Traditionally I have drawn alot of my 2d stuff with a 'nod' to anime but never really going entirely down that stylistic path. If you saw my shelves you probably wouldn't believe this next statement but I'm actually not fond of alot of trends in most anime so my collection is fairly modest by geek standards. I'm very picky when it comes to art styles I like and the types of shows I get into are few and far between these days. I cant say this without sounding like an old man but frankly I think anime was alot better in the 90s, when most of the stuff coming out of japan seemed to be very dark and very much designed for an adult audience. Ghost in the Shell, Ninja Scroll and Akira to name a few of the truly amazing(and still just as awesome even now) examples I am referring to.
Yep I was watching mature animation way earlier than I should have but damn am I glad I was exposed to it when I was because it made me develop a greater appreciation for truly good work. I find it odd that at the rate anime has gained popularity, the overall quality and consistency of it in general has dropped substantially. I mean every anime series or movie that I own is either A; relatively old or B; a remake of an older series/movie. Of course their have been a couple of exceptions, namely; Desert Punk, Ergo Proxy and Gantz. Three really good recently made series I cant recommend enough, very much designed and written for adults.
While I'm on the subject of freaking sweet animated series/films, here's some random western made stuff no animation enthusiast should be without:
Reboot, Beast Wars, Titan: After Earth, Treasure Planet(the sci-fi disney one, trust me its good), The Iron Giant, Ren and Stimpy, All the Pixar films, all the Blu-Sky films, Ferngully: The Last Rainforest, and of course almost anything disney did prior to the beginning of the 21st century.
Oh and since I believe they cross the boundaries between both western and eastern animation despite only being made in Japan, absolutely EVERYTHING made by studio Ghibli, I swear to god that studio can not make a bad movie, it is impossible for them to do such a thing.










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Without evil we would never recognise good!
Risk nothing and that will be your reward!
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We are oft to blame in this, - / 'Tis too much proved - that with devotion's visage/ And pious action we do sugar o'er/ The devil himself.
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Im getting married on the 5/03/09 at 3:30pm in the city
care to tag along to watch the horror show unfurl?
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We are oft to blame in this, - / 'Tis too much proved - that with devotion's visage/ And pious action we do sugar o'er/ The devil himself.
I'm going to see watchmen this weekend if you wanna meet up then, assuming you're not busy.
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Life is a game, you only win if you learn how to play.
Prime example.. no money to buy games ;_; iv been promised il be given dawn of war 2 soon...ish Neeeeed to plaaaay.
And btw, damn you for not replying soon enough for me to invite you... >.> <.< i had a totaly awesome top hat!
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We are oft to blame in this, - / 'Tis too much proved - that with devotion's visage/ And pious action we do sugar o'er/ The devil himself.
I'll try and be on msn more so you can like actually contact me, I forget to log on these days >_> I blame wow, damn blizzard and there awesome(crack) games.
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Life is a game, you only win if you learn how to play.
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