I said why it was popular - What's popular is sometimes pretty awful. I hear Twilight's pretty popular.you just described 15% of the show, the rest of it is a bunch of dudes standing around, glowing and screaming as they apply buffs
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Subjective again.
Also, I fail to understand how DBZ became so popular.
But then again, with many popular stuff I cannot comprehend the huge follower base (Titanic, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Twilight, Naruto, DBZ, etc..)
I thought you were gonna put LOTR there. My heart would have officially stopped for like 10 seconds.
Also, I fail to understand how DBZ became so popular.
But then again, with many popular stuff I cannot comprehend the huge follower base (Titanic, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Twilight, Naruto, DBZ, etc..)
It became popular over here in Holland because it was like the first ever anime show that got aired. Lots of fighting, fun characters - was all it really took to make it a perfect show for kids.
These days, people I know, mostly watch it for nostalgic reasons. I don't think many kids these days actually bother with DBZ.
There is nothing wrong with not understanding fanbases sometimes. I for one will never understand the MLP hype, but there it is.
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Subjective again.
Also, I fail to understand how DBZ became so popular.
But then again, with many popular stuff I cannot comprehend the huge follower base (Titanic, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Twilight, Naruto, DBZ, etc..)
DBZ for me is pretty simple, it's designed for like 12 year old boys and I can distinctly recall watching it at 12 and going whoa, he's pretty cool, he's so tough and fierce and just a fighter and so on. Goku was legendary in that sense of just being a straightforward cool guy. It wasn't complicated or fascinating exactly, but at least it was honest, primal and clear character, and being surrounded by overly clever Hollywood movies or TV shows made it stand out by comparison. In my case, I think it sort of reflected a lack of knowledge or understanding of the other anime out there at a particular time and place.
Honestly though, even at 12 when all they did was come up with another super villain after Freiza I lost interest. I had pretty much forgotten about it and then at 18 started discovering all the kind of "adult" anime like Vampire Hunter D or Ghost in the Shell or something like that so that when I looked back and saw Naruto, or Bleach, or even One Piece I thought wow, there is no way I could get into those. I suspect it's the same with Star Wars which possibly also reflected something about the time or place as by the time I finally saw it it just wasn't that interesting.
Anyway, that is my interpretation.
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Star Wars will be awesome forever man, don't diss Vader.
Can't say I agree at all with the above assertions to Star Wars or even One Piece but sure... you can feel free to think that if you want. 
Aldnoah ep. 3 was friggen sweet! I was seriously wondering how they would confront the mech, how much they were going to have to pull a deus ex machina out of their ass, and they didn't! The biggest thing they pulled out was smoke rounds, which were used in a great way, and it made perfect sense for the people and equipment availability that were around. If I have one complaint about the fight, it was that there was no indication in the previous episode of the martian mech's extra sensors.
Episode one was decent, episode two was dramatic, but episode three was gripping. If you haven't seen a good mecha anime as it was showing before, start paying attention now.
Great episode all around, and I can consider myself in the 'firmly hooked' category now.
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Holy sh*t this last episode of Gintama was filled with the best fights I've seen since Samurai Champloo.
P.S PMMM - I forgot just how epic their fights were too.
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Aldnoah ep. 3 was friggen sweet! I was seriously wondering how they would confront the mech, how much they were going to have to pull a deus ex machina out of their ass, and they didn't! The biggest thing they pulled out was smoke rounds, which were used in a great way, and it made perfect sense for the people and equipment availability that were around. If I have one complaint about the fight, it was that there was no indication in the previous episode of the martian mech's extra sensors.
Episode one was decent, episode two was dramatic, but episode three was gripping. If you haven't seen a good mecha anime as it was showing before, start paying attention now.
Great episode all around, and I can consider myself in the 'firmly hooked' category now.
Hmmm... it might be the first 'weekly' I watch.
