimately with the police (Jet). The music is what really caught me in the beginning, before I had patience to listen to the plot and see how cool it was, the swift jazz beats and odd sounds worked well and I have the soundtrack on my ipod to this day
FLCL is one of the oddest shows I have seen in quite a while. It is basically a guitar weilding, andriod renegade space police-woman searching for a pirate king (Atomsk) in order to take his power, all the while fighting evil brainwashing robots (Medical Mechanica) taht spout from a barely pubescent boy's head....which she caused by hitting him with her guitar. The show has a really subtle theme and once you see it you will feel like all the chaotic nonsense might actually make some sense....maybe lol
Gundam Wing was one of those shows that hooked me just on the premise, kids my age piloting gigantic robots and fighting corrupted officials and all that stuff. It has rich and deep political themes and a character that practically embodies Napoleon (Trieze Khushrenada! YAY!) and the originator of the infamous 'hn, the sound when an anime character is being all emo (sasuke from naruto) or just being full of themselves, yep, Heero Yuy, the original badass.
Gantz is hard to describe.....it satisfies the more carnal desires, it has raunchy sex, characters who swear to high heaven, and blood. LOTS of it. I dont know what to say about the plot. I dont really remember the final episodes and the characters seemed really bland. There was the Ahole who was also a whiny brat, the good-doer who never backed down from a fight, the prissy girl who cries every five minutes......it was an okay show, but the script could have used some revising :/
Gad Gaurd, this show was awesome in my opinion. It mixed mobile suits like Gundam Wing and had a realistic, decrepit society in the backround, the characters struggles seemed realisitc and had me rooting for them at every turn. I only wish I had enough time to watch the series again and again!
Gungrave....this show was....I dont know how to describe it. It is one of those things that when you try to describe, you can only grasp a fraction of the wonders it holds. This show made me happy, made me sad, at several points I actually felt like crying....considering I havent done that in god knows how long and I am a very 'rough around the edges' kinda person, that is saying something.
Ghost in the Shell is the only anime I have seen that goes into detail describing technology and delving into socio-political discussions and actively using very possible conflicts to show a possible reality. I know somewhere who hates this show because by his words 'its stupid, there is too much talking, I dont understand any of it' just becuase he doesnt get it he calls it boring and stupid, if he understood bigger concepts than his hentai (animated porn :/) then he might decern this shows greatness.
lol, finally, the last show on my list.
.Hack, I dont know where to begin, at the premise where this is a show about an MMO where a character gets stuck and cant leave, how (s)he is trapped and falls into despair, gets manipulated by characters who dont know better, unwillingly puts other players into coma's in real life.....all I can say is that it should be watched. along with all the other anime I have talked about, I might not see all the anime there is ou there, but from what I have seen these are just a few of the great.
I hope my incessent babbleing hasnt left you yawning....I enjoy anime too much to just make things snappy and simple, bettle to unleash the tide and hope it comes out comprehensible, oh well!
so what about you guys (and girls)?
so to get to the meaning of this. What Anime do you like, and what about it that makes you like it?
for me it would have to be Outlaw Star, Cowboy Bebob, FLCL, Gundam Wing, Gantz, Gad Gaurd, GunGrave, Ghost In The Shell, and .Hack
I love Outlaw Star because it was the first anime I watched, back when adult swim (tv channel) was taboo and you had to hide watching it from the parents. It had an interesting plot and was one of the first real anime series to hit the U.S. (in my opinion)
Cowboy Bebop is made by the same people who made Outlaw Star, and a lot of the things in them are similar, space combat, pirates vs police vs bounty hunters. Although in this the main character works quite intimately with the police (Jet). The music is what really caught me in the beginning, before I had patience to listen to the plot and see how cool it was, the swift jazz beats and odd sounds worked well and I have the soundtrack on my ipod to this day
FLCL is one of the oddest shows I have seen in quite a while. It is basically a guitar weilding, andriod renegade space police-woman searching for a pirate king (Atomsk) in order to take his power, all the while fighting evil brainwashing robots (Medical Mechanica) taht spout from a barely pubescent boy's head....which she caused by hitting him with her guitar. The show has a really subtle theme and once you see it you will feel like all the chaotic nonsense might actually make some sense....maybe lol
Gundam Wing was one of those shows that hooked me just on the premise, kids my age piloting gigantic robots and fighting corrupted officials and all that stuff. It has rich and deep political themes and a character that practically embodies Napoleon (Trieze Khushrenada! YAY!) and the originator of the infamous 'hn, the sound when an anime character is being all emo (sasuke from naruto) or just being full of themselves, yep, Heero Yuy, the original badass.
Gantz is hard to describe.....it satisfies the more carnal desires, it has raunchy sex, characters who swear to high heaven, and blood. LOTS of it. I dont know what to say about the plot. I dont really remember the final episodes and the characters seemed really bland. There was the Ahole who was also a whiny brat, the good-doer who never backed down from a fight, the prissy girl who cries every five minutes......it was an okay show, but the script could have used some revising :/
Gad Gaurd, this show was awesome in my opinion. It mixed mobile suits like Gundam Wing and had a realistic, decrepit society in the backround, the characters struggles seemed realisitc and had me rooting for them at every turn. I only wish I had enough time to watch the series again and again!
Gungrave....this show was....I dont know how to describe it. It is one of those things that when you try to describe, you can only grasp a fraction of the wonders it holds. This show made me happy, made me sad, at several points I actually felt like crying....considering I havent done that in god knows how long and I am a very 'rough around the edges' kinda person, that is saying something.
Ghost in the Shell is the only anime I have seen that goes into detail describing technology and delving into socio-political discussions and actively using very possible conflicts to show a possible reality. I know somewhere who hates this show because by his words 'its stupid, there is too much talking, I dont understand any of it' just becuase he doesnt get it he calls it boring and stupid, if he understood bigger concepts than his hentai (animated porn :/) then he might decern this shows greatness.
lol, finally, the last show on my list.
.Hack, I dont know where to begin, at the premise where this is a show about an MMO where a character gets stuck and cant leave, how (s)he is trapped and falls into despair, gets manipulated by characters who dont know better, unwillingly puts other players into coma's in real life.....all I can say is that it should be watched. along with all the other anime I have talked about, I might not see all the anime there is ou there, but from what I have seen these are just a few of the great.
I hope my incessent babbleing hasnt left you yawning....I enjoy anime too much to just make things snappy and simple, bettle to unleash the tide and hope it comes out comprehensible, oh well!
so what about you guys (and girls)?