(http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/9208/cosplayec1.png) (http://imageshack.us)
Check it out! Trillby is a Naruto fan! He's cosplaying as Naruto from shippuden, he even has blond hair ^^ Sorry for the size of the image, but the resolution stinks :P
Are you familar with the concept of the meme "Fail."?
Is this something you wanted critique on, because otherwise this does not belong here.
Naruto has bandages wrapped around one of his legs and his jacket has pockets. He also carries a small brown bag.
It's not a bad edit, but I think I just coughed up a lung...
Quote from: vertigoaddict on Mon 31/12/2007 09:21:03
Naruto has bandages wrapped around one of his legs and his jacket has pockets. He also carries a small brown bag.
I know that. I just did this for a little fun. :P
I also have a few sprites based on naruto characters, I have one of Gaara (that went preety well actualy) and one of Sasuke (the evil one with the katana) I will post them in this thread after I get home (about 3 days from now).
Oh and Naruto's jacket doesnt have pokets in Shippuuden, at least not that I noticed.
And you CAN'T see the little bag because it's BEHIND his hand.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8e/NarutoUzumaki_Shippuden.jpg)
Okay, moving this to General. Please read the rules before posting in the CL in the future, thanks!
Quote from: ProgZmax on Tue 01/01/2008 07:50:24
Okay, moving this to General. Please read the rules before posting in the CL in the future, thanks!
Sorry, my mistake.
Na...naruto?
Co..cosplay?
* heart attack! *
* drops dead! *
Jesus, the world is so lame nowadays.
Hey, how about showing your "cosplay image" to Yahtzee and ask what he thinks of it? >D
Quote from: InCreator on Wed 02/01/2008 13:18:19
* heart attack! *
* drops dead! *
Seconded..
And yes, you should really send this to Yahtzee and see what he thinks about it! I think it would be much appreciated..!
JESUS! This was just meant as a little joke! No point in posting the other sprites since all I get are sarcastic comments. I WAS ONLY MAKING A JOKE! WHY THE HELL DID YOU GUYS THINK I ADDED THE "BELIVE IT!" COMMENT TO THE IMAGE? IT WAS INTENDED AS A JOKE! And you guys are acting like I'm trying to spread out the "splendor" of Naruto. I'm not even a Naruto fan, I only like the Narutimate Accel versus games, and a some bits of the story, that's it! And you guys are just being jerks!
Well then stop overreacting and realise that sarcasm is the most definitive way of replying to something everyone know to be a joke. It's just not a very fun joke in my opinion, but no-one asked me anyway.
Why does Naruto have a bandage on the outside of his trousers?
His pants hurt.
(http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/5312/wtfnessno8.png) (http://imageshack.us)
Random badassery: http://www.sandara.net/2005/cg/trilby.jpg
Still, anime and cosplay combined is level of nerdiness TOO high for even my brain to digest.
I thought that this is what 9-year old fat and ugly boys and girls do. And wonder why they have no friends.
Anyway, I have no clue what Naruto is (I only suppose that he's some kind of star of some anime soap opera - as much as I have encountered anime, it's all soap operas (talking, then talking, then talking with eyes closed) with rare fight scenes), and I will never want to know. It would have been better for me not to reply this thread, though. Especially twice.
But character of a cool and widely known AGS game combined with the ultimate geek universe, well, it made me do it.
Speaking of cosplay, is there any cute anime character that would have long blonde hair? I'm just trying to think of a brithday gift for my girlfriend, and cosplaying is HOT!
http://narutofever.com/naruto-cosplay/images/naruto.jpg (Was afraid to use [img])
Is anyone as confused as I am?
This smells worse than the time m0ds thought it would be a fun idea to explore a storm water drain. Which turned out to be a sewer.
Confused?
This kicks some sparks out of word "confusion" and my previous statement of anime being nerdy:
I dug wiki for this and regret it now.
QuoteThe plot differed substantially in that Naruto was the son of the demon fox instead of being the container, and the story was placed in a more modern setting. This early version of Naruto already had the ability to transform into a sexy young woman - but when he did so, a fox tail sprouted.
Well...
No...
Quote from: InCreator on Wed 02/01/2008 17:47:08
Still, anime and cosplay combined is level of nerdiness TOO high for even my brain to digest.
