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Topic	Tazzy Ranks 101 User-Nominated Anime with Write-ups
tazzyboyishere 04/04/18 5:50:00 PM #173:	67. Elfen Lied (2004) Johnbobb (2/3) So we jump from Digimon to a show infamous for it's gore and sex. Elfen Lied is one of those shows that, in the late 2000s, would be recommended to casual anime viewers. I'm not entirely sure why, since the excess of violence and nudity, sometimes out of nowhere, seems more likely to turn people off with how extreme it is. But this was the show that showed me just how disturbing the medium could be on the level of presentation and storytelling. I'd seen overt violence on the likes of Adult Swim and whatnot, but nothing to this extreme. The story is pretty intriguing. There exists a rare race of humanoid beings with horn and invisible limbs. These creatures are incredibly powerful, thus making them subject to scientific experience. One of these beings, Lucy, manages to escape the confinements of the lab she was in, and ends up finding shelter with some random dude who I remember nothing about except he wants to bang his cousin. Of course, she has split personalities: One the sadistic sociopath, Lucy, and the other a happy-go-lucky, immature child who can't speak, Nyu. It's weird to really pin my exact feelings on the show. When I watched it in middle school, I absolutely loved it. But when I read the manga, I was pretty annoyed that the anime ended how it did, since the show feels pretty incomplete looking back. And since I read that in high school, I haven't really thought further about it, and now I just feel like it's a show that exists and I only remember it because of how shocking it was. The story is enjoyable, but silly. The characters are enjoyable, but silly. Really, it's just a bit of dumb fun that probably takes itself too seriously, but it's fine because it's still a good time. Though I rarely see it brought up anymore. There are so many shows with the same extreme appeal being released nowadays, with far more thoughtful writing and better art direction. I feel like this show just got buried by time. It didn't have the staying power of other shows from the mid-2000s like Death Note and Code Geass. I think we're past the times of seeing this in everyone's catalog, which is a little sad considering how legendary it is. --- http://i.imgur.com/l7xxLh1.jpg PSN/Steam - RoboQuote ; NNID - TazzyMan <cite>tazzyboyishere posted [p:899061779] in Tazzy Rank... [t:76442986]...</cite> <quote>67. Elfen Lied (2004) Johnbobb (2/3) So we jump from Digimon to a show infamous for it's gore and sex. Elfen Lied is one of those shows that, in the late 2000s, would be recommended to casual anime viewers. I'm not entirely sure why, since the excess of violence and nudity, sometimes out of nowhere, seems more likely to turn people off with how extreme it is. But this was the show that showed me just how disturbing the medium could be on the level of presentation and storytelling. I'd seen overt violence on the likes of Adult Swim and whatnot, but nothing to this extreme. The story is pretty intriguing. There exists a rare race of humanoid beings with horn and invisible limbs. These creatures are incredibly powerful, thus making them subject to scientific experience. One of these beings, Lucy, manages to escape the confinements of the lab she was in, and ends up finding shelter with some random dude who I remember nothing about except he wants to bang his cousin. Of course, she has split personalities: One the sadistic sociopath, Lucy, and the other a happy-go-lucky, immature child who can't speak, Nyu. It's weird to really pin my exact feelings on the show. When I watched it in middle school, I absolutely loved it. But when I read the manga, I was pretty annoyed that the anime ended how it did, since the show feels pretty incomplete looking back. And since I read that in high school, I haven't really thought further about it, and now I just feel like it's a show that exists and I only remember it because of how shocking it was. The story is enjoyable, but silly. The characters are enjoyable, but silly. Really, it's just a bit of dumb fun that probably takes itself too seriously, but it's fine because it's still a good time. Though I rarely see it brought up anymore. There are so many shows with the same extreme appeal being released nowadays, with far more thoughtful writing and better art direction. I feel like this show just got buried by time. It didn't have the staying power of other shows from the mid-2000s like Death Note and Code Geass. I think we're past the times of seeing this in everyone's catalog, which is a little sad considering how legendary it is. --- http://i.imgur.com/l7xxLh1.jpg PSN/Steam - RoboQuote ; NNID - TazzyMan</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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