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Alexander55
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What's so great about My Little Pony anyway? I saw it with my younger sister several times and it was meh. Sure the production quality was there and I won't deny it had quality voice actors. But beyond that, that's pretty much it. Its just another cartoon show aimed at little girls. My sister soon got bored of it and we watched "Clannad After Story" and "Persona 4" together and she instantly got hooked.
I read comics before and not all of them are "Dialogue" heavy. Also, just because comics are in color doesn't suddenly make them "better." I've read tons of comics from my local bookstore in the past and most of them were lackluster(except the The Walking Dead). Also, you'd be surprise of the ability of Manga medium of narrating a story with just a few words. Its because they rely on expressive events/characters to make them stand out without boring you with a whole ton of text to read that oftenly(and unnecessarily) prolong the story further. Last edited by Alexander55 on Wed Mar 27, 2013 12:05 am; edited 5 times in total |
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zeo1fan
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It's pretty funny to me that there are people who see MLP getting a manga as some big tragedy being inflicted on them. It's not like anyone's going to taser them and force them to read it.
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Fabe
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If you find pink ponies that terrifying you should just shoot your self. |
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Soundmonkey44
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Well season 3 wasn't all bad, and I blame it on the fact that it tried to pack so much into 13 episodes, I mean they were working on the last batch of the initial 65 episodes order, hopefully since S4 is 26 eps things will work out better, as for the whole Twilight thing, even Faust planned for Twy to be Celestia's sucessor,just in a different way but yeah the way season 3 ended justifiably left a bad taste in many fans mouth. And season 3 had arguably one of the best episodes in the series "Sleepless In Ponyville" infact season 3 was at least pretty good to Dash & the crusaders, giving dash new responsibilities in the form of her wonderbolt;s training and mentorship/big sisterhood to Scootaloo, I really hope they expand on that in season 4. And the crusaders also expanded by adding AB's cousin Babs to the group, hopefully we will see the Mane-hatten Branch next season. I wall say though i don't have much interest in future Twilight episodes and pretty sure the Equestria Girls spin-off will just be "meh" But I still have faith the team will do fun things with the rest of the cast. And we have the IDW comic which is awesome!
*Fires orbital friendship cannon at Hardy* But ahh back on topic, can't wait to see who the manga-ka is, hope the series does just as well as Stitch!   *knockonwood*
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walw6pK4Alo
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I never cared much for that one, least favorite cast member. |
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zeo1fan
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Enjoying one thing more than the other doesn't make one worse than the other. Everyone has different tastes. (Though the fact that you enjoy moe drama leads me to believe you favor pathos over logos) |
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OrangeVision
Posts: 87 Location: Finland |
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Anime/manga survived never ending parade of vapid soft porn, it sure as hell can survive one silly pony manga on a magazine aimed for young girls. I can bet that magazine has had loads of other things you'd never be interested. Then again, maybe "Survived" is too strong of a word but you get my point. |
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Alexander55
Posts: 104 Location: Ontario, CA |
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Clannad is a mature down-to-life drama aimed at mature animation fans and My Little Pony is a cartoon style slice-of-life aimed at a very young female demographic. If it weren't for 4chan/Youtube for popularizing the television show through a series of online memes, it would just be another cartoon show and nothing more. There wouldn't be such thing as a "Brony", a term the older male pony fans came up with that probably descended from 4chan as well. |
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Soundmonkey44
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I disagree MLP isn't popular soley because of 4chan, it like Adventure Time & Regular show has earned its popularity, 4chan may have made some people aware, but others came to it because they saw a genuinely enjoyable cartoon. And in an another argument, haven't a lot of anime gotten popular in the states because of the internet as well? Kind of splitting hairs here aren't we? Also boldly calling something mature or immature is kind of silly, far to many people use those words far to loosely online, but thats another rant for another time. But I digress, to each their own, haters gonna hate, nothing can be done about that. Good night to you all, may you have a pleasant tomorrow. |
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Lady Multi
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Heck yeah!
 As an anime/manga fan as well as a MLP:FiM fan, I'm happy for this. Gonna be weird to have MLP right next to things like Hellsing and Fullmetal Alchemist on my shelves. xD Even if it doesn't get localized, I'm still buying that manga.
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TitanXL
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I think the most ironic thing is despite Bronies worshiping Faust as some kind of God, she only wrote two episodes for the show. The first two, which to my knowledge, most people consider to be the worst episodes in the series and they tell everyone to skip.
I think he means in the internet meme sense; as in using ponies to troll message boards. Or to be specific, the fact you use 'flank' and other unnecessary horse-puns in your posts. |
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Alexander55
Posts: 104 Location: Ontario, CA |
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I am not "hating" on you, the series, or any of the pony fans out there. I am merely questioning your fandom and why has this show has gotten much more hype than it really needed. Its a show aimed at young kids and my case stands. Also, most of the fandom of Hasbro's MLP was inspired by a series of memes that led them to suddenly become fans with very little reason. I also attended an MLP hangout here in L.A with my niece and aunt(who were avid pony fans) and I started talking with some of the people in that event and asked them what was their reason for becoming pony fans. "I saw it on Youtube and it was Hilarious" "Its popular on the Internet" Another adult in his 30's remarked. "I think they really look nice and its the best cartoon on tv!" Yep, those were the responses I've heard for some of the folks in that hangout. Essentially, their reason for becoming fans of the franchise is really vague and to some degree, meaningless. Only a adolescent girl and an older woman in the event were actually fans before the show became a sudden hit on 4chan/Youtube/Deviantart/Tumblr and the likes. |
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Keonyn
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It's irrelevant how people got exposed to something. We all get exposed to things that see a flash of popularity on a nearly weekly basis. MLP however has shown that it has legs, and that people who have come to be fans for one reason or another have remained fans. Whether they got there because of a meme or because they saw the show on TV is pointless, they're still there none the less and it isn't the meme that is keeping them there at this point.
I was first introduced to the show because someone was talking about it in my gaming clans vent channel. I laughed it off at first because hey, it's "My Little Pony", which doesn't exactly come across as my demographic. I'm an open-minded guy though so when they said just give it a chance I did. It was okay at first, the first 2 being a bit cheesy but after that it came across as a well made show with good characters, good stories and a diverse appeal. I didn't like the show because of some stupid meme, and I can't say I've ever liked something because of a meme no matter how funny it was. I like the show because it's a quality show and it's entertaining. Besides, is it really shocking that the only people who were fans of the show in that group prior to word of mouth spreading were people within the initial target demographic. I mean, that's no great revelation there. Obviously when something grows beyond its target audience it is because of a catalyst that brought attention from those outside what the show is marketed towards. Would the show have become as popular without those influences? Probably not, but that doesn't mean a thing other than that to grow an audience you need exposure, which is all 4chan and Youtube provided. Ultimately the fans stayed because of what they were exposed to, regardless of who brought them there. |
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Cecilthedarkknight_234
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so when do we get pony f***** doujin's???
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Blarg Monster
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Silly silly child, they have been here long before us. |
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