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NEWS: Space Dandy's 90-Second Trailer Previews English Dub

technacally the original version is english since its given to north america before japan

so I find your technical standpoint to be a bit uncalled for.

I always find it funny when guys say they know some women....so that means they are experts on how women feel about fanservice.

I obviously don't talk for every woman and if some women don't mind or even like fanservice than that is their prerogative but when a guy is telling other guy he is a prude because he has some respect for women and doesn't like how they are objectified well then that is when I have to speak up.

And most of the fanservice in anime is not sexy but extremely juvenile. Sex does not equal bouncing boobs but to each their own.

edit: Thank you Sakuragtin!

Hey guys! Ever consider that maybe the reason women don't tell you that they're bothered by depictions of women might be that you've made it clear you're okay with it and consider everyone who isn't to be a prude? Peer-pressure can keep people quiet, and a lot of women have learned to stop complaining because it gets them labeled a "prude" or a "bitch" or "frigid" or whatever. Just a possibility.

I think Kikaioh is right for the most part. Maybe it's just who I hang out with since my office involves about 40 people ages 20-35 of mostly women and most of them there whenever they see my station with a few stickers or figures they go "Damn, check out those tits, wish I had those!" and laugh and ask what it's from. Most of them are the more social and party type who are pretty flirty around the office rather than the quiet and nerd type so they seem more comfortable with sex and other things. Given what I see in the break room in women's magazines with women half naked and tons of tips on sex and beauty I think there's a nice chunk of women are pretty okay with sexiness. Of course everyone is different and you'll find people for and against anything pretty much but I think society in general is pretty okay with sexy women given all the movies, magazines, and TV shows that feature them and seems to be pretty accepted

Ahhaha, actually, I wasn't suggesting that ALL guys who dislike fanservice are prudes --- part of it was just my musing on what might be the reasons for the largely male backlash I've seen to fanservice, but it also comes from my own personal experience of being a prude in the past, and learning from women (especially cosplayers and lesbians) to appreciate fanservice, and have a healthier, more open appreciation of the female form. Those experiences helped me come to a personal realization that there's nothing wrong with appreciating the female form or liking the way boobs, behinds, curves/etc. look, nor is there anything wrong with enjoying the physical/visual beauty and sexiness of women.

So when are you boys and girls going to condemn Faye Valentine ?
You know, the co-star of Cowboy Bebop. The super sexy female of the Bebop crew ? Who doesn't exactly have a flat chest I might add, and who certainly doesn't go around hiding her "sexiness".

Space Dandy's female lead will be alright.
We're not talking Ikkitousen material here.

Honey, a waitress with a nice body and dim wits at the Boobies restaurant

Ahhaha, actually, I wasn't suggesting that ALL guys who dislike fanservice are prudes --- part of it was just my musing on what might be the reasons for the largely male backlash I've seen to fanservice, but it also comes from my own personal experience of being a prude in the past, and learning from women (especially cosplayers and lesbians) to appreciate fanservice, and have a healthier, more open appreciation of the female form. Those experiences helped me come to a personal realization that there's nothing wrong with appreciating the female form or liking the way boobs, behinds, curves/etc. look, nor is there anything wrong with enjoying the physical/visual beauty and sexiness of women. Now if that's the only thing you appreciate about women, or if you suggest that it is the only thing that can be appreciated about women, that's an entirely different story altogether. That's why I've come to find that I don't consider fanservice in and of itself demeaning, as its focus is usually on the former, and doesn't by itself comment on the latter. I think a lot of people make the mistake of thinking that enjoying female physicality immediately means that a work is suggesting that that's the only worth women in general have, or that it's the role they ought to fulfill in relation to men. But if it isn't a message that's being suggested by the creators or being pushed by the show, then it's not a conclusion that should be immediately jumped to. A lot of times fanservice isn't trying to imply some deeper commentary about gender relations in the real world, so I think people need to be more discerning about how they criticize works that contain fanservice, and be wary not to project meaning onto those works that isn't necessarily there.

bs3311 wrote:

so I find your technical standpoint to be a bit uncalled for.

You'll live.

Of course, I can't say if Dandy will have such heroine at any point at all

CrowLia wrote:

Of course, I can't say if Dandy will have such heroine at any point at all

Obviously you didn't watch the trailers close enough, or you would've seen Scarlet kicking all sorts of ass.