Forum - View topicHey, Answerman! [2007-08-24]
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Levitz9
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Oh, the comic genius that can be made with this.... Panda: It's what's for dinner! Panda: The Endangered White Meat Pan-da: It's Bread! (.hack//TWILIGHT reference) Crap, though--I just got pwned by Answerfans. I think I'm one of those 'elitist' fans, because I prefer good shows like Haruhi Suzumiya or Lunar Legend Tsukihime, and I have a friend who's nearly a Narutard. He's also a huge Ikki Tousen fan, and I can't meet him without looking up an anime and him asking me what it is, to which, I answer, "You don't know it--it's not fanservicey." I'm just kidding when I do that, but....now I feel like a bad person. *needs Tupperware Panda* Another thing...Zac was just kidding about the 'All-spark, chest-grab' thing, right? I may have never kissed a girl, or gone out, but I know that guy's hand + girl's breast = pain for the guy.... |
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Jackmace Ryo
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Perhaps it is assumed that the reader is growing older as the series progresses?
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Samurai-with-glasses
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Doesn't mean anyone reading the books would be any less mature. Only idiots and pretentious people would think that. I personally think that J.K. Rowling's story grows with her core readers so to speak. Each book, relatively speaking, gets progressively more...not sure mature is the right word...adult(?). [/OT] Column: lol @ the dating advice. Great sarcasm, best one it a while. Ahahaha going Zelda on people's asses. To be honest I've never been in touch with the whole geek fandom other than on a very uncommitted level -- never played Zelda , played very little Final Fantasy, never really watched Transformers, no geek hangouts at arcades or anime clubs, and so on and so forth -- so even that kind of desperate last measure probably won't even work from me. 
I wonder if the flake next round would be from someone who took Answerman's advice to real practice. =P Flake: Poor kid. New column section: Interesting section. But I must agree with Jackmace Ryo: I don't feel like the answers are what the question is for. I guess I was hoping for a more.. personal touch to the answers I suppose, not a general statement of internet culture ranging from "Yaoi people are annoying" to the more vehement and arguably more justified "pretentious people are annoying." To me, it's like, "We know that, thanks, I can agree even; but considering how the question's framed I'd rather read what you think about *yourself* having (or not having) those embarrassments than reading yet another internet soapbox." Bah. What am I expecting other than internet culture on the frickin' internet? Ah well. Nice column this week by the way. |
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vylo
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"3. The best place to take them on a date is to the 9:40 PM bargain theatre showing of Transformers. When Optimus Prime tells Shia LeBeouf to cram the All Spark into his chest cavity, grab her breast and stare right into her eyes.
" Priceless. That has to be the internet quote of the year there. |
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halo
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Ok, I guess I'll be the oddball and say that Sky Blue isn't that bad. No, it's not great but the animation is pretty awesome. and I've seen plenty worse produced in Japan.
And if you like My Beautiful Girl, Mari, Lee Seong-gang has a new animated feature called Yobi, the FIve Tailed Fox. It's not the surreal masterpiece that Mari was but it's still a cute movie with some amazing artwork. It has some of the most beautiful background art I've ever seen plus a soundtrack by Ryo Kunihiko. |
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Calculusman
 Posts: 309 Location: Virginia |
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Aww, I didn't see anyone list one of the things I listed: cosplayers who don't look good cosplaying, specifically big guys trying to cosplay as little girls. Sorry, doesn't work.
Well, this week's answer should be interesting. My answer is pretty short so I don't feel like sending it in: "nothing" |
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Kiyoko
 Posts: 131 Location: Pennsylvania |
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Fixed. 
That is true. Two of the funniest AMV's I ever saw were "Real Ninjas" and "Anime: Lifestyles of the Animated and Fabulous" by Michael Zubrzycki aka Editinghermit on AMV.org. I remember seeing those videos at AnimeNEXT and nearly falling out of my chair with laughter, and he provided most of the voice work himself. |
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TheoryGirl
 Posts: 65 Location: CT |
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The only thing I really feel entitled to from R1 companies (i.e. the thing that upsets me most when it isn't there) is a translation of the opening and ending themes (I'm looking at YOU, Viz!).
