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Well, I was very young when I watched it. I didn't really understand the movie, nor was it memorable for me, and I find it rather offensive that the main character is a pig.
My rating would most likely change if I were to watch it now that I'm much older, though it still wouldn't be a very good one since I generally dislike Miyazaki.

Agreed.

Seita and Setsuko's situation may not be as epic, but I'd argue that for all Seita's intents and purposes, the health of his sister may as well have been as important as the fate of all of Japan. At least, if I were in that situation, that's what I'd feel: my sister is just as important as the fate of my country. You see exactly what lengths he's willing to go to to take care of her. He does everything he can without crying and feeling sorry for himself for having to do so. He doesn't let his situation hinder him from doing what he knows he must do.

I think you're taking things for face value and not viewing them relative to each situation and not giving enough credit to Grave of the Fireflies. Think about it: Seita saw his mother's dead corpse. He's orphaned. He has a little sister to take care of. He has to live in a dirt hut. He has to make sure there is even food so they don't starve to death (poor little Setsuko eventually does). He has to worry about sicknesses and malnutrition. He is literally in one of the worst situations imaginable. And what does he do? He does his best.

Compare to Shinji. He is given great power, but great responsibility. Does he have a nice place to stay? Does he have to worry about where his next meal is coming from? Does he have someone in constant need of care beside him? Does he have reliable medical treatment? You'd think that once he finds out that the fate of the nation is on his shoulders, he would at least do his best to help--regardless of how he felt. Yeah, his psyche gets assaulted in the process, but how do you think Seita felt as his sister withered away before his eyes--with absolutely no power to stop it? I think you vastly underestimate the damage that can cause someone.

Review of what? NGE? I pretty much touched on most of the points I would even cover... Would just need to go more in depth on the pros. I'm just not terribly passionate about it. It takes a good 10 hours to make a GOOD video review, so it has to be something I REALLY want to talk about.

I love the shit out of Grave of the Fireflies. The characters are actually redeemable while still being realistic. I loved them (poor little Setsuko), and their situation could NOT be fixed on their own. None of it was their own fault. To this day, I'm convinced Shinji COULD have grown a pair of balls and stopped being a pussy, but just chose not to--circumstances be damned. Seita and Setsuko were innocent and sympathetic--not words I could use to describe Shinji or Asuka or Misato. I'd call them pitiable shells instead.

NGE's characters (except for Rei) don't have any redeeming qualities, really (except for Asuka's moment of badass in End of Evangelion, but that isn't part of the TV series). At all. Watching them was just painful. I didn't like that their journey to recover was a failure, because it was too depressing. Like I said, it's not that they're poorly written. I just fucking hate them. A lot. They simultaneously kill the character and enjoyment scores at the same time.

Sayaka is great in that she starts out with good intentions, but is ultimately doomed by fate. She knowingly consigned herself to a lonely life where she could easily be killed for the sake of someone she loved, but things just go from bad to worse for her. Her psychological breakdown and descent into darkness was both sympathetic and amazing.

Ultimately, what it comes down to is whether they're REALLY trying to improve themselves, or if they're just kind of giving up like a pitiable piece of shit. Applies to Welcome to the NHK as well.

Welcome to the NHK... ugh. Just... here you go.
http://myanimelist.net/comtocom.php?id1=557765&id2=400466
(read from bottom up of course)

Okay so NGE. I literally JUST had a conversation with my brother about this one, so my thoughts are pretty fresh in my mind.

Positives:
+ Revolutionized a lot of things, the mecha genre.
+ Ridiculous hidden symbolism and great meaning.
+ Perfectly paced.
+ Great twists and turns.
+ Made emotionless girls popular with Rei Ayanami.

Negatives:
- Characters aren't poorly written, per say: they're just poorly written the WRONG WAY. As in, instead of developing, they de-develop... er... get worse as the series goes on. Shinji and Asuka are reduced to empty husks. Misato is an insecure whore. I hated all of them--except Rei. Rei isn't enough to save the character department.
- The characters' angst made watching it EXTREMELY painful. Enjoyment was almost nil (at least the second time).

The first time I watched it, I fucking loved it--probably because I was too busy loving the story and mecha to notice how much the characters sucked. The second time I watched it was agonizing, because I already knew all the twists and what happened in the story. So I HAD to watch the characters. And watch them I did...

Oh, you watched my About My Videos video?

Computer science. Was chemical engineering; until I realized I hated college chemistry a LOT.

If you haven't already, I recommend checking out my Hell Girl video. One of my favorite anime series ever. Has my favorite character ever.

Noticed you had NGE as your favorite anime; remembered what you said about differing ratings. You seem like a reasonable person. Would you like to hear why I gave it what I did?

Oh. Glad to hear you moved up Usagi Drop because of me. ;)

I won't argue that I appreciate great anime or that anime can be art. However, I'm not sure what aesthetic appreciation has to do with it. I think I make myself very clear that story and characters are the most important part, because they're where good writing comes to light.

I watched 5 episodes of Cowboy Bebop, but that was a long time ago. I'm interested; I just have a lot more that I'd rather do right now. For example, marathon-rewatching all 3 Hell Girl seasons, and making video reviews of each. I one-shot rewatched Kobato. today too.

For the record, when I said "likes" the first time, I meant YouTube likes. :3

Is that right? What's so good about my character?

So what is it you like about my videos? Which one(s) do you like?

If you like my videos, likes are nice. :3

Curious that you'd want to add me as a friend so quickly. Why is that?

No prob

I know, right?! Lots of super cool people!
I've never really talked to anyone about Uzumaki before. It was one of the first mangas I read. It creeped me out a lot. I thought maybe I was just being wimpy, but it makes me feel better to know that other people also find it disturbing. It just seems like such a unique concept. I don't know what would cause anyone to ever think of that. He must've had a lot of nightmares...Oh, really? I don't know much about the author.
It's definitely an interesting ending.
There's also a live action movie of the manga. I wouldn't suggest watching it though. It's not very good at all. It was made before the series was finished. There basically is no ending in it. You might want to check out a trailer though. The trailers are creepy.

Oh, really? Awesome! Aw, how could you hate it?!
I probably saw it when I was 5, so I don't remember much besides loving it haha.

No problem! Thanks, you too!

Welcome!
I'd like to say you write quite eloquently!
Have you read Uzumaki at all yet? And finally someone else who has seen Pikachu's Summer Vacation!

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