27th March 2003, 3:53 PM
Yeah, it's all good, though DB/Z/GT is the worst example I can possibly think of. It's exactly as you said, something desperatly trying to have a "story" but in the end it's just an action show. The only reason I watch it at all is for the fight scenes. Oh, and I'd go as far as to say that at times the animation on that show is quite nice (not DB, that looks aweful). It's the same style used by Chrono Trigger (being drawn by the same guy) and it looks pretty good if you ask me.
However, the thing is, I'm afraid that was all flame bait. I know EXACTLY how OB1 will respond. First he'll call you a moron (this may be saved for the last part), then he will insult DB to the best of his ability to make clear to you that that's not what most anime is like, then he will follow up by saying "Watch some REAL anime, like *insert listing of various quality shows plus some show I think sucks to kinda throw off the validity of the list*", then he'll insult your intelligence again. Then he'll say "no wonder you don't like Wind Waker's style, you have no taste". Then he will finish you off with saying "I have lost all respect for you" even though he likely never had any to begin with, making the insult totally hollow. Finally, he'll insult your intelligence again. This is his standard template for defending anime in the face of someone insulting it via the only anime they have seen, DBZ.
However, the thing is, I'm afraid that was all flame bait. I know EXACTLY how OB1 will respond. First he'll call you a moron (this may be saved for the last part), then he will insult DB to the best of his ability to make clear to you that that's not what most anime is like, then he will follow up by saying "Watch some REAL anime, like *insert listing of various quality shows plus some show I think sucks to kinda throw off the validity of the list*", then he'll insult your intelligence again. Then he'll say "no wonder you don't like Wind Waker's style, you have no taste". Then he will finish you off with saying "I have lost all respect for you" even though he likely never had any to begin with, making the insult totally hollow. Finally, he'll insult your intelligence again. This is his standard template for defending anime in the face of someone insulting it via the only anime they have seen, DBZ.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)