| So, as the title says, I am looking for an anime that has complex/round/three dimension character(s). Let me elaborate on what I mean by this and what are their traits, also I will give you examples of such fictional characters. So what is a complex character? Well, these complex characters often fall in the grey spectrum, which makes them more human, than, for example the one dimensional or two dimensional characters, who posses a little set of personality and are usually either "absolute good" or "absolute evil". On the other side, the complex characters have a developed personality, which makes them feel like a real person, they are not good nor bad, just human; their actions can be both good and evil, amoral, moral, immoral. They also posses a wide variety of emotions, as well as strengths and weaknesses. They are someone who are capable of the best and the worst, they are able to show joyfulness and sadness, they can change in a given situation. Their actions reflect how their life/story develop for better or for worse, they are not selfish, they are not selfless nor are they self-sacrificial to any extreme. (These complex or morally ambiguous characters generally have real problems causing their inner conflicts, which also makes them sympathetic.) Now, to give you some examples. (They will be in spoilers in case you haven't read/seen the books/shows.) We have Jaime from Game of Thrones Then, we have Walter White from Breaking Bad And then, we have Tony Soprano, from Sopranos Other examples worth mentioning, which I won't give example of are, Tyrion(Game of Thrones), Paul von Oberstein(Legend of the Galactic Heroes), Daniel Plainview(There Will Be Blood), Frank Underwood(House of Cards), Rorschach(Watchmen) and etc. So, if you know an anime that has characters with these traits, I'd be glad to check them out. My list: http://myanimelist.net/animelist/ouriel |
ourielJan 14, 2015 4:59 AM
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| Monster |
| Rely on nothing under heaven |
| I am familiar with Monster, seen couple of episodes, but, I don't have the time at the moment to invest in those 70+ episodes. :) I'll probably see it, after I finish GITS:SAC 2nd Gig. |
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| durarara!! and baccano! which are animes that almost solely driven by the different characters and their actions |
| I'm not rude... I just wasn't taught to politely pretend to be nice to people I can't stand. |
| Thanks for the suggestions. I have had Baccano! for quite some time on my watch list, but, somehow, I never had time to watch it. And I'll make sure to watch Gungrave and Basilisk. :] |
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| Hyouge Mono Sarai-ya Goyou |
| Thanks, I suppose they're based on real stories with some twist in the history? :) |
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| bump |
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| Sarai-ya Goyou has no historical references that I know of. Hyouge Mono is more complicated. Every episode begins with the disclaimer "this is a work of fiction," because the mangaka took considerable liberties with the known historical events. The full array of giants from the Sengoku period are there -- Nobunaga, Akechi, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu -- as are some other people like Sen no Rikyu who may be known to Japanese but less so here. If you decide to watch Hyouge Mono, I recommend reading this brief recounting of the incidents surrounding Nobunaga's assassination for context: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honn%C5%8D-ji_Incident |
| I'll watch it, sometime in the near future, once I finish Saraiya, Baccano, Basilisk and Durarara. Want to watch in, how to put it, from the series with smallest amount of episodes, to the most, Hyouge Mono being the last of the recommended series, or Monster, as it has 70+ eps. :) Thanks for the link tho, I'll read it in the near future. |
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| How about Psycho Pass? |
| I might check it out, at some point in the future. |
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