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.
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.
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. :)
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.
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.
heh ... well, it hasn't stopped me -- or his de-facto -- from endlessly nattering to him about the show. He's not looking forward to the new season starting, since he'll have stereo yammering about it. His missus on one side and me on the other. :)
Ow. Brain sprain.
t tents fingers
My work here is done.
Hello. Just popping in, all ininvited and all (which, at least, proves that I'm not a vampire) to say that I can't believe that you guys have been debating about naming the thread 'UnAmerican' when there is a much bigger title problem..
Did you know that the second installment of the LOTR movie is going to be called 'The Two Towers'? And that is just such a co-opting of a tragi.. ..
t we interrupt this post to bring an update
Oh, well. Nevermind.
t /Emily Littela
Just pretend I wasn't here.
There are several anime series about high school students fighting vampires and other demons - but none so similar to BtVS that it would seem like a ripoff.
Tracing relatives back to the old country isn't exactly something that'd be encouraged among my people. The majority who went to the US did so because they had to, several escaping jail sentences or executions, and name changes were frequent. So whenever some tells some story about their great-grandfather being murdered in Ireland, I have to wonder if it was my great-grandfather who did it. And it odds a macabre sense to the phrase "Luck of the Irish."
