- cross-posted to:
- anime@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- anime@lemmy.ml
The attached video inspired me to make this post.
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What was your first series or movie?
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What were your first impressions?
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Best series or movie? Why?
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Worst experience with anime? Why?
I heard one of my siblings watching something in a language I didn’t understand. It turned out to me Love Hina. It made me fall in love with the language and culture. My interest in the medium itself, I discovered later, perhaps with Pokémon and Dragon Ball. I don’t remember my initial impressions, but it was warm and fun, I do remember. The immense sexualization of females was definitely encouraging to my adolescent cisman self, to the detriment of the female demographic, of course. Rose of Versailles is probably one of my favorite anime. Other than being an amazing story - considering that it was written by a TWENTY year young girl - the way that it conveys emotions visually and through the soundtrack is, to me, unparalleled. I don’t really have any bad experience with anime. I guess I was shocked when
I find most anime kinda cringe, but…
1 Vampire Hunter D
2 I thought it was very weird, but ended up mostly liking it.
3 Cowboy Bebop - it doesn’t meander too much, the music is solid, and it didn’t put me off.
4 Probably Eureka 7 - It just annoyed me the whole time. There’s probably worse out there but it’s the worst one I can remember.
0.(ZERO) where does the cringe come from? Can you elaborate?
4.(FOUR) what about it was annoying?
The wildly over emotive characters, the saccharine sweet music, ridiculous plots that seem stupid rather than funny, just kind of the overall tone and style grate on my nerves.
Some stuff I like fine, but most of the stuff I’ve tried to watch seems terrible to mediocre.
Ah. I totally get that in regards to some series. Whenever I feel like that, I grab some good old Shuuzoo Oshimi manga that explore sexuality, identity, the human condition and a lot more in a gruesome but entertaining and psychological way.