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RedLeader



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 2:46 am Reply with quote
hikaru004 wrote:
RedLeader wrote:
Well, I can't speak for the Moeblobs but from our end, a lot of it is frustration from the fact that the market is simply not big enough for everyone. The market panders to the Moeblobs and the like and ignores the rest of us. And as awesome as it is that Shin Mazinger is being made right now, if we are to take Answerman's reaction to the show as well as some of the other reviewers here at ANN, as a good show of what other anime fans will likely feel about the series, than the chances of it being released along with ANY other part of the series just continues to get smaller and smaller. In fact, there are so many awesome shows stuck in Japan because the American Moeblobs will have such violent allergic reactions to them that no company would dare bring them over. And that breeds frustration and anger.

And as happy as I am watching Shin Mazinger, I'm also sad that I'll likely never own a deluxe box set or anything while some of my friends screetch loudly about the awesome Yaoi Porn that came with their Super Deluxe FMA Box Sets. :p


Well, what can you do? The moeblobs are spending more money on their stuff so more of it gets made. It's a vicious cycle.

Even when the good stuff comes out on blu-ray in Japan, it doesn't have English subtitles. We're in the same region now. You'd think that they would add the English subtitles to their BD releases.


We could try to race them in wasting money? Anime hyper Yeah, I know it's an unwinnable battle... I'm sure once the buzz from Shin Mazinger wears off, depression land will come a knockin' once more! Anime hyper But it really does suck when everyone else seems to be getting the shows and merchandise THEY want and I have to wait for cons, to go to that tiny, itty, bitty corner in the back where the blood STILL burns hot and SRWOG Models are plentiful! Anime hyper I'd say it wasn't really their fault, but after Dancougar got Moefied, my forgiveness is running a little low... Anime hyper
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Vicserr



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:08 am Reply with quote
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We could try to race them in wasting money? Anime hyper Yeah, I know it's an unwinnable battle... I'm sure once the buzz from Shin Mazinger wears off, depression land will come a knockin' once more! Anime hyper But it really does suck when everyone else seems to be getting the shows and merchandise THEY want and I have to wait for cons, to go to that tiny, itty, bitty corner in the back where the blood STILL burns hot and SRWOG Models are plentiful! Anime hyper I'd say it wasn't really their fault, but after Dancougar got Moefied, my forgiveness is running a little low... Anime hyper


Moeblobs get 5-6 series a season at the minimum, If we get 3 mecha series a year, it's a miracle. And you're going to love what Toei has planned for Robot Girls... Rolling Eyes
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MazinGO!



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 1:52 pm Reply with quote
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So they show you a bunch of zany, seemingly disconnected climactic moments that mean absolutely nothing out of context and strung together in a random order (unless, I guess, you're a diehard Mazinger fan and have been keeping up with all the various projects that take place in that franchise over the years)


Oh dear. I wasn't a huge fan of the franchise before Shin Mazinger aired (I caught the 7 episode "Mazinkaiser" a few months before, but nothing else) but even I could tell that with the exception of the prologue, the entire episode was one linear story. The title of the episode ("Grand Finale") and climactic tone made it clear that the narrative started at the end of the story, so I knew I wasn't supposed to know the circumstances and characters, and the writers were helpful enough to include expository dialogue at the beginning of each new scene to let us know how it related to the preceeding one (e.g. at the beginning of the episode Pygman attacks the lab, then when it cuts to the next scene the first line is "blah blah we just got word Pygman is attacking the lab"), so there was a logical flow between them.

It was definitely fast paced, introduced a lot of characters and was clearly withholding information from us, but the plot thread itself should've been pretty simple and easy to follow.

EDIT: Oh and the animation WAS bad in the first episode. Really choppy (even in important scenes) and a few off-model faces. I expected more considering the big names involved.
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RedLeader



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:35 am Reply with quote
:Toei Robot Girls

Yeah, I saw that. :p I don't know if I should laugh for cry! Anime hyper

:EDIT: Oh and the animation WAS bad in the first episode. Really
:choppy (even in important scenes) and a few off-model faces. I
:expected more considering the big names involved.

