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Here's the deal:

You're somehow teleported to an alternate reality, in which anime has largely gone unnoticed by the population.

You have to choose ten indispensable anime (movies, series, OVA's), to educate these poor souls on the subject; what would you choose?

Keep in mind, this isn't just a favourite list, it's about which works define the key concepts of anime, common devices and techniques used, friendly artwork etc, and characters that even the average oba-san could relate to.

Since I can't muster together a list right now, I'll let you guys give your insight first; go:

(this should provide for some good additions to my 'to see' list.)
 
CitizenGeek said:
I'm pretty sure this thread covers your question ^_^
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It touches it, but I'm looking for reasons why people chose them though, not just because of a swooning generalisation shared in people who've seen a certain series/movie/OVA.
 
Hmm. . .Unlike the other participants. I'll give a list. This is probably wrong.

JUMP - Mindless comedy, action, shonen entertainment.
One Piece
Bleach
Art work - Visually stunning pieces.
5CM Per Second
Dennou Coil
Ghilbi's.
Thought Provoking - Stuff with a reason behind it.
Kon's work
Ghost in the Shell's
Hentai - Just to let the people be aware that its there
Urotsukidōji

Can't think of any more things.
 
Lupus Inu said:
I'd give them anything, EXCEPT Haruhi Suzumiya and Lucky Star; that crap is best forgotten.
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Lucky Star is just a mindless comedy type, its nice to watch if you have been watching completely serious series for a long time.
 
Lupus Inu said:
Jayme said:
Urotsukidōji
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You mean Legend of the Overfiend.

I'd give them anything, EXCEPT Haruhi Suzumiya and Lucky Star; that crap is best forgotten.
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i think Haruhi would go well there, in this evil alternate world, it's not rap that rules, but Steps and S-Club 7, we'll get the Haruhi dance to take #1 in the chart :D
 
This list will be pretty different from my ultimate faves as most aren't what you'd call enlightening works :roll: , still:

Monster
Perfect Blue
Ghost in the Shell (the film I suppose)
Welcome to the NHK (I know the animation's cack, but the story is great)
Code Geass (well made all round)
Cowboy Beebop
Death Note
Mushishi
Full Metal Panic TSR (Had to put it in there somewhere, I've no excuse)
Black Lagoon (the immoral side of anime)

Thats all I can think of, if I were serious I'd need a week of meditation and rewatching :lol: There are some series I would consider that I am currently watching, but I couldn't say for sure until I see how they finish.
 
I think I understand your question more now, Motoko!

I would use lots of distinctely different anime to showcase how diverse a medium it is!

I'd use Neon Genesis Evangelion as a way of showing how intelligent and meaningful anime can be (as well as how entertaining, and how artistically accomplised it can be).

I'd use FLCL to show how quirky, yet effective, anime can be. FLCL would also work brilliantly as a way of showing how gorgeous anime can look!

I would use Cowboy Bebop to show what happens when anime takes influence from the West.

Spirited Away would be the film I'd pick to showcase, once again, how beautiful anime can be, but also how entertaining a children's anime can be.

And finally, I'd use Fruits Basket to show that it's not all made for boys!

^_^
 
Interesing.

Here's a thinker:

Stand Alone Complex; contains almost none of the conventional anime jokes/humour that you'd normally find in something like.... err Nagasarete or Bleach etc, yet despite this lack thereof, it takes the trophy home for most fans of anime.

I don't know why, but even though the typical connotations of a cookie cutter anime are hardly present (we all love them really), yet it's considered the gold plating of anime; why?

Is it because it's more 'serious'?

Is it because the realism (characters and backdrops etc), are a lot more tangible?
 
I couldn't say for sure. SAC isn't your regular anime in many respects. For me it was the great visuals and the cool but restrained technology ideas.

Perhaps anime fans found it refreshingly serious? As a no nonsense sci-fi series its superbly well made, the fact that comedy is one of the few things it doesn't offer is hardly important given the quality.
 
SAC is not "freed from the usual anime clichés" at all. I mean, there's still lots of gratuitous, brainless fanservice in SAC. Every anime show, more or less, is subject to these clichés and SAC is definately not immune to them, I think.
 
CitizenGeek said:
SAC is not "freed from the usual anime clichés" at all. I mean, there's still lots of gratuitous, brainless fanservice in SAC. Every anime show, more or less, is subject to these clichés and SAC is definately not immune to them, I think.
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The Motoko fanservice does drag it down a bit. There willl be something important or profound going on and suddenly you have this bizzare angle of the majors ass :eek: Its definately not immune to cliches, but it fairs far better than many other anime sci-fi's.

To be honest, if there are any cliches in SAC I think they're are more western/American ones. Maybe its because it borrows western ideas more that it has been such a hit?
 
The 1st gig was pretty heavy on the ol fanservice what with the Major's "uniform" from the waist down :D But the second and (as far as the reviews are concerned) the better 2nd gig has next to none fanservice if i remember correctly....?

I think theres one ep where Motoko stages a bank robbery, i forget the name but its in a skimpy dress with lots of gyroids hanging around. Regardless that was for one ep i dont remember any prevailent fanservice running throughout the series. Certainly nothing that struck me as particularly out of context, maybe i've become accustomed to fanservice though hehe.

But yes i'd agree that SAC more or less stays free from the anime cliches, and the ones which are commited such as the schoolgirl Tachikoma's are pulled off very well. Giggly voices aside those bots pump out some heavy philosophical and metaphysical ideas, not exactly a schoolgirl cliche!

I think the thing that grabs me with SAC is that (as the other posters have said) it takes itself very seriously: with a believable world and believable characters - nothing feels forced: the long explanations seem warranted and the comic relief of the Tachers doesnt feel cheesy at all with their quest for a ghost.

If i had to pin it down i'd say its the philosophy behind the series which really grabs me, the way it asks questions which i honestly believe will begin to pop up 20,50,100 years down the line.

But im a cyberpunk fanboy so of course i'm gonna love it!
 
Motoko said:
Sy said:
Motoko said:
You're somehow teleported to an alternate reality, in which anime has largely gone unnoticed by the population.
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I think we're already in it.
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No, this place is ruled by Zod, the spoiler of eggs and ham.
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You lie! ZARDOZ, BLOCKER OF LEGAL INTERNET ANIME WATCHING rules this world and shall devower your Zod and spoiler all foodstuffs.
 
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