Why does anime have to be so fucking weird? I've just finished the first episode and I have zero clue of what I just watched.
My previous anime escapade was with Cowboy Bebop and that show was fucking good. I've tried watching Bakemonogatari, same thing with FLCL, couldn't understand a thing, why are these shows rated so high?
The problem is that you're retarded and can't follow anything beyond basic storytelling.
They are enjoyed by people with average intelligence. I'm sorry you didn't make it.
I guess...
Watch all 6 episodes before saying you don't get it. Honestly though I'll never understand how people don't grasp FLCL. It isn't subtle. It's a show about growing up filled with sexual metaphores and allegories. Equally people often complain about how Haruko is just "lol so randumb" and I can't fathom how they miss that her outbursts are always a result of her dodging questions, and trying to change the subject as well as general manipulation.
Like this shit isn't deep user it's really simple.
Anime is literally to deep for you, gtfo back to Yas Forums
You're watching pleb-filters as a pleb. Watch something more entry level that is still decent so you can understand these genres.
Suggestion: Fullmetal Alchemist, Death Note, Erased, Eden of The East, Hunter x Hunter, Tora Dora, etc
You're retarded, but Bebop is good. The unique problem with FLCL is that it tackles the themes of growing up and having crushes, so if you watch it too late in life you probably won't like it beyond the animation or characters. Try Samurai Champloo, from the people that made Bebop, if you want something grounded.
Yeah forgot to add I watched Champloo, great show but Bebop was really good to a point where I'm trying to give this anime thing a go. The space western feel, haven't been able to fill the void since Firefly but that's another story. I'm going to finish FLCL but I just hate some of the pretentious parts and waow look at me im so random he he xD
You're spot on about my age, I'm closing in on 30
Don't listen to this guy OP he's messing with you. Watch something actually straightforward like Gosenzo-sama banzai, Cat soup, Serial experiments lain, Revolutionary girl Utena, Tenshi no tamago, ect
Deathnote was sooo fucking cringe, fullmetal is I'm 12 years old tier, however Eden of the East looks promising.
he he trolled me xD
>was sooo fucking cringe, fullmetal is I'm 12 years old tier,
Sounds like both were tailor made for you OP.
and yet I don't find them interesting, hmmm
>space western feel
Try Outlaw Star or Trigun then, but they're not as grounded as Bebop, Trigun even more so. There's a small selection of realistic and serious anime, and most of it is varying degrees of good.
Bakemonogatari is a sequel to Kizumonogatari, it didn’t make sense because you need to watch that first before you watch Bake.
You're watching pretentious bullshit is why you don't like it. Oh, there's definitely a narrative and some thematic pondering crammed in there below the surface, but it's hidden in the cheap, pathetic way that tries to distract you with wacky hijinks and cancerous direction as opposed to something decent like Texhnolyze or Lain that hides it behind an otherwise normal surface narrative. Here's a tip: normalfag anime ratings are retarded and not worth your time. Only accept reviews from people you know well or resolve to go in without expectations and make your own judgments.
“DUDE BONERS LMAO” isn’t what growing up is like at all. I don’t miss the symbolism, the symbolism just sucks.
Bad choices.
FLCL is an acid trip (and trash, but some people will insist SYMBOLISM and DEEP MEANING they project makes it automatically good)
Bakemonogatari is just weird.
Pick better anime to watch. Try Legend of Galactic Heroes
you could but you shouldn't. half of the mystery and fun of the series is the in media res and teasing of previous events that you as the viewer will soon come to see.
Eden of the East is decent but has a shit ending so it's forgotten. If you truly are looking for top tier shows like Bebop, try the pretentious 3x3. Akira, Hunter x Hunter, Monster, Mushishi, Devil Crybaby, Lain, Nana, Gantz, etc.
Anyone got those "pretend I have good taste" 3x3 images saved?
>lain and texhnolyze
you must have a room temp iq
Are you autistic and retarded? Puberty and sexual attraction IS what growing up is like for 90% of the population. It shapes formative years. Only autists and lonely speds think otherwise.
t. underage
Trigun is what you want
Just watch everything by Satoshi Kon
Getting a random boner every once in a while isn’t the earth shattering event this show makes it out to be.
Pls fuck off normalfag.
>couldn't understand a thing
Sounds like a you problem, OP.
The sexual maturation of your body, coupled with your emotions going haywire and attachment issues is what growing up is all about it.
Maybe you should finish puberty before you start trying to act cool about it.
Some of the titles seem familiar, I've def. heard about Paprika before.
I'm downloading Perfect Blue rn, seems like something that would interest me. Thanks
If we forget the contentious symbolism and adolescence themes another common selling factor is the animation and its craziness which for some anime fans is an acquired taste (that some people never get). If you watch a little more anime and come back to FLCL maybe you will have more interest personally in animation as a craft and find more entertainment from the craziness and artistic expression in FLCL.
Nothing amazing happens here. Everything is ordinary.
Exactly, from the little I've seen in FLCL especially the first episode "manga" style animation bit, holy fuck is this shit random just for the sake of randomness.
I'm def. not the targeted demographics
OMG, thank you my guy! Legend of Galactic Heroes is the anime I vaguely remember watching as a kid and wondering if I'll ever find it again.
Also now that I looked up LoGH, I was reminded of another anime i liked as a kid; Vampire Hunter D - need to re-watch
>why are these shows rated so high?
Because the majority of people who watch them have good taste.
>good taste.
probably not [x]
You're the first person that I see having seen LoGH as a kid. Are you sure you mixing it up with another anime? In what year and setting did you watch LoGH?
>coupled with your emotions going haywire and attachment issues is what growing up is all about it.
