D&D 3E/3.5 3.5 is Anime! Wait, what?
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EATherrian
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As an aside to the thread, which I think is awesome, the big sword thing only disturbs me in one place. The Greatswords in Martin's Song of Ice and Fire seem so unwieldy to me, but I guess the magical steel makes them usable. Any of you who LARP or SCA have experience with trying out weapons like this to see what they might feel like? I've always wondered. As to the art, the only real problem I have is the feet again; this man CAN NOT draw proportional feet and it irks me. Other than that it strikes me more generic fantasy than anime, of course I'm a fan of pulp fantasy more than either.
Wolfspider
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The_Gneech said:
Based on the examples on the main page that you linked to, I would not call that style anime in the least--animated, undoubtedly, but not anime.
Zamkaizer
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That's more of a "Venture Brothers" style.The_Gneech said:It would be totally awesome ... but languish in development heck.
AndrewRogue
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I notice someone mentioned Arthurian Fantasy as, essentially, an opposite to anime style fantasy. In the future, could you please specify a little more, like, Arthurian Fantasy (as portrayed by that loser Malory and his followers)?
Seriously. The Welsh works, Chretien's works and a lot of the miscellaneous texts that fall in similar veins... yeah. Over the top, anime(/action movie/swords and sorcery fantasy) stylings work way better for them then the standard high fantasy junk.
^_~
Seriously. The Welsh works, Chretien's works and a lot of the miscellaneous texts that fall in similar veins... yeah. Over the top, anime(/action movie/swords and sorcery fantasy) stylings work way better for them then the standard high fantasy junk.
^_~
WheresMyD20
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They stay on due to the power of the ESRB.D.Shaffer said:...HTH do those...things covering her chest manage to stay on? Suction?
The_Gneech
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Wolfspider said:
Well IIRC, you are also among those who don't think that WAR looks anime either. (FWIW, I agree on that score.)
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ArmoredSaint
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I don't think the Japanese themselves define the term "anime" as pertaining only to their own animation; they use it to mean cartoons in general. So yes, the animated Conan movie is anime--at least a Japanese person would label it so. Maybe we should clarify by specifying Japanese anime for the purposes of these discussions in the future.
I've never liked using the word to mean Japanese cartoons. To me, "anime" is an Italian word that refers to armour like this:
http://www.myarmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?pid=4293&fullsize=1
http://sl-armours.com/patterns/MI10067d11a.jpg
...as it was hundreds of years before there were any cartoons.
It is regrettable that most of the world thinks the word means only "Japanese animation."
Maybe we should clarify by specifying Japanese anime for the purposes of these discussions in the future. I've never liked using the word to mean Japanese cartoons. To me, "anime" is an Italian word that refers to armour like this:
http://www.myarmoury.com/albums/displayimage.php?pid=4293&fullsize=1
http://sl-armours.com/patterns/MI10067d11a.jpg
...as it was hundreds of years before there were any cartoons.
It is regrettable that most of the world thinks the word means only "Japanese animation."
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Amphimir Míriel
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EATherrian said:
Here is some information about real, historical greatswords:
http://www.thearma.org/essays/2HGS.html
And here's a video of actual swordplay with a historical replica:
http://www.thearma.org/Videos/mov37.mpg
In short: Greatswords were not so heavy as some authors wanted you to believe (not George Martin, he knows his stuff), and they are devastating weapons...
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