How to get Someone Hooked on Anime?
Siegfried
Okay, I have just watch a tiny bit of Anime and I'm already hooked like a
fish...I am wondering if there is a certain one that seems to work quite
well for getting people sucked into it, especially adults. I think I was
mostly hooked by DNA^2, which I haven't even see all of yet. I am only
18, though, so I'm not sure if it would go over so well with older adults.
Any suggestions?
-Siegfried
Derek Janssen
90% of all first-time anime fans (at least of those around during the unsubbed
bootleg days) were, depending on their tastes, officially declared otaku
after:
--Nausicaä
--My Neighbor Totoro
--Castle of Cagliostro
--Dirty Pair (original) OAV eps. or "Project Eden"
Not necessarily in that order (in fact, DP may hold the record...)
As for subtitling-era and after, add the reigning sub champions:
--Bubblegum Crisis #1
--Oh, My Goddess!
Keep in mind, no one's compiled the exact statistics, but ask around and you
should hear the same war-stories among fans...
Derek Janssen
djan...@ultranet.com
Susano Orbatos
Sorry. BASTARD!!! still holds my record of conversions...
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Siegfried
Susano Orbatos <Chan.Meni...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>Sorry. BASTARD!!! still holds my record of conversions...
BASTARD!!! ??? What's that?
-Siegfried
Meowzma
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Susano Orbatos
Meowzma wrote:
>
> In article <5fsufv$4...@news.proaxis.com>, csa...@proaxis.com says...
> > Susano Orbatos <Chan.Meni...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> > >Sorry. BASTARD!!! still holds my record of conversions...
> >
> > BASTARD!!! ??? What's that?
> >
> > -Siegfried
> >
> >
>
> The son of an unwed mother
You guys have never seen BASTARD!! ? Understandable; It hasn't been
released any where outside of Asia. It's basically a post-apocalyptic
tale that takes place in a medieval setting after Anththrax (Yes, I
spelled it right ^_-; he's basically the Devil) destroys the modern
world in 7 days before becoming split in four and contained by four
powerful clerics. After years pass, a powerful wizard named Dark
Schneider attempts to take over the known world (just for the sake of
taking it over) before he is banished by one of the 4 clerics, Geo.
Weeelllll, the series starts off with a powerful army that wants to
revive Anththrax and have the God make their nation eternal. Two of the
cities have already fallen, and Geo's city, Metallicana, remains (Have
you been noticing the blatant references to US metal bands..? ^_- ). The
city quickly falling, Geo has no choice but to turn to his age old
enemy... who, incidentally, is indirectly linked to his daughter by way
of a young kid, who is.... ... Ah, nevermind...! ^_^
Anyways, it's a really hilarious Anime in a non-comically obvious way;
the humor's very subtle. The charas kick (DS the protaganist is a bad
guy.. don't see that much..! ^_^) and the art is also extremely good...
It's a couple years old, you may not see it at any recent conventions,
so you may have to get it fansubbed... I highly recommend it.
Ian Finnesey
Siegfried (csa...@proaxis.com) wrote:
: Okay, I have just watch a tiny bit of Anime and I'm already hooked like a
: fish...I am wondering if there is a certain one that seems to work quite
: well for getting people sucked into it, especially adults. I think I was
: mostly hooked by DNA^2, which I haven't even see all of yet. I am only
: 18, though, so I'm not sure if it would go over so well with older adults.
: Any suggestions?
: -Siegfried
Ninja Scroll had a bit of an effect on a friend of mine. I wouldn't say
he's hooked, but I think he has a lot more respect for japanese animation
now. (Watching it was an endless string of "Cool!"s and "WHOA!"s and
"HEY ERIC, YOU GOTTA SEE THIS"s.) It's good looking enough to hook
someone visually, it's got something resembling a coherent plot, and it's
got shock value to spare.
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Mark L. Neidengard
In article <332223...@worldnet.att.net>,
Susano Orbatos <Chan.Meni...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>Meowzma wrote:
>>
>> In article <5fsufv$4...@news.proaxis.com>, csa...@proaxis.com says...
>> > Susano Orbatos <Chan.Meni...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>> > >Sorry. BASTARD!!! still holds my record of conversions...
>> >
>> > BASTARD!!! ??? What's that?
>> >
>> > -Siegfried
>> >
>> >
>>
>> The son of an unwed mother
>
>You guys have never seen BASTARD!! ? Understandable; It hasn't been
>released any where outside of Asia. It's basically a post-apocalyptic
>tale that takes place in a medieval setting
"Several hundred years after the fall of human civilization. It was a lawless
period, a time without order; only blood, flesh, bone and iron. It was also
a time of sorcery. Having been terrorized by demonic forces their entire
lives, human beings were miserably inadequate, and forced to subsist in a
barren, bastile environment."
