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2011 Fall Anime Thread - Bad Shows & Self Hating Nerds
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I dont think that really happens/has happened to anybody
Crash Station
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Daily Lives of Highschool Boys PV 2-4
Yeah, this is Gintama with the kitchen sink world replaced with some very bored teenagers. Looks like I have 1 more thing to watch for the winter season.
Yeah, this is Gintama with the kitchen sink world replaced with some very bored teenagers. Looks like I have 1 more thing to watch for the winter season.
Infernodash
Member
I cosign this post. Team Shouma is absolute1
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It's a harem. No one wins!
Infernodash
Member
I liked it a lot!
Only problems were the unChristmasy fate of the present and a bit too much Producer adoration at the beginning.
I really don't mind him that much but when there's like a three minute conversation about how he's so kind and dependable and busy and thoughtful ugggh : (
Also I was really hoping Jupiter would just show up randomly.
I really don't mind him that much but when there's like a three minute conversation about how he's so kind and dependable and busy and thoughtful ugggh : (
Also I was really hoping Jupiter would just show up randomly.
that place is metaphorical right? I mean surely he cant be suggesting that there was a extermination camp for Japanese homeless children?
I don't even know anymore.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
That is what makes it mono no aware!
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Casshern Sins 1-4
Warning: This show may cause depression, despair, and suicidal thoughts.
Looks amazing though.
Warning: This show may cause depression, despair, and suicidal thoughts.
Looks amazing though.
Master Milk
Member
un-go 8
every week, i always enjoy this show. always
every week, i always enjoy this show. always
Crash Station
Member
Akikan 3
I love how Kakeru just flirts with vending machines. Definitely an interesting mindset to keep "face to face" from being abolished by communicating with inanimate objects.
Najimi is cool too.
I love how Kakeru just flirts with vending machines. Definitely an interesting mindset to keep "face to face" from being abolished by communicating with inanimate objects.
Najimi is cool too.
I don't think anyone knows at this point, or if we ever will know.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Of Light Music and Sex 06:
- What is moé? Why can't we just classify it as "cute"? Why has it become the buzzword of choice among internet communities? Why has this fetish (if we can call it that) taken over most of the industry and become the target for detractors? And if indeed we assume the perverted notions of the words, what does it speak about the same people that consume it?
- The child-like qualities of such character may give us a clue. Almost never are these shows described as "hot" or "sexy". Memes like hnnnngh and old man suffering a heart attack suggest an admiration akin to that of puppies and babies. These creatures are defenceless to the cruelties of the world, and living them to survive in the wilderness can be consider homicide. Maybe the innocence and uselessness of these characters conjure a feeling of paternity or responsibility in the people that become captivated by them.
- Because it's not like these characters are snowflakes capable of becoming role models to girls their age. Mio displays signs of schizophrenia and severe public-speaking issues, Ritsu definitely shows some ADHD qualities, and Yui's cognitive capacities do not show any improvement beyond a primary school level. The only Light Musician in the show who displays any sort of composure is Tsumugi -and she, fascinatingly, is the one who receives the shortest screen time.
- Are we to infer that Tsumugi is a cipher? She observes the girls with a strange curiosity. She obviously enjoys spending her time with the girls, but when she partakes on the extravagances of her classmates she has very little to say. The way she keeps luring Yui to the club by use of sweets is reminiscent of Pavlov's experiments with dogs. Is she a mastermind with an ulterior motive for the girls, or is she genuinely enthused by the inanity of the club's actions in their snail-paced effort to reach stardom? Regardless of her purpose, her status as a nexus between telly-land and 3D-Earth is interesting.
- Moé is infatuation. But what kind of infatuation is this? A purely scientific longing for understanding that which is innocuous, or a deviant longing to defile that which is pristine? I fear that, whatever the answer is, it already has become to late to escape from whatever hell this query may direct me to.
hosannainexcelsis
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I don't think the distinction between reality and metaphor matters much in Penguin Drum's world.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
I think my favorite example of this is rape. Rape's a metaphor for something in there, but I still have no idea what it means. Also it's just regular rape too.
it gets questionable when people mix paternity with perversion
and im pretty sure 99% of k-on fans look at (fap to) the hentai
maybe innocence is appealing to horny otaku who naturally assume that they would be easier prey or something
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Wandering Son 10-11 uncut:
Disclaimer: This post may contain spoilers for the uncut episodes (manga spoilers too, I suppose) and some mature content.
Wow, I almost want to take back everything negative I said about the series when it originally aired. The mashed up version of 10+11 was such a bastardization of the material and left out so many important moments that I couldn't really stand it. Suddenly, all that nuance is back.
