My list of recommended anime
Posted by erin at October 14, 2003 12:50 PMHere's a handy chart to tell you what anime I recommend:
Erin's List of Recommended Anime
Not on the list yet: Child's Toy, which I must own, SD Gundam, which you should run away from, and Zoids, which you ought to walk away from.
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October 14, 2003 01:05 PM, Agnieszka said:
Woo-hoo! I've actually seen some of the movies in the "Crystal Meth" category (which on the one hand means I'm not as educated in anime as I'd like, but on the other hand, that there's a lot of great anime left to see) and about half of the "Heroin" ones. Which leads to my question. Why the drugs? Why those particular drugs? It seemed almost like there was some kind of stimulant theme going on, but then you have heroin and methadone. But then I would have expected the list to be more like "Crack" then "Meth" then "Cocaine" then "Coffee" etc. Perhaps I'm giving this aspect of the anime chart too much thought.
October 14, 2003 05:23 PM, Erin said:
I gave the drug analogy some thought... but really, the history of comparing drugs and anime is a long one - as early as 1995 bumper stickers were produced which read "Anime; Drugs Would Be Cheaper"
In the end, I'm not sure where crack or coke would fall on the chart.
October 16, 2003 12:20 AM, Halifax said:
Dude! You must be cool because you know about drugs!
Please talk next about how much you know about beer.
October 16, 2003 01:44 PM, Erin said:
I also know about anime. Does this not counter my knowledge of drugs for a kind of balance?
What about you Halifax, does your knowledge of 90210 counter-balance your knowledge of D&D?
October 16, 2003 03:32 PM, N. said:
OooOOoOoOooh!! BURN!
October 16, 2003 06:22 PM, Erin said:
Anyway, the whole anime/drugs thing is an extended metaphor... besides expense, there is also addiction to and procurement of each. There's also the issue of legality and piracy, and a community and culture thereof.
October 17, 2003 08:40 AM, Rick said:
Decent list. Obviously I have some issues with your ranking (FLCL better than Glass Mask?) And saying every Miyazaki movie ever is a cop-out, some are great but some clearly belong at least as low as PPP.
What is Gundam 086? Do you mean Gundam Zeta (I believe that took place in the year 86 or maybe 87) or did you mistype the year? There is a Gundam 080 and Gundam 083, I have no knowledge of Gundam 086.
Feel proud that you can make a list (or perhaps ashamed). I remember when you couldn't and you vowed to learn more.
October 17, 2003 05:33 PM, Agnieszka said:
Halifax, are you suggesting that certain knowledge, merely by being known, sullies the knower? I imagine that you will argue it's the posture (if that's the word) of the knower with regards to the knowledge that makes it odious. If so, then a person who knows a great deal about D&D (for example) and flaunts their knowledge in an obnoxious manner can be just as, or perhaps even more so, obnoxious than someone who knows the various derivatives of the poppy and coca.
October 21, 2003 11:09 AM, Halifax said:
Drug-talk is a quick and dirty shortcut to cool. Remember when BFK first showed up at Club and he kept making drug jokes? "This'll make me look cool." Knowledge of drugs (in a pharmacist, say) may be fine, but that knowledge, when employed in a vulgar and gratuitous fashion (as I am accusing Cuffs of employing it here), becomes objectionable. The fact that anime has been compared to drugs before is no excuse, as it is clearly 1. an attempt to elevate the uncool (anime) to the level of the cool (drugs, dude!) and 2. an appropriation of the frankly evil marketing motif in which products are compared to drugs to make them seem more appealing.
Other knowledge, even innocent knowledge like (say) comic book rivia, when flaunted, can, obviously, be obnoxious as well. But I need not flaunt my comic knowledge because I am now THE UNDISPUTED MASTER OF NORTHEAST COMICS CLERK COMIC BOOK TRIVIA! For me to flaunt my knowledge would be to gild the proverbial lilly.
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