OT: Anime (was: Sign of the times)

From: Megan <mbg_at_TheWorld.com>
Date: Wed Oct 16 11:59:00 2002

>I agree, but it is also important to note that anime TV series typically
>have one all-important quality that most US animated TV series lack:
>continuity. US TV animation is episodic: crisis and resolution occur
>within 30 minutes, and there is no plot beyond that. Every episode starts
>in the same basic universe, and by the end of the episode, nothing has
>changed. Many anime series, however, have an overall plot, and each
>episode is just a tiny window into that. Evangelion, for instance, is
>like a 13-hour movie.

US Animation isn't the only thing episodic... most of the shows
are too, at least the SF ones. Star Trek (and many of the spinoffs)
are like that. You can pretty much run them in any order.

That is why Babylon 5 was so good. Each episode really did advance
the overall story.

>> Cartoon network is not the place to watch Anime.
>
>Where is?

Cartoon Network 'adult swim' shows some of the anime which evolves
over time. But I really dislike cartoon network because of what
they do to some of the older US cartoons -- they snip them and
edit them and add new PC dialog, or stuff that is just so
mind-numbingly childish it isn't worth it.

I saw one the other day in which all the characters voices sounded
like 3-yr-olds babbling. It was worthless...

I wish they would show the un-edited originals for things...

                                        Megan
Received on Wed Oct 16 2002 - 11:59:00 BST