ZombieKitten said:

whistle said:

nothing. it's a made-up place name

yeah, I suppose it would be dumb to live on a floating island called "the slut"

bboy87 said:

Kinda off topic....

Osamu Tekuza (who influenced Hayao Miyazaki) was also a genius in my opinion. He can be considered the Godfather of Anime. I still believe that Disney believe lifted some things from his series "Kimba The White Lion" to make The Lion King

Some of his best works include Astro Boy (the first Japanese animated series to air in the United States), Black Jack, Phoenix, and of course Metropolis

the manga series of black jack and phoenix predated these (i think) and were my favs for quite a while

ZombieKitten said:

My family is working its way through the movies

starting with the Hayao Miyazaki ones

we LOVED Totoro

anyone else a fan?

Totoro was a HUGE favorite of my girls when they were little. I absolutely love the dreamlike quality to the story and animation.

I didn't know the creators made so many other films. I'll have to check them out!

PunkMistress said:

ZombieKitten said:

My family is working its way through the movies

starting with the Hayao Miyazaki ones

we LOVED Totoro

anyone else a fan?

Totoro was a HUGE favorite of my girls when they were little. I absolutely love the dreamlike quality to the story and animation.

I didn't know the creators made so many other films. I'll have to check them out!

the animation is spectacular and the story unformulaic

we couldn't guess the ending

and although there was really no action, my boys 10,9 and 6 say this is their favourite movie EVER, before this one they loved Spirited Away best.

ZombieKitten said:

PunkMistress said:

Totoro was a HUGE favorite of my girls when they were little. I

my boys 10,9 and 6 say this is their favourite movie EVER, before this one they loved Spirited Away best.

wait until they're are + 15 years old

JoeTyler said:

ZombieKitten said:

my boys 10,9 and 6 say this is their favourite movie EVER, before this one they loved Spirited Away best.

wait until they're are + 15 years old

I know, things will change but they have seen everything age appropriate for them, and still they like this stuff best. They also liked Iron Giant.

ZombieKitten said:

JoeTyler said:

wait until they're are + 15 years old

I know, things will change but they have seen everything age appropriate for them, and still they like this stuff best. They also liked Iron Giant.

hehee, are you completely sure??

back in my day we watched extremely violent japanese cartoons and our parents didn't know it ...

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JoeTyler said:

ZombieKitten said:

I know, things will change but they have seen everything age appropriate for them, and still they like this stuff best. They also liked Iron Giant.

hehee, are you completely sure??

yup. I know their grandma let them watch Harry Potter movies I wouldn't let them see, but that's about it.

JoeTyler said:

back in my day we watched extremely violent japanese cartoons and our parents didn't know it ...

where did you have access to it?

ZombieKitten said:

JoeTyler said:

back in my day we watched extremely violent japanese cartoons and our parents didn't know it ...

where did you have access to it?

one of the guys of my class had satellite TV in the late-80s/early 90s...which was, at that time, amazing he made VHS copies of those cartoons; my mother once discovered one of those tapes and I'll never forget the fact that she didn't care that much because it was not a porno she destroyed the tape nevertheless

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JoeTyler said:

ZombieKitten said:

where did you have access to it?

one of the guys of my class had satellite TV in the late-80s/early 90s...which was, at that time, amazing he made VHS copies of those cartoons; my mother once discovered one of those tapes and I'll never forget the fact that she didn't care that much because it was not a porno she destroyed the tape nevertheless

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we used to have such freedom when we were kids

I remember watching soft porn at midnight at a friends house during a sleepover

I expect more of that will come, but at least when they are a bit older they will cope with it.

Because I have 3 boys, they never really go anywhere, always tearing around here just the 3 of them. We have movie night on Friday nights (Ghibli night ) and the rest of the time they can choose between half an hour of a computer game, wii or TV. They always choose wii super mario

ZombieKitten said:

we used to have such freedom when we were kids

I remember watching soft porn at midnight at a friends house during a sleepover

awww, you've always been a perv!

