Japanese Anime (japanese cartoons)

[Vyse]

Have you ever seen any ? Do you watch them regularly ? Are there some you particularly like ? Do you own any stuff about them (CDs, DVDs, manga or whatever) ?

I have grown up with them. Back in the '70s and '80s, Italy imported and dubbed lots of them. In my humble opinion, many are superior and have far better stories than today's cartoons. (especially the older ones, even if technically they are lower-quality when compared to modern productions).

Today, Italy no longer imports so many of them, but I actually don't care that much because I don't like the latest ones as much as I did like the ones I saw when I was a kid.

[shred]

I don't like them and I don't get the fascination for them.

A lot of my Chinese friends are into it - they buy the books and the DVDs, etc.

[Vyse]

You don't like them, Irene ? You don't know what you are missing! ;D (just joking )

I think you might change your mind about them if you saw the right ones Though obviously it's basically a matter of personal taste Maybe you just don't like cartoons ? Or prefer the Disney ones ?

[shred]

Oh I like cartoons. It's just that Japanese anime is not my kind of cartoon. I just don't like the genre of it. Not my type.

[RebeccaR]

Finally an anime thread
we have little (and growing) collection of anime movies/shows. There are some pretty good ones out there. We don't have the comics or anything

[Lizzie]

My little brother is obsessed, but I don't really like it.

[Vyse]

Mar 15, 2009 12:28:54 GMT 10 RebeccaR said:

Finally an anime thread
we have little (and growing) collection of anime movies/shows. There are some pretty good ones out there. We don't have the comics or anything

That's awesome Bec We have something in common, LOL
What do you have ? I actually don't read the comics much either, but I watched the cartoons a lot. I have lots of posters/wallpapers in my room ;D I'll try to find pictures online of them so I can show them to you guys Unfortunately they are way too big to scan them myself with my scanner (which is extremely slow too by the way, being an old model...).

Liz, what does your brother like ? Why don't you like them ? Are you just not into it, like Irene ?

[Bre]

If Pokemon counts, I like Pokemon.

[Vyse]

Oh yes, it does count Bre

Pokemon is one of the relatively new ones though, and it is based on a card game (I think). Nintendo made a lot of money out of it The cartoon is cute, but it's loooooong, lol... IMHO it's main flaw is that it gets really repetitive in the long run.

I don't know many anime that have been dubbed in english and/or have been broadcasted on TV... most of the ones that I saw back when I was a kid would be unknown to you... One that has been partially dubbed in english is Sailor Moon... anyone knows what I am talking about ? ;D

[RebeccaR]

here's a little list Flavio (the ones with a star are the ones I like)

Neon genesis Evangelion (death and rebirth)
Ghost In the Shell
Ghost in the Shell 2 Innocence
* Blood the last vampire
Akira
* Appleseed
* Appleseed Ex Machina
Ninja Scroll
* Demon City Shinjuku
* Samurai X (both the movie and the series)
Robotech Shadow Chronicles
* Basilisk part 1 (we have 6 more to get)
* Vampire Hunter D
X
Aeon Flux series
Photon (haven't watched it yet)
Tenchi Moyu (haven't watched it yet)
8 Howls Moving Castle (love this)
Naruto
Naruto - the legend of the stone of gelel
Afro Samurai
Casshern (haven't seen it yet)
Dead Space - Downfall (haven't seen it yet)
Resident Evil - Degeneration
* Spirited Away
* Tales from Earthsea
* Final Fantasy - the Spirit Within
* Final Fantasy - Advent Children
* the Castle of Cagliostro
* InuYasha ( i think we have 3 movies but I can't remember as they were borrowed a while ago and haven't come back yet)

Edit - wow we've got more than I thought lol

[Vyse]

Little list ?

Wow Bec... that's lots of them! ;D As far as I can recognize them, they are all modern ones I wish I could show you the ones I saw instead I'll try to put together a list and then I'll post it ;D Though it's unlikely anyone will recognize any

[RebeccaR]

My hubby likes some of the older ones, which is why we have Akira and Ninja Scroll. We have a small store here that sells manga and anime so when we go on our next raid he wants to find some of the ones he used to watch as a kid, like Voltron. Me, I like the newer ones and I can't believe I was silly enough to miss Nuku Nuku (Catgirl) off my list.

[Vyse]

Voltron... Voltron... is that a robot made of five lions (or something similar) ? I can list a TON of anime based on robots ;D I'll see if I can find some videos on Youtube and then I'll post the link here ;D

[RebeccaR]

yeah I think so (i was more a transformers fan hehe) but what can I say, japan loves robots lol

[Vyse]

Let's start with some videos ;D Here is one:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pj4hhlV6eY

This one is called "Trider G7" ;D It's one of the MANY robot-based anime from the 1980s ;D

And here is another:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=awuIl8GN7g8

This one is called "Great Mazinger" ;D Another robot obviously I just loooooved this one when I was a kid, LOL
The music is not the original Japanese one, it's the italian opening intro. Back in the day, every time an anime was imported and dubbed, the TV channels used to create a dedicated italian opening intro for it. Sometimes the original japanese music was kept and the words translated/replaced but most of the times a whole new music was composed. Today, this is almost no longer done and the original japanese intros are kept. While it may seem weird today and not a good idea to alter the original japanese cartoon, this habit gave Italy some of the most gorgeous opening themes ever created! Some of them have become so popular that they are part of my generation's culture now and they get played in the discos because everyone my age recognizes them and still enjoys them! ;D

I'll look for more videos