The Anime Thread

[Benji]

I'm going through the watched thread for the animé posts as my form of an apology, so watch as this slowly gains posts and loses me as the topic starter!

[stokeriño]

You really don't need to. 80% of it was crap anyway.

Also, remove the é from the word Anime, post-haste.

[Benji]

Consider it my penance Also it may help me get back into anime, I've only really watched the 'big three' I did as a kid, but they're all pretty lame now

[stokeriño]

What are the 'big three'?

I presume one of them's Dragonball...

[MalaCloudy Black]

Sailor Moon! Is one Sailor Moon? >_>

[Benji]

Digimon, Pokémon and DB

[stokeriño]

See now, I was about 14/15 when Pokemon was at its height. I don't really call that "when I was a kid".

I remember having unduly serious discussions about the Pokemon plot with my friend when we were about 16 or 17. Good times.

[MalaCloudy Black]

Mine were Sailor Moon and Tenchi Muyo when I was 10-11-12. >_> I first saw them on a local Dallas, TX station when I was staying there with my grandma one summer and then that fall they appeared on Cartoon Network's fledgling Toonami block. They'd come on at 3:30 and 4:00pm respectively, so I could get home from school, have a snack and get situated, then watch my shows.

>_>

[sirdavinator]

Mine were well, Pokemon, Digimon and most of what my sister watched (Cardcaptor Sakura, Prince of Tennis, Naruto). Remember though, that my childhood wasn't that long ago, so they might seem pretty recent to some of you.

[IAceI]

Gundam Wing. Nothing else mattered to me because I watched Gundam Wing, so I won

Every morning before school me and my mam would watch Gundam Wing

[MalaCloudy Black]

Gundam Wing. Nothing else mattered to me because I watched Gundam Wing, so I won

Every morning before school me and my mam would watch Gundam Wing

Gundam came along when I was 14 or 15, before CN started Adult Swim really late at night (12-2am usually) they'd air cut versions of anime, that's the first time I ever saw Gundam or Cowboy Bebop.

This makes me long for being 14/15 again.

[Benji]

See now, I was about 14/15 when Pokemon was at its height. I don't really call that "when I was a kid".

I remember having unduly serious discussions about the Pokemon plot with my friend when we were about 16 or 17. Good times.

Well, I was a tweenager there abouts, saying kid is a bit much but it's almost half a lifetime ago, literally. I also used to watch Carp Captors and rarely Gundam and Sailor Moon (it's got the boom anime babes, that make me think the wrong thing.

Incidentally, why was I taught it was animé if it's just anime?

[Ruki]

The fact this thread has been cut down, unpinned, and seems to have changed topic starter makes me sad

This was the only thread I am proud of making!

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I still haven't watched much anime lately, and it depresses me.

[IAceI]

I just realised I have Saikano all waiting for me, it feels so lonely. I was waiting till my exams were finished to watch it, and I finished my exams this morning so I'll be reporting back with the old goodness that is SHE, THE ULTIMATE WEAPON!

And where's half the thread actually gone? Sure it was just random posts (mainly me singing songs "ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWER" or "GARAYRAGYRAGYA SONG FOR YOU") but still. It was lovely >_<

EDIT: Don't be upset Ruki, I'm more of a name pull than you. Watch this thread boom!

Edited January 30, 2008 by IAceI

[LUKIE]

Since when has Digimon been part of the 'Big 3'?

I remember that Dragon Ball Z (which, technically is Dragonball, as it all lies under the same term, but DBZ was a term thought up by the western scum who fucked the anime up) was the big thing when I was like 15 years old. I was the guru of that shit. Then I got older, and realised how much of a joke it was compared to 'Dragonball' AKA young Goku Dragonball.

I also remember loving the first season of Pokemon... and then it became utter, utter, utter shit.

Evangelion is the next step my friend... then it is being a picky cunt and not watching anything and hating Naruto for being absolutely fucking pathetic!

[stokeriño]

See now, I was about 14/15 when Pokemon was at its height. I don't really call that "when I was a kid".

I remember having unduly serious discussions about the Pokemon plot with my friend when we were about 16 or 17. Good times.

Well, I was a tweenager there abouts, saying kid is a bit much but it's almost half a lifetime ago, literally. I also used to watch Carp Captors and rarely Gundam and Sailor Moon (it's got the boom anime babes, that make me think the wrong thing.

Incidentally, why was I taught it was animé if it's just anime?

The é is only added for Westerners who assume they know how to the pronounce things. Since the word is (naturally) originally written in Japanese script and their vowels have set pronunciations, accents don't exist, even if translated. Otherwise you'd have to put an é every single time the letter e appeared in a Japanese word.

It's just a form of dumbing down that irritates me immensely. ¬_¬

Edited January 30, 2008 by stokeriño

[Benji]

Eventually the topic starter will be restored, fret not, I'm fixing old mistakes. Digimon, DB and Pokémon were the only ones EVERYONE at my school knew, Digimon and Pokémon were the only ones to come to regular TV instead of SKY and everyone and there mother just knew DB by reputation.

[stokeriño]

I remember that Dragon Ball Z (which, technically is Dragonball, as it all lies under the same term, but DBZ was a term thought up by the western scum who fucked the anime up)

'Z' is a pretty common suffix for an anime series' second run, actually, and is usually put there by the Japanese creators themselves. Probably because it looks like '2' and is easier for them to pronounce than the English two (or "tsu"). For example Galaxy Angel's second season was called 'Galaxy Angel Z', and the logo for Mai-Otome (the Mai-HiME spinoff) essentially says "Mai-HiME Z (otome)" - despite no one ever referring to it as Mai-HiME 2.

Edited January 30, 2008 by stokeriño

[IAceI]

It would probably just be easier to close this, start a new one with a meaningful discussion topic and then just let it degenerate into what it was again >_>

[stokeriño]

It would probably just be easier to close this, start a new one with a meaningful discussion topic and then just let it degenerate into what it was again >_>

What, to buy ourselves a couple of days of false dignity?