I thought that this is what 9-year old fat and ugly boys and girls do. And wonder why they have no friends.
Whoa, that's harsh. Not all cosplayers (http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d123/lamak/cosplaya.jpg) are like (http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d123/lamak/cosplayc.jpg) that (http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d123/lamak/cosplayb.jpg) !
Look like you could fill an entire fetish lexikon with pictures of these series. :P
Quote from: Andy R. on Wed 02/01/2008 18:30:37
Quote from: InCreator on Wed 02/01/2008 17:47:08
Still, anime and cosplay combined is level of nerdiness TOO high for even my brain to digest.
I thought that this is what 9-year old fat and ugly boys and girls do. And wonder why they have no friends.
Whoa, that's harsh. Not all cosplayers (http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d123/lamak/cosplaya.jpg) are like (http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d123/lamak/cosplayc.jpg) that (http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d123/lamak/cosplayb.jpg) !
Well, that's hardly cosplay now is it? That's models paid to dress up like cartoon figures to attract the kind of people InCreator were talking about... And I agree with him.
Quote from: Layabout on Wed 02/01/2008 18:22:10
Is anyone as confused as I am?
This smells worse than the time m0ds thought it would be a fun idea to explore a storm water drain. Which turned out to be a sewer.
Is that the same storm drain that I fell into, or a completely seperate one?
What is Naruto, I hear people ask. Worry not.
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=18776.msg229999#msg229999 (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=18776.msg229999#msg229999)
Quote from: Andy R. on Wed 02/01/2008 18:30:37
Quote from: InCreator on Wed 02/01/2008 17:47:08
Still, anime and cosplay combined is level of nerdiness TOO high for even my brain to digest.
I thought that this is what 9-year old fat and ugly boys and girls do. And wonder why they have no friends.
Whoa, that's harsh. Not all cosplayers (http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d123/lamak/cosplaya.jpg) are like (http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d123/lamak/cosplayc.jpg) that (http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d123/lamak/cosplayb.jpg) !
I think this proves that not all cosplayers are fat, ugly, nerds. Some are Japanese girls.
Although it might seem like it, Vince Twelve does not hate animé and cosplay all that much.
Here posing as Sensei Suwissu Tjiisuh-san with one of the models mentioned and a japanese midget:
(http://kafkaskoffee.com/junk/vincecheese.jpg)
Quote from: InCreator on Wed 02/01/2008 18:25:18
QuoteThe plot differed substantially in that Naruto was the son of the demon fox instead of being the container...
So the present Naruto is the container (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/images/container-msc.jpg)? I understand. This seems very exciting on many levels.
Ok, youre just putting down something you've never even heard of. You have NO IDEEA what naruto is, yet it's only for nerds. Not all anime fans cosplay, and not all anime fans are nerds. I for one don't cosplay, and I only watch anime because the movies that the US brings out are just plain boring. Oh, and this might be a good time to tell ya this, the so popular Matrix Trilogy was a huge copy after an anime called X/1999. The series first appeared in 1992 and it has a LOT of Matrix elements. I remember the date because me and some friends where curios who copied after who, and it turns out Matrix came out in 1999 and X in 1992.
As for Naruto, it has a great storyline, with evolving characters, and it does have a lot of fight scenes.
Here's the opening to Narutimate Accel 2, yes youre right all talk and no fight. =))
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaN3QBaPVao
People didn't actually say "naruto is for nerds", they mostly said "cosplaying is for nerds".
The matrix trilogy might be popular with the masses, but I don't think many people here would disagree if I said that I liked the first one and didn't care for the other two.
Having said that, what about all the other US movies which are neither bad nor anime-rip offs?
I'm sure there's some fancy Latin name for the logical fallacy in your argument because it's so common.
Don't start an argument because not everybody likes the series you're a fanboy of. You're bound to lose.
I could only watch the matrix once. Never a repeat viewing. I tried once, but my brain started to rumble. I've heard of the Explosive brain syndrome that comes from watching really bad science fiction with really bad acting. I proply turned it off.
Quote from: MYKAYEL on Thu 03/01/2008 12:04:52
Oh, and this might be a good time to tell ya this, the so popular Matrix Trilogy was a huge copy after an anime called X/1999. The series first appeared in 1992 and it has a LOT of Matrix elements.
