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I recommend, DORAEMON! Classic, especially the movies. Oh and my sister whos 5, Loves mecha..... Full metal panic... the fight scenes. |
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2008-03-02, 11:36 | Link #23 |
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I think ideally you want younger characters that she can empathize with and get emotionally attached to. Also, I think the most important factor in whether or not you succeed is you can bond with her while you watch it. Basically, what you watch isn't as important as how you work on your sibling-ship with her.
I'll add my voice to the many suggesting Cardcaptor Sakura--like Kholdstare said, your mileage may very depending on how open minded your family is. It really is probably one of the best shows out there, a friend of mine watched it when she was younger and it opened her up to anime as a whole. I really can't praise it enough. Furthermore, I'll also second Angelic Layer. Like another poster said Miyazaki's works are great introductions because they are effective and powerful, and movies so short. In particular, I'd suggest Spirited Away since the main character is a young girl and the most recent animation is amazing. I'd also suggest Princess Tutu. While the first six episodes are mediocre, after that the first season has a very strong ending, and the second season is nothing short of amazing. It is one of the few shows that gets better as it goes along. It has alot of neat elements, random animal characters, a main character with a secret identity and weakness, characters that develop and change as the show goes on. Finally, much of the background music is classical ballet music and it plays upon varies themes. Very cool if she has any interest in those things. Finally I'll add Pita Ten. The character are younger, and it is funny. The main character is a guy, but basically the story is about an apprentice angel and a novice demon fighting to become real ones, and he's caught in the middle. The catch is she's a devilish angel who causes all kinds of minor troubles for him, while the demon is angelic in nature and fails pretty badly at doing anything wrong. The entire show comes off as a riot. |
2008-03-02, 12:20 | Link #24 |
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You know, I totally forgot about the subtitles issue. I don't know about your sister, but most kids at her age can't handle subs because their reading skills just aren't developed enough yet to read and watch at the same time. So I guess I'd suggest sticking with shows you can get dubbed like the Miyazaki movies or Angelic Layer.
My other suggestion, Mahou Shoujo Tai Arusu, was recently licensed by Media Blasters so you might be able to get a dubbed version sometime in the next year or two.
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2008-03-02, 16:17 | Link #25 |
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Princess Tutu, by far and away. You can get the complete collection for like 30 bucks, and out of my library of anime, it's the one young girls are the most fond of. A good deal of young girls fancy have a passing interest in ballet, and so Tutu fits the bill quite nicely.
Kaleido Star is another one that the kids loved, and really, just take any of Clamp's light hearted works and you'd be set as well. Just don't show them X, else they'd be scarred for life. Particularly, Rayearth, Angelic Layer, and Tsubasa are worth mentioning. I won't recommend Cardcaptor Sakura though, as the dubs are horrible and subs aren't exactly the most intereting thing for young people. And even then, CCS is EXPENSIVE as hell.
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2008-03-02, 16:44 | Link #27 |
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The recent article seen here...
http://thepinksylphide.com/2008/01/1...dcaptor-sakura is pretty informative. So yeah, anything less than 100 bucks for half the series, my warning bells go off. And if it's region free, I avoid it like the plague. Of particular note, look at the two bootleg pages, as they cover the two boxset bootlegs commonly found in ebay.
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2008-03-02, 17:13 | Link #28 | |
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2008-03-02, 20:54 | Link #29 | |
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The releases from Malayasia isn't exactly 'official'.
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2008-03-03, 13:22 | Link #32 | |
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Ehe heyy thanks everyone... hmm I think I'll start with Full Moon wo Sagashite since it looks like I might enjoy that too. I'll definately watch Cardcapture Sakura with her too, cos I remember I watched afew episodes when I was a kid.... I didn't really follow it but for some reason I loved it. |
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2008-03-03, 16:57 | Link #35 |
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Like Kholdstare, I personally won't let kids get anywhere near CCS, as even though it's about middle school kids, the themes are as adult as it can be. I mean, going by relationships alone, you got shounen-ai, shoujo-ai, cousin-cest, and pedophilia IIRC, implied or otherwise.
So I'd go with the much tamer Tsubasa Chronicles, though I don't know if that will be as big a hit as it's more focused on Syaoran rather than Sakura. Or Magic Knight Rayearth, if the kid has any inclination towards Sailor Moon or what not. Definitely not CCS though, since while it won't be as life-scarring as X, it contains a lot of things you'd never see in prime time or saturday morning TV.
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2008-03-03, 22:16 | Link #37 | |
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2008-03-03, 22:45 | Link #38 | |
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2008-03-03, 23:08 | Link #39 | |
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Mine airs at 10am [Even though that was ages ago, those memories remained as clear as yesterday.] 10am-11am is the slot for Pokemon and Cardaptor Sakura, I never once failed to wake up early in the Saturday morning during that period of time.
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