Originally posted by General Kaliero
No way should anime replace American cartoons. Rugrats and Looney Toons are classics. Gargoyles is one of the best animated TV series ever made.Show me one anime series that has the epic feel and great story of Gargoyles. I haven't found any.
Originally posted by Gregory
Kunzite and Zoisite, presumably. But, yeh, Sailor Moon is tame.
Pfft, they weren't gay. Read the manga and you'll see that it's implied that back during the Moon Kingdom and they were Endymion's guardians (along with Jadeite and Nephrite, like how the senshi were/are Serenity's guardians), that they went out with the senshi.
Middle school in Japan is a different age range than the US, someone in their last year of middle school is usually 14. Mamoru was 18, not 20. And that is incredibly common all over the world.
The world is f*cked up 😐 and 14 year olds shouldn't be hitting on even 18 year olds.
Wow, you see a naked outline that shows no detail whatsoever and isn't even flesh-colored or anything, it's the end of the world. Don't be such a prude 😛
Who says its the end fo the world? I just said that to me, it was bad enough. No need to over exxagerate.
And, uh, which bad guy are you talking about? There's many bad guys, and I don't recall any of them being gay.
As I said, I dont remember his name. I'll ask my sister later, she knows the shows better then I do nowadays.
Originally posted by General Kaliero
I said name one, not give a vague shout out to the entire genre.I like a lot of anime, but there are some damn good American cartoons that anime could not possibly hope to replace.
don't forget Full Metal Alchemist^^ great storylines without all the episodes being 'fight for good' end of episode...There's actually a meaning to each fight instead of getting rid of the bed guy until the next time
Oh and the guy in the Sailormoon movie you guys are talking about is Fiore, an alien who shared a deep friendship with Darien...i don't think there was more besides the fact that he thought Serena was getting the way of their friendship^^
Originally posted by GregoryHmmmm... Gee, I'm positive you're a dim wit. My def. of epic is that that portrays unrealistic setting. Those anime's fit every description of epic there is, bud. 😉
Your tastes man, they ... oh dear. Well, you're entitled to your opinions. But I wonder what your definition of "epic" is?
Your definition of epic is flawed, then. The word you're looking for is "fantastical."
A literal epic is an extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero, such as the Viking tales that would take many nights to tell in full.
Nowadays, the word epic is used for stories that have a similar feel or length, befitting the original term. Gargoyles is epic, because it tells the majestic story of a group of gargoyles and their actions over a span of years, in a serious, rooted style. Trigun is epic for much the same reason.
Bleach, Naruto, DBZ... they lack that essence of grandeur.
Originally posted by General Kaliero
Your definition of epic is flawed, then. The word you're looking for is "fantastical."A literal epic is an extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero, such as the Viking tales that would take many nights to tell in full.
Nowadays, the word epic is used for stories that have a similar feel or length, befitting the original term. Gargoyles is epic, because it tells the majestic story of a group of gargoyles and their actions over a span of years, in a serious, rooted style. Trigun is epic for much the same reason.
Bleach, Naruto, DBZ... they lack that essence of grandeur.
Epic
Adjective
1. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale; "an epic voyage"; "of heroic proportions"; "heroic sculpture".
2. Constituting or having to do with or suggestive of a literary epic; "epic tradition".
Noun
1. A long stroy telling of a hero's deeds.
Seeing as this is the definition from my websters dictionary, NOT SOME ONLINE DICTIONARY, Every instance I noted is indeed fitting of the word "epic".
And why the **** did you say "essense of granduer"? It doesn't make you look smarter when the pile of belligerent Bullshit you posted turns out to be matter-of-factly untrue. Next time present facts if you want to sell a person.
Calvin
Originally posted by GregoryAnd I stand by the fact that it also means unrealistic. Read the definition again, and you will come to find it is synonical to unrealistic. Notice how the original point of debate was if anime is epic? No, I doubt you can think that far back. You guys got all hotheaded thinking you were all right, when you spent your precious time being wrong. Accept your loss and move on. No shame in that.
...your original definition was that "that portrays unrealistic setting." Notice how that's completely different from any of the definitions you just quoted? No? Well, that's okay; everybody else does.
Originally posted by GregoryFirst of all, You take everything litterally. Second of all, No standing by it won't make it true, but going to recognized resource books and dictionaries will =\
You can stand by it all you like, but that won't make it true. I especially like how you've insulted someone in each of your last three posts, but General Kaliero and I--who have been completely polite--are "hot headed."
You can try to deny it all you want, but it won't change the facts.
As can you apparently, judging by your last several posts.
If we're dealing in dictionaries and definitions, why should we take a comment as anything but literally? Literal meaning is the base of of definition, after all.
If you'd care to look again, you'll notice that my definition of the term "epic" is in concordance with yours, however different the wording may be. The hallmarks of something worthy of being called epic include a seriousness in telling, a story that can hold one's attention throughout, and, as a said, an essence of grandeur, of majesty and great things. Epics are about grand people who change entire lands.
I fail to see, even under your Webster's definition (which is, by the way, not the "official" definition, as no such thing exists), how bulging men with bad haircuts that compare "power levels" can be deemed as epic.
The term "epic" is by no means synonymous with "unrealistic." The original epics were about real men who did things worthy of being retold to generations to come. It's the way of such things to eventually pass into the definition of legend, but that's hardly solid ground for your alleged synonymy.
Also, do you have a problem with my vocabulary? What's your issue with me using words I understand and know how to use properly?