Really? The only things that stuck out to me were the shots where they were trying to give the show to look like one of Go Nagai's manga covers with water colors and stuff.

As for the face distortion, that's a classic Go Nagai effect so that was probably done on purpose.
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MazinGO!



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:36 am Reply with quote
I know about face distortion, I just mean there were some low detail/badly drawn faces here and there.

Note that I do like Shin Mazinger, visually, a lot. It has clever directing, a great art style and character designs and lots of epic imagery. The problem is the low number of frames, which is below what I'd expect from a regular anime let alone a revival of what I thought was one of Japan's biggest series.
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Akemi L. Mokoto



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:47 am Reply with quote
I want to apologies in advance if I seem to come off impolite or unprofessional but I just got surgery on my hand and it HURTS like hell…

I am the Owner, Founder, and President of the United States Department of Lolicon and Acting Interim Director for the Lolicon Defense Task Force. Now that introduction is over, lets get started shall we?

The USDL is a real org. I am a real person. Everything I say is true. I won’t say it, if its not true. I published poll results that are good and bad for the Loli-Community. I tell people things that could get me arrested. I admitted to everybody I know and see that I am a Lolicon Fan. WHY IN THE HELL WOULD I LIE ON THE INTERNET TO PEOPLE I DONT EVEN KNOW?!

I mean I have been in to Lolicon since I was 13(When I started high School). I’ve been defending it for 1 year. I have an I.Q. of 126. I get paid at least $1,000/month. I’ve been on TV(3 times) & Radio(a few). I run 7 websites and nearly 300 members. I have nothing to prove(?), no reason to lie, and I damn sure don’t have any Monetary Benefits in creating the USDL.

I am questioning the Answer Mans credibility. Note, he never gave an answer. I don’t have much against the answer man, except his role in the cancelation of Kodomo no Jikan in Seven Seas Entertainment.
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_Earthwyrm_





PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:33 pm Reply with quote
Akemi L. Mokoto wrote:
I am questioning the Answer Mans credibility. Note, he never gave an answer.

That's 'cause all your questions were either very, very easy to find answers to of your own accord, or just really strange. Here, I'll answer them for you.

1) Whats your Real Name?
Zac Bertschy
2) What make you such an Expert in Anime?
The staff page wrote:
Zac Bertschy has been a professional anime journalist for nine years. He started writing in 1998, and came on with Anime News Network in 1999 writing reviews and the Answerman column, which lead to a freelance career writing for anime magazines. In 2004 he became the Associate Editor of Wizard’s Anime Insider magazine, and returned to ANN in the summer of 2005.

3) Who hired you to be the "Answer Man" on the Anime News Network
Zac's job title isn't 'Answer Man'.
4) What is your Collage Education(as in Deploma's Achived and/or working towards)
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that that's none of your business. What's your college education?
No, not lolitology. Something which exists.
5) What is your Career?
Well, it sure looks like journalism.
6) Are you Japanese or what?
Yes, the 'original' version of his name is Berutuchi Zaku, this makes his opinions about Japanese cartoons slightly more correct than a mere westerner.
7) Why in the Hell do you hate "Lolicon" so much?
Just like most other people, he thinks it's kind of squicky.
It probably doesn't help that he made some comments on KnJ nearly two years ago and it somehow kicked up such a ginormous outcry that he's somehow considered the demon loli-persecutor of the Internets even today.
Here's a two-year-old snippet which basically details what he thinks is squicky about it, though his opinions may have been revised somewhat since then.

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I tell people things that could get me arrested.

Oh Gods, there's a question begging to be asked of this statement, but I'm not sure I want to touch that Pandora's box.
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fighterholic



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:21 pm Reply with quote
Akemi L. Mokoto wrote:
The USDL is a real org. I am a real person. Everything I say is true. I won’t say it, if its not true. I published poll results that are good and bad for the Loli-Community. I tell people things that could get me arrested. I admitted to everybody I know and see that I am a Lolicon Fan. WHY IN THE HELL WOULD I LIE ON THE INTERNET TO PEOPLE I don't EVEN KNOW?!

