Legendary Pictures' GODZILLA - !!SPOILERS!!

[ironwez20]

Forgot one

 

[crows]

In the anime genre yes its very popular but just not very loud as it use to be. Alot of people find that stupid music video offensive as its just another dumb stereotype of Japanese culture.

then it isn't because anime is not pop culture. like at all
anime is very niche.

 

[GasparZizou]

Ugh... no wonder he doesn't have any bawzz...

Why do you think he's angry and wants to destroy us all?

 

[Rotfish]

...I feel like this is the worst thing I've ever seen in my life...

More reason to hate on Nickelback -- their frontman married that woman. Dear lord...

Forgot one

Damn... touché. Great clip, by the way. Like I've said, that last trailer seemed to focus too much on the brawl of the film, but I'll take mystery and conspiracy elements wherever I can get them. Having the Mutos be the focus of this film's mysteries is fine with me. Keeps Godzilla in a more neutral, "I'm-always-here" sort of position, which is something none of the previous Goji films have really explored.

 

[ironwez20]

then it isn't because anime is not pop culture. like at all
anime is very niche.

Yea right. Ever been to an anime con. Otakon? Anicon? A whole bunch of anime are served as inspiration for many things we like on this forum. Akira to name a few.
Just because you dont hear about it on the news everyday like you hear how justin beiber gots his first pubic hair doesnt mean its there. Hell an anime called attack on titan last year took the anime community by storm.

Go to any anime community and see for yourself. Anime is as popular as comic books. The difference. Nobody has made a good movie of one yet.

Anime not pop culture? You ever heard of DBZ, naruto, pokemon, sailor moon and bleach and one piece? Those are the most mainstream anime in the US and are very popular.
Niche my ass lol

Go to any comic convention. You'll always see sombody cosplaying as an anime character.

 

[GasparZizou]

That's true, in fact, being a DC fan, I see nothing but strong anime influences in the DC animated movies from some time now, quite a long time to be honest, the way they're drawn and animated screams anime to me.

Here in Mexico, anime/manga is WAY more popular than comicbooks, in fact, if an argument about Goku vs Superman ever comes out, it's almost unanimous that Goku will win.... Unless I'm there to enlight the poor fellas though

 

[ironwez20]

That's true, in fact, being a DC fan, I see nothing but strong anime influences in the DC animated movies from some time now, quite a long time to be honest, the way they're drawn and animated screams anime to me.

MOS. You had to be crazy if you didnt think dbz when you watched that movie. Your right DC and Marvel are heavily inspired by anime. Ironman and wolverine have anime series and Dc has batman shorts that are anime.

It aint popular like the pokemon days but you have to crazy not to think its pop culture. People stream anime now so its not on tv like it was in the 90s

 

[crows]

Go to any comic convention. You'll always see sombody cosplaying as an anime character.

yeah nothing but a bunch of nerds

it is still not really a part of american pop culture

 

[GasparZizou]

MOS. You had to be crazy if you didnt think dbz when you watched that movie. Your right DC and Marvel are heavily inspired by anime. Ironman and wolverine have anime series and Dc has batman shorts that are anime.

It aint popular like the pokemon days but you have to crazy not to think its pop culture. People stream anime now so its not on tv like it was in the 90s

Not really man, the sonic booms and the shock waves were in the comics long before Dragon Ball Z, although a Live action DBZ movies could take cues from those special FX, just add actual martial arts, being honest, DBZ didn't cross my mind one time in my 3 watches in the theater, and I'm a life-long Goku fan, but I can see why people thought about DBZ.

I mean, the animated movies, they're almost straight up anime in my eyes.

And yeah, guys like Jim Lee taking strong cues from Manga from ages now, I like to think it's all interconnected, Manga was heavily influenced by comics, and in time comics were heavily influenced by Manga, it's all cool to think about really.

 

[GasparZizou]

yeah nothing but a bunch of nerds

it is still not really a part of american pop culture

I think it's a fair assessment to say comic book geeks don't exceed manga geeks' numbers by that many, like I said over here otakus top us comicbook geeks by FAR, anime conventions are a lot more and more robusts than comicbook conventions here.

 

[ironwez20]

yeah nothing but a bunch of nerds

it is still not really a part of american pop culture

Havent you heard? America is nerdy now. We live in an age where its cool to be a nerd. You can have the most mild intelligence things like avengers or spiderman and be considered a nerd. I remember in college I wore a spiderman shirt and this girl complimented me on it and said she was a big fan and then I asked her what her favorite villain was and she said the guy with the metal arms.

So yea America is basically nerdy now and thats why we have so many cool movies like this one coming out. Sure its not a part of america pop culture but america still loves it and embraces it fully.

Pacific rim was basically a love letter to evangalion.

 

[ironwez20]

Not really man, the sonic booms and the shock waves were in the comics long before Dragon Ball Z, although a Live action DBZ movies could take cues from those special FX, just add actual martial arts, being honest, DBZ didn't cross my mind one time in my 3 watches in the theater, and I'm a life-long Goku fan, but I can see why people thought about DBZ.

