Anime and Manga

[metalkingtiger]

I have been watching this anime series called Bleach. It is the greatest anime series I have seen so far. The story, the fight sequences, the artwork are a masterpiece. Anybody else watch it? I've become hooked on Manga and Anime lately so discuss any Anime/Manga you like watching/reading...

[Turkish]

There's been soo many threads on this subject.


But yeah, Bleach is good, so is Gungrave...that's one I've been watching lately.

[dazmo]

i'm not a huge fan of anime

[Hep Kat]

/formely animpunk333

[dazmo]

do you think anime would be better for japanese, or americans or both?

[Jawaharal]

I hate anime.

A lot.

[dazmo]

lol

[john123]

anime ppl have have eyes the size of jupiter.

i hate anime personally

[dazmo]

i like some of the english cartoons but thats it.

[Pop music sucks]

I love it.

I bought and completed the Neon Genesis Evangelion Platinum collection. Everything has been remastered into 5.1 audio and the video has been wet remastered. Everything is so vivid and crisp.

I hate how children's anime is branded as "the only anime there is" in America. It's so lame, for the most part whenever someone says "Anime", most people think "Yu-Gi-Oh, Dragon Ball Z, Pokemon".

[Phalanx]

I love it.

I bought and completed the Neon Genesis Evangelion Platinum collection. Everything has been remastered into 5.1 audio and the video has been wet remastered. Everything is so vivid and crisp.

I hate how children's anime is branded as "the only anime there is" in America. It's so lame, for the most part whenever someone says "Anime", most people think "Yu-Gi-Oh, Dragon Ball Z, Pokemon".

when I think of anime, I think of people that get annoyed when people say anime is Dragonball Z and Yugioh :rolleyes:

[GiB]

Betterman, .Hack//Sign and FMA are the best anime otherwise I hate it.

[dazmo]

when I think of anime, I think of people that get annoyed when people say anime is Dragonball Z and Yugioh :rolleyes:
Anime is Dragon Ballz, Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokemon \

*waits for angry mob*

[Phalanx]

Anime is Dragon Ballz, Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokemon \

*waits for angry mob*

ofcourse it is, Japanese Cartoons = anime

[El Krunk]

I think anime is a ridiculous trend right now in America and it only shows our own cultural ignorance that we can't be entertained by products of our own creativity.

[Phalanx]

I think anime is a ridiculous trend right now in America and it only shows our own cultural ignorance that we can't be entertained by products of our own creativity.

i understand what you mean. Anyone is able to appreciate foreign film but for most people. They'll watch Akira and start whoring as much anime as they can find. Out of all the anime i've watched, very few of them have I actually bought due to like all things, a lot of it is ****

:chug:

[dazmo]

I think anime is a ridiculous trend right now in America and it only shows our own cultural ignorance that we can't be entertained by products of our own creativity.
:chug:

Australia isn't really into the whole "Anime" thing. The kids like Dragon Ball Z, Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon (still waiting for angry mob) and the nerds might be into it, but apart from Cartoon Network, there isnt much on our TV's, as far as I know

[El Krunk]

i understand what you mean. Anyone is able to appreciate foreign film but for most people. They'll watch Akira and start whoring as much anime as they can find. Out of all the anime i've watched, very few of them have I actually bought due to like all things, a lot of it is ****

:chug:

What really pushes my buttons is the fact that my little brother (12) and my little sister (14) watch most of that crap. I'll take a look at what they have on the TV and the first thing I see is excessive blood, guts and animated gore. Gunshot wounds, deadly explosions and the most ridiculously exaggerated fight scenes I've ever seen on television. It sickens me that politicians had Looney Tunes taken off the air due to "excessive violence" and yet they let this garbage slip past the filters.

[dazmo]

We still get loony tunes :cool: but yeah, and on CN theres a thing called "Adult Swim" and on tthat Anime theres sex, drugs swearing, violence, car crashes, and for most of it, you see 80% of whats happening

[El Krunk]

We still get loony tunes :cool: but yeah, and on CN theres a thing called "Adult Swim" and on tthat Anime theres sex, drugs swearing, violence, car crashes, and for most of it, you see 80% of whats happening

Yeah I really don't dig Adult Swim at all. It's trashy.

