Brian Dinnigan <dinnigah@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
news:Xns9A38D98018C00dinnigannucleus@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I think it depends on what you mean by nostalgia. The anime/manga
> series you've noted below are all old enough to fall under the
> category.With the current crop of moe moe and more moe (and maybe a
> few vampires) shows, I would say that yes, things are worse now.
I see there being a dividing line sometime in 1992; for some reason I
can't find a good manga or anime that started after this date. There are
some obvious exception (some of the Ghibli stuff) but those tend to be
exceptions rather than rules.
>InuYasha will ever end. From a story perspective, I much preferred the
> lighter setting of Ranma- it was a much more fun series to watch and
> read for me.
For once I agree with you completely, any attempts to deviate from the
light tone had bad results in Ranma. The Herb and Saffron stories were
the worst storylines in the entire manga. Takaha**** seemed to think she
could just flick a switch and turn Ranma into a moody fighting manga and
no one would notice or complain. (disgustingly enough, some fans
actually hold the Herb storyline up as the best of the manga.)
And what the hell was with those Pansuto Taro stories? It was as if
Takaha**** put Ranma 1/2 on hold for months on the time and had this
other series about Tarou with Ranma as a background character (kind of
like how the UY and MI cast sometimes showed up in the background of the
manga (and especially) the anime).
What'a surprising is that Takaha**** seemed to be incapable of writing a
Dark Ranma, but Karl Rim (who, as far as I know, never wrote anything
professioally) managed to pull it off.
(for those not in the know, look up Ranma: The Dark Half" One of the
greatest fanfics ever written)
> They're both so old now that either one would fall under the nostalgia
> thing. How about comparing one of the two to Lovely Complex for a
> series without the nostalgia aspect aligned to it.
The reason I ask that is because of the comments I've heard MB fans
make, about how wonderful and iconic the characters were, and how the
series ending was like them losing friends.
But to me, the setting was vaccous and the characters were empty. The
author doesn't seem to have much emotional depth, and no intellectual
depth at all.
I mean, seriously, compare it Please Save My Earth, or some of Moto
Hagio's stuff. It's really atrocious...
> I'm having trouble of thinking of a recent series that's similar to
> Bubblegum Crisis. It's probably full of moe lolis anyways.
I couldn't either, that's why I mentioned 2040.
(On a relate note, isn't Masumune ****row drawing semi-****ographic
fantasy manga now? I think most Western anime/manga fans probably don't
even know who he is: the Dominion and Appleseed stuff has been out of
print for a long time)
-==Kensu==-
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