Warren Ockrassa wrote:
> [adult swim] on Cartoon Network is a refuge in some ways. There are
> some really interesting toons sent out on the Cartoon Network late
> at
> night -- great ones such as Cowboy Bebop, Fullmetal Alchemist and
> the
> Turner creations Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Venture Brothers.
>
As the chatroom gang can tell you, I am a devoted watcher of the
Cartoon Network every saturday night, all night.<G>
>
> (Inuyasha
yawn.
I really like Inuyasha. Yeah it is a tad soapy, but I enjoy the
storytelling even when it is a bit thin. The opening and ending themes
are always exceptionally good pop though, and I have a great
appreciation for the way the Japanese seemed to have learned how to do
Pop better than we do.
>Soap opera. Samurai Champloo: Rocks tha' hizzouse.
> Kurosawa goes toon.)
Also soapy, but the action is awesome. I can't wait for Jin and
Rap-Bastard to get into a fight again.<G>
>
> But there are a couple of sterling anime examples they've been
> retransmitting. FLCL, at just six 30-minute episodes, is arguably
> the
> strangest, but definitely the most creative. The storyline is more
> or
> less standard alien-invasion fare, but the series makes bold
> experiments with the toon genre, breaking into "maga style" just for
> kicks, for instance, and the end titles are set to "Ride on Shooting
> Star", an interesting and energetic example of the punk genre as
> interpreted by a Japanese mindset, capably rendered by The Pillows.
I like the music, but everything else about this series sucks IMO.
>
> Paranoia Agent is weird too with its story centering around a
> rollerblading boy with a metal bat who begins by stunning people who
> are at the ends of their ropes -- and who becomes something much
> more
> sinister. The soundtrack for the series is scored by Susumu
> Hirasawa,
> and his musical explorations are fascinating. In the series
> soundtrack, his main title sequence ("Yume no Shima Shinen Kouen")
> is
> unmistakable, but a later experiment, "Jouken Douji", is probably
> the
> gem of the disc.
I haven't missed an episode. Very addicting and the plot twists are
tasty.
>
> This isn't just about music, of course; it's about how the melding
> of
> music with visuals seems to have affected anime in a way totally
> different from how it's manifested in the States in the form of MTV
> and its offspring. On the whole I think the Nipponese flavor is much
> more intriguing. I was just wondering if anyone else here was
> watching
and listening
and had comments to make.
I think my favorite is FullMetal Alchemist. The backstory is complex
with interesting social implications and with every episode I want to
chew chew chew. Great opening theme song, Japanese hard rock with
progressive overtones. I searched it out and D/Led it.
But have you been watching Justice League Unlimited, Zatch Bell, and
One Piece?
I watch 5 or 6 hours every Saturday.
xponent
Toon Are You? Maru
rob
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