OK. No anime as it is today would exist without early Disney. Crucial plot elements of Shakespeare's
Hamlet were "copied" from the
Gesta Danorum of Saxo Grammaticus (probably via a now lost play dubbed the
Ur-Hamlet) and from Thomas Kyd's
The Spanish Tragedy. And so on. But does it really matter?
Even if we put that issue aside, your specific argument about
X/1999 and
The Matrix is kind of a post hoc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc) reasoning. The fact of the matter is that both of these works draw heavily on literary, mythical and philosophical sources quite a bit older than the nineties. This happens now and then: Someone finds similarites between two recent works of fiction and believes one to be based on the other, when in fact they both more or less independently draw from common source or trope older than you think (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OlderThanTheyThink). Gandalf's wasn't the original Pointy Hat, you know.
I still think that watching Mexican and other Latin-American soap operas is still less boring than watching Japanese ones. At least there's some hot evil ladies there who swear to kill good hot lady character in every second dialogue or so. Here's what I saw, when I happened to see a segment of much-loved Naruto:
* Character 1 talks
* Character 2 talks
* Character 1 talks
* Long male character with long white hair and serious looks talks with eyes closed
* Stupid little boy character starts yelling (hell knows why)
* Long male says something again with eyes closed
* Stupid sound effect, the eyes of boy turn into balls (surprise?)
* Girl character hits boy
* Girl character yells at him
Repeat, repeat. The script was something like "we have to go" "we cannot go" "why can't we go" "don't be disrespectful". This went on for like 20 minutes or so, after that I quit.
This is purely, insanely idiotic. And, it's a SOAP OPERA.
Mykayel, try to grow some sense of criticism and watch Naruto again. You're 19-year old male, as your profile says?
Now, watching cartoons of animated boy all day speaks for itself.
But point was more oriented at cosplay: A short google for cosplay sites could really kill man's ability to reproduce... or get aroused ever again.
The only anime cartoon I've ever watched and actually liked was movie-length something called Princess Mononoke.
I'm not quite sure what scene youre refering to, but did you really translate it corectly ? or was it the english version? because in the english version they had to cut like 60% of the series, since Naruto has a bad habbit of swearing at everything. Example :
Woman : Who's the shorty?
Naruto : WHO ARE YOU CALLING SHORTY YOU OVER-BREASTED SHIT FACED GRANDMA??
Stuff like that. They also have to cut out stuff like:
Itachi : Sasuke, youre still weak. You mess in my buisness again..and I'll reap your heart out...little brother.
So, OF COURSE THEY TALK, my question is, WHAT ARE THEY SAYING? And also, there are a few filler episodes, because the anime is based off a manga and the manga is ongoing. Since the manga didnt come out every week, they had to drag out 2 episodes to wait for it. That's why I sayid Naruto had a lot of fillers, and just so you know, I like Naruto Shippuuden, I only watched Naruto because Shippuuden is a sequel. Also, you should look into "Full Metal Alchemist" or, better yet "Ergo Proxy" (even do I doubt you will understand anything). Some people cosplay to make fun, not to be "cool". The ones who think they look like the anime character, THOSE are the nerds. I cannot disagree there.
All they DO is talk. Then, pointlessly stretched fight scene, with every super move being shown in extreme slow-mo and still images (with only part of background moving), and talk-fest all again. You really didn't get my point, did you? So what would be so interesting for them to say? Typical anime mumbo-jumbo? "I must kill him" "I am demon" "blah blah"
If it was hardporno hentai cartoons, I would understand, but tales of ninja boy?
It doesn't really matter if something's cut or not. Swearing? So that makes Naruto cool? Over-breasted shitfaced grandmas?
Soap opera watchable?
Come on. At your age, few of my friends already started a family.
Oh come on, how the hell can you deny the awesome ness of it.
He's a Ninja, a stealthy assasin, perfectly invisible in the shadows... in his bright & cheery fluorescent-orange jumpsuit.
Quote from: InCreator on Thu 03/01/2008 16:02:11Come on. At your age, few of my friends already started a family.
As much as I agree with you about the rest, what kind of an argument is that!?
