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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 1576687" data-attributes="member: 2205">I don't like anime in general, and Ghost in the Shell is one I've seen.  It's not too bad, but it's not a Holy Grail of cyberpunk either; the pacing and storyline actually tend to drag it down at times.  (Although what the heck is the Holy Grail of cyberpunk now that I mention it?  Last time I watched Bladerunner I thought it was horrible even though I had great memories of it from earlier.)On the comedy side, I'd say Ranma 1/2 is probably the closest thing to an anime that I can recommend.  It's actually fairly well done and reasonably funny.Honestly, I think a lot of the problems I have with anime are related to the fact that I'm not Japanese, and I simply don't "get it."  There are a lot of subtle cultural references in most of what I've seen in terms of the way plots evolve, the ideas explored, etc.  I'm not saying that it goes over my head, although I'm sure a fair amount does, but it also doesn't interest me as much as something that I can relate to more easily.And a lot of the raving anime fans I know are frankly Japanophiles of the worst sort -- the kinds of kids that fervently wish they were Japanese.  They swallow up everything Japanese just because it is Japanese.  I don't get that either.  Japan seems like a nice enough place, and I have it on pretty good authority that being nerdy in Japan (i.e., having hobbies like most of us do) is seen in a better light there than here in some ways, but I don't see Japan as the Mecca of cultural expression in the world either.  It's a culture like any other, with things I agree with and things I don't.  Same as my native culture, except that at least I'm more at home there.</blockquote>

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