05-03-2004, 11:55 AM
What about the classics? I've only seen ONE person mention Yamato. I mean, where would we be without shows like "Gundam 0079" and "Space Battleship Yamato"? Those 2 in particular still stand out as my favorites above tons and tons of newer shows. A few other notable classics are "Rose of Versailles", "Ashita no Joe", "Future Boy Conan" , "Cagliostro Castle" and pretty much anything done by Tezuka.
And I dont' wanna hear any crap about "bad animation". I mean, these shows were made decades ago so they need to be evaluated in their context.
As far as newer shows....hmm, well, I tend to look for two things in anime: one thing is the typical story elements like, character designs, character development, direction, etc. and the second is if the show offered anything new to the history of anime. By "offered anything new", I mean, did this show introduce any new methods for expressing ideas through animation? Did this show exhibiti a high -level of creativity and not just pretentiously rip-off some other successful show?
When considering these 2 things, I have to say, "Berserk", "Evangelion", Kareshi kanojo no jiyou", "Angel's egg", Ghibli films, "Lain", and Satoshi Kon's stuff. I make films (direct and produce) myself, and I can honestly say that from a filmmaker's perspective, Hideaki Anno (eva) is quite talented.
And I dont' wanna hear any crap about "bad animation". I mean, these shows were made decades ago so they need to be evaluated in their context.
As far as newer shows....hmm, well, I tend to look for two things in anime: one thing is the typical story elements like, character designs, character development, direction, etc. and the second is if the show offered anything new to the history of anime. By "offered anything new", I mean, did this show introduce any new methods for expressing ideas through animation? Did this show exhibiti a high -level of creativity and not just pretentiously rip-off some other successful show?
When considering these 2 things, I have to say, "Berserk", "Evangelion", Kareshi kanojo no jiyou", "Angel's egg", Ghibli films, "Lain", and Satoshi Kon's stuff. I make films (direct and produce) myself, and I can honestly say that from a filmmaker's perspective, Hideaki Anno (eva) is quite talented.