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Fri Nov 21, 2008 5:32 pm

Does anyone elese love this classic anime?

News Credits: 97 · Fri Nov 21, 2008 5:40 pm

lol, I had totally forgotten that show!
My exgirlfriend used to love it.

News Credits: 2 · Fri Nov 21, 2008 5:40 pm

Okay, now I am totally convinced you're just messing with all of us in some sick twisted game of feigned ignorance and ridiculous statements just to get a negative response.

Fri Nov 21, 2008 5:48 pm

Tekka wrote:Okay, now I am totally convinced you're just messing with all of us in some sick twisted game of feigned ignorance and ridiculous statements just to get a negative response.

No, actualy, I was cleaning my room and found an old Hamtaro plushie. It reminded me of this show. good times.

News Credits: 2 · Fri Nov 21, 2008 6:06 pm

Okay, I'll believe you this time, but I'm watching you!

Grr!

Shamefully I have Hamtaro and Bijou McDonalds plushies in my car. They have been decorating my rear view mirror for the past... five thousand years. I don't even remember when I got them... They are that old.

*Commits Harikari*

Fri Nov 21, 2008 6:10 pm

Tekka wrote:*Commits Harikari*

Heke? What does that mean?

News Credits: 2 · Fri Nov 21, 2008 6:11 pm

Suicide. You should try it some time, it's fun.

Fri Nov 21, 2008 6:18 pm

Tekka wrote:Suicide. You should try it some time, it's fun.

I like my life, thank you, and I thought it was an annoying song/dance

News Credits: 12 · Fri Nov 21, 2008 6:56 pm

I thought suicide was sepuki? Or am I getting words mixed up. :-?

Dude, stop changing your username every 2 days. It's seriously getting annoying.

I watched a few episodes of Hamtaro, but always thought of it as something you play for 5 year olds to shut them up.

News Credits: 2 · Fri Nov 21, 2008 7:01 pm

I got it wrong anyway. :oops:

It's Harakiri, I'm too used to Harikari because it's used so much in bloody British comedy.

Anyhoo... Harakiri is a form of Seppuku.

It's all pretty grim.

News Credits: 3 · Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:18 pm

kush kush kush

batta batta batta batta

hamtaro was AWESOME.

and harakiri is ritual disemboweling as your best friend is standing by to chop off your head so you don't suffer. its used when you bring dishonor to your family name. you commit harakiri to keep your familys honor by admitting your shame and killing your self with wour wakizashi.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Nov 21, 2008 10:18 pm

Well at least he's back to using a crappy anime name as his name instead of insulting Voltron or the prince of **** darkness!

News Credits: 3 · Fri Nov 21, 2008 10:42 pm

what about the like 17 starscreams? lady, revenge of, space commander, ect...

atleast there's no inu yasha's or naruto's....

anyway little hampsters big adventures ham ham ham-taro

News Credits: 12 · Fri Nov 21, 2008 10:55 pm

Original Sin wrote:Well at least he's back to using a crappy anime name as his name instead of insulting Voltron or the prince of **** darkness!

You have a point.

News Credits: 2 · Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:04 pm

Hamtaro wrote:Does anyone elese love this classic anime?

Classic? Gundam is classic, Evangelion is classic, Akira is classic. Hamtaro is as much of a classic as Blue's Clues.

News Credits: 12 · Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:13 pm

Shadowman wrote:
Hamtaro wrote:Does anyone elese love this classic anime?

Classic? Gundam is classic, Evangelion is classic, Akira is classic. Hamtaro is as much of a classic as Blue's Clues.

And he has a point too. Hamtaro was nothing more than a gimmick show to get little girls into anime and buy plushies in mass quantities. I'm just grateful it did'nt spread like the cancer that I call Powerpuff Girls.

