Sunday, August 14, 2005

My Love-Hate Affair with Anime



Pic: Some dude dressing up like Kenshin.Err friend.... you know Kenshin died of STD rite????

I give up.End.Kaput.I cannot/refuse to/would not want to understand the bloody names in Japanese anime anymore.And I do not understand people's crazy obessesion with it sometimes.It only took one week to break my spirits.Its just too bloody confusing, with so many names that sound like Japanese electrical product brands and/or single sounding syllables.Its a memory overload.

After watching a few, the premise looks the same, its like running around a trudged jogging path over, and over, and over.....first few hundred episodes will show you how great the hero is, and how everyone will wanna challenege him and how they eventually lose, and how our hero can take on three or four legends at a time...and the next few hundred will highlight how his 'ultimate move' isn't so ultimate anymore.

Then he will
a)Remember some stupid hidden move that his sifu taught only him, and not the opponent which more often than not was a fellow student gone evil(hint: don't worry, the sidekick will meticulously describe this in great detail to us who are wondering)

b)Preach to the bad guy

c)Use up all his energy to kill himself and the bad guy Kamikaze style.

Whatever happened to the good old days were Doraemon will pull out magical underwear that plays music from his pouch and save the day.When the bad guys can always be defeated using Super Saiyan x 5 million or something?And where violence simply meant some blood dripping from the hero's nose.

At least those huge, puppy dog eyes of the characters haven't changed.

16 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

And this comes from a guy who loves to brag that he watches Samurai X from the heart. Shessh..watever happend to the Hitten Mitsurugi preaching that turned the villain to being good after all.

6:37 PM  
Blogger jeemin said...

have you tried other genres? bleach, yakitate japan, school rumble? 3 quality titles right there

7:06 PM  
Blogger Kervin said...

:D lots of genre out there, one thing about japanese anime is the hero is fallable, if you think Samurai X is like an Arnold film of one man kill em all, try things like Air tv (love relationship theme), R.O.D. Tv (action & emotional tale), Last Exile (action & emotional) etc. haha

9:12 PM  
Blogger Emmanuel said...

hehe....yea i tried bleach.The one with the fake exorcist rite?I tried Genso something also.Abt the drunk Zuan Zhang.Wonder what the Dalai Lama has to say about that one though!

11:01 PM  
Blogger L. Halim said...

hey, go back to sailormoon... they are cute, and no 18SG scenes :P~

2:40 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Mr. Eman...i suggest u stick to the action "sequels" i.e. Gensomaden Saiyuki which reminds us of the corrupt adventures to the west or the classic transformers. Atleast your childhood fantasies of seeing Optimus Prime wins a battle will materialise.

7:16 PM  
Blogger Emmanuel said...

Japanase girls in school uniform,well no thank you.As much as I look it, I am not a paedophile.
Optimal Primate, as much as I liked Beast Wars, I was never a fan of Mr Truck.

4:05 AM  
Blogger L. Halim said...

Try Love Hina then *giggle*

1:33 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

No Mr. Emman, i insist the next thing u should give a try is Bible Black. The anime kinda resemble the book u adore most. Suffice to say, it mixes pleasure with some dose of Ayah Pin lessons. If this doesn't go well with you, what are u waiting next man...get to another POST...

7:45 PM  
Blogger Emmanuel said...

ok..ok and ok...

what the hell is love hina?some malay soap drama?

5:12 AM  
Blogger L. Halim said...

Love Hina is an anime la pakcik.. that's what we're talking about aren't we?

8:30 AM  
Blogger Emmanuel said...

yea la...nama gempak like some soap opera ajer...

wei i 21 thn jer la..mana qualify pakcik.don la make me so old... :P

10:42 PM  
Blogger Imurann said...

Chikyuu Shoujo Arjuna. DVDrip quality.

6 empty cds, a couple of minutes and you can have it. of course, u probably need to drop by my house first :D

12:40 AM  
Blogger Emmanuel said...

Chikyuu-sounds like a Malaysian fruit
Shoujo- 'show my baju?'
Arjuna- Name of character from the Hindu Bhagavad Gita.

Now if that is not mingled enough, I do not know what is.Consider this a formal request to pluck cikus.

7:20 PM  
Blogger Imurann said...

Hindu, you just hit the jackpot. Well the story is something related to that history, in which I recently notice (gandeeva - the bow, Ashura, Khrisnan, Arjuna(the elite bow'sman) and many others) funny but most story which is based on scriptic history has very nice story background. I cant be the judge of the story, but if you have the chance well get this story(anime) from me, well do so. Anime addict am I not?, but I kinda interested more onto obeserving on how the director make up their story and what is his message through it. dont watch hentai or ero-guro unless for the sake of knowing it.

>.< cya emann, sleep mode now. oh yea, my bro said hi :)

12:03 AM  
Blogger Emmanuel said...

ask ur bro to call me man.lets meet up today.oh ya, all readers kindly redirect attention to my newer post~~

7:33 AM  

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