What makes you like/love your favorite anime(s)?

prettysoldiersailormoon · Post by **prettysoldiersailormoon** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:21 pm

I have no idea why I love the anime I do. I guess it would definitely have to be the storyline/plot.

sweetstarfire · Post by **sweetstarfire** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 11:25 pm

Story first, always. If there is no story, or it's boring, I lose interest. Also, I am only interested in certain types of stories. Everyone loves Monster, but that's the kind of story I hate, so I don't watch.

Comedy, but it has to be well placed. I hate it when there's a really dramatic moment and they try to stick a crappy joke in the middle of it. Not that I don't enjoy slapstick every now and then:) Excel Saga rocks.

Other. Visuals I guess? I tend to watch more of the "pretty" anime. Like for example, the art in Pretear is awesome, and the art in DBZ is not.

R-A-N-M-A · Post by **R-A-N-M-A** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:04 am

My biggest Draw personally is the characters, I can't watch anime in which I cannot stand the characters. That is why I hate Evangelion and why I couldn't bring myself to watch more than the first few episodes of Ghost in The Shell SAC.

DeinReich · Post by **DeinReich** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:58 am

Well thought out characters and plot, and good animation (obviously).

SarahtheBoring · Post by **SarahtheBoring** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:49 am

Otohiko wrote:I dream of one day seeing an anime without a storyline, that does not mimic or parody anything, remains entirely un-funny throughout, denies any violence, dispenses with sentiment and consists of an utterly and criminally ugly cast.

Monster fails this list on ... the violence part, right? I haven't watched it yet.

Keep meaning to.

My usual key point is decent characterization. I don't like caricatures or stupid motivations. Caricatures you can get away with in comedy, but that's generally not my style of comedy anyway. (It's not necessary, either - AzuDaioh and FLCL both have decent characterization.) It doesn't even have to be deep, just recognizably human. Stupid motivations, where a) you can see that the writers pulled this out of their asses to make the story work for no reason and don't bother to make it make sense or b) the writers haven't seen a real person in 7 years and don't understand how real people work, just... no thanks.

I can put up with a lot of other stuff (like bad animation), and other factors can vary (drama vs. comedy, etc.). That's the key thing.

On the other hand, I will also fall for complete crap for terrible reasons, like Star Ocean EX. I hate it that I like this show. It's awful. Reason? I loved the game. Which is exactly how they expect to reel us in. Gah.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:53 am

SarahtheBoring wrote:
Otohiko wrote:I dream of one day seeing an anime without a storyline, that does not mimic or parody anything, remains entirely un-funny throughout, denies any violence, dispenses with sentiment and consists of an utterly and criminally ugly cast.
Monster fails this list on ... the violence part, right? I haven't watched it yet. Keep meaning to.

Monster might seem that way on first look, but not at all. Fails that on all points. It's heavily into the storyline, it actually plays with quite a few literary cliches (and tastefully!) and common social/political themes, there's a few "aw"-inducing and amusing moments/characters, it can be pretty darn violent, certainly has its share of sentimental characters, and uh... Nina is pretty, Dieter is cute, and Johann is, well, Johann (blond, blue-eyed 20-year-old... come on).

And it's still great, if you're into that kind of thing

cholinms · Post by **cholinms** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:59 am

Otohiko wrote:Other.

I dream of one day seeing an anime without a storyline, that does not mimic or parody anything, remains entirely un-funny throughout, denies any violence, dispenses with sentiment and consists of an utterly and criminally ugly cast.

That would be pure art, from my perspective.

Seriously

Sounds like you want to see an anime version of Sinefeild.
Had not plot and the story never went any where. Would be interesting to see an anime like you described though.

RamonesFan2020204 · Post by **RamonesFan2020204** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 6:48 am

The story
The romance
The characters
The romance
The sexy ladies (if there is any)

bobbarker31 · Post by **bobbarker31** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:37 am

The art is always a big draw. I have to have some like of how the characters are drawn and their surroundings. This has been the main reason I have kept away from DBZ. Not the story, but the characters as they are drawn do not do it for me.

Story is important too. I like a compelling story and am increasingly demanding for more original stories. Everything these days seems to be a knockoff clone of other stories (even in anime). Give me a twist on an old idea or genre or completely break out of the box.

Music is increasingly becoming important too.

yumi+chan · Post by **yumi+chan** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:17 am

bobbarker31 wrote:
Music is increasingly becoming important too.

Yeah, music is really very important.