Forum - View topicHey, Answerman! [2008-06-13]
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Cosplaybunny
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I hate to say I'm not surprised by the Pom Poko confession. But I have to disagree and say it's one of my favorite of the Ghibli films.
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Hunter Sopko
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As a film-maker, yes, I'd agree Oshii is overrated. However, his work on Patlabor and especially Urusei Yatsura makes me refuse to write him off entirely. UY went downhill after Oshii left.
Lessee... confessions... 1. I find Miyazaki to be overatted. 2. The Beck manga is pretty bad, especially the art. Watch the anime for whatever content it covers. And the music in the Beck anime DOES rock. 3. Evangelion's TV series ending > End of Eva 4. There still has yet to be a character more badass than Captain Harlock. 5. Excel Saga is terrible. 6. I read Air Gear mostly for the fanservice. 7. The Tsukihime anime was excellent. |
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ikillchicken
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Okay here we go:
First I'll second... "Fullmetal Alchemist is a great show but only in the second season." and "I pretend I read Tenjho Tenge for the fight scenes, but nope, I'm readin' it for the fanservice." and the latter half of "Half of the episodes of Cowboy Bebop are pretty boring, and Ed is a really annoying and pointless character." Lets see...what else? -I still kinda like DBZ -I HATE Metal Gear Solid. I've tried to like it. I really have. I just don't like it. I think the story is massively pretentious, boring, and pointless. -I'm sick of hearing about how great Miyazaki is. I don't disagree that he deserves that praise, but it just wears on me. -I really really liked FFVII Advent Children. -I don't like Escaflowne and I don't know why. In theory it seems great. In fact I really liked the first half. Somehow though the second half just lost my interest. I can't explain it. |
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Panon
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It's not even necessarily trolling, some people genuinely feel that way - the reason of course, is that on the internet "overrated" means "everybody likes this and says it's good, but I don't agree". I've never made it through a single Miyazaki movie and I honestly never intend to try again. So for me, seeing his works praised as universal goodness does bring the word "overrated" to mind. I just don't actually say it, since objectively I can recognize that it's simply a matter of his works not matching my preferences rather than him not actually being any good. |
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Kenotic
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It's not bad, and I don't see anything wrong with liking it. I think it's just the onslaught of kids with a penchant for whining, refusing to pay to watch it, and spouting Internet memes who give it a bad reputation. It's not Ghibli, but it's not pure crap, either. |
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Shadowrun20XX
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What is the best Miyazaki Movie? Why? I'll say Nausicaa the Valley of the Wind,because we had to wait so damn long to get the real thing (and you thought that old butchered VHS copy wouldn't be a collectors item.)
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GATSU
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Pom Poko only works if you are really into Japanese culture; if you're ok with it, but you don't like in-jokes, Princess Mononoke works better for you.
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marie-antoinette
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I might not argue that they aren't good, but I'll argue that Miyazaki isn't all that wonderful either. I've enjoyed some of his movies, but haven't loved any of the ones I've seen. The closest was Howl's Moving Castle, which is probably the only one I would willingly watch again. Mostly they're too episodic for my tastes (the ones I've seen are Howl's, Princess Mononoke, Laputa/Castle in the Sky, and Kiki's Delivery Service).
I hate Princess Mononoke though. I had to sit through part of it again while I was staffing a con recently and I played my DS with earphones on the entire time to avoid it. I don't see any reason why it's so popular, but whatever. I can't argue that it doesn't look pretty, but I will never watch it again unless forced by necessity (and even then I'll try to get out of it). Despite all this...I do want to see Spirited Away. Anyway, I guess that's one confession. So here are some more. 2. I have never seen Evangelion (though I do have the intention of at least trying it out some day). 3. I think the first episode of Melancholy of Haruhi S-something is one the stupidest idea in the history of television. Who the hell makes the first episode a joke? I turned it off after about 5 minutes and have happily not looked back. 4. Despite it's flaws, Fushigi Yuugi is my absolute favourite anime (and I have spent a small fortune to show my love for it). |
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CruzMissile
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My confessions.....
I did not cry during saikano. the main male character looked like a pedo. I cried profusely during full moon wo sagashite..... and fruits basket. I dunno if this is a confession or not but Avenger is the worst anime I've ever seen. period. ... and I think hunter x hunter is the best shonen series out there. I still don't understand Akira. everytime I watch the original GitS movie I fall asleep at the exact same moment. (after the helicopter ride and just before the final battle) |
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JoshuaStChristopher
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All right, I'll bite.
-Miyazaki is brilliant with visuals, but his stories and characters are boring and grating. -Fullmetal Alchemist is terrible, especially the second season. -Alucard isn't really that cool. -Go Nagai can do no wrong. -These are the only good Gundams: G Gundam, 08th MS Team. -G Gundam is better. -Yasuhiro Imagawa is the best director ever in anime. -I love everything else I've read by Naoki Urasawa, but Monster is... kinda boring. -GaoGaiGar is better than Gurren Lagann. -Paranoid Android was way too good for Ergo Proxy. -Akira was not remotely difficult to understand. |
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Shadowrun20XX
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b4k4ni04
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6. I watched all of Onegai Twins and I liked it.
... ... ... how... ... how... ... HOW COULD YOU *cries* Potential spoilers so ... into darkness~.:::spoiler[ they bitch gripe and moan through all 12 episodes about who is related and who isn't. For the ONE. and ONLY episode they give up the farce of being whiny, I enjoy it. On the whole I enjoy the Onegai universe, but i struggle through twins as they continuously beat the dead horse of the "who is related who isnt" *sigh*] random confessions: I Love FMA, but Hate the endings. I guess that's all i've got :/... |
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PantsGoblin
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What exactly do you mean by that? That he just looked like one or that being in love with Chise made him look like one? |
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Mad_Scientist
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I have no idea if this is what the guy was talking about, but I thought he looked kind of old. Especially compared to Chise; just seeing them I wouldn't have guessed they were both highschool students about the same age. EDIT: Not that this fact really bothered me, it was just something I noted. |
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the_ferret
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LOL, I'm trying to decide if these are sincere or trolls. I mean, "hating" Princess Mononoke? "Liking" Radiohead?
- I've yet to finish the Fullmetal Alchemist anime, and I've sat through almost everything else on [adult swim], including InuYasha. - I loved s-Cry-ed. - I'd claim to dislike popular shonen publically but it's easily what I read the most of. - G Gundam was the best Gundam. - Gundam Wing was the worst Gundam besides SEED. - I've flipped through various Oh! great manga for the fanservice but never even read any of it. - I've never really liked a Macross series. - I like magical girl manga as a rule. I own all of Cardcaptor Sakura on DVD (18 freaking volumes) and consider it my only essential anime. - I never understood the Akira movie either. The manga cleared it up. But I still don't "understand" Eva. - Gunbuster 2/Diebuster was a pale, awful shadow of the original and only the most dense of Gainax fanboys would disagree. - I am currently re-watching the Hokuto no Ken TV series. - Finally, I don't like any anime OPs that were made after 1990 and aren't Cowboy Bebop or Yuusha shows. And I don't even watch EDs. |
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