What anime would you show to your parents?

Fanboy_NOIR · Post by **Fanboy_NOIR** » Fri Aug 29, 2003 7:07 pm

Exacltly what it says on the tin. So which one?

Also what would you show to your best buddy/girlfriend if they were uniniciated?
All real opinions will be taken into close account.Help me out people, please!
BTW feel free to write flaming crap(like I think ur mom will like La blue Girl haha[sarc]), it will be dutifully ignored. 8)

Amaranth · Post by **Amaranth** » Fri Aug 29, 2003 7:20 pm

Any Miyazaki film. I'd try Princess Mononoke first since it's the most mature of his films. Then follow up with Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky, and My Neighbor Totoro.

As for your buddy/girlfriend, it really depends on what they like.

If they like:

Action - Rurouni Kenshin, Ninja Scroll, Fist of the North Star
Comedy - Excel Saga, Dragon Half
Romantic Comedy - His and Her Circumstances, Maison Ikkoku, Fruits Basket
Sci-Fi - Galaxy Express 999, Vandread, Outlaw Star
Fantasy - Escaflowne, Magic Knight Rayearth, Cardcaptor Sakura
Horror - Vampire Hunter D, Hellsing

SarahtheBoring · Post by **SarahtheBoring** » Fri Aug 29, 2003 7:36 pm

Amaranth wrote:Any Miyazaki film. I'd try Princess Mononoke first since it's the most mature of his films. Then follow up with Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky, and My Neighbor Totoro.

As for your buddy/girlfriend, it really depends on what they like.

Ditto, and ditto.

Also, IMO when you introduce newbies to anime, comedies are the most risky - I've had tricky moments with trying to explain the exaggerated expressions and so on.

If they really are new to this, I'd say stick near a genre they already like and look for more or less "realistic" animation style - I've had much luck with CB in that respect, while shoujo anime with its bubbly style loses most people fast.

Then you can move on from that into more artistic/stylized stuff if they get used to the form.

Best of luck. I love evangelizing.

madmag9999 · Post by **madmag9999** » Fri Aug 29, 2003 7:50 pm

well i showed my perents lots of anime but the one i though would be a good one to start with was the cowboy bebop movie becouse it is awsome and very well balanced i also showed it to my sis and she liked it shes 24 so your buddy/girlfriend might like it u could also show her spirited away but i did not like it i dont know why most ppl do love it though

Mr Pilkington · Post by **Mr Pilkington** » Fri Aug 29, 2003 7:50 pm

What anime would you show to your parents?

Bible Black

Jace Tsunami · Post by **Jace Tsunami** » Fri Aug 29, 2003 7:55 pm

my Dad, anything violent, with a good story line. I got him Vampire Hunter D for one fathers day, but I think I could have picked somehting better, he did enjoy it tho.

My Mom, anyhting with a lot of fantasy and story. ROLW, or MAYBE escaflowne.

shinblanc · Post by **shinblanc** » Fri Aug 29, 2003 7:59 pm

I showed my parents Full Metal Panic!

madmag9999 · Post by **madmag9999** » Fri Aug 29, 2003 8:00 pm

Mr Pilkington wrote:What anime would you show to your parents?

Bible Black

ummmm if i am correct that is hentai, so im am being led to belive that u and your parents watch hentai, witch is very strange

Jace Tsunami · Post by **Jace Tsunami** » Fri Aug 29, 2003 8:02 pm

madmag9999 wrote:
Mr Pilkington wrote:What anime would you show to your parents?

Bible Black
ummmm if i am correct that is hentai, so im am being led to belive that u and your parents watch hentai, witch is very strange

or you could choose to believe in sarcasm here

Mr Pilkington · Post by **Mr Pilkington** » Fri Aug 29, 2003 8:03 pm

madmag9999 wrote:
Mr Pilkington wrote:What anime would you show to your parents?

Bible Black
ummmm if i am correct that is hentai, so im am being led to belive that u and your parents watch hentai, witch is very strange

Nah. It would be merely for shock value.

Of course in mid-life crisis mode as they are the results could be twice as disturbing