Enchantress
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Chun-tzu, describe underrated.
Does anyone besides me watch Japanese animation?
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Mr Fidgit
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don't worry about it! all you have to do is go to the post you want to quote, and hit the 'quote' button in the bottom right-hand part of that post. that will bring up a reply screen with the post you've quoted already in it. then you can answer the questions directlyEnchantress said:
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RangerWickett
Legend
Yay, I get to be a snooty artsy anime fan and look down my nose at those of you who only watch Cartoon Network stuff, DBZ, and Macross. I personally own no anime, but my friends have thousands of episodes among them. Yes, Bebop is good, very good, but how many people here have seen Initial D? Hikaru no Go? Prince of Tennis?
And you can't forget the hentai. I have been told on good authority that nothing is funnier than a good hentai comedy. Indeed, it's amazing how much classier pornography seems when it's animated. In real life, it's smutty, but in animated format, you're too embarrassed to take it literally.
It's amazing how much going to www.animemusicvideos.org helps expand one's anime repetoire. Anyway, apologies for the snootiness, but IMHO, saying that Macross is your greatest anime experience is like saying Lost in Space was the best sci-fi.
And you can't forget the hentai. I have been told on good authority that nothing is funnier than a good hentai comedy. Indeed, it's amazing how much classier pornography seems when it's animated. In real life, it's smutty, but in animated format, you're too embarrassed to take it literally.
It's amazing how much going to www.animemusicvideos.org helps expand one's anime repetoire. Anyway, apologies for the snootiness, but IMHO, saying that Macross is your greatest anime experience is like saying Lost in Space was the best sci-fi.
Tsyr
Explorer
Hikaru no Go is one of the best anime, IMO. Prince of Tennis is good, but not great... It's not in my top 10, at any rate.
The entire Sekai no Monshou/Sekai no Senki series (Crest of the Stars, etc) is underated IMO. Some others that I would consider underated are Legend of Basara, Utena (A lot of people know of Utena... few have watched it... fewer liked/understood it.), Angel Sanctuary... There are others, those are just some of the ones I can think of offhand.
Mind you, I think some anime can be over-rated too. Trigun is FAR overrated, IMO, and Cowboy Bebop, while great, is not the next best thing to sliced bread, as some people make it out to be. Dragonball Z is FAR over-rated, but not by anyone who's opinion on anime I truely value.
What's actualy amazingly funny is some of the anime meant for a slightly younger audience... Some of it is just so... I dunno... enthusiastic?... I guess, that I can't help but love it. Cardcaptor Sakura, Magical Nyan Nyan Taruto, Tiny Snow Fairy: Sugar, etc.
Hentai CAN potentialy be funny, but far to much of it is... just disturbing. Alot of the halfway stuff can be pretty funny, though... Strange Love, for example. Not hentai, but there is nudity and plenty of inference to (And a few cases of) sex. Same with Maze (The OAV, that is... the series is a bit tamer).
The entire Sekai no Monshou/Sekai no Senki series (Crest of the Stars, etc) is underated IMO. Some others that I would consider underated are Legend of Basara, Utena (A lot of people know of Utena... few have watched it... fewer liked/understood it.), Angel Sanctuary... There are others, those are just some of the ones I can think of offhand.
Mind you, I think some anime can be over-rated too. Trigun is FAR overrated, IMO, and Cowboy Bebop, while great, is not the next best thing to sliced bread, as some people make it out to be. Dragonball Z is FAR over-rated, but not by anyone who's opinion on anime I truely value.
What's actualy amazingly funny is some of the anime meant for a slightly younger audience... Some of it is just so... I dunno... enthusiastic?... I guess, that I can't help but love it. Cardcaptor Sakura, Magical Nyan Nyan Taruto, Tiny Snow Fairy: Sugar, etc.
Hentai CAN potentialy be funny, but far to much of it is... just disturbing. Alot of the halfway stuff can be pretty funny, though... Strange Love, for example. Not hentai, but there is nudity and plenty of inference to (And a few cases of) sex. Same with Maze (The OAV, that is... the series is a bit tamer).
WizarDru
Adventurer
No because then it would be interesting to me. 
I've been into anime for a few decades now, so I think I qualify. I started watching anime with Captain Harlock and Cyborg 009. God, I'm old.