[Phalanx]

:chug:

Australia isn't really into the whole "Anime" thing. The kids like Dragon Ball Z, Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon (still waiting for angry mob) and the nerds might be into it, but apart from Cartoon Network, there isnt much on our TV's, as far as I know

If you want to be critical, Dragonball Z is probably one of the greatest anime series of all time, it must have done something right to churn out 291 episodes (and thats excluding GT and Dragonball, and all that manga). It's also the show that got most people into anime. Whats also interesting is that it's plot line is very similar to a lot of anime out there. The concepts of good vs evil, supernatural and sci fi are featured in lots of other anime series.

[dazmo]

I admit, i watched a fair bit of Dragon Ball Z in my day

[Turkish]

I think anime is a ridiculous trend right now in America and it only shows our own cultural ignorance that we can't be entertained by products of our own creativity.


Well it doesn't matter anyway, Anime dubbed with English voice acting sucks ***.

[Pop music sucks]

If you want to be critical, Dragonball Z is probably one of the greatest anime series of all time, it must have done something right to churn out 291 episodes (and thats excluding GT and Dragonball, and all that manga). It's also the show that got most people into anime. Whats also interesting is that it's plot line is very similar to a lot of anime out there. The concepts of good vs evil, supernatural and sci fi are featured in lots of other anime series.Because it's a children's anime:p

Children's anime doesn't end after 26 episodes, if it is really popular, then it'll just recycle the same fights but different characters and go on for a long time.

There's also series that only have 12 or 13 episodes. Serial Experiments Lain was only 13 episodes, and it was a complete story, very philosophical. Thought provoking as well.

Evangelion was a great combination of philosophy, religion (intertwining and using references from christianity, judaism, buddhism), and action. All the way down to the angel's names, how they attacked or how their body was shaped.

I'm not getting all pissy and moany, it's just that Cartoon Network did both a good thing and a bad thing. They did bring anime into America, but so far the only stuff they show are from Children's Anime on Toonami. It's only on Adult Swim they branch off into more of a serious tone.

Just like movies, there's a whole crapload of mediums that can be portrayed in anime. Anime is just a broad term that encompasses anything Japanese animation.

[Amit]

What really pushes my buttons is the fact that my little brother (12) and my little sister (14) watch most of that crap. I'll take a look at what they have on the TV and the first thing I see is excessive blood, guts and animated gore. Gunshot wounds, deadly explosions and the most ridiculously exaggerated fight scenes I've ever seen on television. It sickens me that politicians had Looney Tunes taken off the air due to "excessive violence" and yet they let this garbage slip past the filters.

ummm

have you ever been to an american movie theater

[El Krunk]

ummm

have you ever been to an american movie theater

Oh yeah, you mean that place where you have to be 17+ to see some of the crap that they show on Cartoon Network? Yeah, been there.

[red barchetta]

If you want to be critical, Dragonball Z is probably one of the greatest anime series of all time, it must have done something right to churn out 291 episodes (and thats excluding GT and Dragonball, and all that manga). It's also the show that got most people into anime. Whats also interesting is that it's plot line is very similar to a lot of anime out there. The concepts of good vs evil, supernatural and sci fi are featured in lots of other anime series.
291 episodes isnt that impressive. there are over 1500 Doraemon (im sure none of you have heard of it. its a children's cartoon, or anime if you want to be english/american) episodes, as well as 45 movies. it is arguably the best manga of its time though.

[Phalanx]

291 episodes isnt that impressive. there are over 1500 Doraemon (im sure none of you have heard of it. its a children's cartoon, or anime if you want to be english/american) episodes, as well as 45 movies. it is arguably the best manga of its time though.

yea but nobody has heard of that so who gives a ****?

[AA-12]

I'm extremely into DBZ and DBGT. I have both entire shows on my computer.

[Phalanx]

I'm extremely into DBZ and DBGT. I have both entire shows on my computer.

wow, how many GBs does that take up?

