Club: Elfen Lied 6l3c5i

It rarely does much good to argue back and forth over the merits of this/that anime - tempting as it may be, especially when some mentally arthritic Dragonball Z otaku has just dissed your favorite anime. Seems folks either love ELFEN LIED or they hate it. (And tell the truth, I'd almost rather accept pronouncements of ill-regard and loathing rather than hear some zip head say, "Ehh -- it didn't really engage me. I just couldn't get into it. The plot was too slow and I guess I really didn't understand it.") At least the latter is honest and up front with his bullshit about being clueless.

On the other hand, there are those who just can't up the opportunity to let everyone know how horrible is the anime in question, but they'll also show those of you who liked it why you lack the intellectual and aesthetic tools necessary to contemplate (let alone comprehend) the sublimity of Japanese Anime. And yet, I've seen some truly masterful (albeit gruesome) displays of Anime Autopsy, complete with a running soliloquy reminding all in attendance of the rare privilege it is theirs to enjoy as the expert attendant explains with a typical vitriolic ideological bias that prevents you, poor devil, from ever understanding that anime is an art form, goddammit! And how "OSAMU TEZUKA and AKIRA KUROSAWA are gods!!!. But no you go ahead and watch your Pokemon and Yu gi oh! and Naruto... oh and watch it in those horrible English dubs on Adult Swim right after Adventure Time and ... and .... And don't get me started on American cartoons, you losers! I wrote my goddam doctorate on anime for my Ph.D. in Asian Studies, don't you know. Unfortunately, this university has only one Asian on its staff -- Hidehiko KADOTA 門田 英彦 -- and he teaches Russian Literature (with some origami on the side) and despises all electronic media entertainment anyway. So he was no help and couldn't even define moe. (He also has a hair-lip, and made a at me once. But I digress...)

"The opening shot of ELFEN LIED showed promise, being one of the most compelling and justified uses of limb dismemberment, decapitation, disembowelment -- all carried out by a totally nude young woman obviously tying to make her escape from some super-military installation, and pursued and surrounded by inexhaustible squads of soldiers and private police. So, she is obviously dangerous, able to slice men in half from 20 meters away with an invisible weapon. What makes her so dangerous? (And hot?)

"I don't know. I had to meet my mother for grocery shopping and just never bothered to finish watching it. The shading on some of characters disappointed me, the facility was too too goverment looking, and the director's previous credits didn't impress me. Anyway, I'm tired and all of you suck anyway."

DR SLEEP: As for me, ELFEN LIED is in my top ten animes. Thanks for indulging my impression of a typical super otaku. Really, these folks would be better off moving to and doing post-modern critiques of manga and deconstructing DEATH NOTE.

That's one of the best anime I've ever seen - nice story and absolutely fantastic OP song!

I just finished it, fucking awesome, oh god! I'm only sad that it's over, fuck >.>.

i watched elfen lied in feb 2010.nice story and action.In my top,it is in top 20

Oh, yeah, I didn't realize that you were the guy in charge of all the clubs in question.
Well, thanks.

neither, i just want someone to watch over things if i get innactive and since you are active and really love this type of anime i picked you

This is the 4th club I've randomly been made an in today...
A glitch or am I just that good?

Heh, well... I guess violence is good for stress, no?
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I'll probably change my avatar to her, too. Maybe. It kinda depends what mood I'm in... right now I'm more than a little addicted to Umineko no Naku Koro ni.

i agree with you too =D
love your avvatar, she looks so kawaii! =D
i used lucy's eye as avatar on many forums, still do but am not so active on those where i use her eye anymore, maybe i should use it here too >3

oh, and i made some kind of tradition to watch the whole elfen lied series every year on the first thursday after my christmas exams >3
i don't know why, just thought it would be funny...
probably cause i need some violence after exams

This show... kinda changed my life.
It is indeed my favorite anime and something I'm going to treasure for ages to come.
I mean, really, how much more perfection could anyone possibly fit into 13 episodes?

It's 'anime' not 'animes'. Someone schooling other's about translations and stuff should know that.



What's an animu?

miva2: Completely agree with you! And she is also my favourite character of all anime and I think no one can ever beat her

Nyuu/Lucy is definitely the hottest anime girl i've seen.
love her red hair and eyes
and her boobs =D

One of the best animu indeed.

Correct english translation is "Elven" man,not Elfen. And how come there is so few people in this club? Elfen Lied is definately one of the best animes I have ever seen!!