People like bad anime

[Andromeda18_]

Well it looks like this thread got a little off topic but that?s fine because I?ve played the piano for 13 years so I appreciate music pretty well. And for the anime list I own here it is (not everything I own is a great anime. for those of you who have seen these you will know which ones i'm talking about):

COMPLETE COLLECTIONS:

Blue Gender
Cromartie High School
D.N.Angel
Full Metal Panic
FLCL
Golden Boy
Kikaider
Najica: Blitz Tactics
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Steel Angel Karumi
Those Who Hunt Elves
Vandread
Wild Arms
Aquarian Age


MOVIES:

Ghost in the Shell 1 and 2
Akira
Armitage III
Spirited Away
Princess Mononoke
Nausica
Castle in the Sky
Grave of the Fireflies
Howl?s Moving Castle

For starters I just want to say that if you think this thread got a little off topic you should stick around. Threads almost always go off topic on IA.
Now, If that's all the anime you've watched let me tell you you really haven't watched much anime at all. Definitely not enough to go around preaching about what an anime fan really is. Believe me, the vast majority of people here have watched so much more and so much better!
Want to see some awesome anime? Try Cowboy Bebop, Wolf's Rain, Samurai Champloo, Samura 7, Haibane Renmei, Witch Hunter Robin, Full Metal Alchemist, Otogizoushi, Mushishi, Last Exile (these last 3 are my personal favourites), Twelve Kingdoms, Madlax... and this is just to name a few.

Actually, I was reacting more to gubi-gubi. (Maybe if I were not so lazy and figured out how to stick parts of quotes into a reply, I would've been clearer.) I got the impression you liked classical music, which is cool in my book.

How did I just quoted what you wrote? I clicked on the button that says "quote" and your post appeared as a quote on my post automaticaly. If you want to include several quotes in one post just copy and then paste them onto your post. At least that's what I do, don't know if anybody else has a different method. Hope this helped.

I was simply talking about Inuyasha. If you've seen it, you'll know what I'm talking about.

No, I don't know what you mean. Then again I'm certain you and I don't see eye to eye on this matter so let's just leave it at that.

Music progresses and you have to hear what has gone before to appreiciate it (hence why Beethoven is so popular).

The thing about Beethoven is that he's popular but he isn't. He's popular in the sense that everybody knows who he is, but nowadays he isn't popular in the true sense of the word. Beethoven isn't "Widely liked or appreciated" anymore. We've all heard of him but only a few actually like him. You can't deny the vast majority of people nowadays don't like classical music. If Beethoven wasn't already a great historical figure, it wouldn't be thanks to the people of our time that his name would prevail. The reason why Beethoven is considered great, even by people that don't really like him and that don't really have the capacity to understand his greatness, is because it's common practice to say he's great. Most people just repeat what others tell them without really knowing what they're saying, and that's why everybody still says Beethoven is great. The ones that loved his music said he was great and since back then those who loved his music were many, the greatness of his talent was spread to the four corners of the world. He became recognized as great because he was liked by many and this just proves that personal taste plays a role when it comes to determine if something's good or not. Perfect technique plays its role but art is more than just technique.

Citizen Kane is boring as hell. BUT it was revolutionary in the way it was shot. Orson Welles had a vision and demanded technology caught up with it and invented new techniques and lenses used today. If someone says its a crap film then are they wrong? Is it crap because of story or because of its place in film history? To watch it now it doesn't blow you away because of all the techniques it created are used so much today but if you watched it when it first came out then it would of been amazing... It's a tough call.

See, this is exactly what I mean. Technically speaking Citizen Kane is a masterpiece but as a movie, as a whole, it might or it mightn't be. That depends on the individual.

Beethoven was an amazing composer considering he was deaf and his music is some of the more difficult classical music out there.

Ever heard of Rachmaninoff? He composed some of the most (if not the most) difficult piano concertos ever, yet how many know his name? I'm not saying he was better than Beethoven, obviously, but if writing difficult and technically perfect classical music was all there was to being called great then he's name should be known by all.