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Originally Posted by Mouse The Teen Titans cartoon show draws it's story from Wolfman and Perez's New Teen Titans of the early 80s. And they rape it to the ground. Remember Batman: The Animated Series? That was by far the greatest comic to cartoon conversion ever. They took an established comic, maintained the overall feeling of it, and made something incredible. A "kid's show" that maintained the sophistication and darkness of the comic it sprung from. With the Teen Titans however, they decided to rip out two of the founding members (who were also founders of the ORIGINAL Teen Titans) remove all of the interesting subplots, and leave it as a dried husk of the original comic. The crappy animation is just an extra slap on the face of the rest of the crap-fest they've turned it into. I guess people who never read the original might like it, but to me it's diluted, kiddie, and absolutely appalling. I guess there's always the chance of a live action movie...

I can understand that point of view. That is probably why I like it. I never read much of the comic. That is one thing about american comics that bothers me. A successful comic will have so many different incarnations, storylines, and origins that it can get really confusing.

Batman: TAS was and still is great for sure. Gonna watch some today now that you mention it.

I have my own style of drawing -- where I've borrowed, mix-matched everything I've ever seen in cartoons, comics, film and real life. I'd love to, for fun (and I've thought about this), my own manga/anime-esque styled comic strip (ala-"Gigantor"/"Astro Boy"/ "Speed Racer") as a side-project. I'll still retain my style, and it will remain evident in the art and story direction -- and this is important to me. I don't like completely aping other peoples' styles.

You know: actually make it mine.

Originally Posted by GuilewasNK Tim Burton did that.

*Darth Vader voice* Nooooooooooooooooo! How could you?

Originally Posted by crystalklear64 *Darth Vader voice* Nooooooooooooooooo! How could you?

Sorry man. The first movie was good but the second one less than ideal IMO.

No one has mentioned Boondocks yet?

That show is inspired completely by anime influence in mind and drawing... just look at Sunday's episode.

Originally Posted by GuilewasNK Sorry man. The first movie was good but the second one less than ideal IMO.

In all fairness to Tim, he was never on set very much, it was ghost directed. WB and Tim had some issues, and Tim was like screw it... and WB pretty much let him walk and finished it and keep Tim's name on it.

You know what annoys the hell out of me though? People who rant in topics and never respond again. It becomes less of a rant, and more of just a bitch-fest and a move-on.

Originally Posted by Roufuss No one has mentioned Boondocks yet? That show is inspired completely by anime influence in mind and drawing... just look at Sunday's episode.

Yeah, the visuals are definitely anime inspired. The content is definitely not though, lol.

Originally Posted by Mouse Maybe I'm just bitter. Americanime ruined Batman and the Teen Titans. It killed my father. And raped my mother.

Originally Posted by Mouse Remember Batman: The Animated Series? That was by far the greatest comic to cartoon conversion ever. They took an established comic, maintained the overall feeling of it, and made something incredible. A "kid's show" that maintained the sophistication and darkness of the comic it sprung from.

That's what I call a contradiction...

Originally Posted by GuilewasNK Yeah, the visuals are definitely anime inspired. The content is definitely not though, lol.

Look at last Sunday's episode... lots of anime inspired fighting scenes, one episode had the samurai fight in the woods.

Last Sunday's episode was REALLY weak, because Boondocks isn't an action oriented fighting show, imo.

Originally Posted by Duo_Maxwell That's what I call a contradiction...

Well he was talking about The Batman at first, the new cartoon series. The old one......... I loved it to death. I like the Teen Titans though....just fun show I guess but the anime bits are overdone.

Yeah, what the heck is going on with the Boondocks cartoon? Why is there so much fighting and action? It's supposed to be a comedy.

Originally Posted by Duo_Maxwell That's what I call a contradiction...

I think he's talking about :

Batman : The Animated Series = Good

The Batman = Bad

Originally Posted by Roufuss Look at last Sunday's episode... lots of anime inspired fighting scenes, one episode had the samurai fight in the woods. Last Sunday's episode was REALLY weak, because Boondocks isn't an action oriented fighting show, imo.

When I say content I meant the dialogue and satire. The rampant n-bombs are definitely not anime inspired, lol.

Originally Posted by Mookyjooky I think he's talking about : Batman : The Animated Series = Good The Batman = Bad

Probably. The Batman vs. Dracula was pretty good, but other than that it hasn't impressed me. I'll still end up getting the DVD one day though. I like the way they do the fight scenes but with Batman that should be secondary to the dectective work IMO.

Originally Posted by Mookyjooky I think he's talking about : Batman : The Animated Series = Good The Batman = Bad

Yes but they are both "americanime" as he calls it. Maybe if they actually got Sunrise to do all the animation work for them again The Batman would be good.

I found Samurai Jack to be one of the more blatant rip offs of the Anime style. On top of which, it wasn't particularly interesting or fun to watch.

Originally Posted by Duo_Maxwell Yes but they are both "americanime" as he calls it. Maybe if they actually got Sunrise to do all the animation work for them again The Batman would be good.

True, whatever happened to Sunrise? That house was the Jesus Christ of Anime.

Originally Posted by kakomu I found Samurai Jack to be one of the more blatant rip offs of the Anime style. On top of which, it wasn't particularly interesting or fun to watch.

Really? I thought more like crappy flash animation.

I think this thread needs to be called animEMO. If you like an anime that more that 5 people have heard of, you suck. If it's not already a classic, it never will be. Finally, you're a total tool for going along with the mass market and enjoying the mainstream.

Originally Posted by Kayden I think this thread needs to be called animEMO. If you like an anime that more that 5 people have heard of, you suck. If it's not already a classic, it never will be. Finally, you're a total tool for going along with the mass market and enjoying the mainstream.

You can actually apply that to any form of entertainment IMO.