Forum - View topicNEWS: Crunchyroll Adds Kanamemo, Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahō, Jūden-chan
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ThatOneMan
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Looks like there might be hope. A tweet from Rob Pereyda (http://twitter.com/rpereyda) mentions that there are more to come. I just hope it's worth it.
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Mr. sickVisionz
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The more content the better imo.
All I really wanted out of my subscription was Naruto. That's what made me pluck down money every week. I also look forward to Hayate no Gotoku, Gintama, Hitman, Kurokami and Saki. If I hadn't already seen the fansubs, i'd have been really excited for Code Geass, Gundam 00 and School Days. That's the stuff i'm currently watching and I'm sure that if I tried some other stuff that they have, i'd like it more. For the people that want to cancel, go ahead. Cable charges like $30+ a month and theres only like 3 shows i'm interested in that I couldn't get via Hulu, Netflix, or TV.com. There is other stuff that i'd watch, but then I'd have to pay money on top of the basic cable fee for HBO and Showtime. It'd be cheaper to just buy each episode via Amazon.com Video on Demand than having to pay that huge monthly fee. Compare that to Crunchyroll, who chages me $6 and I get 7 shows that I like and an archive thats close to 10 times that size with a video player that's only beaten by Netflix & Amazon.com. If that's a horrible deal for you, cool beans. For me it's great. |
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einhorn303
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This is truly awesome. I just hope Juuden-chan and Aoi Hana also get R1 DVD releases.
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The_X_box_360
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Anyone, who's seen most of my posts, should know that I'm not one to bash Crunchyroll. However........
-Kanamemo is a pedophiliac, yuri-obsessed, seinen addict's wet dream. It really does irritate me to see people try and dismiss instances of animated child molestation and pedophilia by using cute little terms like pervy, moe, loli, pedo-bear, etc..... as if we should all never mind the implications of child-rape; since it's all in sweet, innocent, silly little fun "tee hee"; and, instead cater to one of the most foul human perversions. -I'm, honestly, quite disappointed that a show like this has made it onto Crunchyroll in place of many other available series. -After seeing the sess-pool that is the first episode of Kanamemo, I can't help but suspect that Yoku Wakaru Genai Maho is also another pedophiliac, yuri-obsessed, seinen addict's wet dream. Even if I'm wrong, can I really be blamed for jumping to such a conclusion after seeing filth like Kanamemo on a site like Crunchyroll, who targets children as young as age 13? -I'm, especially, displeased with a comment from one of CR's staff writers/moderators that goes, "that's changing with the times to reflect our current society", as if to imply that the subject matter of these new seinen series are all somehow part of OUR society, now, and should be viewed as CR's endorsement of tolerance towards any formerly considered taboo issues addressed in these seinen anime. -I am seriously displeased with the light-hearted portrayal of overt pedophilia in anime, and point to the otaku masses' light-hearted use of terms like lolicon, moe, pervy, pedo-bear, etc... when describing instances of animated child molestation and child-pornography in anime, as proof that the light-hearted portrayal of it in anime can have a direct negative influence on it's audience, as well as attracting those that find no harm in pedophilia and catering to their perversions. I, truly, am taken aback by the fact that such shows have started to find their way onto sites that target children as young as age 13. Additionally, I'm not a big fan of yuri, but allowed myself to give Saki a fair try and was willing to give AoiHana a try. However, with the make-up of a majority of the latest new series to be added to Crunchyroll, I'm starting to have suspicions as to whether or not they are actually attempting to bring us good non-shoujo/non-romance/non-fanservice series, lately. It really doesn't seem so, right now. |
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Annf
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I found Episode 0 of Gendai Mahou (it has an official internet stream, Japanese-language-only) to be pretty boring, with over-used, simplistic archetype characters, stiff acting, and nothing impressive in the animation department to make up for it, but I'll give it a few more chances.
___________________ Kanamemo, on the other hand, was a lot of fun. Definitely looking forward to more of this. It has some obvious homages to Maison Ikkoku, and I also like that there's an openly romantic lesbian couple from ep 1. In a lot of shows, couples that are already together from the beginning are either parents in the background or ridiculously exaggerated comic relief, but these two are a straightforward happy couple. They're also clearly in love with each other and not the typical "teehee, wink wink, embarrassing yuri feelings that we'll hint at but never actually admit to" kind of thing like Saki or Strike Witches. (I find that stuff cute too, but it's nice to have variety!) Mind you it's a very silly, very moeota-targeted show, with a 2nd-grader running a business, a pedo drunkard woman openly molesting children, harboring and employing 13-year-old orphans in violation of who knows how many laws (not to mention serving them self-brewed (probably without a license) alcohol--oh, excuse me, "rice juice."), "Buy the DVDs!" panty-shot censorship, and generally a lot of elements that ANN forumers are known to cringe at. But I had a blast with it, personally. ___________________ Juuden-chan doesn't have any internet broadcast yet so I haven't seen it. The pre-air promotional video was the most erotic transformation scene in history (even including adult OVAs) but the actual episode apparently didn't have the impact the promo did. I'm not sure if I should expect much from it but I enjoyed what I saw of the previous made-for-AT-X T&A show, Queen's Blade, so maybe this'll be fun, too. |
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Annf
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It's dead-baby humor, making light of something that's quite dark in real life. Some people are amused by it, and some horrified. I respect your opinions on it. Shows like this are always going to get some negative press.
Realistically speaking, I doubt Crunchyroll is actively rejecting simulcasts at this stage.
Yes, considering the variety of shows on Crunchyroll, that seems like a rather silly thing to say.
That comment was in regards to lesbianism in Aoi Hana. You probably shouldn't imply that it was about pedo humor. While the international nature of Crunchyroll's audience makes the phrase "our current society" kind of ambiguous without clarifying which society they're talking about, it's certainly true that attitudes toward homosexuality are changing in many cultures around the world, including North America, the primary audience of Crunchyroll's current video service.
You're gonna catch hell for that statement. I'll go ahead and grab some popcorn.
Like any video site with a wide audience, Crunchyroll will definitely have to take a careful approach to how they handle mature content and age-restricted viewing. Currently, they restrict shows based on members' voluntarily-supplied birthdates, which is basically the best any site can do that doesn't require a credit card for access. (I'm wondering that they're going to do with Juuden-chan. This is a premium-channel-only show in Japan and the broadcast has the "age-restricted viewing" flag set, allowing parents to set the satellite box to block it. It'll be interesting if Crunchyroll makes this their first Anime Membership-only show.)
That's...a rather specific personal-taste request there.  Considering the popularity of Shugo Chara on Crunchyroll, I doubt they'll be abandoning girls' shows any time soon.
I guess it depends on what you mean by "lately," as shows like Gintama and Mom's Daily Life would certainly qualify. It may be good to keep in mind that Crunchyroll's legit service has only been operating for six months at this point; it's a little early to be calling out any patterns in relation to other video portals such as Funimation and ANN, which, from the sound of it, are also full of shows you wouldn't like. I get the impression that the biggest factor right now for whether or not Crunchryoll gets a show is if it's running on TV Tokyo or not. http://www.crunchyroll.com/publisher/TV_TOKYO |
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