Bizzare but beautiful (may be disturbing to some)

Eh.

Videos like this just don't do it for me (in any sense of the expression ). It's too much exhibitionism. The gratuitousness of the sexuality and violence is just provoking an audience reaction where otherwise there would be none. The animation isn't particularly breathtaking or creative...it just reads like a poorly-filmed porno with a second-rate director and way too much money to throw into special effects.

*shrug*

It's just over-the-top: compensating for the lack of any real creative voice or direction (IM slightly-less-than-humble O)

Well, the Japanese have the tentacle obsession because for some reason they aren't allowed to animate penises. Or vaginas, for that matter. They have a weird aversion to gentalia. When they have a full frontal of a woman in an anime (or manga) they just don't draw the vagina on. It's really weird.

I do really like anime though. I'm not into porn, but even in regular anime you will have some risque stuff. Girls with giant boobs, typically scantily clad, sexual tensions, and even relationships between older men and younger women are par for the course in anime (wider age gaps are more acceptable in Japan than they are in the US). However, I believe the Japanese tell some of the best stories ever!

The first anime I ever watched was Zatch Bell, it is pretty tame as far as anime goes. It is about a bunch of Demon children (Mamodo in the English dubbed they played on cartoon network) who came to our world to battle it out to be King of their world. The losers die. There is tremendous character growth and development, and even scenes that made me cry. I recommend the anime and the manga.

I also love Sergeant Frog -frog aliens came to our planet to conquer it, but are painfully stupid. It is like a cross between Excel Saga (an anime of pure hilarious pointlessness) and Invader Zim. Soul Eater is a good one, also X'amed, and for some oldies but goodies look up The Slayers, and Ranma 3000.

Anime can be raunchy, but it is also very touching at times, it's exciting, and almost always funny as hell. That's why those of us who watch anime enjoy it so much! Then, you have the sect that likes straight up animated pornography. I'm not one those, lol.

If I recall correctly, it's straight up illegal. It's also illegal to depict pubic hair.

Oh my gosh Sergeant Frog sounds amazing!!!! Gonna have to check it out. Now. The Slayers and Ranma were staples back in high school. Orphen was pretty fun too.

Ive never liked anime, I find the extreme faisl expressions and dumb girls really annoying. This video was just...way more than I ever wanted to see. Who thinks of these things??

I love anime. Locke.. not all anime has over the top expressions. There is as much variety in anime than any other genre. Its like saying one dislikes comedy because slapstick is over the top. Sure it is (though some like that) but not all comedy is like that.

That said, on the OP. I saw that when it came out a year or two ago. I liked the song and hunted it down. The animation didn't do much for me. For outright beautiful I will go watch some Howl's Moving Castle.

I'd definitely recommend Miyazaki to anyone who says they don't like anime. Ponyo and Howl's are really good ones to start with.

Unico was actually my first experience with anime. I was 3-4 years old when I first saw it, and I LOVED it.

That said, the video from the OP isn't what I consider to be "beautiful" anime. I don't like anime porn/tentacles, and none of the stuff I've watched is anything like that!

I'd seen this before on a different forum, and it's just odd. There's nothing beautiful about it. Animation and choreography wise, I've seen much better. All this reminds me of is those cheap "shock" websites and videos that were so popular a few years ago where something would jump out at you in the middle of a peaceful, quiet video or whatnot.

I think what you mean is you like going out to shock an audience you know won't enjoy something.

Meh, anime just doesn't do much for me. Some if it is OK, but mostly it just isn't my thing. My husband's family is really into though.

Ever watched LooneyTunes? The originals, not the abomination that is the "new" LooneyTunes.

Or the old Tex Avery cartoons?

Or even Animaniacs?

Vampyre Hunter D and Mermaid's Scar got me hooked on anime YEARS ago.

Haven't watched the link -- this internet connection has gotten so slow that anything longer than a couple of minutes makes me crazy.

I grew up in the pokemon, digimon, dragonball/dragonballz era, and I hated them all...I know there is probably anime out there for me, but I just have no interest.

