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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: White Israelite on December 20, 2007, 08:30:17 PM
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Wondering if anyone else is into Anime or if I'm the only one? ;)
I'm into more serious type of Anime though I do like humour as well.
Outlaw Star
Basically about bounty hunters in space, it is pretty interesting but older.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/outlawstar.jpg)
Cowboy Bebop
Also about bounty hunters in space, better than outlaw star
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/cowboybebop.jpg)
Gantz
This is a strange series. Basically a game you have to play if you have died in a alternate reality of earth. Very very gorey and violent.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/gantz.jpg)
Planetes
Rather unknown anime but very realistic and serious about traveling to space in the future, it is about the problem of space debris and corporations and overall life in the future of 2075.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/planetes.jpg)
Berserk
Medieval anime, basically lots of blood and overall good series though it was never completed :(
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/berserk.jpg)
Jin-Roh
Not a series but a movie, about post world war II in a alternate reality where the AXIS won the war and Japan is reforming it's economy and government like the nazis, huge protests and revolts. Very good movie.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/jinroh.jpg)
Platonic Chain
A strange unlicensed anime not available in the US. The shows are only about 5 minutes long and it mainly is about cell phone technology/social networking. Interesting but weird.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/platonicchain.jpg)
Stratos 4
Unlicensed anime not available in the US. It is about some girls who are part of NASA or something and they fix problems in space. I have not watched the whole series but it has good drawings
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/stratos4.jpg)
Yukikaze
A more serious series, it has very good dogfights. The series is about some aliens who found a warp into Earth via a cloud from their home planet over Antartica. The government trys to keep it a secret and builds airbases there working on new planes from captured alien technology. I recommend this if you are into anime with lots of pretty explosions and dogfights. Sketchy but realistic drawings.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/yukikaze.jpg)
Macross Zero
Unlicensed anime not found in the US. This is a special edition OVA of 5 episodes, very good dogfights and deals with planes that turn into some kind of mech. It is involved with alien technology and is drawn very well. Uses a lot of CG.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/macrosszero.jpg)
FLAG
Unlicensed and not found in the US. A new anime series that is being aired in Japan, it is about a conflict in Tibet and UN troops are trying to calm the situation. The story covers from the background of someone doing documentarys. The whole series is done as you are looking through a photographers camera, it is a very unique style and a good series so far everything is drawn very very realistic. Doubtful it will ever be licensed in the US.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/flag.jpg)
Grave of the fireflies
It is a story about a boy and his sister during World War II, they are caught in firebombings from US planes and try to survive. It is a sad movie and highly recommended. An older movie but drawn to even meet most of todays standards.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/gotff.jpg)
Gun slinger girl
This is a great anime for airsoft fans. The animation is superb and the guns are drawn very realisticly down to the trademarks. The story takes place in Rome and has a pretty serious approach to the series. Recommended
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/gunslinger.jpg)
Zipang
Unlicensed anime not available in the US. It is about a modern advanced Japanese navy ship accidently going back in time after a storm to world war II Japan. This is during the midway battle and they cannot choose a side because they do not want to alter history. They fear Japan could use the technology to their advantage and change history of World War II. A very interesting series and recommended.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/zipang.jpg)
now and then here and there
An anime regarding a young boy who meets a strange girl in his town. Some strange people freeze time and take the girl back but the boy is taken as well on accident to a nearly deserted and dyeing earth as the sun is in a red giant stage, perhaps a billion years into the future. There is a war being fought while a "hitler" type of leader is trying to take over the world, he trains children to fight in his army and pillages citys. A very depressing and emotional anime though highly recommended.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/nathat.jpg)
The Cockpit
Follows the AXIS side of World War II, not a very common anime and hard to find. It's a short 3 episode series following a Nazi pilot and Japanese kamikaze pilots.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/cockpit.jpg)
Bartender
A new strange unlicensed anime only available in Japan. So far i've seen 1 episode and it seems interesting, it's about a bartender who apparently helps people get through life or something like that. Different and interesting.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/bartender.jpg)
Monster
Unlicensed anime, it is a medical anime following a murder mystery. It follows a surgeon as the main character and gets stuck in the politics of a hospital, he thinks he is doing the right thing saving a boys life when he is supposed to operate on a high politician instead and ends up screwing up his career, turns out the person he saved is someone that was better off dead. Really good series.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/monster.jpg)
mighty space miners
Older anime, a crew of people have a base on a comet or meteor and they are refineing resources. It's quite realistic unfortunately the company never made more than 2 episodes so it leaves you with a cliffhanger ending right
when the good stuffs about to happen.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/msm.jpg)
Cat Soup
Very strange anime, it looks like hello kitty on lots of drugs, kind of violent, disgusting and demented. My guess is you would have to be on a lot of drugs to understand the demented humour
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/catsoup.jpg)
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Nope, it encourges the same warrior ideas that Hitler found attractive.
That is one country I would love to see clearly wiped off the map and all their freaky people.
Another society that enjoys having sex with schoolgirls.
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But the artwork is pretty good
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Nope, it encourges the same warrior ideas that Hitler found attractive.
That is one country I would love to see clearly wiped off the map and all their freaky people.
Another society that enjoys having sex with schoolgirls.
What? Japan saved many Jews. They were one of the few countries that did not enforce the policies of Nazi Germany.
And what about warrior ideaology? Weren't the Jews warriors? What about King David?
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Nope, it encourages the same warrior ideas that Hitler found attractive.
That is one country I would love to see clearly wiped off the map and all their freaky people.
Another society that enjoys having sex with schoolgirls.
What? Japan saved many Jews. They were one of the few countries that did not enforce the policies of Nazi Germany.
And what about warrior ideaology? Weren't the Jews warriors? What about King David?
Japan and the Muslims both made a alliance with Hitler over the war in Russia. Where they would split the world between them. The US was brought in the war with the bombing of Peril Harbour, at the same time was the attack on Madagascar, which control the shipping routes to the south. Japan was to take Australia. Jap forces took 22,000 diggers to their deaths. The Japs kill Christan and Jew without even blinking an eye.
They also continued medical experiments that Hitler had requested.
Now the culture is underage sex, child porn, child labour, drugs. Underworld figures control the major networks and businesses, its a gates of hell.
And dropping the bombs on it to end the war was the only way to deal with the rats that infest the country.
Only regret they didn't do it sooner. And didn't finish the job.
If you think the japs were being helpful and kind think again.
They once had honor and worth, but that was more than 500 years ago.
Jews are honorable, Japs are scum.
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Nope, it encourges the same warrior ideas that Hitler found attractive.
That is one country I would love to see clearly wiped off the map and all their freaky people.
Another society that enjoys having sex with schoolgirls.
I could not have said it better myself. Except the schoolgirl thing is something I never heard before. They were however extremely brutal to the people they in slaved. I could see them abusing children during that time.
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Japan how peace loving and wonderful we are ::) BTW the Russians used where RUSSIAN JEWS, but glad to see them helping ;) Allies they mean ANZAC's which many were Jews.
Unit 731
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Body disposal at Unit 731Unit 731 was a covert biological warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that undertook lethal human experimentation during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) and World War II. It was responsible for some of the most notorious war crimes carried out by Japanese personnel. Officially known by the Imperial Japanese Army as the Kempeitai Political Department and Epidemic Prevention Research Laboratory, it was initially set up as a political and ideological section of the Kempeitai military police of pre-Pacific War Japan. It was meant to counter the ideological or political influence of enemies, and to reinforce the ideology of military units.
The unit was disguised as a water purification unit and was based in the Pingfang district of the northeast Chinese city of Harbin, part of the puppet state of Manchukuo. It worked through Japanese political propaganda and as an ideological representative of the Imperial Japanese Army's Kodoha (Imperial way faction, or war party). In the first phase, this section worked against communist propaganda, but extended its responsibilities in other directions, at home and overseas.
It became a rough equivalent to the German Nazi SS propaganda departments. It promoted the belief in Japanese racial superiority, racialist theories, counterespionage, intelligence, political sabotage and infiltration of enemy lines. It also liaised with the Manchukuo military police, the Manchu intelligence service, regular Manchu police, Manchu Residents committees, local Nationalist Manchu Parties, and the Japanese Secret Service detachment in Manchukuo. Its section in Manchukuo used some agents from White Russian, Chinese, Manchu, Mongol and other foreign backgrounds for special services, or covert actions at home and abroad.
As many as ten thousand people, both civilian and military, of Chinese, Korean, Mongolian, and Russian origin were subjects of the experimentation conducted by Unit 731. Some American and European Allied prisoners of war also died at the hands of Unit 731. In addition, the use of biological weapons researched in Unit 731's bioweapons program resulted in tens of thousands of deaths in China – possibly as many as 200,000 casualties by some estimates.
Unit 731 was one of many units used by the Japanese to research biological warfare; other units included Unit 516 (Qiqihar), Unit 543 (Hailar), Unit 773 (Songo unit), Unit 100 (Changchun), Unit 1644 (Nanjing), Unit 1855 (Beijing), Unit 8604 (Guangzhou), Unit 200 (Manchuria) and Unit 9420 (Singapore).
