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Like anything new to someone, that is misunderstood or not understood, needs an outline or path to start on. You don’t just jump into Anime, That’s like jumping into any art form and expecting to understand it fully. A little art history not only helps the understanding of something but also the enjoyment of it. Unless you want to just look at pretty pictures, and feel happy. And if that is the case, just stop reading this post now….. But if you would like my simple guide to an Anime adventure in which it is about the journey and not the destination then here it is.
Start with a series, it takes a little work and time but the outcome with worth the work. Make sure the series fits those criteria you may have. And also make sure it’s not a million episodes. Stay away from Bleach, Naruto, and other endless shows. They have their purpose, but it’s not a beginning. Here are some of my personal choices for a beginning of the Anime path. LAIN, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, and Hellsing. These are some simple yet exciting and worthy choices. You don’t just jump into and start with Rothko paintings; you start with some popular inspiring pieces of work.
Here is where you can jump into some films. Miyazaki films DON’T count, his anime isn’t anime, it’s genius yes, but does not belong anywhere near the anime path. It deserve it’s own category…. Anyway back on track. Films, yes, start with a couple big ones. Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Ninja Scroll, Blood, Wolf Brigade, and then maybe a couple films not just about the action. The likes of Millennium actress, Perfect Blue, Tokyo Godfathers, and Grave of Fireflies (cried), and many others.
NOTE. This is a long path, not one you can just devour and be done with it in a month. This should be done like anything in life worth doing well. Time and Love.
Now is the chance to branch out into some strange, get a little daring, and watch some stuff you might not like even like, put in the work so to speak. Now is the time to watch Paranoia Agent or Speed Grapher, FLCL, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Now and Then, Here and There, Paprika, Tekkonkinkreet, and this list can actually go on and on. It is the meat and potatoes list.
You’ve put in some work, you deserve some dessert, so go and re-watch some favorites, some stuff you might have missed, or sit back and relax while you watch the new shit. Maybe you are getting stuff weekly straight from Japan, maybe full series from eBay. But your Truly Watching anime, YAY, High School of the Dead, East of Eden, Deadman Wonderland, Sekirei and Queens Blade (late at night), Beck, Gantz, Ergo Proxy, Code Geass, and you having a blast!
IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR. YOU ARE AN ANIME LOVER. The good news is for the rest of your days you will be surprised by the strangest of shows and films, happiness will come from characters only you and your interweb anime friends will “understand”. The bad news, you are a fully-grown man or woman, who watches shows mainly made for kids. LOL
*Most of us didn’t have a guide; we ventured the anime road lone wolf style. But satisfaction of knowing what a Fist of the North Star can actually do, makes it all worth it.
Long Live Anime!
It's not often I ever really editorialize for my blog on Anime Vice, but something I only saw recently has me kind of scratching my head in confusion. It started a few days ago when I was on Comic Vine. I saw a link of their community section for a video discussion for Batgirl Year One. What I saw was a detailed and very informative video about the comic by Whiskey Media interns, Matt "Bodega" Kessler and Steve "Lemon" Ramirez. The basic theme of this feature is that they discuss older series and see if they can still stand up to a modern audience. I had never seen these episode features before. I was also surprised to see one listed for Neon Genesis Evangelion. The series is easily one of the classics for anime and can bring about a very rich discussion. Even more so if you bring up the latest Rebuild of Evangelion projects that have been coming out only recently. What I did notice though was that this particular video was only a little over a minute long. Much shorter than all the others. There was a rather interesting synopsis of what the series means to the history of anime, but their review basically sums up to simply this. "Fuck Anime.". No, I'm not paraphrasing. That's what they literally only said. "Fuck Anime". They then go on to mention talking to one of the editors of Anime Vice. Here I was thinking they were going to go from a joke to possibly talking with Tom Pinchuk over the phone or Skype to get his views on the series. Since he covered it for his Watch & Learn series. Instead, it cut to an empty couch for a few seconds.
I've played football in school on a very large team. So, I know all about harsh though well-natured teasing. This has me kind of confused. I honestly don't know if I should be laughing or be kind of pissed off. Repeatedly, I've seen little other than open contempt to anime and manga from many of the personalities of the sites. This is in no way a statement directed to either Ethan or Daniel. I know that these two have been really supportive and stand up guys to the community of Anime Vice. The same for Tom. Even Coonce occasionally drops in to say a few good things in posts. I know it can't be really easy when you have no in house staff to represent anime, but does that mean you should just constantly mock it in this manner?
There just comes a point when all you are hearing are insults and no praise that you start to wonder if it's teasing, or do they honestly hate you? The mantra that I've often heard from the editors on the Whiskey Media Live Show is, "Anime is for jerks.". How do you expect users from the other sites to drop in and see what's on here if that's all they are ever hearing from the main personalities? Users will often follow the lead of a site personality. I've always tried to be inclusive and welcoming to users from the other Whiskey Media brands as a moderator on Anime Vice. I've personally dedicated a lot of hours into this site. Both editing the wiki pages of numerous series and writing articles for the news page. I really enjoy doing it. When I go into other websites to try and attract new users. I don't just mention Anime Vice. I talk about Whiskey Media as a whole.
