[Anime] Your "Controversial" Opinions

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Basch said:
This argument is stupid. It's never too deep if you apply yourself. It's a thinking man's show, but if you want to give up and assume that just because you didn't catch all the symbolism that it must be somehow absent of depth, go ahead. No one cares. I'm not hurting. You're not hurting. There's no point in debating. If you want to stay ignorant, go ahead.

Just wondering, to those of you that would rather continue bickering rather than actually watch the show, did you even read through the analyses from the link I provided? Konaka Chiaki, is the guy behind Serial Experiments Lain, perhaps one of the most psychologically and philosophically intensive shows. It's downright laughable to even consider the absence of any subtext in any of his works.

Also, while Anno may have not known what he was doing with all the Christian "symbolism," he definitely knew what he was doing with all the psychological characterizations.



The ignorance in here is absolutely astounding. Did you even watch the show? So merging two separate dimensions and realities is considered regurgitating now. I suppose Fafner is the same as Neon Genesis now too. Gundam and Brave Reideen too? I see.
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That`s deep man.

I enjoyed Rahxephon too.
 
KO Traveling Hobo said:
I genuinely believe it teaches some valuable lessons about life and love.
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For sure. I think we all knew a guy like Makoto at one point or another, which makes it easier to relate to. One of the only anime where I was like "daaamn I CANT believe this motherfucker!" aloud, hahaha.

Better stop talking about it, since spoilers come so easily with School Days talk.
 
Basch said:
The ignorance in here is absolutely astounding. Did you even watch the show? So merging two separate dimensions and realities is considered regurgitating now. I suppose Fafner is the same as Neon Genesis now too. Gundam and Brave Reideen too? I see.
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1. No I haven't seen it.
2. I was mostly joking. Take a chillpill, Brostface Killah.
3. References and parallels aren't "merging two separate dimensions and realities."
 
KO Traveling Hobo said:
It teaches you the importance of compassion and of not clinging to things that hurt you.

The most important thing to take away from School Days is that none of it had to happen.
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sorry but its just too over the top and nonsensical to have any real value to me
you would find more life lessons in an episode of shin chan!
 
KO Traveling Hobo said:
1. No I haven't seen it.
2. I was mostly joking. Take a chillpill, Brostface Killah.
3. References and parallels aren't "merging two separate dimensions and realities."
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This. I'm just surprised by all the EVA nerd rage. I'm surprised people thought I was actually attacking EVA. I love EVA, probably just as much as RahXephon, but there's something about RX that just captures the human condition slightly better. Yes, it's more romantic, but it still explores a lot of related themes through the use of parallels and references, which wasn't what I meant with the whole dimensions stuff (that was purely story).
 
Uchip said:
yeah
it teaches you to avoid bad shows, and that girls are psychopaths
right?
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Nobody said it was good ; p

Well, I never did. I was encouraged by someone just like most others seem to be, and it was worth it just to see how crazy things are from start to finish. If you go into it thinking it's some girly, slice o life anime, well, then chances are you're going to shocked with how everything plays out.

I don't typically watch anime that are like School Days, so maybe thats why it made more of an impact on me, in how fucked up it gets.
 
Basch said:
This. I'm just surprised by all the EVA nerd rage. I'm surprised people thought I was actually attacking EVA. I love EVA, probably just as much as RahXephon, but there's something about RX that just captures the human condition slightly better. Yes, it's more romantic, but it still explores a lot of related themes through the use of parallels and references, which wasn't what I meant with the whole dimensions stuff (that was purely story).
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It's the condition of being a bland male harem protagonist.
 
- Digimon left more of an impact on my childhood than Pokemon, especially the movie. Our War Game is better than any Pokemon movie.

- Bleach was at it's best in the first 15 episodes and went downhill as soon as Soul Society started. I wish it ended up being a supernatural slice-of-life comedy with occasional fights and nice character interactions rather than a generic battle series with too many characters to keep track of.

- Berserk's dub is pretty grating for the most part, even by 90's dub standards. I don't know why people praise it so much.

- Complaints about how moe is killing everything is overblown.

- Azumanga Daioh isn't that funny.

- Cell Saga>>>>Frieza Saga

- Hare+Guu>>>>>Lots of things
 
Are you guys serious with this School Days shit.


Luminate said:
- Digimon left more of an impact on my childhood than Pokemon, especially the movie. Our War Game is better than any Pokemon movie.
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I don't think this is controversial. The first three seasons of Digimon (can't speak past that 'cause that's all I've seen) are orders of magnitude better than the Pokemon anime.
 
Hmmm..

