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[hellclerk]

Alright, I think I feel like hating myself today. Should I watch KissXSis or Yosuga no Sora?

 

[B.K.]

On the OP discussion, I have to say that FMA: Brotherhood had a collection of really good OPs. I may not have always been a fan of the music but they were well produced.

My favorite Brotherhood op is the last one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xmjtsIOew4

 

[Branduil]

Alright, I think I feel like hating myself today.

Is that the word you're using for it?

 

[Steroyd]

Peach Girl - 01

What the hell is this!? A kiss, a bitch of a friend being a bitch, Guy B with a non serious-like nonchalant confession to main girl, main girl likes guy A, guy A likes main girl, guy A confesses to main girl... and it's only the first episode.

*rips up shoujo script 1*

I mean it's obvious main girl is going to get with guy B, but dang this show wasted no time getting to this point.

Alright, I think I feel like hating myself today. Should I watch KissXSis or Yosuga no Sora?

Flip a coin.

 

[PdotMichael]

Peach Girl, oh god, I read the manga (the first part) like 20 years ago. I am so old

 

[jman2050]

Alright, I think I feel like hating myself today. Should I watch KissXSis or Yosuga no Sora?

KissXSis is Cocktease: The Anime. Unless your goal is TRULY hating yourself, go with

Spoiler

wincest

 

[Haly]

There's payoff every arc in YnS.

 

[hellclerk]

KissXSis is Cocktease: The Anime. Unless your goal is TRULY hating yourself, go with

Spoiler

wincest

Yep, I truly want to hate myself, so KissXSis would probably be the best one.

Though to be honest I'll probably just catch up on Mirai Nikki instead. I'm mainly concerned about the boredom in between me hating myself properly.

There's payoff every arc in YnS.

Yeah, but then I'd probably actually enjoy it and just end up hating the characters instead of myself, so unless it ends in NICE BOAT, I might just pass...

 

[Infinite Justice]

Alright, I think I feel like hating myself today. Should I watch KissXSis or Yosuga no Sora?

you dont want to miss the greatest dance move

 

[A Black Falcon]

Alright, I think I feel like hating myself today. Should I watch KissXSis or Yosuga no Sora?

Um... I know it's not incest, but as far as self-hate and currently running anime, Maken-Ki would be the best bet, probably.

Yeah, but then I'd probably actually enjoy it and just end up hating the characters instead of myself, so unless it ends in NICE BOAT, I might just pass...

Spoiler

It doesn't. It does have twincest sex though, for fans of such things.

I have not watched any of KissXSis though, so I cannot compare them. Not that I watched much of Yosuga no Sora, I didn't, but part of an episode is more than zero.

 

[Hellsing321]

Chihayafuru 6

This show continues to impress. Now Chihaya can believe in the heart of the cards! It would be nice if they sprinkled in more of the history of the poems later since that stuff is interesting to me.

 

[hellclerk]

you dont want to miss the greatest dance move

Are we... 100% sure that's a dance? Or is it a "dance"?

 

[Infinite Justice]

Are we... 100% sure that's a dance? Or is it a "dance"?

you have to watch and see

Spoiler

"dance"

 

[Articalys]

For anyone interested, they just announced the TWGOK dub cast, with the two lead roles taken by the duo of Chris "Sousuke Sagara" Patton and Luci "Kaname Chidori" Christian, so they should at least have some great chemistry there.

 

[Steroyd]

Peach Girl - 02

So that's how things will go down, an inverse chain of events.

*Cellotapes shoujo script 1 back*

That bitch friend can sure as hell get shit done.

 

[dimb]

For anyone interested, they just announced the TWGOK dub cast, with the two lead roles taken by the duo of Chris "Sousuke Sagara" Patton and Luci "Kaname Chidori" Christian, so they should at least have some great chemistry there.

Why would someone dub this?

 

[iavi]

For anyone interested, they just announced the TWGOK dub cast, with the two lead roles taken by the duo of Chris "Sousuke Sagara" Patton and Luci "Kaname Chidori" Christian, so they should at least have some great chemistry there.

Patton as Keima? This is going to be... interesting. I can't see it working, but prove me wrong damnit.

 

[Risette]

I thought Patton retired

 

[Branduil]

They dubbed TWGOK? Why do they want to lose so much money?

 

[Articalys]

Are there any recent interviews, commentaries, etc. where a company explains the reasoning behind why they chose to dub a given show? Or older ones, even?

 

[Steroyd]

Maji de watashi - 06

Wakamoto.

*chomp*

 

[Hellsing321]

Companies do it because its just come to be expected as standard. I remember people made a bit of a stink when NIS announced they wouldn't be doing dubs for their shows.

 

[cajunator]

Higurashi OPENING/ENDING - DAT ENGRISH 1 are awesome.

This is my favorite Higurashi theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt-lXm33y9I

I love this song so damned much.

