The Anime Thread #1

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Lost_Wanderer said:
Aw man! You beat me to explaining the what I now call the Genshiken Theory by Professor Madarame. XD This is very much what I was going to say. However, here are just a few things I might add.

The part about hentai is true. However, I just like to point out a slight technicality in that as far as ethics go, live-action porn violates more people than 2D pornographic art. The live-action porn industry exploits both its employees and its clients. Hentai on the other hand well… its really just a bunch of artists needlessly expressing their really pervy (and disturbing) imaginations.

For me, I find fan service actually serves either one or two purposes: cheap humor or dark realism.

I’ve said this before but the thing I like about fan service is not really the eye-candy, it’s seeing the awkwardness it produces and (most often) the violence done to characters who indulge in their perversion. (Naru’s rocket punch anybody? :p)

As for dark realism though, its very common in seinen. Elements of pornography, prostitution, and other forms of sexual exploitation are common in the somewhat dystopian settings found in the genre. However, its a dark picture in that you have a negative reaction to it. Sure its erotic but at the same time, anyone with a moral compass would find such grim reflections of reality to be utterly repulsive… as how they should be. Its why I find seinen so powerful. It really makes you wanna take evil and smash it against a wall.
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so to summarize everything.
What has been decided is that it is up to the individual’s discrection to decide for themselves?
 
jpink1019 said:
so to summarize everything.
What has been decided is that it is up to the individual’s discrection to decide for themselves?
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Not exactly. Your standards should come from God and Holy Mother Church. And they should apply to anything you read, watch, or listen to.
 
wow, a lot of discussion going on. Yes, bleach is full of sexual jokes. As for the Ruroni Kenshin dub, I disagree. Sony was not that good with the dub. Kenshee? Yoshi? Koari? I mean come on!

Also, meet James the electric man. What do you think of him?
 
Who called him Kenshee? On the show, I always heard “Kenshin.” The children maybe called him “Kenshee.” I also didn’t hear “Koari.”
 
Sony’s dub of Rurouni Kenshin is also available on Hulu.com in its entirety, but it’s listed as “Samurai X”.

Not to be confused with the ADV-released Rurouni Kenshin OVA’s, which for marketing purposes were also labeled as “Samurai X”.
 
jpink1019 said:
so to summarize everything.
What has been decided is that it is up to the individual’s discrection to decide for themselves?
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By this you mean decide how to control reactions and how to evaluate? Pretty much. :\
 
Cool! Only in manga/anime would anthropomorphic animals walking down the street not get a second look. No…wait…there were Looney Toons, Hannah Barbera and Disney cartoons.
 
foolishmortal said:
Cool! Only in manga/anime would anthropomorphic animals walking down the street not get a second look. No…wait…there were Looney Toons, Hannah Barbera and Disney cartoons.
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thanks. Yeah, anime and anthros for some strange reason seem to go well mixed.
 
foolishmortal said:
Cool! Only in manga/anime would anthropomorphic animals walking down the street not get a second look. No…wait…there were Looney Toons, Hannah Barbera and Disney cartoons.
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Except that the anthros aren’t necessarily hitting the humans with mallets (or whatever they pull out of hammerspace these days). 😛
 
I just drew this today. It’s the first page of my manga. Give me some feedback.
 
Two anime movies I can think up that Catholics would probably like are…

Grave of the Fireflies: A tragic tale about why war is horrible, specifically about the aftermath of the bombing of Japan during WWII.

Tokyo Godfathers: About three homeless people and their mission to reunite a baby with it’s mother.
 
I am very happy now. Know why? I just found other Catholics who like anime and don’t go all weird when they talk about it!!! This just totally made my day:)
 
I’m just popping in to say…

You guys pwn.

Anyone here watch/read Detective Conan?
 
Eagelswings said:
Here’s page two. I just finished this one. (I know it’s bad.)
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Pretty nice drawings!

… But as an animation student who has taken storyboarding classes, I can’t help but point out that you’ve broken the 180-degree rule several times in both of those pages… =3

Just letting you know…
 
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