Orius

Immortality. It's a very generic anime power you can find anywhere, even outside of anime, but if I have one wish to gain any power, that would be my most desired power, ever. It's the desire of desires, the oldest of desires, the ability to live long and do whatever you want for a very long time, be that watching anime or posting in forums.

Oh yes, most definitely. There are so many anime with more than 100 episodes, after all, and not a lot of them are high quality. I got bored of Fairy Tail, got bored of Detective Conan, and I got tired of waiting for HxH to get serious because I was already tired of shounen comedy at the point of viewing. There are thousands of anime out there that I simply couldn't give every anime a chance. I feel like it has created the negative habit of dropping anime as soon as I get tired of it, however, so that's something I regret. More often than not, however, I get annoyed when I don't complete something, so even if I drop an anime, that completionist tendency of mine might just bug me into picking it up again a few years later, just for the sole sake of completing it and say, "There! I've watched every single episode, OVA, movie, special, and recap of your crappy shounen anime meant to milk off 10 year olds! You happy?!" (I'm referring to Pokemon, in case you're wondering... lol)

Yes. I'm very much like @Cy~, shallow when it comes to anime. I used to prefer the more recent movies as well rather than the "oldies" because they looked better, only getting used to the older pictures in the last few years. For anime, I am getting more comfortable with older productions recently, but only recently. I think when it comes to animation, or just about any visual medium in general, how it looks is very important, more so than the story itself. I feel like it's the fundamental element that defines that medium, because if it's just a good story, then it can also be a book, an audiotape, etc. What I'm trying to say is, the visuals are what communicate the good story to you, so it's very crucial that creators pay attention to how good it looks. That being said, regardless of what logic tells me is the most important aspect of anime and movies, I would still prefer a good story over good visuals any day. Here's the thing. The reason why I think the visuals is so important because I feel anime as a medium can be compared to film. In filmmaking, the first thing you need to learn is how to shoot the camera, not how to write a script (unless you wish to become a scriptwriter, which is an entirely different expertise). For anime, you also need to learn how to draw well. So logically speaking, visuals seems to be the most important element here. Logically anyway. But on the other hand, art and logic rarely go well hand-in-hand. Art is rarely simple math. An animation needs more than superficial appearances to engage the audience. Look at James Cameron's Avatar. Looks damn good. Gives us a universe full of beauty and grace. But the story itself is hollow and we don't care. Visual mediums like anime have the great advantage of mixing three significant elements into their package - visuals, story, audio - but it's also a double-edged sword. If you don't put in effort into any of these three elements, then as a package, it can be flawed and not as satisfying. An anime with terrible sound but good visuals wouldn't be tolerable, and vice versa. And even if you get all three components right, your story, as entertaining as it might be, might be criticized as mediocre and generic, another rehash of last generation's top anime. So appearances is just one of many problems you need to be concerned about when it comes to the quality of the anime. Writing this far, I realized that I might have gone slightly off-topic from what the title is asking: whether if I enjoy an anime regardless of what I think is quality or not. I have personally enjoyed a lot of anime with 480p graphics like Higurashi and Bokurano, both of which don't have the superior high-definition visual effects you see today. That has to do with the great story and characters, and also the music. On the other hand, I also enjoyed Akira, which looks and sounds amazing on blu-ray, even though it was created many years before Higurashi and Bokurano. When I first watched it, I didn't care much for the story (since I was too young to understand it) and enjoyed it regardless, so that tells you how much enjoyment one can get out of merely appearances and sound. Like I said, it's not math. Good appearance + good sound might not = good anime, and vice versa. It really depends on a lot of circumstances. But I think I've driveled on long enough. Sorry for carrying on for so long. haha

I'm a stiff when it comes to definitions of words. I follow strictly what the root of the word means. In this case, the root is: anime animation Thus, a medium. I certainly understand your point, that there is merit to the other side of the argument. If I am more open-minded with definitions, I could accept that, since anime has its own style compared to other forms of animation, it can be considered its own genre. But then again, you have to consider that there are many styles of anime. There are anime with very cartoonish scribbles, those with watercolor palette, those with high quality CGI, and those that even incorporate live action into it! (Kuuchuu Buranko). Some people consider that all mainstream anime define what anime represents as a genre, filled with either over-the-top shounen fantasies or fluffy moe little girls. Obviously, anime is more than that, as we have gritty and bleak anime as well devoid of moe or even fantasy. It's the same as movies. Movies range from the gritty and realistic to the hyperbolic and cheesy. Is movie a genre? Nope. It's a medium. I feel like you would be giving anime too little credit if you merely dismiss it as a genre. A genre means that it's restricted to a certain characteristic, a certain trait that describes what the genre look like. Much like any other form of animation, anime is a very malleable medium filled with all kinds of potentials and possibilities. I don't like to restrict it as just a certain genre that non-anime fans mock because they think all anime look like Dragon Ball Z. That's how I see it anyway, in my own little rigid mentality.

