Notes for "Anime for Casual Anime Fans" panel

[alias_sqbr]

Links
Descriptions and links to trailers
Initial poll
second poll

What to say
(nb haven't filled this out completely, just giving a rough outline)

We are going to be recommending anime which will hopefully appeal to people who aren't huge fans of the genre, specifically australian science fiction and fantasy fans.

This is about TASTE not how OBJECTIVELY GOOD something is. An anime can be very good for what it is but not to your taste. That said, if we rec something without mentioning what you feel is a major drawcard/annoyance please tell us!

Try and rec a range of different types of anime so you can find at least one which suits you. Warn for the common things that put people off.

So, why don't people like anime?
Stuff we can avoid:
-Sturgeons Law (not completely subjective)
-confusing cultural references (aimed at japanese people)

Specific tropes which some people dislike: (see this poll)

• giant robots
  
• overly stylised setting eg impractical costumes/giant weapons
  
• schoolgirls in uniforms
  
• cliched
  
• bad quality animation (jerky/dated etc)
  
• overly stylised animation ie giant eyes
  
• bad dialogue
  
• surreal/makes no sense
  
• uninteresting plot/no plot
  
• too slow
  
• overly sexualised/exploited female characters
  
• other disturbing sexual stuff (ie involving children)
  

Anime sff subgenres don't match western sff subgenres exactly but can hit many of the same buttons. Some are very stereotypical of genre, some transcend it or are hard to categorise.
-Giant robots
-(japanese!) historical fantasy ie samurai
-horror
-etc

How to choose between not annoying but bland and crazily annoying but awesome

And now for the recs!

Each should have: Genre:, Synopsis:, Good:, Bad: (put up on a whiteboard?)
e.g. Planetes: Genre: Hard sf, Synopsis: Garbage collectors in space, Good: Realistic, Bad: slow, a bit dull (too realistic!)


A poll voted in by 3 of the four panelists (if the fourth sees this and wants to vote let me know and I'll reopen it :)). Forgot to say Full Metal Alchemist is the tv show.

[Poll #1368473]

Comments

[nico-wolfwood.livejournal.com]

ok, I did the poll. I like the idea of a white board - maybe we can do a bunch of columns with the title, genre and maybe a rating from the panelists based on votes (e.g. 3 out of 5 panelists liked this) then throw it open to the audience for comments (which can go on the board too). Should we have a bunch of trailers to show?

[alias_sqbr]

Having trailers means organisation I can't be bothered doing. If someone else can be bothered doing it, I'm all for it :) A step down in effort is a slide show just to show the animation style.

I saved a nice scene from Vexille which could be used as a trailer since the actual trailer is spoilery (I was vaguely planning on organising trailers before deciding it was all too much hard work)

[arcadiagt5.livejournal.com]

White board idea is good.