JoeTyler said:

ZombieKitten said:

we used to have such freedom when we were kids

I remember watching soft porn at midnight at a friends house during a sleepover

awww, you've always been a perv!

well, now that you mention it

my earliest memories, are of sitting on the steps in our hallway perusing porn mags that I found on a shelf in the downstairs bathroom.

Not just soft stuff either mind you

I would have been anywhere between the ages of 4 and 7

VERY irresponsible of my folks to just leave them lying around, or perhaps they thought I would NOT climb up onto the toilet cistern to reach the magazines?

Porn I watch now has to be EXTREME, otherwise I can't get off

thanks mum and dad

ZombieKitten said:

JoeTyler said:

awww, you've always been a perv!

well, now that you mention it

my earliest memories, are of sitting on the steps in our hallway perusing porn mags that I found on a shelf in the downstairs bathroom.

Not just soft stuff either mind you

VERY irresponsible of my folks to just leave them lying around, or perhaps they thought I would NOT climb up onto the toilet cistern to reach the magazines?

60s/70s parents were very alternative/modern

JoeTyler said:

ZombieKitten said:

well, now that you mention it

my earliest memories, are of sitting on the steps in our hallway perusing porn mags that I found on a shelf in the downstairs bathroom.

Not just soft stuff either mind you

VERY irresponsible of my folks to just leave them lying around, or perhaps they thought I would NOT climb up onto the toilet cistern to reach the magazines?

60s/70s parents were very alternative/modern

you know Lars Von Trier? The Danish film-maker?

He said his parents gave him NO boundaries at ALL

and he begrudges them that.

From wikipedia:

Lars Trier was born in Copenhagen to Ulf and Inger Trier. His parents considered themselves both communists and committed nudists,^[4] and the young Lars went on several childhood holidays to nudist camps. They regarded the disciplining of children as reactionary. Trier notes that he was brought up in an atheist family, and that although his stepfather was Jewish, he was not religious. He did not discover the identity of his biological father until 1989. His parents did not allow much room in their household for "feelings, religion, or enjoyment", and also refused to make any rules for their children, with complex results for von Trier's personality and development.

On the other hand, I was never allowed to go to a single party in my teens, not ONE!

WTF!!!

ZombieKitten said:

bboy87 said:

Kinda off topic....

Osamu Tekuza (who influenced Hayao Miyazaki) was also a genius in my opinion. He can be considered the Godfather of Anime. I still believe that Disney believe lifted some things from his series "Kimba The White Lion" to make The Lion King

Some of his best works include Astro Boy (the first Japanese animated series to air in the United States), Black Jack, Phoenix, and of course Metropolis

shit yeah! I couldn't believe Lion King when I saw it, having been a Kimba fan for years!

Disney STILL denies they stole from Kimba when it's obvious they did

JoeTyler said:

ZombieKitten said:

my boys 10,9 and 6 say this is their favourite movie EVER, before this one they loved Spirited Away best.

wait until they're are + 15 years old

Miyazaki's movies will be their gateway into becoming full fledged anime fans

I love Spirited Away so much that it might be unhealthy. Oh, and then there's this movie called Spirited Away, I LOVE that one! Also, they made this really cool Spirited Away film, it makes me quite happy. I really like Howl's, too, but the rest of them haven't seemed to create the same feeling in my gut as Spirited Away does. I don't think I've seen the most recent one. Ponyo?

bboy87 said:

JoeTyler said:

wait until they're are + 15 years old

Miyazaki's movies will be their gateway into becoming full fledged anime fans

Didn't work for me. I really dislike most of it, actually. I can see the beauty of the craftsmanship, but stylized artwork (especially the big eyes - ugh, I hate the big eyes) and a lot of the subject matter does nothing for me.

Cerebus said:

I love Spirited Away so much that it might be unhealthy. Oh, and then there's this movie called Spirited Away, I LOVE that one! Also, they made this really cool Spirited Away film, it makes me quite happy. I really like Howl's, too, but the rest of them haven't seemed to create the same feeling in my gut as Spirited Away does. I don't think I've seen the most recent one. Ponyo?

