Comments on: What’s the Worst Anime Concept Ever?

By: xsabin

xsabin — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:21:46 +0000

http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=55662496ot0.png
heres something you can expect from Kuroyanagi

By: xsabin

xsabin — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:24:02 +0000

as far as i know its 195 chapters as of now,but the manga is funny i am on chapter 90 now(Gran Kayser sure has big arms)

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:11:32 +0000

@FF, novels and such are absent of visuals, but paint graphic pictures in our heads. Connecting with us on that level instead of feeding us what we’re meant to see and feel, as in film, helps us understand the gravity of the subject.

@Saya, I just knew somewhere deep down a hairdressing manga/ anime existed….

@Christopher Fritz, many props for your inventive takes on such “taxing” subjects, but I wouldn’t watch an anime about any of these ideas.

@xsabin, wow, just how long is “Yakitate!!”?

By: xsabin

xsabin — Sun, 11 May 2008 23:23:51 +0000

so to say,i just finished reading the 35th chapter of yakitake and i am loving the series,you should try it Rachel its very funny,Kuroyanagi is the best because of his reactions when he its the bread of the character(he may be the character with the best reactions in any anime and any manga,i love every reaction)

beauty pop has the worst concept,i dont care about hairdressing so no

By: Christopher Fritz

Christopher Fritz — Sun, 11 May 2008 01:09:33 +0000

I’m seeing a lot of potential for “Tax Time” here. How about these concepts?

Concept A) While pursuing tax evaders, Uncle Sam is forced to swallow a poison pill intended to kill him. Instead, it has the effect of unaging him to a child. Now, as the child tax collector Sammy, Sam helps the tax collection office’s investigation team investigate tax evasion. Whether company or individual, whether charity or preditor, if you’re dealing in money or trade, Sammy will uncover your tax evasion. Oh, and he gets a voice-changer bowtie and solar-powered skateboard (’cause Uncle Sam is all about using alternative energy sources.)

Concept B) Five multicultural tax collectors are out to stop tax fraud. Using five tax-payer funded rings, their powers combine, calling forth Uncle Sam, defender of the economy. (I thought of this being seeing tj han’s comment.)

Was there ever an anime about golf, or billards? I’m sure even those can get interesting stories and characters developed around them. Perhaps a series about the life of a mailman? No, that would be good slice-of-life material. Actually, to be honest, I bet there’s a good slice-of-life waiting to be watched in “Paint Drying: The First Coat”. What happens with Atsuko finishes that last coat of paint onto to realize the shade of blue looks horrible in the evening sun? And how will Gen’ichirou explain the pawprints when his dog climbed all over Eri’s freshly-painted fence? And just which side of the fence DO you start with, the front or the back? That scene can account for at LEAST 8 minutes of dialogue.

As for the number one item, I can see a series about palliative care where each episode follows the doctors spending time with a different patient who have little time left to live. There can be scenes devoted to how the family gets through it.

Let me know when there’s a series about someone running an anime blog =D

By: Saya

Saya — Sat, 10 May 2008 19:28:26 +0000

The manga beauty pop is about hairdressing, and is surprisingly good Shoujo! I think if it was turned into an anime it wouldn’t be so bad. I agree with the hospice thing though, that may be a little to depressing. lol at awkward silence

By: FF

FF — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:43:26 +0000

Not an anime, but Kataoka Tomo’s two visual novels “Narcissu” and “Narcissu2″ presents 2 stories, on the terminally ill (those who leave) and the carers/relatives/friends of the terminally ill (those who are left behind), in a very caring and respectful way. What allows it to work in that regard is that it is neither judgmental nor conclusive in any of the thoughts or themes that are examined. The author has an opinion, but its not an opinion that he thrusts onto you and expect you to agree with.

Though I doubt whether an anime conversion will be popular, given the subject matter.

By: gia

gia — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:22:51 +0000

@Rachel: In theory it’d be cool, but I can’t think of a good practical way that taught how to cook Japanese food in a way that would actually be useful *and* still have an interesting plot and not be all cheesy and “edutainment”-esque.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:18:40 +0000

@gia, parodies are good too. Wouldn’t it be cool though to have an anime which teaches Japanese cooking? See, I think that would be groundbreaking anime.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:37:44 +0000

@FhnuZoag, If I recall, Bubba Hotep (dude, it had Bruce Campbell!) was in a nursing home, something completely different than hospice. Hospice is…the end of the road. It’s for patients, young and old, who are terminally ill. It make their last days comfortable.