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  1. Re:oh no by stephanruby · · Score: 1 · on Google-Advised Disney Cartoon Aims To Convince Preschool Girls Coding's Cool

    They can't even get basic computer use or hacking correct in a $200 million movie. How are they going to accurately represent software programming in a cartoon? The computer will probably beep every time she types like some 90's movie.

    This is actually a job for a good Japanese animation/manga studio, not Disney. There is an entire Japanese manga/anime genre for doing that kind of stuff. Hikaru No Go has inspired me to learn the game of go (although, I've only read the manga, I haven't watched the anime itself). Beck has inspired me to learn to play the guitar. Beck is actually a great anime series (that is nothing like the feel-good oversimplified typical American cartoons/animated movies that we know Hollywood and Disney to produce).

    And there is this Japanese anime that inspires teenage girls to become fashion models, or them not to become fashion models, I can't recall its exact underlying aim, nor can't I recall the name of the series (it had a pink butterfly as its main symbol), but that anime made me cry even thought as a guy, I'm definitely not part of the target demographics this anime was made for. That was definitely a great anime series as well.

  2. Re:oh no by stephanruby · · Score: 1 · on Google-Advised Disney Cartoon Aims To Convince Preschool Girls Coding's Cool

    They can't even get basic computer use or hacking correct in a $200 million movie. How are they going to accurately represent software programming in a cartoon? The computer will probably beep every time she types like some 90's movie.

    This is actually a job for a good Japanese animation/manga studio, not Disney. There is an entire Japanese manga/anime genre for doing that kind of stuff. Hikaru No Go has inspired me to learn the game of go (although, I've only read the manga, I haven't watched the anime itself). Beck has inspired me to learn to play the guitar. Beck is actually a great anime series (that is nothing like the feel-good oversimplified typical American cartoons/animated movies that we know Hollywood and Disney to produce).

    And there is this Japanese anime that inspires teenage girls to become fashion models, or them not to become fashion models, I can't recall its exact underlying aim, nor can't I recall the name of the series (it had a pink butterfly as its main symbol), but that anime made me cry even thought as a guy, I'm definitely not part of the target demographics this anime was made for. That was definitely a great anime series as well.

  3. Re:But what of the children... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Japan To Launch a Military Space Force In 2019

    Oops, GP is clearly a troll and you replied.

    Anime is as serious as the studios want it to be:

    http://myanimelist.net/anime/9756/
    http://myanimelist.net/anime/18679/
    http://myanimelist.net/anime/16498/Shingeki_no_Kyojin

  4. Re:But what of the children... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Japan To Launch a Military Space Force In 2019

    Oops, GP is clearly a troll and you replied.

    Anime is as serious as the studios want it to be:

    http://myanimelist.net/anime/9756/
    http://myanimelist.net/anime/18679/
    http://myanimelist.net/anime/16498/Shingeki_no_Kyojin

  5. Re:But what of the children... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Japan To Launch a Military Space Force In 2019

    Oops, GP is clearly a troll and you replied.

    Anime is as serious as the studios want it to be:

    http://myanimelist.net/anime/9756/
    http://myanimelist.net/anime/18679/
    http://myanimelist.net/anime/16498/Shingeki_no_Kyojin

  6. Re:CERN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on The Higgs Boson Should Have Crushed the Universe

    Perhaps, we will meet God at last.

    I don't think that Suzumiya cares much about Colliders. Now if you could make it do time travel....

  7. Railgun Technology: Japan already beat us to it. by grep+-v+'.*'+* · · Score: 1 · on Navy Debuts New Railgun That Launches Shells at Mach 7

    Info here, official visuals here. And look, there's another!

    (That's last bit's a pun -- but believe me, you most likely didn't get it..)

