16 Oct
2002
16 Oct
'02
11:59 a.m.
I agree, but it is also important to note that anime TV
series typically
have one all-important quality that most US animated TV series lack:
continuity. US TV animation is episodic: crisis and resolution occur
within 30 minutes, and there is no plot beyond that. Every episode starts
in the same basic universe, and by the end of the episode, nothing has
changed. Many anime series, however, have an overall plot, and each
episode is just a tiny window into that. Evangelion, for instance, is
like a 13-hour movie.
US Animation isn't the only thing episodic... most of the shows
are too, at least the SF ones. Star Trek (and many of the spinoffs)
are like that. You can pretty much run them in any order.
That is why Babylon 5 was so good. Each episode really did advance
the overall story.
Cartoon
network is not the place to watch Anime.
Where is?