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

[Jeff Hubbs]

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.    



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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