[AA-12]

wow, how many GBs does that take up?
40.

[Phalanx]

40.

geez, must've taken a while to download

[AA-12]

geez, must've taken a while to download
It took around 18 hours to download them. Not counting the time it took to find a good torrent, haha.

[Phalanx]

i'd love to download a load of stuff but alas I have bandwidth limits :(

[Amit]

Oh yeah, you mean that place where you have to be 17+ to see some of the crap that they show on Cartoon Network? Yeah, been there.

you do realize there's a difference between realistic and animated violence right

[Turkish]

Lol, it took me forever to find the Japenese versions of Samurai Champloo...and there's only 25 episodes.

I'm currently trying to get all the Naruto, but is kinda stressing trying to get all the episodes and keep caught up with them.

I really wanna check out Berserk right now, I have a friend who is fiending over that show.

[Pop music sucks]

you do realize there's a difference between realistic and animated violence rightrofl there nubs

[Kingofdudes]

Because it's a children's anime:p

Children's anime doesn't end after 26 episodes, if it is really popular, then it'll just recycle the same fights but different characters and go on for a long time.

There's also series that only have 12 or 13 episodes. Serial Experiments Lain was only 13 episodes, and it was a complete story, very philosophical. Thought provoking as well.

Evangelion was a great combination of philosophy, religion (intertwining and using references from christianity, judaism, buddhism), and action. All the way down to the angel's names, how they attacked or how their body was shaped.

I'm not getting all pissy and moany, it's just that Cartoon Network did both a good thing and a bad thing. They did bring anime into America, but so far the only stuff they show are from Children's Anime on Toonami. It's only on Adult Swim they branch off into more of a serious tone.

Just like movies, there's a whole crapload of mediums that can be portrayed in anime. Anime is just a broad term that encompasses anything Japanese animation.

I've seen a few episodes of Evangelion, and I would like to buy some seasons of it on DVD. Are there any good box sets for it out there?

[Pop music sucks]

Evangelion only had one season of 26 episodes. You can get the slim-line Platinum Collection (http://www.animenation.com/dnge-bx2.html) for around $80 US. I really suggest the Platinum Collection as it has been remastered into 5.1 audio and visually remastered. The remaster project was overseen by the original producers and director of the Evangelion Project.

I'd go for that if you aren't a hardcore collector.

[Kingofdudes]

Thanks, ill look into getting that

[El Krunk]

you do realize there's a difference between realistic and animated violence right

http://images.quizilla.com/D/DA/DAR/dark666sorceress/1129410428_sAnimeKill.jpg

Yeah, influential young teenagers with a social outcast disposition really need to be watching this instead of something a little more PG-13. Hello Columbine.

[Amit]

umm the last star wars was pg-13 and that had very realistic violence and tons of kids went to see that

and the media is a great scapegoat for shitty parents when their kids go crazy

[AA-12]

and the media is a great scapegoat for shitty parents when their kids go crazy
Exactly, the parents are to blame if a movie or show influences them in such extreme ways.

[Azraelscross]

291 episodes isnt that impressive. there are over 1500 Doraemon (im sure none of you have heard of it. its a children's cartoon, or anime if you want to be english/american) episodes, as well as 45 movies. it is arguably the best manga of its time though.
the sheer amount of doraemon episodes out there has scared me away from it. i don't have that kind of time to put into one thing.

But maybe to get this back on track and away from stupid squabbles over violence i just finished elfien lied*now this isn't for the kiddies* and am working on Samurai Champloo atm.

[El Krunk]

umm the last star wars was pg-13 and that had very realistic violence and tons of kids went to see that

There's a big difference between lightsaber battles in outer space and Japanese school kids engaging in fights to the death with knives, guns and swords. You can't draw moral relevance where there is no practical correlation.

and the media is a great scapegoat for shitty parents when their kids go crazy

Violent outburts in children can be broken down into three, very obvious contributory pieces.

1) The parents.
2) The child's psychological background.
3) Outside, cultural factors.

It's easy to say that when a child has social issues, it's because they have no positive interaction with their parents. However, some of these violent cases from both undernurtured and overnurtured children, as well as children from a normal parental influence.

