Saw this one on Usenet (no Google thread yet) and thought folks might want to play...
(Edit: There's finally a Google thread.)
David Damerell wrote:
Other inappropriate descriptions in the thread, so far:
from David Damerell (again):
Death Note: A young man takes up writing in an effort to change people's lives and make the world a better place. His father is never convinced of the value of his work and finds it hard to believe his son can be a writer. He seeks to keep out of the public eye; one of his fans, herself writing similar works, becomes his girlfriend when she finds him; one of his closest followers identifies him but dies tragically shortly afterwards; but most people never learn his name.
from Adam Jones:
Shadow Star/Narutaru: Young children fight using cute pet monsters.
Grave of the Fireflies: Two orphans learn valuable life lessons.
Red Garden: Super-powered schoolgirls fight zombies.
Utena: Sword-wielding high-school students plot a global revolution.
from Robert Sneddon:
Hikaru no Go: An unquiet ghost forces a young boy into a lifelong duel to the death against an implacable foe, a contest he fears he can never win.
Gunslinger Girl: A touching story of young girls brought together in a caring community to help them forget their troubled pasts and learn new skills.
Aria: in an increasingly bitter war for domination of a city's transport infrastructure, the gloves come off.
-Rob Kelk
"Actually, my goal is to write neat stories. The money just makes it possible for me to write them faster and then buy neat toys."
Ryk E. Spoor, 7 November 2007
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
(Edit: There's finally a Google thread.)
David Damerell wrote:
Quote:I don't see any reason to confine the challenge to anime here, though. If we did, we couldn't use the classic inappropriate description of The Wizard of Oz: "A young girl leaves her farm and kills a woman, then sets out to kill again." (But I'll be collecting the inappropriate anime descriptions for the April Fool's edition of the Anime Primer... )
Recently, in discussion here (uk.media.animation.anime - RK) and at Anime Night, it's been pointed out that yes, Yokohama Shopping Log technically is "post-apocalypse gun-toting lesbian bikers". So, the question is this - what's the best description you can come up with for any anime/manga which is completely accurate but wildly misleading?
I'll kick off with;
Bubblegum Crisis: "Secret Adventures of a Tokyo Lingerie Saleswoman"
Other inappropriate descriptions in the thread, so far:
from David Damerell (again):
Death Note: A young man takes up writing in an effort to change people's lives and make the world a better place. His father is never convinced of the value of his work and finds it hard to believe his son can be a writer. He seeks to keep out of the public eye; one of his fans, herself writing similar works, becomes his girlfriend when she finds him; one of his closest followers identifies him but dies tragically shortly afterwards; but most people never learn his name.
from Adam Jones:
Shadow Star/Narutaru: Young children fight using cute pet monsters.
Grave of the Fireflies: Two orphans learn valuable life lessons.
Red Garden: Super-powered schoolgirls fight zombies.
Utena: Sword-wielding high-school students plot a global revolution.
from Robert Sneddon:
Hikaru no Go: An unquiet ghost forces a young boy into a lifelong duel to the death against an implacable foe, a contest he fears he can never win.
Gunslinger Girl: A touching story of young girls brought together in a caring community to help them forget their troubled pasts and learn new skills.
Aria: in an increasingly bitter war for domination of a city's transport infrastructure, the gloves come off.
-Rob Kelk
"Actually, my goal is to write neat stories. The money just makes it possible for me to write them faster and then buy neat toys."
Ryk E. Spoor, 7 November 2007
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012