The fall of anime, and cartoons

[MizuTakishima]

While possible, I don't exactly think it'll happen, at least not in the monthly magazine =\ maybe when it gets published in a volume it'll have something like that, or even a short couple of 4koma's, but usually when the author is like "thank you for reading and supporting this series, look forward to my next series!" then it's usually just done. I mean the whole  Al at Xing thing doesn't even really need to be explained. That would be boring/poor story-telling. So she'd probably let the fans interpret/make fan fics/comics on their own instead of throwing us an epilogue or whatever.

[AuraTwilight]

The main reason he's considering to do it is  Comical culture clashings, and basically to portray Xing in any sort of actuality at all to fill the one blind spot in his worldmaking. A common thing for writers to do.

[MizuTakishima]

I think you mean her worldmaking ;D But si, it's possible, though I think  the introduction of Ling and his body guards kinda did that job already. Xing is probably one of those foreign lands that we never actually get to see, but are rather talked about; and if it's just Al doing research with those other guys tagging along, then we get an idea of what could happen without having to actually see it. I dunno, I just think she's better than that.

[AuraTwilight]

Meh, well differences in opinion, I guess. We'll just have to see.

And after the Death Note fiasco as far as mangaka gender goes, I pretty much call them all men out of spite unless they're CLAMP.

[Kuukai]

That was the writer actually, and we still don't know. Anyway, come to think of it aside from parts of 4koma all the .hack manga are drawn by women. I've actually met two of the mangaka, Asuka Kanan and Rena Izumibara, and they're really cool. (I'd probably give my left arm to meet Megane Kikuya, I think I'm in love with her)

[MizuTakishima]

lol oh I see xD

@kuukai: Luckyyyyy *A*

[Kouen]

For a long time I thought anime was coming to an end with all the stereotypical trash they've been airing. I picked up a few series this season and nothing sparked to me as epic or in any way reviving what I wish to see in anime. And then yesterday I started watching RAINBOW, my god it is epic. If you can stomach the explicit scenes it needs to convey the story, then it is definitely a must watch. Take a step back from the ecchi or moe trash for once (I'm looking at you K-On) and look at anime beyond the blinding spotlight.

[AuraTwilight]

Take a step back from the ecchi or moe trash for once (I'm looking at you K-On)

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE

I HATE K-ON SO FVCKING MUCH

[Kuukai]

Holy cow, a K-ON hatewagon! I want in! Moe/ecchi trash is fine, I just don't care for Kyoani. But even with our differences, I'm sure we can stand together and unite against this overrated show. Now G-ON, there's some good moe garbage...

Rainbow's pretty cool. Seems depressing as hell though. Usually I'm cool with that (Red Garden is one of the best things ever), but after the first episode Megumi Hayashibara is all like, "and then it only got worse," which kinda turned me off to it. As a rule the narrator shouldn't go "PREPARE TO BE DEPRESSED". Might still watch it, though, I'm kinda on a watching hiatus until I by a new laptop. There's lots of other good stuff this season, too. Arakawa Under The Bridge is amazing. Maaya Sakamoto forever!

[MizuTakishima]

holy sh*t I hate K-ON too. So freaking much. D:

All my male friends were like "but omg you haven't even watched it how can you knock it if you don't try it"

and I'm like "I know plot-less moe garbage when I see it 8I If I wanted to see things act pointlessly adorable with almost no brain to speak of I'd go to the mall and watch the puppies at the doggy store"

granted I didn't say those exact lines, but I don't remember what I said, so..

EDIT: Forgot to mention that I haven't seen Rainbow yet, but now I wanna look it up

[AuraTwilight]

I won't lie. I made an honest effort to watch K-On because it had an interesting premise. A bunch of girls trying to run a rock band and none of them know anything about music? Brilliant!

...too bad this premise is never used. It takes then f*cking nine episodes to do anything and then they're conveniently super experts already. And all they f*cking do is dress up as kitties, eat sweeties, and get distracted. It doesn't even have humor to make it worthwhile like Lucky Star (The first episode had some nice gags, but then nothing else ever happens).

The series has good music though, and I'm sure that's really it all it has going for it except perverted, pedophile thoughts. I didn't even manage to make it to episode eleven.

[Gomorrah]

What about Ga Rei:Zero? Just throwing that on the table in this small branch of discussion here.

[Altre]

The only anime I've watched recently is what's on Hulu, some of which are decent, but not spectacular. While in school, I felt I never had the time. Now I'm free to watch whatever the hell I want! Suggestions (just shows, I can't do manga unless I'm holding it in my hands)?

[Kuukai]

Red Garden's on Hulu. I can't vouch for the dub, though. It might be risky since the series has a lot of random singing. Interestingly enough Red Garden is one of the only anime ever to use prescoring (the process where you record the voices first and then animate based on your audio tracks--this is how most Western cartoons are done, but for anime voices are usually recorded while the VAs watch a semi-final version of the animation), which probably distances the original from the dub even more...

[Altre]

I've gotten used to subs. It doesn't matter to me either way, I'm in it for the story. I've watched D. Gray Man subbed and dubbed. If I could tolerate Ash's girly voice all through the original Pokemon series when I was a child, I can handle any dubbed now lol. I'll check out this Red Garden...

[MizuTakishima]

I won't lie. I made an honest effort to watch K-On because it had an interesting premise. A bunch of girls trying to run a rock band and none of them know anything about music? Brilliant!

...too bad this premise is never used. It takes then f*cking nine episodes to do anything and then they're conveniently super experts already. And all they f*cking do is dress up as kitties, eat sweeties, and get distracted. It doesn't even have humor to make it worthwhile like Lucky Star (The first episode had some nice gags, but then nothing else ever happens).

The series has good music though, and I'm sure that's really it all it has going for it except perverted, pedophile thoughts. I didn't even manage to make it to episode eleven.

Oh wow...that almost sounds like how things would turn out during anime club in high school. (Minus the part where I wind up doing all the work, but occasionally screw it up anyway;;; )

Yeah, the show has undeniably good music, (not crazy-spectacular but y'know) but...it just doesn't save it xD (you're a brave, brave man for actually trying to watch it though; I just had to say it)

To be honest though I couldn't make it past episode 1 of Lucky Star...I've been told that you have to skip the first 4 or 5 episodes to get to the good stuff, but...I dunno; to me that just sounds like poor/lazy writing XD; either way we probably wouldn't have Lucky Star or K-ON if it wasn't for Azumanga-Daioh...I think they unintentionally started a trend of cutesy school girls who don't really do anything but it's somehow still funny to some people ' (I did think Azumanga-Daioh actually was funny though)

[zaseo]

Rosario + Vampire, and F-Zero Densetsu = epic anime.

[AuraTwilight]

I don't know, Lucky Star's been running as a yonkoma for....like, ***** years, and it tackles different subject matter than Azumanga Daioh. I'm not sure if the anime adaptation would, but Lucky Star as a manga would probably still exist.

[S1lentOp]

Rosario + Vampire, and F-Zero Densetsu = epic anime.

Rosario + Vampire was a terrible show. It was actually painful to sit through even three episodes of it and it never got any easier to watch. It was easily one of the most stupid and degenerate anime I've ever seen in my life.

[MizuTakishima]

@AuraTwilight: ohh I see; I might give Lucky Star's manga a read iffin' I ever get the chance to~

@S1lentOp: I just googled Rosario + Vampire...and....I actually recognize them from one of my sister's Japanese shonen/seinen/IDEK magazines;;;; The anime looks and sounds terrible though; I mean, if it's THAT, and not even "like the manga", then...hosh*t! D: No offense at zaseo though...