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[Timo]

Late, but better than never. My last avatar was me as well, just drawn. By me. So yeah. I keep it real always.

 

[Kitsunebaby]

Does the manga follow the series exactly? I rarely read the manga version of a series if that's the case.

I'm the exact opposite. I almost never watch anime since the art is never as good and the story is often compromised.


I'm of the mind that whichever medium came first is probably the better one, and in most cases that's the manga.

 

[Teknoman]

Shattered glass huh? Only thing I can say is that I broke a glass when putting ice in it...late at night. I have no idea how it happened...was stacking ice then bam, the top half of the glass just shattered.

Guess there was some sort of temperature difference going on, but the glass was room temp...

 

[Gameboy415]

I doubt most of us know how to cook.

I know how to cook but I hate cleaning up afterwards, haha.
Plus a lot of the stuff I know how to make serves several people and I live alone so it's not always practical to cook as opposed to buying prepared/fast food.

Stuff I can make/cook well:

-(Japanese) curry & rice
-sushi (usually with tuna salad)
-yakisoba
-deviled eggs
-tuna salad (very simple but I have a specific recipe)
-various dutch oven meals/desserts (I learned to make back when I was a Boy Scout)

And of course all the easy stuff like pasta, tacos, etc.

 

[Emitan]

I've actually never baked before. I want to feel like a wizard.

Maybe that can be a new years resolution...

You'll bake and I'll read Pratchett.

Spoiler

I win because I'll be reading good books and you'll be failing at cooking AHAHAHA

 

[Dynamite Ringo Matsuri]

so late to that depressing mind melt of a party

That's kind of what I hear. I only watch anime casually. I used to be really into the stuff, but gave up on it in '04. I just lurk the year end threads to check out the most recommended series when all is said and done. It helps to filter out the garbage. Only series I watched all year was Puella Madoka Magica and I just finished that yesterday night :l

I'm the exact opposite. I almost never watch anime since the art is never as good and the story is often compromised.


I'm of the mind that whichever medium came first is probably the better one, and in most cases that's the manga.

I guess it's a time based thing. I simply don't have the time to read volume after volume of manga if I can get a condensed version of the story that can be experienced in 3-6 hours. I do agree with you in that the artwork and story of manga can be compromised when it's adapted. I found that to be the case with Blade of the Immortal. Holy hell did that series get shafted hard in the art department :l

 

[Pau]

Baking is science for hungry people.

Well that explains it. I don't think my body knows how to feel hungry. I forget to eat all the time; it's pretty bad. I'm pretty sure my body thinks it's photosynthetic.

You'll bake and I'll read Pratchett.

Spoiler

I win because I'll be reading good books and you'll be failing at cooking AHAHAHA

gurl please

When i'm going to be sitting eating my awesome pita bread surrounded by my pratchett collection you're going to be so jealous

 

[iirate]

I'm the exact opposite. I almost never watch anime since the art is never as good and the story is often compromised.


I'm of the mind that whichever medium came first is probably the better one, and in most cases that's the manga.

I totally get what you're saying, but it's weird to hear anyone refer to manga (or any comics really) as the medium that "came first". I know it has some really old roots, but one of my favorite things about it is just how new and shiny it still is historically speaking.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

That's kind of what I hear. I only watch anime casually. I used to be really into the stuff, but gave up on it in '04. I just lurk the year end threads to check out the most recommended series when all is said and done. It helps to filter out the garbage. Only series I watched all year was Puella Madoka Magica and I just finished that yesterday night :l

I tend to only re-watch series that have themes that disturb me and make me thing about life in general - most of the themes in anime are too extreme to relate to real life

but depression and isolation themes of NHK stuck with me.

my Avatar has always been Potato from the Air anime anther very strange anime that stuck with me that I found hard to watch

I really have not watched anything serious for many years now I have not heard of anything really good on lately

 

[marrec]

When i'm going to be sitting eating my awesome pita bread surrounded by my pratchett collection you're going to be so jealous

My next pic is going to be of me surrounded by my Pratchett collection.

