Wow, way to find things hilarious

[dangermousie]

I was browsing the "Parents Guide to Anime" (no idea why as I have no children of any variety) and I discovered, to my immense astonishment that one of their reviewers refers to Trigun (otherwise known, in dangermousie's opinion, as "The best show except for Farscape ever made in any genre") as (and I quote):

"An excellent comedy series"

WTF????? *falls over dead*

Well, I suppose it's a pure giggle-fest the same way Farscape is a breezy romantic comedy.

In all fairness, this person probably only saw the first couple of episodes (in an interesting parallel with Farscape, Trigun starts out light and funny and ends up being one of the most heart-wrenching things I've ever seen). But that is why you should watch the whole thing before recommending it. Because later on we have such delightful things as deaths of main character(s), mental breakdowns, messy and callous killings, physical and emotional torture, and (in a particularly funny scene), the main character being so messed-up and destroyed by what he's been forced to do that he just keeps on screaming in agony, in a scene that made me want to watch through my fingers.

Way to give people recs. If I had a small child, no way would I get them anywhere near Trigun. Ever. And not just because it's an adult anime anyway. People who follow this advice for their little darlin' are in for a treat.

Comments

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

I just had an incident today where I was reading a watchdog article about violence in children's television. The series they really slammed in the article was Shaman King, which is actually an anime. They were talking about how a characters soul was ripped out while they screamed in agony blah think of the children blah cartoons should be cleaner blah. I kept thinking "it's an anime people, not a cartoon". Americans have a lot of issues confusing cartoons and anime, especially not that Cartoon Network has started carrying anime and there is an Anime Network. Just because the characters are drawn doesn't mean that it's safe for the kiddies.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

The idea that just because it's animated means it's for children is one I used to have before I got into anime. I think because if you grow up here (or in USSR where I grew up), there are really no grown-up cartoons, so it's an automatic (and wrong) assumption.

[ayn-rand-fan-13.livejournal.com]

..."Parents' Guide to Anime"?
I read the title of your post, and then read that, and burst out laughing. Way to find things hilarious, self.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Heeeee.