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[Uchip]

I agree that mannerisms and character behavior go a long way towards making a character cute.
Cat ears alone aint gonna do it.
Mayoi neko overrun for example is a pretty boring show despite having a catgirl prominently featured.

Kind of like how cats are the cutest things on earth, but nyan koi is a meh show?

 

[Femmeworth]

Kind of like how cats are the cutest things on earth, but nyan koi is a meh show?

Rotoscoped footage of cats doing stuff would probably be better than most anime.

 

[cajunator]

Kind of like how cats are the cutest things on earth, but nyan koi is a meh show?

Actually I liked Nyan Koi. Hell, I even bought the dvds. But yeah cats deserve a better show.

 

[Uchip]

Actually I liked Nyan Koi. Hell, I even bought the dvds. But yeah cats deserve a better show.

they got chis sweet home *shrugs*

 

[Kagami]

On model meaning just good general drawing quality? Or do you really want animation to stay strictly on model all the time?

Probably the former, if I'm understanding your question.
I certainly don't object to deliberately deforming character faces for expression, if that's what you mean.

 

[Hitokage]

Probably the former, if I'm understanding your question.
I certainly don't object to deliberately deforming character faces for expression, if that's what you mean.

Indeed, also deforming in ways that make sense rather than detracting from movement with random deviations.

 

[Femmeworth]

Probably the former, if I'm understanding your question.
I certainly don't object to deliberately deforming character faces for expression, if that's what you mean.

Very stylized animation tends to go off-model, which isn't a bad thing at all. I'm sure that's what pizzaroll had in mind with that question.

 

[Chet Rippo]

In order of importance

Cute
character design
Character behavior
Animation
PLOT
plot
Setting
Writing
Sense

Order of importance

everything else.

Spoiler

Characters > Animation > Setting > Story

 

[wonzo]

MGX 9

mgx sexhair >>>>>>>>> amagami sexhair

three tests to determine if the anime is good:

-how old is the girl?

-is she clothed?

-who's the VA?

it's all that matters really

 

[Femmeworth]

Order of importance

Barely pubescent girls are the most important to you?

 

[Uchip]

Barely pubescent girls are the most important to you?

was going to say sign language

 

[Jintor]

God I wish idolmaster was more interesting

at least it wasn't outright painful like oreimo, it was just... super bland.

I looooooved the character designs though. Presumably it was designed for that.

 

[Chet Rippo]

Barely pubescent girls are the most important to you?

I was told I couldn't post tit jiggling gifs so I had to improvise.

 

[Risette]

God I wish idolmaster was more interesting

at least it wasn't outright painful like oreimo, it was just... super bland.

I looooooved the character designs though. Presumably it was designed for that.

It is interesting though.

 

[Femmeworth]

God I wish idolmaster was more interesting

at least it wasn't outright painful like oreimo, it was just... super bland.

I looooooved the character designs though. Presumably it was designed for that.

If it weren't for pizzaroll liking it, I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot poll considering the source material.

 

[Branduil]

I think Idolmaster would have been better if it hadn't been adapted from a weird self-insert idol raising game.

 

[Femmeworth]

I think Idolmaster would have been better if it hadn't been adapted from a weird self-insert idol raising game.

I assume the show doesn't address how screwed up the whole idol culture thing is, though I think it would be fun to pit anime otaku against idol otaku.

 

[Uchip]

It should have just been the hentai it deserved to be
just shot big brother style or something

 

[Hitokage]

I think Idolmaster would have been better if it hadn't been adapted from a weird self-insert idol raising game.

Fortunately we now have AKB0048.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

God I wish idolmaster was more interesting

at least it wasn't outright painful like oreimo, it was just... super bland.

I looooooved the character designs though. Presumably it was designed for that.

Yeah, Idolmaster has some nice production values but most of the narrative and characterization is bland and dull. The Producer is just about as terrible as the average harem lead, and the cast has little chemistry together. Whenever it tries to be serious, it just falls flat.

Episodes 8 and 9 were really good though, since they eschewed idol drama for pure silly comedy. A couple other episodes tried to do that, but their scenarios didn't come off as well as these two.

 

[Dresden]

I enjoyed episodes 4~9 a lot, with it peaking at the Yamauchi episode.

The serious episodes did bring me the hilarity of ep23, though.

 

[Chet Rippo]

...I just wanted to talk about boobs...

 

[Steroyd]

Mysterious Girlfriend X - 09

Keep fogging those glasses Oka.

 

[Dresden]

...I just wanted to talk about boobs...

thisisanimegafdude

 

[Envelope]

...I just wanted to talk about boobs...

pervert.

 

[cajunator]

Boobs are boobs

 

[trejo]

The damaged goods named Fujiko Mine 9

Man fuck this show. I'm done here.

When Fujiko

Spoiler

fell off the cable car I genuinely hoped she would die

.

 

[Branduil]

...I just wanted to talk about boobs...

Nothing stopping you from making a thread about that. Well, other than the fact that it would probably be locked withing twenty posts.

 

[wonzo]

idolmaster would have been better if the replaced the bland self-insert producer with ritsuko

Space Bros 10

there are few things more horrifying than being stuck inside a cg bus for several hours.

 

[Geneijin]

...I just wanted to talk about boobs...