I can't watch that either, Locke

Oh and then there was the dreaded sailor moon lol

Even back in the 80s a lot of the Tex Avery, Warner Bros, and Disney cartoons they showed on TV were horribly racist. I found some DVDs of old ones and got all excited to share them with the kids. All I can say is, I'm really glad I previewed them first. They were borderline horrifying. Think yellow skinned people with giant buck teeth saying, "Deeng Dang Dong Doon Dong." Yeah...

Um... yeah you can't judge Anime based on pokemon.

There is something about anime style that appeals to me a lot. Just drawing-wise. Really detailed anime can be very beautiful and intricate in a way American cartoons generally aren't. It also doesn't hurt that anime is often tackling some more unique or more mature subject matter.

I just like the range on it.

It can be super realistic to very 'cartoonish' but it still has a depth/charm to it that I find really appealing that I don't find in most western cartoons.

Anime- few can be called really good, the rest, recycled junk. I use to be a huuuuge anime fan, especially in my teen years. After a while, I notice the common trends in many animes, and certain things started to really annoy me. Pathetic anime girls who have nothing better to do but to worry about the main boy which happen to be in about 98% of anime. The opposite of the pathetic girl- the angry one who attacks the main boy for no good reason at all and is mad at the world for no good reason. The annoying cute thing that must follow the group. The unnessary bystanders who do nothing but comment on the fight/events that occur. The pointless fillar episodes. The talking before and during the fight. Everybody in the whole fricken anime having a sob story.ETC, etc.

Nowadays, there are few animes I can watch without feeling annoyed by something. The good ones though, tend to be REALLY good. Soul Eater, Fullmetal Alchemist, Death Note, Azumanga Daioh, Tora Dora, Wolf Rain and many others are just utter joys.

I LOVE Sailor Moon and Pokemon. But a lot of anime is just creepy and/or too serious and boring.

HEY. I abhor anime but do not knock on Pokemon :lol-sign:

It's a pretty ridiculous show/franchise but I grew up on that show and loved every moment of it. And Digimon, and Sailor Moon, and yes, I loved those, too.

But that aside, anime gets fairly atrocious... with a few exceptions. And I've had more than enough friends try to convince me otherwise, so I'm not just using Pokemon to generalize all of anime. Some of it is too creepy, many have random moments catering to certain fetishes (and I don't mean anime porn, I mean the mainstream stuff), many are altogether too similar (which is not just an anime issue, of course), and there's the exaggerations in voice/expression/characterization.

I am more than open to changing my opinion. I LOVE Hayao Miyazaki. I just finished watching The Secret World of Arrietty (screenplay written by Miyazaki) with my younger sister and adored it. I disliked Ponyo, though found it extremely cute. Howl's Moving Castle is one of my favorite movies of all time, it's a classic. The soundtrack for Princess Mononoke was beautiful (as was everything else about the movie). Spirited Away is another favorite. I liked Grave of the Fireflies well enough, too (though it isn't Miyazaki).

If anyone wants to watch beautiful and bittersweet anime movies, I strongly recommend Makoto Shinkai's movies. The quality and animation is stunning (more so the scenery rather than the character styles). Comparable to Miyazaki but not at all "feel good" types. Very simplistic. Children Who Chase Lost Voices was fantastic, a little Miyazaki-esque, actually. 5 Centimeters Per Second and The Place Promised in Our Early Days are both great, and I haven't gotten around to watching Voices of a Distant Star yet.

I don't enjoy much "mainstream" anime. And, unfortunately, mainsteam is considered the bulk of anime. Not true at all.

I enjoy Clannad, LOVED Angel Beats, Blood+, FLCL, etc, etc...Not so much all the others you always hear people raving about. Death Note was nothing special to be, for example. Wolf Rain was okay. Not amazing. Full Metal Alchemist...meh.

EDIT: Actually, Angel Beats made me straight up bawl at the end, and in several moments throughout the series. No joke. It has it's funny parts, but it is very sad. Lovely music, too.