It's real because you say it's real. However the extent as to how big this thing really is will indeed be questioned by a majority of users here, because this site is known for its credibility regarding anime news, and its userbase is for the most part is well disciplined. Also, when it's main base is located on Myspace, then it's hard to believe it that much anyway.

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I mean I have been in to Lolicon since I was 13(When I started high School). I’ve been defending it for 1 year. I have an I.Q. of 126. I get paid at least $1,000/month. I’ve been on TV(3 times) & Radio(a few). I run 7 websites and nearly 300 members. I have nothing to prove(?), no reason to lie, and I damn sure don’t have any Monetary Benefits in creating the USDL.

Most Newgrounds members turn out to be 13 when they start using that website too. And somehow they manage to look at the "adults only" flashes. So you've had menial exposure to the media. However what you're basing your beliefs on isn't really helping the cause of anime in general. We anime fans don't like to be known as pedos and that's what the mainstream liberal media will do if they were to stumble upon something like this.

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I am questioning the Answer Mans credibility. Note, he never gave an answer. I don’t have much against the answer man, except his role in the cancelation of Kodomo no Jikan in Seven Seas Entertainment.

He never gave an answer because the Flake doesn't require an answer. Oh, I'm sorry, he gave a nice fluffy bunny. A lot of people blame him for the cancellation of KnJ, of which I am aware, but it was ultimately Seven Seas that made that decision, not Zac. And for future references, Zac is not the main Answerman anymore.
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edzieba



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:48 pm Reply with quote
Trolls: Don't feed them.
I mean really. 'Real name' username, only one post, account created the same day? It's not like it isn't obvious.
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Akemi L. Mokoto



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:13 pm Reply with quote
WHAT?! Hold on, I am not a Troll. and for your information THE USDL'S MAIN BASE IS NOT ON MYSPACE BAKA! There is a wiki, home page, forum, socal netowrking site, myspace, and youtube. BAKA! Also, I just resently learned that Answer Man had posted my email.
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fighterholic



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:43 pm Reply with quote
Akemi L. Mokoto wrote:
WHAT?! Hold on, I am not a Troll. and for your information THE USDL'S MAIN BASE IS NOT ON MYSPACE BAKA! There is a wiki, home page, forum, socal netowrking site, myspace, and youtube. BAKA! Also, I just resently learned that Answer Man had posted my email.

For one thing, your spelling needs work. For another thing, somebody said that they had to ban you from Wikipedia because you were spamming the site with your "campaigning." Third, I doubt that you seriously know Japanese. Fourth, nobody is going to take you seriously on this site. Fifth, you set yourself up for being made fun of when you tried to decry the Answerman. Unfortunately the original Answerman was back for this week, therefore we got to see how ridiculous your cause really is.
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Akemi L. Mokoto



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:00 pm Reply with quote
~_~ well first of all, I was banned from wikipedia for using the discussion room to discuss Lolicon, Pedophilia, and to yell out anti-pedophile comments. second, I don’t know a lot of Japanese. Third, there are a lot of people who take my site seriously. ok?!

Let me tell you something, as I said before the USDL has nearly 300 members, 7 websites, a 2 trademarks and several copyrights. Ya haven’t said a damn RESIONIBLE thing to say why the USDL isnt credible.
All ya’s reasons have been somewhat of a Ignoratio Elenchi. I've given several reasons why the USDL is credible. Ya seem to be, how should I say, Circumambienly attacking me here and that’s not fair. But then again, Child Sex Abuse is not fair, Terrorism is not fair, hell, war is not fair and we are at war!

Now I will admit, I am Brobdingnagicly Bombastic, Insouciant, Arrogant as Hell, Hyper-Opinionated(That’s an understatement), Ostracistic towards Pedophiles, Dogmatic, Garrulous, Imperious, and Loquacious. But I can be Equanimit most of the time. Yes I may Gasconade to people about my site but so what. Most of the time I am Magnanimous.

