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Jun 27th, 2008 01:26 PM
badboy7 Well i think because of all hard work , what else lol??
Jun 24th, 2008 01:55 PM
Cedar naruto is gayer than john waters
Jun 24th, 2008 12:10 PM
BurntToShreds Yu Yu Hakusho was good in that there was actual progress from episode to episode. A decent amount of fights actually finished in the episode that they were started in.
Jun 22nd, 2008 11:20 PM
Fathom Zero I think everyone in this thread should be nuked, except for Metal Militia.

I'm willing to die for a good cause.
Jun 22nd, 2008 10:30 PM
MetalMilitia Can't believe this has made it to three pages. Naruto is popular for one reason; because a lot of people are stupid.
Jun 22nd, 2008 02:59 PM
Wild Wallace
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Greatest anime ever is Samurai Champloo and Shin Chan.
Agreed, also throw in Golden Boy and Samurai Champloo.
Jun 22nd, 2008 01:01 PM
LordSappington Strider was better
Jun 22nd, 2008 12:59 PM
Guitar Woman THIS IS NOT A POST WHAT ANIME YOU THINK IS BETTER THAN NARUTO THREAD


WE ALL KNOW IT COULDN'T BE AS GOOD AS DEATH NOTE ANYWAY
Jun 22nd, 2008 11:37 AM
Kamikaze81 Fuck Naruto!

Fist of the Northstar is where its at!

Jun 22nd, 2008 10:53 AM
eliz.lanier I've been wondering this same thing myself. Saw it on TV not long ago and all I could think was,"What? This is what so many people are going apeshit for?"

It seems like something I would've liked when I was younger, but a good amount of the people that love it so much are in their late teens, twenties, it's sort of sad.

Same thing with Inuyasha. I watched the first few episodes and I just couldn't get into it. I liked that dude Miroku because the idea of a perverted monk amuses me. But all the other characters, especially the main chick, have absolutely no personality. It's just a bunch of overused cliches thrown together.

Probably the simplest thing is just to say,"People like different things." because really I can't think of any valid reasons why people are so obsessed with some of these shows.
Jun 21st, 2008 05:17 PM
Fathom Zero No. No. No. No. NO.
Jun 21st, 2008 05:01 PM
Lobo Tommy Greatest anime ever is Samurai Champloo and Shin Chan.
Jun 21st, 2008 01:56 AM
liquidstatik EDITS
Jun 21st, 2008 01:56 AM
liquidstatik
Jun 19th, 2008 06:47 PM
Guitar Woman Yes.
Jun 18th, 2008 08:14 PM
Dr. Boogie
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ok, so I skipped ahead to a random episode of Berserk ("Infiltration" I think) and apparently it does stop being terrible at some point, but I also read the manga a few days ago, and I don't see why anyone would want to watch the show when the comic exists.
Because they're looking for anime to watch, and the anime would in turn lead them to the manga. Isn't that one of the main justifications for making an anime out of a manga?
Jun 18th, 2008 07:52 PM
Fathom Zero
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This thread makes me want to nap.
^^^
Jun 18th, 2008 06:22 PM
LordSappington My friends are always talking about it but I'm too lazy to be bothered with looking it up.
Jun 18th, 2008 12:15 PM
Phoenix Gamma
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I always liked Lupin the 3rd! anyone who disagrees with that is probably JediScum and possibly doesn't realize it!
I'll drink to that. Lupin was awesome.
Jun 18th, 2008 10:15 AM
Guitar Woman ok, so I skipped ahead to a random episode of Berserk ("Infiltration" I think) and apparently it does stop being terrible at some point, but I also read the manga a few days ago, and I don't see why anyone would want to watch the show when the comic exists.
Jun 18th, 2008 04:49 AM
ItalianStereotype I always liked Lupin the 3rd! anyone who disagrees with that is probably JediScum and possibly doesn't realize it!
Jun 18th, 2008 02:17 AM
Phoenix Gamma Tower of Druaga's a pleasant surprise. It's based on an old arcade game by Namco, and tucks in gamer humor here and there without being all retarded about it, save for the first episode, which is a straight out parody of all things Japan.

Aside from that, I'm not too into anime. Haruhi Suzumiya (awesome), Gurren Lagann (yay testosterone), and a movie or two. The shonens, shojos, and harems are all derivative crap recycled over and over.
Jun 17th, 2008 07:12 PM
LordSappington
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"The ten tentacles of moon-shadow"
Kinky.
Jun 17th, 2008 12:01 PM
Dr. Boogie
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Originally Posted by LordSappington View Post
I liked the anime for a while, as long as it was in Japanese with subtitles. The manga are pretty good for a while too. But after so long it just gets a little worn out and I'm sick of remembering all those characters.
There aren't that many characters to remember. And even a monkey can remember 7 things.
Jun 17th, 2008 08:21 AM
Blasted Child For anyone who hasn't seen Naruto, here's a break down of an ordinary episode:

1. A good and a bad character stand before eachother in an arena, ready to engage in a fight. Fifteen minutes pass while people in the audience talk about why the two fighters hate eachother, and what their special abilities are, just to remind the viewers.
2. Here follows a scene for the girls: A young female friend of the good fighter remembers their childhood together, preferably on a flowery meadow. Overly nostalgic emotions are slapped in the face of the viewers. There will be plenty of circular, plate-sized mouths, representing laughter and/or crying.
3. The two fighters remind eachother and the audience why they hate eachother, and what their special abilities are.
4. Flashback to an episode where the bad guy killed the good guy's friend. Insert sad emoticon. Even though characters die all the time, every death will be followed by endless scenes of girls crying, tears mixed with stars and more flashbacks to flowery meadows.
5. Fighter one uses his special ability. It can be something along the lines of "The ten tentacles of moon-shadow" or "The secret dragon's sand-castle-whirlwind-flute". Whatever the writers fancied in their state of puerile, stoned mindlessness.
6. The next episode is plugged, with the promise of revealing the outcome of the battle.
7. The episode ends. Listen to a japanese song full of shallow clichées like "Trust in the love of a loving bird of freedom, etc"
8. Next episode; start from 1 again.
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