Honestly, it doesn't matter to me. I see it as quite normal, since real people do often interchange between languages they might not be familiar with, especially in casual conversations when they are making a joke. Aside from the really cringeworthy weeaboo talk, there are people who use words like "Konnichiwa" as a casual greeting in Japanese-oriented places, like an anime gathering. And sometimes, characters just use Engrish to speak to English-speaking people: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtITideQFtQ Yeah, it does sound funky, but it's more of an accent problem, I feel, than a mispronunciation. British and Americans have different ways of pronouncing the same words, for example. And really, it's not the fault of the Japanese, because English isn't their native language. Besides, English is such a universal language today that it would actually be weirder for someone to not know it.

Despite not being physically-proactive enough to enjoy hiking, I actually wouldn't mind camping with friends, especially if it involves singing around a campfire. I'm sentimental like that. The problem is, it's Singapore. Camping isn't exactly something common around these parts, especially when everybody lives in an apartment block or a condominium. It's not like America where people get to live near the countryside and could just trek down to the nearest river and set up camp. There also aren't a lot of suitable camping sites, since it's a small country and all, so there's that. But I guess I might be just making excuses because camping in the filthy and dangerous wilderness is a lot less appealing than the idea of it. Was never really an outdoorsy person to begin with.

Your job is listed as "animation" in an anime forum. No more words are needed to describe how awesome that is.

Viper is a badass name.

Yeah, me too. It was interesting.

It's definitely one of the more underrated shounen manga/anime out there.

Nice to know they've picked it up again since I heard the manga got cancelled or something.

Haven't seen D.Gray-man for a long time. Thought that ball with wings was something from Cardcaptor Sakura when I saw it, before I looked at Allen's face.

1: Yes. And not just because it's an anime memorabilia. I could think of a few people I would love to get rid of. 2: Start writing. A lot. I would probably write them off with more straightforward deaths. I don't really have a fetish for cruel deaths. I can be a sadist, just not when it comes to matters of death. Too off-putting. 3: I would probably start with some criminals on death row like Light did. If it works, then I'll move on to those who've pissed me off in the past, which is a lot, considering my short temper. 4: Use it for my own selfish purpose, of course. I have the power of a god here, killing whomever I like. Of course, that would also mean I won't go to heaven or hell, but I know I'm f***ed as it is in terms of karmic redemption, even without the Death Note. And since L doesn't exist in real life, I won't have trouble dealing with the authorities like Light did.

Nice. I do prefer the top one over the bottom one. The bottom one's a little gaudy.

Same. I like your design.

Run for the hills. I would much rather waifu her not-insane sister, Mion. Now, for something truly f-ed up... I failed I failed I failed I failed I failed I failed I failed I failed I failed I failed I failed I failed I failed I failed I failed I failed I failed I failed I failed I failed I failed I failed Amane Suzuha from Steins;Gate, literally the girl who leapt through time (and spent 25 years in amnesia before committing suicide, lovely)

7/10. I would have rated it higher if it isn't as overused in video game and movie trailers as it is. You could practically hear Two Steps From Hell everywhere. It's become as exposed as Requiem For A Dream. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrHS84AV2HA

I prefer your last signature set, to be honest.

How does it feel if I tell you your name makes me think of shining stars?

Ask what their favorite Detective Conan episode/movie is, naturally.

Simple answer: no. Maybe it's because I haven't seen enough anime. For me, the only visual medium that affected my way of thinking or living was non-anime live action movies. I was one of those edgy teens who thought Fight Club was preaching the truth. lol I was also inspired by Batman Begins to meditate and control my emotions, so there's that. Other than that, anime has only made me cry with emotional stories, that's it. They were never effective as life-changing motivational tools, probably because it's animated and harder to relate compared to life action. I'm not sure.