News Credits: 3 · Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:18 pm

Shadowman wrote:
Classic? Gundam is classic, Evangelion is classic, Akira is classic. Hamtaro is as much of a classic as Blue's Clues.

those are cult classics. granted they were good, and gundam is almost 30 and and akira is like 25. by those definitions I'm a classic.

lupin the third is a classic. speed racer is a classic. granted these are also cult classics.

hamtaro deffinately shouldn't qualify as a "classic" any more than bots master, the bionic 6, mighty orbots, or he-man.

what are we considering classics? old? famous? things we remember fondly?

News Credits: 1 · Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:25 pm

He Man is a classic...Its wildly popular

News Credits: 2 · Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:39 pm

Name_Violation wrote:what are we considering classics? old? famous? things we remember fondly?

Typically age and popularity determine whether something is classic or not. But by your examples, the Godfather movies are cult classic. Cult classic and classic are two very different things. Cult classics are usually very good, but didn't see much popularity on release, yet managed to get a fanbase going, like Evil Dead. Classics usually win major awards.

Hamtaro is neither old nor popular. It's not a classic. It's not even cult classic.

News Credits: 3 · Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:42 pm

so popular=classic?

sailor moon was popular so was it a classic?

i'm not saying these things werent good, just i wouldn't consider them classics. i thought classics had to be older...

News Credits: 2 · Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:00 am

Make no mistake, Sailor Moon is a classic and very famous series.

News Credits: 3 · Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:11 am

from dictionary.com

classic Show Spelled Pronunciation [klas-ik] Show IPA Pronunciation

–adjective 1. of the first or highest quality, class, or rank: a classic piece of work.
2. serving as a standard, model, or guide: the classic method of teaching arithmetic.
3. of or pertaining to Greek and Roman antiquity, esp. with reference to literature and art.
4. modeled upon or imitating the style or thought of ancient Greece and Rome: The 17th and 18th centuries were obsessed with classic ideals.
5. of or adhering to an established set of artistic or scientific standards or methods: a classic example of mid-Victorian architecture.
6. basic; fundamental: the classic rules of warfare.
7. of enduring interest, quality, or style: a classic design; classic clothes.
8. of literary or historical renown: the classic haunts of famous writers.
9. traditional or typical: a classic comedy routine.
10. definitive: the classic reference work on ornithology.
11. of or pertaining to automobiles distinguished by elegant styling, outstanding engineering, and fine workmanship that were built between about 1925 and 1948.
–noun 12. an author or a literary work of the first rank, esp. one of demonstrably enduring quality.
13. an author or literary work of ancient Greece or Rome.
14. classics, the literature and languages of ancient Greece and Rome (often prec. by the).
15. an artist or artistic production considered a standard.
16. a work that is honored as definitive in its field: His handbook on mushrooms is a classic.
17. something noteworthy of its kind and worth remembering: His reply was a classic.
18. an article, as of clothing, unchanging in style: Her suit was a simple classic.
19. a typical or traditional event, esp. one that is considered to be highly prestigious or the most important of its kind: The World Series is the fall classic of baseball.
20. Archaic. a classicist.

so noun definition 17 is what we're going by?

News Credits: 2 · Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:16 am

The easiest way to define a classic is by how easily it falls into obscurity.

I'm willing to put money on nobody here having thought about Hamtaro for a long time before this thread came up.

News Credits: 12 · Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:17 am

Tekka wrote:Make no mistake, Sailor Moon is a classic and very famous series.

Sad, but true.

Tekka wrote:The easiest way to define a classic is by how easily it falls into obscurity.

I'm willing to put money on nobody here having thought about Hamtaro for a long time before this thread came up.

Ever seen the movie Equilibrium? I's one of the best films ever, but is rarely ever talked about. It's also considered a cult classic.

News Credits: 2 · Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:19 am

robofreak wrote:
Tekka wrote:Make no mistake, Sailor Moon is a classic and very famous series.

Sad, but true.

Tekka wrote:The easiest way to define a classic is by how easily it falls into obscurity.

I'm willing to put money on nobody here having thought about Hamtaro for a long time before this thread came up.

Ever seen the movie Equilibrium? I's one of the best films ever, but is rarely ever talked about. It's also considered a cult classic.

There is nothing sad about it.

No, I have not seen the movie. I am not a film person.