ok now for the info post i promised. i've noticed in college magazines, and newpapers etc that they have no idea what is a good anime and what isn't or the key factor to tell whether the anime is trully good stuff, mediocre or so drastically unimaginable damned that just saying it to any anime fan would have them running around screaming their head's off or go non-terminatable full blown insanity with a belimic complex everytime a sound is made. so to remedy this and to help new and old anime fans everywhere, and also those who think watching it is uncool, i will write about some methods to find whats good and how to find out about more good animes that are around.
firstly i live by this saying, (which was told to me by my grandfather, when i was little more than 3 years-old and sitting in the living room watching the 5.P.M cartoons before the evening news.)" YOU ARE NEVER TOO OLD TO WATCH CARTOONS."
now then, all u sceptics, and cartoons haters etc, go dig a hole and bury urself now or join the club and start watching cartoons and animes, because i m too old for cartoons is not a good excuse. if my grandpa can watch and enjoy cartoons, then u r either daft or just plain dumb.
magazine and newspaper writers are writers in their own right, and brilliant in their own imagination and all that, but the problem is these people do not happen to be anime experts. i define expert as somebody who has at least 40-50 animes under their belt, own at least 30 anime series sets. and can name up to 15 different animes off the top of thier head, and can name at least 1 manga writer whose work got turned into anime. i term myself as a anime maniac because i have shelves of animes and i would say i noe my animes well. anybody out there who is my fren would understand. every other time they call me or sms, i wont reply or reply saying watching anime not free.
ok now to the point. animes are japanese cartoons, that have wonderful drawn characters, sometimes has 3D animation of fight scenes and battleships, have humor, tragedy, suspense, and will make u laugh n cry n everything in between. they are also mostly in japanese with english subtitles, unless u bought a really old one that has been dubbed in english.
most fans would say to not get the dubbed versions of any anime. i will tell u otherwise. if u want to get the dubbed one go ahead. but be warned some dubbing is very very bad. and some dont make sense at all. and in english, u cant understand the japanese jokes like pun. i have a few animes with english dub, and they seem great to me. however in japanese the same anime was dramtically different. EX: a character in japanese sounded like a wellbred japanese highborn, who became a western country hick in english. so be warned. with that said, not all subtitles are perfect either. some have misspelled names, and can be badly translated.
i noe some people dont understand y anime watching is so great and cant see the reason why fans can enjoy reading subtitles all day long. but anime is much more than that. anime brings really good graphics and very pretty pictures together and often out of this world stories. and about subtitle reading is that u dont realise ur reading it after some point. its like watching a korean or cantonese or mandarin series, when u dont understand the language. it doesnt really matter , the subtitles just help u flow with the story, but its wats going on in front of ur eyes u pay attention to. for EX: if the protagonist's mother dies, u cry or feel sad, if the hero and heroine fall in love and get married u feel happy, if there is a fight scene u get excited etc. its the same.
now there are many genres of animes, like there are many for movies and music. i suggest however that anybody who begins to start picking out animes to watch themselves be at least 13. for while very little foul language is used, young kids might get disturbed by the often used ecchi humor used in animes. i say 13, because in my experiance my 12 year old cousins already noe the human anatomy, and four letter words. my own preferance for anime genre is super power, humor, adventure, fantasy, samurai, and the japanese school types.
if u r brand new and have only found out about anime through me or have never picked anime(at least a good one) before let me give u 1 very significant tip that will help u throughout ur life as a anime fan. that is if the opening theme to the anime is good the anime is probably good. singers and bands who make good music rarely ever agree to having their song put on a B or C gred anime. now u may be asking wat is good anime opening theme song and where can i find some of these songs. u should go to www.gendou.com. it has all the latest anime music around, and u can download it and listen to it, go for those with very high ratings n u cant go wrong. u will be able to see the name of the anime in the second column from the left. remember to register and and sign everytime, and help donate if u can.
next if u r like me u will want to watch the latest animes coming out, and keep regular updates on whats good and whats coming out and when. to get this kind of info go to anime databases. like animenetwork, anime info, or anidb. i use www.anidb.net . for the other 2 if .com doesnt work, try .net.
to know what u like u havta try a few animes. after 10 or so u would noe wat u like and dont like. if u have trouble then try watching the site's top ranking animes. this is a very good way to find new or old but good animes. however if u have never watched animes before, or have just started, i suggest u find frens who do watch so they can help recommend and lend u some, and to read reviews, etc before targeting and buying any animes. i will periodically give a few reviews on: my fav animes, some of the good ones and some stuff thats not so good.
also i suggest u start a to-watch list. so that u can keep track of wat u have seen, wat u want to see, and animes that u dont know whether it is good or not but sounds interesting.
ok now u know more about animes. go out there and try a few. as i said, if ur new to animes borrow your nearest fren's anime who is a fan and watch first, get introduced to new animes through them, and find places to get these animes through them. when u finally think u noe what ur doing then only go buy for urself. this is mainly so that u will not waste money on animes that look nice but is totally not ur taste.
