A spin-off, yes, but I would argue that making a spin-off from something that wasn't originally yours is as much an adaptation as, say, a fanfiction. An adaptation implies that it's a translation of an existing work onto another medium. Until GX was made, there was no novel or manga or light novel or anything that was GX. GX, though it takes elements from a pre-existing work, is not an adaptation. It's a spin off, and spin offs are not adaptations.
It's a spin-off of an adaptation. I never claimed it was an adaptation, just that it was based on an exsisting work.
I may know jack-squat else about GX, but this is what I DO know, and I shall defend it.
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So Vaarsuvius is an Epic Whatsit now. "Whatsit". I think I like that term.
Did you mean something else by this? I'm confused here.
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Okay, I what I overall meant was that it is a spin-off of an adaptation, and is therefore not an orignial work.
Yes, there is an inconsistency there, but we all have inconsistencies in our arguements at times.
Eh, whatever. The original point is, okay, there seem to be several anime not based on an existing work (of course, none of them are within the small selection of anime I actually have seen...)
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Howl's Moving Castle is adapted from a book by some female, Welsh author. I cannot remember either her name or the name of the book, though.
Diana Wynne Jones, and the book was also called Howl's Moving Castle. Not being up on my Miyazaki when I went to Japan 4 years ago, I had wondered why her work was in the very limited English section of the library went to. The book is substantially different (from what I've heard- never seen the movie).
She's also written a few other things. Dark Lord of Derkholm is a personal favorite. She's quite a good author.
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The book is substantially different (from what I've heard- never seen the movie).
The elder Miyazaki is known for being quite liberal in how closely he follows any given source material. The book and the movie are in quite nothing alike, but both still manage to be awesome.
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And this is quite weird. Like Pokemon with food instead of monsters. And a huge annoyance because it makes me realize that i just cannot remember the name of the music they use.
WHAT.
and... why is that so catchy...
Also, why is it so full of horrible, HORRIBLE puns? I checked out the episode list, and... it's... aargh! the horror!
1 Rice to Meet You
3. Mushroom With a View
18 Assault and Pepper
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And this is quite weird. Like Pokemon with food instead of monsters. And a huge annoyance because it makes me realize that i just cannot remember the name of the music they use.
It's the Can Can. And it took me bloody ages to pin that down, too, so don't feel too bad about it.
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The elder Miyazaki is known for being quite liberal in how closely he follows any given source material. The book and the movie are in quite nothing alike, but both still manage to be awesome.
Truth.
Honestly, the amount the plots diverge really makes them separate works. They share characters, but even those aren't the same. That said, reading the book AND watching the movie would be highly recommended. And then reading every other book by Diana Wynne Jones and watching every other movie by Miyazaki. They both create highly enjoyable media. (though I would especially second Dark Lord of Derkholm)
On the other discussion . . . yeah anime actually does have original content, suprise! And like just about anything else, when its not an adaption, it avoids some of the fandumb we were discussing earlier . . . until its adapted into another form or spawns little broodling spin off series. In fact glancing down that condensed list and mentally adding others, most of my favorite series are examples of this.
On an entirely new note, one of my friends that I'm going to see in a couple days wants me to read Angelic Days and suprisingly, for him, actually bought the manga and would have it for me to borrow. Is it worth my time to read it? (yes, of course I've watched the entire original show and seen the movies)
Taking pride in masturbation? It's like taking pride in pooping (because almost everyone does it and it's nothing to be ashamed of, but you don't mention it out loud in polite company either) - are your classmates mentally in kindergarten or what?
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Hey, some of us like our life in the real world, you know. Gotta get out there more often.
I'm going to assume that was a playful quip in response to my playful quip, and not you insinuating I'm some useless NEET with no job, school, or friends to occupy myself with. Still, consider how things sound before you type them.
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Taking pride in masturbation? It's like taking pride in pooping (because almost everyone does it and it's nothing to be ashamed of, but you don't mention it out loud in polite company either) - are your classmates mentally in kindergarten or what?
If he's still in high school, most likely.
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First of all: I really, really hope that no one you know...does the kind of thing Kurosawa does in Onani Master.
Second of all: depending on how things turn out...you may wish to avoid the giantitp visual novel. Entirely.
Well, few people don't exactly perfect it into an artform like the protagonist apparently does. It happens however (why else do men learn Yoga other than to watch women stretch?) and well... Yeah...
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First: Can I meet you? I need some of your innocence to rub off.
Seriously, it's pratically a point of pride amongst my male classmates how often you do "it". I'm actually ostracized by not doing "it".
No no no, that's not quite what I meant. I'm quite aware that lots and lots of high school guys (and older, or in some cases, younger) like to...have some alone time.
What I meant was that, I'm kinda hoping that someone who uses masturbation as a kind of private, egotistical power trip unconsciously designed to hold power, no matter how petty, over the "inferior" classmates he regards with scorn and contempt. Which is what I interpret Kurosawa as doing in the manga.
(I'm not so innocent that I think that high school guys don't Have Dates with Rosie Palms. I'm well aware that plenty of them go further than just that. )
I'm going to assume that was a playful quip in response to my playful quip, and not you insinuating I'm some useless NEET with no job, school, or friends to occupy myself with. Still, consider how things sound before you type them.
Oops. Sorry if it sounded offensive. I didn't mean to say that you had no real life. I mean, it's not like I know any of you personally.
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No no no, that's not quite what I meant. I'm quite aware that lots and lots of high school guys (and older, or in some cases, younger) like to...have some alone time.
What I meant was that, I'm kinda hoping that someone who uses masturbation as a kind of private, egotistical power trip unconsciously designed to hold power, no matter how petty, over the "inferior" classmates he regards with scorn and contempt. Which is what I interpret Kurosawa as doing in the manga.
Now you really make me never want to read it.
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I started watching it again, kinda, after seeing this. What other playgrounders have started watching/reading a series because of something only tangentially related?
For those of you confused about the "kinda", I actually saw a show called CardCaptors (A mystic adventure...) which is... looselybased on Cardcaptor Sakura
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Yeah I can understand that being hyper-creepy, the "crime of thought" version of rape, but it would depend on the actual plot.
And me, you know, actually sitting down and reading a manga, which is unlikely.
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For some reason, I couldn't really get into Baccano. I'll have to try again someday. In the meantime, Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid is pretty awesome! Almost done with the series. Next, maybe Fumoffu? I heard it was cute-sy, so I dunno.
The "cutesy" part might come from the fact that Fumoffu is a romantic comedy, with accent on comedy but with romance still present. It's actually pretty sadistic in a way, because at least half the jokes concentrate around Sagara and/or Kaname suffering for the former's lack of understanding how normal humans work.
Baccano is, possibly, among the best 5 anime series I've seen, and surely among the best 10.
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