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NEWS: Wake Up, Girls! Anime Gets Animal Mascot Spinoff Shorts


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Splitter



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 2:52 pm Reply with quote
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SquadmemberRitsu wrote:
Kyofu wrote:
The director Yamamoto simply stated that the girls were given animals that were more on the ferocious side to contrast from the typical 'cute' animals like cats, dogs, rabbits, etc that one would expect.
I see Yamanakan is still saving anime as usual

Can someone give me a concise explanation of why Yamamoto is so widely and deeply hated within US anime fandom, and why he deserves this endless sarcastic "saving anime" joke? I went to his WUG! panels at Anime Central and liked what the guy had to say. Surely he did or said something to deserve this level of shit from anime fans, right?


Yamamoto (in)famously declared that Fractale would "save the anime industry" and it fell dramatically short of expectations. The "saving anime" joke is humble pie being thrown in Yamamoto's face.
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SquadmemberRitsu



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 8:22 pm Reply with quote
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Can someone give me a concise explanation of why Yamamoto is so widely and deeply hated within US anime fandom, and why he deserves this endless sarcastic "saving anime" joke?
I.. don't hate him.

Also I'm Australian.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 9:26 pm Reply with quote
invalidname wrote:
SquadmemberRitsu wrote:
Kyofu wrote:
The director Yamamoto simply stated that the girls were given animals that were more on the ferocious side to contrast from the typical 'cute' animals like cats, dogs, rabbits, etc that one would expect.
I see Yamanakan is still saving anime as usual

Can someone give me a concise explanation of why Yamamoto is so widely and deeply hated within US anime fandom, and why he deserves this endless sarcastic "saving anime" joke? I went to his WUG! panels at Anime Central and liked what the guy had to say. Surely he did or said something to deserve this level of shit from anime fans, right?


It's only half sarcastic. I fervently agree with all of Yamakan's opinions, and wish we did get a big success on his hands. Even though I think Fractale and WUG did drop the ball at the end, they had a lot of promise and were much more interesting than most anime that fail to challenge the audience.
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yu3lora



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 11:56 pm Reply with quote
Yay! More WUG! Laughing
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