NOW we're talking. >}
>after Anththrax (Yes, I
>spelled it right ^_-; he's basically the Devil) destroys the modern
>world in 7 days before becoming split in four and contained by four
>powerful clerics. After years pass, a powerful wizard named Dark
>Schneider attempts to take over the known world (just for the sake of
>taking it over) before he is banished by one of the 4 clerics, Geo.
>Weeelllll, the series starts off with a powerful army that wants to
>revive Anththrax and have the God make their nation eternal. Two of the
>cities have already fallen, and Geo's city, Metallicana, remains (Have
>you been noticing the blatant references to US metal bands..? ^_- ). The
>city quickly falling, Geo has no choice but to turn to his age old
>enemy... who, incidentally, is indirectly linked to his daughter by way
>of a young kid, who is.... ... Ah, nevermind...! ^_^
The manga only gets more agro after the six-part OVA stopped... =)
>Anyways, it's a really hilarious Anime in a non-comically obvious way;
>the humor's very subtle. The charas kick (DS the protaganist is a bad
>guy.. don't see that much..! ^_^) and the art is also extremely good...
>It's a couple years old, you may not see it at any recent conventions,
>so you may have to get it fansubbed... I highly recommend it.
And, though it's got lots of humor, by the second half of the series it's not
_quite_ so light-hearted any more; i.e. it's conclusion is anything but
"funny" per-se. I'd _highly_ recommend seeing it if you can find it.
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Young-Kyu Yoo
Siegfried (csa...@proaxis.com) wrote:
: Okay, I have just watch a tiny bit of Anime and I'm already hooked like a
: fish...I am wondering if there is a certain one that seems to work quite
: well for getting people sucked into it, especially adults. I think I was
: mostly hooked by DNA^2, which I haven't even see all of yet. I am only
: 18, though, so I'm not sure if it would go over so well with older adults.
I started an old [no pun intended] 50+ year old housemate off with
Omoide Poroporo, Video Girl Ai, and Maison Ikkoku. Porco Rosso is another
good title. Just don't show them Roujin Z, or they may get the wrong
idea. ^_^
- Young-Kyu
Kirk Ramdath
On 8 Mar 1997, Siegfried wrote:
> Susano Orbatos <Chan.Meni...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> >Sorry. BASTARD!!! still holds my record of conversions...
>
Well, what caught my attention was BGC. What hooked me was Ranma.
Weapon X
Susano Orbatos
I was into Ranma for a pretty long while... I never saw BGC until I saw
BASTARD!! and after BASTARD!!, BGC sucked.
Jar'eth T'Brill
>Kirk Ramdath wrote:
>>
>> On 8 Mar 1997, Siegfried wrote:
>>
>> > Susano Orbatos <Chan.Meni...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>> > >Sorry. BASTARD!!! still holds my record of conversions...
>> >
>> Well, what caught my attention was BGC. What hooked me was Ranma.
>>
>> Weapon X
>
>I was into Ranma for a pretty long while... I never saw BGC until I saw
>BASTARD!! and after BASTARD!!, BGC sucked.
>--
I absolutely LOVED BGC the first time I watched it... then I
had to go make the mistake of watching Blade Runner, whereas I got a
TOTAL reality check...
*sigh* After that, BGC was never quite the same.
>>>IceTigger<<<
Tenchi
Jar'eth T'Brill wrote:
> >--
>
> I absolutely LOVED BGC the first time I watched it... then I
> had to go make the mistake of watching Blade Runner, whereas I got a
> TOTAL reality check...
> *sigh* After that, BGC was never quite the same.
>
Nods, all through Blade Runner I was like whoa BGC and Armitage are
total rip-offs.
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On Tue, 11 Mar 1997 00:55:20 -0500, Tenchi <ten...@gatecom.com> wrote:
>Jar'eth T'Brill wrote:
>
>> >--
>>
>> I absolutely LOVED BGC the first time I watched it... then I
>> had to go make the mistake of watching Blade Runner, whereas I got a
>> TOTAL reality check...
>> *sigh* After that, BGC was never quite the same.
>>
>
>Nods, all through Blade Runner I was like whoa BGC and Armitage are
>total rip-offs.