I'll be very small in it.

 

[Stet]

Hey, don't speak for everyone, I can cook just fine.

 

[Dynamite Ringo Matsuri]

I totally get what you're saying, but it's weird to hear anyone refer to manga (or any comics really) as the medium that "came first". I know it has some really old roots, but one of my favorite things about it is just how new and shiny it still is historically speaking.

I think she means in the context of a franchise in question. In that, if there was an anime series based on a manga, she'd prefer to read the manga since the anime was based upon it.

I tend to only re-watch series that have themes that disturb me and make me thing about life in general - most of the themes in anime are too extreme to relate to real life

but depression and isolation themes of NHK stuck with me.

my Avatar has always been Potato from the Air anime anther very strange anime that stuck with me that I found hard to watch

I really have not watched anything serious for many years now I have not heard of anything really good on lately

That's what I heard in regards to NHK. That it was a rather depressing and disturbing series.. so I was kind of thrown off when Kitsune mentioned that it was a hilarious manga. I was like... wait... what? And I think we may similar tastes. Magica Madoka was pretty good. It was a deconstruction of the magical girl genre. It was pain and torture wrapped up in a pretty pink shell. Pretty devious I think. It was sort of like Higurashi no naku koro ni without any of the horrific imagery.

 

[Dr.Palutena]

I plan to learn to cook more eventually. but for now at least i can make basic stuff like hamburgers and eggs and cook noodles.

 

[Kitsunebaby]

I totally get what you're saying, but it's weird to hear anyone refer to manga (or any comics really) as the medium that "came first". I know it has some really old roots, but one of my favorite things about it is just how new and shiny it still is historically speaking.

I don't mean that it's more historical. I'm just talking about the fact that the overwhelming majority of anime series are adaptations of manga series.

My favorite anime series were all completely original projects and not adaptations, which is why they rocked so much. This does not seem to be the norm, however.

Also, I'm a speed reader, so I often get though a manga series faster than I can get through the anime.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

I'm the exact opposite. I almost never watch anime since the art is never as good and the story is often compromised.


I'm of the mind that whichever medium came first is probably the better one, and in most cases that's the manga.

I think if you like a series you must try both manga and anime.

Manga for the art and deeper story
Anime for the colors, motion, and music.

for example some of my favorite mangas was from Clamp but I knew nothing about about them until I saw Chobits. I just enjoyed the story so much I had to look for the origin and discovered some great artists.

 

[Teknoman]

Last I watched was Gurren Lagaan and Paranoia Agent. Bit of Yu Yu Hakusho beatdowns, but that doesnt really count since it wasnt new to me.

Really need some new stuff to watch on that front.

 

[Emitan]

My next pic is going to be of me surrounded by my Pratchett collection.

I'll be very small in it.

What if I'm just really far away from the camera? And maybe I own every single one on my Kindle. YOU DON'T KNOW THAT

 

[Kitsunebaby]

I think if you like a series you must try both manga and anime.

Manga for the art and deeper story
Anime for the colors, motion, and music.

for example some of my favorite mangas was from Clamp but I knew nothing about about them until I saw Chobits. I just enjoyed the story so much I had to look for the origin and discovered some great artists.

Man I don't think I've read any clamp since I was about 13-14. I loved the fact that they had such a range of styles due to multiple artists.

Also, I agree with you about disturbing anime being the most rewatchable. My favorite anime is probably still Serial Experiments Lain, since every time I watch it I feel like I understand my own philosophies a bit better.

 

[marrec]

What if I'm just really far away from the camera? And maybe I own every single one on my Kindle. YOU DON'T KNOW THAT

They haven't all been released on the Kindle.

CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED.

 

[Stet]

Hey, who else read a lot of Piers Anthony as a kid and then recently decided to read them again and got really creeped out halfway into the first book?

Just me? Oh.

