Do you generally laugh when watching Chinese comedy animation?
| Let me start by saying that I am Chinese and that I grew up watching the funniest shows Hong Kong movies and shows for 20 years. The only two I found that are really good and funny are Kung Fu Hustle and From Beijing With Love. Even those two movies, I cannot rate them a 10. Japanese animes, IMO, are the funniest shows on Earth. Animes are also the only shows I give out a 10 rating. I watched a few Chinese anime lately and find their comedic value a 1. Is it just me, or are Chinese animation generally not funny at all? I saw Dragon Nest Raksasha Street King's Avatar Update: Dropped QuanZhi Fashi |
GrimorumInvokeOct 22, 2017 11:47 AM
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| There's a weird stiffness to King's Avatar's animation that kinda annoyed me, aside from the ridiculous amounts of recycled animations. Though assuming you're talking about comedy and not 'animation', no, I haven't found any funny. |
| Eh, I haven't seen much, so I don't have a clear impression, but I definitely prefer Japanese. |
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YaoiMaster said: Eh, I haven't seen much, so I don't have a clear impression, but I definitely prefer Japanese. Initially, I hated the thought of subs. After just three episodes of subs, I am never going back to dub Nihon Banzai ! Nihon Banzai ! |
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| I thought I would give Chinese animation another chance. Watched Quan Zhi Fashi.... thought it was bad, but it has a good rating, so it might get better. 6 Episodes later, their attempt at comedy is so bad, I could not go on. |
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Paul said: There's a weird stiffness to King's Avatar's animation that kinda annoyed me, aside from the ridiculous amounts of recycled animations. Though assuming you're talking about comedy and not 'animation', no, I haven't found any funny. You know, I noticed the recycled animation as well. And I understand that this sounds like the most contrived of excuses but I actually thought that it was brilliant to recycle animation in the context of the show. Everyone is playing an MMORPG. MMOs are inevitably going to have recycled animation as you use the same set of skills over and over. idk, it made sense to me. |
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| i do not even know if i have seen any chinese animation lol so im neutral |
| Dang I feel like a filthy casual when it comes to chinese anime since only king's avatar comes to mind. It was weird but okay. |
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| I haven't really watched any Chinese comedy anime, but what I've watched haven't been funny, at least not in a good way. nymi said: Don't worry, you're not losing out on anything.Dang I feel like a filthy casual when it comes to chinese anime since only king's avatar comes to mind. It was weird but okay. |
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| I've yet to see any Chinese cartoons that is even remotely acceptable on any level. All of them look over 10 years dated. Also, Shitcom has better writing than most of them. |
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Pyro said: I've yet to see any Chinese cartoons that is even remotely acceptable on any level. All of them look over 10 years dated. Also, Shitcom has better writing than most of them. King's Avatar has amazing animation. It is on the level of Fate Stay: Unlimited Blade Works. Regardless, I only gave King's Avatar a 5 I think |
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| I've only watched 3 that I'm aware of being Chinese/based on Chinese origins... Reikenzan, Quan Zhi Fashi, and Quan Zhi Gao Shou. I would not consider those to be "comedies", so your poll is meaningless since all entries are for "comedic animation". The animation of the shows so far has been fine, and the story plots of what I've watched have been fine, its the dialogue that takes some getting used to. Especially for Quan Zhi Fashi. Perhaps its just the fan-subber's translations, but all the "brother" this and "good brother" that... can't help but think that China is more inbred than the American deep south. |
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GrimorumInvoke said: Pyro said: I've yet to see any Chinese cartoons that is even remotely acceptable on any level. All of them look over 10 years dated. Also, Shitcom has better writing than most of them. King's Avatar has amazing animation. It is on the level of Fate Stay: Unlimited Blade Works. Regardless, I only gave King's Avatar a 5 I think I'll keep that in mind. Who knows maybe I'll watch it when I feel like hating myself. |
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| Not really , it is mediocore at best and not very appealing but it is not that bad , I bet that their animation will develop in the future just like the japanese animation |
