EPTEdit: Does anyone ever ask Keima and Elsee about the collars? They're not exactly hidden, and I doubt that their classmates would just think that it's their idea of fashion.
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Ferrose
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Edit: Does anyone ever ask Keima and Elsee about the collars? They're not exactly hidden, and I doubt that their classmates would just think that it's their idea of fashion. | ||
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Pfhor
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On December 09 2010 06:35 Fumi wrote: Also, I still don't get what's wrong with the Nanoha fanbase. Nothing creepy about NanoFate shippers, if that's what you mean. Maybe it's just my experiences with them then, because it really seems like the Nanoha fanbase really takes the whole "ogling over the female characters" way too far. The show hardly even has the fan service to promote that, especially when compared to series like Strike Witches which pretty much encourage that kind of behavior. Nanoha is a decently executed magical girl show with some Scifi action elements, why does the fanbase seem to focus on Fate's prepubescent ass and shipping characters around. Or maybe my problem is with every anime fanbase? I dunno, people will sexualize anything these days. | ||
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Ferrose
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LOL at chapter 24: + Show Spoiler + "Demons are intellectual and rational beings." Next panel: "A FIRE TRUCK!!!" | ||
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Sentenal
United States12398 Posts
On December 09 2010 14:51 HitoriTomoyo wrote: Personally: Haruhi somewhat started it. Lucky Star solidified it/continued it. Other smaller shows followed the trend (Kannagi/Minami-ke) K-ON! popularized the concept and made it solidly popular amongst mainstream audiences. Or in Starcraft terms (sorry if this offends anyone) to simplify matters, the trend's rising in modern anime can be comparable to the development of the Bisu Build: Haruhi = DaezanG Lucky Star/smaller slice-of-life series = Nal_rA K-ON! = Bisu (This is open to debate however: some can see Lucky Star in place of K-ON!, in which case K-ON! is considered to simply be the next carrier of the moe-centered slice-of-life trend, in which it can be reworked as: Haruhi = DaezanG + Nal_rA Lucky Star = Bisu K-ON! = Kal/free/mOvie/Stork/any modern successful Protoss). Personally Lucky Star wasn't too bad of a show and isn't the primary antagonist in the recent rise of moe-centered slice-of-life series; while it may have had a hand in its beginning moments, I think K-ON! is the largest offender of popularizing the said trend. Whether if its good or bad is a subjective opinion and is a seperate matter. However, I DO have a comment concerning the quality of the executions of anime series in the 2010 season: while debatable, there are strong signs of a particular trend gradually showing itself which if not quickly taken care of brings the quality of future anime series into question. The trend for 2010 series appears to be: -Strong, solid beginning with decent introductions and a promise to deliver a great storyline with characters possessing a lot of potential to be developed in various ways -Partial deviation from initial expectations/intentions/general developments, resulting in the gradual development of doubt, though the quality has not yet dropped to the point of being dropped on a large scale -Series either starts to completely lose its way or already has: character and plot development have taken a backseat in favor of filler material resulting in a feeling of the series simply being dragged on for no good reason and genuine interest in the series is lost -Series suddenly remembers that it had a plot but because of the unnecessary filler material that took up precious development time, the conclusions on the plot and characters becomes rushed and inconclusive as a whole; many questions are left unanswered, resulting in an unsatisfactory response from a good portion of the audience Granted not ALL series that have aired in 2010 are offenders of this case but it has been making itself more and more apparent as of late. The strongest offender of this trend this year as Angel Beats!, and currently airing series that are guilty of this are OreImo and Fortune Arterial (I would accuse MM!, but I just stopped taking it seriously after the Dragon Ball parody episode). tl;dr: 2010 wasn't a very strong year for anime. I hope 2011 strongly makes up for it. Personally, I think Lucky Star was the worst show ever made, and it also represents everything I hate about modern anime, thus I give it more credit than K-On! in "destroying" anime. Even though K-On! certainly contributed in its own right, along with Haruhi. | ||
Spazer
Canada8031 Posts