Now, with that wide of a variation, we can eliminate the parental problem as an immediate cause (though it is still a factor in some cases). That leaves us with the child's own psychological stability and their cultural influences (music, media, cartoons). Having been one of those kids that spent most of his school career as a social idiot, I can vouch that these two items played a major role in my views and opinions of my surrounding population as a whole. I would draw ideas from movies and cartoons, television and music and about the time I myself reached such a low that I felt like lashing out, someone else did - Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold.

This may be a dramatic summary of my own views, but I feel that the less violence we have available to the youth, the better off we are in the long run. Look at Amish communities. They don't have any of this violent anime crap and how many murders do you think there are in their villages? Not to say we should all be Amish, but things like this are common sense. Violence begets violence.

[AA-12]

It all boils down to the parents not teaching their kids. If a kid doesn't know that animated violence is not real, and that it would be bad in real life, then the parents are not doing very well raising the kid.

[Amit]

There's a big difference between lightsaber battles in outer space and Japanese school kids engaging in fights to the death with knives, guns and swords. You can't draw moral relevance where there is no practical correlation.

umm did you see star wars revenge of the sith

Violent outburts in children can be broken down into three, very obvious contributory pieces.

1) The parents.
2) The child's psychological background.
3) Outside, cultural factors.

It's easy to say that when a child has social issues, it's because they have no positive interaction with their parents. However, some of these violent cases from both undernurtured and overnurtured children, as well as children from a normal parental influence.

Now, with that wide of a variation, we can eliminate the parental problem as an immediate cause (though it is still a factor in some cases). That leaves us with the child's own psychological stability and their cultural influences (music, media, cartoons). Having been one of those kids that spent most of his school career as a social idiot, I can vouch that these two items played a major role in my views and opinions of my surrounding population as a whole. I would draw ideas from movies and cartoons, television and music and about the time I myself reached such a low that I felt like lashing out, someone else did - Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold.

This may be a dramatic summary of my own views, but I feel that the less violence we have available to the youth, the better off we are in the long run. Look at Amish communities. They don't have any of this violent anime crap and how many murders do you think there are in their villages? Not to say we should all be Amish, but things like this are common sense. Violence begets violence.

there's been violent acts, including acts committed by children, long before anime's been around

they didn't have anime in sudan, bosnia, bangladesh, brazil, etc

anime may have violence (not all anime does by the way), but it is so off the top and unrealistic that the few children who can be influenced by it have already been driven over the wall by much more realistic and active forms of violence (video games and movies anyone?)

[Azraelscross]

It all boils down to the parents not teaching their kids. If a kid doesn't know that animated violence is not real, and that it would be bad in real life, then the parents are not doing very well raising the kid.
Its all a matter of teaching your kids the difference between reality and fantasy. and stop letting the ****ing TV raise your kids

[Crapdragoon]

Im not into many animes, but the ones i like alot:

Tenjo Tenge
Initial D
Gundam
Street Fighter Alpha
Some robotech

[El Krunk]

umm did you see star wars revenge of the sith

Star Wars is really no worse than Star Trek if you want to get nitty gritty.



there's been violent acts, including acts committed by children, long before anime's been around

they didn't have anime in sudan, bosnia, bangladesh, brazil, etc

These acts are still culturally influenced however, though in a different manner. Acts of violence among children don't happen without influence. Surely we can agree on that, amit.

anime may have violence (not all anime does by the way)

Oh, I know that. I'm really just against anything beyond the level of Dragon Ball being viewed by anyone under the age of 17 or so.

but it is so off the top and unrealistic that the few children who can be influenced by it have already been driven over the wall by much more realistic and active forms of violence (video games and movies anyone?)

However, it is still a contributory factor. Eliminating that factor makes one less issue to be resolved.

[Crapdragoon]

If your into import cars, and drifting and shi, you should watch initial D.

