So I just watched an Elfen Lied AMV...

hm... people need to read/watch more whimsical series, that ARENT the ultra-kawaii, or they'll be sucked into the category stated by sora

We need another proper Hayao Miyazaki film, a serious one with awesome art n' stuff. Enough of these Japanese people who can't invent their own style anymore and just use those giant fucking eyes and fugly hairdo, high quality stuff needs to come baaaaaaaaaaack!

SoraOwnKeyblade wrote:

We need another proper Hayao Miyazaki film, a serious one with awesome art n' stuff. Enough of these Japanese people who can't invent their own style anymore and just use those giant fucking eyes and fugly hairdo, high quality stuff needs to come baaaaaaaaaaack!

MONONOKE FTW!

Tobi-sensei wrote:

hm... people need to read/watch more whimsical series, that ARENT the ultra-kawaii, or they'll be sucked into the category stated by sora

Pfft, face it, that type of junk is dead. Or at least, has already been turned into the shadow of Kawaii Asian shit. Dammit, Japanese laser seizure robots shouldn't even be the friggen stereotype anymore, that was 20 years ago dammit1

boo-hoo... well, that means that my earlier statement of a 'creative kick in the pants' rings true

And the only way to make that happen is for people to go back and see the classics, but we're dealing with a community that lives off fads and trends, it ain't going to work. >_>

I heartily disagree with you, Banana Man. I don't like action anime, it makes me incredibly bored.

Mononoke was incredibly mediocre. Howl's Moving Castle sucks monkey nuts. These two films are supposed to be awesome, and have some sort of universal appeal or something, but I just get bored out of my mind.

I liked Spirited Away and Castle in the Sky. The Cat Returns was awesome as well, though not by Miyazaki.

Dirjel wrote:

I heartily disagree with you, Banana Man. I don't like action anime, it makes me incredibly bored.

Mononoke was incredibly mediocre. Howl's Moving Castle sucks monkey nuts. These two films are supposed to be awesome, and have some sort of universal appeal or something, but I just get bored out of my mind.

I liked Spirited Away and Castle in the Sky. The Cat Returns was awesome as well, though not by Miyazaki.

i liked mononoke, but the main character said 'this will kill me' too much. havent seen all of spirited away, and i also liked... 'nausica and the valley of wind'(i think thats what its called)

Dirjel wrote:

I heartily disagree with you, Banana Man. I don't like action anime, it makes me incredibly bored.

Mononoke was incredibly mediocre. Howl's Moving Castle sucks monkey nuts. These two films are supposed to be awesome, and have some sort of universal appeal or something, but I just get bored out of my mind.

I liked Spirited Away and Castle in the Sky. The Cat Returns was awesome as well, though not by Miyazaki.

Action =/= Serious

We're talking about toning down the retarded KAWAII wackiness that anime have today, that or the overreacting anxiety issues of a teenager. Anyways based in Miyazaki films, my favorite's Castle in the Sky.

Tim Allen wrote:

Dirjel wrote:

I heartily disagree with you, Banana Man. I don't like action anime, it makes me incredibly bored.

Mononoke was incredibly mediocre. Howl's Moving Castle sucks monkey nuts. These two films are supposed to be awesome, and have some sort of universal appeal or something, but I just get bored out of my mind.

I liked Spirited Away and Castle in the Sky. The Cat Returns was awesome as well, though not by Miyazaki.

Action =/= Serious

We're talking about toning down the retarded KAWAII wackiness that anime have today, that or the overreacting anxiety issues of a teenager. Anyways based in Miyazaki films, my favorite's Castle in the Sky.

Yes, action =/= serious. Elfen Lied is, as they say, SERIOUS FUCKING BUSINESS. It had a rather small amount of teen angst in it, and "KAWAII wackiness" is the *last* thing that comes to mind when I think of Elfen Lied. The anime was about how humans are complete assholes to one another for absolutely small, petty differences. It could be taken as a metaphor for shit like the Holocaust, if you feel like reading that far into it.

@ Tobi: Haven't seen Nausicaa yet, iirc. Most of the Miyazaki movies run together in my memory, though, 'cuz I watched a bunch of them in a single sitting this one time >.>