On December 09 2010 15:06 Ferrose wrote: Yeah, I figured that season one would just have 12 eps or something, then in April they can start with Kusonoki. I wonder though if they'll keep going in order or if they'll just throw in the few most popular girls and end the series there. I hope that it's the former. It'd be awesome if the series could keep going for as long as the manga has. Edit: Does anyone ever ask Keima and Elsee about the collars? They're not exactly hidden, and I doubt that their classmates would just think that it's their idea of fashion. I can't even begin to fathom the amount of fan rage there would be if they tried skipping conquests (they'd probably skip one of my favorites, judging by character polls D: ). Granted, there are a lot of girls, but there's nothing wrong with having a long series, especially when source material is plentiful. Maybe they'll cut some filler chapters, but I think that's all they would be brave enough to try. Actually, now that I think about it, skipping girls isn't really an option. Keima's revelation in the current arc wouldn't make sense otherwise. I don't think anybody ever asks about the collars. I'd say it's safe to assume only demons & co can see it. Edit: On December 09 2010 15:47 Ferrose wrote: Fixed that for ya. Elsie's got nothing on Haqua.Holy shit Hakua is awesome as hell. On December 09 2010 15:28 Pfhor wrote: Is your username a Marathon reference? Never thought I'd see one on these forums. :O | ||
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Fumi
529 Posts
On December 09 2010 15:28 Pfhor wrote: Maybe it's just my experiences with them then, because it really seems like the Nanoha fanbase really takes the whole "ogling over the female characters" way too far. The show hardly even has the fan service to promote that, especially when compared to series like Strike Witches which pretty much encourage that kind of behavior. Nanoha is a decently executed magical girl show with some Scifi action elements, why does the fanbase seem to focus on Fate's prepubescent ass and shipping characters around. Or maybe my problem is with every anime fanbase? I dunno, people will sexualize anything these days. If it's about sexualizing, then Nanoha is still under "normal" territory. Yeah, I don't get the whole thing about Fate's ass, but compared to everything else out there... But yeah, people just oversexualize everything. 15 minutes on Danbooru and all your hopes and dreams are shattered. | ||
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Ferrose
United States11378 Posts
On December 09 2010 16:27 Spazer wrote: I can't even begin to fathom the amount of fan rage there would be if they tried skipping conquests (they'd probably skip one of my favorites, judging by character polls D: ). Granted, there are a lot of girls, but there's nothing wrong with having a long series, especially when source material is plentiful. Maybe they'll cut some filler chapters, but I think that's all they would be brave enough to try. Actually, now that I think about it, skipping girls isn't really an option. Keima's revelation in the current arc wouldn't make sense otherwise. I don't think anybody ever asks about the collars. I'd say it's safe to assume only demons & co can see it. Edit:Fixed that for ya. Elsie's got nothing on Haqua. Is your username a Marathon reference? Never thought I'd see one on these forums. :O Well, I just finished 26, so I haven't seen too much of Hakua yet. But so far she seems better than Elsee, but in a different way. And I actually hope that maybe the later seasons could skip fillers altogether. Because the arcs are getting longer now. And after reading the manga, it seems like they really had to stretch some of it. I mean, they got the Kanon arc to be three eps, but from the source material it seemed like there was only enough for maybe 1.5 eps. On December 09 2010 16:39 Fumi wrote: If it's about sexualizing, then Nanoha is still under "normal" territory. Yeah, I don't get the whole thing about Fate's ass, but compared to everything else out there... But yeah, people just oversexualize everything. 15 minutes on Danbooru and all your hopes and dreams are shattered. Every time I visit that site I'm like "Nooo I didn't want to see that ;_; now my opinion on this girl is trashed" Though I do occasionally find a picture or two suitable for my hard drive or even wallet. | ||
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bearbuddy