Many of the scientists involved in Unit 731 went on to prominent careers in politics, academia, business, and medicine. Some were arrested by Soviet forces and tried at the Khabarovsk War Crime Trials; others, who surrendered to the Americans, were granted amnesty in exchange for access to the data collected by them.
Because of their brutality, Unit 731's actions have now been declared by the United Nations to be war crimes.
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just for reference this is what they (the Japs) were testing.
Other experiments
Some prisoners were hung upside down to see how long it would take for them to choke to death.
Some prisoners had air injected into their arteries to determine the time until the onset of embolism.
Some prisoners had horse urine injected into their kidneys.
Some prisoners were deprived of food and water to determine the length of time until death.
Some prisoners were placed into high pressure chambers until death.
Some prisoners were exposed to extreme temperatures and developed frostbite to determine how long humans could survive with such an affliction, and to determine the effects of rotting and gangrene on human flesh.
Some experiments were performed to determine the relationship between temperature, burns and human survival.
Some prisoners were placed into centrifuges and spun until death.
Animal blood was injected into some prisoners and the effects of this studied.
Some prisoners had lethal doses of x-ray radiation administered.
Gas chambers tested various chemical weapons on some prisoners.
Air bubbles were injected into some prisoners' bloodstreams to simulate a stroke.
Sea water was injected into some prisoners to determine if it could be substituted for saline.
Biological warfare
Japanese scientists performed tests on prisoners centering around the plague, cholera, smallpox, botulism and other diseases.
This research led to the development of the defoliation bacilli bomb and the flea bomb used to spread the bubonic plague. Some of these bombs were designed with ceramic (porcelain) shells, an idea proposed by Ishii Shiro in 1938.
These bombs enabled Japanese soldiers to launch biological attacks, infecting agriculture, reservoirs, wells and other areas with anthrax, plague-carrying fleas, typhoid, dysentery, cholera and other deadly pathogens.
In addition to this, infected food supplies and clothing were dropped by planes into areas of China not occupied by Japanese forces.
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I saw Nausica and the Valley of the Winds and liked it. I saw Jin Roh and liked it. I saw Akira and completely did not understand it ;-)
I'm more of an old school comics guy - Silver and Bronze age Marvel, etc.
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I saw Nausica and the Valley of the Winds and liked it. I saw Jin Roh and liked it. I saw Akira and completely did not understand it ;-)
I'm more of an old school comics guy - Silver and Bronze age Marvel, etc.
Yeah Jin-Roh was pretty deep, haven't seen Akira yet. I want to learn Japanese so I can watch all the good stuff airing in Japan.
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I still think Tex Avery was one of the best for the time he was in. Very creative. Tex Avery did work for Warner Bros. and MGM in the 30s, 40s and 50s. And brought forth the sarcasm out in the cartoons.
And at that time Political Correctness wasn't like now.
This is a Tex Avery Cartoon, I want you all to watch it. He brought forth the humor in race issues and a lot of others that in todays time you would have the ACLU and other worm groups whining.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ucOfO1_ccf8
Errrrrrr the classic MGM lion O0 ;)
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I am a large fan of the artistic style of Japanese animation, also they seem to put so much detail into everything, the characters, small objects, cars, landscapes, etc. Nothing is really generic, it just looks good. I don't think Japanese animation is marketed the same way as American animation. Generally American animation is seen as "cartoons for kids" more than anything and don't really focus on detail. Also some of the anime has some really good storylines I enjoy. It's almost like the hollywood of Japan I guess you could say. While Japans history maybe controversial, I do enjoy the work of the people who draw Anime or produce it, I do not hold individuals responsible for what their country did so long as they themselves do not support those war crimes.
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I like the pretty drawings and the drawings of pretty girls.
I only wish their king sized eyes were a bit smaller.
I find their cartoon movies very boring. But I like the fact that the cartoons are almost always fantasy. They take you away from the cold, cruel, bloody world.
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Anime sucks.
It's full of subliminal messages and it gives me a headache.
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Anime sucks.
It's full of subliminal messages and it gives me a headache.
I agree.
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Anime sucks.
It's full of subliminal messages and it gives me a headache.
I agree.
I would have to agree also. Some of the subject matter seems very questionable.
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I think its more than questionable, easy to influence the young and naive though pretty pictures and colours, and have female characters like school girl's is bound to bring up the ratings.
Anime porn is the one of the highest selling items, even over shadows real women.
Japans sex trade is wiping out a lot of the more classic forms.
Cartoon porn in Japan dates back to the earlist beginnings of their culture.
This cartoon craze is based on that.
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I think its more than questionable, easy to influence the young and naive though pretty pictures and colours, and have female characters like school girl's is bound to bring up the ratings.
Anime porn is the one of the highest selling items, even over shadows real women.
Japans sex trade is wiping out a lot of the more classic forms.
Cartoon porn in Japan dates back to the earlist beginnings of their culture.
This cartoon craze is based on that.
Anime is not cartoon porn, there is a different designation of Anime. You are referring to Hentai which is basically animated pornography. Anime in it's self is not pornographic and the distinction should be clear.
This gives a better understanding as to what Anime is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime
Anime is just like Hollywood, there are different subjects and types of movies, some are graphic and gory, some sexual, some are very serious. The one i've been watching follows the career of a doctor "Monster" and there are no sexual overtones to it. Anime with sexual overtones is generally marked as hentai and a person purchasing the dvd in question would certainly know due to the warnings.
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Its better in video games.
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I think its more than questionable, easy to influence the young and naive though pretty pictures and colours, and have female characters like school girl's is bound to bring up the ratings.
Anime porn is the one of the highest selling items, even over shadows real women.
Japans sex trade is wiping out a lot of the more classic forms.
Cartoon porn in Japan dates back to the earlist beginnings of their culture.
This cartoon craze is based on that.
Anime is not cartoon porn, there is a different designation of Anime. You are referring to Hentai which is basically animated pornography. Anime in it's self is not pornographic and the distinction should be clear.
This gives a better understanding as to what Anime is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime
Anime is just like Hollywood, there are different subjects and types of movies, some are graphic and gory, some sexual, some are very serious. The one i've been watching follows the career of a doctor "Monster" and there are no sexual overtones to it. Anime with sexual overtones is generally marked as hentai and a person purchasing the dvd in question would certainly know due to the warnings.
Its based on it, the makers are the same people. Same crap.
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Cohen you wouldn't by any chance be PILMAN? on Israel Militray net?
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Cohen you wouldn't by any chance be PILMAN? on Israel Militray net?
Yes I am PILMAN.
I am a bit confused as to how watching Anime has anything to do with supporting sexual overtones. In many ways although it is made by the Japanese, how many people eat sushi? Drive a Japanese car? (Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi, etc.), how about cell phones? Tv's made in Japan? Many of our products come from Japan but we still buy them.
I watch movies or a tv show because their entertaining. It's really the same with Anime, I may watch a Anime series because it covers a topic that interests me or has a interesting storyline. Others I may not watch because it doesn't suit my interest. The problem is Anime is lumped into a category of being cartoon porn when in reality Anime is not cartoon porn. While pornography in the US may involve actors and perhaps even a storyline/script, I would never classify all movies as pornographic because of the fact pornography can be classed as "entertainment". Pornography and movies are separate just like Anime and Hentai are separate.
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I thought you were just checking.
And looks like you don't have much to do with Japanese culture.
You need to know what you watch, that cartoon is not based for children, its based for young guys your age.
I suggest you research it.
I don't wish to post links to support what I say. Its not acceptable for this forum. I will link on the other tho. Tokyo no doubt will enjoy it. :-\ ::)
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I thought you were just checking.
And looks like you don't have much to do with Japanese culture.
You need to know what you watch, that cartoon is not based for children, its based for young guys your age.
I suggest you research it.
I don't wish to post links to support what I say. Its not acceptable for this forum. I will link on the other tho. Tokyo no doubt will enjoy it. :-\ ::)
Yes I agree, the majority of Anime is not for children. Please PM me with information regarding your stance on this issue, thanks.
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Will do 8;)
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I have sent it The link Anime in America if you go down the left side of the page you will come to other links of the porn industry in Japan.
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I watch some anime, particularly when I'm not feeling well, as it doesn't require me to make any decisions of any kind.
The stuff I watch is mainly shonen (anime aimed at boys aged 12-18), ones I've liked:
Full Metal Alchemist, rather weird premise the main characters tried and failed to bring their dead mother back to life, in doing so one of them lost their whole body and lives on as an empty suit of armour, the other lost an arm and a leg and now has mechanical replacements, the main story is about them trying to get their bodies back, I recommend this to everyone over the age of 15, younger people might find it disturbing, the plot isn't excellent, but it is very emotional, it succeeds in making you care about the characters, and then a lot of them die, don't watch it if you're depressed, it runs for 51 episodes, the voice actors in the American dub are poor, so I recommend watching it in Japanese with English subtitles if you can find it.
