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09 May 2008 mellow_bunny

IN THE NAME OF…

Justice? Peace? Unquestionable Faith? I think not my friends. It’s all in the name of WAR, LOLIS and COMEDY. In spite of what you may think, these three things make the best combination when it comes to anime, for me at least.

War

Firstly when I say WAR I actually mean ACTION. As in, exciting cutscenes of massive battles and kickass pwnership. I guess a good example would be any fight scence from 1)Ghost In The Shell 2)Full Metal Panic or 3)FLCL(the hospital fight scene reminds me of Dead Leaves).

Full Metal Panic and FLCL have a comedic element which I enjoy and Ghost In The Shell just has sheer kickass awesomeness. You might think, “That’s weird, i’ve seen way cooler fight scenes in INSERT ANIME I HAVEN’T SEEN HERE”, as you may gather I haven’t seen every show under the sun.

I’ve gotta say the Appleseed movies, Vexille and all the Ghost In The Shell movies make for some kickass watching. They are pretty much awesome in style and execution.

I would love… and I mean LOOOVEEEEE, to see an anime that had EPIC BATTLES OF IMMENSITY. I mean like huge battles that are highly detailed and all orchastrated to background music of Daft Punk. That would be my ultimate want.

Take some Daft Punk music, add a kickass style of anime that makes everything look like it is made from unformed brushstrokes then mix in a snowy scene and four heroes who are being chased by the military. Make them run and fight to the beats of Daft Punk until they reach the control center for the evil empire’s TV brainwashing. Make them break in and change the brainwashing for a Daft Punk music video before blowing the center sky high. Awesome.

Anywho that was a bit off topic.

Lolis

The second drawcard was LOLIS. They are too cute. Also amusing. Just downright funny and cool. Plus nothing beats a loli wearing neko ears and mittens.

Shows such as Ichigo Mashimaro, Lucky Star, Shakugan no Shana and Sky Girls all feature lolis and their antics. Go watch them for ultimate awesomeness.

Comedy

Finally COMEDY. I will give any show a chance if it has some comedic quality to it. Shows such as Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei(also Zoku), Kyouka Kazoku Nikki and even Dead Leaves.

A lot of shows have comedic parts in them, which is kind of like Mario finding refuge on a lone brick while he’s trying to jump over those damn flames while dodging the frickin missiles ARGGGH so aggrevating. But yeah, I like to have the comedy there.. it makes a lot of shows interesting and or bearable for me.

Nothing beats sitting down to watch a show that is in a different language and badly subbed but still makes you laugh or cry or feel elated or makes you want to learn martial arts and sorcery.

As a side note… watch Paprika on Blu-ray and be amazed. Enjoy. Also check out the insane amount of categories I put this in. Ridiculous.