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On December 09 2010 16:20 Sentenal wrote: Personally, I think Lucky Star was the worst show ever made, and it also represents everything I hate about modern anime, thus I give it more credit than K-On! in "destroying" anime. Even though K-On! certainly contributed in its own right, along with Haruhi. It's kinda hard to blame the industry if they're just responding to what the viewers want. Heck, we're a relatively western-ish community and there are still pages of gushing at Oreimo (as oppose to discussion of the story). I don't even think there are many moe-blob shows out there. Harems, on the other hand... As much as I diss Gonzo, which I probably do so at every other opportunity, they actually bothered to try different stuff. They just did it in a wishy-washy kind of way without budget commitment and ended up with multiple mediocre works. As a result, Gonzo's bankruptcy probably scared off everyone not called Gainax and the other companies went to feed the masses (or the masses of Otaku with over-obsession and the willingness to fork out any sum of money) with working moe-blob formula of the moment, which alienated the "normal" crowd and everything spiraled into a perpetual cycle. 10 years ago, I remember going to a Starcraft LAN party and someone brought Gundam Wing CDs/DVDs to watch. Not many people there knew what anime was, but it was pretty funny when Heavy-arms unloaded everything it had and everyone went woah that's awesome =P. I don't think it's longer possible to sit down with a group of people not exposed to anime and present most of the recent titles and not be embarrassed about yourself. | ||
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Ferrose
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http://myanimelist.net/anime/2246/Mononoke/ | ||
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triangle
United States3803 Posts
On December 09 2010 16:20 Sentenal wrote: Personally, I think Lucky Star was the worst show ever made, and it also represents everything I hate about modern anime, thus I give it more credit than K-On! in "destroying" anime. Even though K-On! certainly contributed in its own right, along with Haruhi. I see this sentiment a lot, and I don't really understand it. How many moeblob slice of life shows are there anyway? Not a lot. In fact, looking at next season I don't think there are any. Acting as if anime is being invaded by a horde of moeblob shows seems to be a misrepresentation. (And wtf is a moeblob show anyway? Is it just a show with no plot involving cute girls doing cute things? Aria seems like the definition of a moeblob show in that case, which most people would say it isn't). Or is it that moe is entering into "otherwise good" shows more and more, and making them worse? But there have been moe elements in lots of shows for a very long time now -- hard to see how it is substantially worse now. How is K-On "destroying" anime if it has made a crapton of money? You seem to say that studios will make less action anime and whatnot. That might be true if K-on was crowding out the market (I'm not gonna spend money on a Guts wallscroll, I'll spend on a Yui one instead), but presumably it has a somewhat different fanbase than the shows you like. In other words, K-on and similar shows should have no effect at all on shows with different fanbases. The only way they would is if studios start dropping those shows in favor of more moe ones, and while lots of shows right now have moe elements, is it really more than in the past? I don't think you can merely assert yes without evidence to back up that claim. Alternatively, what if the shows you like aren't profitable in the first place? Could a successful moe show you hate prop up a studio you like so they can continue making anime you like. (Can the strong sales of High School of the Dead help Madhouse?) Or maybe you're worried that studios just won't bother with the type of anime you like since moe is so much more popular. But if studios were confident they would make a profit on an anime, they'd almost certainly make it (since so many shows are net losses). Basically, if there are less and less of the type of shows you like, that's because those shows were never that successful in the first place. Moe has nothing to do with that. Regarding this: -Strong, solid beginning with decent introductions and a promise to deliver a great storyline with characters possessing a lot of potential to be developed in various ways -Partial deviation from initial expectations/intentions/general developments, resulting in the gradual development of doubt, though the quality has not yet dropped to the point of being dropped on a large scale -Series either starts to completely lose its way or already has: character and plot development have taken a backseat in favor of filler material resulting in a feeling of the series simply being dragged on for no good reason and genuine interest in the series is lost -Series suddenly remembers that it had a plot but because of the unnecessary filler material that took up precious development time, the conclusions on the plot and characters becomes rushed and inconclusive as a whole; many questions are left unanswered, resulting in an unsatisfactory response from a good portion of the audience But this also seems to be a problem that has existed for a while in tons of shows. Eden of the East is the most