Bleach, a teenage boy joins a group who are responsible for fighting demons and leading ghosts to the afterlife, but then gets caught in a civil war in said group, to be honest, the series is mainly about him trying to protect people he cares about, pretty good, though it isn't as emotional as FMA, (I don't think it would appeal much to an older audience), except in perhaps one episode, some of it is very violent, if it were a movie, it would be at least a 15, if you do watch it, skip episodes 64-109, they are meaningless filler, un-related to the plot and dull, the voice actors in the American dub of this are he worst I've ever heard, so I definitely recommend Japanese with English subtitles, this series is still running, in America it's around ep 53, in Japan it's on ep 153.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, hard to describe this one, post apocalyptic world, where humans live in underground villages, endlessly being crushed by earthquakes, anyone who moves to the surface is attacked by giant robots, a boy from one such village goes to the surface and goes onto create a group that fights back against the robots, culminates in battles out in space... A bit weird, rather emotional, as some key characters die, pretty good watch if you can get over the idea of giant robots... It's finished at just 27 episodes, I don't know if there is a dub of it yet, I don't think there is though as it only came out this year in Japan, so if you want to watch it, you'll have to go with the sub.
Yu Yu Hakusho, if you like the others I've listed you may like this... focussed mainly around fighting, rather childish at times, incredibly violent at others, story is good for the first 10 episodes or so, pretty poor after that, the series as a whole is pretty good until episode 66, after which you can see all the ways in which it could and should be better while watching it, to be honest, it's only worth watching because two of the characters in it are interesting, I can't think of a good way of describing it really... the series is over at 112 episodes, I've watched some of them subbed and some dubbed, the dub appears to be all right.
I could recommend a few more if anyone wants me to... But I don't suspect that anyone will...
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I watch some anime, particularly when I'm not feeling well, as it doesn't require me to make any decisions of any kind.
The stuff I watch is mainly shonen (anime aimed at boys aged 12-18), ones I've liked:
Full Metal Alchemist, rather weird premise the main characters tried and failed to bring their dead mother back to life, in doing so one of them lost their whole body and lives on as an empty suit of armour, the other lost an arm and a leg and now has mechanical replacements, the main story is about them trying to get their bodies back, I recommend this to everyone over the age of 15, younger people might find it disturbing, the plot isn't excellent, but it is very emotional, it succeeds in making you care about the characters, and then a lot of them die, don't watch it if you're depressed, it runs for 51 episodes, the voice actors in the American dub are poor, so I recommend watching it in Japanese with English subtitles if you can find it.
Bleach, a teenage boy joins a group who are responsible for fighting demons and leading ghosts to the afterlife, but then gets caught in a civil war in said group, to be honest, the series is mainly about him trying to protect people he cares about, pretty good, though it isn't as emotional as FMA, (I don't think it would appeal much to an older audience), except in perhaps one episode, some of it is very violent, if it were a movie, it would be at least a 15, if you do watch it, skip episodes 64-109, they are meaningless filler, un-related to the plot and dull, the voice actors in the American dub of this are he worst I've ever heard, so I definitely recommend Japanese with English subtitles, this series is still running, in America it's around ep 53, in Japan it's on ep 153.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, hard to describe this one, post apocalyptic world, where humans live in underground villages, endlessly being crushed by earthquakes, anyone who moves to the surface is attacked by giant robots, a boy from one such village goes to the surface and goes onto create a group that fights back against the robots, culminates in battles out in space... A bit weird, rather emotional, as some key characters die, pretty good watch if you can get over the idea of giant robots... It's finished at just 27 episodes, I don't know if there is a dub of it yet, I don't think there is though as it only came out this year in Japan, so if you want to watch it, you'll have to go with the sub.
Yu Yu Hakusho, if you like the others I've listed you may like this... focussed mainly around fighting, rather childish at times, incredibly violent at others, story is good for the first 10 episodes or so, pretty poor after that, the series as a whole is pretty good until episode 66, after which you can see all the ways in which it could and should be better while watching it, to be honest, it's only worth watching because two of the characters in it are interesting, I can't think of a good way of describing it really... the series is over at 112 episodes, I've watched some of them subbed and some dubbed, the dub appears to be all right.
I could recommend a few more if anyone wants me to... But I don't suspect that anyone will...
I remember your avatar used to be of some anime character and I thought it was a woman so I thought you were a woman. Is Rhuan an anime character's name?
No, Rhuan was actually a misspelling of the name of a character from a fantasy book, the actually character's name was Rhuarc, it was a little while since I'd read the book when I was creating my first forum account, and I couldn't think of anything else to call myself, I didn't intend to misspell it though... Shows how dumb I am...
The picture I used to use as my avatar was the main character in Full Metal Alchemist, his name is Edward.
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It's not the place perhaps to write about it,
but I totally agree with The Infidel: japan is nazistic.
Once in China, they slaughtered anybody they found alive...
a whole army unit (of butchers) had the order to RAPE a DEAD CHINESE FEMALE (!!!),
on the entrance of a village or town...
they did a serie of experimentation on humans (like mengele did).
japan is to China what NAZICROATIA is to SERBIA,
and what arabs are to Jews as well.
Bad/ugly/evil "copies"...
The "first" ones rape, destroy, butcher,
wish (and work on) to annihilate the "second" ones.
So-called "japanese culture" is a COPY-PASTE
of the Chinese Culture, from art to religion.
The same goes for NAZICROATIA swallowing
EVERYTHING Serbian, up to the Language (!!!).
Since NAZICROATS claim to be "goths" and (!!!) "persians"...
HOW on earth could they ever have had kings named
TOMISLAV, ZVONIMIR and so on, according to them,
for these Names are Serbian ones ?!...
The world deals with barbarians that got once (in WWII) united,
with the aim of TAKING anything that WASN'T theirs:
these barbarians are the NAZIS and their evil AXIS.
They stole Jews first, then Slavs.
They lack HUMANITY, HEART and SOUL,
they wanted (and still want) to TAKE them from us.
I hate even the things I like,
yes, you read well:
I HATE EVEN THE THINGS I LIKE
that come from them,
was it the thing called japanimation.
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I prefer realistic/serious Anime, there is a lot of unlicensed stuff in Japan that has not come over to America. You can download these legally since there is no way to buy them in America. They are generally referred to as fansubs. The original Japanese voices are intact but a person adds in subtitles with translation. There is some really good stuff over there.
Monster is pretty deep storyline wise.
The series follows Dr. Kenzo Tenma (天馬 賢三, Tenma Kenzo?) as he pursues a young psychopath/sociopath named Johan, whose life Tenma once saved. The story rapidly progresses through a number of locations: it starts in Düsseldorf, Germany, passes through Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, Wiesbaden, cities in the Czech Republic such as Prague, and other cities and villages.
The text on the cover of the first volume reads as follows:
"Dusseldorf, West Germany in 1986. One day, Dr. Kenzo Tenma ignored his boss's order and executed humanitarian rescue of a man's child. That's how this horrible story begins!!"
Dr. Kenzo Tenma is a young Japanese doctor working at the Eisler Memorial Hospital in Düsseldorf during the 80s. A highly accomplished brain surgeon, he appears to have everything on his plate: a promotion in the offing; the favor of the director of the hospital, Heinemann; and Heinemann's daughter, Eva, as fiancée. However, Tenma grows increasingly dissatisfied with the political bias of the hospital for treating patients, and seizes his chance to change things after a strange massacre brings the twins Johan and Anna Liebert into his hospital. Johan has a gunshot wound to the head and Anna keeps muttering about killing, and Tenma decides to operate on Johan instead of a prominent politician who arrived afterwards. Johan is saved, but the politician dies. Tenma loses all his social standing and Eva as a consequence. However, Heinemann and other doctors in Tenma's way are mysteriously murdered, and both children disappear from the hospital soon after. The police suspect Tenma, as he benefits greatly from this turn of events, but have no evidence, and so can do no more than question him.
At this point, the story advances to nine years later. Tenma is now the Chief of Surgery at Eisler Memorial Hospital. However, he is about to come face to face with a sociopath - a sociopath that he helped save.
A known criminal is found on the street, hit by a car. He comes under the care of Dr. Tenma, who observes him muttering about a "Monster". Then one evening when Dr. Tenma comes back with a clock as a gift for the criminal, he finds the guard in front of the criminal's room dead, and the criminal himself gone.
