Anime or no?

[Pienne]

Lets see, off the top of my head:

AIR
Banner of the Stars
Boogiepop Phantom
Cowboy Bebop
Jin-Roh
Noir
Serial Experiments Lain
Texhnolyze
Hoshi no Koe
Perfect Blue
Millenium Actress
Princess Mononoke
Cowboy Bebop

Grave of the Fireflies
Saikano
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien

One of those has to appeal to you, at the very least.



Hollywood movies cost a lot more to make (per minute of footage) than anime series. Anime series are generally more in line with the average live-action TV show.

Both are orders of magnitude more expensive to create than the average novel.

For some reason, I always figured it would cost more that that. Hollywood movies aren't that surprising, though.

Studio Ghibli films don't count. > =O
I actually found Lain kind of pretentious, but it was pretty fun anyway.
The same guy who made Hoshi no Koe made Byousoku 5cm. It was alright, but 5cm's a lot better. Cowboy Bebop's alright too but it's been ages since I've seen it, but thanks, I'll check some of those (that I haven't seen and aren't made by Key) out.

Hate runs cold in this thread.

It's more jaded kiddy elitism than hate.