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[Dio]

Let's be real, even the original 765 girls can be summed up by a gimmick. "The twins", "the poor one", "the rich tsundere", "the animal one", "the tomboy", "the shy one", etc.

Yeah, but I think they at least have multiple dimensions to their characters on top of all that instead of being a cardboard cutout.

And yeah, like Metroid said, they play up those gimmicks anyway because that's what idols do, but it's nice to know what kind of characters they are outside of the publicity gimmick they put on for popularity.

 

[nintendoman58]

Hype backlash, aka monocle overdrive for animegaf. It's popular, so it sucks.

Yep, it's been that way for a while now.

"Hey, TTGL is awesome and tells us to feel good about ourselves-"

"Overrated anime that's bad because Imaishi."

"Hey, Madoka Magica is a legit great show with well developed characters and-"

"Overrated anime that's bad because the character designs that are too cutesy."

 

[firehawk12]

Hype backlash, aka monocle overdrive for animegaf. It's popular, so it sucks.

But all anime is trash, etc etc miyazaki.gif.

 

[TUSR]

im trying to find out who killed my dad

 

[Line_HTX]

I didn't think there would be a backlash on OPM... I thought that KLK would get an actual backlash.

OMG TUSR...

 

[Puruzi]

everyone in animegaf except me and cosmic hates kill la kill

which means they hate fucking awesome anime but whatever

 

[ibyea]

I didn't think there would be a backlash on OPM... I thought that KLK would get an actual backlash.

OMG TUSR...

People hate KLK already though...

 

[TUSR]

everyone in animegaf except me and cosmic hates kill la kill

???

 

[Puruzi]

???

I can't tell when you're joking or being serious most of the time tbh

 

[Narag]

everyone in animegaf except me and cosmic hates kill la kill

which means they hate fucking awesome anime but whatever

yet we love satsuki and makogoori. trigger made the cardinal mistake of making the worst girl the lead

 

[mrpallyguy]

Kono Subarashii ep 5

Comedy was on point this episode. Man that hand animation reminds me of yahari season 2's hand movements.

Its cool that RE:Zero is gonna be two cour.

 

[TUSR]

I can't tell when you're joking or being serious most of the time tbh

mission accomplished

 

[wonzo]

Yep, it's been that way for a while now.

"Hey, TTGL is awesome and tells us to feel good about ourselves-"

"Overrated anime that's bad because Imaishi."

"Hey, Madoka Magica is a legit great show with well developed characters and-"

"Overrated anime that's bad because the character designs that are too cutesy."

literally no "monocle" tier posters said this

 

[Basileus777]

I didn't think there would be a backlash on OPM... I thought that KLK would get an actual backlash.

OPM didn't have much of a backlash, and KLK has been shit on for years.

 

[Feltrol]

everyone in animegaf except me and cosmic hates kill la kill

which means they hate fucking awesome anime but whatever

Hello there

 

[Instro]

I appreciate that we still talk about monocles and mustaches.

 

[Crash Station]

In case people couldn't tell, I was joking.

For whatever reason, it seems some in here were lukewarm on OPM from the beginning. That wouldn't really fit a "it's popular, so it sucks" narrative. The closest thing I've observed on that front is people feeling it isn't worth the amount of praise it got, which is just an extension of their already cemented views.

Doesn't make those people any less wrong though.

 

[wonzo]

KLK gets torn to shreds because it had the chance to do some ownage 70/80s style school delinquency thing (complete with the sukeban deka ED nod) and fucked it all up

 

[Crash Station]

I appreciate that we still talk about monocles and mustaches.

Man, half the people here don't even know about that. Animegaf has a long history of stupidity.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

KLK is -

a failure to live up to TTGL
a failure to live up to RE: Cutie Honey
a failure to live up to PSG of all things

 

[TUSR]

im new here

what is this monocle meme

 

[nintendoman58]

literally no "monocle" tier posters said this

I was mostly just generalizing, but I've definitely seen people complain about those shows for those reasons in here.

I don't know who in here counts as a "monocle" tier poster, but they certainly came off that way to me.

 

[names2hard4you]

everyone in animegaf except me and cosmic hates kill la kill

which means they hate fucking awesome anime but whatever

I liked KLK quite a bit. Didn't think it was outstanding, but it was a solid 8 for me.

