It’s not a style or a genre. Anime is just a term for animation made in Japan; there are different styles of animation that fit within that and are commonly used, and there are genres that are as well.

I wouldn’t call western animation a genre or a style because it’s too nonspecific and doesn’t fit into either definition, even if there are genres and styles that are commonly used in western animation. The same goes for anime.

So The Boondocks isn't an anime despite having the same animation style? Just because it's American it's a cartoon rather than "anime"?

Anime confuses me, every time.

It depends on your definition of anime. Seriously.

Nobody can agree on it and nobody ever will. There is a specific style of animation that most people would point to and say “that’s anime”, but then other people will say that any animation made in Japan is anime regardless of its style.

I can agree with all of that. I only object to people calling it its own art form.

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's anime.

quakuu~

Speaking of anime, I finished the first volume of Persona 4.

It definitely evens out in pacing after the first few episodes which is nice. So far it’s managed to keep the really great characterizations that made the game so good, and they’ve managed to come up with some pretty decent alternatives to the gamey shit that wouldn’t work in a non-game (boss fights etc).

I just finished Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, which was better than the original novel and the three film adaptations I've seen in just about every way, apart from Eugenie not running away in a scandalous lesbian affair.

Amazing series, so much style. Vaulted its way into my top ten.

Fixed, you baka gaijin

I'd post a picture of Ahiru, and absolutely nobody would get the joke, but I'm not nearly as obnoxious as Strike Witch.

Haha, you were when you were raving about that Princess Tutu show!

ahaha what the fuck is princess tutu

Swan Lake meets dancing ninjas with electric guitars.

AKA The best fucking thing ever.



Award winning and shockingly good fan-made AMV.

AMV's can win awards?

Best AMV at the Boston Anime Festival for 2006 I believe. It's a little like winning the award for nuttiest tasting shit of the year.

Even so, I do like it.

Ah, okay. For a second there I thought the Academy Awards went completely south.

Hay, everyone! This is an 'I Have Just Seen...' thread, not a 'Let's discuss Anime' thread. Remember how I've only had to say that about fifty hundred thousand times over the last few years?!

But I've just seen a lot of anime. Manco has also just seen some anime. I don't see the issue here.

Well no, I see the issue here but anime is just what it's wearing for the day.

Real cartoons>

is what Nate is saying, I think.

I think it's mainly a relatability thing.

No, it's mainly a 'This thread is getting sidetracked' thing.

Watched Les Miserables. Wow, who knew Wolverine could sing! Awesome movie, amazing action. Definitely one of my favourite films so far, especially in the musicals category.

Heh. I saw him on stage in both Beauty and the Beast and Sunset Boulevard well before he was Wolverine.

Hipster Nate, watch out world!

I finished season 8 of Seinfeld. What a fantastic show.

Hipsters don't like Disney musicals or Andrew Lloyd Webber.



But I see your point.

I want to see Wolverine: The Musical now.

I liked him in The Prestige. Which I also saw again recently.

I saw Django Unchained. It was the first Tarantino movie I've sat down and watched the whole way through.

I liked it. A lot.

watched Ink. fucking strange film, but i find the concept intriguing. love the Incubi. dodgy acting with some painful moments, but i'm actually glad i watched it.