Hi Dark, Once again those are some good points, and I agree classing the game as Anime is to stereotypical. I also agree with your brother that Japanese anime is much more creative than what Hollywood and the BBC are putting out these days. I have not seen that much Japanese anime myself, but what I have seen tends to be high quality and can be pretty much anything as you pointed out.
I forgot that adult oriented anime is called Hentai, but that is beside the point though. I was merely wanted to point out the fact that anime can be anything even pornographic in some cases. Its not just your stereotypical ninja movie or a movie about high tech robots and spaceships. Japanese anime can be comity, science fiction, fantasy, horror, romance, etc. Cheers! On 7/21/14, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Hi Tom. > > Actually I shouldn't really have used the term "anime" in this context. My > brother is a fan of "anime" however the stuff he watches (and the stuff I > pinch off him), can range in genre very much, for example over christmas we > > watched two series, Shiki, which is a very character based drama that turns > > slowly into an extremely shocking and tragic horror concerning vampires in a > > small village, and Spice n wolf, a fantasy tale about a girl who can turn > into a wolf and her travels with a merchant in a sort of medeival land where > > there are some elements of magic and spirits, ---- although the series was > mostly about the merchant's various dealings. > > I once asked my brother why exactly he watched so much anime specifically > over what was available in the west and he simply stated (quite accurately), > > that a lot of what hollywood, and to an extent the bbc are doing now is very > > generic, predictable and built along similar lines, where as in Japan things > > are being much more creative in terms of telling interesting stories.This is > > particularly true sinse in a lot of Anime you are not simply seeing the > events that occur as you might in a western film or a western animated > program, you are seeing the character's perspective on those events. > > For example Wlecome to the Nhk is a very simple story about a young man with > > agoraphobia who gets progressively tied up with various other bad ways of > coping with his life before he sorts himself out, addiction to online games, > > geting wrapped up with pyramid schemes etc, yet a good half of the program > is what is going on in his brain, rather than in the real world around him. > > This is also why i really shouldn't have used the term "anime" sinse it > rather perpetuates the sterriotype that all anime is like dragon ball, > bleach, inuhasha etc, ie, samurai, swords, magic, robotss, demons and nasty > > things with tentacles, with big battles and explosions, which it certainly > is not. This is more properly "shonan",, or anime aimed at young boys, > though unfortunately as I said it's become something of a sterriotype. > > Btw, the pawnographic anime is known as Hentai and generally people use that > > term when refering to it, rather than classing it with anime generaly. > > With blind swordsman, it was the plot that reminded me very much of Afro > Samurai, and to a lesser extent samurai seven or fist of the north star, > sinse you play a swordsman trying to find a warlock to restore his vision > who must fight his way past various people on the path to the warlock's > tower, while Afro Samurai is about a Samurai (voiced and indeed rather > modeled on MAce Windu himself, Samual L jackson), whoo is climbing a > mountain path to try and confront the person who killed his father when he > was young who is a great master whom many other warriors want to challenge, > > which of course the Samurai must fight his way through. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