 

[Narag]

KLK is -

a failure to live up to TTGL
a failure to live up to RE: Cutie Honey
a failure to live up to PSG of all things

a failure to live up to inferno cop


trigger was 2 for 2 out of the gate and hadn't had a good showing until hackadoll

 

[Puruzi]

it's hard being a trigger stan here

 

[sonicmj1]

im new here

what is this monocle meme

Ancient AnimeGAF history.

 

[wonzo]

it's hard being a trigger stan here

trigger gave us lwa 1&2, inferno cop, ninja slayer, & hackadoll so nah

 

[duckroll]

KLK is just a failure. Much like Trigger.

 

[names2hard4you]

Ancient AnimeGAF history.

Oh lord so many names that aren't around anymore. This is pretty funny though.

 

[blurr]

I enjoyed KLK for what it is. I had no hopes or expectations.

 

[firehawk12]

In case people couldn't tell, I was joking.

For whatever reason, it seems some in here were lukewarm on OPM from the beginning. That wouldn't really fit a "it's popular, so it sucks" narrative. The closest thing I've observed on that front is people feeling it isn't worth the amount of praise it got, which is just an extension of their already cemented views.

Doesn't make those people any less wrong though.

OPM is probably the most liked show by people who post on GAF but not in AnimeGAF.

 

[TUSR]

Hackadoll was great.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Here are the definitive monocle shows you could consider, structured around a long group symposium and not any one person's bias -

Symphogear
Cross Ange
Mad Bull 34
Garzey's Wing
Monster Musume
Master of Martial Hearts
Mad Bull 34
Thermae Romae
Inferno Cop
MD Geist and MD Geist II Death Force
Astro Fighter Sunred

Ancient AnimeGAF history.

Who are all these people

trigger gave us lwa 1&2, inferno cop, ninja slayer, & hackadoll so nah

All one offs and shorts, I wonder what Trigger is good at

 

[Basileus777]

Ancient AnimeGAF history.

The top 17 are gone, is firehawk the top monocle now?

 

[TUSR]

new monocle list pls

i need to rig this years aoty voting

 

[wonzo]

KLK is just a failure. Much like Trigger.

watch hackadoll already

 

[Puruzi]

All one offs and shorts, I wonder what Trigger is good at

everything

 

[Saprol]

The top 17 are gone, is firehawk the top monocle now?

does he get to wear all the monocles of the fallen

 

[names2hard4you]

I'm wearing a monocle right now

 

[duckroll]

watch hackadoll already

Not until I get my Terra Battle anime.

 

[sonicmj1]

The top 17 are gone, is firehawk the top monocle now?

Haly used to go by Halycon, so I guess he outranks firehawk.

 

[madp]

The top 17 are gone, is firehawk the top monocle now?

Not until he watches Utena.

 

[Crash Station]

im new here

what is this monocle meme

Ancient AnimeGAF history.

To expand on this, the "monocles" were basically the elitists that may be condescending toward other tastes while the "mustaches" were the fun loving people that didn't care what you liked or didn't like and consumed stuff even if it was "trashy" or "poorly produced".

I don't really care to categorize people like that anymore when after 3+ years, it's become clear people are pretty malleable in what they watch as are their attitudes towards whatever. Not that the list was ever made with malicious intent in the first place of course.

And before anyone accuses me over the title of Class D, that was InfiniteNine's idea.

 

[ibyea]

Ancient AnimeGAF history.

This is like Ship of Theseus, except it's AnimeGAF and posters instead of ship and ship parts.

 

[Line_HTX]

I'm wearing a monocle right now

 

[wonzo]

firehawk still hasnt finished utena so the irc/twitter shadow council ruled him a fraud and smashed his pithy little monocle into a billion pieces

All one offs and shorts, I wonder what Trigger is good at

answered ur own question bro

 

[TUSR]

Haly used to go by Halycon, so I guess he outranks firehawk.

haly was always haly in my world of HoN

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Haly used to go by Halycon, so I guess he outranks firehawk.

I guess his Halycon Days are behind him

 

[Basileus777]

Not until I get my Terra Battle anime.

Do you really want some crappy Kishi adaptation?

Haly used to go by Halycon, so I guess he outranks firehawk.

Yeah, I missed that.

 

[wonzo]

Not until I get my Terra Battle anime.

i'll promise to watch that concerto whatever thing sometime this year if u get started on it rn