As for dating otaku girls, (being one myself) the best advice I can give you is this: If she tells you to watch an anime, watch the damn anime. Even if Answerman called it the "girliest girly anime ever to be watched by girls." True story here, the biggest fight my boyfriend and I ever had was over Princess Tutu, which I had watched fansubbed and once ADV released the first volume, I wanted him to watch it. And he refused, mostly because of what Answerman said (back when he had the "Caption This" section). We argued for close to three hours back and forth about it, and finally came to a compromise that he could wait until the second volume (which was supposed to come out a month later -_-) to watch it. And then ADV didn't release volume two for ages, and to this day he still hasn't watched it. I'll have to bring that up again... |
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Eos
 Posts: 168 Location: Jersey |
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I think Mary Groutage expressed my answer to the weekly question best. It's not so much the community at large that embarrasses me, it's the annoying few whose behavior frankly gets on a lot of people's nerves (like last week's "anime is a race and I'm winning" dude). The hyper yaoi fans or naive newbies don't both me so much because at least they're enjoying themselves. It's when your definition of having fun is to step on other people's toes that you cross the line.
At first I laughed, then groaned. I guy I know actually did this to impress a girl. Now he's now moving to Oklahoma to live with his WoW girlfriend and her SEVEN KIDS. 0_o |
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Tlizerz
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EVE Online isn't that obscure, I know a lot of Air Force members who play it....and I'm a girl, woo.
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SharinganEye
 Posts: 402 Location: Les Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
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Not that American reality TV/quiz shows are any better in that department. Or just, overall, good. |
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brichibi
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Bioshock *__* You're in for a most awesome weekend
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Ryllharu
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A good tie-in with the Answerfans responses. The zealous behavior is a big problem with the fanbase. They see something that looks like manga, see that it's "flipped," even though that is the actual format for Korean writing, declare it crap. "It's not Japanese enough!" they cry, fervently holding onto an image in their heads that is only a fraction of the real Japanese culture. So you toss them a copy of Shin Angyo Onshi. It's published in Japanese, the art is great, the story is nice, and suddenly they're happy again. Then you point to the author and artist. Youn In-Wan and Yang Kyung-Il. Both Korean, both live in Korea. They run away, and snatch up a copy of Bleach, fleeing the scene in tears. Yes, a lot of Korean manwha repeats basic premises over and over. But there are lot of great titles out there, and some of them are finally starting to be licensed. I already mentioned Shin Angyo Onshi, steeped deeply in Korean folklore, it's a good gunslinger epic. Someone else mentioned Priest (which I haven't read, but heard a lot of good things about). There's Unbalance x Unbalance, a drama involving a sexy teacher and a strong willed student who she can't seem to figure out. Goong, a mondern day romance series about a unified Korea and their royal family, but also with a surprising amount of depth in the political backstabbing of the court. A couple other gems I've found that haven't been licensed: -Ares, another epic war story with mercenaries. A lot of fighting and political intrigue. -Id, a series much like Record of the Lodoss War, a good fantasy adventure series. There's a lot of recycled garbage coming out of Korea, but there's a lot of great series too. If the zealots looked a little further back at Japan's releases, they'd see a similar percentage of garbage coming out of Japan. Check the RIGHT TURN ONLY!! archives, there's plenty there. |
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SharinganEye
Posts: 402 Location: Les Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
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I've returned both my Haruhi LE volumes at least once, and still have the ugly stain-like "damage" to my broadcast disc on the 2nd volume. I've seen dirty, scratched up discs from other purchases, ex. - Borat at Target, but none on the scale of BE products. New products. What gives? Edit: Fixed company name. Last edited by SharinganEye on Fri Aug 24, 2007 11:58 am; edited 2 times in total |
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Roy9076
 Posts: 286 Location: California |
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I literally laughed my ass off about otaku relationships! Oh man, awesome! Anyways, another good Answerman and a very dense flake. =.=
Well I wanted to send an e-mail about the questions, but I have been busy fixing computers. Yeah, my ex job turned into my "I'll hire you until you are done" type of job. >.<* I am embarrassed about the anime community. However, they are like any type of community and believe me, there are stuff that even gamers are ashamed of! Yeah, part of the gaming community, among plenty others. Still, I do not mind if you call yourself an otaku and think that is something cool, but there are two things I do mind: If you are an otaku, then you should not be offended if someone calls you an otaku. You called yourself an otaku, be proud of it dammit! Do not force otakuism onto others. Not all anime fans want to be hardcore anime nerds. As much as I like anime, I dislike the anime otaku lifestyle. Neutrality for me dammit! |
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