At the age of 19, starting a family is much worse than watching animes all day. Because once you grow up, you can ditch animes easily.
As for Naruto, it's just mediocre. There are better animes and certainly worse ones.
Quote from: vict0r on Wed 02/01/2008 18:41:29
Well, that's hardly cosplay now is it? That's models paid to dress up like cartoon figures to attract the kind of people InCreator were talking about... And I agree with him.
Actually... Yes, it is. At a professional level. (on pics b and c, the girl is a famous cosplayer)
Now think again : Cosplay doesn't only consist in dressing, cosplayers make their own costumes. It's highly improbable that insecure ugly fat boys would be able to put that much effort in a sophisticated 5000 dollar costume for six months and ... show off like that. (http://www.gamekult.com/blog/sbebiwan/87728/JAP+Comiket+73+des+tonnes+de+cosplay.html) The kind of people InCreator was talking about are more likely to be touched by the hikikomori syndrome.
Quote from: KhrisMUC on Thu 03/01/2008 16:17:41
[...]As for Naruto, it's just mediocre. There are better animes and certainly worse ones.
I second that.
QuoteAs much as I agree with you about the rest, what kind of an argument is that!?
At the age of 19, starting a family is much worse than watching animes all day. Because once you grow up, you can ditch animes easily.
Worse? Of course I agree that this is worse. What? People in medieveal times married even at earlier teen age.
The argument was to remind Mykayel that his teenage is about to end, and it actually won't with ninja boy cartoons filling his head. That I find this simply strange. And I think that most of the unjapanized world finds. The hype of something so boring and pointless. There's of course good anime around. I personally liked Animatrix series, and how they used Matrix universe to tell some sci-fi stories in inexpensive form or endless effects. Anime, that is.
QuoteAt the age of 19, starting a family is much worse than watching animes all day. Because once you grow up, you can ditch animes easily.
"Once you grow up". Where I live, adulthood is reached at age of 18. This is where people (on official level) take you seriously, you can buy alcohol, drive a car, marry, join or start a political party, vote. I repeat, vote. And also, you're fully responsible of what you think and do. ie - you will go to a real prison if you commit a crime. World assumes you are serious individual with look and understanding on the world. That you are grown up. I don't really imagine prime minister discussing latest naruto episode during a lunch break in parliament. But by the law combined with 19-year olds' anime fandom, it's possible.
Well, and frightening.
As I said, the world of anime and cosplay puts term "nerd" into dimension for me unable to reach or understand.
Not that I'd hate Japanese culture or ninjas. For example, I find his avatar quite cool, playing a game or two of King of Fighters 2000 on a weekly basis.
I even don't think that my arguments are too important: the whole not-anime-fan world would say something same or even worse. I hope you're prepared for this, Mykayel.
I'm not sure where you live, but here at 18 it's exactly the same. You can vote, drive, buy alcohol etc. Also, I give Naruto a 6 out of 10. (aldo the games receive a 10+ from me, unlike Mortal Kombat : Armageddon that I gave a 5) It's not my favorite anime, I just hate it when assholes consider themselves superior. You are the only one here who is acting like a total jerk. Let me wake you up to reality, most anime fans I know HAVE a family, MY GIRLFRIEND WATCHES ANIME FOR CHRIST SAKES! And all my exes did as well, and belive me, they are not nerds. Around here, PLAYING VIDEO-GAMES is also considered nerdy. So you, would be considered a nerd for playing adventure games. How do I get the non-nerd reputation? Simple, the people around here aren't as pig headed as you are. Watching anime doesn't make you immature, playing video-games doesn't make you immature eighter. NOT EVEN PLAYING CARD GAMES DOESN'T MAKE YOU A NERD. However, the nerds are the people who think they ACTUALLY LIVE in Star Trek, Star Wars, and anime worlds. I just watch anime because I like to. In fact my favorite anime is Monster, who you would consider boring since it IS mostly talk-talk, but it's like that because it's a thriller. The story is what matters, If you wanna see people getting shot, blown up, stabbed etc, go watch brainless stuff like Rambo or Jean Claude Van Dam movies. I just prefer to watch something that is actually interesting, not just plane violent.
