Which animation style would you rather see in a D&D cartoon?

[Teflon Billy]

That reminds me! Has anyone besides me ever wanted to run a game based on Tailspin (another action-y disney cartoon that reuses the cast of the Jungle Book) except with people instead of animals? Maybe it's just me....

That setting was lifted whole-cloth from a short lived TV series called Tales From the Gold Monkey

 

[somekindofjerk]

'Tom Goes to the Mayor' all the way.
Seriously though, something semi-serious/goofy like Venture Brothers would be cool. That show's style is goofy but the characters who are supposed to be badass manage to look it. No offense to Squeenix or Mainfraime or any other CG studio, but if they do a CG D&D show, it'd be cool (IMHO) if they got the folks over at Blizzard to do (go d/l the World of Warcraft trailer/intro for an example).

 

[Nuclear Platypus]

I'd have to put in a vote for some Chan-tastic animation like from Jackie Chan Adventures and The Batman followed closely by Disney's Gargoyles. However I'm also fond of the animation in the current TMNT cartoon as well as Megas XLR (both sorta anime-ish). There's also the cheesiness of Slayers aka Monty Haul meets powergaming. However if Hayao Miyazaki were to consider a D&D project, I'd definitely watch it.

As for the whole subs vs dubs, it all depends on the voices. Sometimes the originals are great like Tora's original voice actor fit the character better in Ushio and Tora so score one for subs but other times the dubbed voices are perfect like in Cowboy Bebop thus dubs are better.

 

[reanjr]

DC Animated (Justice League/Batman/Superman)
DC Pseudo-Anime (Teen Titans)
Serious Anime (Records of Lodoss War)
Comic Anime (InuYasha)
Action Pseudo-Anime (Jackie Chan Adventures/The Batman)
Action Traditional (He-Man & The Masters of the Universe)
Simpsons (D'oh!)

Speak up!

Disney style. Pirates of Dark Water-esque.

 

[reanjr]

Anyone remember when Akira was just a cool cartoon from japan?

No, actually, I don't recall Akira ever being cool...

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

No, actually, I don't recall Akira ever being cool...

Zing!

Actually, I don't remember it ever being described as cool. It was always something like 'this will screw with your brain' or something similar. Of course, those were from people who liked it.

 

[Desdichado]

Despite Chain Lightning's well-reasoned and articulated pro-Anime stance, I have to side with Dark Jezter and Joshua Dyal. I've given it years worth of chances, and hate it more every time.

Hey, now! I've been very careful to not say that in this thread. Although I've said it other times in the past...

 

[nimisgod]

I'm sorry... was that post in English? I didn't understand a word of it.

Ha! More like Engrish.

Unfortunately, anime doesn't have a lot going for it. Cultural barrier aside, there's a lot of crappy anime that gets imported. I can't stand most anime and "trying to be anime" styles, myself, especially since most of what is shown on primetime TV are the worst examples.

I won't appeal for anime-haters to change their judgement. But I will say that 70%-90% of anime compared to the best of its kind (the top 10%), is like comparing the D&D movie (and other fantasy flops) to the LOTR movies. Most of the medium is freakishly bad, but there are some gems to be seen.

That said, I'd imagine the animation style would be slightly less important to the content (story style, etc.). But then, that would be a different thread.

 

[jester47]

Zing!

Actually, I don't remember it ever being described as cool. It was always something like 'this will screw with your brain' or something similar. Of course, those were from people who liked it.

Well, I remember it just being different. It wasn't anime, it was just some cartoon that had been imported from japan like robotech was. But it was not made for kids, so it was cool in the respect that where most things encountered before from japan (via Harmony Gold, or battle of the planets, or various other robot shows) were kid safe, this wasn't. The thing is that there wasn't anything special about it. In our minds the animators just happened to be Japanese so they drew different. It was just another cartoon. The subject matter was cool because it was more real.

Now days, anime is this "distinct art form" with a bunch of, for a lack of better description, kinda in a weird way racist fans (or at least culturalist). "If its not really japanese, its not anime." I know people that won't watch a cartoon if its not really anime. Now most people don't care, its just a cartoon. But I'm getting sick of the attitude that "anime" is somthing special and different. Its not, its just more cartoon's from japan.

Aaron.

 

[Pants]

That said, I'd imagine the animation style would be slightly less important to the content (story style, etc.). But then, that would be a different thread.

Well, that's what I'm talking about. When I say 'anime styled' I'm talking only about the art style, not the actual content, because I really enjoy most anime styled art I've over american styled art. However, the content of most anime usually irritates the hell out of me and I much prefer the content of many american shows over it.

There are a few notable exceptions, like Berserk, Hellsing, and Cowboy Bebop which are all pretty devoid of most of the things in anime that are really annoying. Then there's Samurai Champloo and Trigun which are entertaining to me despite (or because) of the way those styles are utilized.

What am I talking about here? I don't really know, so to paraphrase, I did not inhale.

Thank you for your time.