BtVS owes more to Asian vamp mythology/bullshit than it does to European, since it is a rip-off of an Anime title. Just saying, y'know.
Didn't the 1992 Buffy precede the anime?
I was under the impression that I was your big comfy blanky.
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Allan Lang - Feb 03, 2003 6:22:38 pm PST #1695 of 9843
'And on that tragic day, an era came to its inevitable end.'
That's all there is.
CaBil - Feb 03, 2003 6:38:53 pm PST #1696 of 9843
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Which anime?
If you are talking about cute high school girls killing monsters, while that is practically its whole genre...
evil jimi - Feb 03, 2003 6:45:33 pm PST #1697 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Didn't the 1992 Buffy precede the anime?
No, the Anime goes back a long way before '92.
Which anime?
If you are talking about cute high school girls killing monsters, while that is practically its whole genre...
I realise that but there is one title in particular (the name of which escapes me) that bears closest resemblance to the concept of BtVS. It was first mentioned way back on the first TT thread[s]. I'd have to ask a mate of mine if he knows what it the particular title is b/c he knows more about Anime than me. I'm not a big fan of the genre -- and have become even less of a fan thanks to the likes of Pokemon and Dragonball Z et al.
Allan Lang - Feb 03, 2003 6:46:44 pm PST #1698 of 9843
'And on that tragic day, an era came to its inevitable end.'
That's all there is.
I guess I need to watch Wings of Honneamise again. I missed that theme last time around.
amych - Feb 03, 2003 6:50:44 pm PST #1699 of 9843
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
there is one title in particular (the name of which escapes me) that bears closest resemblance to the concept of BtVS
What do you mean by close resemblance? One girl chosen to battle the demons? More specific? Less?
(Note -- I'm not asking just to nag, but my anime-fan friends aren't Buffy watchers, and now I want to know, so I'm fishing for detail before I go annoy them.)
Theodosia - Feb 03, 2003 6:53:15 pm PST #1700 of 9843
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Now I'm picturing a live-action Project A-Ko, only with AH, CC, and SMG as the protagonists....
evil jimi - Feb 03, 2003 6:58:57 pm PST #1701 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
What do you mean by close resemblance? One girl chosen to battle the demons? More specific? Less?
yeah, along those lines. I'm not saying BtVS is a direct rip-off of anime, just that the concept of a "mere girl" having the power to fight vampires and demons is not something Joss orginated -- which he'd be the first to acknowledge.
I'd be careful about using it to try and convince your friends to watch, however, since it is actually the reason my friend doesn't watch the show. He's a purist pain in the arse when it comes to things like that.
amych - Feb 03, 2003 7:02:18 pm PST #1702 of 9843
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I'd be careful about using it to try and convince your friends to watch
Don't worry, I'm quite willing to go on trying to convert them by the sheer force of my endless nattering about Buffy -- hunting the anime connection is purely for my own curiosity. Thanks, though.
evil jimi - Feb 03, 2003 7:05:39 pm PST #1703 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
btw ... as an Off-Topic aside; caught the live-action version of Crying Freeman the other night. Not too shabby at all. Not a great movie but a lot better than I you'd expect from a low budget flick. Not that I started watching it with any expectations, since I'd never heard of the original anime versions, so didn't even know it was a live action adaption.
ita would love it for the various scenes of Mark Dacascos in next to nothing. :)
P.M. Marc - Feb 03, 2003 7:07:31 pm PST #1704 of 9843
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
There's Vampire Hunter D (though D is male) and Vampire Princess Miyu that I can think of off the top of my head, but it's been about 9 years since I was into Anime.