Poll: Anime: Like it/ Hate it?

[[Kira Must Die]]

It's been a long hiatus, but I'm getting back into anime thanks to Death Note.

 

[NeutralDrow]

well... I don't see why you would care about something trivial as watching cartoons

anime is not cartoons, because cartoons implies that them being targeted towards children, and there are many animes i do not think would be appropriate for children, and could possibly tramatize young children the same way a horror movie would

how are they different?
i like to call them cartoons because they are both fundamentally the same.

They're the same in the sense that they're animated artwork, and many have the same target audience. Anime just has a slightly greater tendency to vary its intended audience, and through more story genres.

 

[tthor]

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how are they different?
i like to call them cartoons because they are both fundamentally the same.

didn't i say how?
cartoons are aimed at children, where as anime is aimed at most age groups.
some animes are very childish, where as some are so gorey and graphic they may verywell scar a child for life if he were to watch them

 

[Pendragon9]

I've tried and tried to like more anime this past year. But I can't. It's full of whiny emo teens with magical mind controlling eyes and magical death books and angels with exploding heads while everyone on earth turns to jello and people with big swords fighting in arenas ripped right off of Dragonball Z, but instead of super saiyans they're called Shinigami and Ichigo is a jerk and so is Rukia's brother while they're fighting mexican ghosts, AND GUNDAM WAS ALRIGHT UNTIL THEY STARTED WHORING IT OUT AND THE NEW ONE IS CALLED UNICORN AND WHY DID THEY CALL IT THAT YOU CAN'T MAKE UNICORN SOUND COOL WITH A MECH AND THEY'RE CONTINUING INUYASHA WITH THE ANIME BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH OF KAGOME USING THAT OLD ASS SIT GAG OVER AND OVER BECAUSE WE JUST NEEDED MORE WHINY TEENAGE FEMININE MEN AND WOMEN TO BE JERKASSES TO EACHOTHER BECAUSE LIFE CAN'T BE GOOD FOREVER AND DAMNIT GRAHHHHH *brain explodes*

Okay. In all seriousness, if you can guess all the anime I'm referring to up there, then certainly you know the problems I'm having with it all. I'm tired of all this crap where someone always has to be in control and where the anime just has to be realistic and nobody is good, but they're all evil except for the real villain, who's trying to save someone. What a twist! But then the love interest is a real jerk to her lover and she kicks him in the nuts because he's a boy and everyone thinks it's so kawaii, but I'm vomiting glass on this end because it's so sickening.

Seriously, what happened to the old anime I used to love? Where a guy was foolish, but still well meaning? Where the women in the show didn't have to constantly be feminazis who had to clean the universe of the male scum? Where you could actually tell the difference between good and evil? And where you didn't actually need Satanic magic just to be the good guy?

Where have those times gone? They've been pushed aside so fangirls can squee over the latest garbage and overrated anime out there. And I am sickened by it.

 

[jigs160]

well... I don't see why you would care about something trivial as watching cartoons

anime is not cartoons, because cartoons implies that them being targeted towards children, and there are many animes i do not think would be appropriate for children, and could possibly tramatize young children the same way a horror movie would

how are they different?
i like to call them cartoons because they are both fundamentally the same.

It's a connotative thing. While they're both animated, cartoon typically implies it's for kids, as he said. A lot of anime, like Elfen Lied, are not the same in that regard.

actually any format's scope can be changed to tell the story/essence/lesson better

 

[ShawnRiles]

Would be the best thing ever, if I could watch Lucky Star in public.

 

[Outofideas]

Anime is cartoons for adults and hilarious to mess with as seen here(its so funny)

http://amvhell.com/video.php?do=viewdetails&videoid=243

I hadn't seen the AMV Hell Minis before. You, sir, made my early morning!
OT: Voted as occasionally, but I'm probably lying.

 

[Snotnarok]

I'm not sure you can generalize anime into one genre. There's a lot of different series that are different genres and can be totally different.

I can say I hate Bleach, but I love Outlaw Star, but do I like anime? Sure some of it.

 

[tthor]

It's been a long hiatus, but I'm getting back into anime thanks to Death Note.

god bless deathnote, its recruited many to the anime bandwagon (including myself, and several friends)

 

[Valate_v1legacy]

Meh. I care, but I don't. I'm the neutral of neutrals.

 

[A random person]

well... I don't see why you would care about something trivial as watching cartoons

anime is not cartoons, because cartoons implies that them being targeted towards children, and there are many animes i do not think would be appropriate for children, and could possibly tramatize young children the same way a horror movie would

how are they different?
i like to call them cartoons because they are both fundamentally the same.

It's a connotative thing. While they're both animated, cartoon typically implies it's for kids, as he said. A lot of anime, like Elfen Lied, are not the same in that regard.

actually any format's scope can be changed to tell the story/essence/lesson better

I'll go with what NeutralDrow said and say that anime does that scope changing more. Not that western animation can't, it just usually doesn't.

 

[Kollega]

Well. More "hate" than "like". This art style is not my thing.

Which art style? There's almost as many as there are artists...

Overall style. You know how overall style of western cartoons are (or at least were) thick outlines? That's what i'm talking about. Come to think of it,i don't like anime staples - magical girls,humongous robots,katanas and samurai - too much either. It's just not my thing.

