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Postby White_Rose » Sat Aug 30, 2003 11:11 am

Hey! It sounds like a great idea!! Include ME!! I think I do know a christian Anime, I wouldn't really know because I've seen, like, one and a half episodes. But all I have seen sounded christian to me. The show is called 'Lain' enybody herd of it?
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Postby Master Kenzo » Sat Aug 30, 2003 11:17 am

You mean Serial Experiments Lain? Heard of it, ask djnoz.

And I'd love to help with writing or anything :)
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Postby Razgriz » Sat Aug 30, 2003 2:19 pm

White_Rose wrote:Hey! It sounds like a great idea!! Include ME!! I think I do know a christian Anime, I wouldn't really know because I've seen, like, one and a half episodes. But all I have seen sounded christian to me. The show is called 'Lain' enybody herd of it?


Lain? I dunno, though I haven't seen the series, from what I've heard though it deals with X-files esque stuff. Perhaps you could enlighten me.
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Postby Bobtheduck » Sat Aug 30, 2003 4:39 pm

Lain is NOT Christian in the same way that Matrix is NOT Christian...

(I'm gonna edit this to give a detailed explanation complete with massive spoilers, I'm in the middle of a big long post)

Serial Experiements Lain is a psychological Puzzle. If any of you have played Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, the styling for much of the show is the same as the styling towards the end of SoL.

basically the show is about the internet. The internet has become a separate world, and people have, bordering on blasphemy, "created" new people inside this new world (themselves only with different personalities...) This effect was one of the reasons that people had such a hard time with the PnP RPG known as "Dungeons and Dragons" People on the internet live out a completely different life from their boring day to day lives. The internet is the concentrated unfiltered essence of human nature. It's everything that people wanted to do in real life without the constraints of culture and social issues. People are exhibitionists, voyeurs, abusers and the abused with no one to stop them. This has in a false way elevated man to the position of creator.

Here is where the spoilers come in, and these are very very big spoilers, so you may not want to view.

[spoiler="Spoiler paragraph 1"]If you have gotten to the episodes about Eiri Masami, hes the person who called himself God. He was very dissatisfied with his Job (which was to help advance the wired to a place where people were connected to it with no need for a computer) and on the wired, he considered himself God because he had so much power. [/spoiler]

now onto: [spoiler="Spoiler Paragraph 2!"]In his mind, what God is is someone who has power and people to worship him. Thats what the Knights were.[/spoiler]

[spoiler="Spoiler par. 3"]Eiri noticed that everything centered around Lain, so he spent his time trying to convince her that he was God, and that they were one in the same. Lain was a shy girl normally, but she had another personality that lived on the wired (Lain of the Wired)[/spoiler]

Hmm... It's been a while since I saw it, so I know I'm missing big chunks, but...

[spoiler="part 4"]Lain was placed in a fake family. Her father and mother being real, and her sister being somewhat fake (I think... I havent figured this one out yet) Lains sister was playing out her role naturally, and very well, but in the episode that freaks everyone out, there was an accident. Basically, she was killed in the accident but she didnt ...know... it and she wandered around (probably her persona on the wired) and she finally realized what had happened when she found her ...replacement... in the house and thats where she left. Things had to be in the guise of a real family to raise Lain.[/spoiler]

[spoiler="part r"]Eiri (or should I say, Eiris Wired Persona) was the one talking to Lain through the dolls and the images of her mother and father. That was NOT, however, her real mother and father. Her Father and Alice were the only ones in the show who actually loved Lain. Alice was also the only one who Lain had no control over and neither did Eiri.[/spoiler]

**gasp** all this editing is making me tired...

[spoiler="part nein"]Lain of the wired was a demonstration of Human nature. She was cruel, manipulative and sadistic. She knew everything about everybody because everyone was open in the wired. They opened themselves up the things they wanted kept secret.[/spoiler]

[spoiler="Pier 1"]Im gonna get to the end, although I know Im missing big pieces... Eiri wanted Lain to say she was God, becaus in his mind that would solidify his place there.She thought through all the things she had been told, that Man created God sorta humanistic crap, but she realized that for Eiri to get into that position, there had to be a God all along, guiding all of the things up to that point. Thats when Eiri realized the truth, and when he left... What Lain did, as one last gesture of Love for Alice (not homosexual thing by the way) was to erase herself, thereby erasing everything that had happened because of her. Lain of the wired lingered on, until the truth overrided what LotW canceled her lies out.[/spoiler]

[spoiler="The part that we can draw a Christian lesson from"]She went into rest with her ...Father... who Im guessing is quote...a God all along...unquote that Lain said to eiri at the end.[/spoiler]


Ok, now I think that like the Matrix or any really good movie or TV show that tackles philosophy you can pull good things out of it. It also goes in the right direction, but it is NOT Christian. It ends on a question mark and everything is left up to personal opinion and interpretation. I somehow doubt the creators of Lain are Christian, but the analysis of the Internet alone merits a viewing and discussion. It is something that causes you to think, and if you have the Bible as your primary source, you won't go wrong.

