GITS? Meh.

I remember in high school, when I was known for being an anime enthusiast, one of my buddies came up to me and said, "Mick, I saw Ghost in the Shell the other day and I didn't think it was good at all," looking straight at me, expecting me to rebut him or something. There was some sort of assumption that anyone who was interested in anime had not only seen GITS but thought it was fantastic. So strong it was that when I told my friend I had never seen it, he was surprised and even considered me a bit of a poser.

What was that other bloody, freaky anime that kind of defined ... oh, Akira. Geez, I'd like my animation without rape scenes, thank you very much.

Maybe we should start telling you which animes to stay away from?

DNA^2 was looking really fun and interesting up until about 6 or 7 episodes in, when everything just went to hell, story-wise. Oh, what a screw-up that one was. Tragic. Don't watch that one unless you really like being grossly weirded out by obsessed guys who get off on transforming into girls they like so they can proceed in impossibly destroying their lives. Wow, I can't overstate how disappointing and creepy that show was. Makes me feel sick.

I hear the Final Fantasy series is really bad, especially for enthusiasts of the games. I tried watching a little bit of it myself, but couldn't hold it.


Oh, and let me just say, it's okay if you're a boy and watched Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer when you were about 3 or 4 years old. Unlike the TV series, it was made in Japan and was clearly of superior quality on all levels. Your family might have thought you were a little weird, but there are actually plenty of guys out there who did the same thing and grew up just fine.

Really. I might, uh, know one of them.