Most importantly, we finally get to see this scene:
This part of the manga was always the stand-out section to me because it felt so earnestly honest. What frustrated me - and continues to frustrate me in the manga - with Nitorin is that he is so decidedly sexless. He's not asexual at all, he just doesn't have any characterized sexual desire of any kind - even a lack of sexual desire. For whatever reason Shimura chooses to keep Nitorin and Takatsuki absent of sexual urges of any kind, making them barely seem like human beings.
Meanwhile, you have this Yuki flashback in which there are two scenes that prominently feature masturbation. She is attracted to Shiima and knows it, acting on it the only way she knows how. I don't get why Shimura chooses to hold back when it comes to the main characters when her side characters are so fleshed out. In fact, the anime shows Yuki masturbating twice, just in case you didn't understand it the first time.
In fact, even Mako's sexual desire is oh so present in the anime/manga:
He's crushing so hard on the teacher that it's cute to see. Even if he feels guilty about his sexual desire.
One other thing the Yuki scene cleared up are the scenes from the first two episodes that were made to look like interviews. I suppose I'll leave that for anyone who cares to discover on their own, but at least as a frame it suddenly makes much more sense than it does without this scene.
Other moments and characters are fleshed out a lot more as well, which just makes episode 12 a better payoff than it did during the original broadcast. In light of these episodes, which are just well done craft, I now know my problem is more with Shimura and her writing than with the show itself (ugh, less said about Aoi Hana, the better). The producers of the show did the best they could with what they had to work with, and if it wasn't for the unfortunate circumstances that effected their initial broadcast (which admittedly seem very trivial compared to what happened, of course), the show would have left a much better impression.
I still wish that InterSexuality got an anime adaptation rather than a live action one. I think if the team that worked on Wandering Son had a chance to tackle IS (or at least it's themes), it would have been a beautiful thing.
Disclaimer: This post may contain spoilers for the uncut episodes (manga spoilers too, I suppose) and some mature content.
Wow, I almost want to take back everything negative I said about the series when it originally aired. The mashed up version of 10+11 was such a bastardization of the material and left out so many important moments that I couldn't really stand it. Suddenly, all that nuance is back.
Most importantly, we finally get to see this scene:
This part of the manga was always the stand-out section to me because it felt so earnestly honest. What frustrated me - and continues to frustrate me in the manga - with Nitorin is that he is so decidedly sexless. He's not asexual at all, he just doesn't have any characterized sexual desire of any kind - even a lack of sexual desire. For whatever reason Shimura chooses to keep Nitorin and Takatsuki absent of sexual urges of any kind, making them barely seem like human beings.
Meanwhile, you have this Yuki flashback in which there are two scenes that prominently feature masturbation. She is attracted to Shiima and knows it, acting on it the only way she knows how. I don't get why Shimura chooses to hold back when it comes to the main characters when her side characters are so fleshed out. In fact, the anime shows Yuki masturbating twice, just in case you didn't understand it the first time.
In fact, even Mako's sexual desire is oh so present in the anime/manga:
He's crushing so hard on the teacher that it's cute to see. Even if he feels guilty about his sexual desire.
One other thing the Yuki scene cleared up are the scenes from the first two episodes that were made to look like interviews. I suppose I'll leave that for anyone who cares to discover on their own, but at least as a frame it suddenly makes much more sense than it does without this scene.
Other moments and characters are fleshed out a lot more as well, which just makes episode 12 a better payoff than it did during the original broadcast. In light of these episodes, which are just well done craft, I now know my problem is more with Shimura and her writing than with the show itself (ugh, less said about Aoi Hana, the better). The producers of the show did the best they could with what they had to work with, and if it wasn't for the unfortunate circumstances that effected their initial broadcast (which admittedly seem very trivial compared to what happened, of course), the show would have left a much better impression.
I still wish that InterSexuality got an anime adaptation rather than a live action one. I think if the team that worked on Wandering Son had a chance to tackle IS (or at least it's themes), it would have been a beautiful thing.
No, its a mediocre show with a really bad protagonist.
Hellsing321
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I liked it as a black comedy but I never read the novel or manga, and I guess they changed a lot of things up.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yeah. If you have any doubt that watching anime is a waste of your life, this anime will cement that opinion.
It changed my life. I now know what to never become.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Casshern Sins 8
Suddenly Macross.
Suddenly Macross.
Crash Station
Member
All my friends have awesome dads 9
Pegasus is now the best character and needs to be part of Kodaka's harem. Stella ain't bad either.
Pegasus is now the best character and needs to be part of Kodaka's harem. Stella ain't bad either.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
You mean you know what you are!
Sekaiichi Hatsukoi 2 ep 9
I guess this had to be the second most intense episode (after the one with Yuu Yanase's turmoil). Shouta's thoughts got me thinking. Regardless, its kind of sad that there's just two episodes left, hopefully one of those brings us back to Yuu Yanase.
Last two will involve Ritsu once again, same fashion as Junjou where their finale is a two parter once again.
Second, I want more Kisa. Favorite couple from the show.