>
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>Tenchi Masaki-
not that i am defending or particularly *like* bgc (i do, though, i
think), but a lot of anime and japanese stories and perhaps even all
things literary are based off of other things. "nothing new under the
sun" and all that
but then again it could also depend on your definition of "ripping
off"
gaburu
Susano Orbatos
> >Tenchi Masaki-
> not that i am defending or particularly *like* bgc (i do, though, i
> think), but a lot of anime and japanese stories and perhaps even all
> things literary are based off of other things. "nothing new under the
> sun" and all that
>
> but then again it could also depend on your definition of "ripping
> off"
>
> gaburu
Good point... Much of it is ripped... Then again, some manga & anime
take elements of or pay tribute to other works. Example: Masamune
Shirow. His Guges and Master-slave mechs were influenced mostly by
Heinlein and previous mecha shows while most of his SWAT op techniques
were taken straight from the books (and inspired by a couple of
live-action movies whose names elude me...).
But Appleseed is a very original work upon itself. And in terms of
originality, the name Hayao Miyazaki seems to be screaming in my ears...
^_^
There's a fine line that seperates works that are inspired by other
media from works that plagiarize aspects of other media...
Mark L. Neidengard
In article <3324ed4c...@nntp.ix.netcom.com>,
Jar'eth T'Brill <cor...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
> I absolutely LOVED BGC the first time I watched it... then I
>had to go make the mistake of watching Blade Runner, whereas I got a
>TOTAL reality check...
> *sigh* After that, BGC was never quite the same.
I think Blade Runner was what BGC wanted to be; I mean, the music at the very
opening of episode one is _straight_ Vangelis, as well as the cinematography of
the post-information-age urban jungle was almost a straight copy. However,
the music didn't _quite_ have the edge, and the visuals weren't quite sharp or
dark enough to make it over the hump. I don't blame the production staff of
the original BGC; I suspect that the show represented the state of the art at
the time.
I think that, _IF_ the people making the new BGC TV series wanted to, they
could pull it off now. However, as has been observed on the net, dark seems
like it's largely "out"; shows like Key the Metal Idol and Violinist of
Hamelin are getting passed over in favor of stuff like Toshinden and Saber
Marionette J. My hope is that things like BGC, the forthcoming Miyu TV series
(and maybe even Vampire Hunter) will represent a return to the real hosage
factor.
HOWARD BECK
Siegfried <csa...@proaxis.com> wrote:
>Okay, I have just watch a tiny bit of Anime and I'm already hooked like a
>fish...I am wondering if there is a certain one that seems to work quite
>well for getting people sucked into it, especially adults. I think I was
>mostly hooked by DNA^2, which I haven't even see all of yet. I am only
>18, though, so I'm not sure if it would go over so well with older adults.
>Any suggestions?
>-Siegfried
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Matt McDevitt
Why are you guys all ripping on BGC? It was what got me hooked.....sure it
isn't my drop dead favorite now, only because I've run into Ranma 1/2,
Urusei Yatsura, Kimagure Orange Road, and other light-hearted series, but
for its genre it's a great series. The music is second to none, I bought
both Hurricane Live videos so I could make audio tapes and .WAV files for
playing while I write this :)
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> >Nods, all through Blade Runner I was like whoa BGC and Armitage are
> >total rip-offs.
> >
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Excerpts from netnews.rec.arts.anime: 12-Mar-97 Re: How to get Someone
Hook.. by HOWARD BE...@mail.idt.net
> TRY AKIRA OR MACROSS PLUS. ALSO FORGIVE MY SPELLING BUT I ENJOYED
> WINS OF HANEMISE( I KNOW IT'S SPELLED WRONG)
I'll forgive your spelling (it's 'honneamise', I think), but not your
shouting.
Y'see, there's this little thingy called a caps lock key.
Use it.
Alfonso Cardenas
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"Release the Kraken!"
Misha Fernandez
i watched macross first...then i watched Ranma...damn...im still addicted
to it!!!!
>>MiCrasH<<
Jar'eth T'Brill <cor...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in article
<3324ed4c...@nntp.ix.netcom.com>...
> On Mon, 10 Mar 1997 20:52:36 -0500, Susano Orbatos
> <Chan.Meni...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> >Kirk Ramdath wrote:
> >>
> >> On 8 Mar 1997, Siegfried wrote:
> >>
> >> > Susano Orbatos <Chan.Meni...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> >> > >Sorry. BASTARD!!! still holds my record of conversions...
> >> >
> >> Well, what caught my attention was BGC. What hooked me was Ranma.
> >>
> >> Weapon X
> >
> >I was into Ranma for a pretty long while... I never saw BGC until I saw
> >BASTARD!! and after BASTARD!!, BGC sucked.
> >--
>
> I absolutely LOVED BGC the first time I watched it... then I
> had to go make the mistake of watching Blade Runner, whereas I got a
> TOTAL reality check...
> *sigh* After that, BGC was never quite the same.
>
> >>>IceTigger<<<
>
>
Misha Fernandez
what about ranma 1/2 and macross plus? and el hazard too? right...
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