Following his trail to the construction site of a half finished building near the hospital, he finds the man. The man, who has developed a sort of doctor-patient friendship with Dr. Tenma, warns him against coming closer, and pleads with him to run away. Tenma refuses, however, and the identity of the man holding a gun pointed at the criminal in the abandoned parking garage is revealed to be the boy whose life Tenma had saved nine years ago, Johan. Despite Dr. Tenma's attempt to reason with him, Johan shoots the criminal, tells Tenma that he could never kill the man who had saved his life, then walks off into the night while Tenma is still too shocked to stop him. After this incident, Tenma is again suspected by the police, particularly Inspector Runge, and he tries to find more information about this 'Johan'. He soon discovers that the boy's sister, Nina, happily living the life of an adopted daughter to two caring parents, the only trace of her terrible past a few dreams she's had. He discovers her on her birthday, and manages to prevent her from meeting her brother, but comes too late to prevent Johan from murdering her foster parents. As the show progresses, Tenma learns of the origins of this monster, from the former East Germany's attempt to use a secret orphanage called Kinderheim 511 (where Johan came from) in order to create the "perfect soldiers" through "psychological reprogramming", to the author of a children's book which was used in a eugenics experiment in Czech Republic. He also learns about the scope of the atrocities this 'Monster' has committed, and he vows to fix the mistake he made when he saved Johan's life.
While Tenma is the main character of Monster, the story also focuses heavily on those surrounding his search for Johan, such as Inspector Runge (who is investigating Johan's various murders but pins them all on Tenma) and Nina Fortner (aka Anna Liebert, Johan's twin sister), and a host of other characters, minor and major, whose lives have been shaped by the deeds of the monster named 'Johan'.
More information
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_manga
shame this hasn't been licensed for the US but i've been watching the fansubs and it is pretty interesting.
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It's not the place perhaps to write about it,
but I totally agree with The Infidel: japan is nazistic.
Once in China, they slaughtered anybody they found alive...
a whole army unit (of butchers) had the order to RAPE a DEAD CHINESE FEMALE (!!!),
on the entrance of a village or town...
they did a serie of experimentation on humans (like mengele did).
japan is to China what NAZICROATIA is to SERBIA,
and what arabs are to Jews as well.
Bad/ugly/evil "copies"...
The "first" ones rape, destroy, butcher,
wish (and work on) to annihilate the "second" ones.
So-called "japanese culture" is a COPY-PASTE
of the Chinese Culture, from art to religion.
The same goes for NAZICROATIA swallowing
EVERYTHING Serbian, up to the Language (!!!).
Since NAZICROATS claim to be "goths" and (!!!) "persians"...
HOW on earth could they ever have had kings named
TOMISLAV, ZVONIMIR and so on, according to them,
for these Names are Serbian ones ?!...
The world deals with barbarians that got once (in WWII) united,
with the aim of TAKING anything that WASN'T theirs:
these barbarians are the NAZIS and their evil AXIS.
They stole Jews first, then Slavs.
They lack HUMANITY, HEART and SOUL,
they wanted (and still want) to TAKE them from us.
I hate even the things I like,
yes, you read well:
I HATE EVEN THE THINGS I LIKE
that come from them,
was it the thing called japanimation.
I think Husar we are every much on the outer on this one.
The blood has not even beginning to dry yet,
And all the crime and death is pushed aside,
for a cartoon.
:-\
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The japanese have some "Aïnu" Heritage,
which is Indo-European.
That's perhaps why they have
what I would call some "nostalgy"
concerning wide, bright-colored eyes and hair...
But it could as well be for some more material reasons,
such as the best one: selling to the west (whites) their production.
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It's not the place perhaps to write about it,
but I totally agree with The Infidel: japan is nazistic.
Once in China, they slaughtered anybody they found alive...
a whole army unit (of butchers) had the order to RAPE a DEAD CHINESE FEMALE (!!!),
on the entrance of a village or town...
they did a serie of experimentation on humans (like mengele did).
japan is to China what NAZICROATIA is to SERBIA,
and what arabs are to Jews as well.
Bad/ugly/evil "copies"...
The "first" ones rape, destroy, butcher,
wish (and work on) to annihilate the "second" ones.
So-called "japanese culture" is a COPY-PASTE
of the Chinese Culture, from art to religion.
The same goes for NAZICROATIA swallowing
EVERYTHING Serbian, up to the Language (!!!).
Since NAZICROATS claim to be "goths" and (!!!) "persians"...
HOW on earth could they ever have had kings named
TOMISLAV, ZVONIMIR and so on, according to them,
for these Names are Serbian ones ?!...
The world deals with barbarians that got once (in WWII) united,
with the aim of TAKING anything that WASN'T theirs:
these barbarians are the NAZIS and their evil AXIS.
They stole Jews first, then Slavs.
They lack HUMANITY, HEART and SOUL,
they wanted (and still want) to TAKE them from us.
I hate even the things I like,
yes, you read well:
I HATE EVEN THE THINGS I LIKE
that come from them,
was it the thing called japanimation.
I think Husar we are every much on the outer on this one.
The blood has not even beginning to dry yet,
And all the crime and death is pushed aside,
for a cartoon.
:-\
"cartoons" are ruining
some people's Memory....
NOT OURS.
;)
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"cartoons" are ruining
some people's Memory....
NOT OURS.
;)
Never ours. 8;)
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Ok, it sounds as if some of the members here have a bad taste in their mouth over Anime because it is a Japanese product and the way they treated the Chinese.
Is this the dislike towards Japanese products? Japan war crimes are very controversial agreed, but should we boycott Japanese products? Should we treat those who are of the new generation who have had nothing to do with the war? Germany slaughtered the Jews, Japan did not. Now where we can agree is what Japan did to Americans, war is an ugly thing. We also had war with the UK for our independence. I work with several Japanese people who I can call my friends, but that does not mean I agree with Japans past how they treated prisoners. However that should not excuse the fact that China is also a enemy. I fail to see the issue why the current generation of Japanese are still held accountable when most are against any form of war or interventionism in their country?
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I have to agree that Japan did horrible things, and there are still some very evil element s in Japanese society, and yet, they aren't all like that, so I see no reason to boycott their products.
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Whoa you think the Japanese are suddenly nice, if Hilter was still alive would you support him too if he made a cartoon?
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Whoa you think the Japanese are suddenly nice, if Hilter was still alive would you support him too if he made a cartoon?
No, not saying the Japanese are suddenly nice. I am simply stating that there is no difference in products we already purchase, I am not purchasing Anime from the Imperial power of Japan, this government and it's generation are pretty much gone/passed away. The new generation making this Anime are not the same Japanese as the ones during the war.
Germany, we still get products from Germany but these are not financing Hitler or the Nazis as this generation is gone (though unfortunately there are still neo nazis in Germany). I have products made in Germany, that doesn't mean I worship Germany or the swastika. I simply buy the product as a consumer as beneficial to me. Now if these companies were producing products that aided what they were doing (for example buying IBM during world war II, or a Volkswagon during World War II) then this would be equivalent to supporting evil. I do not see how purchasing or watching Anime is evil or any other Japanese product as this is not funding Japanese war against China nor were these companies around at the time of Japans war against China or America.
I do not see this is financing evil, simply purchasing from a company that produces it that happens to be located in Japan or hires people of Japanese background. Many of the Anime companies are now outsourcing work to America or Korea. Many of the large companies are also putting studios in the US.
We are refuting to saying "do not purchase from Japan or you support evil", then shouldn't we pretty much boycott every product in existance? There were plenty of American companies and European companies who supported Hitler. As consumers, we should expose the companies for their evils, not boycott an entire country and the people. We do not support a lot of the stuff happening in America but we don't necessarily boycott the products and hurt working people for this do we?
Should I boycott Israel because the money might be used to kick Jews out of their homes in West bank? Do you see where I am coming from? I am not blaming the country but the government in power.
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Ok, it sounds as if some of the members here have a bad taste in their mouth over Anime because it is a Japanese product and the way they treated the Chinese.
Is this the dislike towards Japanese products? Japan war crimes are very controversial agreed, but should we boycott Japanese products? Should we treat those who are of the new generation who have had nothing to do with the war? Germany slaughtered the Jews, Japan did not. Now where we can agree is what Japan did to Americans, war is an ugly thing. We also had war with the UK for our independence. I work with several Japanese people who I can call my friends, but that does not mean I agree with Japans past how they treated prisoners. However that should not excuse the fact that China is also a enemy. I fail to see the issue why the current generation of Japanese are still held accountable when most are against any form of war or interventionism in their country?
Here's some FRESH/NEW generation of japanese:
(http://images12.fotki.com/v243/photos/1/184161/890285/Naked_Nazi-vi.jpg)
HOW COOL...
Be sure they do NOT insult
their grand-fathers' "memory"
while dressing like this:
(http://images.tdaxp.com/tdaxp_upload/japanese_nazi_girl_2_md.jpg)
WAOW...manga-istic !!!
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y233/songunblog/japfascists.jpg)
SOOOO japanese (have fun those who can):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_Japanese_Workers_and_Welfare_Party
Did they REALLY "save" some Jews,
and what about the other non-Jew victims ?
"Forgivable" ?!!?!!...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898594/posts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking_Massacre
axis butcher killing a Chinese man from Nanking...
(http://www.chinasageconsultants.com/assets/images/Hist_Nanking_Bayonet.jpg)
The japanese nazistophilistic vulture murders a Human Being,
then sells some cartoons to the wide world...sooo cool.
