Now all we need is Wuntvor to put in his two cents worth, as he has me beat by about 3 weeks. 9/27/1963 is my b-day. Kennedy was president. That's like before Bush I ya know? lol
I haven't shown up in the forums much as mainly I just don't cosplay, or game, or spoon, seems, and it's a bear to talk about an anime without ruining it with spoilers or spoiler tags.
I have a life, a wife, a job, house, cats, fish, really way too big houseplants that I can't wait to kick out of the house for the summer if it ever gets warm on a daily basis. BUt lucky for me, when I get home from work, and nothing but infomercials are on TV, there's anime, either from Netflix, or on my computer.
Did I hear my name? Hard to tell I may need to turn up my hearing aide. OK so I'm NOT quite that old....yet. I do need to get my glasses fixed though. Getting hard to read the subtitles. Mumble..Mumble...
Yeah I beat you, but only by a week and a half. 09/18/1963. For those who don't like math I am 46. My kids are almost 20, and 24 and a half. You probably know me as Hohenheim from last KCon.
I started because of all of the reasons stated above, only it was my kids watching and I was just in the room. Thing is... I like it! HEY! this is different. This isn't the same ole
Tom & Jerry or
Bugs Bunny style stuff I know. Nor is it like
Scooby Doo.. What is this? Wait did that character just die? Can they do that? Whoa, is that person smoking? Drinking? Did that woman's boobs just bounce? Yep, I became fascinated with the whole culture. Also after seeing my first
Ghibli film I became even more interested in the amazing quality of Japanese animation. Not many of the American films could even compare. In fact the more amazing and high tech the Japanese animation becomes the more cheap and poorly drawn the American animation grows. I also really wonder about the content. Seems like all American animation has anymore is potty humor and cussing, mixed in with random acts of violence. Why
CN thinks that those
Adult Swim shows are better than the old
Toonami I have no idea.
I can't even fathom how they got the green light to produce half of that crap. Sorry to all of you who actually enjoy those shows.
Of course, it seems anime may be getting stuck in a rut as well. I am seeing remakes of the same plot ideas, over, and over, and over. I can almost tell you what will happen before the episode is half over. Also a lot more fan service in the new line of shows. Of course, being an old guy I like fanservice, but still. It is getting really prevalent in the new shows. It is almost beyond Ecchi and going into Hentai. You wont be seeing these shows in the US that is for sure. Not sure what I am talking about? Watch
Ladies vs Butlers,
B Gata H Kei,
Mayoi Neko Overrun,
Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou, or
Kiss x Sis.