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Re: I like anime, do you like anime?
« Reply #5790 on: January 08, 2011, 07:15:01 pm »

Just out of interest, what do you mean by "spirit"?

There's this Toriyama quotation which says something about his every page being ruled by "Look at this, over here, it's so much fun!"  It's like the Olivier quotation about every moment on stage being consumed by "look at me, look at me, look at me."

If you look Toriyama's work, in general, there's usually a pretty quick pace, not too much introspective belly-watching, and most of the story is told through facial expressions and gestures rather than exposition.  No one is taken too seriously, even the characters who take themselves too seriously... and it is, of course, supposed to be a humorous strip, but I feel like a lot of manga really tries to get people's attention by blowing things out of proportion and making little moments far larger than they have to be.

That gets really dull after a while, as you read through contrived plots filled with familiar jokes and very little of its own feel.  I don't feel like the author is saying "Hey, look at this, this is really important, hey, hey!"  With a lot of manga, it can sort of seem that the author is bored, or doesn't care that much, or isn't telling a story that really matters to them... the story doesn't follow their own sensibilities, but the sensibility of whatever's popular at the moment.

I don't know quite how I feel about FMA.  I wasn't very drawn to any of the cast and I didn't find it funny (since a lot of it seems to be short jokes and eating jokes, which I've basically lost interest in at this point unless they're executed in surprising situations), so I put it down pretty quickly.  It had an interesting opening, but then the characters just didn't do it for me... I only really found myself interested in the things with Ashbal, not any of the rest of it.

Somehow, I feel like the light touch the author takes with the subject material to keep it Shonen-Jump material sort of ruined it for me.  It could be a good serious story, but as an adult (?!  When did this happen?) I don't find it appealing.
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Re: I like anime, do you like anime?
« Reply #5791 on: January 08, 2011, 08:28:49 pm »

Aw, adults are no fun :P.

I'd... probably disagree with the author being disinterested.  It gets pretty complicated and engaging later on, with decent characterisation.  Obviously doesn't mean you have to like it, though :P.
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« Reply #5792 on: January 08, 2011, 08:31:26 pm »

What I've gathered is the longer a story runs the more complex it has to be.  Otherwise it'll be boring.  You could always end it at that point too if it's sufficient...
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« Reply #5793 on: January 09, 2011, 03:54:28 am »

I'd... probably disagree with the author being disinterested.  It gets pretty complicated and engaging later on, with decent characterisation.  Obviously doesn't mean you have to like it, though :P.

Yeah, I don't know if I'd say it was an author interest problem (FMA in particular).  I think it's on the high end of the usual shonen fare, just not my taste due to having spent so much time going through series with similar writing and so on.  If I'd gotten to it earlier I might have looked at it more preferably.

On the other hand, I was always a raging shonen-ai fangirl, so that probably explains part of it.  Not nearly enough flirting, or something ::)
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Re: I like anime, do you like anime?
« Reply #5794 on: January 09, 2011, 08:55:47 am »

On the other hand, I was always a raging shonen-ai fangirl, so that probably explains part of it.  Not nearly enough flirting, or something ::)
Ah, yes, homolust is definitely an area where FMA is lacking.

Unless you start substituting Envy into things.
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« Reply #5795 on: January 09, 2011, 10:11:57 am »

I guess thats what fan doujin's are for.
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« Reply #5796 on: January 09, 2011, 11:39:19 am »

So I've watched the first few episodes of Air Gear, and I would like it a whole lot better  if Simca "I only exist for fanservice" died. I mean, she has done nothing but stand there and kiss main character and offer him more kisses if he does things. Lameness :-/
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Re: I like anime, do you like anime?
« Reply #5797 on: January 09, 2011, 11:42:05 am »

Manga of air Gear is much more superior, how the main character gets into Air Gear is much better than going off and having a little hissy fit.
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« Reply #5798 on: January 09, 2011, 01:50:17 pm »

So freakin' awesome man.

You were right Kinseti.  ;_;
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« Reply #5799 on: January 09, 2011, 04:13:54 pm »

I made a D: face for like an hour after watching that episode.

You may now click this without spoilers, Toony. Such a great song.
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« Reply #5800 on: January 09, 2011, 06:22:02 pm »

I now know why that song title is a spoiler, good thing this is my first time reading it.

Also, great song there.
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Re: I like anime, do you like anime?
« Reply #5801 on: January 09, 2011, 08:15:29 pm »

Need something to watch. Something that isn't pirates/ninjas/zombies in a bloody fight for some arbitary treasure/resuring the princess/finding out who they are so they can stop some great conflict. Also, nothing too perverted, Chobits was ok, Golden boy was not. 

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« Reply #5802 on: January 09, 2011, 08:32:27 pm »

Kino's Journey.
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« Reply #5804 on: January 09, 2011, 08:42:49 pm »

Most seinen.
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