>:( >:( >:(
"That was some decades ago...
who cares about it now ?!!!
Husar, The Infidel, you're so retarded"...
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The japanese have some "Aïnu" Heritage,
which is Indo-European.
That's perhaps why they have
what I would call some "nostalgy"
concerning wide, bright-colored eyes and hair...
But it could as well be for some more material reasons,
such as the best one: selling to the west (whites) their production.
Correct, Husar O0
That's what I was going to point out that the Japanese have Ainu ancestry ;)
Concerning Koreans and red hair strands, I didn't know about that, but I guess they could have distant Caucasian or Indo-European heritage and a specific trait could have matched up with either a dominant or recessive gene and skip many generations for the red hair, Who knows? Quite interesting though.
Scientists say red hair is a mutation.
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Ok, it sounds as if some of the members here have a bad taste in their mouth over Anime because it is a Japanese product and the way they treated the Chinese.
Is this the dislike towards Japanese products? Japan war crimes are very controversial agreed, but should we boycott Japanese products? Should we treat those who are of the new generation who have had nothing to do with the war? Germany slaughtered the Jews, Japan did not. Now where we can agree is what Japan did to Americans, war is an ugly thing. We also had war with the UK for our independence. I work with several Japanese people who I can call my friends, but that does not mean I agree with Japans past how they treated prisoners. However that should not excuse the fact that China is also a enemy. I fail to see the issue why the current generation of Japanese are still held accountable when most are against any form of war or interventionism in their country?
Here's some FRESH/NEW generation of japanese:
(http://images12.fotki.com/v243/photos/1/184161/890285/Naked_Nazi-vi.jpg)
HOW COOL...
(http://images.tdaxp.com/tdaxp_upload/japanese_nazi_girl_2_md.jpg)
Be sure they do NOT insult their grand-fathers while dressing like this:
(http://images.tdaxp.com/tdaxp_upload/japanese_nazi_girl_2_md.jpg)
WAOW...manga-istic !!!
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y233/songunblog/japfascists.jpg)
SOOOO japanese (have fun those who can):
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_Japanese_Workers_and_Welfare_Party)
Did they REALLY "save" some Jews,
and what about the other non-Jew victims ?
"Forgivable" ?!!?!!...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898594/posts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking_Massacre
axis butcher killing a Chinese man from Nanking...
(http://www.chinasageconsultants.com/assets/images/Hist_Nanking_Bayonet.jpg)
The japanese nazistophilistic vulture murders a Human Being,
then sells some cartoons to the wide world...sooo cool.
>:( >:( >:(
"That was some decades ago...
who cares about it now ?!!!
Husar, The Infidel, you're so retarded"...
lol, Hitler thought they were "Yellow Aryans." ;D ;D ;D
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shitler was NOT able to think.
8)
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Ok Husar, at least two of those pictures I have seen, the two with the woman dressed like a Nazi is from the Tokyo Game Show in Japan for promoting the video game "Return To Castle Wolfenstein". They tend to wear costumes and what not to promote the game. Not exactly tasteful but not Nazi.
Second, the National Socialist group in Japan you refer to is a Fascist group which as you posted the article mentions they have no significant force in Japan (that they are of a minority). My guess is a response due to increased immigration to their country, again this is equivalent to boycotting American goods because we have groups in the US like the KKK, Combat 18, National Alliance, StørmFrønt, and others. You cannot hold the actions of a few extremeists in Japan as equivalent to todays society.
I'm not trying to compare America to Japan or other countries, but the fact is that although US had slavery, and what happened with the Confederacy, etc. we do not blame Americas current generation for these problems. I am interpreting from your post that you are against Anime because you feel it supports Japan and fascism. If you feel that way, don't buy any more electronics, don't buy Japanese cars, eat sushi or Japanese food, or anything else that has to do with Japan.
The topic was about people who watch Anime, you are free to feel the way you do but by claiming that by supporting Japanese goods that we are supporting Japanese extremism is a nill factor.
You know my firearm is made in Germany? Do you think I support Nazis because the gun says "Made In Germany"? I buy a product because I enjoy it, paying 10 dollars to watch a tv show on dvd isn't funding Japanese massacres.
If you feel so sincere about where your products are made, how do you clean yourself after a shower considering most of the towels are made in Egypt or some middle eastern country?
How about your shoes? Keyboard? Hardware in your computer?
This is part of free trade.
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Dear Cohen,
whatever I buy,
especially from these nazi "countries",
I won't make any advertising about it.
I have to buy, I buy it...
I "intervened" in this topic to give MY tiny support to The Infidel
who RIGHTFULLY reminded us of what the japanese are ABLE to do.
Dressing in nazi for some promotion ?
You won't find this behaviour in Serbia.
Will you find it in Israel ?
Serbia has an "increased immigration" (of various NAZIS) also,
you won't see a Serbian "National Socialist Group" because of it !!!
japan DID things beyond ANY manga.
I wrote: I HATE EVEN THE THINGS I LIKE
in/from them, once nazis/always nazis.
NAZICROATIA had/has a "cartoon industry" also...
it will NEVER make me forget/forgive WHAT they DID/DO.
NEVER.
But you're right on the other hand:
were we to think non-stop about
WHAT the NAZIS did to us,
Serbs and Jews and Others,
we wouldn't live very old...
:-\
Sometimes, the Human Mind needs to "relax"...
and a cartoon does this job easily...
But stay aware.
8;)
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Nope, it encourges the same warrior ideas that Hitler found attractive.
That is one country I would love to see clearly wiped off the map and all their freaky people.
Another society that enjoys having sex with schoolgirls.
What? Japan saved many Jews. They were one of the few countries that did not enforce the policies of Nazi Germany.
Not true. There were a few Japanese people who saved Jews, but this was against the wishes of the Government.
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The japanese have some "Aïnu" Heritage,
which is Indo-European.
That's perhaps why they have
what I would call some "nostalgy"
concerning wide, bright-colored eyes and hair...
But it could as well be for some more material reasons,
such as the best one: selling to the west (whites) their production.
Correct, Husar O0
That's what I was going to point out that the Japanese have Ainu ancestry ;)
Concerning Koreans and red hair strands, I didn't know about that, but I guess they could have distant Caucasian or Indo-European heritage and a specific trait could have matched up with either a dominant or recessive gene and skip many generations for the red hair, Who knows? Quite interesting though.
Scientists say red hair is a mutation.
The japanese also took comfort women from other races and raped them, producing half breeds. Thats how some have european blood.
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Nope, it encourges the same warrior ideas that Hitler found attractive.
That is one country I would love to see clearly wiped off the map and all their freaky people.
Another society that enjoys having sex with schoolgirls.
What? Japan saved many Jews. They were one of the few countries that did not enforce the policies of Nazi Germany.
Not true. There were a few Japanese people who saved Jews, but this was against the wishes of the Government.
Comfort woman were mainly of Korean or Chinese origin.
This explains a bit more about Anti-Semitism in Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism_in_Japan
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Nope, it encourges the same warrior ideas that Hitler found attractive.
That is one country I would love to see clearly wiped off the map and all their freaky people.
Another society that enjoys having sex with schoolgirls.
What? Japan saved many Jews. They were one of the few countries that did not enforce the policies of Nazi Germany.
Not true. There were a few Japanese people who saved Jews, but this was against the wishes of the Government.
Comfort woman were mainly of Korean or Chinese origin.
This explains a bit more about Anti-Semitism in Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism_in_Japan
Explain that to the Australian women, the New Zealand women the American women ::)
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But guys you have to admit it japan having one of the smallest population in the world is the 2nd richest country in the world they are leaders in world technology and they are also great warriorsNow they are with us and europe against china and russia who are supporting iran
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But guys you have to admit it japan having one of the smallest population in the world is the 2nd richest country in the world they are leaders in world technology and they are also great warriorsNow they are with us and europe against china and russia who are supporting iran
They are like a fat old lap dog feasting off the good graces of America. Any technology they have they built on from the great education they got from American big business. People forget that they are a two faced people (sneaky). While they had their ambassadors negotiating in Washington their Navy was steaming towards Pearl Harbor for a sneak attack. They can thank the good old U.S.A for what they are today. After WW2 America did for the Japanese the same thing America is now doing in China making a monster. Instead of letting them starve to death after the war they used them for a source of cheap labor in order to get there economy going and in the process made them into what they are today. In China the United States has created a monster that is more blood sucking to the host than Japan ever was. I grew up here in America in a time that America had the finest products in the world if it was not made here it did not exist. It always cost more to buy the American product but it was worth the extra money. In most cases you got a product that lasted for more years than you wanted to see it around. American corporations sold their soul for cheap labor and that is a sin that came back to haunt them. People got use to buying cheap garbage that lasted a year or two. In time the Jap products got better and many older companies here in America could no longer compete with the cheap labor factor. American companies had to reduce the quality of products to compete. When many people look at Japans great economy what they fail to realize is that there are a lot of old American companies that are behind that money. Much of the great ideas that people think are of Japanese origin were designed right here in the good old USA. The work was done in Japan in the 60's, 70's and 80's because of the cheap labor. Today Japan is much like the USA it is being sucked dry due to cheap labor in China and other emerging countries. Its good to see them fall into the same situation they took such glee over when they were bashing the American economy around some years back. The cartoons that in question here show clearly that Japan has not changed in the least. Grove Of The Fire Flies, Zipang, The Cockpit? I can see why some of this stuff is unavailable to the US market. This stuff is clearly designed to convince the gullible and lull the suspicious. Here is a cartoon dealing with the Japanese I can embrace ;).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w2F3planCk
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But guys you have to admit it japan having one of the smallest population in the world is the 2nd richest country in the world they are leaders in world technology and they are also great warriorsNow they are with us and europe against china and russia who are supporting iran
I believe I am right in saying that their prime minister recently visited out of respect a shrine built in memory of the Japanese soldiers who were executed as war criminals when Japan surrendered after WWII. We cannot whitewash them completely, and yet, I don't see anything wrong with enjoying their cartoons.
