C4's "100 greatest cartoons" this Sunday
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Spirited Away rounds off the anime offerings at: 8. Now all I need to do is get my copy back off the person who borrowed it like half a year ago and relive it.
Anime that I wish was on the list (and would ever be likely to get on there - so not just my favorites): Grave of the Fireflies, Evangelion, Kiki's Delivery Service and Tokyo Godfathers without hesitation. Not that i'd place those above Mononoke, Akira and Spirited Away (cept perhaps Fireflies)
Anime that I wish was on the list (and would ever be likely to get on there - so not just my favorites): Grave of the Fireflies, Evangelion, Kiki's Delivery Service and Tokyo Godfathers without hesitation. Not that i'd place those above Mononoke, Akira and Spirited Away (cept perhaps Fireflies)
Suiseiseki
Hunter
So, finally, Spirited Away reachs no.8
A better night for anime than I'd thought, especially considering the poor choice of anime. Nice to see Pixar, Disney and Warner Brothers classics lose out to Mononoke, Spirited Away and Akira. I'd imagine the Simpsons will win, even though Futurama was better.
Good Night (I'm going to watch Monster Ep.41 in the dark for added effect)
A better night for anime than I'd thought, especially considering the poor choice of anime. Nice to see Pixar, Disney and Warner Brothers classics lose out to Mononoke, Spirited Away and Akira. I'd imagine the Simpsons will win, even though Futurama was better.
Good Night (I'm going to watch Monster Ep.41 in the dark for added effect)
Well, considering the status of anime in this country, it has done fantastically well to get 3 entries in the top 21. With a bit of luck, a few new anime fans will have been born tonight. Good on everyone that voted!
Mononoke was the best surprise for me. It's my favourite Miyazaki movie so far (though shamefully, I haven't seen them all yet) and for it to rank above so many Disney classics was great.
I'm also off for a while now. It's been cool posting in this thread for the evening
Mononoke was the best surprise for me. It's my favourite Miyazaki movie so far (though shamefully, I haven't seen them all yet) and for it to rank above so many Disney classics was great.
I'm also off for a while now. It's been cool posting in this thread for the evening
even though Princess Mononoke just missed the top 20, it is indeed good to see it in the upper half of the countdown. having not just Akira but Spirited Away in the top 20 as well is fantastic news. my younger sister pointed out "...i haven't seen Spirited Away yet." there's one convert for a start...
Yeah it was good to see a some decent anime included (there was a bit of crap anime too). I couldn't believe that f***wit from Toonami, he gave the stupidest summaries of Akira and Princess Mononoke imaginable (think Jonathan Clements did a pretty good job, but it was still pretty generic).
i was pretty impressed with Jonathan's speech actually, even though as a known name in the industry he was squeezed into the sidelines by the likes on Andi Peters (what's he done lately?) and a bloke from Duran Duran (despite my respect toward the band, i must ask, why?). i don't think the fact that the descriptions are generic matters much - you only have to look at their ranking in the 100 and the quality of the animation to realise their worth. my only objection was the number of ad breaks...and the fact that Futurama wasn't higher, but i digress.
http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/t ... sults.html for the results direct from Channel 4
So, Spirited Away was the 4th highest feature film on there Whats more, the Incredibles just won the animation oscar that Spirited Away was awarded two years ago, and on this list, Spirited Away owns the Incredibles. Hoorah!
So, Spirited Away was the 4th highest feature film on there
Whats more, the Incredibles just won the animation oscar that Spirited Away was awarded two years ago, and on this list, Spirited Away owns the Incredibles. Hoorah!Let b-"celebs" overshadow industry experts, and everyone must know that from animation to be popular with adults it must feature porn, not senseless tentacle japanese animation porn, no, just good old British stuff.
Stupid talking heads, wasted fours of my life to learn that people in the UK are complete f**kwits and no little to nothing about the global animation scene, just their unhealthy obsessions with homegrown crap and stupid generic Animerican stuff.
Damm, that show made me angry.
Stupid talking heads, wasted fours of my life to learn that people in the UK are complete f**kwits and no little to nothing about the global animation scene, just their unhealthy obsessions with homegrown crap and stupid generic Animerican stuff.
Damm, that show made me angry.
Miaka-chan
Stand User
I watched from 9pm onwards (wasn't going to miss The Royal :lol: ).