egregious example, with a plot that meandered and went nowhere, characters that never really developed, and a badly handled ending. I think that you just don't watch older shows that do this because those shows aren't that good. Finally, I've never seen Lucky Star, but I'm puzzled by all the comparisons to Haruhi. I know Lucky Star references Haruhi a lot, but do the shows have anything else in common? Edit: 10 years ago, I remember going to a Starcraft LAN party and someone brought Gundam Wing CDs/DVDs to watch. Not many people there knew what anime was, but it was pretty funny when Heavy-arms unloaded everything it had and everyone went woah that's awesome =P. I don't think it's longer possible to sit down with a group of people not exposed to anime and present most of the recent titles and not be embarrassed about yourself. Yeah, but again, how different is that from before? Look at the anime that aired 10 years ago: ![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/PkHHT.jpg) 90% of that looks like shit. I guess you could sum up my whole post with the thought that 90% of anime, like most stuff, is crap. We only watch older anime that is good, but a lot of people watch both good and crappy airing anime. They then conclude that airing anime is worse. Wait 5 years, and you may well see people talking about how great 2010 was (referring to only 5 or 6 shows) and how crap 2015 is (referring to 30 shows). | ||
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Sentenal
United States12398 Posts
On December 09 2010 16:59 bearbuddy wrote: It makes sense business-wise, why the current trends are in place, but that doesn't mean I have to like it It's kinda hard to blame the industry if they're just responding to what the viewers want. Heck, we're a relatively western-ish community and there are still pages of gushing at Oreimo (as oppose to discussion of the story). I don't even think there are many moe-blob shows out there. Harems, on the other hand... As much as I diss Gonzo, which I probably do so at every other opportunity, they actually bothered to try different stuff. They just did it in a wishy-washy kind of way without budget commitment and ended up with multiple mediocre works. As a result, Gonzo's bankruptcy probably scared off everyone not called Gainax and the other companies went to feed the masses (or the masses of Otaku with over-obsession and the willingness to fork out any sum of money) with working moe-blob formula of the moment, which alienated the "normal" crowd and everything spiraled into a perpetual cycle. 10 years ago, I remember going to a Starcraft LAN party and someone brought Gundam Wing CDs/DVDs to watch. Not many people there knew what anime was, but it was pretty funny when Heavy-arms unloaded everything it had and everyone went woah that's awesome =P. I don't think it's longer possible to sit down with a group of people not exposed to anime and present most of the recent titles and not be embarrassed about yourself.  I guess I should be thankful that there still are various shows that I can get behind and watch. Its not like the entire industry has given up on the anime I like to watch lol How is K-On "destroying" anime if it has made a crapton of money? You seem to say that studios will make less action anime and whatnot. That might be true if K-on was crowding out the market (I'm not gonna spend money on a Guts wallscroll, I'll spend on a Yui one instead), but presumably it has a somewhat different fanbase than the shows you like. In other words, K-on and similar shows should have no effect at all on shows with different fanbases. The only way they would is if studios start dropping those shows in favor of more moe ones, and while lots of shows right now have moe elements, is it really more than in the past? I don't think you can merely assert yes without evidence to back up that claim. Alternatively, what if the shows you like aren't profitable in the first place? Could a successful moe show you hate prop up a studio you like so they can continue making anime you like. (Can the strong sales of High School of the Dead help Madhouse?) Shows like K-On! have started dominating what shows are getting released, or at least are seemingly dominating the seasonal lineups. Its because they are cash cows, playing to the Japanese Otaku who buy up anything thing they can "moe", and include lots of insert songs so they can make lots of $$$ on CDs. Neither of these things means the anime itself is any better, it just means that the anime is able to produce more stuff for people to spend money on. Also, I would assume they are easier to produce because... Well, honestly there isn't alot to them, or at least there isn't alot to a large number of them. Less effort than say, producing Gurren Lagann, that requires a good deal of quality animation. I see the moe-type shows I'm talking about as easy ways to make money, rather than make good anime. Both