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But guys you have to admit it japan having one of the smallest population in the world is the 2nd richest country in the world they are leaders in world technology and they are also great warriorsNow they are with us and europe against china and russia who are supporting iran
They are like a fat old lap dog feasting off the good graces of America. Any technology they have they built on from the great education they got from American big business. People forget that they are a two faced people (sneaky). While they had their ambassadors negotiating in Washington their Navy was steaming towards Pearl Harbor for a sneak attack. They can thank the good old U.S.A for what they are today. After WW2 America did for the Japanese the same thing America is now doing in China making a monster. Instead of letting them starve to death after the war they used them for a source of cheap labor in order to get there economy going and in the process made them into what they are today. In China the United States has created a monster that is more blood sucking to the host than Japan ever was. I grew up here in America in a time that America had the finest products in the world if it was not made here it did not exist. It always cost more to buy the American product but it was worth the extra money. In most cases you got a product that lasted for more years than you wanted to see it around. American corporations sold their soul for cheap labor and that is a sin that came back to haunt them. People got use to buying cheap garbage that lasted a year or two. In time the Jap products got better and many older companies here in America could no longer compete with the cheap labor factor. American companies had to reduce the quality of products to compete. When many people look at Japans great economy what they fail to realize is that there are a lot of old American companies that are behind that money. Much of the great ideas that people think are of Japanese origin were designed right here in the good old USA. The work was done in Japan in the 60's, 70's and 80's because of the cheap labor. Today Japan is much like the USA it is being sucked dry due to cheap labor in China and other emerging countries. Its good to see them fall into the same situation they took such glee over when they were bashing the American economy around some years back. The cartoons that in question here show clearly that Japan has not changed in the least. Grove Of The Fire Flies, Zipang, The Cockpit? I can see why some of this stuff is unavailable to the US market. This stuff is clearly designed to convince the gullible and lull the suspicious. Here is a cartoon dealing with the Japanese I can embrace ;).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w2F3planCk
I had thought most of the World War II stuff would have been propaganda but it really wasn't. I thought some of it was interesting
Heres more explanation
On
The Cockpit
The Cockpit: Kamikaze Stories
Written by Leiji Matsumoto
Produced by Tatsumi Yamashita, Toshio Hagiwara, and Haruo Noguchi
Directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Episode #1), Takashi Imanishi (#2), and Ryosuke Takahashi (#3)
Urban Vision, 1993, 90 min., Video
The three short episodes in this animation video contain a strong anti-war message. The heroes in the episodes exhibit courage and honor as they strive to accomplish what they perceive to be their duty. Although each story shows battles near the end of the World War II, the settings, style, and characters vary greatly. The title of The Cockpit: Kamikaze Stories is a misnomer, since only the second episode involves Japanese kamikaze pilots, and the other two episodes do not even involve suicide attacks. Also, the last episode does not have a cockpit, since it tells the story of two soldiers on a motorcycle with sidecar. This video deals with war, but it focuses on the human perspective rather than the machines used for fighting. However, the video also contains realistic animation of the planes and motorcycles used in combat scenes.
Three different directors created the video's episodes based on manga (Japanese comic) stories written by Leiji Matsumoto. The original Japanese version of this video came out in 1993, and the dubbed English version reviewed on this page was released in 1999. Each episode lasts less than 25 minutes, and the video contains short interviews with each director after his episode.
The first episode, "Stratospheric Currents," tells the story of a German pilot who gets branded a coward for surviving a fierce battle with British planes despite his previous exemplary record. Notwithstanding the incident, he gets selected to escort a plane carrying the world's first atomic bomb, which has been developed by a German scientist with whose daughter the pilot previously had a love interest. The fighter pilot lets a British plane get through to destroy the transport plane with the bomb, and the scientist, and his daughter also perish in the attack. Although he will carry the burden of disgrace for the rest of his life because he did not protect the transport plane, he believes he chose the right course of action since he prevented mass murder by the bomb.
The second episode, "Sonic Thunder Attack Team," gives the story of a young pilot of an ohka, a "human bomb" launched from underneath a mother plane and powered by rocket engines. On August 5, 1945, this ohka pilot named Nogami survives by parachuting out of his plane when attacked by American fighters. Although ashamed to be saved since so many of his comrades perished, he gets another chance to make an attack on the next day. When the plane carrying his ohka gets attacked and catches fire, a Japanese plane makes a suicide crash into the American fighter ready to shoot down his mother plane and ohka. Nogami's ohka gets launched, and he crashes it into an American aircraft carrier. The carrier captain receives news of the atomic bomb being dropped on Hiroshima just before his ship explodes.
Ohka Attached
Under Mother Plane
Nogami's squadron leader and comrades make several direct comments about the ohka suicide attack. A couple of men in his squadron give their opinions, "We're carrying someone with us who's doomed to die. It's horrible." "Whoever came up with the idea of committing suicide in the ohka has got to be crazier than we are." The squadron leader explains, "Any of us could die in this war. It's whether or not we die with honor that matters. That's why they came up with the idea of the human bomb in the first place" [1]. Nogami says he can accept that he has to sacrifice so the rest can live. Although the characters make several comments on the morality of the ohka, the viewer does not get a chance to understand why Nogami has such motivation to ride the ohka to death.
In the same way the first episode mentions Germany producing the world's first atomic bomb, this episode also has several inaccuracies. The last attempted ohka attack occurred on June 22, 1945, not on August 6 (Hagoromo Society 1973, 97). An ohka never hit an American aircraft carrier during the war, but ohka weapons did sink a battleship and damage eight other ships (O'Neill 1999, 160). An ohka pilot who went down in the sea near Okinawa would never have been able to make another sortie the next day, since the Japanese mother planes with ohka missiles did not depart from Okinawa but rather from Kyushu, the southernmost main island of Japan.
The third episode, "Steel Dragoon," shows two Japanese Army soldiers get shot down as the younger one tries to complete his promise to bring back reinforcements to his comrades, even though this mission is impossible since his former base has already been occupied by the Americans. The Japanese soldiers ride a motorcycle with sidecar, and they encounter an American motorcyclist along the way. The older Japanese soldier raced motorcycles before the war, so he wins a battle with the skilled American cyclist. The Japanese soldier gives the following reason for letting him live, "He's too good of racer. It would be a shame to kill him" [2]. The plot of this episode and the soldiers' reasons for fighting to their death seem shallow in comparison to the first two episodes. Also, one Japanese soldier introduced in the first part of the episode disappears from the story without explanation.
Although this video does not accurately depict certain historical facts of the war, the three episodes do successfully show the soldiers' human perspective and the war's tragedy. The "Sonic Thunder Attack Team" episode gives viewers various criticisms of the ohka weapon, but the director does not delve into the reasons that led the Japanese military to develop the weapon or into the motivations that led Japanese youths to sacrifice their lives to defend their country.
Grave Of The Fireflies
Taking place toward the end of World War II in Japan, Grave of the Fireflies is the poignant tale of the relationship between two orphaned children, Seita (清太) and his younger sister Setsuko (節子). The children lose their mother in the firebombing of Kobe, and their father in service to the Imperial Japanese Navy, and as a result they are forced to try to survive amidst widespread famine and the callous indifference of their countrymen (some of whom are their own extended family members).
Zipang
The newest, most modern warship in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, the guided missile destroyer Mirai sets sail from Japan on a training exercise with the U.S. Navy. Enroute, they encounter a strange meteorological anomaly. The Mirai loses contact with her sister ships but finds herself sailing by the unmistakable shape of the battleship Yamato.
The Mirai eludes the Imperial Japanese fleet and, reluctantly, the crew realizes that they have traveled sixty years into their past to the early days of World War II. Their first desire is to return home, and to insure that they have a home to which to return they decide to do nothing that will change history. That good intention does not last long, however, and gradually they are drawn into the conflict, though they continue to refuse to choose one side over another. The struggle of the crew from a modern, peaceful, and wealthy Japan to resist the nationalistic appeal of defending their country, knowing that in this time it is ruled by a brutal, totalitarian and militaristic government is the central theme of Zipang.