I was so totally impressed with Urotsukidoji, I guess it was there in the first place because no matter how you look at it, it's been controversial for years and I think it's probably always going to be the classic anime gore/horror story everyone will always talk about (and I don't care what anyone says, I LOVE IT :twisted: ).
My personal opinion is yay! for anime, we got 5 titles in there (7 if you include Transformers & Battle of the Planets!) and that ain't bad considering it spanned 86 years of animation
Apart from the anime, the 2 I thought deserved their placings were Toy Story and Aladin
The Simpsons would have been at No. 1 even if no one had voted, there'd have been too much outcry otherwise (well that's what I think :wink: ).
I was so totally impressed with Urotsukidoji, I guess it was there in the first place because no matter how you look at it, it's been controversial for years and I think it's probably always going to be the classic anime gore/horror story everyone will always talk about (and I don't care what anyone says, I LOVE IT :twisted: ).
My personal opinion is yay! for anime, we got 5 titles in there (7 if you include Transformers & Battle of the Planets!) and that ain't bad considering it spanned 86 years of animation
Apart from the anime, the 2 I thought deserved their placings were Toy Story and Aladin
The Simpsons would have been at No. 1 even if no one had voted, there'd have been too much outcry otherwise (well that's what I think :wink: ).
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Anonymous
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spirited away etc
there was a good anime showing, although no DBZ...
there was a good anime showing, although no DBZ...
Charter_Mage
Pokémon Master
I was pleased with most of the anime that were in the chart and i was very happy that Spirited Away got into the top ten, but i couldn't help but spend the whole show making disgruntled, sarcastic comments.
I knew i would be annoyed and i knew it would get me fired up, but i watched it all the same, for the most part i just kept trying to calmly tell myself "this is voted by the british general public (9/10th's of which havn't even heard of anime), you can't expect that much, it's not even a experts point of view, don't throw the remote control at Andy Peters head, don't put your foot through the tv when you see that annoying sponge bob square pant's face and don't take out you anger on the closest person to you when you find out that that stupid, unfunny, unoriginal, rubbish animation that is the simpsons is number one.
Sorry to any fans of the Simpsons (or any other american animated series) but i just can't stand them, i knew they would win, and the more and more people like them, the more and more i hate them. It's the same for any other american animated series, i've developed a real prejudice towards them because for some reason it's ok to like the simpsons what ever age you maybe, despite the adverage animation and the pradictable jokes, but if you like anime your some kind of freak because anime is just for kids etc, etc
I knew i would be annoyed and i knew it would get me fired up, but i watched it all the same, for the most part i just kept trying to calmly tell myself "this is voted by the british general public (9/10th's of which havn't even heard of anime), you can't expect that much, it's not even a experts point of view, don't throw the remote control at Andy Peters head, don't put your foot through the tv when you see that annoying sponge bob square pant's face and don't take out you anger on the closest person to you when you find out that that stupid, unfunny, unoriginal, rubbish animation that is the simpsons is number one.
Sorry to any fans of the Simpsons (or any other american animated series) but i just can't stand them, i knew they would win, and the more and more people like them, the more and more i hate them. It's the same for any other american animated series, i've developed a real prejudice towards them because for some reason it's ok to like the simpsons what ever age you maybe, despite the adverage animation and the pradictable jokes, but if you like anime your some kind of freak because anime is just for kids etc, etc
Yeah i didn't think there would be, i love DBZ(even though most everyone else here spends more time slagging it off), yes i love it, even the 'crappy' one they show on toonami, hahahahaha, and i've watched the series more times than i can possibly count....sorry about that, i'm just in a bit of a bad mood, and i've seen one too many nasty comments about DBZ today. It would have been a really wonderful surprise if DBZ had been there, but i really didn't expect it for a second
The nominations were clearly based around sales figures more than anything else - how else you explain Princess Mononoke's inclusion over the likes of Laputa or My Neighbour Totoro? That's why Urotsukidoji is in there.
But really, it's difficult to complain when anime is getting such good prime-time advertising. Well done C4 and well done to everyone who voted for anime! 8)
But really, it's difficult to complain when anime is getting such good prime-time advertising. Well done C4 and well done to everyone who voted for anime! 8)
Ninja Boy!
Thousand Master
i think tom and Jerry deserved its place in 2nd place, i mean, cmon, that show makes me laugh even now!, its so funny!, the way tome screms, and the stupid things they do sometimes, its funny, and oh!, Family guy also deserved its place on 3rd, now thats F*****G FUNNY!, all those Random and pointless actions they do, hahahaHAHAHAH!