 

[Dynamite Ringo Matsuri]

Man I don't think I've read any clamp since I was about 13-14. I loved the fact that they had such a range of styles due to multiple artists.

Also, I agree with you about disturbing anime being the most rewatchable. My favorite anime is probably still Serial Experiments Lain, since every time I watch it I feel like I understand my own philosophies a bit better.

man, I haven't watched Lain in forever. Box set is in my basement. It's kind of crazy how that show predicted the advent of web 2.0.

 

[Emitan]

They haven't all been released on the Kindle.

CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED.

Guards! Guards! is on Kindle and The Colour of Magic is mass market paperback.

Shhhh!

 

[marrec]

Hey, who else read a lot of Piers Anthony as a kid and then recently decided to read them again and got really creeped out halfway into the first book?

Just me? Oh.

There was one series that Anthony did which was okay. It's on my bookshelf... I can't remember what it's called though.

 

[Takao]

Last I watched was Gurren Lagaan and Paranoia Agent. Bit of Yu Yu Hakusho beatdowns, but that doesnt really count since it wasnt new to me.

Really need some new stuff to watch on that front.

If you don't mind people eating animals (though none of it's graphic) I recommend Toriko. It's the property that those in Japan are pushing as the next big thing after One Piece, and it's a lot of fun. The plot basically boils down to a chef who wants to cook every dish partnering with a hunter who wants to taste every animal to take over the culinary world.

 

[Cheska]

Cheska somehow looks the same without looking like that girl I know. Strange. At least she won't think I hate her now.

I think thats a good thing right?

 

[Pau]

What if I'm just really far away from the camera? And maybe I own every single one on my Kindle. YOU DON'T KNOW THAT

Even if they were all available on the Kindle, a true fan would have the hard copies as well! (Even if the American covers suck.)

My next pic is going to be of me surrounded by my Pratchett collection.

I'll be very small in it.

If you do this I'll forgive your avatar narcissism.

Hey, who else read a lot of Piers Anthony as a kid and then recently decided to read them again and got really creeped out halfway into the first book?

Just me? Oh.

I've heard of the name but no, never read any of the guy's stuff. Sorry.

 

[Femmeworth]

Damn Devo, those legs...

 

[Kitsunebaby]

If you don't mind people eating animals (though none of it's graphic) I recommend Toriko. It's the property that those in Japan are pushing as the next big thing after One Piece, and it's a lot of fun. The plot basically boils down to a chef who wants to cook every dish partnering with a hunter who wants to taste every animal to take over the culinary world.

I will read this series just because I agree with the premise. I wish to conquer the animal kingdom, one meal at a time.

 

[Emitan]

I think thats a good thing right?

Unless you want me to hate you then yes, it's a good thing.

Damn Devo, those legs...

Legs are awesome. Hottest part of a girl after hair.

 

[Stet]

I've heard of the name but no, never read any of the guy's stuff. Sorry.

It's mostly light fantasy stuff that was the Harry Potter of its age, but reading it now I get the distinct feeling that he's a pedophile because every single book has gratuitous underage sex in it. Sure, it's done in a cutesy way, but the young girls are all raging nymphomaniacs.

 

[iirate]

I think she means in the context of a franchise in question. In that, if there was an anime series based on a manga, she'd prefer to read the manga since the anime was based upon it.




That's what I heard in regards to NHK. That it was a rather depressing and disturbing series.. so I was kind of thrown off when Kitsune mentioned that it was a hilarious manga. I was like... wait... what? And I think we may similar tastes. Magica Madoka was pretty good. It was a deconstruction of the magical girl genre. It was pain and torture wrapped up in a pretty pink shell. Pretty devious I think. It was sort of like Higurashi no naku koro ni without any of the horrific imagery.

I don't mean that it's more historical. I'm just talking about the fact that the overwhelming majority of anime series are adaptations of manga series.

My favorite anime series were all completely original projects and not adaptations, which is why they rocked so much. This does not seem to be the norm, however.

Also, I'm a speed reader, so I often get though a manga series faster than I can get through the anime.

