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please write in Japanese specially thank you ! 「少女」連載というのは少女漫画のことですか? Is a 「少女」連載 girls' comics? もしそうなのだとしたら、私も好きですよ。 If Me too. 私が一番好きな少女漫画は「桜蘭高校ホスト部」です The girls' comics which I like is a "Orankoukoufosutokurabu" |
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The shoujo manga is a manga demographic aimed for girls. The romance theme is commonly (if not entirely) used in shoujo.
That shoujo is the one I know : it's Ouran High School Host Club ! However, I'm not a big fan of shoujo but I do like some of them, like Card Captor Sakura, Mirmo! and Tokyo Mew Mew, which I'm fond of them when I was little (thanks to their anime adaptations). But like many girls in my country in today's standards, my tastes slowly go to shounen (translated as boys' comics ; action and ecchi are common themes in this demongraphic).
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However, I do recommend OSU. http://osu.ppy.sh It's a rhythm game and quite a lot of fun. You can chat and hang out all you want and you can play through a large collection of music, mostly anime or VN music at that. Quote:
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I think so too. But anime can mean many things. It can mean a way of telling a story. In it, the characters and the world move. They are alive. But it's not real life. People in anime can do things that we can't. And it's not just people. Things that don't exist here can exist in anime. And even those things are alive. So it can tell a story in a different way than other ways. If I read a Novel, the world and the people in the Novel are inside my head only. They are alive only in my imagination. I have to imagine even their faces, unless I am reading a Light Novel with illustrations or a Visual Novel. If I read a manga, I don't have to imagine the faces. But it is very limited in showing me movement. They all have their uses. But anime is definitely unique. And I am in love with this method to tell a good story. I like it more than I like Live Action. Live Action can't do things anime can. And actors in Live Action are always acting. They are fakes. But in an anime, the actors actually go through the story. If somebody dies in a Live Action, the actor doesn't die, only his character does. If somebody dies in an anime, they die for real. I have a question for you. Do you watch any western animation? Western animation also has the advantages anime has over Live Action but in this part of the world, Live Action is still a better way to tell a story than an animation. In general. I believe the reason is because the general western audience doesn't think animation can tell a good story. Even the ones that are popular and tell a good story avoid dealing with complicated concepts. Most of the time, it's just fun for kids. The ones that target an adult audience rely on vulgar jokes and politically incorrect comedy. There are very few products from western animation that deal with human nature etc. Most of the ones that do that are very short and obscure. They don't get aired on TV or anything like that. Nor do they have a enthusiastic casual market. Almost always, they are watched only by a very specific audience. But despite all that, when they work, they work wonderfully. I really love them as much as I love anime. Therefore, what I really love is animation. I love anime more than western animation but that has to do with the content more than Japanese animation being superior. In fact, most anime are produced with flawed animation. But I love the unique flair they have nonetheless. If I had to compare them, I would say that good anime bring out human emotions really well while good western animation feels more surreal. Apologies for extreme generalization. And I shouldn't be so limited as to talk about animation from a pro-west and a pro-Japan perspective. There are wonderful animators elsewhere as well. CIS and South Asia have produced some notable shows. I don't know about the rest of the world but judging from the incredible talent shown by Chinese and Korean artists, I think they have great potential as well. But their works are very rare, especially on an international level. I wish there would be more of them. Now, anime can also mean the collection of animated shows produced from Japan. I love this too. But I also dislike a lot of such shows. As I said earlier, many of these shows are flawed. Sometimes they don't tell a story well. Sometimes they focus too much on one thing only. Sometimes they lack coherence. So on and so forth. But despite all that, anime continue to impress me. They have their share of problems but they attempt what western animation usually doesn't. They tell us a human tale. They attempt adult themes. They tell a good story. A good story aimed at not just kids but a good story with profound significance. I do love them. But sadly, most anime don't do those things very well. I can understand why. Making an anime isn't easy. But that's