The racing is in cgi (really crappy cgi intill 4th stage its beautiful)

[Amit]

Star Wars is really no worse than Star Trek if you want to get nitty gritty.

umm there is decapitation, graphic flesh burns, slaughter of civilians/elderly/children, and murder/destruction on a mass scale

These acts are still culturally influenced however, though in a different manner. Acts of violence among children don't happen without influence. Surely we can agree on that, amit.

acts of violence among children obviously happen because of influence(s) but i think it's too reductionist to solely blame anime for isolated and extreme incidents of violence in america

if anime is so violent why is japan one of the safest nations in the world

http://www.bookmice.net/darkchilde/japan/crime.html

Oh, I know that. I'm really just against anything beyond the level of Dragon Ball being viewed by anyone under the age of 17 or so.

slapstick/absurd slapstick like the three stooges and ren & stimpy (respectively) is far worse (and way more entertaining) than dragon ball z

and i'd worry more about the music videos and reality television shows being played on MTV/VH1/major networks

However, it is still a contributory factor. Eliminating that factor makes one less issue to be resolved.

it's a factor only to the tiniest portion of the population

and it's the portion that need to be watched most closely anyway

[Crapdragoon]

I never really liked DBZ, i liked some of the concepts but some guy having a beam war with a some dude every episode isnt exactly entertaining

[Sexy Action Man(SAM)]

:barfs:

my bad

[Azraelscross]

I never really liked DBZ, i liked some of the concepts but some guy having a beam war with a some dude every episode isnt exactly entertaining
it just finally got to the point where they just floated for an entire episode going:
Hero:GRRRRR*Twitch-twitch*
Evil guy: i willl destroy you. GRRR*Twitch-Twitch*

and so on. it got rediculous when i a fight was carried on for over 7 episodes

[Crapdragoon]

it just finally got to the point where they just floated for an entire episode going:
Hero:GRRRRR*Twitch-twitch*
Evil guy: i willl destroy you. GRRR*Twitch-Twitch*

and so on. it got rediculous when i a fight was carried on for over 7 episodes



indeed

[Otherside]

I think anime is a ridiculous trend right now in America and it only shows our own cultural ignorance that we can't be entertained by products of our own creativity.

Because American cartoons are sooooooo marketed to an older generation right? Right?


If you want to be critical, Dragonball Z is probably one of the greatest anime series of all time it must have done something right to churn out 291 episodes
Actually Naruto is at something like 265 and it's not even halfway over yet. So I guess Naruto is the best. (:lol: :lol: :lol:)

Oh yeah, you mean that place where you have to be 17+ to see some of the crap that they show on Cartoon Network? Yeah, been there.
ya i think its called adult swim for a reason, not sure tho


http://images.quizilla.com/D/DA/DAR/dark666sorceress/1129410428_sAnimeKill.jpg

Yeah, influential young teenagers with a social outcast disposition really need to be watching this instead of something a little more PG-13. Hello Columbine.

omg the kids who did columbine listened to rammstein which are a evil satanic band so thats why they did it right?



Meh whatever, this argument is whack. I fully believe people use such things as scapegoats for domestic problems and other factors, I watched Neon Genesis Evangelion when I was around 13 or 14 and didn't go trying to kill my classmates, nor did I ever have any thoughts about anything like that.

[burning star IV]

I bought a hentai DVD on sale yesterday at Sam Goody for 5 bucks. Still have yet to watch it.

This (http://www.animenation.com/ahs-1023.html) is the DVD. Has anyone seen it before?

[Phalanx]

I bought a hentai DVD on sale yesterday at Sam Goody for 5 bucks. Still have yet to watch it.

This (http://www.animenation.com/ahs-1023.html) is the DVD. Has anyone seen it before?

lol, you like cartoon pr0n :lol:

The only animes i've ever liked were Evangelion, Outlaw Star and Cowboy Bebop which subsequently have the boxsets for.

NGE is a masterpiece and has quite a different narrative to most mecha animes.

I've wanted to try out Trigun but I saw the Japanese versions and thought it was a bit corny, especially when his arm turns into a gun

[Labouski]

i liked pokemon
"gota catch em all"
u cant make that stuff up

[Azraelscross]

lol, you like cartoon pr0n :lol:

Wordsworth FTW!!. i wish i had some more anime. all i have is Spirited away and Five Star Stories. i'm too poor :upset:

[burning star IV]

lol, you like cartoon pr0n :lol:


Yes. Yes I do.