Ponyo is lovely

Cerebus said:

bboy87 said:

Miyazaki's movies will be their gateway into becoming full fledged anime fans

Didn't work for me. I really dislike most of it, actually. I can see the beauty of the craftsmanship, but stylized artwork (especially the big eyes - ugh, I hate the big eyes) and a lot of the subject matter does nothing for me.

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you have angered me......

bboy87 said:

Cerebus said:

Didn't work for me. I really dislike most of it, actually. I can see the beauty of the craftsmanship, but stylized artwork (especially the big eyes - ugh, I hate the big eyes) and a lot of the subject matter does nothing for me.

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you have angered me......

Again, I recognize the artistic value. I've read quite a bit about how many people work on some of that stuff and for how long. Their factory/studio system is quite amazing. And I truly wish more American studios still believed in line drawn animation. But dude... I HATE the big eyes SO MUCH! Also, you can't really deny that there's a glut of the stuff. Some of it is great, but some of it is just so-so, and a lot of it repeats the same basic themes.

ZombieKitten said:

Cerebus said:

I love Spirited Away so much that it might be unhealthy. Oh, and then there's this movie called Spirited Away, I LOVE that one! Also, they made this really cool Spirited Away film, it makes me quite happy. I really like Howl's, too, but the rest of them haven't seemed to create the same feeling in my gut as Spirited Away does. I don't think I've seen the most recent one. Ponyo?

Ponyo is lovely

I'll make a point to pick it up.

I agree about glut

so the only ones I'm watching are these:

wtf!!! formatting

ZombieKitten said:

wtf!!! formatting

It's a great list, though!

Cerebus said:

bboy87 said:

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you have angered me......

Again, I recognize the artistic value. I've read quite a bit about how many people work on some of that stuff and for how long. Their factory/studio system is quite amazing. And I truly wish more American studios still believed in line drawn animation. But dude... I HATE the big eyes SO MUCH! Also, you can't really deny that there's a glut of the stuff. Some of it is great, but some of it is just so-so, and a lot of it repeats the same basic themes.

I definitely agree with what you're saying, there's A LOT of series and you have to dig through them to find great ones. I use this site called MyAnimeList to keep track of all the series I've watched in the past 12 years and from the 180 entries (there's more, I just haven't listed them all yet ) there aren't many I would re-watch. There's at least 30 to 35 (I'm looking at the list right now ) that I would rewatch start to finish

There's a lot of crap too Stuff like Pokemon.... ugh

I also agree about how fast they work. You have guys at Marvel and DC release an issue once a month while these guys are releasing several chapters weekly. weekly issues of Shonen Jump is about as thick as a standard telephone book

I remember hearing about the magazines being pretty thick but once I was in downtown Berkeley and actually saw one and my jaw dropped. There's about 20 series that are serialized and runs about 500 or more pages. Their work ethic is mind boggling

ZombieKitten said:

JoeTyler said:

you know Lars Von Trier? The Danish film-maker?

He said his parents gave him NO boundaries at ALL

and he begrudges them that.

From wikipedia:

Lars Trier was born in Copenhagen to Ulf and Inger Trier. His parents considered themselves both communists and committed nudists,^[4] and the young Lars went on several childhood holidays to nudist camps. They regarded the disciplining of children as reactionary. Trier notes that he was brought up in an atheist family, and that although his stepfather was Jewish, he was not religious. He did not discover the identity of his biological father until 1989. His parents did not allow much room in their household for "feelings, religion, or enjoyment", and also refused to make any rules for their children, with complex results for von Trier's personality and development.

baah, to hell with that asshole! he's a crazy prick! And his "movies" SUUUUUUUCKKKK!

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JoeTyler said:

ZombieKitten said:

baah, to hell with that asshole! he's a crazy prick! And his "movies" SUUUUUUUCKKKK!

I LOVED his kingdom hospital series and something else, which I forget now

Cerebus said:

ZombieKitten said:

wtf!!! formatting

It's a great list, though!

I would just like to say that in the slut movie, nobody had overly large eyes