PS: Love your work on Background art and Character art btw. I'm kinda jealous there ^^
Quote from: InCreator on Thu 03/01/2008 16:32:18
Where I live, adulthood is reached at age of 18. This is where people (on official level) take you seriously, you can buy alcohol, drive a car, marry, join or start a political party, vote. I repeat, vote. And also, you're fully responsible of what you think and do. ie - you will go to a real prison if you commit a crime. World assumes you are serious individual with look and understanding on the world. That you are grown up. I don't really imagine prime minister discussing latest naruto episode during a lunch break in parliament. But by the law combined with 19-year olds' anime fandom, it's possible.
I don't see how that hypothetical Naruto-watching prime minister would consequently be an inferior prime minster. And I don't see how this particular form of entertainment would be per definition so closely linked to childishness in a negative sense, or harmful if not grown out of. It seems to me like just another form of cultural elitism, of the same kind as that of voice teachers who assert that the techniques of the modern operatic idiom are
superior from a health perspective to those of other idioms, using terms like "healthy vibrato" to imply that what is really an issue of aesthetic preference is somehow universal and objective.
Quote from: EldKatt on Thu 03/01/2008 17:33:11
And I don't see how this particular form of entertainment would be per definition so closely linked to childishness in a negative sense, or harmful if not grown out of. It seems to me like just another form of cultural elitism...
I couldn't agree more. It's just my personal preference. I love watching anime. I love playing video games, and even board/card games. Yes, that is me, I prefer using my head and heart rather than my strength, SO SUE ME! Thanks for that excellent comment EldKatt. ;D
QuoteSo you, would be considered a nerd for playing adventure games.
Hello? We're at AGS forums, aren't we. You can quite safely call all 3000 or whatever number or members nerds. I don't even think that anyone would get upset.
We're not on international truck driver forums, military boards or whoever calls video games nerdy.
QuoteI don't see how that hypothetical Naruto-watching prime minister would consequently be an inferior prime minster.
Well, I DO see. I want his head filled with serious issues, rather than some shipuuden whatever ninja junk. I do not want him, while signing a serious paper, thinking how cool it was when some Sasuke killed demon with katana or something.
Infact, where I live, there's more than plenty of childish and stupid ministers who every now and often try something even 9-year old would call stupid.
At more global scale, there is a cowboy - called Bush and what happened? Wonder how much worse could it be if he was heavy anime fan?
Cowboy Bushbop?
So what are you InCreator? My father or something? =)) I really don't care how fucked up your life or country is. IT'S YOUR PROBLEM. Don't be surprised if your kids leave at 18.
Mind your own damn buisness, let me get back to my sasuke killing demons with katana stuff. You be busy watching politicians fight over the budget, and I'll be busy living my life. And just so we are clear, as you said WE ARE ON THE AGS FORUMS! Do you honestly think this is mature and important? What, do you sell your games? Does anyone here make their living selling their AGS games? NO, they just do it for FUN, or are you to busy running for president that you forgot what that is?
I like how Mykayel makes the series out to be "uber cool".
Im with increator on this one.
Crazy, did you even bother to read what this is about. I even said that naruto isn't my favorite, it's not even in my top 5. I just hate InCreator's attitude. He acts like he knows everything when in fact he doesn't know anything. What, if I watch anime, will the world end? It's just a matter of what I like.
I'm not a politician, I'm just a psychology student. Question, If you are so busy with important matters InCreator, why are you wasting your time on forums?
So you think that if those goverment leaders would be AGSers they would do a better job? How? "Mr. President would please sign this contract and declare nuclear war with Canada?" "Ok, now go away and let me finish drawing my adventure game character" Right..that's much better. If a senator would watch an anime like Gundam SEED and would actually consider it, I think he might actually be beter than he is now, since in GUNDAM SEED, it is all about politics and war. A war that starts from people's stupidity, jealousy and hatred.
Quote from: InCreator on Thu 03/01/2008 18:20:17
At more global scale, there is a cowboy - called Bush and what happened? Wonder how much worse could it be if he was heavy anime fan?
Although a cosplaying prime minister would be an interesting sight... ;)
Quote from: InCreator on Thu 03/01/2008 18:20:17
Well, I DO see. I want his head filled with serious issues, rather than some shipuuden whatever ninja junk. I do not want him, while signing a serious paper, thinking how cool it was when some Sasuke killed demon with katana or something.