That sounds like a you-thing. Unless you were a weird emo-kid that likes random humor when you watched this show you really aren’t going to get any enjoyment out of it.
Absolutely positive, somwehre between late 90s and early 00s - can't really tell.
Watched it on TV, or maybe I've picked it up on VHS, I used to watch a lot of tapes growing up with random cartoons
You understand that by saying this, you're calling shit like Kimi no Na wa, Clannad, Geass, and KnY top-tier, yes? Stop being a retard
what don't you get, it's simple
>That sounds like a you-thing.
And you sound legitimately autistic.
The spectrum of emotional peaks shortens after puberty. Sadness isn't as heavy as it was as a teen. Happiness isn't as extreme as it was either. It shortens toward a smaller range.
Before you claim the exceptions make it untrue, yes there are exceptions to every single thing in the world but in general this is true for just about everyone.
>Unless you were a weird emo-kid
This kind of statement makes me think you're not done growing up yet. You're too quick to criticize in no meaningful way. What you're doing is pointless, lame shitposting and childishly trying to get people to agree with you by claiming only "____ kinds of people" like a thing you don't like.
Now finish the other five.
Not him, but on the contrary, unless you actually had the kind of violent upheaval in worldview associated with the puberty stereotype, it'd be almost impossible to empathize with the hamfisted way in which FLCL presents it. The simpler approach is to treat the wackiness and overexaggeration as merely that instead of trying to read deeply into how much of it was "intentional". It's just shit, plain and simple. You can still enjoy it, but there are plenty of better ways to write a story with the same basic theme without hyping the human condition to astronomical heights and alienating 95% of your audience, not to mention cramming your narrative full of non-sequiturs and breaks to show off your neat animation technique of the week.
Christ, are kids these days actually too autistic to get FLCL?
FLCL is just a Gainax animation tech demo that was taken too seriously.
If you don't like "wackiness" and "overexaggeration" you shouldn't be watching anime to begin with.
This isn't a FLCL thing.
This is an anime thing.
Anime exaggerates. Hell, most art exaggerates.
Only a person on the spectrum would make a big deal about anime not being realistically portraying something.
That is strange. Unless you are Japanese. Fansub bootleg VHS from a relative or dubious store?
Could it have been Crest of the Stars? Pic related, Google for more.
Yeah. Modern age kids are all about being overly critical. They are critical first and come up for a reason why to justify their knee-jerk reaction. There is not a single room for self-doubt because they're been raised being told to be overly confident in themselves, the result being an "I don't like thing, it must be shit, time to nitpick" thought process.
Just one more cap.
>without hyping the human condition to astronomical heights
How did FLCL do that? You claim it to be so but I'm not seeing it.
I see the story of a boy growing up and meets a cute, crazy pixie cut out-of-towner who is about to rock his world while he tries to be cool and deal with a confusing torrent of emotions.
>cramming your narrative full of non-sequiturs and breaks to show off your neat animation technique of the week.
That's what FLCL is primarily. It's to show what the studio can do and to play around with animation techniques.
A product doesn't need to be ONE singular focus. FLCL was an animation demonstration and in an effort to make it well rounded they provided great music, characters and writing too.
Why don't you go enjoy some shonen shows op...those have "exciting narrative" creative and innovative art might not be for you.
I can't believe the only correct post in this thread popped up so late
>This isn't a FLCL thing, this is an anime thing
>Hurr durr an entire medium of storytelling shares universal characteristics
You can stop outing yourself as a newfag whenever you feel like it retard. You sound less and less like you'v watched more than five anime every time you post
>>Hurr durr an entire medium of storytelling shares universal characteristics
Touche.
So this product doesn't need to suit your silly generalized idea of what is good, right?
FLCL is garbage, there's nothing to understand, and Bakemonogatari may not be exactly the best show for someone who's new to the medium.
You have to start with anime for dumb people like LOGH, Monster and Psycho Pass before you move on to art made for people of above average intelligence like FLCL and Kemonozume.
>pretentious
i swear most of this site don't know what this fucking word means
try watching boku no pico, it sounds like it's for you
Flcl is shit bro
just keep watching it for the cool animation and music
>The simpler approach is to treat the wackiness and overexaggeration as merely that instead of trying to read deeply into how much of it was "intentional"
it was intentional but stating basic subtext isn't "reading deeply into it" nor is basic subtext deep, the fucking anime throws it in your face all the time, it can barely be called SUBtext by the end of the anime.
>but there are plenty of better ways to write a story with the same basic theme
subjective
>without hyping the human condition to astronomical heights
i would say that is the entire point of the anime, hell it's a common thing in japanese media in general, try playing a JRPG sometime.
>and alienating 95% of your audience
most people like it, but yes it's a hit or miss anime, nothing wrong with that, trying to please everyone or even most people costing your artistic vision is beyond retarded.
>soundtrack is wall-to-wall The Pillows
>people still can't get into FLCL
Why are plotfags so fucking dumb
You just choose a very difficult show to absorb. Core ideas may be simple, but the amount of detail is enormous. Fifteen years and 50+ rewatches later I'm still certain I'll pick up something new next time.
Having said that, I can see how it might be boring depending for some people, depending on worldview and life stage.
because art is weird
Kizumonogatari is a prequel to Bakemonogatari to be precise. There's a reason one was made before the other.
Texhnolyze is the definition of pretentious bullshit. You're right that it sort of hides behind some normal surface stuff but that just makes it even worse because that normal surface is pretty shit. And for as much as you shit on normalfag ratings Texh and Lain are both very popular among normalfags trying to put up a front of not having shit taste to the point where thinking those series as masterpieces pretty much points to having shit taste.