ever see yu-gi-oh?


Every action in an anime show is like overemphasized to the point of insanity. If a character takes a dump He has to do 4 backflips through messed up air and come down screaming pounding his fist into the ground and making the ground split in two. for a dump. And they all look like crack addicts with those bug eyes and gravity/all physics-defying hairdo.

its the mental projection of what a normal human does from a mentally insane, high-as-a-kite-in-a-hurricane, brain dead, banzaaaaaaiiiiiiii-type japanese dude who had FUBAR brain surgery from a nutless monkey, and this japanese dude melted a cookie and injected it into his bloodstream. Aaaaaaand he has
Schizophrenia and the IQ of a 6 year old african child living faaaar away from any kind of civilization.

OMG Steve has read Dragon magazine. !

Hey what was on the other side of the mag?

Steve been around so long he remembers actual dragons... :O:

I don't remember.

But it made me a huge Phil Foglio fan. :D

Attention duelists!

http://www.yugiohabridged.com/page-episodes

Speaking of Anime:

Just watched a vid for the new Dragon Age game. Emo haircuts, big swords, console like combat, yyyeaach...

Why dungeons of course...

Remember one side of the magazine was Dragons (for players), when you flipped the mag over the other side was Dungeons (for DM's).

Okay Ill stop before I embarress myself.

Wasn't Red Sonja was it?:hmmm:

The only thing that can be said is that the Japanese have a very strange attitude to women.

For example, take Ghost in the Shell, in it's various guises. Major Kusanagi is meant to be the field commander of an elite counter terrorism unit. But the way the character is designed, she's the series' eye candy. Looks like a supermodel in a skintight outfit, but is able to command a bunch of burly men?:doh:

I always find it highly amusing that in the first season of the "Stand Alone Complex" tv series, she starts out in what is effectively a basque, but by the end, thay actually had her wearing trousers! That's a bit unusual by anime standards!

Now, have a look at this:http://pitroad.s232.xrea.com/soreyuke/

I feel sorry for any Japanese woman trying to build a career in the Defence Forces if they're reduced to that!

Mike.:hmmm:

Pretty broad statement seeing there is very little more than a CINEMATIC trailer released. :)

(Tho, I do agree the guy's hair is a bit on the emo side of things :O:)

Japan does seem to be, from an outsiders point of view, a very male orientated country, and their anime and manga does tend to reflect that, however exposure to western media and attitudes is swinging the balance in the media.

its called visual kei
the sexy version of KISS
for example:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...oshi_Morie.jpg
http://natalie.mu/media/0902/0211/YO...e_DSC_1787.JPG

Can't see any similarities with KISS:hmmm:

HAHAHA i saw that series. ATTENTION DUELISTS! my hair says its time to go to Pegasus's palace.

Hmm... never understood anime, never been intrested in asian art...

Myself I think its no big deal. Its what the game developer wanted, its their game...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...promo_shot.jpg
X-japan is the world's leading Visual Kei band
the lead singer of xjapan based the band on the kiss model
they are even better sellouts than kiss, for like every single they released. they have released a live version, a piano version, a disco version, a symphonic version and a guitar version

Ah yeah...Japanese music, that's a can of worms waiting to be opened there.
Visual kei...always makes me think of an episode of Excel Saga.
Still I have my favourites and there are several Japanese songs on my MP3 player, Yoko Kanno is a particularly good artist, and of course we can't forget the legend that is Nobuo Uematsu. :yeah:

Japan went off the deep end with alot of things.

6 Japanese Subcultures That Are Insane (Even for Japan)

edit:

On a sarchastic note, it just occured to me that japanese cultural quirks pervading our video games is probably retribution for irradiating a couple of their cities.

Culture can be a greater weapon than any a-bomb ;)

Actually...
 

That stuff gives RPG a bad rep. Actually, role-play games aren't all about fantasy crud. Now the term RPG has become synonymous with that.

Role play is a great pastime, but I could never get into the majic, monsters, and wizard stuff.