Haha guys, I said that I got the post. I knew that what she said made PERFECT sense in the context it was presented, just that the actual words being next to each other triggered some amusing thoughts.

 

[Cheska]

I think more of you need to join TinychatGaf

 

[Ashes]

Damn Devo, those legs...

oh my...

 

[Emitan]

I think more of you need to join TinychatGaf

But, my backlog!

 

[hateradio]

man, I haven't watched Lain in forever. Box set is in my basement. It's kind of crazy how that show predicted the advent of web 2.0.

It did? I saw it a several months ago, but I don't recall that. I hate how faded the series looks. As far as crazy anime goes, Evangelion will always be my number one. However, I recently watched it again (for the billionth time) and wasn't fazed by it. I wanted it to be more crazy. Maybe the third Rebuild movie will deliver -- it probably won't.

 

[Teknoman]

If you don't mind people eating animals (though none of it's graphic) I recommend Toriko. It's the property that those in Japan are pushing as the next big thing after One Piece, and it's a lot of fun. The plot basically boils down to a chef who wants to cook every dish partnering with a hunter who wants to taste every animal to take over the culinary world.

Might have to check that out. Anything coming out/recently run similar to Witch Hunter Robin or Blood +? I would watch Persona, but I bet Meguro didnt compose for the show...and that just wouldnt feel right. Also miss shows like Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo...great action set to a cool soundtrack.

EDIT: I still need to try gator or snake at some point.

 

[marrec]

It's mostly light fantasy stuff that was the Harry Potter of its age, but reading it now I get the distinct feeling that he's a pedophile because every single book has gratuitous underage sex in it. Sure, it's done in a cutesy way, but the young girls are all raging nymphomaniacs.

Incarnations of Immortality!

That was actually a really good series of books.

Everything else by Anthony isn't good.

 

[Pau]

It's mostly light fantasy stuff that was the Harry Potter of its age, but reading it now I get the distinct feeling that he's a pedophile because every single book has gratuitous underage sex in it. Sure, it's done in a cutesy way, but the young girls are all raging nymphomaniacs.

Eek. Only person allowed to get away with that is my personal god Nabokov.

My "Harry Potter" was basically anything written by Diana Wynne Jones. And man, I almost never get to talk about books and book-GAF moves so slowly. What other authors do you guys read?

But, my backlog!

Tell me about it... been sitting here for the past hour telling myself that I was going to play Dark Souls tonight.

Still haven't moved from the laptop.

 

[Broder Salsa]

Damn Devo, those legs...

Great legs and everything but any legs that can dance like partypigs are better

 

[Smiles and Cries]

last stuff I watched
Liefen Lied (manga was better)

Last Exile

Mushi-Shi

 

[CountAntonius]

I think more of you need to join TinychatGaf

I was lurking for a bit.

 

[Emitan]

Tell me about it... been sitting here for the past hour telling myself that I was going to play Dark Souls tonight.

Still haven't moved from the laptop.

It doesn't help I should be playing The Old Republic, which is part game and part commitment...

 

[H.Protagonist]

Hey, who else read a lot of Piers Anthony as a kid and then recently decided to read them again and got really creeped out halfway into the first book?

Just me? Oh.

Not just you. I really liked them as a kid, but I went back a few years ago to reread A Spell for Chameleon and...yeah. Super creepy, and not just a little misogynistic. Of course I also liked Clive Cussler as a kid and boy are those books bad in the same way. (I've read a lot of good and seriously crap fantasy in my time)

 

[marrec]

Eek. Only person allowed to get away with that is my personal god Nabokov.

My "Harry Potter" was basically anything written by Diana Wynne Jones. And man, I almost never get to talk about books and book-GAF moves so slowly. What other authors do you guys read?

Neil Gaiman (Good Omens is secretly the best Pratchett book)
Kurt Vonnegut
GRRM
Haruki Murakami
Jon Ronson

There's a bunch more, but those guys are my favorites right now.

