> From: Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 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.
Because MTV & VH1 stopped showing videos? And when they do show videos it all rap-$#!+ all the time. > >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. Because you don't get the references? > > > > 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? How can you watch 4kids piece when it's been absolutely butchered, way beyond even saban's old DragonBallZ Dub. They CUT OUT 30 whole dogda/V\ned episodes. The Vileness that is 4kids piece is too much to bear. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l