I hate it when someone thinks they "know" anime just because they watch it on Cartoon Network.
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I was at my friend John's little get-together for his birthday last week, and we went to an arcade and stuff, that was fun. Then later on that night we were watching anime (instead of playing my ps2, which i brought over for NOTHING since we never played it!). First, we watched Akira. That was alright. It was boring, though, since it was the dubbed version (dirty, dirty english dub!), and because I've seen Akira like 100 times. Then we watched some Ninja Scroll OVA, and I just wasn't interested AT ALL. It was gay! Sure, I like mindless sex and violence once in a while, but I don't get worked up over it. They were treating it like it was a masterpiece:
"Ooh! Magic string can do anything!" Good fucking god!
"Hey, Matt, why exactly did that guy turn into stone and blow up?" "Because it's Cool!" Right...
"Ok, what does this old guy have to do with the story?" "Old people are funny!"
"What the hell just happened?" "Dude, they launched those 'ninja stars' like a gattling gun! That was cool!"
"Oh come on, what does this have to do with the story?" "It's just cool!"
And so on... Then I was like "I'm sorry, but I'm just not interested in this at all.." and John's girlfriend was like "Well you have to start out at the lower forms of anime, first, then you'll understand this." and I was like "Well, I've been watching anime for at least 10 years.." Apparently, she either didn't hear me, or refused to listen.. I got really mad about this. I didn't want to blow up at her, since John is a good friend. What I wanted to say, though, was "Shut the fuck up, bitch! I've been watching Anime longer than you have! You fucking freshman, just shut the fuck up. You think you're all cool, watching your crappy english dubbed anime, watching your Dragon Ball Z on Cartoon Network. You think you know everything there is to know about anime because you've seen a couple english dubbed videos and some episodes of sub-par anime on Cartoon Network. Well you know what? YOU KNOW NOTHING!!!" I was just so pissed about that remark, I had to go outside (It was about 22:30) run a few blocks away, and just YELL!! "AAAAARRRRGGGHHHHHH!! SHUT UP!!" I swear.. Then I went back to John's house, and he's like "Where did you go?" and I was like "I had to take a walk."
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So there's my US$0.02 :-)
Randy "MoonKnight" Tabula
(714)507-3807 ext. 7955
[url=mailto:moonknightmk@earthlink.net]moonknightmk@earthlink.net[/url] ICQ# 1756860
http://MoonKnight.jump.to
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if (rant)
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I was at my friend John's little get-together for his birthday last week, and we went to an arcade and stuff, that was fun. Then later on that night we were watching anime (instead of playing my ps2, which i brought over for NOTHING since we never played it!). First, we watched Akira. That was alright. It was boring, though, since it was the dubbed version (dirty, dirty english dub!), and because I've seen Akira like 100 times. Then we watched some Ninja Scroll OVA, and I just wasn't interested AT ALL. It was gay! Sure, I like mindless sex and violence once in a while, but I don't get worked up over it. They were treating it like it was a masterpiece:
"Ooh! Magic string can do anything!" Good fucking god!
"Hey, Matt, why exactly did that guy turn into stone and blow up?" "Because it's Cool!" Right...
"Ok, what does this old guy have to do with the story?" "Old people are funny!"
"What the hell just happened?" "Dude, they launched those 'ninja stars' like a gattling gun! That was cool!"
"Oh come on, what does this have to do with the story?" "It's just cool!"
And so on... Then I was like "I'm sorry, but I'm just not interested in this at all.." and John's girlfriend was like "Well you have to start out at the lower forms of anime, first, then you'll understand this." and I was like "Well, I've been watching anime for at least 10 years.." Apparently, she either didn't hear me, or refused to listen.. I got really mad about this. I didn't want to blow up at her, since John is a good friend. What I wanted to say, though, was "Shut the fuck up, bitch! I've been watching Anime longer than you have! You fucking freshman, just shut the fuck up. You think you're all cool, watching your crappy english dubbed anime, watching your Dragon Ball Z on Cartoon Network. You think you know everything there is to know about anime because you've seen a couple english dubbed videos and some episodes of sub-par anime on Cartoon Network. Well you know what? YOU KNOW NOTHING!!!" I was just so pissed about that remark, I had to go outside (It was about 22:30) run a few blocks away, and just YELL!! "AAAAARRRRGGGHHHHHH!! SHUT UP!!" I swear.. Then I went back to John's house, and he's like "Where did you go?" and I was like "I had to take a walk."
}
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So there's my US$0.02 :-)
Randy "MoonKnight" Tabula
(714)507-3807 ext. 7955
[url=mailto:moonknightmk@earthlink.net]moonknightmk@earthlink.net[/url] ICQ# 1756860
http://MoonKnight.jump.to
"Akirameru da nan te! (I can't give up!)" - Love Hina
). I loved it because it was pure adventure, with some action-fighting thrown in for good measure. Now look at this piece of dubbed shit on Cartoon Network. It's all fights! "Next week, the shit saga." Let me guess, is it about fighting every single person in the world? Ah, yes it is.