Posted: 20th October 2003 22:52
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anyone here seen X (anime, TV, not the movie). i saw it, and it seems strangely similar to matrix, especially one scene where hinoto's guardian who happens to be one of the seven seals fights against many man wearing sunglasses and black shirts who all has the same face. anyone else thinks of a rip-off? if so, who ripped-off who? (does scenes like that appear in the X movie/manga that came before matrix).
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Posted: 21st October 2003 05:52
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Well, Matrix was HEAVILY influenced from anime, so it's not entirely impossible. I can't remember when X was released, but it wouldn't surprise me if Matrix "borrowed" some of it's ideas.
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Posted: 21st October 2003 20:28
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That's been a pretty standard thing for a while though. A super strong guy fighting a bunch of people who look the same, clones, what have you.
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Yep! Matrix has got inspiration from many classic animes! Look at Akira and Ghost In The Shell to name a few...
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Posted: 22nd October 2003 02:07
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The Matrix series is like a giant mix of plot lines from various animes, thrown into a blender with some pyscho director's vision of what he wants in a movie. I've noticed a few similarities with a few animes that I've seen. Then again, what isn't
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Posted: 22nd October 2003 11:33
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I just saw Ghost in a Shell a few days ago for the first time. I'm still slightly confused about what was going on, but it was obvious that some elements were similar to the Matrix.
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Posted: 22nd October 2003 12:38
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1) i just remembered, in that episode, after the clones fight against that woman, a man shows up and they all jump on him together (and transform into some big black thing that surrounds him), the matrix had the same thing only there they did not do a group-transform and it looked more like some wierd game of football
2) i can understand similarities between matrix and ghost in the shell, but X is much more mystic-oriented than tech-oriented, so similiarity between the two is kinda wierd. -------------------- "FLAELI!!!" --- Rune Walsh |
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Posted: 22nd October 2003 22:44
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True that one is tech oriented and one is Mystic oriented, but then again, doesn't it seem really mystic style when Neo raises a hand, and hundreds of bullets just stop in place, or that he can reach into someone, and restart their heart with his hand?
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Posted: 23rd October 2003 23:18
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what exactly is X ? FIrst i thought it was X-men, but are there anime movie for that?
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Posted: 24th October 2003 01:23
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X is a pre-armaggedon manga.
The story in X is about two groups fighting against each other, the seven seals and the seven angels, there is one who will be chosen, and will be the leader of one of these groups, he has all sorts of powers and stuff, his name is Kamui but he just wants to live peacefully. i've only seen the first 5 episodes of the TV series, and not the movie or the actual manga, so if you want to know more, you should probably ask someone else. This post has been edited by Black Mage on 24th October 2003 01:24 -------------------- "FLAELI!!!" --- Rune Walsh |
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Posted: 24th October 2003 02:42
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Actually, you summed up X rather well enough.
Now that Bismark said that bit about the X-Men, I've spent a bit of time trying to see if there are any really noticeable common grounds between the two series. Other than the odd attraction to wearing leather, I didn't see much. Oh well. -------------------- Okay, but there was a goat! |
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