Ehh yeah I sorta take back the Star Wars thing. I think it's just I didn't have the same affinity for the first trilogy as most people. However, I feel like I kinda of "got it" with Revenge of the Sith. I actually wrote a paper comparing them for school something about natural law and the force. I think I had like 3 pages on light saber colors and their deeper meaning.
Chris Avellone just became 50 points more awesome.
DBZ is like Chinese Kung-Fu movies. You simply either love them or hate them.
Everything was awesome in DBZ until Buu became a villain.
What do you guys think about Attack on Titan? Is it worth watching for someone who doesn't watch Eastern Anime?
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Eastern anime?
Is there like... wha?
Oh, yeah. Go watch. Not the english dub though, it's terrible. Subs for the win.
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So you haven't watched anime ever? So AoT is your first?
And by anime I mean it in the traditional sense meaning 'cartoons from Japan.'
In that case... boy have we all got a huge f*cking list for you to watch.
What do you guys think about Attack on Titan? Is it worth watching for someone who doesn't watch Eastern Anime?
I think Southern is more up your alley.
So you haven't watched anime ever? So AoT is your first?
And by anime I mean it in the traditional sense meaning 'cartoons from Japan.'
In that case... boy have we all got a huge f*cking list for you to watch.
I actually I do recall watching an anime of a Samurai Warrior in Japan during the end of the feudal era. Can't remember the name, but the protagonist was wearing purplish red, had a X scar on his cheek and had a buddy with a huge great sword, I remember it being awesome.
Yes, he can start by light stuff like Digimon, Pokemon or even Gintama. I suggest no super-cute or super-mature for him. He might dislike the whole thing and desert anime if you suggest him that way.
Edit: changed due the above comment
Gintama (funniest anime ever)
One Piece (funny characters and unpredictable battles)
DBZ (if you like endless battles)
Legend of Galactic Heroes (Sci-fi galactic Epic)
Cowboy Bebop (Crime-Detective)
Black Lagoon (Crime and Gangs)
Light stuff? It's not like we are discussing gateway drugs. 
Gintama (funniest anime ever)
One Piece (funny characters and unpredictable battles)
DBZ (if you like endless battles)
Legend of Galactic Heroes (Sci-fi galactic Epic)
Cowboy Bebop (Crime)
I'll definitely check them out, thanks.
Didn't that series have a Insectoid baddie who gained power by drinking other people with his tail?
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I actually I do recall watching an anime of a Samurai Warrior in Japan during the end of the feudal era. Can't remember the name, but the protagonist was wearing purplish red, had a X scar on his cheek and had a buddy with a huge great sword, I remember it being awesome.
Rurouni Kenshin is the name. I liked that one well enough till after the mummy guy.
Didn't that series have a Insectoid baddie who gained power by drinking other people with his tail?
Yes. That was very disturbing for me to watch. If it was happening in a movie I would creep out!
DBZ is like Chinese Kung-Fu movies. You simply either love them or hate them.
Everything was awesome in DBZ until Buu became a villain.
I maintain to this day that DBZ had a respectable overarching story in that it was the tale of Gohan growing up and replacing Goku as the Hero of Earth. Once you got past the filler fighting and ridiculous body toning and exponential power levels, you had a pretty decent development story of a child growing up to maturity.
Gohan underwent gradual character development across all the major arcs, became a catalyst for the character development of those around him, and ultimately became a respectable and mature young man who Goku could pass the torch onto and move on.
If only they had ended it before the post-Cell arc, when all that was for not... or even had they just let him end it once and for all after that last transformation thing. Then it could have just been a filler season of no harm, no foul.
Light stuff? It's not like we are discussing gateway drugs.
I'll definitely check them out, thanks.
The animation is dated and it was definitely intended for children, but the digimon series are strong examples of character development focused-stories. They use the pet monster tropes, mixed with constant calling of attacks, but it's hard to think of a children's show that is ultimately so much about maturity.
Dragon Ball became popular because of this.
I know this because I have read Journey to the West.
And my dad works at Nintendo and Shueisha at the same time.
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