Re: Question...

Dave Baranyi wrote:
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> "D B Malmquist" <d.b.malmquist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Dave Baranyi wrote:
> >>
> >> "Sea Wasp" <seawaspobvious@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> >
> >> > Can anyone name recent anime that meet the following criteria:
> >
> > How far back is "recent"? "Hellsing" isn't that recent IMHO.
> >
> >> > 1) SF/F/Horror
> >> > 2) Reasonably complex storyline
> >> >
> >> > 3) *NO* (I mean NO, none, nil) stupid silliness -- no characters clearly
> >> > present for no real purpose other than comic relief, no "normal" looking
> >> > characters who suddenly superdeform and shout at each other, etc?
> >> >
> >> > The last one of these I can think of that I've seen was Hellsing, I think,
> >> > and before that Escaflowne.
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> > "Twelve Kingdoms" - fantasy.
>
> I think of 12 Kingdoms more as an adventure fantasy rather than a horror
> series. There are gruesome parts, to be sure.

I interpreted "SF/F/Horror" as "SF or F or Horror", so it
qualifies as "F[antasy]".

- dbm
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