Elfen Lied...

[Reaper195]

I've never been a fan of comics, and not much of an anime guru, so I can't really say much about it in that respect, or of it's adaptation. But as a person who watched it knowing absolutely nothing of its existence until it was cheap and then bought, it was pretty decent.

Hated it.

None of the characters behaved like real people would,

'Cause anime has always represented people in a realistic way all the time...

 

[Gigaguy64]

I watched it, rather liked it for the most part, but realized nothing satisfying was gonna happen once I started the third disk. Which is sad, because what I knew of the series beforehand indicated that I'd love it.

Also, I never understood when people talk about its negative view of humanity; there are only two real evil characters in the series, one of whom is a Diclonius, and the other some psychopath.

I think the negative view comes from the fact that many of the Diclonius absolutely hate humanity because of the treatment they got and have no remorse in killing humans.
Humanity acted like monsters too them, and in turn created monsters.

Though that's just what i got, its actually a theme i think is a bit overused.

 

[Daezd]

It put me in a mental coma for four days, the whole impact of the plot really messed with me and in the end I learned one thing, humans suck ass and in truth we all deserve to die. If you step away from it with anything less than that look up the in depth analysis on wikipedia, trust me, as stated I couldn't think or eat for four whole days.

All of that from a hammy anime written by a failed writer who was feeling pissed off and voice acted with the sincerity of a Neighbours episode? It's overblown and exaggerated, deliberately so. It's no profound window into the human psyche, it's a like up of crude stereotypes that would honestly be fuckin' destroyed if it hadn't have been animated.

Oh I'm sorry when was the last time you had an emotional attachment to a character and they get brutally ripped apart in the first few eps and have the most saddest backstory ever? Yes, fuck you, this was a very fuck me type anime, and the ending was sad for me, sorry you don't feel that way about an anime that is so famous and critically acclaimed, but then again, I hate the hell out of halo.

u mad?

Anyway, OT: The bits of Elfen Lied I've seen were just dumb. The "gore" is untextured red stuff and the story line takes itself way too seriously.

Plus everything else everyone who agrees with me said.

Highschool of the Dead, however, is pure, ridiculous, bloody fun.

 

[balanovich]

My girlfriend and I watched all. It's very good.
The gore and the nudity is justify (and so what if it wasn't).
And the nudity isn't sexualised very much. It mostly happens becaus of total ignorance and innocence.
There are some funny parts.

It's not to long so go ahead and enjoy!

 

[Ravek]

Do you think the gore and nudity is necessary?

Yes, because it's the point of the show.

I watched it a few years ago. Enjoyed it. It's pretty mediocre though, in retrospect. The plot is horrible, the characters are bland and cliché. On the positive side, the animation is pretty good, and I like the art style. Also, tits and blood. Only thing missing is zombies.

 

[Axelord FTW]

Watched it and somewhat liked it. Not the best show I've seen though, far from that.

 

[Jonny The Kay]

I think it's fucking dreadful and I'm an amine fan too... I have no idea why it's so popular. If you want a good anime with action watch:

Code Geass
or
Baccano!

 

[Ilikemilkshake]

well ive watched the series once or twice previously (strangley enough rewatched it all yesterday)
but the gore and nudity (while extremely obviosuly only is there as fanservice) still manages to affect the plot in a positive way... and so i dont think is excessive and once you watch the entire series... the nudity and gore is probably one of the the least memorable things about it.

 

[William Dickbringer]

watched it, read it, if you like the anime, the manga will end up dissapointing you.

but I liked both I watched the anime first and then read the manga

Sometimes the nudity really unnecessary.

agreed

 

[KAPTAINmORGANnWo4life]

Well, if you don't like that, here's another Lied for you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltiUj96fZ8o&feature=related

 

[Gigaguy64]

Looks interesting. I'll look for it. I tried to watch it on youtube and I could only watch a few seconds before it said update account. I'll look for it somewhere else on the internet. I need some more anime to watch. Beside Elfen Lied, does anyone have any recommendations. I watch Bleach and I plan to watch Naruto Shippuden.

Tekkaman Blade, Baccano!, FMA:Brotherhood, and Tegami Bachi are some good anime id suggest,.
Though i prefer the manga of FMA and Tegami Bachi.

 

[Infernai]

The Elfen Lied Anime was awesome, albeit ended on an open note but still freaking awesome. Sure, Eng Dub voices were VERY hit and miss, but i still loved it for its lead character, plot and themes.

The manga on the other hand...j-just stay away from it, as far as I'm concerned it never happened. -_-

 

[AvsJoe]

It always feels weird when I say this but the gratuitous nudity was the worst part of this show. I love nudity, but it was always way out of place here (unless it was being used as a metaphor such as the opening slaughter).

 

[Judgement101]

Isn't unessesary nudity ALWAYS needed? (Example:Mafia II has Playboy magazines for literally no reason)

 

[Unesh52]

It was gory, it was naked , it was young people summoning their rage to murder the shit out of the mean kids in school, it was romance between some young, confused, and desperately needy children. I was like 14 at the time.

Let's just say I counted it among my guilty pleasures....