Than your anime viewing experience must be very limited. When I hear "anime" i think of actual quality entertainment, like Macross, Gundam, Bubblegum Crisis, AD Police Files, Ghost in the Shell, Captain Harlock, and Galaxy Express 999. Though yes, DBZ does suck like no tomorrow, as does most animes ending in -mon *shudder*
As an anime fan (found out about this from alt.fan.bgcrisis), I have to remember that most people are really only familiar with anime like Pokemon (which I detest). Anime like Bubblegum Crisis are much better than the standard american cartoon fair. I remember growing up, I used to like the Flash GOrdon cartoon on saturday mornings, and then I got home from school one day, and discovered a revelation, Starblazers (Space Battleship Yamato in japan IIRC). That show served up more action than I've ever seen before, and as a plus, it had a plot that continued through the series. Needless to say, it rocked compared to what was on TV here at the time, then came Robotech (Macross). Again, anime blew away every US made cartoon, and it had a deeper plot line than most anything, cartoon or live action on TV. In 1990, a friend of mine introduced me to a subtitled copy of Bubblegum Crisis, needless to say I was blown away, the action was all-out, and there was a decent plotline to it. Recently, I finally got ahold of all of the available episodes of BGC: Tokyo 2040. While I was leary at first, i found it very enjoyable, a work that stood on its own.BTW, BGC: Tokyo 2040 aired on Japanese TV at like 1am in the morning, clearly, some anime is NOT for kids.
well if Star Trek is so "bad ass" (personally I think Trek is a bit efeminate) let's see, Capt. Pickard vs. Sylia Stingray, me thinks Jean Luc would be toast.
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Than your anime viewing experience must be very limited. When I hear "anime" i think of actual quality entertainment, like Macross, Gundam, Bubblegum Crisis, AD Police Files, Ghost in the Shell, Captain Harlock, and Galaxy Express 999. Though yes, DBZ does suck like no tomorrow, as does most animes ending in -mon *shudder*
As an anime fan (found out about this from alt.fan.bgcrisis), I have to remember that most people are really only familiar with anime like Pokemon (which I detest). Anime like Bubblegum Crisis are much better than the standard american cartoon fair. I remember growing up, I used to like the Flash GOrdon cartoon on saturday mornings, and then I got home from school one day, and discovered a revelation, Starblazers (Space Battleship Yamato in japan IIRC). That show served up more action than I've ever seen before, and as a plus, it had a plot that continued through the series. Needless to say, it rocked compared to what was on TV here at the time, then came Robotech (Macross). Again, anime blew away every US made cartoon, and it had a deeper plot line than most anything, cartoon or live action on TV. In 1990, a friend of mine introduced me to a subtitled copy of Bubblegum Crisis, needless to say I was blown away, the action was all-out, and there was a decent plotline to it. Recently, I finally got ahold of all of the available episodes of BGC: Tokyo 2040. While I was leary at first, i found it very enjoyable, a work that stood on its own.BTW, BGC: Tokyo 2040 aired on Japanese TV at like 1am in the morning, clearly, some anime is NOT for kids.
well if Star Trek is so "bad ass" (personally I think Trek is a bit efeminate) let's see, Capt. Pickard vs. Sylia Stingray, me thinks Jean Luc would be toast.
actually, I think the IBM PC/RT predates '87, and it was risc (mediocre performance, but risc nonetheless)