The basic premise of Zipang, a modern warship thrown back in time to World War II, was used over twenty years earlier in the movie, The Final Countdown (1980). In that movie, the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is transported back to the day before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. But the Nimitz returns to its own time before it can have any observable impact on history. In the Axis of Time novels by John Birmingham, a US-led naval task force from the near future is sent back in time, also to the Battle of Midway. In Birmingham’s novels history is immediately changed when the modern ships appear so there is no attempt to remain neutral or to not interfere. Though all three of these works of fiction start with a very similar premise, each has a completely different outcome.
Personally I found Zipang the most interesting of the 3, it did end up getting licensed in the US and I was very surprised, apparently sales weren't well and the company who licensed is "Geneon" has been shut down in the US by it's Japanese counterpart due to a loss of 45 million dollars due to poor marketing of their products.
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Does Speed Racer count?
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Does Speed Racer count?
Yes, Speed Racer is Anime.
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Enough of the anti-Jap crap. They were our enemies 70 years ago, but are a strong ally now. Countries can change... unless they are Muslim.
BTW, Anime sucks.
Brian
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No. I gave up that sort of thing at about 12.
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No. I gave up that sort of thing at about 12.
12... I can't imagine a 12 year old watching the anime I watch, I think they'd find the level of violence rather disturbing.
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no, animes are dumb and they have nothing to do with JTF.
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No. I gave up that sort of thing at about 12.
12... I can't imagine a 12 year old watching the anime I watch, I think they'd find the level of violence rather disturbing.
Yeah i was about to say, some of the anime I watch is enough to give kids nightmares for life.
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no, animes are dumb and they have nothing to do with JTF.
Very little to do with the JTF movement, but they aren't dumb, well I guess some are.
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Enough of the anti-Jap crap. They were our enemies 70 years ago, but are a strong ally now. Countries can change... unless they are Muslim.
BTW, Anime sucks.
Brian
Not enough anti jap crap as far as i see it O0
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Enough of the anti-Jap crap. They were our enemies 70 years ago, but are a strong ally now. Countries can change... unless they are Muslim.
BTW, Anime sucks.
Brian
Not enough anti jap crap as far as i see it O0
Agreed O0
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I think modern Japanese Culture is unoriginal and stupid, and Anime is a great example.
BUT, thats completely different than what other members are posting, that they are anti-Jewish. They arent, they are oblivious and indifferent to Judaism. They don't have anti-Jewish movements in Japan like they do in the middle east and in parts of the west.
They like every other country have a sick fascination with nazism because it has become the quintessential symbol of evil. But they are not as bad as countries like Hong Kong and Korea, etc.
Brian
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Wondering if anyone else is into Anime or if I'm the only one? ;)
I'm into more serious type of Anime though I do like humour as well.
where is FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST ??? I love that one !!!
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I think modern Japanese Culture is unoriginal and stupid, and Anime is a great example.
BUT, thats completely different than what other members are posting, that they are anti-Jewish. They arent, they are oblivious and indifferent to Judaism. They don't have anti-Jewish movements in Japan like they do in the middle east and in parts of the west.
They like every other country have a sick fascination with nazism because it has become the quintessential symbol of evil. But they are not as bad as countries like Hong Kong and Korea, etc.
Brian
They are the most evil, they are Anti anyone not Japanese. They even hate themselves most of the time.
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Wondering if anyone else is into Anime or if I'm the only one? ;)
I'm into more serious type of Anime though I do like humour as well.
Outlaw Star
Basically about bounty hunters in space, it is pretty interesting but older.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/outlawstar.jpg)
Cowboy Bebop
Also about bounty hunters in space, better than outlaw star
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/cowboybebop.jpg)
Gantz
This is a strange series. Basically a game you have to play if you have died in a alternate reality of earth. Very very gorey and violent.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/gantz.jpg)
Planetes
Rather unknown anime but very realistic and serious about traveling to space in the future, it is about the problem of space debris and corporations and overall life in the future of 2075.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/planetes.jpg)
Berserk
Medieval anime, basically lots of blood and overall good series though it was never completed :(
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/berserk.jpg)
Jin-Roh
Not a series but a movie, about post world war II in a alternate reality where the AXIS won the war and Japan is reforming it's economy and government like the nazis, huge protests and revolts. Very good movie.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/jinroh.jpg)
Platonic Chain
A strange unlicensed anime not available in the US. The shows are only about 5 minutes long and it mainly is about cell phone technology/social networking. Interesting but weird.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/platonicchain.jpg)
Stratos 4
Unlicensed anime not available in the US. It is about some girls who are part of NASA or something and they fix problems in space. I have not watched the whole series but it has good drawings
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/stratos4.jpg)
Yukikaze
A more serious series, it has very good dogfights. The series is about some aliens who found a warp into Earth via a cloud from their home planet over Antartica. The government trys to keep it a secret and builds airbases there working on new planes from captured alien technology. I recommend this if you are into anime with lots of pretty explosions and dogfights. Sketchy but realistic drawings.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/yukikaze.jpg)
Macross Zero
Unlicensed anime not found in the US. This is a special edition OVA of 5 episodes, very good dogfights and deals with planes that turn into some kind of mech. It is involved with alien technology and is drawn very well. Uses a lot of CG.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/macrosszero.jpg)
FLAG
Unlicensed and not found in the US. A new anime series that is being aired in Japan, it is about a conflict in Tibet and UN troops are trying to calm the situation. The story covers from the background of someone doing documentarys. The whole series is done as you are looking through a photographers camera, it is a very unique style and a good series so far everything is drawn very very realistic. Doubtful it will ever be licensed in the US.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/flag.jpg)
Grave of the fireflies
It is a story about a boy and his sister during World War II, they are caught in firebombings from US planes and try to survive. It is a sad movie and highly recommended. An older movie but drawn to even meet most of todays standards.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/gotff.jpg)
Gun slinger girl
This is a great anime for airsoft fans. The animation is superb and the guns are drawn very realisticly down to the trademarks. The story takes place in Rome and has a pretty serious approach to the series. Recommended
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/gunslinger.jpg)
Zipang
Unlicensed anime not available in the US. It is about a modern advanced Japanese navy ship accidently going back in time after a storm to world war II Japan. This is during the midway battle and they cannot choose a side because they do not want to alter history. They fear Japan could use the technology to their advantage and change history of World War II. A very interesting series and recommended.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/zipang.jpg)
now and then here and there
An anime regarding a young boy who meets a strange girl in his town. Some strange people freeze time and take the girl back but the boy is taken as well on accident to a nearly deserted and dyeing earth as the sun is in a red giant stage, perhaps a billion years into the future. There is a war being fought while a "hitler" type of leader is trying to take over the world, he trains children to fight in his army and pillages citys. A very depressing and emotional anime though highly recommended.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/nathat.jpg)
The Cockpit
Follows the AXIS side of World War II, not a very common anime and hard to find. It's a short 3 episode series following a Nazi pilot and Japanese kamikaze pilots.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/cockpit.jpg)
Bartender
A new strange unlicensed anime only available in Japan. So far i've seen 1 episode and it seems interesting, it's about a bartender who apparently helps people get through life or something like that. Different and interesting.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/bartender.jpg)
Monster
Unlicensed anime, it is a medical anime following a murder mystery. It follows a surgeon as the main character and gets stuck in the politics of a hospital, he thinks he is doing the right thing saving a boys life when he is supposed to operate on a high politician instead and ends up screwing up his career, turns out the person he saved is someone that was better off dead. Really good series.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/monster.jpg)
mighty space miners
Older anime, a crew of people have a base on a comet or meteor and they are refineing resources. It's quite realistic unfortunately the company never made more than 2 episodes so it leaves you with a cliffhanger ending right
when the good stuffs about to happen.
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/msm.jpg)
Cat Soup
Very strange anime, it looks like hello kitty on lots of drugs, kind of violent, disgusting and demented. My guess is you would have to be on a lot of drugs to understand the demented humour
(http://www.fwbairsoft.com/animetitle/catsoup.jpg)
those animes are good but could not you put anything better
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I think modern Japanese Culture is unoriginal and stupid, and Anime is a great example.
BUT, thats completely different than what other members are posting, that they are anti-Jewish. They arent, they are oblivious and indifferent to Judaism. They don't have anti-Jewish movements in Japan like they do in the middle east and in parts of the west.
They like every other country have a sick fascination with nazism because it has become the quintessential symbol of evil. But they are not as bad as countries like Hong Kong and Korea, etc.
Brian
They are the most evil, they are Anti anyone not Japanese. They even hate themselves most of the time.
WHAT??? have you ever been to Japan. They are nice people. Except for their sick fascination with pedophilia, they are not the angry hateful people you portray them as.
