It feels like I’m forgetting quite a few remarks I made, or tried to make… (>_ I mean ;_; ) but I’ll stop here before I start typing complete gibberish. ^^

Nah, just kidding there, but I’m too tired to bother reorganising my thoughts into another post… I’ll try again tomorrow >

Where did my post go?

@ Strabo: Death Note, perhaps. Code Geass was mediocre in my opinion, it started out quite well, but began to drag on in various aspects, especially character development. Haven’t watched DtB yet =(

But I agree with your point on time frame. Looking back over 10 years makes it easy to pick out the truly great series, but looking over a short period of time makes it more difficult, especially since I watch A LOT more anime these days.

@ Kanon_fan82: Haha, I remember =p

@ Vadigor: There’s definitely some bias here, the days of NGE was when I first entered this wondrous and mysterious world. But hey, to be completely free from bias is nigh impossible these days.

@ AS: I can buckle down when I know I really need to, but anime/gaming always lingers in the back of my mind, even when I do, lol.

I agree that Azu and FLCL were truly great anime of the new era, but I wouldn’t really put Haruhi in with them. Haruhi had a massive bandwagon effect, and while it was a good anime, it is nowhere near as awesome as some people make it out to be. Then again, perhaps I’m just annoyed at how popular it became, I liked it before it was cool ;_;

@ Servbot: My introduction into the anime world was a little weird actually. My friend started up an ftp and threw a bunch of NGE episodes into it, which I grabbed and from there it was like OSHI- GIGANTIC ROBOTS THIS IS AWESOME. Then, very typical of me, I started researching anime and delved further and further into it.

Gainax does mecha exceptionally well, yes. And gravity lured me into RO, a grip which took the better part of 4 years to break away from ;_;

I’m really looking forward to Bioshock, I played the demo a little while ago and liked what I saw.

@ dak22: Thanks!

But uh…did your comments get eaten? All I see is direct quotes from the post or other comments o.O

I’d have to say this a well thought out post. It clearly puts an interersting perspective on these two areas that as you say are similar in many aspects. Good Job, you deserve it. With that said, I have a few comments:

>>The evolution of computing and the advent of console wars has produced mixed results, one one hand it has led to the spawning of some great titles like The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, GoldenEye 007, MGS, etc. But on the other hand, the growth of technology has proliferated the trend of graphics over gameplay, take F.E.A.R. for example, which would have benefited from more diverse gameplay instead of dynamic shadows and particle physics, in my opinion.>Not knowing a whole lot about the video game community outside of actually playing games with others, I’ll focus on the sites that I do have a working knowledge on, 4chan, animesuki, and GameFAQs.>It’s regrettable that the abundance of poor or overly commercial series (Naruto anyone?) is partly responsible for a negative view towards anime as a whole.

I was a pure gamer back then and was one of the believers that anime seemed a little too perverse and probably contained major cheese. However, after Cowboy Bebop and a few select series, I started enjoying the storylines. Eventually I got past the giant eyes, the giant robots, the unproportional bouncing breasts and became a fan. Fanservice has always been in past shows and nobody will question the value. Although that doesnt say I immediately adopt any shows that include the above because I am still fairly selective, but, I am enjoying titles that can hold their ground and hold my attention with a great story.

Gainax is huge in my mecha anime history. NGE, Gunbuster/Diebuster and now Gurren Lagann?! I also read something about Gurren Lagann being made into an online game? Oh, one of the reasons I started playing Ragnarok Online was because of the boss monster animations. I believe it was a great catch for Gravity to put several links to animated pictures of in-game characters/monsters/items because that certainly got the attention of most browsers.

Oh, Bioshock is spectacular but I dont want to hype it up more than the word spectacular so see for yourself if you can.