How about when Tosca killed Scarpia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tosca)? When Ahab was finally consumed by his own obsession (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby_Dick)? When Friar Laurence's messenger failed to reach Romeo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet)? I can see two possibilities here. Either you want your politicians to be some kind of supermen who have no interests besides politics, or you are indeed asserting that
form of entertainment A is somehow superior to
form of entertainment B. Which is it?
Increator:
Are you saying that once you reach 18 it's immature and pointless to watch Anime as it's a "kiddy" thing, but playing video-games and watching movies is A-Okay?
Quote from: TheJBurger on Thu 03/01/2008 20:06:10
Increator:
Are you saying that once you reach 18 it's immature and pointless to watch Anime as it's a "kiddy" thing, but playing video-games and watching movies is A-Okay?
They have 18+ only video-games and movies, DUH ::).
QuoteAre you saying that once you reach 18 it's immature and pointless to watch Anime as it's a "kiddy" thing, but playing video-games and watching movies is A-Okay?
I'm not saying either. Why are YOU taking this so seriously?
Look, I'm 24 AND playing and making video games. Am I nerd by popular scale? I guess so. If someone dares to say so, I won't get overdefensive and feel like whole world pointed finger at me. Why do you?
Also, please stick to what I said, not what you think I said.
If you're happy with your cartoon world, why does my - I assume - somewhat ignorant - view on thing matter so much? You should realize that you cannot make me a leading enemy to the anime community: atleast few billion people would agree with me on this one.
I stated earlier and stay at this. I
do not understand this anime hype thing. I even described in great detail how I see it (see soap opera comparasion). All you have done, Mykayel, is being aggressive and defensive and still, no one, including you - has shown me the "light" and told what IS so great about ninja boy adventures so even ministers and adults should see it and what makes me wrong. This hasn't grown to even a debate.
In conclusion, I don't see why am I so bad when I say that IMO, anime sucks. I don't.
And I really don't feel like I have to keep that in secret so Naruto fanboys wouldn't get upset for someone not liking their anime idol. It would be different matter if I was someone influential, like head of a state or something. They it would matter really and be seen as something evil and opressing.
And that's all I'm saying. You like it, watch all you want. I'm not trying to reprogam you to hate it, don't try same with me. Or atleast try really, not by unargumented attacks.
Dude, if you don't agree me, provide some arguments. Of course, this has grown VERY offtopic and the image was actually okay. Simply the idea on image is what I find nauseating.
Ok, then, lets stop this childish fighting. I'll tell you what I find so interesting about Naruto:
It's not as idiotic as you might think, the basic plot line is that an organization calling themselves Akatsuki (each with unique abilities) is trying to capture Naruto, I don't know why yet, all I know is that it has something to do with the fox inside him. Beside that, the interesting part however is seeing Naruto's whole world falling on him, seeing how his best friend (with whom he started out as a rival witch also made it very fun to see how their friendship got created from hatred practically) becomes evil out of very good reasons. His friend is trying to kill his own brother since his brother murdered their entire clan and only Sasuke (the friend I was talking about) survived. Nobody understands why the hell someone would kill his own family, but they do show us the past, and something very odd WAS indeed going on. It's hard to explain, you have to actually see the episodes of the past to understand. Anyway, Sasuke later in the series, finally encounters his brother, but shocking, his brother is after Naruto, and what is even more shocking is that he is part of Akatsuki. Sasuke fights him and ends up in the hospital, and then he decides to join forces with a criminal known as Orochimaru (also has a long story shown in a lot of episodes) in order to help him take down his brother. For some strange reason, Orochimaru is very intrested in the destruction of Akatsuki and in little Sasuke. It's a very long and complicated story, but everyone has a good reason for what they are doing and we see their past and what they are thinking witch also makes matter interesting. Lots of plot-twists and lots of very sad stories.