all the more reason to make the ones that get made well. I hope anime shows find a balance between telling a sincere story and finding profitable exploits. And that brings us to another thing anime can mean. The animation industry in Japan. There isn't another country in the world where animation deals with complicated topics on a seasonal basis. There certainly isn't a centralized animation scene which attempts so many genres elsewhere. There isn't a single another established animation scene with the volume of audience anime has. And to manage to keep producing such wonderful titles despite all the problems is an amazing achievement. But I keep hearing bad things about the industry. I hear that animators are underpaid and badly treated even within the industry. I hear that there are budget concerns all around. I hear that the industry no longer has a hold on mainstream Japanese audience. I hear that the industry is supported only by a passionate group of otakus who are seen as scum by society. I hear that the future of the industry is bleak. I don't know how much of this is true. But I certainly hope that the anime industry figures out a way to connect with the mainstream audience. I would think that pandering to a specific audience to the degree that some shows do now is ultimately suicidal but I don't know the full picture. I just pray for its continued success in the future. I will do what little I can when I can to support it but that isn't much at all. Quote:
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2012-03-21, 15:44 | Link #24 |
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Sorry, Forsaken_Infinity, your posts are too long for me to translate. However, since English to Japanese machine translations are very much more accurate than Japanese to English ones, if you try your best to keep to proper academic English and avoid slangs and unnecessary jargon as much as possible, and also break up longer sentences into shorter ones, then Tatsuyama-san has a good chance of understanding you through a machine translator.
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Using translators... it's better to know at least some basic grammar to put these things to use, where all you'll need to do: translate simple words and phrases. Then, you put them together using the grammar. Of course, that's not perfect either, as you'd be bound to come across some... idioms.
For example, translate this: "Hey, what's trippin', yo?"
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2012-03-21, 16:01 | Link #27 | |
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Yep. If you write that down in mainstream English, it loses its effect entirely.
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And, through my church, I have been teaching ESL to a small group of foreigners, among them Koreans and Hispanic people. Well, the more I dive into English (for lessons and topics)... the more I realize: "English sucks!"
For example, how we define "anime" vs how Japan does. Then, you end up with people thinking like... Forsaken_Infinity's long winded answer above. Especially this section: Quote:
Books I say this, despite being one of the most poorly read people on the planet. And many of these books (print media) have been made into movies (video media), just as many manga (print medium) has been ported into what we call anime (video media). For now, "anime" is put into this special pedestal because nothing else compares to it visually, with exception of Pixar. Come to think of it. Part of me can't wait to see what happens when a Japanese studio really masters 3D animation. So far, these have been limited to video games, although SquareEnix have tried a movie or two.
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2012-03-21, 17:08 | Link #29 |
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I will try to keep this simple.
Hi, it is very good to have this discussion with an anime fan from Japan. I usually like anime a lot. Many of my favorite pieces of entertainment of all-time are anime shows. I think that anime, as an entertainment medium, offers great potential. I have been an anime fan for about 7 or 8 years now, and I have no regrets in choosing to be a fan for that length of time. Now, a few basic questions: 1. What do Japanese anime fans tend to think of foreign fans? Are you (plural) glad that anime is well-liked outside of Japan? Do you think it is something that you have to be a Japanese person in order to fully appreciate? 2. The anime Guilty Crown comes to mind here. Have you seen it? I have read it said that it is an anime that you would have to be Japanese in order to fully appreciate and understand. I would be interested to get your take on that statement. 3. What are your own favorite anime shows? 4. How popular are Visual Novels where you live (as in your specific region in Japan)? That's all I can think of for now. I'll leave it at that. Thanks a lot for having this discussion with us western/foreign anime fans.
