What anime tend to get grouped together despite being at least somewhat different from each other, in your opinion? (Think Barbie and Oppenheimer)
| Ashita no Joe and Ojamajo Doremi Series. |
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| Barbie and Oppenheimer get grouped together? That's the first time I'm hearing of such a phenomenon. I should state that I haven't seen either of those films, but am completely aware of the gist of what they're about and I find the idea of them being grouped together confusing and surprising, and am puzzled as to the basis of that. |
| I have no idea of what Barbie and Oppenheimer are. I don't watch western stuff. COTE and Monster |
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| Uh... hmm... Probably School Days and School Rumble [citation]? Heh, I dunno. Similar names is all it takes, I guess. Also, if you tell a friend that School Days is just like School Rumble, you're a horrible friend. |
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Barbie and Oppenheimer get grouped together?
That's the first time I'm hearing of such a phenomenon. I should state that I haven't seen either of those films, but am completely aware of the gist of what they're about and I find the idea of them being grouped together confusing and surprising, and am puzzled as to the basis of that.
That's the first time I'm hearing of such a phenomenon. I should state that I haven't seen either of those films, but am completely aware of the gist of what they're about and I find the idea of them being grouped together confusing and surprising, and am puzzled as to the basis of that.
| @WatchTillTandava They were released in theaters the same day (or same weekend at least), and there was a lot of media talk months before about that. The idea of watching a double bill of both films went viral in social media, and I think it explains a not quite small deal of Oppenheimer's box office numbers. |
jal90 said: They were released in theaters the same day (or same weekend at least), and there was a lot of media talk months before about that. The idea of watching a double bill of both films went viral in social media, and I think it explains a not quite small deal of Oppenheimer's box office numbers. Thanks - The image from your avatar of a frazzled or startled Rin Shima with smartphone in hand has never come off as more appropriate and fitting. I don't operate any social media accounts and just use forums and the like such as MAL, so you served as like an interpreter or window into that world. |
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jal90 said:
They were released in theaters the same day (or same weekend at least), and there was a lot of media talk months before about that. The idea of watching a double bill of both films went viral in social media, and I think it explains a not quite small deal of Oppenheimer's box office numbers.
They were released in theaters the same day (or same weekend at least), and there was a lot of media talk months before about that. The idea of watching a double bill of both films went viral in social media, and I think it explains a not quite small deal of Oppenheimer's box office numbers.
Thanks - The image from your avatar of a frazzled or startled Rin Shima with smartphone in hand has never come off as more appropriate and fitting. I don't operate any social media accounts and just use forums and the like such as MAL, so you served as like an interpreter or window into that world.
| @WatchTillTandava Glad to help. It's something you had to be there to understand, because in retrospect it doesn't even make sense, the films are too different to even think of a coherent double bill. But they did feed each other quite a bit, it was in the end just a very successful marketing stunt. |
| Code Geass and Death Note, they aren't similar at all, but are always grouped together because they aired at the same time. |
skydrowner said: first volume published in 2012. I fail to see how something like that could've been made to piggyback off of Madoka's success, considering how little of a time interval that is between the publishing date and Madoka's release. You don't think a year is enough time to write a book? |
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Barbie and Oppenheimer get grouped together?
That's the first time I'm hearing of such a phenomenon. I should state that I haven't seen either of those films, but am completely aware of the gist of what they're about and I find the idea of them being grouped together confusing and surprising, and am puzzled as to the basis of that.
That's the first time I'm hearing of such a phenomenon. I should state that I haven't seen either of those films, but am completely aware of the gist of what they're about and I find the idea of them being grouped together confusing and surprising, and am puzzled as to the basis of that.
ZarutakuApr 12, 2024 8:00 AM
| I remember a time when Attack on Titan and Tokyo Ghoul would be grouped together, usually in the context of people being more a fan of one versus the other |
| DBZ, Sailor Moon and Pokemon since they started the whole anime boom in the US in the 90s. |
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Zarutaku said: https://myanimelist.net/anime/30/Shinseiki_Evangelion https://myanimelist.net/anime/9756/Mahou_Shoujo_Madoka_Magica Oh yeah, Evangelion gets paired with everything. TTGL is a common counterpart because they're both mecha made by the same studio (but different directors). I've also seen Evangelion paired with Revolutionary Girl Utena because they're both 90s anime with surreal parts. Utena in turn gets paired with Princess Tutu because they're both darker shows made for girls, even though Utena is significantly less fantastical. The other tenuous connection is that both creators used to direct Sailor Moon. |
LucifrostApr 12, 2024 9:42 AM
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| Anime: Bocchi the Rock! and Chainsaw Man Code Geass and Death Note Kimi no Na wa and Koe no Katachi Dragon Ball and Naruto Cowboy Bebop and NGE Non-anime movies: Moonlight and La La Land Barbie and Oppenheimer (also known as Barbenheimer lol) |
| Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh are a huge one. Despite both series having collecting something as part of the world, having a card game that released after the animated series, sharing a few cast members in Japanese and most of the cast in English, and both being dubbed by 4Kids entertainment, they are not alike in any way. Yu-Gi-Oh has a much more plot-oriented focus and is much darker than Pokémon, which is more whimsical and overall, a bit more episodic with a few story episodes sprinkled in. Unlike Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh wasn't originally created as a tie-in to another product, as the manga was created well before the card game, while Pokémon started out as the Red and Green Version video games for the Game Boy and the anime was a tie-in to the video games. |
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| Pokemon and Digimon are remembered for establishing the monster battling genre, though they have little else in common. Digimon is about Japanese kids who travel to a monster world where they battle evil monsters. Primarily successful as an anime. Pokemon depicts a fictional world in which kids catch monsters and raise them like pets. Games are successful even among those who don't watch anime. |
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| Cowboy Bebop and Outlaw Star. They're both set in space and take influence from Westerns but that's where the similarities end. They could not be more different tonally and aesthetically. |
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@WatchTillTandava Glad to help. It's something you had to be there to understand, because in retrospect it doesn't even make sense, the films are too different to even think of a coherent double bill. But they did feed each other quite a bit, it was in the end just a very successful marketing stunt.
jal90 said: in retrospect it doesn't even make sense, the films are too different to even think of a coherent double bill. I think that was the point; they were paired together because they were so different. It was a bit of a meme how they were almost complete opposites in style, content, and target demographic. If they had anything in common, it's that they were both "underdog" blockbusters, made by renowned directors with a distinct style, competing against the same-old Marvel movies and n-th sequels. |
| solo leveling and jjk - Since they're on the same level of popularity and themes they'll get grouped up together but they both have different premises and wildly different characters |
| "Jujustu Kaisen" and "Chainsaw Man." They have surface level commonalities, but are so different from each other in what the goals of each story is. |
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