MadaraUchiha

I usually watch anything with an open mind, but, these anime were very bad. Deadman Wonderland: Had a pretty interesting premise. Ruined it with a bad main character, terrible screenplay, bad pacing, bad voice acting, and a bad ending. The only redeeming qualities are the animation and the score. Simply put, this anime was boring. Gilgamesh: This is a pretty obscure anime, and I'm sure most people have never heard of it. It starts of pretty well, but, as it goes on, it literally has no idea what it's doing. It becomes pretentious, and thinks it's very deep, when it's not. Also, the plot becomes extremely convoluted around the mid-way mark. On top of all that, the voice acting is very monotone. This anime was a snooze-fest. Mayoiga: The definition of disappointment. I was pretty excited because it was from the same author as Another. It starts of with a group of people who want to start fresh, and they end up in a shady place. Seemed promising. What went wrong? Character designs were generic, the pacing was awful, the plot became convoluted, the interactions were boring, and there was no sense of suspense or tension, even though it was a perfect setting for stuff like that. Honorable mentions: Psychic Detective Yakumo, Guilty Crown(which I dropped halfway through).

I haven't exactly been very enthusiastic about this season from the beginning. The second or third seasons of previously aired anime weren't appealing to me, nor the new ones. Especially, since I really liked Spring. However, these are still in my radar: Welcome to the Ballroom Violet Evergarden Made in Abyss Kakegurui seemed to be the anime that piqued my interest the most this season, but, my friend told me that it's not very interesting. So, for now, I'm sticking with Boruto and Boku no Hero Academia season 2.

Well, here's my anime list: https://myanimelist.net/animelist/thelivinglegend When I discount movies/ second seasons(and I assume that eliminates shows like Naruto: Shippuuden), the count is around 55. I admit I haven't watched a lot of anime. I tend to be a bit picky.

To me, harem/school/romance/comedy anime with over-the-top characters are guilty pleasures. But, when there's echi, it really takes me out of the anime, so my enjoyment level decreases. Anyway, my list would be Ouran Host Club, Handa-kun, Nisekoi(but, as I mentioned, it has a lot of echi, so, my enjoyment level reduced). Others include Akame ga Kil(I initially liked this anime, it seemed very interesting, but, something happens in each episode, and it sort of turned into a guilty pleasure for me), Btooom!(this is pure guilty pleasure material, I don't need to justify anything), Danchigai(my first loli/moe anime, was pretty cute, but, was obviously bordering on guilty pleasure). Also, I know this is a controversial choice, but, I find Fairy Tail to be a guilty pleasure too. To me, it's so bad that it's good. The fight scenes lack choreography, power-ups basically happen through shouting, there are no memorable villains, abilities are vague and undefined, characters are two-dimensional. These are everything I dislike about shounen, but, for some reason, it's entertaining.

Yes. Definitely. Anime as a medium and as an industry has, over the years, influenced many people, films, television series(live-action or animated). Some of these include The Matrix, etc. The definition of an anime has varied over the years. I consider it to be any animation produced in Japan. So, in that sense, Avatar: The Last Airbender is not an anime. But, there's no denying that there's a lot of influence from anime in that show. If you show a random episode from the series to an otaku(assuming that he hasn't heard of it), he'd probably think it's the dubbed version of an anime. There are a few arguments people tend to use to differentiate it from cartoons and movies/television series. One being that, anime doesn't necessarily have a lot of moderation, meaning, you can have an anime with blood, gore and sexual content, and the anime gets the appropriate rating for that. You don't see this happening with cartoons. They are all mostly kid-friendly, and are for the most part, non-violent, and certainly don't have sexual content. The only exceptions I can think of are Southpark, and Rick and Morty. The other being that, even though movies don't necessarily have a lot of moderation and restriction(in that if you have adult content, all you have to do is get an R rating), there's the issue of money. CG is extremely expensive, and they can't do whatever they want. Since anime is mostly 2D, and whether or not it's digital or hand-drawn, it's not as expensive as producing a movies. About the argument of whether anime is very Japanese or not, we can take the example of Hollywood studios trying to adapt anime. Almost every single one of them failed. Why? They didn't accept the fact that the anime sort of feels like something that's Japanese lived-in. Take Dragonball: Evolution or Ghost in the Shell, or even the most recent one, Death Note(which arguably has the least amount of Japanese influence). All three of them tried to give it a western take, and all of them failed, miserably. So, yes, there are some things that you can't just exclude. That's the reason why, I don't think Steins;Gate would translate well, if it's adapted into a Hollywood movie. It's filled with characters who are inbred in the otaku culture in Japan. The definition of whether it's an art or not is subjective. But, there's no doubt that anime has influenced a lot of work all around the world.

Google search. The search was 'anime forum'. Wanted to join one to discuss anime(obviously). This seemed like a very good forum.

Hello. This is MadaraUchiha. Nice to meet you all. I'm from India. My favourite anime are Death Note, Code Geass, Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Naruto and Naruto Shippuden, Steins;Gate. I have watched quite a number of anime, though, I'm not sure if posting my anime list from myanimelist is allowed here. I haven't read a lot of manga. In fact, the only one I've read completely is Naruto. I'm currently watching Boku no Hero Academia season 2, One Piece and Boruto Next generations among currently airing anime, and as far as aired shows are concerned, I'm watching God Eater, right now. Hope to have a great time here.