Forum - View topicHey, Answerman! [2008-06-27]
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Top Gun
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I think I'm with DemonEyesLeo on the sports anime issue. My experience with the genre has been limited only to the first 50 episodes of Prince of Tennis (and yes, I realize that's probably not the best sample from the genre, but it's all I have to work with), but while watching it, most of my frustrations with it stemmed from the fact that I greatly enjoy both watching and playing tennis. I was constantly rolling my eyes and gritting my teeth when the show launched itself into one overblown cliche shounen power-up/split-screen scene after another. In fact, I'd go so far as to suggest that the series wasn't so much "Prince of Tennis" so much as "Prince of Launching High-Powered Glowing Orbs Around That Apparently Caused the Extinction of the Dinosaurs." (And yes, that actually happened in the movie.) I was also rather sick and tired of seeing random spectators comment on what was going on in place of, y'know, actually showing what was happening on the court. The fact that I loved the sport for what it really is got in the way of my enjoying the exaggerated, overblown shounen version that the series created.
Anyways, that experience has made me somewhat wary about seeking out any other sports-related series (although the tennis movie mentioned in Buried Treasure did look somewhat appealing, since it seemed to portray the sport realistically). I'm a big football, baseball, and hockey fan, so if I could find a series that wasn't as out there as PoT portraying one of those sports, I might be willing to give it a shot. I have a friend who's always raving about Major, and the Buried Treasure column on Touch was definitely high praise, so maybe if I'm left with nothing else to watch one of these months, I'll give them a try. (Despite my misgivings about over-the-top-ness, I'm almost a bit curious about Eyeshield 21. As the NFL Blitz series of games proved, real football isn't that far away from being that way in the first place.  )
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penguintruth
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When I first read the premise of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, here on ANN in one of the seasonal previews, I didn't think much of it- it seemed like just another "wacky hijinks" school anime with typical fanservice. When I watched the first episode, I was even less impressed, because of the way they began the show, taking that episode at face value. I was somehow spurred onto continuing to watch by word of mouth and found msyelf drawn in by the interesting take on the school show, involving jabs at the genre of science fiction and little chunks of light philosophy. It's what makes the show more than just some generic fan service show. It reminded me of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy in its glib approach to science fiction and its put upon main character.
Unique, funny, and entirely memorable. Masterpiece? Eh, not quite. But damn fine watching. |
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loka
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answerman has it right when it comes to me: i dont like sports anime because i dont like sports. in the same way i somewhat doubt that those who get easily frustrated with computers would like Battle Programmer Shirase.
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Ningensei
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I absolutely love Takashi Murakami and it's nice to see that his artwork is getting some exposure. I do think that My Lonesome Cowboy and Hiropon are quite hilarious. Anyone interested in checking out more of his artwork or other "Superflat" artists should definitely check out the art book Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture. Which also includes Taro Okamoto's famous quote as mentioned earlier in the thread.
I really want the newest art book released of Murakami's work, but art books are pretty expensive, but I'll own it eventually. |
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fighterholic
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Anime Expo is going to be interesting this year to me as well, although I was extremely against it being where it is when I heard the news last year. So, who else is planning on going?
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Hon'ya-chan
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Saemw thing one of my friends. Played Derby Owners Club, now watches horse races (and lost alot of money at Belmont. Stupid Big Brown....). Also, I keep hearing that Initial D also sent a resurgence into people wanting the Toyota AE86 Corolla. |
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Ralboon
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God I love Murakami. I can't remember what it's called, but my favorite work of his is the female transformer. In jet mode, the lady parts are on the nose of the plane. Genius, and hilarious.
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Zin5ki
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Maybe the fluid dynamics exhibited by those Murakami sculptures would be possible if they were underwater, but that doesn't overlook the fact those characters' expressions don't match those you'd expect when producing such copious amounts.
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dormcat
Encyclopedia Editor
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Second Mission Project Ko2 (2007)
Frankly I don't think that idea is original at all. |
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Noggy
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I agree. For the most part, sports fiction is only popular in America if it's in movie or book format. You don't see too many American produced long running sports fiction TV series because who wants to watch that when they can watch the actual sport? It's borderline impossible to get general American sports fans interested in an animated series about Japanese high school sports. And on top of anime fans not generally being sports fans, it's a tough sell. |
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TheVok
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I own *gulp* several. But this is not confession time.
So was this forum. The mods really should have enforced the 'no posting confessions' rule .... |
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UtenaAnthy
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Bunnneeeeeeeeee!!!
With that out of the way, I'm going to go and hug the dog and phone a friend. |
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darcerin
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I can't judge you; I own the first Powers Rangers US movie soundtrack (and love to death), and the English Cardcaptors tv theme on my MP3 player. So yeah....exiting stage left now.
That being said, I'm taking the wisdom of the Answerman and getting a checkup next week. 
And my god that bunny is adorable. If I knew he'd stay that small and adorable I'd go out and get one myself. |
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rti9
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The correct reply would be: NO SOUP FOR YOU! Godwin's law could probably be applied to this flake. |
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NotSoFluent
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It's pretty obvious that those statues were meant to be a joke; after all, Comiket tends to be packed with doujinshi that make female characters like that. As creepy as they look, their so absurd that the comedy should be fairly clear.
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