More Anime Series

Doesn't this background color just totally piss you off? Good. Now that that's over with, there are so many stupid types of anime series out there, I simply could not fit it all in one page. So without further ado, I'm going to talk smack about a few other shows out there so that more people can feel the need to e-mail me supportive words like, "j00 su><0rz j0Or d4|>!"

    Ahhh, the adventure show. This one took me awhile to dig up, as trying to find a show that doesn't have little girls transforming into half naked versions of themselves, homosexual looking fellows with spiky hair and penis extensions they call guns, giant robots with dome and ring explosions, and girls that could be a new physics study in bounce dynamics proved to be quite difficult. When I think "adventure," I think clumsy blonde guy in green clothes waving a sword haphazardly to rescue a pretty young girl. Yeah, that's right, I'm a sexist pig furthering the patriarchal propaganda philosophy (try saying that three times fast. Actually, you know what? Don't.) of the strong man-hero rescuing some weak, non-speaking plot-piece that is the girl. With a dress. Blow me.

    Oh, how right I am. This particular example of the genre is titled Star Ocean EX, which surprisingly kind of makes sense (a bit of a rarity when Japanese people attempt to use English, as can be evidenced at www.engrish.com), until you consider that the show's about a clumsy blonde guy in green clothes waving a sword haphazardly around to rescue a pretty young girl. On the ground. With grass and trees. Nowhere near an ocean or stars. And fuck if I know what the hell EX is.

    I have found that geek thinking goes much like this: Huh huh, swords and D&D and Magic the Gathering are cool. Huh huh, Star Trek and phasers and computers are also cool. So it is likely because nerds obsess over both these themes that many animes combine them, as nonsensical as it is. Observe: