Recent content by Akira Pilot

At my college, we regularly vote on books which will be read by all english courses across the campus. We call this voting process the "One Book One College" Literary Initiative. I was intrigued to find out which book I was possibly going to be reading for one of my english classes. There was a...

You guys just answered the Wire for drama... and Arrested Development for Comedy (well two of you any way)... you guys are made of WIN!!!! And I must check out Blackadder is it any good?

Animated: Neon Genesis Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop (Tie) Each need no explanation... Comedy: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Extras, or The office UK. Arrested Decvelopment gets a mention. (Tie) Curb Your Enthusiasm has a hint of Graucho Marx, and old 1930's comedies in it. It is also well...

I agree with Kukakku on this one. This allows people to truly elaborate with what they liked and hated about. There is no such thing as a perfect score, as even Yahtzee mentions in his latest EP (Extra Punctuation) that Portal was the closest thing to a perfect game but drops one point because...

The Entire Metal Gear Series, Any game made by Valve, Epic, or Crytek. Saints Row 2, the Entire Fallout series, pre Bethesda, Bioshock, Team Fortress 2, Starcraft, Jak and Daxter series, Hulk (the one based off of the 2002 movie, I like that game) and Killer Instincts. I only do this if people...

I am working on that as we speak.

I second that. Would it not be weird if there was a game called Things Fall Apart, based on Achebe's book. A black man fighting off christian people from removing his culture. That would be bad ass to play as the strongest African in a village and then beat the shit out of white people?

I was going to counter that with Frank Miller because he was inspired by manga and wrote the critically-acclaimed Ronin. I was also going to counter that with Alan Moore, but I forgot he was from England... and Alan Moore is great as writing a script. I mean he had over 4 series that he is...

Fair enough. But I have to point out that most kids won't see the culture because Shonen Jump does not let the kids show the implications of said culture embracement because they are focused more on the art and the action rather than the romance. But yes teens see that in alot of the shonen...

Movie: Citizen Kane, Pulp Fiction, Akira (Anime; expanded it, Otomo should have), Ghost in the Shell (Anime), Shawshank Redemption, Scarface (he got what was coming to him), Goodfellas, Reservoir Dogs, Snatch (Best fight movie), Fight Club, Click, and Yojimbo and Fistful of Dollars. Manga...

Cowboy Bebop is the other Gateway anime, other than Akira, SHIT! How Could I forget about that?!!! It is a good medium. But people who don't like it prefer the live action stuff or are more americanized that I had anticipated. Stuff from both cultures are going to have their cliches. And the...

If You want to get into shonen manga, start with Dragonball, then work your way up to Deathnote, One Piece, and Bleach. Now for seinen start with Akira. I hope that you will not be disappointed. After that work your way up to Beserk, Gantz then Blood+. But Akira is where you should begin...

Ok yes they are both cartoons but it is their motifs and elements that make them dark or realistic or dark-fanatical. Not the fact that the people say " I like dark foreboding [insert style here]." That generalization is just closed-imagination. Space Spoons on the other hand has the right...

I have like 5 ("what a loser, this guy had 5 personalities all on one world"). Anyway they are. Akira Pilot (My new real name BTW and Gamer Tag) Spectral Viral NegroAngelo (email and MSIM) AntiKorper-Viral (PSN and certain other sites) ZWHLOL-ZNIPER (PSN) BlueINtel (for CS 1.5) OK so...

If you want to start with anime, Start with Akira. Then move on to something else. Now if you want to read manga, start with Akira. Then move on to something else. Now Akira is responsible for introducing Anime for the second and final time. Astroboy was the first and was not as critically...