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| I don't care if it isn't funny, because the ones I've seen weren't supposed to be funny. |
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| Reikenzan had a bit of comedy (maybe a lot) does that count? If so, yes I do find Chinese animation funny |
Older_than_dirt said: I've only watched 3 that I'm aware of being Chinese/based on Chinese origins... Reikenzan, Quan Zhi Fashi, and Quan Zhi Gao Shou. I would not consider those to be "comedies", so your poll is meaningless since all entries are for "comedic animation". The animation of the shows so far has been fine, and the story plots of what I've watched have been fine, its the dialogue that takes some getting used to. Especially for Quan Zhi Fashi. Perhaps its just the fan-subber's translations, but all the "brother" this and "good brother" that... can't help but think that China is more inbred than the American deep south. The four animations I mentioned are not considered comedy; however, there were many attempts at humor and it was made very obvious. "good brother" is slang. In America, it would be like "bro" In Mexico, it would be like "amigo" |
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Milk_is_Special said: I don't care if it isn't funny, because the ones I've seen weren't supposed to be funny. Did you see these four: Dragon Nest Raksasha Street King's Avatar QuanZhi Fashi |
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Paul said: jaja shit man why are you so mean? jaja There's a weird stiffness to King's Avatar's animation that kinda annoyed me, aside from the ridiculous amounts of recycled animations. Though assuming you're talking about comedy and not 'animation', no, I haven't found any funny. |
| It's so dramatic almost to the point of comedic along with the fact that they have no idea what pacing and tension is. Yep, hilarious. |
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Jyzal said: Well, these ones aren't exactly comedy. King's Avatar has some internet memes. Raksasha Street has a scene where female MC does a parody of Spiderman, Harry Potter and Gandalf in 2 seconds. These are the only comedic bits I can think of. King's Avatar has many comedy bits. I think it had 10+ comedy bits and they were a pain to watch. Raksasha street, the girl's existence is mostly for humor purposes. It was almost slightly funny for me. |
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| I grew up watching more or less comedic action Hong-Kong movies and I liked many of them, my favourite probably being this movie about a medicine man's son who practices drunken kung-fu (featuring Jackie Chan). Well, I have only seen one chinese animated series, TO BE HERO. It was stupid and often badly made but it was funny enough, with a nice (and somewhat touching) wrap-up. The format (12x11mn) helped the relatively uninspired show to be easier to digest (earning it a 7/10 from me). I probably won't watch the announced second series though (as the narrative has already gone full circle). |
GrimorumInvoke said: "good brother" is slang. In America, it would be like "bro" In Mexico, it would be like "amigo" Ok, gotcha... that helps. Still, as I said, it takes a little getting used to. After nearly 4 years of Japanese dialogue, Chinese dialogue is just different enough to stand out. Given time, I'm sure it'll all seem normal. |
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| I haven't enjoyed a Chinese Animation until I started watching Battle Through the Heavens, the comedy aspect is poor and it's predictable silliness, useless powerup scenes but I have lasted 2 episodes so far. These 3: Rakshasa Street, King's Avatar & QuanZhi Fashi had utterly alien responses to their situation breaking my ability to suspend my disbelief and therefor making them unwatchable. Will take a look at Dragon Nest |
Hard to say, since there isn't much Chinese anime atm. On the other hand, there's plenty of manhua (Chinese manga) to go around, some of which is really good as you can see... |
GrimorumInvoke said: I saw King's Avatar, but that was mainly battle focused, and if their was comedy it wasn't memorable.Milk_is_Special said: I don't care if it isn't funny, because the ones I've seen weren't supposed to be funny. Did you see these four: Dragon Nest Raksasha Street King's Avatar QuanZhi Fashi |
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| No it sucks just like Japanese comedy |
| Lu Shidai was funny at times and just a fun show in general. The King's Avatar on the other hand is not. And I have no clue why the genre tag includes comedy. Maybe it's different cultures. Or maybe it relies too much on ridiculous situations (for a gamer at least) followed by ridiculous reactions to be funny. Like how MC had the gal to demand many things from a guild leader as payment for cooperation. And it wasn't funny at all. It's a scene with a shameless smug ass being a shameless smug ass to a person who can't believe he is dealing with one and must present an over-exaggerated reaction complete with stilted animation. Haha, so funny. P.S. Quas-Wex > Quas-Exort P.P.S. F*ck Magic. It is not magic that brings me back, but purity of will! |