 

[cajunator]

Wait, Hillary Haag is Shiori? but Shiori needs to have a heavenly adorable voice, to follow that of Kana Hanazawa.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjafuChw3bI

 

[Steroyd]

but Shiori needs to have a heavenly adorable voice, to follow that of Kana Hanazawa.

You can't achieve the impossible, so why try?

 

[cajunator]

There are a couple of English Dub acrtresses that could fit the part but I cant think of specific names. but HILLARY HAAG? The voice of Rosette from Chrono Crusade? she's cute but not Shiori cute.

 

[firehawk12]

However, saying that, with a central conceit like karuta there's only so far that you can go. In this day and age it's unlikely that the anime will run long-enough to wear it out though.

Sports show are never really about the sport though. That's what makes them better than watching real sports.

 

[cajunator]

Sports show are never really about the sport though. That's what makes them better than watching real sports.

Except Taisho Baseball girls which is actually completely about girls learning to play Baseball.

 

[Shouta]

I don't know if Aika is a turning point, it's not exactly average even compared to most modern shows, in terms of volume of pantyshots... but you watch more older anime than most anyone here, yes, so if anyone here would know if they used to be as common as they are now, I'd think it'd be you.

...Aika was alright though, sure the fanservice is ridiculously overdone but the story's actually decent, and I do like how it's got a strong female lead who isn't subordinate to some generic male protagonist.

Aika is definitely a sort of turning point. There really wasn't an OVA prior to it that did it to that level. The panty shots of yore were pretty rare and pretty tame compared to now. It wasn't until around the time that Aika got released that it got outlandish. In fact, it's the gold standard still for ridiculous without being porn-like like say Queen's Blade or whatever that one aired recentl Manyuu... or something.

 

[Branduil]

Sports show are never really about the sport though. That's what makes them better than watching real sports.

That's it, I'm reporting this to SOS.

 

[firehawk12]

Except Taisho Baseball girls which is actually completely about girls learning to play Baseball.

Naw, it's about feminism.

 

[InfiniteNine]

For anyone interested, they just announced the TWGOK dub cast, with the two lead roles taken by the duo of Chris "Sousuke Sagara" Patton and Luci "Kaname Chidori" Christian, so they should at least have some great chemistry there.

Seems like a waste since I won't even listen to the dub.

 

[Defuser]

Are they gonna dub Kanon songs? Another terrible K-on situation?

 

[scy]

Sports show are never really about the sport though. That's what makes them better than watching real sports.

Prince of Tennis taught me many things.

 

[Steroyd]

Naw, it's about feminism.

I wonder if you can get away with that excuse for Ryu Ku Bo.

 

[darkside31337]

I wonder if you can get away with that excuse for Ryu Ku Bo.

Nah you really can't.

RKB was also the only new basketball I am going to get to watch for the foreseeable future so I can't complain too much!

 

[firehawk12]

I wonder if you can get away with that excuse for Ryu Ku Bo.

For the first half of the show, sure. It was basically Taishou Baseball Girls/A League of Their Own redux. Then it becomes loli bait.

Prince of Tennis taught me many things.

Bishies be bishie!

 

[zeroshiki]

I actually saw Roger Federer do a weak form of the snake shot once. Made my day.

 

[firehawk12]

I actually saw Roger Federer do a weak form of the snake shot once. Made my day.

But did you see two girls slap each other on the tennis court, Ace wo Nerae style?

 

[hellclerk]

Mirai Nikki 1-4

I'm actually somewhat impressed. Yuna as the yandere isn't entirely straight-forward the anti-feminist anti-moe that the archetype implies. Rather, her character is

Spoiler

the descent of madness from a point prior to meeting the MC

. If certain doors were not opened, it might have devolved into a relatively tame, but still bloody romp with some impressive, and amusing opportunities for character study with possibly some bad drama at the end, when such doors would be important, but because that door was opened, the uncertainty is set to max and the tension was brought up another few notches. Don't tell me how wrong I am but

Spoiler

I suspect that Yuna has a Freudian excuse with the literal skeletons in her closet. I'm not even 100% sure she killed them herself

. Though I suppose that's sort of the point. Give enough info to keep the story moving, but keep enough away to keep the audience guessing. They're doing it pretty well so far without being too obvious about it. I'll get to 5 sooner or later.

you have to watch and see

Spoiler

"dance"

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

I haven't seen such flagrance since School Days >:|

I'm gonna hate myself after watching this, aren't I...

 

[BluWacky]

I thought Patton retired

He did. I would assume he has bills to pay.

(he's also announced for Princess Resurrection, so I guess he has more than one bill to pay!)

 

[Crash Station]

Mirai Nikki 1-4

I'm actually somewhat impressed. Yuna as the yandere isn't entirely straight-forward the anti-feminist anti-moe that the archetype implies. Rather, her character is

Spoiler

the descent of madness from a point prior to meeting the MC

.