I mean, the animated movies, they're almost straight up anime in my eyes.

And yeah, guys like Jim Lee taking strong cues from Manga from ages now, I like to think it's all interconnected, Manga was heavily influenced by comics, and in time comics were heavily influenced by Manga, it's all cool to think about really.

Lol I know I guess its the city fight that made me think of dbz. The high flying fighting in air crap that dbz did.

 

[GasparZizou]

Havent you heard? America is nerdy now.

UUUUUUUUUUGH, I hate fake-nerds, they make me feel non-special

Pacific rim was basically a love letter to evangalion.

Not really, Del Toro admitted to have watched a ton of animes but never to have watched Eva.

In fact, every single influence that you see on screen most likely came from other animes.

But yeah, PR is a spiritual baby of anime.

 

[GasparZizou]

Lol I know I guess its the city fight that made me think of dbz. The high flying fighting in air crap that dbz did.

That was also in the comics but I get your point, DBZ gave more emphasis to the fighting.

Oh I lied! I remember thinking about DBZ when Faora went superspeed on the poor soldiers, you know how on DBZ they fight so fast that the human eye can't see them? That popped in my mind.

 

[ironwez20]

UUUUUUUUUUGH, I hate fake-nerds, they make me feel non-special


Not really, Del Toro admitted to have watched a ton of animes but never to have watched Eva.

In fact, every single influence that you see on screen most likely came from other animes.

But yeah, PR is a spiritual baby of anime.

Really? That whole drift with your partner thing reminded me of when they needed to connect with the EVA. Also that fluid in the helmet thing reminded me of when they went into the liquid when they got in the EVA. Well i guess you can call it more like voltron or gundam then lol

 

[GasparZizou]

Really? That whole drift with your partner thing reminded me of when they needed to connect with the EVA. Also that fluid in the helmet thing reminded me of when they went into the liquid when they got in the EVA. Well i guess you can call it more like voltron or gundam then lol

Yup I thought so too, but in an interview he mentioned that all that came from other animes, but PR came from anime in the end anyway.

 

[ironwez20]

Yup I thought so too, but in an interview he mentioned that all that came from other animes, but PR came from anime in the end anyway.

Yup. And kaiju movies. Since Evangalion is the most popular mech anime people compared PR to it I guess. When i saw the trailer It reminded me of it but without the confusing crap.

 

[crows]

Havent you heard? America is nerdy now. We live in an age where its cool to be a nerd. You can have the most mild intelligence things like avengers or spiderman and be considered a nerd. I remember in college I wore a spiderman shirt and this girl complimented me on it and said she was a big fan and then I asked her what her favorite villain was and she said the guy with the metal arms.

So yea America is basically nerdy now and thats why we have so many cool movies like this one coming out. Sure its not a part of america pop culture but america still loves it and embraces it fully.

Pacific rim was basically a love letter to evangalion.

if anime is part of american pop culture then tell me how many hollywood movies are being made of anime properties? ...

zero, that's how many if anime really was that big you would see it in stores or in places like Toys R us or Hot Topic. there might be a couple of shirts here and there but nothing major.

outside of Cons there is not a lot of anime merchandise. It is not like you can go to walmart or Target and pick up a lot of stuff. it is just not there

 

[GasparZizou]

What about videogames? Half of Nintendo's IPs are based off animes and or have given birth to anime shows on their own, and nintendo is pretty pop-culture.

DBZ, Pokemon, Digimon, Yugioh, Evengelion, Attack on Titan, etc etc. all pretty relevant today, if you have facebook and like any "pop-culture" pages, you should realize how much attention anime posts get, and how many a day they post, hell, half of the posts are anime memes.

If there aren't movies in production is cause Anime is a lot harder to digest in it's plot and characters than your average comicbook characters with really straight forward motivations and personalities.

 

[ironwez20]

if anime is part of american pop culture then tell me how many hollywood movies are being made of anime properties? ...

zero, that's how many if anime really was that big you would see it in stores or in places like Toys R us or Hot Topic. there might be a couple of shirts here and there but nothing major.

outside of Cons there is not a lot of anime merchandise. It is not like you can go to walmart or Target and pick up a lot of stuff. it is just not there

You wanna no why they arent making anime properties? becuase they'll just F it up like they did with timless classics such as DBZ and TLAB. Evangalion and akira were supposed to come out but they are no where in sight because hollywood would screw it up. They will whitwash the characters and americanize them for the GA.
They thought about making so many anime movies but because hollywood doesnt like sticky to the formula they all are in development hell. Thing about comic book and manga is that you cant just make a movie about an anime on the fly you need to follow the story in which it was told. Comic book movies are different. you can tell the origin and then take it from there but manga is a whole different beast. With manga you have specific Arcs that need to be told in order to tell the story. Comic books are more like you can either tell the story or not, you'll still understand.