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This ISN'T anime! (Oh my GOD is this thread still here?!)


Sorry everyone, I was really immature when I posted this... *face palms*

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She is right. I knew it all along since day one!

The same applies for SUPER ROBOT MONKEY TEAM HYPERFORCE GO!


Come to THE BEAST FROM 20'000 FATHOMS message board at imdb.com

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I used to think that americans love anime and thats why they copy it. But now I know that they hate anime and take the piss out of it.

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This? Anime? It's too HORRIBLE and DISGUSTING to be anime.

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Dear God in heaven, I am so tired of people who claim to hold the title 'otaku' going out and bashing every other form of animation on the planet that uses Japanese influences. Most of these so-called 'otakus' are just a bunch of punks who have jumped on the band-wagon since anime has become more mainstream in the last few years! They're like "Oh yeah, I like Inuyasha and One Piece, and I read Shonen Jump, so I'm an otaku." I've been an otaku for a decade and a half, have collected over forty volumes of anime and numerous manga, and have done considerable amount of work in the Internet anime community. So naturally, you can understand my frustration when a bunch of newbies show up on IMDB and feel the only way to support anime is to bash shows that have been influenced by it. If you're a true otaku, defend the sanctity of anime when it's attacked, don't go out and start riots because you don't like the fact that a show is influenced by Japanese animation. Trust me, just take a look at anime and you'll see that there are some strong Western influences there. So don't get mad if some Americans feel the need to incorporate more anime styled techniques into their programs. In fact, if you ask me, I think otakus should be happy that other countries are starting to use Japanese animation techniques!

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phh anime is crap within itself. i cant stand it.

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Amen Millspeeps. I can't stand it when people are like that. It makes my blood boil.

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TOP 10 WORST CARTOONS ON TV, THIS SHOW IS,DRUMROLL....................#4

Totally spies is number # 1



You know?, it`s made from monkey cum - Kids in the hall Brain Candy

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haha that made me laugh Grandpop

what about Winx, W.I.T.C.H., and now that Bratz ROCK! angelz crap?

I actually don't mind this show it isnt all OMG BOYS! SHOPPING FASHION BABIES PILLS! PREGNANCY! ONE NIGHT STANDS! YAY! like totally spies and Winx

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Yeah I dunno, I don't know why anyone who likes any animation wants to be classified as whatever fan. Who cares, really. I don't really like this program much. I don't care if it's associated with anime, fake anime, mock anime, manga, wanga, chambawamba, oompa loompa, zipadidoo. I used to like anime, but I've grown out of it. Some people really do like One Piece or read Shonen Jump or what have you. So what? Who cares how many volumes of manga you've collected or how you feel you've benefited your little Internet communities. It's quite pretentious, really, for you to use yourself as the true definition of any sort of fanatic. No doubt you're one of those many people who eat ramen all day, pick up Japanese here and there or took it in school, had your little anime clubs, daydream about anime girls, spend ample time drawing loads of comics and other pin-ups and put them on some online art gallery. So no, I don't understand your frustration when a bunch of "NEWBIES" show up on IMDB and feel the only way to support anime is to bash shows that have been influenced by it. Grow up. What makes you any better than they are? You're no better than someone who just happened to show up at the right place at the right time and be one of the first players of some game and treat everyone else like dirt and piss on their opinions because they think a certain way. That's the poser pointing out junior posers. That's like you breathing and calling yourself a human being and Ghandi coming back to life and slapping you in the face for calling yourself a human because he'd been doing it for over seventy years. On the other hand, I do agree that Japanese animations use some Western influences here and there and it's good that the West is trying their hand in other types of animation. There's nothing wrong with homegrown Western animation, though. Nothing at all.

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"I've been an otaku for a decade and a half, have collected over forty volumes of anime..."
As in forty individual VHS/DVDs or forty titles/series, because I probably buy that many DVDs per year and I've only been collecting anime for two and a half years.

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hahaha
Oh man, doesn't it make your skin crawl when they try to add all these japanese phrases into the show?

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Kind of.

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Since the main characters are representations of two actual Japanese people. American anime fans definitely make my skin crawl though when they pepper their posts with Japanese phrases they learned from cartoons.

