At 8/17/10 05:44 PM, Mendou wrote:

At 8/17/10 01:37 PM, SomaGuye wrote:

Name 5.

Kanon
K-ON!
Air
Clannad
Strike Witches
Haruhi
Lucky Star

So we have 5 in the last 5 years (even though I would say some of those are debatably moe). That's definitely destroying the industry.

At 8/17/10 07:10 PM, Sense-Offender wrote:
what? Why would it be banned?

For similarities to Inception.
Although the latter movie is a blatant ripoff, historical precedent will tell us that if anyone tries to screen or release Paprika outside of Japan now, Warner Bros. will sue to block it on copyright grounds.
I know this because a similar case happened in 1998. We all know that Disney stole the concept for The Lion King from Osamu Tezuka's Jungle Emperor, better known in North America as Kimba the White Lion. (Proof for non-believers.) In 1998, when the Toronto FantAsia Film Festival tried to screen the 1997 Jungle Emperor film, Disney sued and blocked it claiming the film infringed on their copyright.

At 8/17/10 08:24 PM, Mendou wrote:

At 8/17/10 07:53 PM, SomaGuye wrote:

So we have 5 in the last 5 years (even though I would say some of those are debatably moe). That's definitely destroying the industry.

Yes, essentially.

I have to stop you here at this point, because it sounds like a few moe style anime is cancering the anime industry into oblivion, which obviously isn't the case. Granted, moe anime isn't the best thing for anime in some ways, but that is the way the market is leaning towards, and Otakus in Japan are still going to support it, and chances are a lot of Otakus in the States and Europe will follow suit.

If you despise moe that much, then stick to old school anime, or watch some Seinen. Otherwise, just go with the flow and enjoy the ride.

Sticking to old school stuff is not an answer. I like new stuff. There have been huga advances in animation technology, so modern series are just beautiful. But the popularity of Moe (and again, it's not just exclusively moe series, it's the moe elements stuck in every series) affects the treands of what is and will be made. It's like if all Hollywood movies suddenly picked up some silly gimmick and ruined perfectly good movies trying to shoehorn it in... like, I don't know, 3D.

At 8/17/10 05:25 PM, JohnnyWang wrote: do you really think peoople watch Spice and Wolf for the economics

Um... well, no but story wise....
yes?

At 8/17/10 11:02 PM, HibiscusKazeneko wrote: I know this because a similar case happened in 1998. We all know that Disney stole the concept for The Lion King from Osamu Tezuka's Jungle Emperor, better known in North America as Kimba the White Lion. (Proof for non-believers.) In 1998, when the Toronto FantAsia Film Festival tried to screen the 1997 Jungle Emperor film, Disney sued and blocked it claiming the film infringed on their copyright.

wow really? I knew about Kimba and Lion King ripping it off, but that takes some big ol' balls right there.

At 8/18/10 08:26 AM, Sense-Offender wrote

wow really? I knew about Kimba and Lion King ripping it off, but that takes some big ol' balls right there.

yeah, Walt disney was horrible at legal stuff and pretty overprotective.

I tried watching Spice and wolf once, I thought it was kind of interesting up until the last few episodes when the story got darker. it just felt kinda wrong for some reason.

currently I'm watching birdy the mighty decode. first subbed show I've watched in a while, I think it's pretty good as far as animation and story go. it's kinda funny sometimes too, but the action is the real pull in.

At 8/17/10 05:44 PM, Mendou wrote: Kanon
K-ON!
Air
Clannad
Strike Witches
Haruhi
Lucky Star

Apparently Kyoto Animation is the single studio that's bringing down the anime industry?

At 8/18/10 12:53 PM, giveupyourwaffles wrote: At 8/18/10 08:26 AM, Sense-Offender wrote

wow really? I knew about Kimba and Lion King ripping it off, but that takes some big ol' balls right there.

yeah, Walt disney was horrible at legal stuff and pretty overprotective.

Walt Disney died in 1966. The Lion King was released in 1994. He couldn't have been directly involved with the litigation; he just set a bad precedent.

Black Rock Shooter!
Get it while it's hot!

At 8/19/10 10:09 AM, HibiscusKazeneko wrote: Black Rock Shooter!
Get it while it's hot!

>Streaming

Haha no. Besides I thought this came out a while ago.

So anyway yeah just watched Eden of the East

good fun, some completely random bits, loved the dawn of the dead homage. plenty of unanswered questions but i'm going to watch the movie later so hopefully that should tie the ends up

Yeah, ok, just watched Mind game. It's absolutely the most insane anime I've ever watched.
I'll give you the basic plot: While meeting an old flame, a guy gets shot in the butt, goes to heaven, comes back, steals a yakuza's car, gets involved in one of the funniest car chases ever, and drives off a bridge into a whale.
At this point the film starts getting weird.
The animation is.... interesting. The art design is like nothing I've ever seen before, and every now and then the art lapses into completely different styles, there's a lot of rotoscoping and there's even one scene that's done in oil painting.
The characters are funny, the plot and development is interesting, the ending scene is monumentally awesome.

