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[Lyte Edge]

Save this comment for those "post women" threads where people complain if someone puts up a pic of anyone who isn't Asian or Brazilian

Yes, all two of the posters in this thread with Asian women in their avatars are just flooding this thread.

 

[Matlock]

No one has any Asian women in their avatars in this thread..Heck no one in this thread even has a woman in their avatar. What are you talking about? If you just avoid the topic you won't be bothered by it. Don't click it.

Woman.

Androgynous Asian singer. May be a woman.

That's two up to the point that you posted.

Asian woman.

Asian woman.

Four if you count the entire thread.

But, just for accuracy's sake, and because I want to nitpick, lemme chart a bit out for you.

50 posts up to this one (I'm not counting this one in the tally.)

Metsallica = 3 posts
SolidSnakeX = 3 posts
Belgurdo = 2 posts
Defensor = 1 post

Out of 50 posts, there are 9 that involve woman/asian woman/could be asian women, making for an astounding 18% of the thread with female avs, 12% if you don't count Metsallica's, as Samus isn't Asian.

No 90% in this thread, but still a notable percentage.

 

[Matlock]

SCREW YOU, LEE. You screwed up my damn math by posting wihle I was typing.

 

[radios shipping overview]

Check out Gasaraki and Voices From a Distant Star, as well as Planetes and Scrapped Princess when they hit the US. Last Exile might be what you're looking for, too.

Oh, and here's another asian, anime female for ya.

 

[bjork]

tsk, tsk bjork!

Hey, it's rated "Adult Only", so isn't all hentai mature by default?

 

[IAmtheFMan]

More people need to see the X TV series. Probably my fav.

 

[vangace]

Most anime shows will feature 14-16 year olds but most of the themes are mature. Try Ayashi no Ceres, Escaflowne. I am starting Hellsing tonite but its a horror anime. Bersek is good also.

 

[speedpop]

Mate if you have not seen Kogepan, than you have not lived at all..

HE IS THE MOTHER FUCKING SHIT.

Any guy that gets drunk off milk goes straight into my books as being the coolest of the cools. Plus I hear he likes noodles of fire, which is even moreso rad.

Or just wait till Steamboy comes out later.. or for Innocence to be released to English. That will rule. I love you Mamoru Oshii!

 

[Tuvoc]

Vampire Hunter D
Vampire Hunder D: Bloodlust
Ninja Scroll

 

[MetatronM]

How did I know someone was gonna mention One Piece? My ex gf loved that dang anime so much that she bought the whole dvd collection , she even named her cat Ruphi after someone on the show. I loved the expression on her face when I told her that the name of a date rape drug lol. I hate that stupid anime.

You should have told her that his
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name is "Luffy." Cause it is. That's what your ex gets for buying shitty Chinese knock-offs.


And I thought I already ended this thread. THE answer is Monster. If you don't want any of the annoying, cutesy, stereotypical anime bullshit and just want a straight dark well-written narrative, then you want to watch Monster. It's a little on the slow side, at least to start, but once you get hooked, you're good to go. I'd recommend Soldats' releases, as their work is really quite exceptional.

 

[border]

Criterias:
1- No cute fuzzy creature that does cute things
2- no crap about 15 years old girls saving the world using her telekenetic connection to a giant robot
3- No annoying j-pop 5 minutes break in every show
4- No worthless love drama stuff. I dont need to watch that trip.
5- No hentai.
6- Keep the cheesy stuff to a minimum

That is a pretty good list of things that I try to avoid in the genre, and make it pretty unbearable for me to watch. If I were you I would also add:

7. Anime that is known for ultraviolence or highly stylized violence. I'm not 13 anymore, and I'm no longer really impressed by a cartoon with lots of blood and gore. Even when it's not bloody, most cartoon fights don't really do it for me so anything that's focused around fighting kind of dulls me.
8. No gratuitous sex crap. Seems like too many things throw in a pointless shower scene or giant tits or panty flashing, etc.
9. No giant robots whatsoever. All giant robots do is fight each other. It gets so dull.
10. No philosophical, metaphysical, or moral rambling. Even if it doesn't get screwed up in translation, it's still usually tiresome and hamfisted. I consider it a different kind of "fan service", that allows geeks to feel like they're watching something intellectual when the show is really just some tripe about a giant titted warrior robot caught in a love triangle in outer space.

This seems to rule out almost everything that gets brought over to the US market. All of Miyazaki's films are good -- even the ones about children. Cowboy Bebop is good, though it has a few problems with the cliches mentioned above. Back in the day I used to really like the wacky Rumiko Takashi comedy shows (Ranma 1/2, Urusei Yatsura), though I don't know if they'd be any good today.

 

[FnordChan]

9. No giant robots whatsoever. All giant robots do is fight each other. It gets so dull.

You, sir, need to watch Patlabor. It has giant robots in the same way that cop shows have cop cars. It's a wonderful - and, yes, mature - show. Also, if you used to enjoy Takahashi shows like Ranma 1/2 and Urusei Yatsura, you'll enjoy Maison Ikkoku.

FnordChan

 

[levious]

border,

What anime fights have impressed you at all? Stuff from Beebop?

You ever watch Inuyasha? Same creator as Ranma and the other you listed.

 

[border]

Bebop is better for chase sequences and spaceship battles than it is for fights, I think.

I read the Inu Yasha manga a little way back when Viz brought it over, and didn't care for it much. I can't bring myself to sit through an episode of it on the cartoon network -- it doesn't seem to have any of the comedy of a Ranma/Urusei Yatsura, and is focused a bit much on fighting demons and completing some inane quest. Plus the dubbing is atrocious.

I will give Maison Ikkoku and Patlabor a try, when I find the time..

 

[shuri]

The whole excessive nudity in anime really fucking annoys me. Sometimes when there's familly coming over, my cousins go over my dvd collections, and i own about 3 anime dvds -- Akira, Ghost in the shell and ninja scroll.

They are like !!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS LOOKS AWESOME !!!!!!!!!! When they check out the cover, but in no fucking way in hell i'm going to let them watch ninja scroll, because of the excessive sexual stuff that is totally unneeded.

What was the point exactly of the scene with the girl ninja talking to her boss while he's fhuta-ing some random geihas?

What was the point of the two minutes scene with the rock monster licking the ninja girl all over her body? Yes, her curse fucked him up at the end, but did we need to see a giant rock monster raping a ninja girl for 2 minutes?

And so on

YOu might ask me "But Shuri, isnt the ultra violence of ninja scroll actually worse than sex?" Well i gotta say -- I dont want to show my little cousin a dvd with scenes naked ninjas getting raped. I'm sorry, but if their parents come down and see that, i'm gonna look like a fucking weirdo.

But if they come down and see the scene with the ninjas getting cutted in two by the boomerang thing, they're gonna think its ok

It's just more socially acceptable. And this whole sex shit is never going to get anime accepted in the mainstream

 

[Meier]

Uhh, Ninja Scroll is rated R. It isnt appropriate for kids, but I dont see why anyone old enough to see it would have a problem with the nudity in it.

P.S. Do you/did you have any intent to listen to any suggestions in this thread or was it just another rant thread?

 

[shuri]

Yes, i noted all the names down. I'll check them out. Somehow.

 

[Bebpo]

Err...the guy was complaining about asian women avatars. AFAIK Samus is not an asian women...she's blond