Anybody notice how Inuyasha and the Twilight saga plot are almost identical. Bella/Kagome in love this Edward/Inuyasha. Just sustitute a vampire for a half demon. Then add a werewolf rival Koga style. The Twilight saga is really an americanized Inuyasha.
That still doesn’t change the fact that
Inu Yasha came out first.
I still watch Kenshin, Naruto, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sometimes but being a father of an 11 month old I am awakening to the fact that most of the shows are nothing but fighting and violence. I used to watch a lot of Anime but as the years go by I find myself being less of an anime fan.
Please, violence is good! What I wouldn’t give to do the things I’ve seen in those shows, particularly those centered on a magic theme ( oh and
Yu-Gi-Oh!, yeah, I really do wish I could pwn people using a children’s card game XD).
Seriously, I’d rather watch fight scenes than hang out with a bunch of flirting zeros who read
Playboy and hang out hopelessly in bars.
The only thing I draw the line on is age. Violence in anime is like drinking. Don’t let a kid watch it till he/she knows reality from fantasy.
Other than that, BRING IT ON!!! >8D
strikes a fighting pose
That’s a good point but I don’t really see it as an excuse to draw fanservice. Anime creators and Mangaka’s are obliged/encouraged to put fanservice in simply because it’s a big part of what sells the product to the anime fans. Where would the anime industry be without the big fandom who keeps on buying stuff and immersing themselves in the culture?
I would like to say though that in a general definition fan service would be something in the anime episode (a scene or a moment) that is unnecessary to the plot but is put there to please the viewers. Most of the time it is sexual but fan service can also be over the top mecha battles, unnecessary cute mascot placements,chibi drawings,excessive violence or excessive gore.
Agreed. I’m probably one of the very few folks on this thread who tolerate fan service. I see it can have various uses though other than the ones you mention. Sure the comedic type can be used to please the audience but there’s also a darker variety (you see this plenty on seinen manga). One of my favorite kinds of stories are those that focus on Tokyo street gang life. However, in such stories you have prostitution, pornography, even rape. Such things sicken me but seeing it all in the dark, urban backdrop of a morally woebegone city paints a pretty powerful image for me. It tells me just how far gone humanity is but even in the end, there are still some individuals in it who struggle to do the right thing.
It’s one reason why I’ve been looking for this manga called
Ikebukuro West Gate Park. I can’t read it anywhere online (they don’t sell it here obviously
). Not even a preview. Still, knowing that the character is some thug, despite being a thug, who helps people in dire need kinda rings well someone like me who’s seen some really messed up stuff but still tries to do what’s right.
Actually a couple of anime nowadays are made offshore in other east asian/ s.east asian countries.
Sure wish the one over here would pick up eh? Even they can’t do that, they could at least fix up the dubs. T_T
Yes I do.
Sure wish I could just buy manga. But noooo… thanks to Erap sinking our economy, prices have gone way up and imported stuff like that is waaay beyond the budget of a middle-class college dude like me. -.-;;
Alright, I understand that
there is no such thing as an original story anymore(Thank you, Prof. Scheub:
african.lss.wisc.edu/faculty/scheub.htm). Does that mean that everyone needs to copy and paste ideas
a la:
Choose your protagonist:
a) half-demon
b) vampire
c) wizard
d) ordinary kid who wakes up with super-powers one day
Choose your character’s motivation:
a) the girl or guy that he or she likes doesn’t know that he or she exists
b) the world is under attack by __________ and only the protagonist can save it
c) the protagonist must collect X number of _________ in order to __________
No offense man but I think you’re putting waaaaay too much pressure on the human imagination and creativity. Even non-anime shows had premises like yours (take
Harry Potter and
Buffy for example).
I think the key lies in what you add to the mold. The things you listed are really just that. Basic standard molds for stories. Still, that doesn’t mean you can’t add your own decoration to what comes out. Furthermore, what seems overused now and what’s new can be the reverse in the near future.
I especially liked his book Silence.