And just because ya seem to express Disapprobation towards me and the USDL, doesn’t mean that we are fake, not credible, or bulls***. It seems we will remain inharmonious on this and there isn’t s*** I can do to change that. But understand this, All websites start out small and doesn’t seem to be credible, but they soon become big and popular. But if ya want to be Incredulous, then fine by me. Ignorance is forever I guess.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:02 pm Reply with quote
Akemi seems to be channeling boxing impresario Don King there, what with all the makeupification of verbialogical proportions.
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Takeyo



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:07 pm Reply with quote
All I know is that he's absolutely adorable!

*ambulates out of the thread*
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Akemi L. Mokoto



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:41 pm Reply with quote
Yo, the terms arent made up. GOOGLE THEM IF YOU WANT AND SEE FOR YOURSELF!!!

What the hell is your problems?! Huh? Ahhh!!! WHAT THE F*** DID I DO TO DISERVE THIS KIND OF SHIT TODAY?! All I did was create the USDL for Loli-Fans to use freely with out those unfare rules on other sites. But instead I get criticized by ya?!

After 5 years in to Lolicon, Im use to being called everything but the "Last Hope for the Loli-Community". Offensive? Sure. Insensitive? You bet! Guilty as charged! But Life is insensitive; so is the truth. I don’t hide from either. Allow me to make an observation that most of you will probably find both Offensive and Insensitive. Now I really don’t expect to make any friends here, but maybe I'll get'cha thinking.

Fighterholic, heres something you may or may not know, Lucky Star, is technically classified as a Lolicon. Every Lolicon Forum says so and several anime sites. So do Podcast. So technically you are a Lolicon Fan. So shut the hell up. and people, stop saying false s*** about me and the USDL ok?! Our Base of Operations is not on myspace, we aren’t fake, and I AM NOT LIYING!!! Stop being hate filled towards me and my organization! I mean Do you have a Personal Vendetta against me(and/or us) or are you just Purposely being a Pain in My Ass?

Oh and Edzieba, holy f-ing crap. You obviously don't know squat about me. I am a Troll? What is a Troll? I belive it is a person who enters a chatroom or forum for the purpose to cause Disruption, Debate, and Offence towards the occupants. Isn’t that right? So how am I a Troll? I was attacked by people, so I responded back. Do you just like to call people Trolls? Hell the Answer Mans the one who posted the email I sent him. Not me. What the f*** did you expect to happen? Me to ignore the attacks?! If you believed that, then your stupider then I first believed.

Yes its true Im having sex with a 14 year old girl. She lives with me! So what?! she's not 13,12, or 7! she's 14. she's not a dumbass who doesn’t know wrong from right. Im not a Pedophile for it. Technically I’m an Edphophile! Get ya's Termology right! If you don't believe me, I don't know why. Do you really think I'd go through all this crap to get arrested, criticized, or get my ass kicked for something that is a lie? DO YOU NEED A PHOTO?! Well tough, its not happening.

And what’s there not to belive about the USDL?! What the f*** else do I need to prove its real?! Do I need to construct a High-rise Building in New York City, Los Angeles, and Tokyo, Produce a TV Station called WDOL, and Run Commercials on TV, the Internet, and Billboards around the world?! Damn people. Get your head out of the clouds already.

Wather or not you choose to believe it or not, the USDL is real, Akemi Loli Mokoto is my Real Legal Name, and I am having Fooly Cooly with a 14 year old girl! What the F*** am I doing?! I don't need to prove s*** to you people. The "Answer Man's" the only person who is really an "Important" Character in this Play. You People only act as Supporting Characters who have a few lines and no Real Importance in this play.

So here is an Overview:

• I am not a Pedophile, Lier, or Fake.
• The USDL is credible, wather you think so or not doesn’t matter to me.
• The Answer Man is the reason Im posting on this particular Forum Subject

Honestly, I am an Otaku First, and a Lolicon Fan Later! Remember that. I've been an Anime Fan for nearly 12 years(Since I was 7). I will NEVER betray my status as an Otaku EVER! So stop attacking me and find someone else who says stupid crap. Trust me, there are Loli-Fans worse then me. I've said my peice. What'cha have to say now?


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