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ANNCast Live at Anime Expo 2012

Sailor S wrote:

Charred Knight wrote: I love the fact that the ANNCast always has one crazy dude, and this time we get the guy who expects Zac to mock a bunch of people getting fired. As Zac and Justin said, a lot of people are going to get a lot less work because of this. That dude also cut in line to ask his "question". I was actually the guy in the motion cat ears that went after him. That was actually pretty interesting to watch, and it was cool to finally put a face to the voice behind Zac and Justin. Now I don't have to picture Zac as Skeletor, and Justin as a bitter old man shaking his fist at the world.

I sat next to him, I was the Nami cosplayer who got the first question (and for some reason can't sound erudite in person), and he was grumpily huffing about his five-hour energy and how he wanted something better, I pointed out that they give out whatever, and hey I got Dragonball Z coasters. Incidentally he left his energy on the seat afterwards, and I got it.

Zac, I have to say....I disagree with your statement on fighting games...I follow the scene, and part of the wide rift between Street Fighter players and "Anime fighter" players is that SF is commonly looked down upon for not being as overly complex and multi-layered as games like Melty Blood, Blazblue, and Arcana Heart.

Just look at something like this...you could never have matches this intense in SF

So he got pissed off that Zac gave him a crappy gift and not that Zac and Justin pointed how self centered he was to cheer a company going under?

I wasn't talking about one specific person. There's a lot of movies that different people care about.

Zac, I have to say....I disagree with your statement on fighting games...I follow the scene, and part of the wide rift between Street Fighter players and "Anime fighter" players is that SF is commonly looked down upon for not being as overly complex and multi-layered as games like Melty Blood, Blazblue, and Arcana Heart.

Just look at something like this...you could never have matches this intense in SF

I'm watching this show right now as I type this, and Zac and Justin, you two are just hilarious.

I hope that girl who asked about KnJ wasn't serious...

Chagen46 wrote:

Zac, I have to say....I disagree with your statement on fighting games...I follow the scene, and part of the wide rift between Street Fighter players and "Anime fighter" players is that SF is commonly looked down upon for not being as overly complex and multi-layered as games like Melty Blood, Blazblue, and Arcana Heart. Just look at something like this...you could never have matches this intense in SF

SF matches can be just as intense, but SF isn't about pulling off huge combos and has a different meta game than Blazblue.

Chagen46 wrote:

I'm watching this show right now as I type this, and Zac and Justin, you two are just hilarious. I hope that girl who asked about KnJ wasn't serious...

if she was... well then uhhh nvm >_>

I haven't been listening and reading long here, but from what little I have been it seems to me the people that work at this site are kind of snobs. They're always trashing anything fanservice-y acting like anyone that likes that stuff is a creepy pathetic loser. It just seems really petty. It's totally fine to not to like fanservice-y anime, but don't act like you're better than people that do like that stuff. Liking stuff that's considered "high-brow" does not make you a better or smarter person, and your smug attitudes do nothing but highlight an underlying insecurity.

I’m not saying you can’t say anything bad about shows you don’t like, just keep your “high-brow/low-brow” superiority complex about the fans out of it. Just saying.

(I hope I don't get banned for this.)

I don't know if the 'it doesn't look so great now' feeling about Rurouni Kenshin has more to do with the viewer's age rather than the show not aging well. I personally think it is a classic, but then again, I like fight / tournament stories.

Then again, my liking of Rurouni Kenshin was due to the manga, and I don't think anyone can argue that Nobuhiro Watsuki was in his top form when he illustrated RuroKen.

If they want to get all elitist about it, thats fine... but the fact comes down to that people who like this stuff are still enjoying anime more since we get lots of anime made for us, while the elitists get very few anime series made.

Mr. Zebra wrote:

I haven't been listening and reading long here, but from what little I have been it seems to me the people that work at this site are kind of snobs. They're always trashing anything fanservice-y acting like anyone that likes that stuff is a creepy pathetic loser. It just seems really petty. It's totally fine to not to like fanservice-y anime, but don't act like you're better than people that do like that stuff. Liking stuff that's considered "high-brow" does not make you a better or smarter person, and your smug attitudes do nothing but highlight an underlying insecurity. I’m not saying you can’t say anything bad about shows you don’t like, just keep your “high-brow/low-brow” superiority complex about the fans out of it. Just saying. (I hope I don't get banned for this.)

If they want to get all elitist about it, thats fine... but the fact comes down to that people who like this stuff are still enjoying anime more since we get lots of anime made for us, while the elitists get very few anime series made. They can complain all they want about this stuff being made and make fun of the people who watch it, but it won't change a thing. I think we win out in the end... I'd hate to only have 2 or 3 anime interest me a season.

dat elitist stuff