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GATSU
Joined: 03 Jan 2002
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 Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 3:24 am
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Zalis:
| Quote: | | I can't help but imagine that 10 years ago, anime fandom in general would've been thrilled to hear a Hollywood director openly say he liked a specific anime. |
What's really excellent about this story is that Anderson's films appeals to the hipster crowd, not the geek fanboy crowd. So when you think about it, anime's not just mainstream here right now, it's officially high-brow art, too.
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sailorsean
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:19 am
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| Teriyaki Terrier wrote: | | Japanese cartoon, 24 episodes? Good god, that must be one of the most stupidest Hollywood comments I've heard since that Dragon Ball movie interview.
Neon Genesis Evangelion is NOT a cartoon. This series is a work of master piece Japanse animation. Also known as anime, completely diffrent than cartoons.
Also, its pretty common knowledge, but how can someone mess up an episode count if that person has seen the show. It's 26 episodes, not 24 episodes.
Will people ever understand cartoons and Japanse animation are completely diffrent? Although there is a huge diffrence, I some how doubt it. |
You know know, I wanted to think that you were satirizing the "anime vs. cartoons" debate, but I'm forced to believe that you're being serious. Didn't AnswerMan just write about this?
To Terriyaki Terrier and others:
I don't want to see any further flamewars about the status of NGE as a "Japanese cartoon." While its status as a "Masterpiece" may be debatable, its status as a piece of animated programming originating in Japan is not. Drop the subject, or don't count on your posts remaining in this thread.
As a sidenote, I find it sad how much attention the 24 vs. 26 episode thing is getting. I can't help but imagine that 10 years ago, anime fandom in general would've been thrilled to hear a Hollywood director openly say he liked a specific anime. Now it's "omg what an idiot I can't believe he was off by two whole episodes!" |
Indeed, anime fans are starting to fall down the path of turning into Star Trek nerds. Just like in that episode of South Park when 2 nerds were fighting over how many episodes Star Trek had... srsly get a grip people  ...
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irishninja
Joined: 15 Jun 2005
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 8:15 am
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| hara wrote: | | I thought a movie director could find better words to appropriately praise a work he admires because what he said wouldn't make me want to watch that series (if I hadn't already done so). |
I would advocate we cut him some slack here (and in other areas of his comments). It's likely what he said is... well, what he said. Few are the people who can orate well without some preparation. And even if he wrote what appears here, he probably spent about a minute composing that blurb before moving on to something else.
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doctordoom85
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:06 am
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| irishninja wrote: |
| hara wrote: | | I thought a movie director could find better words to appropriately praise a work he admires because what he said wouldn't make me want to watch that series (if I hadn't already done so). |
I would advocate we cut him some slack here (and in other areas of his comments). It's likely what he said is... well, what he said. Few are the people who can orate well without some preparation. And even if he wrote what appears here, he probably spent about a minute composing that blurb before moving on to something else. |
Exactly. A lot of anime sound weird when described to non-fans, and Eva is definitely no exception. For examples:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BetterThanItSoundsAnime
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melonbread
Joined: 09 Jan 2008
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:03 am
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I'd rather Evangelion didn't create something like Scientology to be perfectly honest, and anyone who can make a joke about such a seriously messed up organisation like Scientology is very misinformed!
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Quark
Joined: 07 Mar 2008
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:36 am
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This is so cool, especially considering that the Royal Tenenbaums and Rushmore were both really good movies. Mr. Anderson, you've got good taste.
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Zin5ki
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:03 pm
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| doctordoom85 wrote: | | Exactly. A lot of anime sound weird when described to non-fans, and Eva is definitely no exception. For examples: |
If I were inclined to quantify awesomeness, I would unhesitantly assign to that link a significant amount of it, especially for this:
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Five Centimeters Per Second: A lonely man avoids calling his girlfriend. |
Being able to laugh at what one loves is truely part of the fandom...
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_Earthwyrm_
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:24 pm
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Nice link, I hadn't seen that page. Trying to guess the titles from the description is making a pretty fun game.
Got Akira, Aria, Hetalia, Bartender and CCS so far. 
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malik_chan
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:27 pm
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WHY IS THIS NEWS? Who cares if he's famous, what he likes isn't that important, is it?
NEWS FLASH: My favorite couple in anime are Eureka and Renton from Eureka Seven. I wonder how many you care enough for this to make it the highlight of your day?
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testorschoice
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:48 pm
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| malik_chan wrote: | | WHY IS THIS NEWS? Who cares if he's famous, what he likes isn't that important, is it?
NEWS FLASH: My favorite couple in anime are Eureka and Renton from Eureka Seven. I wonder how many you care enough for this to make it the highlight of your day? |
He writes and directs feature films that have won international awards. That's why the fact that his 5 favorite works include an anime is news---as opposed to someone who hasn't written and directed award-winning feature films.
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nagato316
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:08 pm
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we? who's the we? I don't suppose it's too much to hope this 'we' includes Gwyneth is it?  |
If this were true, next thing you know we might be hearing that Gwyn's the front runner to be cast as Ritsuko in that live-action EVA movie!
BTW, Mr. Greenfield and ADV Films, how's that been goin' lately? Anyone? Anyone? 
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fighterholic
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:43 pm
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| Eric10301 wrote: | | EVA is THE most over rated series in Anime history. |
My thoughts exactly. I just can't understand how everybody can say that it is a great show. In reality it just looks...painful. I can only imagine what's going to happen when they try to make the live action movie. I shudder at the thought.
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gatotsu911
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:12 pm
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That's pretty neat, I guess. I haven't seen any of his movies, but it's always good to see anime, and Evangelion in particular, getting its well-deserved acknowledgement as a form of cinematic art.
One director whose opinion on the series I would REALLY like to know is Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko). On my list of potential candidates to direct the live-action films, he's definitely in the top 5.
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GATSU
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:56 pm
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fighter: I hate Eva, too. But I guess it's still better than those effing sitcom CG movies from Pixworks.
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sailorsean
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:57 pm
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| fighterholic wrote: |
| Eric10301 wrote: | | EVA is THE most over rated series in Anime history. |
My thoughts exactly. I just can't understand how everybody can say that it is a great show. In reality it just looks...painful. I can only imagine what's going to happen when they try to make the live action movie. I shudder at the thought. |
I disagree, in my opinion, eva is the most original well-thoughtout anime I have ever seen, it has so much symbolism and structure that hell, even the OP has much more of a story line then most 24-episode anime... but I guess everyone has there tastes, (even if they are wrong) I still respect your opinion...
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