Anyway, as I said I enjoyed this anime but it sure as hell isn't even close to the best I've seen, I just randomly picked out Naruto's outfit and had nothing better to do than to put it on Trilby, that was it. (Ironic I also hated the Naruto anime) :))
If you want a more mature anime however, I recommend one of my favorites (hmm, come to think of it, I think I even liked this one better than Monster) Mobile Suit GUNDAM : SEED. It is a story that starts out very interesting, a man discovers a medical method that can create a faster, smarter, stronger human being. The method can be done at birth, but it takes lots of money. But you know how humans are don't you? Once a new "breed" comes along, they start acting like they are monsters, freaks even do the genetically enhanced humans are just like us on the outside. From simple street attacks on the Coordinators (the enhanced humans) they end up creating an organization with the name of Blue Cosmos. Anyway skipping to the start of the war, Blue Cosmos used their governmental power to attack a whole Coordinator colony on valentines day. 200 thousand coordinators died (or so) a war began. The story is awesome and we see the life of the actual soldiers, we see how they are forced to fight, and we see both sides as being the good guys. We see fights between characters that you would wish they BOTH survived, but one of them does die. It's practically a War-Drama. You should look it up.
Now that's better.
I even find this interesting.
Who wouldn't like a good story?
Maybe I even give this thing another try. Not Naruto though, but as I said, I HAVE seen good anime before so I'm not totally ignorantly hating whatever is called anime. I don't know if it's Anime or not, but Final Fantasy 3d movie (VII I think) was really cool. Even despite gay hairstyles.
Quote from: InCreator on Thu 03/01/2008 20:55:23
I HAVE seen good anime before so I'm not totally ignorantly hating whatever is called anime. I don't know if it's Anime or not, but Final Fantasy 3d movie (VII I think) was really cool. Even despite gay hairstyles.
I AGREE, you are refering to Final Fantasy Advent Children. It's the sequel to the story in Final Fantasy 7, a very cool RPG with very awesome gameplay (that's if you like Turn Based Combat) even do the graphics are kinda lame, but Hey it's old :)) It also has a shooter Final Fantasy Dirge of Cerberus, detailing the story of Vincent, and a one that just got out called Crisis Core, showing us the story of Zack (the brunet guy from the end), Sephiroth and 2 new characters that don't appear in Advent Children.
Anyway, as you said before, this has gone WAY OFF TOPIC :)) I'll post my other sprites I've done in my spare time just for the fun of it. :P Also Naruto characters, but as I said before, had some spare time and asked myself What the hey.
Heh, you kids got all angry about personal opinions. I'm happy with one liking the mother while I fancy the daughter. Speaking of young women, I'd like to thank for the cool pics, something to feed my fetishes again ;) (btw my girlfriend didn't like the idea of dressing up as usagi from Sailor Moon as much as I did :( Oh well, I'll keep trying)
I don't really like naruto, his voice in the English voice overs could cut glass IMNHO, and it never really caught my interest "BELIEVE IT!!!" *ouch*. However, I do like anime. I recently saw howls moving castle, amazing, plot didn't make much sense in total, but it was still a magical experience, that man is THE master. The rest of the world may agree with me, but it is still true..
I also like Full Metal Alchemist, and Ghost in the Shell. I do like Avatar: the Last Airbender, that can best be described as American Animation Derivative of Anime. I like some manga, my faves been Red River and Parasite.
Cosplaying, sounds fun, I love Halloween, and a chance to do it more then once sounds neat. I have never been cosplaying, but then I am also a trekkie, and have never been to a convention.
As far people say anime is kiddie, well I think that is a tad unfair. Look at a show or movie, and try look at the message not the medium.
Anime, like any animation allows a seamlessness of special effects that is possible only because it is all special effects. Look at the story, do you like it? Then watch it. Take it as face value, and not with prejudices. Don't think "this is anime, this is bad." think "is this good anime or bad anime" expand your world, don't be confined to what you are used to.
lo_res_man I agree with you on the anime part, also, I HATE ENGLISH NARUTO AS WELL ;D
Try watching a few Japaneses episodes, since his lines differ a lot, theres more violence, and he doesn't say that annoying BELIEVE IT shit eighter. :| I hate it, that's why I added the Belive It message as a joke to my sprite :P
Also, Full Metal Alchemist is awesome, I preferred the series over the movie.