I never watched Full Metal Alchemist and probably never will
The Dragon Ball franchise is shit in all forms
I never watched/read One Piece and probably never will
Yuru Yuri > K-On
 
I'm not sure how RahXephon manages to be so boring yet receives spades of positive reactions from anime fans. The characters are generic, and while this wouldn't be a problem if they were given some kind of charm like in Eva, that never happens so you have to trudge through countless boring dialogues.

To make matters worse, the story isn't exactly exciting enough to keep watching. I think I gave up on the show around episode 12.
 
Luminate said:
- Berserk's dub is pretty grating for the most part, even by 90's dub standards. I don't know why people praise it so much.
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I wasn't crazy about Berserk's dub and don't fully understand why it gets so much praise, but I'd stop short of saying it's bad even by 90s standards. There were at least some good performances in it, and I don't recall hearing any who were downright terrible (from the few episodes and scenes that I watched).
 
Branduil said:
Nia from Gurren Lagann is a badly done character who is little more than a bald plot device used repeatedly.
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I'm not sure if badly done if the phrase for it, I don't think they really put much effort into making her more than a bland cliche. Generic kindhearted princess turned plot device seems to be exactly what they were aiming for with Nia. Though really, other than a few exceptions, Gurren Lagann doesn't really have very good character work.
 
Branduil said:
The thing about CLAMP is that they actually hate us all. I'm not even being sarcastic. They truly despise humanity.
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No wonder they were able to make CCS. Only someone trying to desperately run away from reality would be able to make something so wonderful.
 
Basileus777 said:
I'm not sure if badly done if the phrase for it, I don't think they really put much effort into making her more than a bland cliche. Generic kindhearted princess turned plot device seems to be exactly what they were aiming for with Nia. Though really, other than a few exceptions, Gurren Lagann doesn't really have very good character work.
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Well, I think the annoying thing was how lazily it was done with her. A literal magical-girlfriend-in-a-box that appears at just the right time wasn't a good start.
 
Luminate said:
- Digimon left more of an impact on my childhood than Pokemon, especially the movie. Our War Game is better than any Pokemon movie.

- Bleach was at it's best in the first 15 episodes and went downhill as soon as Soul Society started. I wish it ended up being a supernatural slice-of-life comedy with occasional fights and nice character interactions rather than a generic battle series with too many characters to keep track of.

- Berserk's dub is pretty grating for the most part, even by 90's dub standards. I don't know why people praise it so much.

- Complaints about how moe is killing everything is overblown.

- Azumanga Daioh isn't that funny.

- Cell Saga>>>>Frieza Saga

- Hare+Guu>>>>>Lots of things
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2 very common opinions.
 
Death Note's first half is great, the 2nd half is still good but not quite as strong.
Only Yesterday is one of the best Ghibli films
5 Centimeters Per Second is overrated, Pretty animations though. (might need a rewatch)
Mushi Shi is probably my favourite anime series ever
 
-Stranger- said:
Death Note's first half is great, the 2nd half is still good but not quite as strong.
Only Yesterday is one of the best Ghibli films
5 Centimeters Per Second is overrated, Pretty animations though. (might need a rewatch)
Mushi Shi is probably my favourite anime series ever
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How are any of these controversial?
 
pizzaroll said:
Well, Tomino shows man. He also directed a bunch of super robot shows, like Zambot 3.
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You're implying that Zambot 3 is bad like Gundam and King Gainer. It's actually one of his few good works.

Also Daitarn 3 is another show he handled and it's pretty much one of the best old mecha shows out there. Mixes James Bond shtick and some robot action.
 
LordCanti said:
I don't agree with it.

She had plenty of character development, and was vital to the plot of both seasons. If she's nothing but a plot device, then Kamina is nothing but a plot device. Doubly so
after he's dead
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Kamina is a pretty shallow character, but at least he's fun to watch.
 
Kamina was a natural part of the show's narrative and progression

Nia literally popped out of a random conveniently placed box

She's awful in every way. Nothing about that character feels genuine.
 
Dead said:
Kamina was a natural part of the show's narrative and progression

Nia literally popped out of a random conveniently placed box

She's awful in every way. Nothing about that character feels genuine.
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By the same token, it could be said that Rossiu just popped out of a conveniently placed hole in the ground...

Nia is equally as important as Kamina IMO. She's
most of the reason why Simon keeps going even after Kamina is dead.
She's also the person that exposes Lord Genome for what he is, even after
it's revealed that he had no other choice. In other words, without her, Genome is just kind of a sympathetic character that locked humanity away because there were no other options. With her, he's that sick fuck that boinks his female children when they get to a certain age, and then kills them when he's either sick of them, or they speak out.
 
Viral was only likable because it's fucking Nobuyuki Hiyama. He can make any shit role awesome. Hell he made a monster of the week awesome in Gokaiger.
 
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