firstly i live by this saying, (which was told to me by my grandfather, when i was little more than 3 years-old and sitting in the living room watching the 5.P.M cartoons before the evening news.)" YOU ARE NEVER TOO OLD TO WATCH CARTOONS."
now then, all u sceptics, and cartoons haters etc, go dig a hole and bury urself now or join the club and start watching cartoons and animes, because i m too old for cartoons is not a good excuse. if my grandpa can watch and enjoy cartoons, then u r either daft or just plain dumb.
magazine and newspaper writers are writers in their own right, and brilliant in their own imagination and all that, but the problem is these people do not happen to be anime experts. i define expert as somebody who has at least 40-50 animes under their belt, own at least 30 anime series sets. and can name up to 15 different animes off the top of thier head, and can name at least 1 manga writer whose work got turned into anime. i term myself as a anime maniac because i have shelves of animes and i would say i noe my animes well. anybody out there who is my fren would understand. every other time they call me or sms, i wont reply or reply saying watching anime not free.
ok now to the point. animes are japanese cartoons, that have wonderful drawn characters, sometimes has 3D animation of fight scenes and battleships, have humor, tragedy, suspense, and will make u laugh n cry n everything in between. they are also mostly in japanese with english subtitles, unless u bought a really old one that has been dubbed in english.
most fans would say to not get the dubbed versions of any anime. i will tell u otherwise. if u want to get the dubbed one go ahead. but be warned some dubbing is very very bad. and some dont make sense at all. and in english, u cant understand the japanese jokes like pun. i have a few animes with english dub, and they seem great to me. however in japanese the same anime was dramtically different. EX: a character in japanese sounded like a wellbred japanese highborn, who became a western country hick in english. so be warned. with that said, not all subtitles are perfect either. some have misspelled names, and can be badly translated.
i noe some people dont understand y anime watching is so great and cant see the reason why fans can enjoy reading subtitles all day long. but anime is much more than that. anime brings really good graphics and very pretty pictures together and often out of this world stories. and about subtitle reading is that u dont realise ur reading it after some point. its like watching a korean or cantonese or mandarin series, when u dont understand the language. it doesnt really matter , the subtitles just help u flow with the story, but its wats going on in front of ur eyes u pay attention to. for EX: if the protagonist's mother dies, u cry or feel sad, if the hero and heroine fall in love and get married u feel happy, if there is a fight scene u get excited etc. its the same.
now there are many genres of animes, like there are many for movies and music. i suggest however that anybody who begins to start picking out animes to watch themselves be at least 13. for while very little foul language is used, young kids might get disturbed by the often used ecchi humor used in animes. i say 13, because in my experiance my 12 year old cousins already noe the human anatomy, and four letter words. my own preferance for anime genre is super power, humor, adventure, fantasy, samurai, and the japanese school types.
if u r brand new and have only found out about anime through me or have never picked anime(at least a good one) before let me give u 1 very significant tip that will help u throughout ur life as a anime fan. that is if the opening theme to the anime is good the anime is probably good. singers and bands who make good music rarely ever agree to having their song put on a B or C gred anime. now u may be asking wat is good anime opening theme song and where can i find some of these songs. u should go to www.gendou.com. it has all the latest anime music around, and u can download it and listen to it, go for those with very high ratings n u cant go wrong. u will be able to see the name of the anime in the second column from the left. remember to register and and sign everytime, and help donate if u can.
next if u r like me u will want to watch the latest animes coming out, and keep regular updates on whats good and whats coming out and when. to get this kind of info go to anime databases. like animenetwork, anime info, or anidb. i use www.anidb.net . for the other 2 if .com doesnt work, try .net.
to know what u like u havta try a few animes. after 10 or so u would noe wat u like and dont like. if u have trouble then try watching the site's top ranking animes. this is a very good way to find new or old but good animes. however if u have never watched animes before, or have just started, i suggest u find frens who do watch so they can help recommend and lend u some, and to read reviews, etc before targeting and buying any animes. i will periodically give a few reviews on: my fav animes, some of the good ones and some stuff thats not so good.
also i suggest u start a to-watch list. so that u can keep track of wat u have seen, wat u want to see, and animes that u dont know whether it is good or not but sounds interesting.
ok now u know more about animes. go out there and try a few. as i said, if ur new to animes borrow your nearest fren's anime who is a fan and watch first, get introduced to new animes through them, and find places to get these animes through them. when u finally think u noe what ur doing then only go buy for urself. this is mainly so that u will not waste money on animes that look nice but is totally not ur taste.
posted by A|exi@n at 12:58 PM
2 Comments:
anime=valerie >.<"
Good job on this Val. Didn't know you started a blog. Only noticed this in your msn title. Haha, I never remembered our grandfather saying that about cartoons tho'. Maybe just to you :)
Since I wont be around at the end of this year (and neither will my sister), I'll see you around end of next year ok. Have to come back and steal the rest of One Piece + KyouKaraMaou off you. If you haven't checked out the Death Note anime yet, I'd highly recommend it. Its awesome. I collect both the manga and anime. Plz do not watch that horrible Japanese Live action movie of it coz that sucks.
Anyway take care. I'll drop in and look at your blog every now and then.
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