Not just you. I really liked them as a kid, but I went back a few years ago to reread A Spell for Chameleon and...yeah. Super creepy, and not just a little misogynistic. Of course I also liked Clive Cussler as a kid and boy are those books bad in the same way. (I've read a lot of good and seriously crap fantasy in my time)

Seriously, the Incarnations of Immortality is actually good.

 

[Dynamite Ringo Matsuri]

Neil Gaiman (Good Omens is secretly the best Pratchett book)
Kurt Vonnegut
GRRM
Haruki Murakami
Jon Ronson

There's a bunch more, but those guys are my favorites right now.

I got 1Q84 week one, and still haven't read it. I actually waited 3 years for that novel to be translated. I dont' know what happened to me :l Last book i read was The Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Loved that book

 

[Ashes]

books you say...

read some of the stuff from this week's creative writing thread. They're short... winner's been announced if you want to pick just the one..

edit: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=456097

 

[Stet]

Not just you. I really liked them as a kid, but I went back a few years ago to reread A Spell for Chameleon and...yeah. Super creepy, and not just a little misogynistic. Of course I also liked Clive Cussler as a kid and boy are those books bad in the same way. (I've read a lot of good and seriously crap fantasy in my time)

Speaking of crap fantasy, I sat down and forced my way through one of the Dragonlance books a while ago, another one I hadn't read since I was a kid. I reviewed it on Goodreads:

When I was nine years old, I wrote a short story about an elf and a mage traversing an imaginary world and banishing evil back to the depths from whence it came. I was proud of the story. I showed it to my family and they read it, and pretended it was great. They put it on the fridge.

I reread the story years later and it was a difficult decision whether I should laugh or whether the embarrassment was too much even for hysterics. I thought fantasy fiction had a formula that alternated between a short climax and a short resolution like the regular, predictable oscillations of a wave pattern. Like that wave pattern, it seemed to go on and on so that a 20-paged story seemed to take forever to read. At nine years old, I thought this was an exciting, scintillating narrative. I thought it should be published. But it shouldn't have, I know that now.

It's a shame that the whole thing may as well have been plagiarized from this novel. They share the same structure, the same generic character models and the same laughably simplistic moralities that I could have been summarizing a 400-paged novel. And yet, my version didn't take five hours of your life. My version didn't make you sigh and look wistfully out the window as if to say, "since reading this book, time has passed inexorably onward, I have aged terribly, and yet I have learned nothing." The clouds float by and the traffic continues on the street, but a part of you has died. Unlike the novel, however, when pieces of your soul die, they stay dead. The same cannot be said for the major characters in Dragons of Autumn Twilight.

The plot reads as if played through a Dungeons and Dragons campaign. Not simply in the sense that it's disorganized and illogical, but also because the reader actually gets the sense that someone is rolling dice to determine the outcome. At various parts of the book that are meant to be exciting, the narrative devolves into explanations of the mechanics of the game. Raistlin is a mage, and thus must memorize his spells every morning if he is to use them throughout the day. Everyone is suddenly struck by fear and must roll 1d20 for a fear check (except the Kender, because he's immune). Tanis, as an elf, is able to see the aura of all living things, except past chapter 5 because it's too hard to keep talking about that ability for too long.

It's an ordeal to read. But I loved it when I was nine. I also had no idea what true hardship was.

I do now. It gives me a basis of comparison. There are many hardships I'd rather face than reading this novel again.

 

[Ryaaan14]

H.Prot, for some reason you're not showing up in Tinychat. F5 some.

 

[Puddles]

I've watched only a handful anime movies, plus a bunch of Miyazaki stuff, which doesn't really count. Probably the most transgressive thing I've seen was Wicked City. That was a trip. Favorites are probably Sword of the Stranger and Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust.

Tried to get into Evangelion, but I couldn't stand Shinji at all, so the series just made me really frustrated.

Anyone want to recommend me anything? The only rule is no loli shit.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

is tiny chat really popular now?
I think I tried it a year ago