Now, i can't reccomend this to everyone. I'd say you should be at least 18 years old because much of this show is incredibly disturbing. It's not violence or sex or swearing that I'm talking about, but events that can leave scars particularly in some of the younger viewers (if they even understand what's going on)

If you are over 18 and like deeply complex stories that you have to decode, Lain is excelent. It's my favorite anime in fact...

[spoiler="age warning"]There is the murder of a child, a venture into a pornographic chatroom (nothing explicit), female masturbation (once again, no body parts are shown...), 2 suicides, and very disturbing scenes of people losing sanity, all of which add up to a potential visit to a shrink. Oh, and less than barbie doll nudity, but if youre freaked out about that, you have some issues.[/spoiler]
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Postby madphilb » Sat Aug 30, 2003 7:07 pm

I think you just need to scroll down to find the entry box... got the same kinda thing when hitting the "go acvanced" button on a "quick reply" one time.

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Postby uc pseudonym » Sat Aug 30, 2003 7:11 pm

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Postby firestorm » Sun Aug 31, 2003 10:56 am

White_Rose wrote:Hey! It sounds like a great idea!! Include ME!!


What do you mean? do you mean the suggestion I made to make a christian manga? please clarify
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Postby Razgriz » Mon Sep 01, 2003 10:20 am

Go for it!
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Postby firestorm » Mon Sep 01, 2003 11:21 am

Sangoku wrote:Go for it!


Well if we are going to do this Well have to ask Ash or Gypsy or anybody else in charge, then move this to the Projects section. Right now I need artists because first of all I can't sen my art because I don't have a scanner, and also I want to see what other people think what the characters looks like.Also well have to have some sort of way to meet and talk about the storyline. But of course first of all I need to talk to Ash!

(yells at top of lungs) HEY ASH!!!
(starts wandering around to find Ash)
Come check my facebook fan page here If you want to see some great photography and art!

I am currently on my 4th draft of the script for Canvas! Canvas is a watercolor animated short about how everything declares of a Creator and how everything happens for a reason. If anyone would like to help by sending me resources on watercolor or animation it would be greatly appreciated!

I am also on my 1st draft of a short live-action Romcom called "Behind Every Good Man! Behind Every Good Man is about a Bride-to-be, Evelyn, who must stop her Mother-in-Law, Pamela, from living her dream wedding through Evelyn's. Along the way she learns what it means to be a Woman of Integrity today! If anyone wants to help let me know!
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Postby Razgriz » Mon Sep 01, 2003 11:59 am

I'll help in anyway that I can, but I can't draw even if my life depends on it, heh
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Postby andyroo » Mon Sep 01, 2003 2:20 pm

" wrote:Also well have to have some sort of way to meet and talk about the storyline.

How about meeting in the C.A.A. Chat Zone? You can get shooraijin to schedule a time for that chat recorder to keep track of the conversation in the fireside room.
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Postby firestorm » Mon Sep 01, 2003 3:36 pm

andyroo wrote:How about meeting in the C.A.A. Chat Zone? You can get shooraijin to schedule a time for that chat recorder to keep track of the conversation in the fireside room.


well I've never tried the chat room I'll have to see what it's like before we do anything.
Also I'm pming Ashley right now to ask her about the whole project.

sangoku wrote:I'll help in anyway that I can, but I can't draw even if my life depends on it, heh


That's alright we might need an outside opinion on certain parts of the project so thought it might be small, at least you'll be able to play a part in the creation of the project.
Come check my facebook fan page here If you want to see some great photography and art!

I am currently on my 4th draft of the script for Canvas! Canvas is a watercolor animated short about how everything declares of a Creator and how everything happens for a reason. If anyone would like to help by sending me resources on watercolor or animation it would be greatly appreciated!