types of shows can obviously produce a profit, its just one type seems to require much less effort. And to clarify, I'm not talking about "normal shows with moe in them". Things like that have existed ever since Nadesico, probably even before that. IDK how to define what I'm talking about in terms of genre, since its kind of difficult to put a hard definition on them. But you can at least tell the concept between what I'm talking about, just based lumping up shows like Haruhi/Lucky Star/K-On! together vs more action oriented anime, right? I don't know for a fact that the ratio of anime now is different from before, so I can't really provide any evidence. I do know that I had to wait 1 and a half years to get SRW:Inspectors, after Gundam 00 S2 ended. All there was, was Shin Mazinger, which somehow went under my radar for the longest time. And before that, there didn't seem to be nearly as much of a wait time between notable shows I like, with Code Geass/Gurren Lagann/Macross Frontier being released around that time leading up to early 2009. Shows that I like are profitable, and able to prop up studios I like, so lol IDK where you are going with that one. You have Gundam/Sunrise as one of the biggest fish in all of Japan, for instance. You have Gainex and a ton of shows, including Evangelion, Gunbuster, and Gurren Lagann. Or are you going to tell me that none of those shows I mentioned were ever profitable? | ||
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Fumi
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On December 09 2010 17:10 triangle wrote: I guess you could sum up my whole post with the thought that 90% of anime, like most stuff, is crap. We only watch older anime that is good, but a lot of people watch both good and crappy airing anime. They then conclude that airing anime is worse. Wait 5 years, and you may well see people talking about how great 2010 was (referring to only 5 or 6 shows) and how crap 2015 is (referring to 30 shows). Pretty much this. There's always been a ton of bad anime, the only difference between then and now is that all the "bad" series are usually classified in the same genre. And really, a lot of series you see in the charts for each season look terrible, but there's always a few of them that exceed your expectations. A recent example for me was Ika Musume. | ||
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bearbuddy
3442 Posts
On December 09 2010 17:10 triangle wrote: I see this sentiment a lot, and I don't really understand it. How many moeblob slice of life shows are there anyway? Not a lot. In fact, looking at next season I don't think there are any. Acting as if anime is being invaded by a horde of moeblob shows seems to be a misrepresentation. (And wtf is a moeblob show anyway? Is it just a show with no plot involving cute girls doing cute things? Aria seems like the definition of a moeblob show in that case, which most people would say it isn't). Or is it that moe is entering into "otherwise good" shows more and more, and making them worse? But there have been moe elements in lots of shows for a very long time now -- hard to see how it is substantially worse now. How is K-On "destroying" anime if it has made a crapton of money? You seem to say that studios will make less action anime and whatnot. That might be true if K-on was crowding out the market (I'm not gonna spend money on a Guts wallscroll, I'll spend on a Yui one instead), but presumably it has a somewhat different fanbase than the shows you like. In other words, K-on and similar shows should have no effect at all on shows with different fanbases. The only way they would is if studios start dropping those shows in favor of more moe ones, and while lots of shows right now have moe elements, is it really more than in the past? I don't think you can merely assert yes without evidence to back up that claim. Alternatively, what if the shows you like aren't profitable in the first place? Could a successful moe show you hate prop up a studio you like so they can continue making anime you like. (Can the strong sales of High School of the Dead help Madhouse?) Or maybe you're worried that studios just won't bother with the type of anime you like since moe is so much more popular. But if studios were confident they would make a profit on an anime, they'd almost certainly make it (since so many shows are net losses). Basically, if there are less and less of the type of shows you like, that's because those shows were never that successful in the first place. Moe has nothing to do with that. Regarding this: But this also seems to be a problem that has existed for a while in tons of shows. Eden of the East is the most egregious example, with a plot that meandered and went nowhere, characters that never really developed, and a badly handled ending. I think that you just don't watch older shows that do this because those shows aren't that good. Finally, I've never