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Sam Weller is a writer and actor who's scribed for shows like FIRST EDITION, GEEK THERAPY, and most recently BATGIRL: SPOILED. He also really likes anime. To know what is going to happen next, follow@cravesam
The various misadventures of Twilight Sparkle and friends as they work together to find and showcase the true meaning of Friendship.
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Pokemon Black and White Looks Delicious in Motion
First video of a Pokemon battle in Black and White. |
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Comment & Win: One Piece Vol. 52, 53
Time for a giveaway folks! Now, act civil, we don't want anyone to get hurt in the mad rush to win. |
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Beginner's Guide to FLCL
Gainax's madcap, surrealist anime, broken down for new viewers. |
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Ballz Deep
Steve gets intimately close to Dragon Ball Z, for science! |
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Top 3 Awful Anime Dubs
Grit your teeth and get your ear plugs ready cause this week we're taking on the three most amazingly bad dubs of all time! |
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GARGANTIA ON THE VERDUROUS PLANET #2 - - Special Review
The spring show that's better than ATTACK ON TITAN. |
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One Piece Ending SPOILER?! -- THE VICE PIT
How will ONE PIECE end? And what's happening in the show RIGHT NOW? Tom gives Sam the shake-down as they cover the high-seas insanity. |
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FUSHIGI YUGI - - My First Anime Experience
Our resident anime novice reminisces on her middle-school love affair with the epic fantasy romance. |
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ONE PIECE #595 - - Special Review
This part was cool... and also kind-of gross. |
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ATTACK ON TITAN #2 - - Watch & Learn
There you are, TITAN! I like you more from this angle. |
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An Anime Novice’s Take On… THE ROSE OF VERSAILLES
So here’s the thing about THE ROSE OF VERSAILLES: it is just gloriously silly. |
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MAGI #17 - - Watch & Learn
Somebody caption this image immediately! |
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Best Anime Transformations: Majin Buu Edition -- THE VICE PIT
Sam and Tom debate their favorite Majin Buu transformations and show their TRUE FORMS!!! Also, a rapid fire analysis of other transformations in anime. |
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AV MOD MATERIAL: NARUTO Ch. 629 Review
Obito admits that he truly is a character of little substance and a serious dissociation complex. |
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GARGANTIA ON THE VERDUROUS PLANET #2 - - Special Review
The spring show that's better than ATTACK ON TITAN. |
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AV MOD MATERIAL: Ash Ketchum - - Character Spotlight
He's been doing the same thing, over and over again, for over a decade. And he seems to constantly be re-learning lessons. But Ash deserves still deserves your respect! |
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One Piece Ending SPOILER?! -- THE VICE PIT
How will ONE PIECE end? And what's happening in the show RIGHT NOW? Tom gives Sam the shake-down as they cover the high-seas insanity. |
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ATTACK ON TITAN #2 - - Watch & Learn
There you are, TITAN! I like you more from this angle. |
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AV MOD MATERIAL: ONE PIECE Ch. 708 Review
The sins of the grandfather have been passed down upon Luffy. |
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MAGI #17 - - Watch & Learn
Somebody caption this image immediately! |
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ONE PIECE #595 - - Special Review
This part was cool... and also kind-of gross. |
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To quote Daniel Bryan.
NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!
It's a show for little girls, and bronies are creepy.
My Little Pony is as much an anime as Batman: The Animated Series was. I'll let people make their own conclusions from there.
Friendship is always magical when you're friends with Sam Weller.
Flash animated so yes as in cartoon, but no for anime.
nope, not by my definition of the word,
and ever since I became an Anime fan I have grown a bit uneasy watching American toons, even some of the stuff I grew up with like Animaniacs or Batman no longer charms me the same way they might have when I was a kid, one might say they almost feel kinda..... foreign to me now,
however I do agree with Sam, some people just like Anime, and some people just like animation in general,
I just happen to fall in to camp A,
MLP is an Anime (technically), all Cartoon are technically are
I fell out of MLP fandom awhile ago, I guess it was a phase for me
Anyway, I like all kind of shows, but the ones I really like happen to be anime
MLP is 0% anime.
@Destinyheroknight: Time to put up an Adventure Time page on Anime Vice? How about Phineas and Ferb? Do you truly believe all animation is Anime?
@AgentJ:
Yes, all Cartoons are Animes and all Animes are Cartoons. The only difference is they are made in different countries. Well technically, some of them are send to a different country to be finish (Korea or sometime Japan). I always wonder why we have special name for Anime, but don't have any special name for other animation from a different country (it usually just cartoons)
Fun fact: Some of the specials animation from the first My Little Pony was by Toei Animation (so technically you call that Anime)
Hopeful what ever real illness that has befallen Tom is mild an brief.
Now Sam while true friendship can be magic.An in some cases necromancy .But um the My Little Pony border thier was a step to far.A line was crossed.... eyes were harmed by the pastel ponies.
The same argument could have been made with Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt .More importantly my eyes would not have been tortured by pastel hell!
...just sayn.
@Destinyheroknight said:
There is a reason we use the Japanese term "anime" rather than calling it all just cartoons. All animation is not anime and pretty much nobody uses the term in that way. You may very well be the only person that would label Steamboat Willie or Rocky and Bullwinkle as anime.
@sickVisionz:
Anime is short for animation in Japanese. So yeah, to them Steamboat Willie is anime.
The plural of anime is anime, BTW, folks.
@Destinyheroknight said:
To them, yes. But not to us. If you pick up a "how to draw anime" book at Barnes and Noble, they don't have Mickey Mouse examples. The anime section at Best Buy or Frys does not have Animaniacs. Anime is one of many words that has seen it's meaning change as the culture it is used in changes. And using the "traditional Japanese meaning" doesn't do anyone any good. Because frankly, I don't have any interest in adding those pages to the database here on Animevice.
Merriam Webster's definition:
@AgentJ:
Merriam Webster's definition:
It should be to all, the word Anime was only created by Anime fans to try to separate from the word Cartoons because they don't want people to think they are watching Cartoons. So the word was corrupted over the years and we got the wrong definition
@Destinyheroknight said:
"Corrupted"? That is how every new word in the history of language has been made. They needed a meaning for something they couldn't otherwise express easily, and one was made. Webster's recognizes it (and you know they look into the history and origins of a word). It is the natural process. Not a "corruption".
@AgentJ:
Merriam Webster's definition:
We already have a word for it (it call cartoons or animation)
@Destinyheroknight said:
That doesn't specify what sort of animation it is though. And I feel like you know that. To say "Japanese Animation" is seven syllables, a ridiculous number for two words. Anime is nice and simple. For someone that I assume values the Japanese culture, you don't seem to be familiar with the country's propensity to condense words, often creating new meanings in the process.
@AgentJ:
So why don't we have special words for animation that was made in France or Canada or America or UK or Korea? Why do we have to separate other form of animation?