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Also, if you really are one of the most poorly read people on the planet, then you are just about the last person I want to be told off from for not considering that books attempt complex themes etc. Because I can say with utmost confidence that I have read more than most people. And I enjoy a well-written narrative a lot more than any other medium. But that wasn't the point. I was simply telling Tatsuyama-san that I love anime and I was pointing out my reasons for loving it. I compared its strength and weaknesses vs western/international animation in a very crude and generalized manner. But I also acknowledged that anime is, in fact, just animation. But you can't deny that the word anime also refers to the uniquely Japanese works of animation. And I was trying to lay out my views of that particular subset of animation. I don't see why you are implying that my attempts were misguided but please, do elaborate. I do realize that I made many generalizations in my post but I was only trying to keep it simple. Generalizations are perhaps not the best way to achieve that but they most certainly are the easiest. Considering I am a lazy person, I took the easiest approach. Apologies for that. But I trust my reader to take what I say with a grain of salt, especially if I let them know that I am generalizing things. Argh.. I have a severe case of the disease that makes you edit your posts over and over, again and again. I also can't help but compulsively reply to any point I see in a post addressed to me. I apologize if my thoughts thus appear incoherent. I can't quite help it. I already told you that I don't put "anime" in a special pedestal as in considering it superior to other medium. But I do hold it in a special pedestal as in acknowledging it as a unique and useful medium of storytelling with its own flair and approach that can't be replaced by another medium. Western animation would come close but it wouldn't quite be the same as "anime". What I wish to address now is that part of your post where you claim that literature has been adapted into movies in the same vein as manga into anime. It's true. But it doesn't mean live action adaptation manages to portray the same picture as animation can. You seem to have missed the part of my post where I compared my feelings towards live action to animation. I prefer animation over live action because it helps me be more objective. And as unreal as it sounds, animation is more real than live action to me. Because live actors are faking their part while animated characters are living their "real" life. But I don't mean to diss movies altogether. Movies are just as valid a medium for storytelling. They aren't inferior but different. I even acknowledged that at least in the west, live action is where I can find complicated stories and not animation. In general. But live action adaptations exist in Japan as well. And animated adaptations of literature exist outside Japan as well. Light Novels are getting more and more popular as the source for anime than manga. My point here is that live action and animation are separate medium. One can't replace the another. But, in general, I prefer animation over live action. Certainly so in the case of Japan where live action adaptations are epic fails while "anime" are beautiful works of art. Certainly not so the case outside Japan. In general.
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English is a difficult language as it has a lot of weird rules and then a lot of seemingly random exceptions to those rules. A lot of that can be (or just usually is) blamed on the French. Specifically the 1066 invasion of the British Isles by the Normans. When what was then English was banned and that era's French made the official language. Language creep happened and English (a Germanic Language) get a lot of Romance Language family rules and a bunch of French words added to the lists.
Since then, the langauge has changed....a lot. There use to be modifiers to words if someone was male or female (like one does in say Spanish), and there use to be formal and informal ways of speaking (Which can still be seen in the King James Bible and Shakespear). One of these was eventually removed around the time the Dictionary was invented. At that point the words became one fixed spelling and certain styles of speech began to die out. However there are still a lot of English accents and differences even in the typed word between different English speaking countries (such as the spelling of the word "color", or "colour" depends on where you are from). I've had to act as a translator in an English to English conversation. Because Scottish Highlands accent goes not makes sense to someone with a Texan acccent and vis versa. The Internet has not helped. In fact I think I am becoming a worse speller over time.
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While I agree that the English language is getting further corrupted, I am not sure if that's necessarily a bad thing. It depends on whether you see it as corruption of the language or evolution of the language I suppose. I definitely do think that English is getting badly corrupted in instant messaging and cellphone messages and the like though. But I have no ideas on how to combat that.
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It's in such threads that I understand my japenese still have a long way to go. I really try to read but meeh, I barely keep the level.
Though it seems a weird suggestion, above all based on the rules of this board, but please, keep this thread like this huhuhu. Well anyway, Japan culture and anime/manga are amazingly well accepted here, maybe because we too have the "BD" (our manga) mixing illustrations and dialogues, and such, manga weren't really different than ours, aside the fact we have to read from right to left. It truly became popular when I think about it, the amount of manga now legally translated is amazing compared to what there was there ... 10 years? Back then when I was still young, there was only Naruto and things like that, the mainstream, but now each time I go in a market I can see shoujo, yaoi, yuri, even manga that aren't fansubbed in english. Last edited by Zakoo; 2012-03-21 at 18:25. |
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I am sorry I can't write in Japanese but welcome to the boards.