seen Lucky Star, but I'm puzzled by all the comparisons to Haruhi. I know Lucky Star references Haruhi a lot, but do the shows have anything else in common? Edit: Yeah, but again, how different is that from before? Look at the anime that aired 10 years ago: 90% of that looks like shit. I guess you could sum up my whole post with the thought that 90% of anime, like most stuff, is crap. We only watch older anime that is good, but a lot of people watch both good and crappy airing anime. They then conclude that airing anime is worse. Wait 5 years, and you may well see people talking about how great 2010 was (referring to only 5 or 6 shows) and how crap 2015 is (referring to 30 shows). touch'e man, touch'e. But it is a rather diverse selection, and as it appeared as if in an experimental stage (between the mecha 90's and the VN later half of the 00's. However, I still stand by my statement that there's a distinctively less "otaku" flair to the shows-- and that the popular ones are generally more accepted by the mainstream and the western standards. If we talked about anime in 2001, we would be talking about Rurouni Kenshin Reminiscence, Hellsing, Prince of Tennis, etc. If we're talking about shows right now... well, we would be getting panty-shots and boob shots that are a surprising gimmick for more DVD/BD sales. | ||
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Blobskillz
Germany548 Posts
On December 09 2010 18:14 bearbuddy wrote: + Show Spoiler + On December 09 2010 17:10 triangle wrote: I see this sentiment a lot, and I don't really understand it. How many moeblob slice of life shows are there anyway? Not a lot. In fact, looking at next season I don't think there are any. Acting as if anime is being invaded by a horde of moeblob shows seems to be a misrepresentation. (And wtf is a moeblob show anyway? Is it just a show with no plot involving cute girls doing cute things? Aria seems like the definition of a moeblob show in that case, which most people would say it isn't). Or is it that moe is entering into "otherwise good" shows more and more, and making them worse? But there have been moe elements in lots of shows for a very long time now -- hard to see how it is substantially worse now. How is K-On "destroying" anime if it has made a crapton of money? You seem to say that studios will make less action anime and whatnot. That might be true if K-on was crowding out the market (I'm not gonna spend money on a Guts wallscroll, I'll spend on a Yui one instead), but presumably it has a somewhat different fanbase than the shows you like. In other words, K-on and similar shows should have no effect at all on shows with different fanbases. The only way they would is if studios start dropping those shows in favor of more moe ones, and while lots of shows right now have moe elements, is it really more than in the past? I don't think you can merely assert yes without evidence to back up that claim. Alternatively, what if the shows you like aren't profitable in the first place? Could a successful moe show you hate prop up a studio you like so they can continue making anime you like. (Can the strong sales of High School of the Dead help Madhouse?) Or maybe you're worried that studios just won't bother with the type of anime you like since moe is so much more popular. But if studios were confident they would make a profit on an anime, they'd almost certainly make it (since so many shows are net losses). Basically, if there are less and less of the type of shows you like, that's because those shows were never that successful in the first place. Moe has nothing to do with that. Regarding this: But this also seems to be a problem that has existed for a while in tons of shows. Eden of the East is the most egregious example, with a plot that meandered and went nowhere, characters that never really developed, and a badly handled ending. I think that you just don't watch older shows that do this because those shows aren't that good. Finally, I've never seen Lucky Star, but I'm puzzled by all the comparisons to Haruhi. I know Lucky Star references Haruhi a lot, but do the shows have anything else in common? Edit: Yeah, but again, how different is that from before? Look at the anime that aired 10 years ago: 90% of that looks like shit. I guess you could sum up my whole post with the thought that 90% of anime, like most stuff, is crap. We only watch older anime that is good, but a lot of people watch both good and crappy airing anime. They then conclude that airing anime is worse. Wait 5 years, and you may well see people talking about how great 2010 was (referring to only 5 or 6 shows) and how crap 2015 is (referring to 30 shows). touch'e man, touch'e. But it is a rather diverse selection, and as it appeared as if in an experimental stage (between the mecha 90's and the VN later half of the 00's. However, I still stand by my statement that there's a distinctively less "otaku" flair