Comments on: Ask John: Are There Any 80’s Anime that Compare to Orange Road?

By: Luscinia Hafez

Luscinia Hafez — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 00:05:39 +0000

Forlourned: Even stuff from the 2000s is already showing its age. Look at Peach Girl and look at MILF (A 2010 movie, I know, but it was the first newer movie I could think of). WHO THE HELL USES A FLIP PHONE THESE DAYS? If I see one IRL, I either cringe or laugh at how backward the user is.

By: Forlourned

Forlourned — Fri, 31 May 2013 15:32:24 +0000

Nostalgia is as it is and if you didn’t experience mentioned shows as they first came out you’ll never. Ever. Know them completely as ones who’ve done so. Few shows can ever stay timeless, even “period” flicks become dated so now as you are “young” and am of the now~now generation – stuff don’t stick to your conscious anymore as did it to the “old farts” with fewer shows to grab our attention then.
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Dispute me on that? Go to youtube and look up the redlettermedia review of the ’09 Star Trek where it talks of the flood of information pouring out into your cells and tv and how that movie made it big in the bank. Now ask yourself do you recall much of that movie now. Did it stick in your head and do you have a copy to even what to watch again… The “old farts” (myself) do this often and Kimagure Orange Road is pulled off the shelf every other year or so for it.

By: Luscinia Hafez

Luscinia Hafez — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 02:24:09 +0000

@ PockyBox: Even dead batteries are becoming a discredited trope. We’ve now got batteries than can charge damn near instantly and we’ve got solar panels.

By: Luscinia Hafez

Luscinia Hafez — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 05:32:23 +0000

tsunamiumi: I’m a guy. There are no girls on the Internet.

The lack of cell phones combined with the Meiko/Na-chan angle killed Marmalade Boy for me. I just can’t watch it anymore. Lack of Skype and cell phones aside, WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH JAPANESE PEOPLE? A TEACHER DATING HIS JAILBAIT STUDENT? THAT IS SICK!

By: PockyBox.com

PockyBox.com — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:13:16 +0000

Since when are cell phones more reliable than landlines?

As a child of the 80’s, I find that comment… adorable.

I’m not sure what the sticking point is on these plots, but if it’s an issue of not being able to get in touch with another person at a critical moment, just try to imagine their cell phone is out of a service area, or the battery is dead, or something. I know its tough to imagine a time when you had to be tied to a landline to talk with someone, but it really happened! I’m not sure if these were the Dark Times are not…

By: tsunamiumi

tsunamiumi — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:40:52 +0000

I don’t think what Luscinia is trying to say is that shows set in the 80s would have been more accurate if they contained more cellphones (obviously that is not the case).

I think what she was trying to say is that it is hard for her, as a younger generation person, to appreciate older shows because she cannot relate to them as well. She has fewer memories of a time when cellphones were rare and unsophisticated. Sitting through a show where many of the problems that the protagonists face could have been solved via a cell phone or other new technology is frustrating.

At least, that is how I interpreted her comment. She can correct me if I am wrong.

By: animefan34

animefan34 — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:35:11 +0000

@Luscinia Hafez
You are seriously criticizing anime set in the 80’s because they lacked cellphones? Wow, this is one of the most bizarre things I’ve seen around here.
You may not remember because as you said, you were “only ten years old when Bill Clinton got re-elected”, but even in the US, cellphones didn’t become common until the late 90’s. In the early 90’s, it was possible to buy one, but they were huge, impractical and very expensive. In those times, people used beepers/pagers.

By: GATS

GATS — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 07:18:22 +0000

Not everyone has a cell phone, even nowadays. It’s still a luxury item like cable tv.

By: Luscinia Hafez

Luscinia Hafez — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 03:48:49 +0000

I was only a baby when Kimagure Orange Road came out in Japan; first watched it back in ’09. Watched the TV series and the first movie and enjoyed it the first time. The second time around, I dropped it. KOR, Maison Ikkoku, Touch, and the “trendy anime” trilogy haven’t aged very well. I can’t watch them anymore knowing that most of the plots just wouldn’t happen today. Dear people from the 1980s: IT’S CALLED A CELL PHONE! It’s much more reliable than a land line. Even brick phones would suffice given the era! Even White Album, a 2009 anime set in the ’80s, isn’t immune to this. That show’s fourth episode alone had me screaming at my monitor over the lack of cell phones. For someone who was only ten years old when Bill Clinton got re-elected, that’s saying something.