This week was about Akira, Ghost in the Shell, and various others like Neon Genesis Evangelion.
I had already watched Akira and I think animation wise and setting wise, it is a great work of art. However, I believe that the story itself from the film does not make much sense. Akira was adapted from a much longer manga, and thus had to be condensed for the film, which explains a bit of its problems. Despite this, I still think that it is an outstanding and lasting work of art, just because of the animation and themes. I didn't read too deep into Akira upon my watchings of it, because it is rather fast paced and disjointed. You're not able to grasp everything like in the manga, because it doesn't cover all of it. The manga has much more detail and subtly, which I tend to find as a problem with many of these long manga to anime adaptations. Akira lead to the growth of anime's popularity internationally so I think it deserves to have a place in history for its influence.
I have watched NGE before as well, and my opinion of it is that it's actually overrated. The story, much like the film adaptation of Akira, doesn't make much sense. However, animation wise, it is very skilled and technically good. It's fun to watch, but the plot gives me headaches to think about. I recognize it also being a big factor, like Akira, in bringing anime to new heights, however. I just think the story is too strange and the ending is not satisfactory. The characters are also rather unlikeable for the most part.
Ghost in the Shell was the one this week I had no experience with. I read the beginning of it, and I really enjoyed the art style. I liked the gist of it, but it was a little too wordy and expositiony for me, but a lot of that comes with sci-fiction/cyberpunk territory, a lot of things that need to be explained especially technologically. I thought the main character was spunky and fun, and much different than the snippets of her I've seen from other media, where she's usually very serious looking. While I didn't get through all of it, I really enjoyed the idea that I got from it.
I had already watched Akira and I think animation wise and setting wise, it is a great work of art. However, I believe that the story itself from the film does not make much sense. Akira was adapted from a much longer manga, and thus had to be condensed for the film, which explains a bit of its problems. Despite this, I still think that it is an outstanding and lasting work of art, just because of the animation and themes. I didn't read too deep into Akira upon my watchings of it, because it is rather fast paced and disjointed. You're not able to grasp everything like in the manga, because it doesn't cover all of it. The manga has much more detail and subtly, which I tend to find as a problem with many of these long manga to anime adaptations. Akira lead to the growth of anime's popularity internationally so I think it deserves to have a place in history for its influence.
I have watched NGE before as well, and my opinion of it is that it's actually overrated. The story, much like the film adaptation of Akira, doesn't make much sense. However, animation wise, it is very skilled and technically good. It's fun to watch, but the plot gives me headaches to think about. I recognize it also being a big factor, like Akira, in bringing anime to new heights, however. I just think the story is too strange and the ending is not satisfactory. The characters are also rather unlikeable for the most part.
Ghost in the Shell was the one this week I had no experience with. I read the beginning of it, and I really enjoyed the art style. I liked the gist of it, but it was a little too wordy and expositiony for me, but a lot of that comes with sci-fiction/cyberpunk territory, a lot of things that need to be explained especially technologically. I thought the main character was spunky and fun, and much different than the snippets of her I've seen from other media, where she's usually very serious looking. While I didn't get through all of it, I really enjoyed the idea that I got from it.
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