[AA-12]

Yes. Yes I do.
Have you watched it yet? Any good?

[Kurrpt]

anime p0rn huh?


any good ones?

[burning star IV]

Not yet. I'm at school still.

[Kurrpt]

alright then :thumb:

[Chrysostom]

Not yet. I'm at school still.

Give us a rundown when you're ready.

[burning star IV]

Alrighty then.

[Phalanx]

Yes. Yes I do.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v622/pimpymcdogdog/Avatars/animeavy.jpg

:confused:
http://wisoftware.host.sk/images/msn6/emoticons/51.jpg

im not comfortable enough to see that

[Chrysostom]

im not comfortable enough to see that

What do you mean?

[Phalanx]

well, it's really the ethics behind these pictures, I mean chances are, it's going to have been drawn by some horny glasses wearing nerd who goes to Uni and he seems like a sweet gentlemen in the day but at night he's photoshopping dirty pictures with a stiff kink under the table

[Chrysostom]

well, it's really the ethics behind these pictures, I mean chances are, it's going to have been drawn by some horny glasses wearing nerd who goes to Uni and he seems like a sweet gentlemen in the day but at night he's photoshopping dirty pictures with a stiff kink under the table

It's not worse than the real thing.

[Phalanx]

It's not worse than the real thing.

really? perhaps i'm just afraid of how its produced :confused:

[Chrysostom]

really? perhaps i'm just afraid of how its produced :confused:

I think that might be it. It's no more sordid than real life pr0n. Or at least I assume not.

[AA-12]

well, it's really the ethics behind these pictures, I mean chances are, it's going to have been drawn by some horny glasses wearing nerd who goes to Uni and he seems like a sweet gentlemen in the day but at night he's photoshopping dirty pictures with a stiff kink under the table
What's wrong with that?

[Chrysostom]

What's wrong with that?

Quite.

[Rrrrrrr]

Yeah, influential young teenagers
impressionable. and you greatly overestimate the social damage a bunch of clearly over-the-top cartoons can do.

[metalkingtiger]

Because American cartoons are sooooooo marketed to an older generation right? Right?



Actually Naruto is at something like 265 and it's not even halfway over yet. So I guess Naruto is the best. (:lol: :lol: :lol:)

ya i think its called adult swim for a reason, not sure tho


http://images.quizilla.com/D/DA/DAR/dark666sorceress/1129410428_sAnimeKill.jpg


omg the kids who did columbine listened to rammstein which are a evil satanic band so thats why they did it right?



Meh whatever, this argument is whack. I fully believe people use such things as scapegoats for domestic problems and other factors, I watched Neon Genesis Evangelion when I was around 13 or 14 and didn't go trying to kill my classmates, nor did I ever have any thoughts about anything like that.



Yeah, Naruto's good but the episodes on Cartoon Network right now are fillers and they're crappy as hell.

[Azraelscross]

impressionable. and you greatly overestimate the social damage a bunch of clearly over-the-top cartoons can do.
You would have to have previous or hidden mental problems for any of this stuff to damage a person socially. I'm fine. all the people i know who watch anime and violent movies are fine. I watched one where a guy was held down by monsters and watched the girl he loved get raped in front of him. powerful addition to end the series? yes. **** me up for life? nope. nor has it for every person i've talked to who watched that series. and i was i think 15 when i watched that series.

the point is that if you watch over the top cartoons its not going to do a damn thing. If your stupid enough not to discern fantasy from reality your never gonna function in the world. I'm not anymore violent than i was before. and unless you are stupid, your parents failed at raising you, or you have hidden mental problems Anime isn't going to do anything but provide amusment.
if i read you post right this is meant to be a emphasis on people blaming anime and violent tv on there kids problems

[Rrrrrrr]

i take it that you think I was agreeing with Iscariot. I was not. if i drew the wrong conclusion, I make no apologies because your post was quite incoherent.