Never been to one before. Seems like it would have better customer service than more than half the dining locations I've been to. I still don't know if I would visit one though. Would be kinda embarrassing, even if nobody would recognize me there. Then again, I could think of worse things than being served food by lovely girls in maid costumes. I could certainly see the appeal.

It looks cool and all, but isn't the itasha a road hazard? I heard you can't check the rear view mirror properly with the stickers blocking.

Just reached the Faris ending for Steins;Gate. Truth be told, when I saw people commenting that Suzuha's ending was the best ending out of the character endings (Faris End, Suzuha End, etc.), I found myself agreeing when I landed on the Faris' ending. I knew immediately that I made a mistake as I realized that not sending that D-mail because I want to save everybody was actually an act of cowardice. It felt like a weird ending when I read through it, much more so than Suzuha's ending (at least the consequences Okabe faced in that ending made sense). The weirdness left me wondering just what the heck Faris sent that would have changed the worldline that drastically. And the whole "Faris becomes Okabe's girlfriend" shtick was off-putting, turning the VN into a generic dating sim of sorts, where you choose the girl you like and end up romancing her. Finally, I never felt attracted to Faris. Suzuha was a more appealing character because of her headstrong personality and her tomboyishness, so I wouldn't have minded romance elements in her ending instead. But Faris, no, I just don't feel that way about her. She's kinda cute, I guess, but way too weird (and otaku) to be girlfriend material. That being said, when she removed her cat-ears, let her hair fall to the side and showed the real face of Rumiho for the first time, that was the first time I felt remotely attracted by her looks. She looked much more lovely that way, filled with innocence. And when I finally reached the final part of the ending, when Okabe decided to suck it up and accept his fate, that was when I really got to like this alternate timeline. That final part made the ending almost better than Suzuha's ending, because it's even more ambiguous whether if Okabe would truly be happy with Faris in that worldline. With Suzuha, according to the word of god (or at least, as stated in the wiki, as reliable as that can be), Okabe lived a happy life with her. With Faris, however, there are a lot of tragedies already confirmed for Okabe, not the least of which was the loss of friendship with his lab members, including his closest family member, Mayuri. So for Okabe to rise up above that terrible fate and deal with it, there was just something more admirable about that worldline than the other would-be outcomes. I mean, killing her dad to save Mayuri just didn't feel as selfless as this. If I'm thrust into the same fate as Okabe, losing all my friends and connection to the world, I would've had a mental breakdown rather than honor the relationship Faris had with me. So, in conclusion, it's a mixed bag really. 80% of the ending was bad, but it was a significant build-up to that 20% of admiration at the end to really sink in just how much Okabe has lost in this new timeline. Oh well. Onto the next ending!

http://www.siliconera.com/2017/05/28/steinsgate-elite-anonymouscode-switch-roboticsnotes-sequel-announced For fans of the SciADV (Science Adventure) series (Chaos;Head, Steins;Gate, and Robotics;Notes), it seems that there are a bucket-loads of announcements that might interest you. More details in the link above. The news that's of particular interest to me, however, is the one at the very bottom of the page regarding the porting of more titles from the SciADV series onto Steam and PC. This is very likely, IMO, referring to Chaos;Head, which recently had an iOS remake with extra routes called "Chaos;Head Noah", a remake which IMO made Chaos;Head much more fun because the original version had only three endings (one of which is a dummy bad end, I think). I wanted to play Chaos;Head only when the Noah version of the game is ported onto PC, something which a fan-translation group was working on since last year. But now, it seems like I don't have to wait anymore, and the official company would probably port the game all the same. Still, this is all speculations on my part, so it might be another SciADV game for all I know, maybe even Steins;Gate 0 (which is still not available for Steam yet). Regardless, even if it's not Chaos;Head Noah, I'm still curious about this Steins;Gate Elite. Sounds interesting, but it's probably a 4k remake with updated CGs and graphics, maybe even incorporating cinematic cutscenes too for all I know. Anyway, it seems like more visual novels are made more accessible for a broader range of audience nowadays, which is good news. A lot of updated VN remakes I like were ported onto the Vita or 3DS (looking at you, Grisaia), so game developers looking to retain their Steam and PC customers is always good, especially when PS4 exclusives are selling like hot cakes.