  8. Re:Stadium Concerts to Sold Out Crowds? by Aereus · · Score: 4, Informative · on Japan's Latest Rockstar Is a 3D Hologram

    I'm not really into the whole Vocaloid thing, but I remember there was something about a CD of Vocaloid music topping the charts there last year or such. A little Googling comes up with this excerpt:
    http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=211424

    Granted, it was only for one week, but still considering the "singer" is computer-generated, it's interesting.

    "According to Oricon news, VOCALOID Hatsune Miku's album "EXIT TUNES PRESENTS Vocalogenesis feat. Hatsune Miku" has won the top in the weekly album CD sales ranking for May 17th - May 23rd. It's for the first time that a VOCALOID CD is ranked first in the weekly CD sales ranking. The album also includes the songs of other VOCALOIDs such as Kagamine Rin, Len, Megurine Luka, Meiko and Kaito. The cover illustration was drawn by Miwa Shirow.
    Note that the sales of the CD, 23,000 copies, are the smallest number in Oricon's history among all the top sellers of the weekly CD rankings, reflecting the shrinkage of the CD market in Japan."

  9. Re:Fees by rdnetto · · Score: 1 · on Tenenbaum's Final Brief — $675K Award Too High

    Aren't there any sites where all the users submit reviews/ratings of different music/films/etc. ? For anime, I've found myanimelist.net and anime-planet to serve this purpose quite well. The latter lists user-submitted recommendations for an anime you've already watched, while the former allows you to identify other users who watch/like the same material you do.
    This sort of thing seems perfect for finding content even if you have unusual/niche interests, I can't believe nobody has thought of something similar for more mainstream media.

  10. Re:Depends which ones you watch? by Jarik_Tentsu · · Score: 1 · on Shigeru Miyamoto, The Walt Disney of Our Time

    And once you get into lesser-known series (say, Hikaru no Go, Kekkaishi, Rental Magica, REC, Hayate no Gotoku, Dennou Coil, Code-E, Bamboo Blade, or Akagi) you'll find that there's a lot more to be had than robots, sentai and tentacle porn. As someone with a collection of 180+ anime (Here's a complete list if anybody wants...), I can vouch for this. Anime storylines can range from something very 'typical' to what you may think, to very deep, complex or even downright disturbing (in a good way - like Berserk) storylines. There's so many 'types' and 'styles' that you really can't put them all in one group. People tend to just look at the stuff which comes on Primetime in America or Australia - stuff like Pokemon, Digimon, Dragonball Z, Naruto, etc etc. There's a lot more to anime like that.

    And even robot anime tend to have very intricate storylines! They're more than just "Transformers" kinda stuff.

    I mean, I dare someone to say Neon Genesis is just an anime about robots. It is a dark anime which explores a rather depressive look at human nature; an anime completely filled with theistic references throughout.

    Or even the Gundams - I've seen Gundam Wing, Gundam SEED and Gundam 00. Each one presents a different outlook on war, and minus some cheesy character development in SEED, they all have some quite mature themes.

    And currently, I'm watching the best anime I've seen yet - Code Geass R2. It could be classified as a mecha, but like Death Note, it's more focused on the battle of wits between the main protagonist and his war against the Empire of Britannia. The mecha skirmishes are awesome, but the anime focuses so much *more* on the character development of everyone, the intricacies of Lelouch's plans and the Emperor's schemes, the complexities that arise and whatnot. It's an awesome anime (that of course, might not appeal to some. But I highly highly recommend. If you liked Death Note, or like Mecha, pick this up. Like most it's a bit slow initially, but you'll love it). An anime like that is enough that after every episode, my mate and I have long discussions pondering and contemplating what was revealed in the previous episode. First time an anime has been that complex I could actually do that. =)

    But yeah, back on the point. Anime can be very creative. I mean, I look at some of this stuff and I really think "How is they thought of that? This world?" because some of those ideas are so 'out there'. And there is just so much anime! Thousands! Many of them very creative. I really find it amazing that anime can really dominate so many genres so well.

    Your local anime otaku,
    ~Jarik