It seems as if I'm not to only one who has mixed views about this video. It's getting almost as many negative reviews as positive. Some calling it "needlessly cruel". Was this a rather drawn out example of teasing, or a bold slap in the Anime Vice community's face? I really would like to know.
-Kristoffer Remmell (FoxxFireArt) is a freelance graphic artist, writer, and over all mystery geek.- Follow for news updates: @ animevice / @ FoxxFireArt
Evangelion 2.22 is the second movie in Hideaki Anno's Rebuild of
Evangelion tetralogy and this movie is an awesome thrill ride of mech
action that any fan of anime needs to check out.
The Rebuild of Evangelion tetralogy is a remake of the original Neon Genesis Evangelion anime series. The intentions of this film series is to give fans of the original series or movie a new outlook on the story, as well as bring in new non-fans of the series and make it more accessible to them. I don't blame them, the story in the original TV series did get very weird at times specially towards the very end. To avoid any spoilers I'm going to keep my synopsis brief and let you guys decide if you want to find out what happens in the end. I highly recommend you do pick this up and the original movie. Evangelion 2.22 continues the story from where Evangelion 1.11 left off as NERV continues to battle the Angel threat to Tokyo-3. The story of the Evangelion series follows Shinji Ikari, a young boy who has been chosen as the Third Child. The pilots of the Evangelions are children of around the age of fifteen years old. In the first movie, Shinji was seeking the approval of his father, the second movie doesn't really alter this story mechanic. He relationship with his father has grown since the second movie with his father actually making attempts to spend time with Shinji this time around. The movie also continues to focus on NERV (the organization Shinji works for) and there battles with Angels. The movie can be broken down into roughly four battles through out the film. This is where the movie as a whole really shines, the battles are amazing to watch and keep you on the edge of your seat till the final blow is dealt. No battle ever feels repeated, each Angel has it's own unique attacks and appearance to keep things fresh and never dull.
The biggest addition to the series is the introduction of Mari Makinami, a brand new character to the Evangelion series. I was a bit disappointed because the movie has a bunch of marketing relating to this new character but the film doesn't really feature her all that much. She only appears in roughly three different scenes of the film for at most only five to ten minutes at a time. Though she is involved in a very sweet battle scene at the end of the movie. The movie does make up for this by introducing a fan favorite from the original series, Asuka Langley Shikinami (the last name was Soryu in the original). She's a great addition to a cast of very shy and dramatic characters that were introduced in 1.11. She is self absorbed and almost always make fun of Shinji (I think it's because she secretly likes him). The one thing I couldn't understand is that they didn't have her speak any German, it's not a big deal but I know fans of the original will complain about this.
Funimation does yet another superb job of dubbing with Evangelion 2.22. The entire voice cast from the Evangelion 1.11 returns. With Trina Nishimura as Mari and J. Michael Tatum as Ryoji Kaji joining the cast. Tatum wasn't the original voice actor for Kaji, but did a great job just like Aaron Krohn did ten years ago. Trina does a great job of voicing the mysterious Mari even if her character only speaks a handful of lines. The video quality is done in 1080p HD 16 X 9, so I highly recommend everyone pick it up on Blu-ray if your able to. I've seen only a small amount of anime on Blu-ray but the Evangelion movies make my jaw drop every time I see them. Audio is offered in two formats Dolby TrueHD English 6.1 and Dolby TrueHD Japanese 6.1. Subtitles are only offered in English, so unfortunately if you speak any language other than English you won't be able to understand the movie. Inside the case is a twenty page guidebook that gives you information on characters and other aspects of both movies. Funimation does offer a good amount of bonus features this time around which is nice since most of the time they only include trailers for other shows. Special features include a U.S cast commentary, deleted and alternate scenes, Japanese trailers and TV spots and a rebuild of evangelion 2.02 feature. The rebuild of Evangelion 2.02 feature shows scenes from the movie as they were being produced in the studio. Your basically watching the movie "come to life."
Evangelion 2.22 is a must buy movie for fans of the original and newcomers to the series. Great action and a much easier story to follow this time around make for a great viewing experience that every anime fan needs to enjoy over and over again. Remember you mustn't run away, go pick up your copy today.

It was many years ago that I first got hooked on the anime classic Neon Genesis Evangelion and it's several different movies that were each labeled as the "true end". While the previous movie End of Evangelion stood as the latest 'true end'. Now, has begun another dramatic retelling of the Evangelion series. Rather than just blowing up the classic frames of the anime for the theater. The entire series was sent back to square one for the animation in rich high detail perfect for the Blu-ray generation, This is a review of the first Blu-ray in the Rebuild of Evangelion series, Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone."The visual work called Evangelion is composed of a variety of desires.
And it turned out the best way for us do that right now is to redo Evangelion for the theater. "
Original Story, Screenplay, Chief Director
Hideaki Anno (Sept. 28 2006)

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