I think there's a pretty even split among yanderes that start that way and ones that become that way over the course of the story.

 

[cajunator]

Seems like a waste since I won't even listen to the dub.

but I will! Except for the Shiori parts.

Hey guys, you wanna know a great semi-sports related anime? Ping Pong Club. It will change your life.

 

[hellclerk]

I think there's a pretty even split among yanderes that start that way and ones that become that way over the course of the story.

Yeah, but I think the point is

Spoiler

that she could have attached herself to anything, living, dead, sentient, or inanimate. Can we really call it Yandere if her madness was caused by a serious emotional trauma rather than the gold standard of yandere anti-feminism, "he's just not that into you"?

I may be reaching for something here, but I'd more likely classify her as "Broken Bird" that's descended into madness. But then, I've only seen up to 4, so I could be way off. The show has a nice little way of making you doubt everything you haven't seen 100%. That's actually what's drawing me to it.

 

[jman2050]

I'm having way more fun watching people speculate about Mirai Nikki than I ever could have anticipated.

It will be fun to see the reactions week by week.

 

[Crash Station]

Toriko 30

Bogie is a crazy villain. 20 times the bones of normal humans, body possession, joint dislocation leading to stretchiness, and a simultaneous overbite/underbite. Kind of want to see more of him, but side villains never get any screentime after the arc ends. Oh well.

Tommyrod still freaky.

 

[7Th]

Short stories? Sure they do. Poetry is in a different class & difficult to directly compare because it is more dense by nature than probably any other medium, and certainly moreso than 90 second music videos set to pop music. (Unless you count lyrics as reeeaaally shitty poetry, haha.)

You're somehow under the assumption that only pop music gets music videos. And I think short stories can be as thought-provoking and artistically accomplished as novels if the writer is skilled enough.

Anyway, I wouldn't argue that there is some specific definable line of crossover wrt length & quality, with animu OPs somewhere on the one side and La jetee on the other; but in the broad view I do think length matters for narrative mediums which are, after all, about communication. So, while greater length doesn't necessarily make something better, in film & literature both, within certain probably indefinable confines, it does allow for greater room for communication & exploration of ideas.

Difference in length makes things different, not deeper or better or worse. I don't think you need many words to say something worthwhile; the amount of words used to say something is more about the presentation than about the thematic content.

I'm absolutely positive I've never seen a 90 second clip, even a really fab one, that would hold up in emotional or intellectual (or perhaps aesthetic) value to even a merely 'good' feature film.

That's a pretty anecdotic argument, though; and I don't think that aesthetic value has anything to do with length.

Think about that a bit more.

There is nothing to think about. Anime OPs don't gimp the show they belong to at all. OPs are produced in a way that gives breathing room to the production staff; and, in shows in which the OP changes during their run, when the staff is genuinely "too busy" with the show itself to work on the new OP, what they do is invite external people that wouldn't have worked in the show if it wasn't for the OP. Case in point: Eureka Seven OP 3.

 

[Crash Station]

Yeah, but I think the point is

Spoiler

that she could have attached herself to anything, living, dead, sentient, or inanimate. Can we really call it Yandere if her madness was caused by a serious emotional trauma rather than the gold standard of yandere anti-feminism, "he's just not that into you"?

I may be reaching for something here, but I'd more likely classify her as "Broken Bird" that's descended into madness. But then, I've only seen up to 4, so I could be way off. The show has a nice little way of making you doubt everything you haven't seen 100%. That's actually what's drawing me to it.

It doesn't matter how they got there. If someone acts like a yandere, they are a yandere, Freudian excuse or not. There is no "gold standard".

I'm having way more fun watching people speculate about Mirai Nikki than I ever could have anticipated.

It will be fun to see the reactions week by week.

I think a lot of minds will be blown when a certain reveal happens. Anime staff will probably handle it pretty damn well.

 

[hellclerk]

It doesn't matter how they got there. If someone acts like a yandere, they are a yandere, Freudian excuse or not. There is no "gold standard".

I more mean that Yandere, as an archetype speaks so much more loudly when the breaking point is rejection or fear of rejection. The implications start to run wild when a woman snaps into lunacy simply because she fears for the "power" she holds over her object of affection. In that regard, it becomes a classic anti-feminist symbol, yet another one of the "wicked wives" that drive men to their destruction.

Yuna still certainly qualifies as a yandere, but it doesn't speak as strongly as if she was a "true" yandere;

Spoiler

a normal crazy stalker chick, as opposed to one with a history. Stalking is the effect, not the cause.

Don't get me wrong though. It makes Yuna a much more interesting character as a result, not to mention a character that the audience will seek to relate to on some level (though not entirely). Like I said, I'm interested in how this will turn out.

 

[zeroshiki]

But did you see two girls slap each other on the tennis court, Ace wo Nerae style?

Well I saw Seles get stabbed. Does that count?