WHAT IS THE BEST ANIME EVER MADE?!

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Postby KLin » Thu Jan 16, 2003 1:45 am

The anime I will make! Someday... maybe... :D

Seriously, there is really no such thing as a best anime. Because there are so many different genres and even some of the best anime have some sort of flaw that can make you dislike that particular part of them. Take for example Evangelion. There are lots of fans for it, and the majority of them hate the main character, Shinji's guts.

I believe there never will be a single anime that is truly better than all others. Similar to how there will never be a single AMV that is truly better than all the others.
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Postby The Messiah of Pain » Thu Jan 16, 2003 1:59 am

KLin wrote:I believe there never will be a single anime that is truly better than all others. Similar to how there will never be a single AMV that is truly better than all the others.


true, but in essense.. if there weren't such opinionated questions... then there wouldn't be threads like this where people can find out about anime's that people revere most and explain why in order for a person to relate to the persons feeling of it, hence enticing them to go ahead and buy it..

only time when threads like this can get bad is when some asshole comes in, nicely gives his opinion of an anime, and then goes ahead and generously bashes every other anime mentioned on the thread for the sake of making his look better, or starting ill mannered debate with other people over the most pathetic topic to debate.. opinions.
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Postby the Black Monarch » Thu Jan 16, 2003 2:00 am

Neon Genesis Evangelion. No question, no debate. It is greatness incarnate, liquefied and used to ink the cels.

Other than that, I haven't seen any anime that twisted my mind and reforged my soul, but Inu Yasha is good and Cowboy Bebop has its high points (Ganymede Elegy and Hard Luck Woman being the only high points that I remember clearly... there might be more, I'd have to suffer through the whole series again to check)
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Postby Garylisk » Thu Jan 16, 2003 2:03 am

the Black Monarch wrote:Neon Genesis Evangelion. No question, no debate. It is greatness incarnate, liquefied and used to ink the cels.


Of course.. the stickers on the box set say so :roll:

What a load of... heh... :P
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Postby the Black Monarch » Thu Jan 16, 2003 10:16 pm

Name an anime that you think defines greatness more so than Evangelion, and I will watch it and either come up with a 200-page essay on why it doesn't, or I will surrender to your vastly superior familiarity of anime.

Only one anime actually has stickers on the box set declaring it the greatest anime ever. No other anime can claim that.

Seriously, I'll accept your Pepsi Challenge. Just name an anime.
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Postby Garylisk » Thu Jan 16, 2003 11:06 pm

It's not a matter of finding an anime that defines greatness.. it's the fact that Eva just plain DOESN'T.
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Postby the Black Monarch » Thu Jan 16, 2003 11:15 pm

Or maybe it's the "fact" that pigs fly.
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Postby Garylisk » Thu Jan 16, 2003 11:44 pm

Maybe it's the fact that all of this is just opinion. In my mind, Eva isn't that fantastic. It's a good action show. It's a good mecha show. It has philisophical elements slightly deepter than other shows out there. It has dysfunctional characters, which make them fairly realistic. It has a classic man vs. god theme. All in all it's a fairly solid anime... in theory. But in my mind, it was just not that entertaining. Great concept, poorly executed in many ways.
The fact that those stickers call it "the greatest" as if it were a fact just proves that people are mindless sheep. I bet any amount of money someone has bought that box set just because "the sticker said it was the best". It's a selling ploy, nothing more... and all the fanatical fans out there that blow eva way out of proportion and shit are just adding to that wonder ad campaign..

But hey.. support what you love. Keep overhyping Eva. :P It helps it sell, and makes what the sticker says seem true to the common consumer.
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Postby Mroni » Fri Jan 17, 2003 3:46 am

Slayers= 100 billion times greater than Eva any questions?


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Postby Wykith » Fri Jan 17, 2003 10:09 am

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W in TF? How come I never heard of this one? *Calls rental place in outrage*
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Postby The Messiah of Pain » Fri Jan 17, 2003 10:42 am

Wykith wrote:W in TF? How come I never heard of this one? *Calls rental place in outrage*


you never heard of it, because its rare..

and you won't find it in a rental store.. since it's not nor ever will be domesticated...
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Postby Wykith » Fri Jan 17, 2003 10:52 am

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Wykith wrote:W in TF? How come I never heard of this one? *Calls rental place in outrage*


you never heard of it, because its rare..

and you won't find it in a rental store.. since it's not nor ever will be domesticated...


Oh no no, I don't meana shitty block a buster or holyvood video. Oh no....me rental place get veeery rare shit. Me see end of eva and cowboy movie loooong before it even mentioned here.
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Postby The Messiah of Pain » Fri Jan 17, 2003 10:58 am

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Wykith wrote:W in TF? How come I never heard of this one? *Calls rental place in outrage*


you never heard of it, because its rare..

and you won't find it in a rental store.. since it's not nor ever will be domesticated...


Oh no no, I don't meana shitty block a buster or holyvood video. Oh no....me rental place get veeery rare shit. Me see end of eva and cowboy movie loooong before it even mentioned here.


VoH is alot rarer than either of those, since it wasn't popular at all in japan... they were released on crappy quality VHS tapes years ago... I picked up the 1st tape 2+ years ago... and now I own the Fansub DVD box set with the fucked up names.. its worth checking out.. but you may not find it in this place your reffering to... it took me a while to find the whole collection it in manhattan.. and manhattan has almost everything.. just givin ya a heads up.. thats all..
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Postby Arucard_Hellsing^_^ » Sun Jan 19, 2003 2:51 pm

I half to Say evangelion because it had a great story line good drawing and well im a big fan of Asuka :oops:
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Postby Ean » Sun Jan 19, 2003 6:11 pm

Love Hina! It's hilarious, fun to watch and keeps you coming back for more (or in my case hoping for more). :D

I thought Berserk was pretty good too, until I got to the end... they just left me hanging... :x

But that's just my opinion...
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