 

[Uchip]

there are few things more horrifying than being stuck inside a cg bus for several hours.

their minds wouldn't be able to comprehend the extra dimension
truly magnificent

 

[Chet Rippo]

Nothing stopping you from making a thread about that. Well, other than the fact that it would probably be locked withing twenty posts.

I don't want to talk about Idolmaster anymore is what I'm saying.

 

[wonzo]

...I just wanted to talk about boobs...

 

[Kagami]

The mailwoman delivered some friends today!



This is the limited edition box, which according to writing on it, is called the Super Regrettable Box. ("Pretty Girls x Regrettable (Personalities) x Game = Super Regrettable Box")

It comes with the main game (PSP), the Tokimeki Memorial parody game "Kirameki School Life - the wonder years" (PSP) that they played in episode 2 of the TV series, an artwork/staff commentary book, a DVD (42 min) with (a) audio commentary from the characters as they play through one of the game routes, (b) a video segment of Yozora and her air-friend Tomo giving a class on how to make friends, and (c) a collection of the TV commercials for the game.
Also two alternative "Playing States Portable" game case jackets: "Taynle of Friend" and "THEiDOLLM@STER SP," which should fit PSP UMD cases.


"THEiDOLLM@STER SP" jacket, a card with a download code for a custom PSP theme, and three see-through shitajiki.

 

[Dresden]

I don't want to talk about Idolmaster anymore is what I'm saying.

 

[Branduil]

idolmaster would have been better if the replaced the bland self-insert producer with ritsuko

Space Bros 10

there are few things more horrifying than being stuck inside a cg bus for several hours.

Especially cg buses from a future where auto paint no longer exists.

 

[trejo]

It is interesting though.

I can't remember if I've asked you this before but could you expand on what exactly it was you found so interesting about it? Chances are I won't see it your way but I'd at least like to know what someone who is interested in more than simple moeshit saw in it.

 

[Jex]

Yeah, Idolmaster has some nice production values but most of the narrative and characterization is bland and dull. The Producer is just about as terrible as the average harem lead, and the cast has little chemistry together. Whenever it tries to be serious, it just falls flat.

Episodes 8 and 9 were really good though, since they eschewed idol drama for pure silly comedy. A couple other episodes tried to do that, but their scenarios didn't come off as well as these two.

My feelings about Idolmaster are similar to my feelings about Hyouka - both works have impressive production values and they're clearly the works of very talented teams. However, no amount of beautiful cinematography or smooth animation can save a boring story with weak characters.

 

[Chet Rippo]

I'm well acquainted with those characters.

 

[Articalys]

Okay, two months in now, I am awfully close to calling Subarashiki Sekai as the ending song of the season.
Altair is a very very close second though.

 

[Jex]

Ah, so Apollon featured yet another

Spoiler

haircut as character change

moment. Japanese writers need to figure something else out.

In defence, of er, Japanese writers I suppose, hair cuts are used that way by writers all the time in the West, quite often with female characters. It doesn't make much sense to single out Japan for blame on that front.

 

[Lafiel]

If it weren't for the language barrier I'd suggest that Lafiel try watching shows audio only to see how many truly succeed.

You'd need to give me a visually intensive show that I haven't seen though. Otherwise the exercise is pointless!

 

[Jex]

Only good Watanabe is Shinichi.

Why do you lie?

 

[Solune]

Okay, two months in now, I am awfully close to calling Subarashiki Sekai as the ending song of the season.
Altair is a very very close second though.

You don't happen to have a handy list of the current seasons OPs and EDs, do you?

 

[Kagami]

Yeah, Idolmaster has some nice production values but most of the narrative and characterization is bland and dull. The Producer is just about as terrible as the average harem lead, and the cast has little chemistry together. Whenever it tries to be serious, it just falls flat.

Agreed on the lack of chemistry/connection between characters. They definitely feel like they come from the fighting-game school of character creation, where each one is created to be fun/attractive in isolation but not really as part of a larger whole.

When the story itself actually is a fighting-game tournament (e.g. Queen's Blade TV) that can be OK (although even Queen's Blade TV tossed in an original character to add more camaraderie), but something like IdolM@ster inevitably winds up compared against other ensemble cast team shows like Strike Witches where the various interactions between the characters are a big part of the fun.

 

[Steroyd]

...I just wanted to talk about boobs...

Upotte - 09

This is supposed to be shit getting real?

 

[Jex]

Kids on the Slope, on the other hand, operates on the level of "felt" reality. Especially because the whole series has been compressing time to an incredible extent, it gives the impression of an imagined recreation of what teenage romance(/bromance) feels like, bouncing from emotional high to low. That certainly creates a "soap opera"-like atmosphere.

While the time compressions aspect of Kids on the Slope is certainly a detriment to the series I don't think it's the soul cause of some of the shows other issues. Wandering Son was a heavily compressed adaptation but I still felt like most of the characters (most of the time) felt like believable people.

 

[cajunator]

Takaneeeeeeeeee <3

 

[Articalys]

You don't happen to have a handy list of the current seasons OPs and EDs, do you?

Not easily on hand, though there was this incomplete list from mid-March, which I've filled in a few of the holes from.

http://pastebin.com/358dSpea

edit: man, looking at that list again, deciding the OP for the season is going to be damn difficult.

 

[Envelope]

Takaneeeeeeeeee <3

Chihaya > Takane.

Takane kinda sucked, actually, one of the worst idols.