[Arucard]

I guess this would be a good time to post the Naruto forehead protector tattoo i got on Saturday.

Which id like to add is peeling like hell.

And im scared.

[Pop music sucks]

I just bought the complete Elfen Lied series from Amazon, it should arrive around March 2-8.

It looks very promising from the preview on one of the volumes of the Platinum Evangelion DVD's.

And Cromartie High School looks so unbelievably randomly hilarious.

[Arucard]

Is that the one with the fighting kids? Or is this that Bout High School?

/usnure

[gazzareth]

I think anime is a ridiculous trend right now in America and it only shows our own cultural ignorance that we can't be entertained by products of our own creativity.
I don't understand how enjoying anime indicates that you are culturally ignorant. I would have thought it would be the other way round - that overlooking anything that isn't a 'product of american creativity' indicates this.

[Arucard]

This thread annoys me. I personally think hentai is wrong, but i love anime. If you want nude women, go get a girlfriend.

[Kurrpt]

..... is wrong?



wtf is wrong with you guys. Its not like they market this to 8 yr olds.

Let me get this straight.....you guys are fine with niggas getting their heads chopped off, and blood squirting out of the corotid artery, but when it comes to drawn boobs, theres a problem?


:lol::lol: at you guys

[Chrysostom]

..... is wrong?



wtf is wrong with you guys. Its not like they market this to 8 yr olds.

Let me get this straight.....you guys are fine with niggas getting their heads chopped off, and blood squirting out of the corotid artery, but when it comes to drawn boobs, theres a problem?


:lol::lol: at you guys

Che, I love you man. :thumb:

[Kurrpt]

hey thanks man :thumb:


i try to be a rational thinker, and i feel i back up my views better then most

[Chrysostom]

hey thanks man :thumb:


i try to be a rational thinker, and i feel i back up my views better then most

Damn right. That post pwned the hentai haters. IMO.

[Kurrpt]

Damn right. That post pwned the hentai haters. IMO.


we need to get a mailing list together...


sharing purposes of course :thumb:

[Chrysostom]

we need to get a mailing list together...


sharing purposes of course :thumb:

Ha ha ha ha. C'est une possibilite.



















/needs to get some hentai first. :upset:

[Kurrpt]

i got some...


its actually on my IPOD, but i added it in such a way that its a bitch


/checks


dammit, now i have to find that CD again. :upset:

[Chrysostom]

i got some...


its actually on my IPOD

Wut? On your IPOD?

[Azraelscross]

i take it that you think I was agreeing with Iscariot. I was not. if i drew the wrong conclusion, I make no apologies because your post was quite incoherent.
if you actually read it you would see at the end that it was meant to emphasise your point. read before you type

[Kurrpt]

Wut? On your IPOD?


haha

yea man. IPOD video. Figured out how to put movies on there too



COUGHp0rnCOUGH

[Chrysostom]

haha

yea man. IPOD video. Figured out how to put movies on there too



COUGHp0rnCOUGH

Sweet.

[Kurrpt]

haha yea man...



now if i had some animated hentai......

[Rrrrrrr]

if you actually read it you would see at the end that it was meant to emphasise your point. read before you type
if i drew the wrong conclusion, I make no apologies because your post was quite incoherent.indeed

[Kithkin]

What really pushes my buttons is the fact that my little brother (12) and my little sister (14) watch most of that crap. I'll take a look at what they have on the TV and the first thing I see is excessive blood, guts and animated gore. Gunshot wounds, deadly explosions and the most ridiculously exaggerated fight scenes I've ever seen on television. It sickens me that politicians had Looney Tunes taken off the air due to "excessive violence" and yet they let this garbage slip past the filters.

I don't think Looney Toons has every been taken off the air for excessive violence, though certain bits have been Banned (http://www.rotten.com/library/culture/banned-cartoons/)

And anime is usually far less bloody than any real show, and anime that makes it here and is aired when most kids are awake is almost always edited so there is no blood.

Just look at One Piece or Dragon Ball Z. In the Japanese versions there is a lot of blood but it's mostly edited out for the daytime airings.

I just bought the complete Elfen Lied series from Amazon, it should arrive around March 2-8.