Anywho, Beserk is one of the most intelligently written anime you'll come across, as well as one of the most graphically violent. WORD OF WARNING: THE ANIME FINISHES AT A VERY VERY BAD POINT. I can't describe to you how damaging the end of the series is, if you're not prepared for it. Luckily, the manga continues on far after the anime. Hope still holds for a second anime series, which we refer to as 'How Gats got the DragonSlayer, and got his groove back'.
Most recent enjoyments for me have been Kare Kano (thank you Otakon), Hellsing, Vandread (both stages), Great Teacher Onizuka and Blue Gender. Getter Robo is fun in a silly way, even though it tries to be Giant Robo, and kinda fails, IMHO. Magical Shopping District Abenobashi is a great parody series from Gainax, if somewhat uneven and a little too heavy on the eetchi jokes for me. GTO was, in particular, a series I was sure I wouldn't like...but turns out I was very wrong. It steadily grows on you. Kare Kano is at turns sweet and romantic or madcap and cynical. And sometimes it's painfully real.
As to the issue of subbed versus dubbed: in some cases yes, other cases no. I prefer dubbed merely because traditionally, dubbed voice acting was considered an afterthought. These days, quality voice acting is appearing. I actually prefer the english Big O cast, for example. The voice acting on the dubbed version of Bebop is quite good, as is Trigun, Hellsing and a lot of other more recent dubs. Pioneer is particularly good.
And of course, Spirited Away is, like most Miyazaki films, not just a great anime...it's one of the great movies, period.
I've been into anime for a few decades now, so I think I qualify. I started watching anime with Captain Harlock and Cyborg 009. God, I'm old.
Anywho, Beserk is one of the most intelligently written anime you'll come across, as well as one of the most graphically violent. WORD OF WARNING: THE ANIME FINISHES AT A VERY VERY BAD POINT. I can't describe to you how damaging the end of the series is, if you're not prepared for it. Luckily, the manga continues on far after the anime. Hope still holds for a second anime series, which we refer to as 'How Gats got the DragonSlayer, and got his groove back'.
Most recent enjoyments for me have been Kare Kano (thank you Otakon), Hellsing, Vandread (both stages), Great Teacher Onizuka and Blue Gender. Getter Robo is fun in a silly way, even though it tries to be Giant Robo, and kinda fails, IMHO. Magical Shopping District Abenobashi is a great parody series from Gainax, if somewhat uneven and a little too heavy on the eetchi jokes for me. GTO was, in particular, a series I was sure I wouldn't like...but turns out I was very wrong. It steadily grows on you. Kare Kano is at turns sweet and romantic or madcap and cynical. And sometimes it's painfully real.
As to the issue of subbed versus dubbed: in some cases yes, other cases no. I prefer dubbed merely because traditionally, dubbed voice acting was considered an afterthought. These days, quality voice acting is appearing. I actually prefer the english Big O cast, for example. The voice acting on the dubbed version of Bebop is quite good, as is Trigun, Hellsing and a lot of other more recent dubs. Pioneer is particularly good.
And of course, Spirited Away is, like most Miyazaki films, not just a great anime...it's one of the great movies, period.
frankthedm
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My Favorite anime is Urusei Yatsura. Just such a Darling anime. You will get a real charge out of it.
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www.animeigo.com for tapes and DVD
http://www.furinkan.com/tomobiki/uy/ GREAT UY site
Enchantress
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Call ne an idiot, (which I am,) but I still can't figure out how to do the quotes! I'll have to als my friend to help me, but you gave great instructions anyway Mr Fidget! And finally I don't think I know of any underrated anime. And I also think that alot of the childrens anime is okay too. For instance; the new show Yu Gi Oh! that my little bro. is currently into is a pretty good anime, and there is a really fun card game out to go with it too. I used to be a big fan of digimon when I was younger, and I still loved Cardcaptures Sakura. However, pokemon I can tolerate, though I find it a little over exuberant at times. BUT, the one anime that I can NOT satnd is...DBZ. HATE that show with a PASSION!!!!
*Sorry to all ya DBZ fans out there!! Feel free to flame on me if ya want.*
*Sorry to all ya DBZ fans out there!! Feel free to flame on me if ya want.*
