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<blockquote data-quote="Tsyr" data-source="post: 127483" data-attributes="member: 354">*coughs*[/fanboy rant on]Point 1:Anime is not a genre! Darnit, I don't know where that idea got started. Anime is a media, not a genre. There are genres within anime... sci-fi, romance, action, horror, fantasy, drama, sports, comedy, etc. Anime itself is no more a genre than saying radio is a genre or live plays are a genre. Point 2: If you are watching anime where the protagonists are that much better, I honestly don't know what your watching. Almost any anime made in the last 15-20 years (Some of the really early stuff could be a bit hokey) is full of downfalls, trials, and perils for the main character, almost all of them brought on by them making mistakes and doing stupid things. Romance anime has it, action anime has it, horror anime has it, sports anime has it, heck even comedy anime has it. Evangelion, Kenshin, Hana Yori Dango, Fushigi Yuugi, Hellsing, Seikai no Senki, Hikaru no Go, RahXephon, Gundam Wing, Record of the Lodoss War, Cowboy Bebop, Bubblegum Crisis, Orphen, Ranma, Tenchi, etc etc. Heck, there are even (spoiler warning) some anime where the main character *gasp* dies. Cowboy Bebop, for example. Or turns out to be a real scumbag that you thought was cool. Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, for example. Or has an abigious and vaugly sad ending. Shoujo Kakume Utena, for example. Yes, in most cases the &quot;hero&quot; does eventualy &quot;win&quot;... but how many American movies can you say differently about? Keep in mind the proportional volume.[/fanboy rant off]Sorry for derailing the thread...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tsyr, post: 127483, member: 354"] *coughs* [/fanboy rant on] Point 1:[B][I]Anime is not a genre![/I][/B] Darnit, I don't know where that idea got started. Anime is a media, not a genre. There are genres within anime... sci-fi, romance, action, horror, fantasy, drama, sports, comedy, etc. Anime itself is no more a genre than saying radio is a genre or live plays are a genre. Point 2: If you are watching anime where the protagonists are that much better, I honestly don't know what your watching. Almost any anime made in the last 15-20 years (Some of the really early stuff could be a bit hokey) is full of downfalls, trials, and perils for the main character, almost all of them brought on by them making mistakes and doing stupid things. Romance anime has it, action anime has it, horror anime has it, sports anime has it, heck even comedy anime has it. Evangelion, Kenshin, Hana Yori Dango, Fushigi Yuugi, Hellsing, Seikai no Senki, Hikaru no Go, RahXephon, Gundam Wing, Record of the Lodoss War, Cowboy Bebop, Bubblegum Crisis, Orphen, Ranma, Tenchi, etc etc. Heck, there are even (spoiler warning) some anime where the main character *gasp* dies. Cowboy Bebop, for example. Or turns out to be a real scumbag that you thought was cool. Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, for example. Or has an abigious and vaugly sad ending. Shoujo Kakume Utena, for example. Yes, in [B]most[/B] cases the "hero" does eventualy "win"... but how many American movies can you say differently about? Keep in mind the proportional volume. [/fanboy rant off] Sorry for derailing the thread... [/QUOTE]

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