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My kids (aged 6 and 4) watch it. I don't, but am subjected to listen to the soundtrack as I work. It's PAINFULLY unfunny. Yea - kids like it, and we all know they have impeccable taste in entertainment - NOT!! GIVE ME A FREAKING BREAK! With all due respect to my children, you could put a pair of animated sock puppets on TV and kids would devour it.

The fact its got high ratings has more to do with its demographic – girls aged 5 – 10, which lacks programs geared towards them.

For the love of god, nix this show and give the Power Puff Girls more air time!

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Yeah I dunno, I don't know why anyone who likes any animation wants to be classified as whatever fan. Who cares, really. I don't really like this program much. I don't care if it's associated with anime, fake anime, mock anime, manga, wanga, chambawamba, oompa loompa, zipadidoo. I used to like anime, but I've grown out of it. Some people really do like One Piece or read Shonen Jump or what have you. So what? Who cares how many volumes of manga you've collected or how you feel you've benefited your little Internet communities. It's quite pretentious, really, for you to use yourself as the true definition of any sort of fanatic. No doubt you're one of those many people who eat ramen all day, pick up Japanese here and there or took it in school, had your little anime clubs, daydream about anime girls, spend ample time drawing loads of comics and other pin-ups and put them on some online art gallery. So no, I don't understand your frustration when a bunch of "NEWBIES" show up on IMDB and feel the only way to support anime is to bash shows that have been influenced by it. Grow up. What makes you any better than they are? You're no better than someone who just happened to show up at the right place at the right time and be one of the first players of some game and treat everyone else like dirt and piss on their opinions because they think a certain way. That's the poser pointing out junior posers. That's like you breathing and calling yourself a human being and Ghandi coming back to life and slapping you in the face for calling yourself a human because he'd been doing it for over seventy years. On the other hand, I do agree that Japanese animations use some Western influences here and there and it's good that the West is trying their hand in other types of animation. There's nothing wrong with homegrown Western animation, though. Nothing at all.

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This show sucks! I love anime and this isn't close to anime! LETS GET THIS SHOW CANCELLED!!!!!

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I don't think it ever even claimed to be anime, honestly.

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Find one person claiming this is anime and post the links.

Anime has many styles within itself. Some realistic, some cartoony. Your centention is bogus to say the least.

[sarcasm] Anime NEVER uses steroetypes. Never. Ever. [\sarcasm]

How does 2 Japanese women prove or disprove it is anime?

How does KND being set in Japan make is slightly more like anime. That logic would suggest Saving Private Ryan is almost a French movie because it is set in France.

HiHi is obviously not anime, but be smart about it.

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In Japan, anime just means animated cartoons of any nationality and origin or style. Just as manga merely means "comic books." Therefore, this show IS anime, just as any given American comic book is manga.

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For crying out loud, this show is created by Sam !@#$!@#$-ing Register. You don't know the difference. Look at Harmony the crazy fan-girl. Look at Blair the bad guy who wants to destroy land for money. Professor Marvelous. King Chad and his girlfriend Janice. Bigfoot. Teen-Team. Jarhead looks like or reminds of Letterman from THE ELECTRIC COMPANY. The Phantom of Rock. The space aliens.

You failed Pop-Culture 101.

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Hey, I was just about to put that. Though some people may differentiate between "manga" and "komikku"... =)

"I do not like people that overuse the Japanese word "baka (idiot/stupid)!"

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I DO like this show though.

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They should make a comeback. They should air all these unaired episodes back on Cartoon Netowrk because some of the shows they put these days are stupid. Such as OUT OF JIMMY'S HEAD, reruns of GOOSEBUMPS, MY GYM PARTNER'S A MONKEY, FOSTER'S HOME FOR IMAGINARY FRIENDS. The only GOOD show is CODENAME: KIDS NEXT DOOOR. It's season finale is due in November.

Besides wouldn't it be great to see those girls make a comeback? After all Yoshimitu Banno of GODZILLA VS THE SMOG MONSTER infamey, is going to make another Godzilla vs Pollution flick called GODZILLA 3D, and it would be great if Puffy AmiYumi was in this film because GODZILLA VS THE SMOG MONSTER (1971) was notorious for getting interrupted by musical numbers and animated sequences.

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It's funny how in Japan, "anime" is short for "animation" and refers to all animation, yet westerners, who love them some Japanese culture, use it to mean strictly "Japanese cartoons." That's queer. The Japanese would call this, along with Spongebob and The Simpsons, anime. I know that hurts.

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