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Why I don't like anime
Sep. 27th, 2010 03:10 pmI watched Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro on a recommendation and yes, that was hell of an entertaining movie! - Even to a dumb person such as I, going "wow, they really did their homework, this is one big love letter to seventies' action movies! What's that? It was made in the seventies? Oh."
It was so good, in fact, it made me do some soul searching when it comes to anime. I already know I am prejudiced towards Japanese animation movies and TV shows, and yes, I realize it's a medium and not a genre - but really, why do I have so much trouble liking it?
( I've tried putting it into words )
Now as a hilarious contrast to my "waah anime is dumb" post, I'm really interested in seeing more Lupin the 3rd. The problem is finding the best way to proceed among all the movies, the two television series, the manga...
It was so good, in fact, it made me do some soul searching when it comes to anime. I already know I am prejudiced towards Japanese animation movies and TV shows, and yes, I realize it's a medium and not a genre - but really, why do I have so much trouble liking it?
( I've tried putting it into words )
Now as a hilarious contrast to my "waah anime is dumb" post, I'm really interested in seeing more Lupin the 3rd. The problem is finding the best way to proceed among all the movies, the two television series, the manga...
