Saekano 11-12
Both Saekano 12 and the finale of Shirobako were delayed, but I can still tie into a point I wanted to make. Shirobako had two "companion" shows while it was airing, though neither of them were billed as such except to me. They were Denki-Gai and this. If Shirobako was about how people make anime (and much more), Denki-Gai was about how those same people spread the word of what the people in Shirobako make, and Saekano was about how those same people end up, inspired by the previous two groups, decide to become artists themselves with far fewer resources. Three very different looks at otaku and anime culture.
Just like with Flamenco and Twintails, there's plenty of room for more than way to explore a subject.
The metaness of it was certainly interesting, but in order for it to comment on it, it had to take on at least some aspects of what it was parodying. That's also part of what makes Monogatari work. To some extent, if not entirely, it is what it's twisting. But that's also what allows it to start bending the formula the way it wants. It's entertainment sure, but like all art, it has a point it's trying to make. I think that point is something about Mr. Ethical learning to be a good leader by picking up people skills and learning how to do connections from people who've made it in the offline world, while Megumi learns as much from him as he does from her. Perhaps that's why the mono-colored filters were there.
Loved the Gurren Lagann performance. All the bonus CDs for the show will include cover songs like this, and the shock of Michiru realizing she liked otaku culture all along, being part of an anime song cover band, kinda reminded me of WUG, where we saw Miyu, I think, getting her start by covering Nyarko. Isn't that how all art begins, though? People imitate what they like (fanfiction, fanart, fan music, doujins and whatnot) and then learn to extrapolate what they liked about it from that and turn it into art of their own.
It's not my favorite show of the season, but I liked it. And I know I'll be sticking with noitaminA for at least one more season. The ones who can write about otaku culture best are those who have lived it.
Both Saekano 12 and the finale of Shirobako were delayed, but I can still tie into a point I wanted to make. Shirobako had two "companion" shows while it was airing, though neither of them were billed as such except to me. They were Denki-Gai and this. If Shirobako was about how people make anime (and much more), Denki-Gai was about how those same people spread the word of what the people in Shirobako make, and Saekano was about how those same people end up, inspired by the previous two groups, decide to become artists themselves with far fewer resources. Three very different looks at otaku and anime culture.
Just like with Flamenco and Twintails, there's plenty of room for more than way to explore a subject.
The metaness of it was certainly interesting, but in order for it to comment on it, it had to take on at least some aspects of what it was parodying. That's also part of what makes Monogatari work. To some extent, if not entirely, it is what it's twisting. But that's also what allows it to start bending the formula the way it wants. It's entertainment sure, but like all art, it has a point it's trying to make. I think that point is something about Mr. Ethical learning to be a good leader by picking up people skills and learning how to do connections from people who've made it in the offline world, while Megumi learns as much from him as he does from her. Perhaps that's why the mono-colored filters were there.
Loved the Gurren Lagann performance. All the bonus CDs for the show will include cover songs like this, and the shock of Michiru realizing she liked otaku culture all along, being part of an anime song cover band, kinda reminded me of WUG, where we saw Miyu, I think, getting her start by covering Nyarko. Isn't that how all art begins, though? People imitate what they like (fanfiction, fanart, fan music, doujins and whatnot) and then learn to extrapolate what they liked about it from that and turn it into art of their own.
It's not my favorite show of the season, but I liked it. And I know I'll be sticking with noitaminA for at least one more season. The ones who can write about otaku culture best are those who have lived it.
R: Arima was completely butchered and I will never forgive them for taking out Kaneki's scenes in the sewers.
