http://www.haibane.info/2006/05/09/orphans-and-accents/ a celebration of science fiction, anime, and geek culture Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:43:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.haibane.info/2006/05/09/orphans-and-accents/#comment-215 depressing anime at Haibane.info Fri, 09 Jun 2006 13:23:48 +0000 http://www.haibane.info/2006/05/09/orphans-and-accents/#comment-215 [...] Eaisly the most depressing annime I ever watched was Grave of the Fireflies. It was recommended by someone whose taste I knew ran ddarker than mine, but I figured, hey it would be artsy, whynot? It certainly gets high marks from reviewers, but in my opinion from reading them there’s a Seinfeld/English Patient dynamic at work there. I mean, did they watch the same movie I did? I am particularly bitter given that that single title pretty much sabotaged the enjoyment of the entire genre of anime for my wife, who points to it (and the perpetual presence of anime orphans in general) as proof that anime is for emotional masochists. [...] [...] Eaisly the most depressing annime I ever watched was Grave of the Fireflies. It was recommended by someone whose taste I knew ran ddarker than mine, but I figured, hey it would be artsy, whynot? It certainly gets high marks from reviewers, but in my opinion from reading them there’s a Seinfeld/English Patient dynamic at work there. I mean, did they watch the same movie I did? I am particularly bitter given that that single title pretty much sabotaged the enjoyment of the entire genre of anime for my wife, who points to it (and the perpetual presence of anime orphans in general) as proof that anime is for emotional masochists. [...]

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