Before I answer this I should point out that I think you're doing me a disservice. For it is mostly true, I have many tastes and some of them run counter to the current norm however I don't like to mix all my sides with the main dish, I like to savor them separately, sometimes in a specific order even. So while you've listed several of my tastes here I don't think it fair to assume that I would attempt to partake in them all simultaneously. As to which taste I believe is the main dish, or if you even hit on it, I'll let that remain a secret.
This also ties in to how I've previously said I believe my reputation couldn't go any lower than it is. Now I have a fetish for Amazons? And do I want to know exactly which Amazons? Truthfully I'm not sure it matters, I find myself not disliking the notion of an Amazonian woman or a woman from the Amazon but this is not something I've put any thought into previously nor mentioned, least of all actually thought of in combination with being unshaven and on a body pillow featuring an anime character from a show I don't like. So I'm sort of left wondering where exactly I'll find myself in two weeks time if left to your imagination? Would this girl perhaps now be an unshaved Amazonian, I guess this part is a given, 50 foot bionic tomboy with an Adam's Apple armored in the Spartan uniform from 300 with a dip in her mouth and a mouth that would make even a sailor blush or at some point are you just eventually going to make it an actual man? Do I want to know?
Anyways, to answer the question, yes, that is your unmei and you will learn to love it. You get me a good screengrab because I sure as hell don't want to watch these episodes myself and I'll make a body pillow.
Also, please don't say I retired from the Army as that makes me sound old!
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Does that mean the other relationships are resolved?
Oh look, another bad faith argument from Uchip.
I try to avoid introspection.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Why else would anyone look at hentai?
Unknown Soldier
Member
They need to start making anime in 3D.
Yeah, right.
Don't even care for that one. So hopefully so.
i was kind of referring to the male fans
the opposite would be the girls that watch that boko pico animu
In the show or among fans? Because anime Usagi is so much better and manga Usagi is better still.
Check out Kunzite being competent.
Girls fap to girls all the time.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I meant if they are ending the series or are they gearing up to one of those anime endings where nothing really happens? lol
hosannainexcelsis
Member
Casshern Sins 9
This episode had even more fantastic background art than usual. The interplay of colors and forms made the robot graveyard seem magical.
This episode had even more fantastic background art than usual. The interplay of colors and forms made the robot graveyard seem magical.
Until the girl died and everything went gray. This show delights in crushing any thin rays of light that appear.
Mawaru Penguin Drum 15
I'm not one hundred percent sure of what to think of this anymore. The show has gone along, and while the dramatic elements, the dealing with loss, the joy and shame of family, and caring for those you love, are all very strong elements in conjuncture with most of the comedy, I have the suspicion that it has gone too far in this episode. For a good deal of time, the naive narrators, the off-kilter first person narrative elements, and the strong dissonance between the "perceived" and the "real" all provide powerful and thoughtful narrative progression, never using the comedic too exploitatively in supporting the dramatic. Episode 14 came very uncomfortably close, with the option to play it off for laughs instead of getting too heavy on the drama side, but now, well, like I said, I'm just not very sure what to think.
I simply want to know one thing:
I mean, this show is already deceptive. It's already the sort of show where you doubt something actually happens. It's the show where it takes a minute to be sure they won't be "Just kidding! The character was just imagining it!" It's the fun kind of deceptive where the comedy and drama will hit harder because you weren't sure of what to make of it at first. But this? This just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. It feels exploitative and unnecessary, like that uncle who trashily hit on your high school prom date.
If it were earlier in the show, this would be enough for me to drop it right here. It's pretty rare I see something in such distaste. But it's almost at the end, and since it's delivered so much already on different fronts, it's enough for me to give it the benefit of the doubt. I sincerely hope it can redeem itself. :|
I'm not one hundred percent sure of what to think of this anymore. The show has gone along, and while the dramatic elements, the dealing with loss, the joy and shame of family, and caring for those you love, are all very strong elements in conjuncture with most of the comedy, I have the suspicion that it has gone too far in this episode. For a good deal of time, the naive narrators, the off-kilter first person narrative elements, and the strong dissonance between the "perceived" and the "real" all provide powerful and thoughtful narrative progression, never using the comedic too exploitatively in supporting the dramatic. Episode 14 came very uncomfortably close, with the option to play it off for laughs instead of getting too heavy on the drama side, but now, well, like I said, I'm just not very sure what to think.
I simply want to know one thing:
how do they juxtapose the very manipulative, sadistic, and cruel childhood (sexual? probably sexual) physical abuse of Yuri by her own damned father no less, with the ridiculous and over-the-top intrusions by Shouta and Masako?
If it were earlier in the show, this would be enough for me to drop it right here. It's pretty rare I see something in such distaste. But it's almost at the end, and since it's delivered so much already on different fronts, it's enough for me to give it the benefit of the doubt. I sincerely hope it can redeem itself. :|
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