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Spring 2011 Anime Thread of ZAWA ZAWA, Money, emo Cyclops, and fun^10xint^40=Ir2
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http://yarareyaku.com/archives/51768319.html
Apparently the Madoka delay is indeed the broadcaster's fault.
http://yarareyaku.com/archives/51768319.html
Apparently the Madoka delay is indeed the broadcaster's fault.
kiunchbb
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Mai-Otome Zwei
Note: Minor spoiler, I did not hide it, since people that want plot will never care about the sequel anyway, but do watch the original, it is good fun.
So a new random threat occur again, and the character got into a predictable fight and learned the meaning of friendship to defeat the villain. Dam it, can the plot be any weaker?
I was expecting some epic battle, since the original Mai-Otome barely have any battle for the MC. The support character did all the battle for her, when she finally gain her true power, she just do one move, the boss died, and gg credit rolling.
In Zwei it is another emotion journey, very thin in battle, and plot. Again, 1 move, and boss died, let the credit roll thank you for wasting 2 hours of your life.
The only reason to watch this is when you really loved the character in Mai-Otome, and wanted to see what happened to all the cast after the original show ended. Zwei did a really good job in this part, there are also lots of fan services people too lazy for porns.
A quick google search showed me that there is another prequel Mai-Otome 0: S.ifr, I guess I will have to watch this one too, since I already wasted so much time on Mai, might as well watch this one also. =/
There is a new show Mao-Hime coming...???
A manga adapter where the MC is actually a crossdressing boy? OMFG I hate google, stop showing me all those craps I need to watch.
Note: Minor spoiler, I did not hide it, since people that want plot will never care about the sequel anyway, but do watch the original, it is good fun.
So a new random threat occur again, and the character got into a predictable fight and learned the meaning of friendship to defeat the villain. Dam it, can the plot be any weaker?
I was expecting some epic battle, since the original Mai-Otome barely have any battle for the MC. The support character did all the battle for her, when she finally gain her true power, she just do one move, the boss died, and gg credit rolling.
In Zwei it is another emotion journey, very thin in battle, and plot. Again, 1 move, and boss died, let the credit roll thank you for wasting 2 hours of your life.
The only reason to watch this is when you really loved the character in Mai-Otome, and wanted to see what happened to all the cast after the original show ended. Zwei did a really good job in this part, there are also lots of fan services people too lazy for porns.
A quick google search showed me that there is another prequel Mai-Otome 0: S.ifr, I guess I will have to watch this one too, since I already wasted so much time on Mai, might as well watch this one also. =/
There is a new show Mao-Hime coming...???
A manga adapter where the MC is actually a crossdressing boy? OMFG I hate google, stop showing me all those craps I need to watch.
index 5-9ep
Who write this stuff? Characters sure do talk a lot of nonsense be it religious, magic or some stupid logic.
Main character is like cross between naruto (whiny,talk no jutsu) and ichigo (generic)
I don't get why anyone doesn't just kick toma's face in, no need for useless magic.
Who write this stuff? Characters sure do talk a lot of nonsense be it religious, magic or some stupid logic.
Main character is like cross between naruto (whiny,talk no jutsu) and ichigo (generic)
I don't get why anyone doesn't just kick toma's face in, no need for useless magic.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
If was a nerd (oh wait...), I'd suggest that you'd reference Roman de la Rose in your chivalry section. But then you could attack me by saying how medieval French literature has nothing to do with Japan and that I should stop colonizing Oriental spaces with my Occidental privilege.doomed1 said:
At which point it'd be awkward, because I'm assuming you're Caucasian and I know I'm Asian and our subject positions are totally reversed.
At which point, a third party writes a paper on our exchange about the social consciousness of Dispora.
Ahem. :lol
The last nerdy thing I've ever done was my 20 page paper on Star Trek and race (which ballooned into a 40 page paper on Star Trek and SG-1 for my Master's paper), but god knows no one wants to read it (but at least I'm in Google Scholar, damn it!).
Crash Station
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Cwarrior said:
Season 2 is where most of the women punching happens. I actually can't recall any getting punched in season 1, at least not by Toma. Could be wrong though.
Zoramon089
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Cwarrior said:
I'm pretty sure the mangaka started when he was 15 so...yeah...
Hahahah, I actually was referencing the general idea of the chivalric archetype, which for me IS the traditional western fairy tale type, though honestly, because of Jung-Magic, I can claim that such concepts are universal and therefore doesn't matter what I'm thinking of.firehawk12 said:
Add that to my strong view that modern Japanese culture isn't much more than an eastern retrofitting (and evolution) of western culture from 1945 on, and the concept of the Damsel in Distress as applied to moe isn't really that far off.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I don't know enough Asian cultural/literary history to agree or refute that claim. Chinese culture is all fucked up because of the "Cultural Revolution" though... I just assume that Japan didn't go through such a violent upheaval in the post-war years.doomed1 said:Hahahah, I actually was referencing the general idea of the chivalric archetype, which for me IS the traditional western fairy tale type, though honestly, because of Jung-Magic, I can claim that such concepts are universal and therefore doesn't matter what I'm thinking of.
Add that to my strong view that modern Japanese culture isn't much more than an eastern retrofitting (and evolution) of western culture from 1945 on, and the concept of the Damsel in Distress as applied to moe isn't really that far off.
