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Essay Time: Essential Anime
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I'm currently working on a guide to anime and the essentials. Part of this will be a look at the 5 most essential anime, 2 lists for movies and TV. I'm looking for suggestions. I'll only be looking at serious answers here, please think of classics or hardcore entries which are a good introduction, rather then a possible turnoff. (In other words, I'm looking for regarded and highly acclaimed hits, not current fads.) |
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Include authors/artists/studios in that... - Osamu Tezuka - Hayao Miyazaki - Rumiko Takahashi - Go Nagai - Kazuo Umezu - Tatsuo Yoshida It's "cleaner" that way. If you want to know some titles that made a difference. - Akira - Neon Genesis Evangelion - Dragon Ball - Macross - (Special Mention. The original show "Robotech" was not an Anime)  Kneel Before the Great and Benevolent Cow! |
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by divineoctopus
on 2009-05-29 20:43:09
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@G Ortega: 'Dragonball', 'Macross'... Some the most stereotypical misconceptions about anime: - Superhumans fighting each other and saving the world (aka kiddie shows). - People piloting humanoid robots and... saving the world (well there's MUCH MORE to Macross than that, but I digress. Gundam is pretty popular in Japan but never makes it to the US). - Underage girls with fish eyes and impossibly huge breasts, flashing their panties and making provocative poses (obviously they're thiking of ecchi/hentai/moeblobs here, this is probably a current fad, but it sure earns a lot of hate and makes people look at anime in disgust, even a politician once said about it on his blog )... Whatever cultural guide you're cooking there, don't forget about those misconceptions. However, don't be pretentious and try to make anime in general look DEEP/HARDCORE either (REALLY, people try to do this too hard). Just like there are good films in the US, there are bad ones, and those that cater to a 'specific' audience. Still, I'd always recommend Studio Ghibli and Satoshi Kon's works (at least they're the most famous). Cowboy Bebop and Shinkai Makoto's films are also great (but if you're trying to be pretentious and hate new fads, you can leave some of them out). |
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Dragon ball was merely a cultural phenomenon that almost every person knows it. Thats the only reason I mentioned it. It strengthened the market outside the country. However, maybe I should have just mentioned Toriyama than the show itself. Macross was technically not an original anime to say the least. I listed it since it was inspired from the cartoon Robotech. One of the first cartoons to be successful in using Anime art. It's a noteworthy mention and basis on how fans differentiate anime and cartoons. Since the old "Japanimation" term has long since forgotten. Actually I think placing the artists/authors first, then their works might be better than just the shows. Kneel Before the Great and Benevolent Cow! |
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| Mmm, should be done with this soon, thanks. |