Americans new anime is crap, what do you think?

[Zenni-Kun]

I've always lived by.......If it comes from Japan, THEN its anime, if it comes from America its Cranime (C***+ Anime)..........because americans positivly suck when it comes to trying to recreate japanese anime

[dream magician]

Hmm, concerning that, i do admit some anime of American production is with less quality in drawing compared to the Japanese.
But then, we never know in time.

[Sanosuke23]

Not to beat a dead horse or anything, but the [as] thread in Misc. got me thinking.

Deadeye, what about Duckman? The Brothers Grunt? The Maxx? Pretty much everything from MTV's old Liquid Television block? Those were pretty "mature," by your definition.

[Memento Mori]

I've always lived by.......If it comes from Japan, THEN its anime, if it comes from America its Cranime (C***+ Anime)..........because americans positivly suck when it comes to trying to recreate japanese anime

Whoa, you're an incredibly ignorant person. Must I bring up AGAIN, Avatar, Ben 10, Megas XLR, etc., etc. I don't like any of those but Megas, but I don't flat out say they suck. You're just being another kid who thinks Japan is "OMGROFLBESTCOUNTRYEVER!11!!!1"

[Sanosuke23]

Mori: Two things.

First, <3.

Second, Ben 10 isn't so bad, but that Alien Force monstrosity has absolutely zero redeeming qualities.

It's like Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward. Sure TMNT(the new one) is really good and true to the original Eastman & Laird work, but FF is absolute crap.

Then again, so is DBGT and almost all filler material ever, so I guess it's just a question of quality vs. commercialism.

[Deadeye31]

I watch very little of American Television as it is, I'm not going to waste my time even looking at MTV when I look at the on screen guide, so I really wouldn't know. But it's not about being mature that brings me in.

Sure, I like that there's more apparant maturity in anime but that's really only about half the reason I watch it. The other half is the story. If Elfen Lied was just about a naked girl who killed people, like 99% of American horror movies then I wouldn't give it the time of day. But the story behind the "monster", the love, the misunderstanding. It made me look past the bloodshed and I saw a girl who really just wanted to be accepted and have a friend. And that's what made it great.

I get my laughs, too, watching family guy and Simpsons and, yes, even occationally spongebob because there are some hilarious scenes. But what puts me over the top for a show is story. a Cohesive beginning, middle and end with characters that are complex and memerable and it's not drawn out (Though it should leave you wanting more).

[Amray The II]

Just here to point out....just because you don't like a programme, or anything similar, does not make it crap.
I was not pointing that statement at anyone..okay Zenni? ..Actually, I was. But it was not just Zenni either.

[Sanosuke23]

I watch very little of American Television as it is, I'm not going to waste my time even looking at MTV when I look at the on screen guide, so I really wouldn't know. But it's not about being mature that brings me in.

Sure, I like that there's more apparant maturity in anime but that's really only about half the reason I watch it. The other half is the story. If Elfen Lied was just about a naked girl who killed people, like 99% of American horror movies then I wouldn't give it the time of day. But the story behind the "monster", the love, the misunderstanding. It made me look past the bloodshed and I saw a girl who really just wanted to be accepted and have a friend. And that's what made it great.

I get my laughs, too, watching family guy and Simpsons and, yes, even occationally spongebob because there are some hilarious scenes. But what puts me over the top for a show is story. a Cohesive beginning, middle and end with characters that are complex and memerable and it's not drawn out (Though it should leave you wanting more).

The Maxx had a story, described more or less here. Of course, despite the connection you tried to establish between you and I and the shows we grew up watching, apparently I managed to not immediately dismiss MTV's animation bloc simply because of the channel it was on when I was younger.