I am an American adult female fan of anime for about 12 years. For some Americans the differences in anime might be hard to understand but for myself and I think many anime fans in this country and around the world we love those cultural differences. I don't understand everything and probably never will as someone who is not a native speaker but I think I have picked up many things from being a fan over the years. There are some things about anime I don't like but overall I am happy with the medium and find it more interesting than a lot of TV from the US. If someone can translate this post I would appreciate it.
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Morning! Welcome to our community ^^ 僕は21歳のイギリス人ですが、日本語の2年生です。 大学の終わる時に、僕は日本に住みたいです。 馬鹿な夢みたいですけど、絶対します!それは僕の計画です。 僕的には、アニメや漫画は大切なものですけど、イギリスに僕はマイノリティーだと思います。 For me, Anime and Manga are a special thing, but in England I think I'm in the minority. マイノリティーのに、アニメや漫画オタクがいっぱいいます!英語にオタクはGeekです。 Even though it's a minority, there's a lot of anime/manga otaku here. In English, the word for Otaku is Geek. イギリスにアニメオタク文化の状況は日本と同じです。 In England, otaku culture is in the same situation as Japan. オタクは普通じゃないですけど、最近、有名な人はオタクになりました。 Being a geek still isn't normal, but recently more famous people have become geeks. 毎日、日本のオタ文化はイギリスに大きくなります。ヨーロッパとアメリカは同じだと思います。 Every day, Japanese culture in England is growing, I think Europe and America are the same. 僕の日本語はちょっとまずいですけど、質問があったら、聞きたいです。^^ My Japanese is pretty bad, but if you have any questions, I'd like to hear them. ^^ よろしくね! Quote:
(ごめんなさい、これからはあの女の言葉です。彼女とあなたの為に訳しましたけど、まずい日本語で許してく ださいwww) ごめんなさい、私は日本語が分かりません。でも、AnimeSukiにようこそ! 私はアメリカの女です。 12年前に私はアニメファンになりました。 アメリカに違う文化はちょっと分かりにくいですけど、アメリカのアニメオタクはその違う文化のことが大好き です。 私は日本文化のことがよく分かりませんけど、ファン時のおかげで、私はたくさん日本文化のことが習いました 。 嫌いことがあるのに、私はアニメが大好きです。 アメリカのテレビも好きですけど、アニメ方が面白いだと思います。 Last edited by Qikz; 2012-03-21 at 18:59. Reason: Translated the poster aboves post, I hope it's ok! |
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Konnichiwa, Tatsuyama. (こんにちは、龍山さん。)
You asked for english so I won't scare you with my japanese language skills. Well, the existence of this forum shows there are dedicated western fans. I am an adult anime and manga fan. I read and speak some Japanese so I do have a collection of japanese language manga and light novels. I especially enjoy seinen but there is some shoujo and shounen anime I've enjoyed. Recently, I've enjoyed watching Usagi Drop, Youkai Otome Zakuro, K-On!, Spice & Wolf. Also Toradora!, Working!, and Bakamonogatari. There are others as well, but I think that list will do for now. I also study Japanese culture in general (I didn't start enjoying anime and manga until about 10 years ago). My wife is Japanese-American and our life reflects an interesting combination of Japanese and Irish-Norse aspects. I sometimes wonder how some other western fans can follow a story at all when they don't know basic principles of japanese social expectations. Often they don't understand why a character behaves as they do. Hopefully, that wasn't too complicated or too simple to read
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Spoiler for nitpicking for no reason aka messing around, i.e., being a baka:
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And I blame flaky self-checks for the Bakemonogatari error... I should eat before typing. Though "idiot's stories" may fit Araragi better
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You are welcome I studied Japanese in high school for four years so I am able to write it. When I have free time, I study it. I am still in the middle of learning so please pardon any mistakes in my words. はい、少女漫画色々好きですね^^「桜蘭」ね。。。アニメは面白かった!私 環の派です!(ハルヒとカップ ル事) 10年かかったのに一番好きな漫画はまだ種村有菜の「満月をさがして」です。読む事ありますか ? Yes, I like lots of girls comics. "Ouran" huh...the anime was amusing! I am a Tamaki fan! (as in a couple with Haruhi) It's been ten years but my favorite manga is still Tanemura Arina's "Full Moon Wo Sagashite". Have you read it?
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