[ale] WAY WAY WAY OT: anybody recommend a good anime?

[Jeff Hubbs]

I just remembered - I think Cartoon Network has a show called "Adult 
Swim" that runs some stronger (but not STRONG) anime.  Check your local 
listings!

- Jeff

Jeff Hubbs wrote:

> This one is more along the lines of children's fare, but MY NEIGHBOR 
> TOTORO was very well-received by my then-six-year-old daughter and was 
> an interesting watch for us adults as well.  It breaks so far from the 
> Disney-like conventions of nearly all American-made children's fare 
> that you'll be quite surprised.  Anything else by TOTORO's director 
> Hayao Miyazaki, including GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (which I have not 
> seen but may be a better first choice for you) are supposedly among 
> the best of the genre. 
> Please don't mistake me for a connossieur; I'm not.  My daughter often 
> has bouts of interest in the SAILOR MOON series, which is occasionally 
> on Cartoon Network, and it is really only through that that I got any 
> info on anime at all.  I found that although SM is kind of ridiculous, 
> it has aspects that make it rather watchable by adults; the same 
> cannot be said of, oh, Scooby Doo. 
> Another title that I am aware of is HARMAGAEDON, of which I know only 
> because some of the music was done by my favorite keyboardist, Keith 
> Emerson.   
>
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> Cade Thacker wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> I figured that maybe somebody on this list could suggest a couple of 
>> good
>> animes. The problem is that all the animes that I have rented at
>> blockbuster have been disturbing, rapes, dismemberment, people being cut
>> in half,(Ninja Scroll, Blade).  I am looking more along the lines of 
>> Anime
>> movies like Princess Mononoke, Blue Sub Six. Good Story line, good
>> action, but not too much gore. Is this a lost cause?
>>
>> Thanks....
>>
>> cade was here
>>
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