TreF said:
Old geezers that have trouble adjusting to the new times, and only rehash their works. LOL WATCH/BUY MY SHIT FOLKS, IT'S BETTER THAN EVERYTHING ELSE
In what way are Ponyo and Porco Rosso or Evangelion and Wings of Honneamise are similar? And could you elaborate on these new standards that you're talking about that you think they should adjust to?
As for how much money Miyazaki and Anno make off their works, I believe the fact that they manage to remain at the top of the chart for weeks and end up being the best selling DVDs/Blu-rays of their years more than speaks for itself.
Yeah, I've seen some screenshots in which a black man is referred to as "it", and a woman saying she's only good for making sandwiches. Deep stuff, eh?
LOL! You only saw a couple of screenshots and figured out what's the writing in a 110 episodes series is all about?
In winter we also got Hipira-kun, Cobra: Rokunin no Yuushi, and Katanagatari. SoRaNoWoTo and Baka to Test might be moe/ecchi, but they're generally well received and different. In spring, Heroman, Kaichou wa Maid-sama!, Ookiku Furikabutte, Angel Beats, Giant Killing, Hakuouki, Arakawa under the Bridge, Senkou no Night Raid, and Rainbow aired too. Fall 2009 had Armed Librarians, Darker Than Black 2, Sasameki Koto, Natsu no Arashi, and fucking Kimi ni Todoke.
They didn't have that wow factor about them like Durarara and Yojouhan that would have made me invest my time on them, personally, though good for those that enjoyed them. And Kimi ni Todoke wasn't all that great BTW, but just like you said, it's entirely subjective :)
Besides, what is "revolutionary"? Do you think when Serial Experiments Lain started airing, people thought "wow, this is da shit!"? I doubt it, and even the producer of the show said that it was "an enormous risk." An anime needs to age to a certain point before it's considered a classic and revolutionary for its time.
Ah, I remember Lain. Back when it was released the reviewers described it as "unlike anything that you've ever seen before" (which is synonymous to revolutionary), and was one of the most critically acclaimed series of 1998.
An anime needs to survive the test of time before it can be considered a classic, but you can tell whether an anime is revolutionary or not by comparing it to all that came before it and see how original and great it is. |