It's supposed to be a very disturbing anime... I think.

http://images.quizilla.com/D/DA/DAR/dark666sorceress/1129410428_sAnimeKill.jpg

Yeah, influential young teenagers with a social outcast disposition really need to be watching this instead of something a little more PG-13. Hello Columbine.

What are you, retarded?

First, that's obviously a still image, probably from a hentai game.

[Kithkin]

Sorry to bring this back up... but I hate to see people who are just so... wrong.

1) The parents.
2) The child's psychological background.
3) Outside, cultural factors.


If you knew anything about psychology you'd know that outside cultural factors is their social peer group and environment.

No study has ever shown conclusivly that violence in media does anything but provide a non-violent way to relieve aggression. For every study that shows increased aggression, there's one that shows no effect. Media is the tiniest factor in pushing someone over the edge, if it's a factor at all.

Star Wars is really no worse than Star Trek if you want to get nitty gritty.

Star Trek is about peace and understanding other cultures (and fighting borg). Star Wars is about lightsabers first, then we'll talk (in stiff, cliche dialoge...).

These acts are still culturally influenced however, though in a different manner. Acts of violence among children don't happen without influence. Surely we can agree on that, amit.

Family influence. Peer influence. Environmental influence. Not media influence. The only killers who are affected by the media are those who think killing people will make them famous. In that sense the news crews who covered columbine 24/7 were more influential than anime could ever be.

Children aren't dumb. They know what's on TV isn't real. Are you suggesting we punish millions of children for what .0001% may or may not be influenced by?

Oh, I know that. I'm really just against anything beyond the level of Dragon Ball being viewed by anyone under the age of 17 or so.


I watch far worse anime than Dragon Ball Z long before I was 17.

Animated Violence has never affected me, never turned my stomach, never made me think I repliacte it.

Robocop, on the other hand, is the primary reason I fear loosing a limb over just about anything else.

[Kurrpt]

people really surprise the hell out of me on this site :lol:



kith: you think these people ACTUALLY believe this garbage they or spewing, or do you think its something they heard that they thought sounded good (regurgitated)

[Pop music sucks]

It's supposed to be a very disturbing anime... I think.It looks so promising:D

Once it gets here and I finish the series, I'll bump this thread and tell you how it was:thumb:

To Arucard, this is Cromartie High School

http://videovault.diamondcomics.com/update/jan_05/JAN054051.jpg

[xizoesira]

It's supposed to be a very disturbing anime... I think.


It wants to be disturbing, but it's not good enough. It's all violence, tits, and sloppy writing.

I'm really jaded about dialogue, though, so yeah, tell us how you like it Pop. I didn't finish it.

[Chrysostom]

http://videovault.diamondcomics.com/update/jan_05/JAN054051.jpg

No that's a still from the Bohemian Rhapsody video.

[Pop music sucks]

No, it's the cover for DVD vol 1 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007D4MBS/qid=1141164311/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-6890271-0219364?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=130)

[Chrysostom]

No, it's the cover for DVD vol 1 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007D4MBS/qid=1141164311/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-6890271-0219364?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=130)

Strangely, I'd gathered that it wasn't actually anything to do with Queen. :rolleyes:

[Pop music sucks]

Freddie Mercury is in it:p FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE

http://www.animeboredom.co.uk/Uploads/Areview/26851111356844.jpg

[Chrysostom]

Freddie Mercury is in it:p FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE

Bwah ha ha ha! That's great. He's like a cross between Mercury and that guy from that side scrolling arcade beat em up.

[AA-12]

Ahahahahaha

[Chrysostom]

Ahahahahaha

He's clearly pissed that someone used a ballpoint the draw on his chest and face.

[Arucard]

If any of you have myspace, this is where my Itachi influenced tattoo is located :

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=40964593&imageID=534711136&Mytoken=5021A1CF-1407-6D74-D81E99E019DBCA0C4386552

[Elfen Lied]

elfen lied is great i own episodes 1-4 its so gory has some nudity it is like chobits but with intense violence

[HazMan]

haven't seen it yet