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The Japanese Really Like The Avatar

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    imNOTcrazy

    [41]Sep 22, 2006
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    sly4me

    [42]Sep 22, 2006
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    Avatar would make a great real japanese??anime (for all the obvious resons why animes are better than cartoons).
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    Miroku_of_Nite1

    [43]Sep 22, 2006
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    sly4me wrote:
    Avatar would make a great real japanese anime (for all the obvious resons why animes are better than cartoons).


    Why would it be better? More fan service?
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    sly4me

    [44]Sep 22, 2006
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    Miroku_of_Nite1 wrote:
    sly4me wrote:
    Avatar would make a great real japanese anime (for all the obvious resons why animes are better than cartoons).
    Why would it be better? More fan service?
    better action. better animation. deeper plot. To me, the Japanese would be better at those things. Others...not so much.
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    dumbTVnut

    [45]Sep 22, 2006
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    sly4me wrote:
    Miroku_of_Nite1 wrote:
    sly4me wrote:
    Avatar would make a great real japanese anime (for all the obvious resons why animes are better than cartoons).
    Why would it be better? More fan service?
    better action. better animation. deeper plot. To me, the Japanese would be better at those things. Others...not so much.


    I just had a horrible vision: I saw avatar as a ecchi, you know with mindless panty shots in every scene (skin crawls)
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    Miroku_of_Nite1

    [46]Sep 22, 2006
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    sly4me wrote:
    Miroku_of_Nite1 wrote:
    sly4me wrote:
    Avatar would make a great real japanese anime (for all the obvious resons why animes are better than cartoons).
    Why would it be better? More fan service?
    better action. better animation. deeper plot. To me, the Japanese would be better at those things. Others...not so much.


    Not so much in terms of action, or animation or even deeper plot. What could you add to the action? More people dying, or just longer battles with people calling the other person out for 23 minutes. As for animation I think a lot of anime studios have gotten lazy over the years. Sure it is no better then US shows being animated in Korea, or using Macromedia Flash, but I get tired of seeing non moving backgrounds, just camera pans to show things, the same scene repeating to show something, and only the lips moving on someone. Of course not all anime is like this but much of it is being most studios cannot afford detailed animation, or have the time to draw out anything. As for the deeper plot, I like how it is paced now. Sure there are many things I would like to see that they seem to skip between ???movies??? it is a lot better then dragging the show on for 200+ episodes to complete something that could have been done in 25. The plot couldn???t really be any deeper then it is now, unless you wanted episodes focused on just one person or couple, but that would screw up the pacing being it would just be filler. Anyway I am not saying the Japanese suck at animation or anything, I am just saying I am happy how the show is now and I am glad I don???t have to deal with all the cliches that come with anime.
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    Ecfyeti

    [47]Sep 22, 2006
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    Miroku_of_Nite1 wrote:
    sly4me wrote:
    Miroku_of_Nite1 wrote:
    sly4me wrote:
    Avatar would make a great real japanese anime (for all the obvious resons why animes are better than cartoons).
    Why would it be better? More fan service?
    better action. better animation. deeper plot. To me, the Japanese would be better at those things. Others...not so much.
    Not so much in terms of action, or animation or even deeper plot. What could you add to the action? More people dying, or just longer battles with people calling the other person out for 23 minutes. As for animation I think a lot of anime studios have gotten lazy over the years. Sure it is no better then US shows being animated in Korea, or using Macromedia Flash, but I get tired of seeing non moving backgrounds, just camera pans to show things, the same scene repeating to show something, and only the lips moving on someone. Of course not all anime is like this but much of it is being most studios cannot afford detailed animation, or have the time to draw out anything. As for the deeper plot, I like how it is paced now. Sure there are many things I would like to see that they seem to skip between ???movies??? it is a lot better then dragging the show on for 200+ episodes to complete something that could have been done in 25. The plot couldn???t really be any deeper then it is now, unless you wanted episodes focused on just one person or couple, but that would screw up the pacing being it would just be filler. Anyway I am not saying the Japanese suck at animation or anything, I am just saying I am happy how the show is now and I am glad I don???t have to deal with all the cliches that come with anime.

    Amen. Avatar may be a cartoon, but it is in many ways better than a lot of anime out there. Not that anime isn't great, I love anime...anyway off topic.

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    sly4me

    [48]Sep 22, 2006
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    Miroku_of_Nite1 wrote:
    Not so much in terms of action, or animation or even deeper plot. What could you add to the action? More people dying, or just longer battles with people calling the other person out for 23 minutes. As for animation I think a lot of anime studios have gotten lazy over the years. Sure it is no better then US shows being animated in Korea, or using Macromedia Flash, but I get tired of seeing non moving backgrounds, just camera pans to show things, the same scene repeating to show something, and only the lips moving on someone. Of course not all anime is like this but much of it is being most studios cannot afford detailed animation, or have the time to draw out anything. As for the deeper plot, I like how it is paced now. Sure there are many things I would like to see that they seem to skip between ???movies??? it is a lot better then dragging the show on for 200+ episodes to complete something that could have been done in 25. The plot couldn???t really be any deeper then it is now, unless you wanted episodes focused on just one person or couple, but that would screw up the pacing being it would just be filler. Anyway I am not saying the Japanese suck at animation or anything, I am just saying I am happy how the show is now and I am glad I don???t have to deal with all the cliches that come with anime.
    I see alot of what you're saying and agree. I'm sure if Avatar went anime, I'd regret it. But when it comes to action, I'm hard to please. And I just can't help but feel Avatar isn't fully developed in its fight scenes. The art of bending provides so many opptions for cool fights..??yet??the only time so far I have been impressed was back when Pakku was beating the crap out of folks. Other than that, every other fight just seems lacking.
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    metalcurtainrod

    [49]Sep 22, 2006
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    sly4me wrote:
    Miroku_of_Nite1 wrote:
    sly4me wrote:
    Avatar would make a great real japanese anime (for all the obvious resons why animes are better than cartoons).
    Why would it be better? More fan service?
    better action. better animation. deeper plot. To me, the Japanese would be better at those things. Others...not so much.


    I don't think so. I love a lot of animes, but the fight scenes tend to take forever...The animation wouldn't be as good either. Avatar has beautiful animation already, and I've never seen an anime compare to it. Deeper plot? It depends...
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    DeathandDoom

    [50]Sep 22, 2006
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    I have to agree with what a lot of people are saying here. I like the fact that the fights in Avatar are all in real time, unlike some other shows I could mention... *coughDragonBallZcough* Plus, there's no one on the sidelines, commenting on every move that the characters are making.
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