Oh and as for Naruto's voice actor for the US version...YICKES! it sounds like he's trying to take a dump, but can't cause his underwear are glued to his kister. I also kinda hate Sakura's voice, not to mention the fact that Sasuke is even MORE EMO than in the jap version, how did that happen? :o
Apparently "Believe it" is just to lipsync it when he really says "Dattebayo" or some shit in Japanese. I've personally never watched, if only because of the orange jumpsuit ninja issue.
Well, he's wearing an orange jump-suit because he IS an idiot. He practicaly saw Hinata naked but didn't get to see her face very clear one night, and then the next day he told everyone of this beautiful chick at waterfall. Hinata blushed, and that IMBECILE asked her "What's wrong Hinata? Are you coming down with fever or something." I MEAN, SHE EVEN SNEEZED (probably because the waterfall scene took place at night and she was nacked under the waterfall) and that idiot still didn't figure it out. They were in the middle of the forest, miles away from any town, WHO COULD IT OF BEEN? a fairy? :))
As for "Believe It" i think it was just because the US tried to make look like a kinda POKEMON with ninjas, so they added a stupid catch phrase that would become 'popular' among fans. They always do corny stuff to anime, I mean just look at what they did to Yu-Gi-Oh!, from people getting stabbed in the head with knifes, to people being banished into another dimension using a staff with magical powers :| That is just lame.
As I said, it was apparently for lip-syncing reasons.
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In the Japanese versions, Naruto often ends his sentences with "dattebayo" or "(verb)-ttebayo" ;, and as such Naruto has a unique style of speech. In the Japanese language, an ending can be added with no meaning to make the tone sound more tough, childish, girlish, or many other changes depending on the many existing endings. "-ttebayo", which is not a well-known ending, has no literal meaning and cannot be translated, but carries the connotations of the speaker being uncultured, brusque, and seeming tougher than they really are.In the English anime and video games, he often says "Believe it!" to fit with the mouth flaps of "-ttebayo".
Quote from: MYKAYEL on Thu 03/01/2008 12:04:52
Ok, youre just putting down something you've never even heard of. You have NO IDEEA what naruto is, yet it's only for nerds. Not all anime fans cosplay, and not all anime fans are nerds.
I know I'm late on this, but I'm pretty sure this was directed at least partially at me, so I thought I'd respond.
I was just making a joke. I've got nothing against the less... deluded cosplayers (you have to admit, there are several out there, with documented evidence, that should NOT EVER be attempting to wear the costumes that they are wearing). On the contrary, I quite admire the craftiness and dedication of some I've seen pictures of.
As for anime and Naruto, I live in Japan and teach elementary and junior high school. When I arrived here four years ago, Naruto was all the rage with my students and so that I could relate with them when they talked about it, I watched it. I watched about 50-60 episodes before giving up out of boredom due to pretty much the reasons Andail described. It was pretty fun at the beginning though, and had some really neat ideas and cool fights. But the talking! It eventually got to me. Plus, I eventually realized that I was watching a show aimed at kids under the age of 15...
I've at least sampled lots of other anime series as well while being here and before I came and my general opinion on anime is this:
-Limited run series, miniseries, or movies with less than 50 episodes total are often interesting and fun with a planned ending and story arc.
-Long run series that go on and on with no real ending quickly become boring and tedious.
Regardless, I haven't got the time for anime nowadays. Thanks partially to the people in that awesome cheesehat picture that got posted again!
You're right about the episode thing. Aldo, Naruto got pretty interesting, but I got bored at a few points:
- The Zabuza Saga had lots of boring looking at one another
- The Chunin Exam when Sasuke encounters Orochimaru also dragged out a lot
- And the part where the Sound Five kidnap Sasuke was also dragged
The same is available for Bleach, IF ONLY THEY WOULD SKIP THE FILLERS!
But there is also one anime I saw that didn't bore me at all, and has 72 episodes or so. (Monster) but besides that one, the fun ones like Gundam SEED, Death Note, Ergo Proxy etc. have 50 episodes or less. The GUNDAM SEED series had 105 but that's because it's split in 3 different series: Gundam SEED, Gundam SEED DESTINY, and Gundam SEED : STARGAZER.
Quote from: MYKAYEL on Thu 03/01/2008 18:36:44
Don't be surprised if your kids leave at 18.
isn't that common?
Cosplay, hmm.
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