SciFi Anime Recommendations:

[docm]

Yes. They cut it up. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[kelvinzero]

re the dialog, I often prefer to listen to the japanese and read the subtitiles. The english is often very jarring, especially hearing a japanese cyborg speaking with a Dolly Parton twang. (I listenend to the voice more recently and it didnt sound so bad.. wonder if they redid it)<br /><br />I liked the movie a lot, though frankly the nipples probably had a lot to do with it. Quite a thrill at that age <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> The first series is better except episode ten just got yucky. I own the set and still havent bothered to watch that one.<br /><br />In general I think it is great SF. It is ridiculous how other, especially western SF just cannot avoid the staples of aliens, ftl, ray guns, antigravity, new physics to cover plot holes etc.. dull dull dull.

 

[docm]

The subtitles on GITS can be fun as they are often very non-PC vs. the English audio track <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[a_lost_packet_]

OK. So, that is the movie. But "they cut it up?" You mean it is much longer or they really edited it badly? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1">I put on my robe and wizard hat...</font> </div>

 

[docm]

Edits for time...the usual stuff. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[kauboi]

I personally like the GITS SAC series better. Though the movie is great too... love the music. This movie was one of the main inspirations for The Matrix. I agree translation could be a pain sometimes, specially with some animes.

 

[Saiph]

well GITS does have problem with some pretty bad dialog at times, even the series.<br /><br />One problem I do have with the series is that they go on the long, and rapid pace, "analysis" debates, where they throw all sorts of in show information at you about the situation in question...and it's incredibly hard to follow at times. <br /><br />Another thing about anime: They tend to have longer opening and closing sequences, even for shows that air weekly. Why, I'm not sure, but many of these sequences are very artful and interesting in their own right <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p align="center"><font color="#c0c0c0"><br /></font></p><p align="center"><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">--------</font></em></font><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">--------</font></em></font><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">----</font></em></font><font color="#666699">SaiphMOD@gmail.com </font><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">-------------------</font></em></font></p><p><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">"This is my Timey Wimey Detector.  Goes "bing" when there's stuff.  It also fries eggs at 30 paces, wether you want it to or not actually.  I've learned to stay away from hens: It's not pretty when they blow" -- </font></em></font><font size="1" color="#999999">The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[a_lost_packet_]

<font color="yellow">Saiph - Why, I'm not sure, but many of these sequences are very artful and interesting in their own right </font><br /><br />I agree. The opening of GiTS did include a sort of backstory to it as well as setting up some of the movie. But, even with those things, it was way too long. It did have some interesting scenes though.<br /><br /><font color="yellow">One problem I do have with the series is that they go on the long, and rapid pace, "analysis" debates, where they throw all sorts of in show information at you about the situation in question...and it's incredibly hard to follow at times.</font><br /><br />This is something I had a problem with while watching GiTS. By "problem" I don't mean that it angered me.. It just aggravated me.<br /><br />One thing about language, timing is important. The emphasis of certain words, natural pauses, inflection, etc. all are part of a language. Apparently, in translation, the people doing the voice-overs are trying to fit many English words into a very small, tiny, cramped little bit of space. They also don't seem to have much of an idea of what's going on in the scene either as some of the spoken structure doesn't seem to fit. This makes understanding what is being said and gaining meaningful information from it much more difficult. Pumping out 30 words, all spoken in a very weird structure, within the space of 5 seconds yields.. problematic interpretation. They should get Auctioneers to do their voice-overs for American English translations. At least they'd be easier to understand at times.<br /><br />I'm still learning. So, I'm not passing judgment. Just making observations. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1">I put on my robe and wizard hat...</font> </div>

 

[PistolPete]

I just got the first disk of Planetes and I have to say that I am very impressed with the cinematography (or whatever its animation equivalent is called). They show spacecraft moving through space the exact way that I would. Most Hollywood space movies would show an apparently motionless camera hovering above Earth as a spacecraft flies by at a speed way to slow for an actual spacecraft, but fast enough to show motion.<br /><br />On Planetes, however, they show spacecraft moving the same way I would: the spacecraft appearing motionless as the camera moves along with it at the same speed, meanwhile the Earth move by rapidly underneath the spacecraft.<br /><br />I got the idea from watching way to many hours of footage from ISS assembly spacewalks on NASA TV. It's nice to see somebody else in the industry with the same idea as mine, it sort of validates it. Hollywood, on the other hand, would never have the cajones to do something so "out of the box" and against modern American cinematography standards.<br /><br />The characters on Planetes are, for the most part, standard Anime characters: more caricatures of stereotypes than actual people. This is par for course for anime, however, and once you get used to it you ignore it. It also seems as though the script was written by someone who has an almost, but not quite decent understanding of spaceflight. Some examples: Ai Tanabe is the new crewmember of the debris ship "Toy Box", it is stated in the first episode that she has had several EVA workshops, but no hands-on training, yet on her first mission she is doing EVAs (with a predictable lack of success). It is unlikely that even 70 years into the future that people will be doing dangerous EVAs without extensive practical training.<br /><br />Another goof is when Ai threatens to throw a valuable piece of debris that is to be recovered into the atmosphere. Anyone who has read Arthur C. Clark knows how laughable this concept is. Throwing an object towards the Earth wi <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><em>So, again we are defeated. This victory belongs to the farmers, not us.</em></p><p><strong>-Kambei Shimada from the movie Seven Samurai</strong></p> </div>

