8th April 2004, 10:38 AM
Just for the sake of argument: I think most anime is rediculous. Though I love giant robots and the alien worlds and sometimes the ideas used in the strories are lots of fun, but the stories themselves are always so shallow and overly simple it becomes trite superficial krap. I think it's a language thing, but regardless, it turns me off. You look at Akira for what it is and you begin to realize that the only reason it's gained so much popularity is because it was released in theaters here and started a buzz that is still going. If it never would hit our theaters it would have been 'another' anime.
Cowboy Bebop is alot of fun and manages to create a highly stylized story in a series, which is difficult (as a writer) because you'd want to try new things each episode while still preserving the entire scope of the story. But sometimes it would miss its mark and throw a barrage of artistic images at you which are supposed to make you feel or think something, but without good writing all you end up thinking during those moments 'look at the pretty things' and then you wait for the next scene. Not good.
Kill Bill will do really well as an anime because it was already designed as one from a directing and writing stance. But I fear the anime will take the over-the-top gore and sexuality of the movie and push it in to the realm of absolute perversion. At that point, it will degrade the movie it was based on.
Cowboy Bebop is alot of fun and manages to create a highly stylized story in a series, which is difficult (as a writer) because you'd want to try new things each episode while still preserving the entire scope of the story. But sometimes it would miss its mark and throw a barrage of artistic images at you which are supposed to make you feel or think something, but without good writing all you end up thinking during those moments 'look at the pretty things' and then you wait for the next scene. Not good.
Kill Bill will do really well as an anime because it was already designed as one from a directing and writing stance. But I fear the anime will take the over-the-top gore and sexuality of the movie and push it in to the realm of absolute perversion. At that point, it will degrade the movie it was based on.