ATTN Ran

[Ran]

I'm going to start a new thread over here so that we don't shitter up Admin's with this discussion.

Good call. Maybe we get a good debate going on once GK shows up. Should be decent as long as the "lol wut" tards stay back. lol

Goldenboy has some entertainment value that you really need to be on certain level to understand. A dumbing down if you will.

Probably, it was just never my cup of tea. If you like Goldenboy then check out Iketeru Futari. It's pretty much the same thing chopped into 15min episodes.

My buddy made a bet saying that if no one could sit and watch Grave of the Fireflies and not tear up at least once.

I'd win that bet then. Grave is sad for sure, and most people will cry. However, to me, it was just too much to really enact a serious emotional response. When I say that there's not one happy moment in that movie, I mean it. After a while, it just becomes so overbearing that you grow numb to their suffering.

Yeah I get the mouth movement thing you speak of. I don't see that as a problem. I just think the stories are all too similar. I also take into effect that every story is stolen from somewhere else and it can all be traced back to Greek Mythology.

The Japanese have just played out the Hero's Journey. Which yes American animation does the same for the most part. It's just Americans are better at the deliver of the stories IMO.

Oh, I feel you here. I hate the typical series that revolve around a hero character and his triumphs over obstacles. It's outdone in every part of the world and I'm tired of it. It's the primary reason why I can't follow these things that they put on mainstream television these days.

I use to be a fan of anime so I'm not trying to be biased. I just got bored of it because to me it was very redundant. All and all I just think anime lacks good storytelling. The stories are solid, but the delivery isn't.

I would expect at least a little biasedness from you to counter my own. Around the late 80's through the early 90's, everything was the same. Studios are finally starting to get their creativity back in Japan and it's been great. Check out some of these examples.

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

5 Centimeters Per Second
(If you like Miyazaki, then you'll love Shinkai)

Air

You don't get these kinds of stories and dramatic execution in Western animation these days. It's these rare gems in the mountains of fluff that keep me going back to anime. If Western animation had something to offer in the same aspect, I'd look at it but it's just not there.