There is nothing I have to say apart from watch this, if only for the girl who's wearing a strap-on that's actually a balloon full of baby dolls.

At 8/19/10 07:08 PM, LaForge wrote:

At 8/19/10 05:24 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote: There is nothing I have to say apart from watch this, if only for the girl who's wearing a strap-on that's actually a balloon full of baby dolls.

That's quite the monumental proboscis.

Not pictured: Two girls skipping on said probosceses

Looks like Dead Leaves, or it is even more insane?

At 8/19/10 09:51 PM, Maverick-Alex wrote: Looks like Dead Leaves, or it is even more insane?

I probably imagine It's about the same, I haven't seen Mind Game, but the way people are describing it, it looks pretty similar to Dead Leaves, which is the type of anime that is best when you're high on weed, just saying.

Mind Game is great. I love that movie.

At 8/19/10 09:51 PM, Maverick-Alex wrote: Looks like Dead Leaves, or it is even more insane?

If one tops the other in insanity, I'd say it's Dead Leaves. The art style isn't quite like Dead Leaves. It's by the same guy who did Kemonozume, which is another excellent anime.

Yo Dawgs, I herd you liek Anime

At 8/21/10 07:09 AM, JohnnyWang wrote: Yo Dawgs, I herd you liek Anime

Yeah, someone posted the far superior remix a couple of pages back or something.

Also my favourite anime tracker is having a freeleech weekend, what should i download?

At 8/21/10 12:39 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote:

At 8/21/10 07:09 AM, JohnnyWang wrote: Yo Dawgs, I herd you liek Anime

Yeah, someone posted the far superior remix a couple of pages back or something.

Yes I posted that. Both songs are comedy gold though.

Yeah okay guys I just watched dead leaves what the fuck did i watch.

Seriously at least once every minute I was just staring at the screen going "what the fucccccck"

laugh out loud, riotus, hilarious, dirty, violent, perverted, WTF

lmao

it says a lot that it was directed by the same guy as FLCL and Gurren Lagann, it reeks of both.

English dub is the best dub. In japanese, it's rather weird, in English it's the most insanely violent and dirty comedy ever.

At 8/21/10 07:59 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote:

it says a lot that it was directed by the same guy as FLCL and Gurren Lagann, it reeks of both.

I wasn't really a big fan of FLCL. It was entertaining, but I think it's highly overrated. I've never really seen much of Gurren Lagann but it looks like it might be a little more appealing to me.

Anyway, the only anime that I've been watching is High School of the Dead. My opinion of it hasn't really changed. It's a great show, but the constant fanservice feels forced and a bit juvenile. It feels like they're trying way too hard to target the show to teenagers when it would be a lot better without it.

Is there such a thing as not-forced fanservice?

At 8/22/10 12:11 AM, Deadly-Shadow wrote: I wasn't really a big fan of FLCL....

Fuck you...

At 8/22/10 04:03 PM, LoliTastic wrote:

At 8/22/10 12:11 AM, Deadly-Shadow wrote:

At 8/21/10 07:59 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote:

I completely agree, all that fucking fanservice feels odd and im a horny ass 13 year old boy

Somehow in a weird way, you kind of punch a giant hole into your argument, but i'm just shooting at the hip here.

At 8/22/10 11:30 PM, orangebomb wrote:

At 8/22/10 04:03 PM, LoliTastic wrote:

At 8/22/10 12:11 AM, Deadly-Shadow wrote:

At 8/21/10 07:59 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote:

I completely agree, all that fucking fanservice feels odd and im a horny ass 13 year old boy

Somehow in a weird way, you kind of punch a giant hole into your argument, but i'm just shooting at the hip here.

Nah man, it's all good. The girls in Highschool are waaaay to old for him.

But I agree, I hate how belittling fanservice is. It insults my intelligence and makes me feel as though the author thinks he can't hold my attention without a massive pair of tits relaying dialog. (I read the manga)

It is nice to have lots of big tits in a series though

At 8/22/10 12:11 AM, Deadly-Shadow wrote: Anyway, the only anime that I've been watching is High School of the Dead. My opinion of it hasn't really changed. It's a great show, but the constant fanservice feels forced and a bit juvenile. It feels like they're trying way too hard to target the show to teenagers when it would be a lot better without it.

The fanservice is in the manga, and there's a lot more of it. Inazuma was a doujin artist, it's just how he rolls bro.

At 8/23/10 12:52 PM, Mendou wrote: Hey guys, Monster is pretty brotastic

I've seen that show 2 times, or more like 1 1/2 times. It's one of the best.

i want to live in a whale when i grow up