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Summer 2012 Anime |OT2| Of Suspended Anime Due To Olympics

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Dynedom

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Actually I'm usually a total shoujo lover. Many of my favorite shows fall squarely into shoujo like Marmalade Boy, Princess Tutu, Nodame Cantabile, Cardcaptor Sakura, Magic Knight Rayearth, Aishiteruze Baby, etc.

But Hana Yori Dango, probably the first show I've ever watched where after one episode I literally hated every single character on screen. They were either off-the-chart jerks, or just plain stupid.

Nakama!
 

wonzo

Banned
Ro-Kyu-Bu! 10
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For a few minutes I thought the worst was finally over and they'd start focusing on basketball again... but then the horrible random pantyshot out of nowhere happened and the rest, as they say, is history.

I guess this is like the one aspect which Australia has over the rest of the western world.
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owned by my locational superiority
 

Hitokage

Setec Astronomer
While I LOVE Sailor Moon and always will, this isn't true.

One Piece is better if only because Pirates > Magical girls

Wow I can actually agree with you there!

After watching 350 episodes of One Piece, that definetly is something I dont agree with.

I cant see how anything in One Piece is down on Sailor Moons low level, even the worst one piece arc, Skypeia, is still better than sm.

I vaguely remember SM when I used to watch anime on German rtl2, my sister loved it along Winx club.

Yeah, ok.

Meanwhile...

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wonzo

Banned
No shit. All of them do. I feel like writing a 2000 word defense on RKB and why some people here are nothing more then hypocrites to quite a large degree but I'm not that far completely off the deep end yet.
i hope this hypothetical 2000 word defence includes a justification for why the show decides to inform us of the 11-12 year old girls breast sizes and first swimsuits in the eyecatches or the copious amounts of "creatively censored" elementary schoolgirl nudity
 

Dynedom

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i hope this hypothetical defence includes a justification for why the show decides to inform us of the 11-12 year old girls breast sizes and first swimsuits in the eyecatches or the copious amounts of "creatively censored" elementary schoolgirl nudity

Get out of here with your logic
 

Defuser

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Accel World ep 17
Hell yeah! Finally some hot virtual shonen action! Haruyuki is fucking badass with his power up. Fuuuuuuuuuck at the damn cliffhanger.
 
As a fan of Sailor Moon I just wanted to ask what didn't you like about it?.

It suffered from the same issues that most of the anime in that genre have, felt super girly and slice of lifey at times. Really boring with dull uncompelling characters, and the main protagonists could have been designed significantly better with some sort of cool appeal, which they lacked. Couldnt connect with the characters at all. I cant remember how far I got I feel like I saw the first of its movies and maybe through the first and second season, been so long.
 

cajunator

Banned
It suffered from the same issues that most of the anime in that genre have, felt super girly and slice of lifey at times. Really boring with dull uncompelling characters, and the main protagonists could have been designed significantly better with some sort of cool appeal, which they lacked. Couldnt connect with the characters at all. I cant remember how far I got I feel like I saw the first of its movies and maybe through the first and second season, been so long.

Uhm...this show was made FOR YOUNG GIRLS. You do know that right? That's the market they were aiming for. Have you watched Precure? Girly. Know why? Care to guess?
 
Uhm...this show was made FOR YOUNG GIRLS. You do know that right? That's the market they were aiming for. Have you watched Precure? Girly. Know why? Care to guess?

A show could be made for an audience but still have appeal to people outside of it. I think I watched some anime made for kids and at least in those, because they were interesting, I dont think Ive made a complaint that they are just too kiddy for me, because they are pretty good and enjoyable.
 

cajunator

Banned
A show could be made for an audience but still have appeal to people outside of it. I think I watched some anime made for kids and at least in those, because they were interesting, I dont think Ive made a complaint that they are just too kiddy for me, because they are pretty good and enjoyable.

I'm just saying thats why it feels super girly, because it was originally intended as manga for female audience and over time it captured a much larger audience including males with the anime. BUt its at its core a shoujo show.
 

Defuser

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I'm just saying thats why it feels super girly, because it was originally intended as manga for female audience and over time it captured a much larger audience including males with the anime. BUt its at its core a shoujo show.

For some reason My Little Pony keeps popping in my mind.
 

Theonik

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oh shit lol
that's actually two people!
makes it even worse!

No shit. All of them do. I feel like writing a 2000 word defense on RKB and why some people here are nothing more then hypocrites to quite a large degree but I'm not that far completely off the deep end yet.
You know, if RKB was just the basketball and the character designs were awful, I might have been coaxed into watching it but as it stands and with that ratio I don't think I could be convinced to see it even with a 2000 word post. (can you even fit that many on GAF's character limit?)
 

cajunator

Banned
For some reason My Little Pony keeps popping in my mind.

MLP is an excellent example of this actually. Im not saying its not NOW marketed towards guys too, just that it originally was supposed to be a girls show. That guys latched onto it was incidental. But when creators saw the potential they threw the bait out there for the male demographic and BAM.
 