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| This is what each are best at Japan -> Anime China -> Historical Dramas (Romance of the Three Kingdoms 1994) Hong Kong -> Modern day Drama/TV shows + Entertainment Chinese animation sucks. On a side note, the classic Old Master Q cartoon from Hong Kong is super funny. |
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Gaiking said: This is what each are best at Japan -> Anime China -> Historical Dramas (Romance of the Three Kingdoms 1994) Hong Kong -> Modern day Drama/TV shows + Entertainment Chinese animation sucks. On a side note, the classic Old Master Q cartoon from Hong Kong is super funny. You forgot Game of Thrones. That show captivated the world. |
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| Some of them are very stiff. So sometimes. |
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Aetherzel said: Who would want to watch anything approved by the CCP? Rahkasa street was actually pretty good even though the artwork is dated King Avatar was good eye candy. Without it, the anime sucked. I'm just keeping an open mind |
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| Had given one of them a try (can't remember the name), my brain just couldn't process the speed they spoke at so ended up dropping it. Felt like I had turned on one of those super fast news channels that we have here. I couldn't really tell whether it's funny or not, the narrators voice sounded more like "angry" than anything else. But it's most probably because it was the first time I heard Chinese ^^; |
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| I've never watched Chinese anime so I can't say. Don't think I'll ever watch it. It's just that Chinese doesn't sound as good as Japanese when I listen to it. If they dub Chinese anime I might consider watching. |
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| Any funny Chinese animations yet. I am really curious |
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| Some of Chinese animations are good, but I still prefer japanese. |
| I haven't seen any Chinese animation that would qualify as a comedy. So far only one action series, a martial-arts adventure, and a sports series. |
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TShido said: OP, have you seen this? Based on your profile pic, I'd presume so. What are your thoughts? I just found it recently and finished doing English subs for the whole series. Season 1 is really funny but Season 2 turns serious Invoker's character is not a pitiful and disgraceful worrywart with zero self-confidence. Storyline should be made with the character's bio taken in consideration. |
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| M8 that title is a bit mislesding I thought you were askin about the whole chinese animation to be funny.. Thats like asking 'do you find Schindler's List funny?' |
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| The only chinese anime I have seen is King's Avatar, though I have to finish it one day 'cause its worth it. There is various funny scenes, still not on a japanese one's anime level but it genuinely made me smile ! |
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Dave_Adrian said: M8 that title is a bit mislesding I thought you were askin about the whole chinese animation to be funny.. Thats like asking 'do you find Schindler's List funny?' How would you phrase it? I don't understand your second sentence; please rephrase it. |
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GrimorumInvoke said: Dave_Adrian said: M8 that title is a bit mislesding I thought you were askin about the whole chinese animation to be funny.. Thats like asking 'do you find Schindler's List funny?' How would you phrase it? I don't understand your second sentence; please rephrase it. Its like askin 'do you think tv shows are funny?' and not 'do you think comedy tv shows are funny?' U know wut Im sayin? |
Dave_Adrian said: GrimorumInvoke said: How would you phrase it? I don't understand your second sentence; please rephrase it. Its like askin 'do you think tv shows are funny?' and not 'do you think comedy tv shows are funny?' U know wut Im sayin? So you are saying I should of typed this instead: "Do you think comedy animations from China are generally funny?" Well, do you? |
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| I don't know, I haven't watched a lot of Chinese animation. The only thing I know about it is that it has propaganda in it. |
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