At 9/26/10 11:09 PM, orangebomb wrote:

At 9/26/10 07:29 PM, Joseph1R2P3 wrote:

At 9/26/10 12:49 PM, Deadly-Shadow wrote:

At 9/26/10 03:50 AM, Joseph1R2P3 wrote:

something like Gantz

I think Gantz does a phenomenal job of making the reader (or viewer) feel sympathy for the characters by depicting these massive, hopeless dilemmas that they are forced into. You see them fighting scores of increasingly dangerous monsters and you just feel like 'There's no way they can get out of this'. The gore makes it even more stark because it feels more real that way, more affecting.

I don't know how many people read it but the current arc is a masterwork of this theme. I think Gantz is far better than Elfen Lied.

At 9/26/10 11:27 PM, Gobblemeister wrote:

At 9/26/10 11:09 PM, orangebomb wrote:

At 9/26/10 07:29 PM, Joseph1R2P3 wrote:

At 9/26/10 12:49 PM, Deadly-Shadow wrote:

At 9/26/10 03:50 AM, Joseph1R2P3 wrote:

something like Gantz

I think Gantz does a phenomenal job of making the reader (or viewer) feel sympathy for the characters by depicting these massive, hopeless dilemmas that they are forced into.

I don't really get that feeling when I saw Gantz, partly because almost all of the characters acted like total douchebags to each other, and in that respect, I didn't care if they got offed by some alien. The only real exception would be Kei and Kaito, who were probably the only decent characters in the anime.

You see them fighting scores of increasingly dangerous monsters and you just feel like 'There's no way they can get out of this'. The gore makes it even more stark because it feels more real that way, more affecting.

Hmm, standing for 10 minutes thinking about why they should kill an alien that chopped up 4 people into bloody bits doesn't make any logical sense to me, it makes me wonder why the alien didn't do anything to Kaito at the time. I know later in the series, they do grow some balls and fight back, but even so, it still made me mad about overall failed logic of Kei and Kaito.

I don't know how many people read it but the current arc is a masterwork of this theme. I think Gantz is far better than Elfen Lied.

As I have said before a long time ago, the manga is far superior to the anime, and I'm sure it's far better than Elfen Lied too.

At 9/26/10 07:29 PM, Joseph1R2P3 wrote:

At 9/26/10 12:49 PM, Deadly-Shadow wrote:

At 9/26/10 03:50 AM, Joseph1R2P3 wrote: Who here likes Elfen Lied

Nobody.

Why not? I find t very well done for an anime even though it is a short series.

I only watched the first episode, so I can't comment on it as a series as a whole.

But, I did not enjoy that first episode.

From the opening, I was treated to a much longer, much less artful, and much... nakeder version of a scene from Akira. It just seemed like dumb violence from that. Then it moved to a point where the girl actually got some clothes on, and she just kept taking them off.

That is the impression I got of the show from the first episode. I'm not really big on gore and nudity for their own sake in my television shows.

I agree that the characters in Gantz used to be aggravatingly indifferent to each other, but it makes sense. I mean, they're stuck in a desperate situation against their will, and most of them are still trying to deal with the fact that they died in the first place. They're frustrated, confused and desperate to survive.

Later on in the series though the group grows close, and the goal turns to not only survival, but revival. Several characters dedicate themselves to surviving and bringing those who were lost back to life. When one dies it really is fairly sad because you pitied them. Not to that they're not all teenage kids. There's a little boy, and old man, and even an animal.

In the current arc especially selfishness from the protagonist has long become a leftover of his past self.

At 9/27/10 12:00 AM, Aigis wrote:

At 9/26/10 07:29 PM, Joseph1R2P3 wrote:

At 9/26/10 12:49 PM, Deadly-Shadow wrote:

At 9/26/10 03:50 AM, Joseph1R2P3 wrote: Who here likes Elfen Lied

Nobody.

Why not? I find t very well done for an anime even though it is a short series.

I only watched the first episode, so I can't comment on it as a series as a whole.

But, I did not enjoy that first episode.

From the opening, I was treated to a much longer, much less artful, and much... nakeder version of a scene from Akira. It just seemed like dumb violence from that. Then it moved to a point where the girl actually got some clothes on, and she just kept taking them off.

That is the impression I got of the show from the first episode. I'm not really big on gore and nudity for their own sake in my television shows

yes the first couple of episodes are like that but after the 5th episode or so it becomes very deep with lots less violent & nudity & the first episode is the worst with nudity & violent. Also, if you watched more, she get a split personality complex in that one is infant like the other is her real self. Infants tend to want to streak, thats why she keeps taking her clothes off.

I've learned from experience that you can't really judge a series by the first episode & if you continue to watch it you'll learn the whole story.

At 9/26/10 10:12 PM, Deadly-Shadow wrote:

At 9/26/10 07:29 PM, Joseph1R2P3 wrote: Why not? I find t very well done for an anime even though it is a short series.

Because it's extremely pretentious and poorly written. Some of the action scenes are entertaining, but overall it's a very poorly done series.

To one his own, i find it good, you don't. It touched me at the last couple of episodes unlike most series. I find it very well written unlike a lot of critically acclaimed series based on randomness.

Also,(this is more to everyone) i asked who liked it not who hated it.

At 9/26/10 11:27 PM, Gobblemeister wrote:

At 9/26/10 11:09 PM, orangebomb wrote:

At 9/26/10 07:29 PM, Joseph1R2P3 wrote:

At 9/26/10 12:49 PM, Deadly-Shadow wrote:

At 9/26/10 03:50 AM, Joseph1R2P3 wrote:

something like Gantz

I think Gantz does a phenomenal job of making the reader (or viewer) feel sympathy for the characters by depicting these massive, hopeless dilemmas that they are forced into. You see them fighting scores of increasingly dangerous monsters and you just feel like 'There's no way they can get out of this'. The gore makes it even more stark because it feels more real that way, more affecting.

