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Post by Cat on Jul 21, 2009 10:00:58 GMT
I was simply interested in the type of Anime and Manga you guys watch. It's an on going debate between me and my friend. I, personally prefer Shoujo, but thats because I get a bit feminine when it comes to fiction. Whether it be Manga or Georgian Literature. Of course, I can see why people like Shounen, if you look at things objectively, Shoujo gets very repetitive. There's always the same set up, but in Shounen, there is so much diversity from Manga to Manga [Including Anime of course] I just wanted to know what you guys thought  |
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Post by Flix on Jul 21, 2009 16:39:24 GMT
Seinen. No kiddie stuff for me.
Trigun, Berserk, Death Note, Hellsing, Full Metal Alchemist (ok maybe that one is Shonen), Neon Genesis Evangelion, Claymore, Samurai Seven....
I like my anime serious- not overly tragic or violent, just not silly and cute and lovey-dovey. Most of those I listed have plenty of humor to break the tension; I'd say only Berserk and Claymore are unrelentingly grim.
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Post by The Sonar Chicken on Jul 21, 2009 18:04:47 GMT
Not talking about anime, btw... since I rarely watch that. This only applies to Japanese manga, Korean manhwa and Chinese manhua are another matter. Remember: manga is all about demographics(shoujo, josei, shounen, seinen, etc.). There're a few odd fields that aren't about demographics but ehhh.. I don't really go for most mainstream shoujo(HYD and the other hugely popular stuff) but instead, many things which're often not published. I err prefer Josei, seinen and all sorts of other alternative stuff instead. Josei and seinen are manga targeted at older females and males. There're quite a lot of good gems in shoujo: a lot of it was in the 1970s to 80s era and that’s "classical shoujo". Unfortunately, you'll find very very few "classical shoujo" titles being published in English, due to licensing, marketing and other issues. So, people took to translating that stuff, themselves. Hence, scanlations. Most shoujo and shounen published these days are for children/teens(10 yrs to 18 yrs old) and are also tightly designed and marketed to cater towards the target consumers. Shounen is about big bucks so they try to attract the female readers too. For both these demographics, the "writing ability" is fairly restricted and if it isn't bad enough, there's a lot of "heavy moralising" too. If you’d like some recommendations from me, go ahead and ask. |
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Post by Cat on Jul 22, 2009 12:55:06 GMT
I like my anime serious- not overly tragic or violent, just not silly and cute and lovey-dovey. Isn't Death Note overly tragic though... at least that's what I thought... And I was going to put Seinen in, then thought against it >.< @luci; I use onemanga.com for scans, although when the manga is published I buy it from Amazon {or have it imported from America} I would LOVE some recommendations, if that's okay :} I'm a total Shoujo fan, I become like 14 years old again when I read it ^o^ I tend to try and read everything that comes from Shojo Beat (But I haven't been that awesome lately) Do you have My Manga List (or My Anime List) if you go to myanimelist.net you can create a manga and an anime list ^^ |
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Post by Flix on Jul 22, 2009 20:04:35 GMT
Isn't Death Note overly tragic though... at least that's what I thought... Well, it sort of is, since it's so focused on death, and since our "hero" Light doesn't achieve his goal. But there's not a lot of emotion involved in it - I thought it was a very "cold" anime (I've read the respective manga for all my favs, I just find anime superior). I liked Death Note mainly for the cat-and-mouse mind games between Light and L, not the fact that so many people die in the series. Compare that to Full Metal, which is more Shonen-oriented, but tugs at your heartstrings constantly - I mean, you really care about the characters' well-being, and by the end of the series, if you haven't shed some tears or at least gotten some strong goosebumps, you're pretty stone-hearted. |
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Post by Cat on Jul 22, 2009 20:26:20 GMT
Never read/watched Full Metal, watched Death Note though, and loved it. I, too, enjoyed the mind games and the insight into Light's psych the most from the series. And although I knew, from the off, that he wouldn't win, I was still rather sad that he did... I might now go watch Full Metal and test if I'm stone-hearted {although I doubt it, I cried at DN  } |
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Post by janggut on Jul 25, 2009 12:00:33 GMT
i picked No Preference. there are good shoujo out there & if there's a shoujo anime, it'll be Haibanmei Renmei. love it to bits. like Sonar Chix, i prefer Josei & Seinen. i find the storylines & plots as well as characters in Josei unique & real. as for Seinen, well it's because of the heavy stuff, like politics or history. the most recent one i read is Shigurui. it's ongoing. |
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Post by killerzzz on Aug 3, 2009 1:53:11 GMT
What should I pick if I prefer the dark/serious anime? Shounen or No Preference? Like, I enjoy summa da good younger-audience stuff, but mostly the grim/violent ones (not necessarily for the violence, but I like the dark fantasy of their stories).
Killerzzz
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Post by The Sonar Chicken on Aug 3, 2009 9:46:55 GMT
Typo error:
"I don't really go for most mainstream shoujo(HYD and the other hugely popular stuff) but instead, many things which're often not published." should be "not published in English".
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