Gotta get this topic started before sleep overtakes me and the passion cools.
What anime have you seen that has allowed you to reach inside to the kind and decent part of you that society has forced you to believe is weak (especially if you are a man) and indoctrinated you to seal off, and remind you that its okay to have a heart? :)
Too many to list, personally, but here's two to kick it off.
Fist of the North Star.
Slams the door in the face of people who rant and rave on and on that "real men don't cry." This classic shows that it takes a righteous, strong and pure (AKA manly) heart to be able to feel love for your fellow human beings. This anime shows that yes, it's MANLY and perfectly okay for men to cry, even big and strong ones.
K-On!! (Both Seasons)
Yes, I admit some bias for this series because it stars My Adorable Wife Yui, but on the most fundamental level this fuwa-fuwa (fluffy and soft) and heartwarming sleeper hit gives us all a chance to have a happy childhood, to reconnect with that idealistic and brave youth inside us who believed that he or she can conquer the world with love and bravery alone. K-On allows one to reconnect with the happy, pure and innocent child locked deep inside by the heavy chains of adulthood; and in this sad and bitter age, that's nothing to sneeze about.
More to come later. :) How about you? ;)
What anime have you seen that has allowed you to reach inside to the kind and decent part of you that society has forced you to believe is weak (especially if you are a man) and indoctrinated you to seal off, and remind you that its okay to have a heart? :)
Too many to list, personally, but here's two to kick it off.
Fist of the North Star.
Slams the door in the face of people who rant and rave on and on that "real men don't cry." This classic shows that it takes a righteous, strong and pure (AKA manly) heart to be able to feel love for your fellow human beings. This anime shows that yes, it's MANLY and perfectly okay for men to cry, even big and strong ones.
K-On!! (Both Seasons)
Yes, I admit some bias for this series because it stars My Adorable Wife Yui, but on the most fundamental level this fuwa-fuwa (fluffy and soft) and heartwarming sleeper hit gives us all a chance to have a happy childhood, to reconnect with that idealistic and brave youth inside us who believed that he or she can conquer the world with love and bravery alone. K-On allows one to reconnect with the happy, pure and innocent child locked deep inside by the heavy chains of adulthood; and in this sad and bitter age, that's nothing to sneeze about.
More to come later. :) How about you? ;)