And it’s available on Netflix?
I’d like to know what you mean exactly by “wrong.” I guess when I think anime my filthy mind immediately turns to anime PORN, and, well, dammit, I’m really curious. I’ve never seen any and I’m very, very drawn to the idea. I’ve like the few dirty Japanese comic books I’ve seen.
So if it’s kind of hot in a filthy sense maybe I’ll rent it.
(So embarrassed suddenly! Fleeeeee!)
ZJ
Marley23:: To extend my first statement in the OP, I’m a conoisseur of all things weird and unusual, of things that just plain and simple don’t make sense. My tastes aren’t for everybody, nor are yours or anyone else’s for that matter.
Necro Romancer: Are you saying I’m a filthy rich recording artist, or was that just a snide way of calling me a pedophile? Because everybody knows that nobody over the age of 18 ever wears pajamas.
d_redguy: I’m so sorry. No, seriously, I don’t know what I’d do if I lived with anybody who tried to give away any of my stuff, for any reason (except for me asking “Hey, could you find someone who wants this?”).
Skillet38: And exactly what are you referring to? Violence? I’ve yet to see any anime that was half as violent as any given episode of Tom and Jerry. It seems to me what a lot of people object to is realistic (or at least semi-realistic) violence. At the very least, realistic violence shows the consequences of the act.
If, on the other hand, you’re talking about sex… well, where are his parents? Jesus Christ on a bloody pogo stick, practically everything’s rated these days. And they’re rated for a good reason: all you people wailing “Think of the children!” can simply look at the package and determine if it’s fit for Little Johnny.
If, on the third hand, you’re talking about just Plain Weird Stuff… well, Heaven forfend he should ever see Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Oh, and speaking of cultural warfare: The current style of manga/anime started around the time of the American occupation of Japan. Late 40’s/early 50’s style manga was practically indistinguishable from some American comics of the same time. I refer you to Metropolis and Astro Boy, just for example. So all of this comes courtesy of the good old USA. Have a nice day.
But it’s a cartoon!!! Cartoons are for children, so any cartoon that has adult themes should be shot and then melted down for plastic!!!
A little whooshed? I wasn’t seriously accusing you of anything. But if we’re going to go into the fetish post… No , I wasn’t talking about the mention of pajamas in that post; I was making the Michael Jackson connection (although that’s a young boy thang) with this:
this:
and this:
And c’mon Tentacle Monster (A many-tentacled monster appearing in hentai (japanese porn cartoons) that often rapes women and young girls. -urban dictionary), how could someone without good taste not make the connection?
You know, just once I’d like to see an anime feature with dyke sex…and nothing else. I don’t understand why these Japanese companies feel the need to dress up dyke sex (on the extremely rare occasions where they do have it) with robots, hermaprhodites, tentacles, weird aliens, fetishes out the wazoo, etc., to say nothing of the unbelievably boring, tedious plot that invariably gets thrown in as well.
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What are you looking at? Hey, this has been eating at me for years!
Well, she hasn’t really tried to give it away. Believe me, I know she could’ve if she was serious. There would be many takers among our circle of friends. It’s just when a friend says,“Ooooooohhhh…Evangelllllion!” She promptly replies with, “You like it?! Take it!! PLEASE!!”
It’s probably my fault, really. Always ranting and raving about blah blah best anime series ever blah blah Gainax is the company of the Gods blah. Stupid Eva otaku. They’re the worst. 
Gainax is the company of the Gods. Everything they do takes normal normal anime genre, and just twists it enough to be totally brillant.
The fact that I just watched Mahoromatic & Abenobashi straight through and haven’t slept in way too long really proves their brillance.
I love Puni Puni Poemi and Excel Saga… they’re just so… strange. Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, too.
And somebody left out the most important feature of PPP : Nabeshin!
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However, I’d say the live-action version of La Blue Girl is more wrong, just on concept.
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I saw this at the video store a while back. When looking at the back, the first thought that came to mind was "Man, they’re just reusing the set from Deamon Beast School.
I promptly put the book back, immediately left the store, and cried myself to sleep in shame.
As it all stands, the series doesn’t sound nearly as “wrong” as, well, pretty much any tentacle rape anime.
Any here watch FLCL (furkuri)? I hate that show. All the insanity of Excel Saga, but none of the heart.
I’ve seen promos on Adult Swim, but I go to bed after Family Guy ends, so I’ve never actually seen it. From the ads, FLCL sounds wierd. What exactly happens in the show?
Oh. I thought this would be about Di Gi Charat.
Really? I feel almost exactly the opposite. I like both shows (though by the end Excel got to be a bit much) but felt that FLCL had more likeable and three-dimensional characters.
I haven’t watched PPP because I was totally put off by the last episode of Excel.
Wel, the plot, once you get down to it, is mostly just standard “boy summons giant robot, does battle, saves world” stuff. But the gloss over it is absolutely wild. An aline girl with a gas-powered guitar club, the aforementioned robot pops out of the boy’s head… wierd stuff.
Actually, I may have been mistaken about the source of my dislike. perhaps its was simply too intense for me to apreciate it. The thing keeps changing gears and styles and doing twisted cinematic effects… its all a bit much.
I just picked up the DVD “Best of Cowboy Bebop” , 2 CDs,
$9.00
At the local Game Shop.
They also peddle used Anime.
I had PPP inflicted on me a few weeks back. A 12 year old lesbian…most of the cast gets raped in the final episode. Lots of screaming and yelling. Wonderful.
FTR, I didn’t really like Excel much either.
I sorta like FLCL, if only for the Lupin jokes. 
Gainax series are hit and miss for me, though, and I can’t really put my finger on the reason why. FLCL was okay, Abenobashi was mostly pretty good, hated Evangelion, sorta liked Mahoromatic, am enjoying the hell out of This Ugly and Beautiful World. No real rhyme or reason why some click and some don’t (okay, Evangelion didn’t click because it was turgid, whiny and pompous, not sure about the others).
Yeah. Kids shouldn’t have to see real-life giant humanoid robots rampaging through futuristic cities, or real-life tentacled horrors raping women, until they’re at least 16.
ROFL Love your review site, Evilcaptor! 
Is Hentai jump still around? They had hilarious hentai reviews.