to the shows-- and that the popular ones are generally more accepted by the mainstream and the western standards. If we talked about anime in 2001, we would be talking about Rurouni Kenshin Reminiscence, Hellsing, Prince of Tennis, etc. If we're talking about shows right now... well, we would be getting panty-shots and boob shots that are a surprising gimmick for more DVD/BD sales. as if boob shots are soemthing new from the recent years. Easy example, look at all the maho shoujo stuff like Sailor Moon, that stuff is old and has pretty much the same amount of boobshots naked girls etc. You guys talk like this all is a recent development but that's plain wrong. You always had these elements in anime. And this stuff never was the biggest part of the shows that aired in one season. What you guys are doing is blaming crappy source material on the anime makers that have to make money somehow. There aint enough great mangas around to keep all the animestudios busy. So obviously they have to do shows that dont have a deep story or are just some nice comedies. It was sated before in this thread, slice of life shows never get as popular as shows with a deeper plot. So in the long run those shows will always be better for the anime studios. and triangle is absolutely right in what he wrote | ||
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Shauni
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What? Durarara? Yeah, perhaps. Gundam Unicorn? Yeah but it barely counts. Tatami Galaxy and Rainbow? No, not really... Angel Beats? Index S2? Working!!? K-On S2? Sora no Woto? Don't make me laugh... | ||
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Fumi
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On December 09 2010 21:52 Shauni wrote: Triangle how can you use that list as an example when it contains ten times more good shows than 2010. What could you honestly name from this year as a potential classics in comparison to tales of eternia, beyblade, angelic layer, noir, fruits basket, banner of the stars, scryed, prince of tennis, hellsing and so on? What? Durarara? Yeah, perhaps. Gundam Unicorn? Yeah but it barely counts. Tatami Galaxy and Rainbow? No, not really... Angel Beats? Index S2? Working!!? K-On S2? Sora no Woto? Don't make me laugh... I wouldn't list ToE, or Beyblade, or Banner of the Stars as classics. But I would list Durarara and Sora no Woto, as well as Arakawa Under the Bridge, Nodame, and probably Kimi ni todoke as well. But yeah, I guess 2010 is weak, I could probably list a bunch more series from last year. | ||
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Ecael
United States6703 Posts
I am half joking. Only half. On a more serious note, if you honestly think the likes of Durarara and Sora no Woto can compare to Banner, I must say that you are insane. At best maybe the Durarara light novels, all of them combined, can compare to Banner, but that's the fanboy in me speaking. But seriously, Sora no Woto barely did anything because it was too short to do anything with, DRRR was half good and half crap because of source materials sucking till later on. But seriously, as Blobskillz pointed out, there is a distinct lack of source materials. Or rather, it hasn't hit a point where source materials are lacking yet (Like Southlight would complain about how the AHEAD series is not animated just as I would complain about Zaregoto and Ningen series not getting animation), but the new mangas, VN and LNs that's getting animated are mostly crap. Pretty much the only reason I am excited for Spring is because OreTsuba and Steins;Gate have some of the best source materials I've seen in shows for a good year or so now -.- | ||
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NB
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Currently watching this season: + Ore no Imouto: This anime despite the fact that the story is about a bitch who play a lots of hentai games, the art works is just so nice compare to any recent anime => i do like it. + Sora no Otoshimono Forte: Echii Harem part2 => burn time Im not watching: + The world god only knows: I follow the manga and by my experience, im the type of people who never like a movie make out of books that i have read + Bakuman: same reason above, knowing what gona happen is just a huge spoiler for this type of anime... i remember i was so suprise when deathnote anime got top chart back then.... +Toaru Majutsu no Index II: i watch/ read about this a little bit in part 1 last season. The story just too "common" with all the special ability users make the anime a little bit boring looking for advice on what to watch atm... please only suggest things that are relaxing to watch -,- | ||
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Ecael
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Just watch Aria, the top of the whole iyashi genre.  | ||
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