You have to pick your battles, and there ARE true evil countries throughout the orient. But Japan isnt one of them.
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WHAT??? have you ever been to Japan. They are nice people. Except for their sick fascination with pedophilia, they are not the angry hateful people you portray them as.
You have to pick your battles, and there ARE true evil countries throughout the orient. But Japan isnt one of them.
Yes I have been to Japan, I deal with its victims, and needs to be wiped from this earth the place is a virus pit.
But thats just my humble opinion. ;)
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WHAT??? have you ever been to Japan. They are nice people. Except for their sick fascination with pedophilia, they are not the angry hateful people you portray them as.
You have to pick your battles, and there ARE true evil countries throughout the orient. But Japan isnt one of them.
Yes I have been to Japan, I deal with its victims, and needs to be wiped from this earth the place is a virus pit.
But thats just my humble opinion. ;)
Who will make ps4 then >:( >:(
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Yes I have been to Japan, I deal with its victims, and needs to be wiped from this earth the place is a virus pit.
But thats just my humble opinion. ;)
Unbelievable. My stepmom is from Japan, and she along with everyone Ive met there are not worth 'wiping out'. I think you got your priorities all wrong. There are countries that I'd like to 'wipe off the map' but Japan aint one of them.
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Yes I have been to Japan, I deal with its victims, and needs to be wiped from this earth the place is a virus pit.
But thats just my humble opinion. ;)
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Japs are the same level as mullahs, waste of space.
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WHAT??? have you ever been to Japan. They are nice people. Except for their sick fascination with pedophilia, they are not the angry hateful people you portray them as.
You have to pick your battles, and there ARE true evil countries throughout the orient. But Japan isnt one of them.
lol I agree, though the PS3 isn't doing so well this year :(
Yes I have been to Japan, I deal with its victims, and needs to be wiped from this earth the place is a virus pit.
But thats just my humble opinion. ;)
Who will make ps4 then >:( >:(
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WHAT??? have you ever been to Japan. They are nice people. Except for their sick fascination with pedophilia, they are not the angry hateful people you portray them as.
You have to pick your battles, and there ARE true evil countries throughout the orient. But Japan isnt one of them.
lol I agree, though the PS3 isn't doing so well this year :(
Yes I have been to Japan, I deal with its victims, and needs to be wiped from this earth the place is a virus pit.
But thats just my humble opinion. ;)
Who will make ps4 then >:( >:(
The Wii is much better, cheaper and more fun.
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WHAT??? have you ever been to Japan. They are nice people. Except for their sick fascination with pedophilia, they are not the angry hateful people you portray them as.
You have to pick your battles, and there ARE true evil countries throughout the orient. But Japan isnt one of them.
lol I agree, though the PS3 isn't doing so well this year :(
Yes I have been to Japan, I deal with its victims, and needs to be wiped from this earth the place is a virus pit.
But thats just my humble opinion. ;)
Who will make ps4 then >:( >:(
The Wii is much better, cheaper and more fun.
And the Wii is also Japanese, anyways I have a XBOX 360.
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WHAT??? have you ever been to Japan. They are nice people. Except for their sick fascination with pedophilia, they are not the angry hateful people you portray them as.
You have to pick your battles, and there ARE true evil countries throughout the orient. But Japan isnt one of them.
lol I agree, though the PS3 isn't doing so well this year :(
Yes I have been to Japan, I deal with its victims, and needs to be wiped from this earth the place is a virus pit.
But thats just my humble opinion. ;)
Who will make ps4 then >:( >:(
The Wii is much better, cheaper and more fun.
And the Wii is also Japanese, anyways I have a XBOX 360.
Dirty microsoft...
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Hahahaa you boy and your toys, you don't need video games :laugh:
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Several years ago, I used to watch Tenchi, but soon it was no longer available on the channel that it was being shown. Then, in 2004, I was introduced to Inuyasha, which is still on Adult Swim. Now, I watch Bleach and Eureka 7, and the occasional Blood +.
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i watch anime, bleach and naruto. BTW Did U KNo THE number ten..... never mind.
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WHAT??? have you ever been to Japan. They are nice people. Except for their sick fascination with pedophilia, they are not the angry hateful people you portray them as.
You have to pick your battles, and there ARE true evil countries throughout the orient. But Japan isnt one of them.
lol I agree, though the PS3 isn't doing so well this year :(
Yes I have been to Japan, I deal with its victims, and needs to be wiped from this earth the place is a virus pit.
But thats just my humble opinion. ;)
Who will make ps4 then >:( >:(
The Wii is much better, cheaper and more fun.
CHEAPER?! You're kidding right. They're all well over £150....
My brother made his own wii out of a cardboard box, along with tokens ......he puts the token in then runs around the room fighting imaginary characters and gaining levels. At least you can loose weight play computer games one way. :)
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Hahahaa you boy and your toys, you don't need video games :laugh:
I myself play with my wife...
;D
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WHAT??? have you ever been to Japan. They are nice people. Except for their sick fascination with pedophilia, they are not the angry hateful people you portray them as.
You have to pick your battles, and there ARE true evil countries throughout the orient. But Japan isnt one of them.
lol I agree, though the PS3 isn't doing so well this year :(
Yes I have been to Japan, I deal with its victims, and needs to be wiped from this earth the place is a virus pit.
But thats just my humble opinion. ;)
Who will make ps4 then >:( >:(
The Wii is much better, cheaper and more fun.
CHEAPER?! You're kidding right. They're all well over £150....
My brother made his own wii out of a cardboard box, along with tokens ......he puts the token in then runs around the room fighting imaginary characters and gaining levels. At least you can loose weight play computer games one way. :)
interesting, that's a good way to lose weight ;) ;D
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You lose more weight by playing with your wife,
than with some " X " box...
;)
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You lose more weight by playing with your wife,
than with some " X " box...
;)
;D ;D ;D ;D
f.e. running or jogging on your free time. ;D ;D ;D
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You lose more weight by playing with your wife,
than with some " X " box...
;)
;D ;D ;D ;D
f.e. running or jogging on your free time. ;D ;D ;D
;D ;D ;D
Abandon japanese video-games,
everybody, and go INTO the true Life.
O0 O0 O0
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You lose more weight by playing with your wife,
than with some " X " box...
;)
;D ;D ;D ;D
f.e. running or jogging on your free time. ;D ;D ;D
;D ;D ;D
Abandon japanese video-games,
everybody, and go INTO the true Life.
O0 O0 O0
Definitely and well said Brother O0
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I think that Anime is very visually fascinating, but I find the plots to be very boring, and their pornographic stuff is more obscene than anything the Americans can exhibit!
I'm reminded now of a funny scene from a Simpson's episode where they go to Japan and start watching a Japanese Anime cartoon and the flashing lights cause them to fall on the floor into epileptic seizures. Homer walks by, sees them thrashing on the floor, shrugs his shoulders and then dives on the floor and thrashes around to join them ;D
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I think that Anime is very visually fascinating, but I find the plots to be very boring, and their pornographic stuff is more obscene than anything the Americans can exhibit!
I'm reminded now of a funny scene from a Simpson's episode where they go to Japan and start watching a Japanese Anime cartoon and the flashing lights cause them to fall on the floor into epileptic seizures. Homer walks by, sees them thrashing on the floor, shrugs his shoulders and then dives on the floor and thrashes around to join them ;D
They are definitely much more animative and graphic ;D ;)
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I think that Anime is very visually fascinating, but I find the plots to be very boring, and their pornographic stuff is more obscene than anything the Americans can exhibit!
I'm reminded now of a funny scene from a Simpson's episode where they go to Japan and start watching a Japanese Anime cartoon and the flashing lights cause them to fall on the floor into epileptic seizures. Homer walks by, sees them thrashing on the floor, shrugs his shoulders and then dives on the floor and thrashes around to join them ;D
It really depends what your watching. Remember that Anime in it's self is a generic term to describe a artistic style mainly drawn in Japan. There are several different studios that specialize in certain genres. Anime porn again is referred to as Hentai and should be classed separately. I think the problem is people are generalizing that Anime is all one big company from Japan. I can't speak about Hentai because I don't watch it.
I myself prefer genres about sci-fi, mystery, adventure, war, and some other stuff.
Artistically speaking your right, Anime is very impressive in regards to that.
This is some of the best artwork i've seen
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Dx5uCMjjUHs
If your interested in getting into anime, let me know what type of Genre you like and maybe I can assist you. Not all Anime is the big eye big mouth cartoony stuff.
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You lose more weight by playing with your wife,
than with some " X " box...
;)
Lol, Husar, the things you say about your wife.
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You lose more weight by playing with your wife,
than with some " X " box...
;)
Lol, Husar, the things you say about your wife.
Sarah in truth, Mrs Husar chases Husar around with a rolling pin :::D ^-^
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You lose more weight by playing with your wife,
than with some " X " box...
;)
Lol, Husar, the things you say about your wife.
Sarah in truth, Mrs Husar chases Husar around with a rolling pin :::D ^-^
;D ;D