The Anime/manga thread (+ recommendations!)

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Apr 11, 2012 11:19 PM #633100

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barkiimoeegatarree is shit and gay and gay.

Shit taste confirmed; I hope you die in your sleep tonight for failing to appreciate this masterpiece

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Apr 11, 2012 11:50 PM #633121

Now that I look back, Jackie Chan adventures was a really fun show.. it's a lot better animated than I remember too.

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Apr 12, 2012 12:24 AM #633140

Samurai jack.

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Apr 12, 2012 1:05 AM #633201

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Samurai jack-

was the shit. I would stay up for hours after my bedtime, and get my ass beaten as a kid just to see that.

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Apr 12, 2012 1:10 AM #633207

I read Airgear for a while, but it declined in quality.

I rewatched Code Geass which was pretty neat.

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Apr 12, 2012 2:47 AM #633249

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I don't know what you're talking about
my response to 2-D was supposed to be humorous and I enjoyed writing it

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I don't understand why I'm getting this from someone in their twenties who is "addicted" to 4chan

im not addicted, i just dont have anything better to do

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Apr 12, 2012 8:44 AM #633323

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Watch Breaking Bad, that's a goddamn awesome show. Then watch several seasons House while tuning in to Conan every Monday through Thursday. Then rename this thread to "TV thread".

Anime has such a wide variety of genres that there's no reason to separate it from general TV. I don't see what's the appeal to treat anime as if its a completely different form of media, its just as shitty and great as regular television & movies, and should be treated as such. People who self-proclaim themselves as "anime fans" or they "only like anime" are either liars or idiots. There's plenty of good, if not better, material that's not anime. I don't watch Comedy, Documentaries, Horror, Drama, and Anime. I watch Comedy, Documentaries, Horror, and Drama; some being anime and some not. I don't limit myself to one type of "style" like a weeaboo.

Now go watch Breaking Bad, who cares if its not anime.
Seriously go watch Breaking Bad.
Seriously.

But it is a different form of media.. That's like saying a photograph and a crayon drawing are the same because they both show still images.

I don't think people are necessarily separating it from movies and television, rather they're specifying they want to watch or like animated movies/shows. Even though they're both doing the same thing there is something different about watching a cartoon and watching a movie imo. I really don't think a cartoon like Monkey Dust would work as a live action show, and something like House probably wouldn't work as well as a cartoon.

If somebody thinks anime is a genre they're pretty dumb. There is a difference between medium and genre.

Basically what I'm getting at is that even though they're essentially the same, they each have their own nuances that warrant them having a distinction.

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Apr 12, 2012 9:25 PM #633781

That was short.

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Apr 12, 2012 11:08 PM #633886

Anime is the Japanese word for animation; all animation is referred to as "anime" in Japan, so to them, stuff like Finding Nemo would be anime. However, in the west, people started using that word to refer to animation from Japan specifically. So now, in the west, "anime" simply means Japanese animation. If it's not Japanese, then it does not fall under that subcategory.

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Apr 12, 2012 11:13 PM #633889

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Also while I'm here, and since this is the anime thread, what does everyone define "anime" as? Is it the style (Avatar, Boondocks, etc. being anime) or the location of where its created (anything animated in Japan = anime)?

Depends on the context, in my opinion.

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Apr 12, 2012 11:26 PM #633900

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Yes, but you also see people saying "I'm going to draw me some anime!" without living in Japan or being Japanese. In that case they're referring to the style, which also doesn't seem right because anime has many different styles.

they are trying to mimic the style they personally saw in some number of anime they watched (or images of certain series, etc), but their completed product would be a drawing, not "some anime"

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Apr 12, 2012 11:42 PM #633916

Popular anime follows similar characteristics, obviously, like big eyes etc. That doesn't define all of anime, but since a considerable amount + the series most known to the west share clear similarities, it's considered a "style" even though it's not universal throughout japanese animation. Basically, you can try to make something that *looks like* a lot of anime, though not all anime, and still classify it as such. Almost everyone has only seen a few anime and assume it's all the same, style included. There are still differences in almost every series by different character designers, but the similarities are more memorable. Still doesn't change anime's definition.

It's easier to say "This drawing looks like anime" than "This drawing has a style very similar to a large number of Japanese animated series, though not all of them"

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Apr 12, 2012 11:50 PM #633924

Here we go.

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Apr 13, 2012 12:22 AM #633940

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Yes, when people say "this looks like anime" they are commenting on the fact that the style is similar to a majority of Japanese drawing styles, but there are people who just straight up call it anime regardless of where it was made. That means they are referring to the style, not location. Just straight up calling it "anime" instead of "anime-style" changes the meaning of the word, so some people use the word as if its a style while others regard it as "Japanese animation".

That's also why Avatar is considered an anime by some people.
Which is also why I asked.

It's not worth you're time, he's too dense.

He doesn't understand that the meanings of words change commonly.
For example you call someone a fag 9/10 times you don't actually mean they're homosexual.

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Apr 13, 2012 1:23 AM #633958

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Yes, when people say "this looks like anime" they are commenting on the fact that the style is similar to a majority of Japanese drawing styles, but there are people who just straight up call it anime regardless of where it was made. That means they are referring to the style, not location. Just straight up calling it "anime" instead of "anime-style" changes the meaning of the word, so some people use the word as if its a style while others regard it as "Japanese animation".

That's also why Avatar is considered an anime by some people.
Which is also why I asked.

Missing the point; Avatar should be called "anime-styled", and isn't actually an anime because it looks similar to many. Anime is only defined by being animated in Japan. There are characteristics shared among those animated series, but just because something that doesn't fit the definition (being Japanese animation) conforms to those characteristics, it does not become an anime itself. No. It is only anime styled.

You can't "consider" Avatar to be made in Japan. You can consider it to look like something that was made in Japan. Factually, it is not an anime. The word "style" is only cut out mistakenly.

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It's not worth you're time, he's too dense.

He doesn't understand that the meanings of words change commonly.
For example you call someone a fag 9/10 times you don't actually mean they're homosexual.

Look up "anime" and check out the meaning.