Either G Gundam or Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood. I say Brotherhood because the ending of the original series was soooo Bad.
What is your all time favourite anime?
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Hehe^^ And how could I haave forgotten about Helsing? When I think about it, there's alot of animes I like, not all may agree with me but anyway, I'm also a fan of Black Lagoon and Fullmetal AlchemistVandenberg1 said:
After I stopped watching DBZ I started getting into darker animes ._.
I have had all that explained to me very well.ZiggyE said:
The 7 page long explanation of the ending I read actually was very clear as to why it made perfect sense that it would end that way.
My point remained unaffected though. Clannad was a tragedy (Don't say it wasn't) The last episode was the series changing it's mind at the last second. Retconing the last 5 years of Tomoya's life away changed the series as a whole from a show about Tomoya's major flaw, his self-destructive disposition to forming unsustainable attachments, was ultimately his undoing, (this was also driven home by the "In Another World" episodes that showed that he would have been much happier in the long run if he had fallen for one of the girls who was more physically and emotionally stable.) To this big feeling of "Wow he actually learned nothing from that"
I've had this conversation before and it went on for a long time.
I think the best analogy I came up with was imagine what it would be like if there was an extra scene at the end of Romeo and Juliet where they had a completely out of left field time reversal back into an alternate history where Romeo received Juliet's letter on time and the plan went off with out a hitch and they lived happily ever after. That wouldn't be better, that wouldn't even be good. Some thing are better if they're tragic and Clannad is one of them.
Digimon (seasons one and two) and Dragonball Z kicked so much ass that every ass cheek for miles would twinkle in the sunlight because of all the shoe polish on them.
Yu Yu Hakasho was pretty cool too.
Yu Yu Hakasho was pretty cool too.
Code Geass.
Watching it made me feel smart XD Also, I'm attracted to subjectively evil people. Great story, I love CLAMP's style, and well Lelouch's VA is Johnny Yong Bosch.
It's a story about the importance of family and about moving on. It isn't a tragedy. If it was a tragedy then Okazaki wouldn't have gone about redeeming himself in the last five episodes, as a tragedy is a story that shows a fall from grace due to the actions of the protagonist, who is usually of high status. If anything, Clannad is a story about redemption, not tragedy.Mikeyfell said:
Except that isn't the purpose of the Another World OVA stories at all. The Another World stories are adaptations of arcs from the Visual Novel where the romancing of the girl in the arc is important to plot of the arc and therefore wouldn't fit into Nagisa's arc (unlike Kotomi's and Fuko's, where romance doesn't play a major part and isn't a factor in the progression of the arc and thus can be included in the main story while retaining Nagisa's role as the main heroine). It also further shows us the existence of multiple worlds and the collection of the orbs of light, which are both important plot devices in both the visual novel and the anime.
Clannad never set up to be a tragedy, it lacks all the typical archetypes of a tragedy. It is clearly a redemption story, our protagonist starts off as a delinquent and the story is about him rebuilding his life and learning the importance of love, family, friendship and change. It is not a tragedy, not at all.
You think Black Lagoon has terrible dubbing? I think it's fantastic, though I will be honest in saying that I've only sat through Black Lagoon, Ghost in the Shell, and Grenadier. I've seen a worse job of dubbing before.w00tage said:And that shows both why Black Lagoon is a cutting-edge, adults-only anime, and why the dubbing industry seriously needs better casting. Those voices are omg terrible compared to the originals
Probably a four way tie between:
Neon Genesis Evangelion: for emotional impact
Gurren Lagann: out of sheer manliness
Angel Beats: for tear jerker effect
Code Geass: possibly the most well rounded anime in terms of production ( though both seasons of FMA could also take this spot)
Neon Genesis Evangelion: for emotional impact
Gurren Lagann: out of sheer manliness
Angel Beats: for tear jerker effect
Code Geass: possibly the most well rounded anime in terms of production ( though both seasons of FMA could also take this spot)
Favorite anime ever is probably a tie between Gantz and Elfen Lied. I know the second is a fanboy favorite, which was the reason why I neglected it for so long. One day, I finally decided to watch both and they both did the exact same things to me.
They incorporated nudity and sexual content into a Japanese Animation that appeared more artful than lustful in my eyes, they both kept me immersed in the story and yelling at the screen, and they both ended so wonderfully abrupt that I couldn't decide between bloody murder of anything with a pulse, crying my eyes out of my skull, or just applauding and exclaiming,"Well played, my horribly twisted friends. Well played, indeed."
They incorporated nudity and sexual content into a Japanese Animation that appeared more artful than lustful in my eyes, they both kept me immersed in the story and yelling at the screen, and they both ended so wonderfully abrupt that I couldn't decide between bloody murder of anything with a pulse, crying my eyes out of my skull, or just applauding and exclaiming,"Well played, my horribly twisted friends. Well played, indeed."