I don't know how many people read it but the current arc is a masterwork of this theme. I think Gantz is far better than Elfen Lied.

Elfen Lied is not meant to make one feel sympathy because you like they ain't get out but more like sympathy for each characters loneness & regrets. Also, the Elfen Lied manga is much better than its(Elfen Lied) anime.

Elfen Lied manga wasn't bad; wasn't good though. Didn't watch the anime. I need to rewatch FLCL and NGE cause all the new shit sucks. Any philosophical mecha animes out there like Bokurano and NGE?

At 9/28/10 11:57 AM, Mendou wrote:

At 9/28/10 07:39 AM, UCanCallMeJesus wrote: Any philosophical mecha animes out there like Bokurano and NGE?

Rahxephon

Oh you, are you not going to tell him it's crap?

At 9/28/10 06:05 PM, Adidaas wrote: Everyone shut up and listen:

a new Berserk anime was announced.

Sounds awesome

I'll have to get into it

At 9/28/10 06:05 PM, Adidaas wrote: Everyone shut up and listen:

a new Berserk anime was announced.

never heard of that anime :/

At 9/28/10 06:05 PM, Adidaas wrote: Everyone shut up and listen:

a new Berserk anime was announced.

Oh goody, I can hardly wait.

At 9/28/10 06:05 PM, Adidaas wrote: Everyone shut up and listen:

a new Berserk anime was announced.

HD blood and GATTS.

At 9/28/10 06:05 PM, Adidaas wrote: Everyone shut up and listen:

a new Berserk anime was announced.

Awesome! Hopefully this one won't end midway through the plot...

At 9/22/10 11:05 AM, DeIirium wrote: I love the part where Devilman just rips off the tits of one of the female demons.

oh yes. Go Nagai is a magnificent pervert.

You know, I still don't have any of the OVAs. Maybe I'll get them.

At 9/28/10 06:05 PM, Adidaas wrote: Everyone shut up and listen:

a new Berserk anime was announced.

NNNNNNNNNGGGG

YEEEES

Now if only Miura would hurry the motherfuck up and finish this overlong manga series before he dies. I stopped reading it a while ago. I'll pick it up again if I ever hear that it's finally complete.

A port of the Dreamcast game on XBLA would be sweet. And a US release of the PS2 game would be great. oh well.

I only came to see hot hentai

At 10/1/10 09:03 PM, ABCAardvark wrote: I only came to see hot hentai

Go to 4chan or something. Fuckin Evangelion 2.0 is sooooo amazing i keep watching it over and over

At 10/1/10 09:03 PM, ABCAardvark wrote: I only came to see hot hentai

your not going 2 get it here srry i'd like sume 2 oh well

Finished Excel Saga.

Pretty terrible throughout, but I really liked the final episodes. Those were really good.

Then I saw the epilogue and that was really good. Why couldn't the whole series have been like that?

At 10/1/10 09:03 PM, ABCAardvark wrote: I only came to see hot hentai

That ain't going to happen here, maybe somewhere else but not here.

I may start to ease back into mecha anime soon, Start with either Zeta Gundam or Gundam Wing, and probably get around to Code Geass again.

At 10/2/10 12:20 AM, Mendou wrote: hahaha, oh god no. Please do yourself a favor and watch Zeta.

OH IM KAMILLE IM NOT A NEWTYPE BUT I REALLY AM I AM A WHINY EMO KID EVERYBODY I TOUCH DIES

Turn A is much better.

At 10/1/10 11:00 PM, RobotTaco wrote: Then I saw the epilogue and that was really good. Why couldn't the whole series have been like that?

Because he episode was designed to violete just about ever part of the broadcast code, including being deliberately one minute too long.

At 10/2/10 01:45 AM, Mendou wrote: Oh look, oversimplifying a genuinely emotional series.

Kamille was an an asshole.

Emma was pretty cool though. Too bad she jgdfhjfkhyjk

Turn A had a neat premise and ideas, but it's just not that fun to watch. It got too boring for me in certain parts.

Nah, I thought it was amazing.

At 10/2/10 02:22 AM, Mendou wrote: Well sir, I see we've come to yet another disagreement, this is most unfortunate.

Emma's hair looks like a dickhead.

trololololo

You guys always talk about the same old anime, why don't you ever talk about something that's currently airing, like Panty and Stocking.

At 10/2/10 07:31 AM, SomaGuye wrote: You guys always talk about the same old anime, why don't you ever talk about something that's currently airing, like Panty and Stocking.

Why, because any attempt to acquire such anime outside of watching it on television in Japan would be, gasp, illegal.

At 10/2/10 07:31 AM, SomaGuye wrote: why don't you ever talk about something that's currently airing, like Panty and Stocking.

Because there's little to say except "hated it"?

Also, we do talk about new stuff every now and then. You're not just following very hard.

Guys, recommend me some shit. I don't know what to watch next.

I have really enjoyed LoGH, Golden Boy, GTO, Welcome to the NHK, Black Lagoon, Cromartie High School, and stuff like that.

I have also watched:
Excel Saga
K-On! (Shit)
Lucky Star
Every single Gundam
Big O
Rurouni Kenshin
Yu Yu Hakusho
Hokuto No Ken (I wa shock!~)
Bokurano
Azumanga Daioh
Fate/Stay Night
And I have probably seen more but I can't remember

At 10/2/10 04:45 PM, RobotTaco wrote: Guys, recommend me some shit. I don't know what to watch next.

Darker Than Black and Evangelion 1.11 are two of my personal favourites.

At 10/3/10 12:13 AM, RadRobert wrote: Lucky Star anyone?

I love Lucky Star