It's about time someone said something!

[Dark Jaguar]

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I'm just shocked at the number of guys that watch the show, but then again it does have "teh powering ups".

[A Black Falcon]

... why, exactly, shouldn't people like InuYasha? It's a perfectly good show...

[Great Rumbler]

I watched about 10 or so episodes of it when it came on Adult Swim, but I stopped because it wasn't really that good.

[A Black Falcon]

I think it's good, at least as good as anything of that style/for that audience... (ie not one of the greatest, most thoughtful animes ever, but perfectly good)

[Great Rumbler]

Even taking into account its genre and audience [actiony show for girls], it still can't compete with this:

[A Black Falcon]

Cardcaptor Sakura... we watched four episodes of that in anime club, I found it surprisingly decent... but no, it's definitely not as good as InuYasha.

Really, they're not the same... Cardcaptor is aimed at a much younger audience... (which makes the show somewhat disturbing, really...)

And anyway, Inuyasha is fantasy, Japanese style. True fantasy shows are rare, and more often they're Western... I definitely like that aspect of it.

[Great Rumbler]

Cardcaptor Sakura... we watched four episodes of that in anime club, I found it surprisingly decent... but no, it's definitely not as good as InuYasha.

Woah now, let's not go flying off the handle and making outrageous claims here. Now I certainly haven't seen all of either series by any stretch of the imagination, but Inuyasha fell out of favor with me fairly quickly when it devolved into "Hey, let's fight a different monster every week and try to find all these crazy crystal shard things!", which reminded me too much of another series that I can't stand [and I really felt nothing for Kagome because she never really seemed to DO anything, aside from shooting an arrow once in a while]. While on the other hand, CCS is a very cute and very funny show that I do enjoy very much [and Sakura is a lot more interesting that Kagome, in my opinion], and I will hear no more negative comments towards it!

Really, they're not the same... Cardcaptor is aimed at a much younger audience... (which makes the show somewhat disturbing, really...)

Just because they're targetting towards different age groups doesn't mean that they're dissimilar. And I don't quite understand what you're trying to say with that last comment...

And anyway, Inuyasha is fantasy, Japanese style. True fantasy shows are rare, and more often they're Western... I definitely like that aspect of it.

Perhaps, but I'd recommend Record of Loddoss War and Escaflowne over Inuyasha, if fantasy is what you're looking for.

[lazyfatbum]

Oh man! This would be hilarious if I gave a fuck

[Dark Jaguar]

*monocle*

[Dark Jaguar]

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[lazyfatbum]

GUFAW

[Great Rumbler]

[A Black Falcon]

Woah now, let's not go flying off the handle and making outrageous claims here. Now I certainly haven't seen all of either series by any stretch of the imagination, but Inuyasha fell out of favor with me fairly quickly when it devolved into "Hey, let's fight a different monster every week and try to find all these crazy crystal shard things!", which reminded me too much of another series that I can't stand [and I really felt nothing for Kagome because she never really seemed to DO anything, aside from shooting an arrow once in a while]. While on the other hand, CCS is a very cute and very funny show that I do enjoy very much [and Sakura is a lot more interesting that Kagome, in my opinion], and I will hear no more negative comments towards it!

I've watched quite a bit of InuYasha... the whole first two seasons, plus a decent number of random episodes on Adult Swim and one of the movies. Yeah, that's a lot more than I've seen of Cardcaptor (as I said, just four episodes)... and yes, based on those four episodes it seems like a pretty good show. But I liked InuYasha quite a bit too, so...

As for comparisons to DBZ, that show is so amazingly awful... watching one episode is a brain-hurtingly stupid experience... InuYasha is nothing like it. DBZ is a vehicle for really, really long fights. InuYasha just isn't like that. Naruto at times, yes... or One Piece, for sure... fights often go on for episode after episode... but Inuyasha? Not so much... and I think the characters are pretty well done. Better than in many animes.

and I really felt nothing for Kagome because she never really seemed to DO anything, aside from shooting an arrow once in a while]

Often true, though Kagome usually has the second most important role after InuYasha himself, and certainly does more than a lot of female anime characters in action shows...

Oh yeah, and saying that a pretty good show is better than another pretty good show isn't saying negative things about the show that's not quite as good. Not when both are good... :)

Just because they're targetting towards different age groups doesn't mean that they're dissimilar. And I don't quite understand what you're trying to say with that last comment...

Some of the costumes are quite sexual for characters who look under the age of 10... kids wouldn't notice, but teenagers/adults do. Same for the sexual undertones to some things.

Of course, such things are pretty much normal for anime. It's really just showing cultural differences more than anything.

Perhaps, but I'd recommend Record of Loddoss War and Escaflowne over Inuyasha, if fantasy is what you're looking for.

Escaflowne (TV) was really great... the movie wasn't very good though. Record of Lodoss War is alright, but not as good as InuYasha I'd say... it didn't hold my interest enough for me to watch part the second half of the original show yet... I will eventually though, because it's okay, at least.

[Weltall]

anime club

I want to refuse to believe such a concept, but I just can't. :(

[A Black Falcon]

I want to refuse to believe such a concept, but I just can't.

At college. Meets weekly. We watch anime on a bigscreen in a large lecture hall (subtitled only). Fun... :) I've been a regular since the beginning of last school year.