Only exception is Tegen Toppa Gurenn Lagann,which is awesome (no,didn't watch it. But read a fair bit,and would like to).

 

[Noamuth]

Nnnnyrgh. It's hard for me to explain.

I mostly dislike anime. I think it is overrated, a lot of people try to make it out to be so much more artistic and adult and original (now that makes me laugh) and serious than western cartoons (hell, I've heard people deny that anime are cartoons) and that shits me.

But there are a few gems, some that are watchable and amusing. I guess I'm just sick of the fanbase.

Though that can happen with just about everything.

 

[wikicated]

While I've gone on record as being strongly against it, I do occasionally watch some. Its more of the crowd that I dislike, rather than the style itself.

That being said, Lucky Star is awesome.

YES YES IT IS i would like to quote it but theres no point because we would back and forth with quotes until i got tired and had to go to bed

hellsing is also good
that said i like and will ocassionaly watch anime


[small] which side of a choco cornet do you eat first?
i couldn't resist[/small]

 

[jigs160]

well... I don't see why you would care about something trivial as watching cartoons

anime is not cartoons, because cartoons implies that them being targeted towards children, and there are many animes i do not think would be appropriate for children, and could possibly tramatize young children the same way a horror movie would

how are they different?
i like to call them cartoons because they are both fundamentally the same.

It's a connotative thing. While they're both animated, cartoon typically implies it's for kids, as he said. A lot of anime, like Elfen Lied, are not the same in that regard.

actually any format's scope can be changed to tell the story/essence/lesson better

I'll go with what NeutralDrow said and say that anime does that scope changing more. Not that western animation can't, it just usually doesn't.

that's the answer i was aiming for someone to say,but i've seen cartoons(western animation as you called it) that are intended for mature level of understanding
Btw does where the animation came really matter that much?

 

[A random person]

well... I don't see why you would care about something trivial as watching cartoons

anime is not cartoons, because cartoons implies that them being targeted towards children, and there are many animes i do not think would be appropriate for children, and could possibly tramatize young children the same way a horror movie would

how are they different?
i like to call them cartoons because they are both fundamentally the same.

It's a connotative thing. While they're both animated, cartoon typically implies it's for kids, as he said. A lot of anime, like Elfen Lied, are not the same in that regard.

actually any format's scope can be changed to tell the story/essence/lesson better

I'll go with what NeutralDrow said and say that anime does that scope changing more. Not that western animation can't, it just usually doesn't.

that's the answer i was aiming for someone to say,but i've seen cartoons(western animation as you called it) that are intended for mature level of understanding
Btw does where the animation came really matter that much?

By definition anime is Japanese animation, but I'd say there is more to anime than being Japanese. My best stab at it is a tendency towards stylization, the aforementioned scope thing, and maybe a tendency in animation style (and I don't mean art style). Then again, I'm just randomly guessing here, so don't think too much about what I just said.

 

[NeutralDrow]

Well. More "hate" than "like". This art style is not my thing.

Which art style? There's almost as many as there are artists...

Overall style. You know how overall style of western cartoons are (or at least were) thick outlines? That's what i'm talking about.

I...don't, really. That's kind of a vague quality. A lot of anime share some qualities in common, but nothing universal.

Only exception is Tegen Toppa Gurenn Lagann,which is awesome (no,didn't watch it. But read a fair bit,and would like to).

I will second the recommendation.

 

[Thaius]

Well okay, let's get one thing straight: anime is not a genre. Animation is a medium: a version of film, but it not restricted to any one genre or anything. A genre is something like drama, romance, comedy, action, fantasy, etc.: and animation is capable of doing all of these. Asking whether or not you like anime seems natural, but what if I asked you if you liked live-action films? Weird question, right? Because live-action isn't a genre, it's simply a way of presenting a story.

Anyway, dislike for anime simply comes from 1) the horribly mistaken mindset that cartoons cannot be serious storytellers, and 2) lack of experience (or a bad experience). It's not something that someone can really like or dislike as a whole unless they dislike it out of ignorance.

All that to say, I watch a lot of anime, but that doesn't mean it's all good. Just like American TV, there's a lot of crap, but there's some gold there as well.

 

[NeutralDrow]

well... I don't see why you would care about something trivial as watching cartoons

anime is not cartoons, because cartoons implies that them being targeted towards children, and there are many animes i do not think would be appropriate for children, and could possibly tramatize young children the same way a horror movie would

how are they different?
i like to call them cartoons because they are both fundamentally the same.

It's a connotative thing. While they're both animated, cartoon typically implies it's for kids, as he said. A lot of anime, like Elfen Lied, are not the same in that regard.

actually any format's scope can be changed to tell the story/essence/lesson better

I'll go with what NeutralDrow said and say that anime does that scope changing more. Not that western animation can't, it just usually doesn't.

that's the answer i was aiming for someone to say,but i've seen cartoons(western animation as you called it) that are intended for mature level of understanding
Btw does where the animation came really matter that much?

Not especially. It's just that, through many factors, one geographic area happens to have a greater quantity in a wider range. Doesn't make, say... Avatar: The Last Airbender or Gargoyles any less impressive.