I'm just saying thats why it feels super girly, because it was originally intended as manga for female audience and over time it captured a much larger audience including males with the anime. BUt its at its core a shoujo show.
But there are shoujo Manga that dont feel as if they are girly. Sailor Moon could have had a few more elements in place to make it, at least appear and seem less girly.
 

cajunator

Banned
Dammit...just when I put figma/nendo collecting on hiatus. Must resist...

I know. Its like stratospherically cute. I want that Figma. but I also want a non-jointed GSC normal one. I'm sure one is coming and its going to be absolutely beautiful, like the Ultimate Madoka and Princess of the Crystal figurines.
 

Hitokage

Setec Astronomer
MLP is an excellent example of this actually. Im not saying its not NOW marketed towards guys too, just that it originally was supposed to be a girls show. That guys latched onto it was incidental. But when creators saw the potential they threw the bait out there for the male demographic and BAM.
Not quite. They didn't get the memo that it had to be insipid, and so they went about making a show that appealed to them. This is what attracted male fans to begin with.
 

cajunator

Banned
Not quite. They didn't get the memo that it had to be insipid, and so they went about making a show that appealed to them. This is what attracted male fans to begin with.

True, they decided to make a quality product to begin with and the fanbase grew from that attention to detail.
 

Hitokage

Setec Astronomer
True, they decided to make a quality product to begin with and the fanbase grew from that attention to detail.
You make it sound as if they changed the show midway to suit an opportunity, when that was not the case.


...outside the whole Derpy thing.
 
I know. Its like stratospherically cute. I want that Figma. but I also want a non-jointed GSC normal one. I'm sure one is coming and its going to be absolutely beautiful, like the Ultimate Madoka and Princess of the Crystal figurines.

Ok...AmiAmi has a good price on it, and it's not coming till November. And it's soooooo damn cute. Rationalization complete!

The jointed action figure types have always been more up my alley...always preferred the poseability though I'll get the occasional regular PVC depending on my budget. Had to drastically cut back over the last few months due to stupid medical bills though.
 

cajunator

Banned
Ok...AmiAmi has a good price on it, and it's not coming till November. And it's soooooo damn cute. Rationalization complete!

The jointed action figure types have always been more up my alley...always preferred the poseability though I'll get the occasional regular PVC depending on my budget. Had to drastically cut back over the last few months due to stupid medical bills though.

That might be the first two nenderoid I ever bought (I want Marika and Kuroyukihime)
 
Hagure Yuusha no Estetica 5
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Probably the worst episode yet. 18 or so minutes just in the female underwear dressing room learning how to wear a bra and finding the right size...is not a compelling premise for an episode even worst with the
underwear that becomes transparent as the body temperature heats up
. Wish I had read impressions before viewing then Id have just skipped. First minute and the last 45 seconds was the only actual decent part. Hopefully next week has magical action with the new character introduced last episode.
 

SDBurton

World's #1 Cosmonaut Enthusiast
Accel World 01

holy shit.
HOLY SHIT.
I am thoroughly in love with this. Completely and utterly intrigued.
Kuroyukihime is mega nuclear hnnngh with her butterfly persona and antennae hair.
I must have a figurine of her. This is my new mission in life.
Also, I'm hooked. Onto episode 2.

No Cajun! Don't fall for the hnnnnng!
 

BGBW

Maturity, bitches.
Awesome in Yuru Yuri (mock if old):
intéressant.

I will take SD's crown some day ;~;

Until then I shall remain AnimeGAF's Akari.
So you're not just after SD's crown but mine as well?

What does that mean?!
He has transcended to the next level along with Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison.

Is this something that you guys are familiar with? So talented.
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Almost made buying a 3DS worth it.

Registered for gaming and sports threads, stayed for this...
Registered to Reggie photoshops. Stayed for Reggie photoshops.

Have you guys ever watched anime so bad it made you physically ill?
Blood C is the most recent example. The moment all logic went out of the window my brain did a 180 and tried to leave my body, which really isn't good for your health.
 

Cwarrior

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I am not sure what series of bizzare conversations took place for one to get to such a conversation like comparing one piece to sailor moon to happen??

Even at it's lowest one piece never reaches to the levels of sailor moon, am not saying this cause it's a shoujo or the characters are little girls or piratez >magic girlz.

Sailor moon is one of the first animes I watched when I was kid in the early 90s, it aired right before saint seiya and after dr slump, so I do have strong nostalgic feelings towards it but it doesn't stop me from seeing, it is what it is and that it is an extremely formalic monster of the the week show that continuously spams old footage at you advertising there merchandise.

One piece > any anime that prioritizes merchandise whoring over narrative

I wouldn't even give it apis and no way in hell davy back fight arc that arc had it's hilarious, incredible(sanji and zoro team up) and tons of wario worthy troll moments.
 
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