Forum - View topicINTEREST: The Simpsons Halloween Episode Pays Tribute to Popular Anime
|
Goto page Previous 1, 2, 3, 4 Note: this is the discussion thread for this article |
| Author | Message | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Animeking1108
Posts: 1244 |
|
|||
That's not helping your case. |
||||
|
||||
|
MaxSouth
Posts: 1363 |
|
|||
This is what I am talking about. Millions of people watch and love the show as it is right now (and most of them never seen the first season or even tenth season), and they say it is really clever and smart. While most of early fans just tired of it and always say the grass was greener in the good old days.
I would not group those two shows together, let alone call them the lowest common denominator. Naruto is outstanding in how well-thought and multi-layered its story is, and how calculated some of the fights are. Only Hunter X Hunter can compete among all projects of this genre -- at least of those that I am aware of. Huge part Naruto's anime is one of the worst for quality of actual animation, here your mention of the lowest common denominator is correct. Bleach is outstanding in terms of graphical design, it is unique. On the story part, it is the lowest common denominator. So for your purposes I would choose other shows. |
||||
|
||||
Tenchi
 Posts: 4469 Location: Ottawa... now I'm an ex-Anglo Montrealer. |
|
|||
|
I'm still in the camp that watches new Simpsons episodes wanting to like them, and, the past few seasons, I've ended up liking them about half the time, which is actually a great improvement over a decade or so ago where the show was batting maybe .200 in my eyes.
I think the peak of Simpsons being a poor man's Family Guy was in the middle of the last decade (yes, starting before Fox brought back Family Guy proper in 2005) and now, while there are still plenty of Family Guy-esque episodes, there are more episodes written by people who actually give a crap about (minimal) character development that are still mediocre compared to my favourite "episodes with a heart" (i.e. "Marge Be Not Proud", "Summer of 4ft2", and "Bart Sells His Soul", all season 7 episodes, incidentally, so you can probably guess which season is my favourite), but a lot better than The Simpsons was during the darkest days of the era that brought us "Saddlesore Galactica" and "Simpsons Safari". The highlight of FOX's Sunday night offerings for me is obviously Bob's Burgers (when it's on), which is on another level of greatness entirely compared to current Simpsons, but I'm glad I'm enjoying The Simpsons again a lot of the time. |
||||
|
||||
walw6pK4Alo
 Posts: 9322 |
|
|||
|
Simpsons is old news, American Dad is back.
|
||||
|
||||
WeirDiE_InC
 Posts: 414 Location: The GVRD |
|
|||
|
Al Jean should really step down as showrunner. That's all I gotta say.
|
||||
|
||||
|
ZephyrVayu
Posts: 79 |
|
|||
|
The Simpsons was my favourite show until about 5 years ago, when it was replaced by One Piece. Now I even prefer South Park and American Dad to it. But seeing the family dressed as the characters from my favourite animes (except Bleach) made my day. Especially Homer as Zoro, who's my favourite character of all time. Best. Reference. Ever. Amazed one of the Simpson's writers actually knows what One Piece is, let alone Attack on Titan. They must have watched Toonami before doing this.
|
||||
|
||||
Tenbyakugon
 Posts: 791 Location: Ohio, United States |
|
|||
|
Shit's legit! One of the best things I've seen in a while, I can't believe that they did that! I bet that most of America only recognized Pikachu, and if not then Naruto as well.
|
||||
|
||||
Snomaster1
 SubscriberPosts: 2796 |
|
|||
|
I didn't know about this "Simpsons" episode. I missed it. It's a shame. I would have liked it. I hope that an anime show does the same thing that "The Simpsons" did recently. They also had an episode that poked fun at Hayao Miyazaki's work. I hope that the Japanese viewers of this show enjoys those episodes. But,looking at them,I think they will.
|
||||
|
||||
Agent355
 Posts: 5113 Location: Crackberry in hand, thumbs at the ready... |
|
|||
|
^Snomaster1, I'm pretty sure it's available for free on Hulu now. If you have a computer, you can watch it still.
|
||||
|
||||
|
Lycosyncer
Posts: 526 |
|
|||
|
So the creators are definitely aware of these anime titles that today's anime fans all know of? Finally, mainstream North America knows that there's more anime out there than just DBZ!
As for the other references, I also like that bit with them parodying the Minions from Despicable Me as well. |
||||
|
||||
 |
All times are GMT - 5 Hours |
|
|
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group