 

[Saiph]

I think Ai's novice standing and unfamiliarity with EVA's was done, partly, to emphasize how "routine" spaceflight had become. I think they over did it, but I'm willing to overlook it since it helped bring the audience up to speed without a training sequence for her groundside. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p align="center"><font color="#c0c0c0"><br /></font></p><p align="center"><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">--------</font></em></font><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">--------</font></em></font><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">----</font></em></font><font color="#666699">SaiphMOD@gmail.com </font><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">-------------------</font></em></font></p><p><font color="#999999"><em><font size="1">"This is my Timey Wimey Detector.  Goes "bing" when there's stuff.  It also fries eggs at 30 paces, wether you want it to or not actually.  I've learned to stay away from hens: It's not pretty when they blow" -- </font></em></font><font size="1" color="#999999">The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[sunforger]

I'm jumping on this one late, I know it's mentioned before here but I can't say enough for "Cowboy Bebop". It's hands down, my favorite anime or even animated show, ever ever ever. It's such a deep story with such emotion that it's brought a tear to my eye a few times. Just my 2 platinum.

 

[nimbus]

Memories. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[publiusr]

The Big O<br /><br />I think Glushko designed it after Energiya Polyus

 

[imageinvisible]

While everyones preferances for what they watch may vary (sometimes to extremes) I personaly have an afinaty for Anime. I also prefere my anime in original japanese with english subtitles. (this is a personal preferance based mostly on translation issues, english dubs just dont cut it most of the time. Half of what would have been said in japanese has to be edited out in order for the voice overs to look even remotely decent) A good place I have found for inspecting anime to see if a certain title or series intrests you is fansub sites. They generaly have a wide selection of titles that can be watched at leasure and if you find a series or move you like you go out and buy it on dvd or order it via the web. One such site is http://www.narutofan.com/ there are others this one hase a database of over 200 titles (besides naruto) but requires a fee every 3 months to download the episodes. Most of these titles are series that have aired on japanese TV (or are still airing) and the list includes series synapsis, a brief history and or a brief discription of the story. here is a brief list of some of the series i have watched atleast 1 episode of genre and star rating. ( * not interested ** ill watch it if i'm bored *** not bad but may start out slow or end anticlimactically **** worth watching ***** worth watching more than once) (please remember that these are based on my own personal prefeances and do not reflect the views or opinions of others) with very few if any acceptions these titles are for the series'.<br /><br />No e in: scfi fant, anime/cgi, *** (only seen 2 episodes)<br />Mai-Hime: scfi ish, anime ****.5 (there is an android in it, thats about it)<br />MaiOtome: scifi fant, anime ***** (same android and most of the same characters as Mai-Hime but different story)<br />//Hack.root: Vertual reality, anime *** (hard to follow if you haven't played the game or seen the other seires')<br />Gundamseed Destiny scifi (ro

 

[PistolPete]

<blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>Naruto: fantasy (ninja) anime<p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br />Well, if we're going to get off topic and talk about ninjas ( ) then I should mention a few samurai anime.<br /><br />Samurai Champloo is probably one of the best recent samurai anime series. It mixes hip-hop and modern culture with samurai of the Edo period of Japan. It is made by some of the same person who made Cowboy Bebop and some of the Animatrix.<br /><br />Samurai 7 is an anime remake of Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. This remake is set in the future with some of the battle scenes taking place in space and one of the characters has turned himself into a robot to make himself the perfect killing machine. This is an excellent remake which expands on the original story line a little bit and delves deeper into the characters personal motivations.<br /><br />Burst Angel has nothing to do with samurai but I forgot to mention it before. The plot is ok, not the best in the world but not the worst either. A second series would have helped to extrapolate on it a little bit. It's combination of spaghetti western and mecha anime is interesting. The main attraction to the show, however, is Meg. Who doesn't want to see a hot teenage redhead who looks like she could burst out of her cowgirl outfit at any minute. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><em>So, again we are defeated. This victory belongs to the farmers, not us.</em></p><p><strong>-Kambei Shimada from the movie Seven Samurai</strong></p> </div>