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Introduction Anime; Autism 101
Topic Started: Jan 25 2015, 03:12 PM (100 Views)
TheSamuraiElf
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So, much to my shame, my parents know I indulge in the chinese cartoons. However, this shame pales in comparison to my other mistake. My mother has become....... interested.

My autistic defense mechanism must've kicked in while she was extracting the details from me as to exactly what sort of "cartoon" I was watching, and whether I should be contributing to society in some meaningful fashion. Wanting to avoid the greater of the two evils, I told her all about my "cartoon." Somewhere along the way she said she was actually interested in watching some with me.

So my question is, what do I show this bitch to get her to either hate or love anime. I'm sort of conflicted because I want her to like the things I like but at the same time I don't want that at all. I like to keep my options open. So what are some of the best and worst Animes to start out with? Inb4 Gurren Lagann is both at the same time.
Edited by TheSamuraiElf, Jan 25 2015, 03:13 PM.
 
Lethargus
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So, much to my shame, my parents know I indulge in the chinese cartoons.

I hope not. The Japanese ones on the other hand...
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So what are some of the best and worst Animes to start out with? Inb4 Gurren Lagann is both at the same time.

Think it really depends on what your mom is interested in as well, but if that's not a problem, then i would suggest the Studio Ghibli movies. Watched some of them with my mom and she really enjoyed them, even though she thought "the story made no sense".
You'll probably want to avoid overly cute/violent stuff, but nothing wrong with having a few cute characters in there. (Most) Women sure love cute stuff. You should probably try to avoid series with overly complicated plots as well. I think series/movies with really nicely drawn backgrounds and scenery would work well.
I don't really have any specific series/movies to recommend. You'd probably want to show her stuff that you yourself enjoy am i right?
Edited by Lethargus, Jan 25 2015, 03:36 PM.
 
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I'm on phone atm, so check back later when I've had time to edit this for more detail and links and shit.

Basically, I'm going to go about this from a pretty "stereotypical way". You should avoid more SOL stuff, battle shounen, Yuri, yaoi, shoujo-ai, shounen-ai, and basically everything with a ton of fan service. Depending on what type of person she is, you might also want to avoid too "dark and edgy" stuff like Psycho-Pass, and also "deconstructions" like Madoka.

So I bet now you're thinking "so what does that even leave me with?!", and this is basically where the other type of SOL comes into play.

Since I cba to type a lot more like this, I'm gonna second Kaw with Ghibli. I mean, my mom for example showed us a lot of that stuff as kids, and parents tend to like those cute kid movies. Almost all of these also have good dubs, if that's a concern.

Secondly, I want to suggest that guy whose name I can't remember's movies. I also recommend these highly above Ghibli. Basically, the two movies you'd want to show her is either Wolf Children or The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. The former is actually about parenting, and it's just a beautiful piece overall (there's a reason it's one of my all-time favorites). The latter is more of a romance story with a supernatural twist, but it's also simply beautiful, and a bit more sad, perhaps.

But yea, if you don't want her to hate on it, but at the same time you don't want her to love it so she'll want to watch it with you or w/e, I think the best thing is to show her movies like this.
 
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True story: my mom wanted nada to do with anime until she got to watching DBZ - suddenly it was "Kill that b@stard Frieza already Goku!" Since then she's watched most of the movies as well as DB and all of DBZ. Getting yer mom on board, meanwhile, could be a bad thing or a good thing. I'll leave the recommendations in Dave's more than capable hands.
 
ACDCFan89
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While not technically considered anime (since it was made in the US and not Japan, semantics if you ask me), the Avatar series is pretty good and has something for pretty much everyone. The Last Airbender series I would recommend first before Korra, as it sets everything up.

A good one to watch that is family friendly, if very weird, is Ponyo. It's cute, if weird, funny, and enjoyable. Though if she doesn't mind violence and likes something with a really good story, Princess Mononoke is also good and considered one of the best dubs (and anime movies) out there.

But really, it's best to look at her favorite genres of movies/tv shows in order to get a good idea of what she would enjoy.
 
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