Quote:
Originally Posted by nekokami
Ooookaayy.... I have to say I agree with you on this one (and you need to get yourself a better class of anime).
Perhaps one thing we are talking about is "plausibility" again. But I think we're also talking about depth of story. Giant robots are not especially plausible (why would anyone try to make a mechanical fighting vehicle with such an impractical form?) but Neon Genesis Evangelion makes up for it (IMHO) with depth of characterization and exploration of psychological issues. (And nobody says "superpower fireball," though perhaps they do destroy the planet.) YMMV.  |
I was just trying to make a point,though I do love anime,and own mostly video's not books of anime that ARE good.
Neon Genesis Evangelion was nice, I love Macross Pluss a lot! But I'm not a Gundam guy.
To me the stories about giant robots in some episodes are more science fiction than fantasy, since if you look at Macross Pluss series, you'd get a lot of scientific data to backup some of the things you see.
Upto today I really haven't seen any 'fantasy' anime that is somewhat plausible.
Gundamm just 'states' things like a gigantic 5ton vehicle can fly just because it can do that...,and it's made to fight; that's why we need 192 episodes to convince you that the big robot can win by showing you exactly the same situation but with a different opponent robots... then I feel less attracted to it.
Maybe a question, anyone seen .dot hack? (About a guy got trapped in a virtual world on the internet)?
what would you call that, science fiction or fantasy?
The internet is getting to the point where there already are virtual worlds where people meet, and need to do things.
However it's not there yet where a human soul would literally leave it's body to remain in the internet (like also seen in eg: Ghost in the Shell).
Ok,I'm not talking about books here, but videos, but, where do you draw the line?
Define 'fantasy'!
Wikipedia defines it as:
Fantasy is a genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting. Fantasy is generally distinguished from science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of technological and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three (collectively known as speculative fiction).
Magic stories never seem real;especially since it's not backed up by science; therefor in my mind Fantasy will always be stories that be 'not credible' enough to convince me a story like that is ever going to happen.
I doubt it has something to do with the plot.
please share your opinion about this, I'm a great fan of SF and used to read a lot of stories here, but never really looked at 'fantasy' books a lot, so my perception of fantasy might be wrong...