I am also on my 1st draft of a short live-action Romcom called "Behind Every Good Man! Behind Every Good Man is about a Bride-to-be, Evelyn, who must stop her Mother-in-Law, Pamela, from living her dream wedding through Evelyn's. Along the way she learns what it means to be a Woman of Integrity today! If anyone wants to help let me know!
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Postby firestorm » Mon Sep 01, 2003 3:40 pm

ok for some reason the chat's not working for me so let's try another way of getting together.
Come check my facebook fan page here If you want to see some great photography and art!

I am currently on my 4th draft of the script for Canvas! Canvas is a watercolor animated short about how everything declares of a Creator and how everything happens for a reason. If anyone would like to help by sending me resources on watercolor or animation it would be greatly appreciated!

I am also on my 1st draft of a short live-action Romcom called "Behind Every Good Man! Behind Every Good Man is about a Bride-to-be, Evelyn, who must stop her Mother-in-Law, Pamela, from living her dream wedding through Evelyn's. Along the way she learns what it means to be a Woman of Integrity today! If anyone wants to help let me know!
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Postby Razgriz » Mon Sep 01, 2003 3:51 pm

firestorm wrote:well I've never tried the chat room I'll have to see what it's like before we do anything.
Also I'm pming Ashley right now to ask her about the whole project?



That's alright we might need an outside opinion on certain parts of the project so thought it might be small, at least you'll be able to play a part in the creation of the project.


I feel special :)

Though in all seriousness, I'd be happy to contribute anyway that I can.
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Postby firestorm » Mon Sep 01, 2003 3:59 pm

Sangoku wrote:I feel special :)

Though in all seriousness, I'd be happy to contribute anyway that I can.


Well it depends what your good at seriously. What is it that your good at? writing? web design? anything?
Come check my facebook fan page here If you want to see some great photography and art!

I am currently on my 4th draft of the script for Canvas! Canvas is a watercolor animated short about how everything declares of a Creator and how everything happens for a reason. If anyone would like to help by sending me resources on watercolor or animation it would be greatly appreciated!

I am also on my 1st draft of a short live-action Romcom called "Behind Every Good Man! Behind Every Good Man is about a Bride-to-be, Evelyn, who must stop her Mother-in-Law, Pamela, from living her dream wedding through Evelyn's. Along the way she learns what it means to be a Woman of Integrity today! If anyone wants to help let me know!
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Postby Razgriz » Mon Sep 01, 2003 4:06 pm

firestorm wrote:Well it depends what your good at seriously. What is it that your good at? writing? web design? anything?


I do like writing, and I guess I'm fairly creative. Give me a scenario, or a story board, and I could do a lot with it. Just tell me what you want and I'll see what I can do.
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Postby shooraijin » Mon Sep 01, 2003 4:12 pm

> ok for some reason the chat's not working for me so let's try another way of getting together.

Be more specific ...

Also, try Telnet if the Java client isn't working. Everybody's doing it. :grin:
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Postby firestorm » Mon Sep 01, 2003 4:19 pm

shooraijin wrote:> ok for some reason the chat's not working for me so let's try another way of getting together.

Be more specific ...

Also, try Telnet if the Java client isn't working. Everybody's doing it. :grin:


Though you sounded like a drug dealer there, I thank you for telling me this. I'll try it. :grin:
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I am currently on my 4th draft of the script for Canvas! Canvas is a watercolor animated short about how everything declares of a Creator and how everything happens for a reason. If anyone would like to help by sending me resources on watercolor or animation it would be greatly appreciated!

I am also on my 1st draft of a short live-action Romcom called "Behind Every Good Man! Behind Every Good Man is about a Bride-to-be, Evelyn, who must stop her Mother-in-Law, Pamela, from living her dream wedding through Evelyn's. Along the way she learns what it means to be a Woman of Integrity today! If anyone wants to help let me know!
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Postby Rashiir » Mon Sep 01, 2003 7:10 pm

I'm taking Computer Animation this year, so I'm going to have a lot of time on my hands to do animation-related stuff...Maybe I could help?
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Postby firestorm » Mon Sep 01, 2003 7:22 pm

Rashiir wrote:I'm taking Computer Animation this year, so I'm going to have a lot of time on my hands to do animation-related stuff...Maybe I could help?