And all that Western bullshit comes from Roman de la Rose though. Medieal Europeans were such dopes.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Just like Bakemono? Mandoric, when's the next episode?!Branduil said:
Hellsing321
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Because being a meduka fan is suffering.Branduil said:
Heh, doesn't matter. Even Azuma himself said that Japanese references to the past (Edo period bullshit) is all a falsehood. I'm pretty sure he says it pretty early on in Otaku when he goes off on Space Battleship Yamato. Pretty epic shit right there.firehawk12 said:I don't know enough Asian cultural/literary history to agree or refute that claim. Chinese culture is all fucked up because of the "Cultural Revolution" though... I just assume that Japan didn't go through such a violent upheaval in the post-war years.
And all that Western bullshit comes from Roman de la Rose though. Medieal Europeans were such dopes.
Plus, Jungian universalism (collective conscious, but I'd call it more the collective human experience to take out the super-natural) basically says that even if it wasn't prominent or popular, those same "damsel in distress" stories will be told and expounded upon, outside influence or not. I just so happens that the US had that outside influence on Japan so the flow of non-narrative moves in that direction too.
jman2050 said:
They asked the MBS support center and the answers were pretty much "I don't know". It does say that MBS has the first broadcast rights and there's no chance that the re-broadcasts would ever catch up and show the new eps before MBS.
Added tidbit is that the support center gets info on broadcast schedules 2 weeks in advance and at the moment there is no schedule for Madoka up to 2 weeks from now. This means there's a Madoka drought for at least 2 more weeks.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
So do you know duckroll? DO YOU KNOW!? TELL ME OR I'LL BLOW EVERYONE TO HELL!duckroll said:
firehawk12
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While I don't necessary follow this line of thought, most of the reason why I discount Jung and Freud and the like is because of their Hellenistic fetishism. I find it a bit troubling to assume all cultures and human behaviours can be judged on a very specific moment in human history. I do subscribe to the idea of a collective consciousness, but it eventually gets diluted over time. For example, for the tribe in central Asia where women are in charge and men are veiled, the concept of a "damsel in distress" would not exist.doomed1 said:
And given how the Japanese have figured out like 5 different ways to say "hi" to each other based on social situation and rank, I have to imagine that there are culturally specific codes that are found in their art which is quite different from anything we can imagine.
The big one would be the "problem" of race. It's an issue that is almost never seriously addressed in the East Asian countries with homogeneous racial populations. At most you have tensions between different Asian groups (which I was really glad to see in Yakuza 4), but it's not really on the scale of the multitude of race-work found in American literature.
*wanking motion complete*
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
*turns away* hmph!duckroll said:
duckroll said:Regarding the Madoka thing, there isn't much to comment on other than "yeah I told you guys this is just like the Code Geass S1 shit."
I'm not familiar with Japanese TV schedules but I guess you're right and that it is likely that MBS has already sold that timeslot to a new show and thus Madoka is out in the cold.
Lafiel said:
I'm waiting for C, Moshidora and the loli succubus. The loli show I have no hope for but the other 2 are my last hope for this season. If they fail, then its pretty much just 3 months of Iroha for me. Good thing Game of Thrones is starting soon.
High five.Nonoriri said:
I've (finally) been finishing Mononoke recently. Honestly, I think Mononoke was the best anime of 2007, and 2007 was full of amazing anime. It's that good. It's got me more excited for C, too.
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Also been watching Kaiji, got 23 episodes down in 2 days. About as gripping and addicting as Monster.
Infinite Justice
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Aigis said:
I've started to ignore GAF hype before a show starts
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
I still know nothing about C so I remain in the state of not really caring.
zeroshiki said:
It's not that it is "likely". Because that's exactly what has happened. Madoka's timeslot on MBS has already been replaced by A Channel (starting today iirc), and after A Channel. Dororon airs right after A Channel. They already announced that Madoka would stop broadcasting and stop streaming. That wasn't a bullshit delay announcement. It was an announcement that the timeslot was effectively over.
Until there is an official announcement about when the remaining episodes will air in a special slot, I'm just going to assume it will air either in June, just before AT-X is due to air ep10, or AT-X will only run 10 episodes, and it won't be seen until the DVD/BDs hit in September.
Such pansies.duckroll said:It's not that it is "likely". Because that's exactly what has happened. Madoka's timeslot on MBS has already been replaced by A Channel (starting today iirc), and after A Channel. Dororon airs right after A Channel. They already announced that Madoka would stop broadcasting and stop streaming. That wasn't a bullshit delay announcement. It was an announcement that the timeslot was effectively over.
Until there is an official announcement about when the remaining episodes will air in a special slot, I'm just going to assume it will air either in June, just before AT-X is due to air ep10, or AT-X will only run 10 episodes, and it won't be seen until the DVD/BDs hit in September.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
You know, this might be for the best, because this way, no one will be disappointed in the ending!duckroll said:It's not that it is "likely". Because that's exactly what has happened. Madoka's timeslot on MBS has already been replaced by A Channel (starting today iirc), and after A Channel. Dororon airs right after A Channel. They already announced that Madoka would stop broadcasting and stop streaming. That wasn't a bullshit delay announcement. It was an announcement that the timeslot was effectively over.
Until there is an official announcement about when the remaining episodes will air in a special slot, I'm just going to assume it will air either in June, just before AT-X is due to air ep10, or AT-X will only run 10 episodes, and it won't be seen until the DVD/BDs hit in September.
DrForester
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duckroll said:
Except us stable people with Pony re-runs
duckroll said:I'm just going to assume it will air either in June, just before AT-X is due to air ep10, or AT-X will only run 10 episodes, and it won't be seen until the DVD/BDs hit in September.
duckroll said:won't be seen until the DVD/BDs hit in September.
D:duckroll said:
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