Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:55 pm by light_alistor
honestly. wtf ill make up an anime all kinds of people will watch.
we'll call it omgwtf.
characters
Hero: has to be a total tard. IE eats too much, doesn't get school, usually a thug. (the most powerful)
ANTI-hero: Has to start out as a villain. usually equally as stupid. (doomed to be just the second most powerful)
Woman: This character isn't allowed to have any REAL involvement in the plot other than being a love interest for one of the other characters. IE chi-chi, bulma, sakura, hinata, orohime.
Villains: doesn't matter they will fall one by one. HOWEVER each will kill more than the last. Also each and every villain will start out beating the crap out of the other characters but predictably lose.
Generic anime mascot: This character is generally "cute" and serves as mainly plot device.
ok so now that we got the characters we need the plot.
Plot
A normal boy is thrust into abnormal circumstances. This is can be a variety of things. The boy discovers a lost power, is killed, is the last of his kind etc etc etc. These circumstances give him the power to FIGHT. (this is important to note cause most fighting anime DBZ, Bleach, Naruto. fall into this generic category.) He defeats one villain after another gathering friends along the way. The hero MAY die. He'll be back due to some sort of plot device. They will recycle this scenario OVER and OVER. The characters will get more and more powerful till its flat out ridiculous.
This sort of anime entertained me for AWHILE. till of course I realized I was being fed this stuff OVER and OVER. I watched all of DBZ, I watched 2 seasons of Bleach, and 142 (yes i noted the number) episodes of Naruto. So I'm a slow learner. I can see the attraction to this sort of anime. Please by all means watch it if it entertains you. Just realize that there are animes out there that are GOOD. Like FLCL for example that are less than 20 episodes. Give them a shot.
Here are some examples of non generic anime. Death Note, Gantz, FLCL, Welcome to the N.H.K., Ergo Proxy, Golden Boy.
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