That would be cool actually to kinda see the characters animated for maybe a promo thing would be really cool. Sure that could help.
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I am currently on my 4th draft of the script for Canvas! Canvas is a watercolor animated short about how everything declares of a Creator and how everything happens for a reason. If anyone would like to help by sending me resources on watercolor or animation it would be greatly appreciated!

I am also on my 1st draft of a short live-action Romcom called "Behind Every Good Man! Behind Every Good Man is about a Bride-to-be, Evelyn, who must stop her Mother-in-Law, Pamela, from living her dream wedding through Evelyn's. Along the way she learns what it means to be a Woman of Integrity today! If anyone wants to help let me know!
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Postby Razgriz » Mon Sep 01, 2003 7:36 pm

firestorm wrote:That would be cool actually to kinda see the characters animated for maybe a promo thing would be really cool. Sure that could help.


Yeah, that would be awesome. Were you thinking of making this a modern, sci-fi, or fantasy/medieval?
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Postby firestorm » Mon Sep 01, 2003 7:50 pm

it's a sci-fi but with fantasy and modern type elements to. the reason is that all the characters are brought from their different time periods, so I want to the people to see the differences between time periods and how the characters deal with them. Chainwalker actually comes from 1100's.
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I am also on my 1st draft of a short live-action Romcom called "Behind Every Good Man! Behind Every Good Man is about a Bride-to-be, Evelyn, who must stop her Mother-in-Law, Pamela, from living her dream wedding through Evelyn's. Along the way she learns what it means to be a Woman of Integrity today! If anyone wants to help let me know!
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Postby firestorm » Tue Sep 02, 2003 8:23 am

O.K. Sangoku is working on one of the characters now. Niyana, White_Rose, and Lilly Angel what do you want to do? I need artists to help with backgrounds and stuff so if any of you can do that it would be of great help. We still haven't got the ok from Ash and the administrators but I think it'll be soon.
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I am currently on my 4th draft of the script for Canvas! Canvas is a watercolor animated short about how everything declares of a Creator and how everything happens for a reason. If anyone would like to help by sending me resources on watercolor or animation it would be greatly appreciated!

I am also on my 1st draft of a short live-action Romcom called "Behind Every Good Man! Behind Every Good Man is about a Bride-to-be, Evelyn, who must stop her Mother-in-Law, Pamela, from living her dream wedding through Evelyn's. Along the way she learns what it means to be a Woman of Integrity today! If anyone wants to help let me know!
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Postby Niyana » Wed Sep 03, 2003 7:23 pm

Man...so many projects, I want to help out a lot! But I do not know who to Help. I have been reading The Fall a lot lately, but havent had as much time as I need to finish it cause I have school and soon I will be starting work *sigh*. We need to gather a big list in the projects section of who all is doing a project and who all wants to help, then we can manage it out into groups or whatever and go from there. XD Is Ash in charge of this? XD Let me know!!!
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Postby Ashley » Wed Sep 03, 2003 7:36 pm

1. We do have a thread/list about all the projects:
http://christiananime.net/forums/showthread.php?t=733

2. Yeah, I'm sort of in charge, but Gypsy's really the project girl to talk to.
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Postby uc pseudonym » Thu Sep 04, 2003 5:41 am

You read The Fall? Cool. I wonder how many people there are who read and I have no idea about.
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Postby SangoKilala » Tue Sep 16, 2003 7:43 pm

uhhh...sorry, don't really get it too much...
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Postby SangoKilala » Tue Sep 16, 2003 7:44 pm

Although...I am a writer and published...one book, but I'm working off from biographies onto anime, I'm wondering about some topics for christian anime? Thanks!
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Postby uc pseudonym » Wed Sep 17, 2003 1:21 pm

Lurk around the projects forums, and I think you'll find quite a bit about it. We're good at creating ideas. I think topics could be just about anything, though I think our likely genres are straight shonen or shojou.

Shonen- well, you can see what I've written. I suppose there are always other things to. But with spiritual warfare, you have a ton of open options.

Shojou- the only thing that really comes to mind is Christian relationships. Of course, story-wise, these do work. You could give it a shot.
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christian anime based on already existing story line?

Postby RefractedAhav » Fri Sep 19, 2003 11:02 am

I have an idea, we could make an anime based off of an already succesfull story line by C.S. Lewis. If you've guessed I mean Lewis' anology The Chronicals of Narnia, than you guessed was right.

I know that CoN was aimed at the young and the young at heart, but with a little bit of artistic liscence I really bealive that it could work out.
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