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Nagisa
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Good to know I'm a closet pedophile because I enjoy Suigintou's compelling character development, and find the story intriguing, and enjoy seeing Jun get over being a complete idiot, and find the Suiseiseki/Hina/Kanaria/Jun infighting amusing. Yeah, I'm a major frickin' pedo because I like how the show's written, right? Careful. Using your personal opinion of the show to set up outlandish generalizations of its fans will get you into trouble. Last edited by Nagisa on Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:24 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Malintex Terek
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I'm dreadfully sorry about that, no malice was deliberately meant toward fans of the show who do not fit that demographic. Sadly, in my experience those who I have spoken with (prior to my immersion into Yotsuba) who enjoyed the show were pedophiles or had what I would see as 'unusual' sexual fetishes (redundancy, perhaps?); from an outsider's point of view, I couldn't see why, but after watching the first season I have a much better understanding. Again, apologies for my carelessness. |
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b4k4ni04
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greeeat. just when you think you've RTFI you realized you missed somehthing : "The full list of clues, and the winners, will be revealed on Anime News Network on January 16. The Title will be announced on Anime News Network on, or before January 15." ... so yay we get to know the clues
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Abarenbo Shogun
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And once again, Corporate America has proven itself to be frickin' lazy not to announce such things. They can make a silly contest about an anime whos only claim to fame stateside is an internet meme that goes with DESU repeated ad nausem, and not mention this. Do the companies ever bother to track fansub popularity or what? |
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EmperorBrandon
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Only claim to fame? I think that's pretty freaking ridiculous to claim, even if you don't like the show. There are plenty of reasons to like it (a few of them Nagisa just mentioned a few posts above yours), and I checked out this series long before I ever heard of this stupid internet meme.
Fansub popularity does not always mean the show will be popular in R1 release. |
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Malintex Terek
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What Nagisa outlined is a little something called plot development, a revolutionary concept found in even the most insubstantial amounts of anime. RM benefits from having an interesting premise, but without the passive promotion via silly 'memes' like the ourageously annoying 'desu' spam, not to mention cameos on webcomics like Dan Kim's 'Tomoyo42's Room' that massively promoted awareness of the show, I doubt it wouold have been as well known. I'm not saying RM wouldn't have gotten a decent following, just that it wouldn't have had as large a following as it does now. Without the current fandom, I doubt the title would be licensed because of its probable licensing cost, which is likely proportionally related to its popularity in Japan. |
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Nagisa
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Malintex, you do realize that statement applies to like 80% of all North American anime licenses, right? Short of big franchises like Gundam or the various Shounen Jump wastes of time that the Japanese rights holders try to push internationally regardless, just about every anime title brought over here is done so based on having some sort of pre-existing fanbase. Cromartie High, Stratos 4, Haibane Renmei, Twelve Kingdoms, GaoGaiGar, Azumanga Daioh, I have a hard time really considering any of these shows to be hot licensing properties without the pre-existing support of the fanbase they'd developed prior to license. I also have a hard time selling any of them short saying that they "only gained notoriety through stupid catchphrases," or "are only worth marketing to [insert insulting fanbase generalization here]." MAYBE people got into shows like Rozen Maiden or Azumanga, enjoyed them for what they were on their own merits, and then catchphrases followed as terms of endearment. I know, it sounds insane, but did you not stop to consider that possibility? I mean, if we followed your logic, then the only reason Fate/stay night was licensed was because 4channers developed that stupid "GAR" catchphrase off of it. It couldn't POSSIBLY be because the game had developed a massive, feverish fanbase based on genuine interest in the characters and story being presented, which carried over to a massive fanbase for the anime similarly based on those same merits. No, screw that, it was only licensed because some snakepit of morons coughed up a catchy word and repeated it a billion times. By your logic, it's INCONCEIVABLE that Haruhi was licensed for the ridiculous surge of fans it generated on both sides of the Pacific who fell in love with its comedy and impeccable writing. No, not at all, it only got licensed for all that "Nyoro~n" crap. Yes, people shouting "gar" and "nyoro~n" was the sole reason anyone even bothered to license those two shows. It had nothing to do with the genuine fanbases they generated which loved the shows for what they were and not for how retarded they could act with them on some image board. And of course as we all know, when all that "healthy girl" and "Listen to my song!" crap started up, licensors converged on To Heart 2 and Macross 7 like rabid starving dogs. Yeah, those shows went for millions because those US licensors go ape for 4chan memes. 
Seriously, try using something other than half-baked experiences on 4chan to judge shows on. Both of you. Just because you only know it from a bunch of idiots screaming stupid crap on some black hole of a website doesn't mean all of us do. |
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EmperorBrandon
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Umm... no, it was more about character development, actually. Rozen Maiden is one of those series where I love to see the characters interact, and it's one factor that I enjoy most in anime. Not all anime does it right. |
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HitokiriShadow
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I've heard of this GAR thing here and there, but not nearly as much as Desu and Nyoro~n and I had no idea it came from F/SN. I'm not too clear on what Gar is about but I think it has something to do with being manly, based on this. Fate/Stay Night seems to be more well known, at least in the blogosphere as I almost never go to 4chan, for the "Unlimited _______ Works" meme. |
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