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nobahn
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yruahippo
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Yeah we do that (only more the butt if you're hugging). And getting your leg up and round each other and generally pretending to rape each other sometimes. Hmm..........I realised how bad this sounds as I was typing this but this is honestly just normal for me. =_= |
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Anton Chigurh
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One trope that I would gladly crush with a truck, bury in Albuquerque, Mexico and pour concrete over its dead body is: the hero unleashes a thousand energy beams at a somewhat weakened enemy, which raises a hell of a smoke screen. When the hero finishes - hyperventilating and arm outstretched in front of him, of course - he smiles and says "I did it" just for the smoke to dissipate and the audience to see the bad guy is not the worse for wear at all. Who actually gets pumped up by this trite, time-consuming scene anymore? Once the smoke screen comes up, I just roll my eyes in disgust, and I know I cannot be the only one.
The Answerfans question for this week confuses me: you can tell this is not a remake by checking out posters and the official website for the new FMA, which feature characters that never appeared in the original anime. A better example would've been Dragon Ball Kai, which IS DBZ without the filler - or so they say. In any case, if the series managed to create a pervarsive, strong fandom everywhere, I see no problem with a "new" version. If it's a series I personally like, OK, I might check it out - and if they added enough new things to enhance the original experience, I might even buy it. |
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Mr Sinister
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Hurrah for being a One Piece fan!.... out of curiosity, is there any reason that there was no review for Season 1 Third Voyage? |
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Cocytus
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Thanks for your response to my post! No, I totally agree with you that it was a real coming-of-age story, and I didn't mean to "put it on the same level as Peach Girl," but I do think that some of those Shojo love triangle elements are still present ... definitely not the mooning, but I think that spoiler[Hiro's presence made a difference and gave it a more Shojo-like feel.] In any case, it was just an example that I came up with off the top of my head, and maybe when I see more, I'll have better ones. 
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billborden
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The same is true with fan-subs; heck, Brian makes the point himself--if I want to see, or read, "Doraemon", it's never going to be in an official release. The same is true for "Yotsunoha", "Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito", "Chokotto Sister", "Lamune", "Mahoraba", "Potemayo" (possible the funniest series I have ever watched) + many more. My manga list has even more "never coming to English" titles (plus those the get a few tankobon then get dropped for poor sales or dead companies). Add to that those that appeared and vanished in R1 before I started to seriously follow anime, the list grows more. I agree, buy what you can when it's available because God knows the industry need money to stay afloat, but for older--or smaller--series, scanalation/fan sub is often the only option available. Heck, I don't want someone to pick up a two volume OVA like "Yotsunoha", then use it's poor sales as a reason to justify avoiding all Seinen titles. |
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Teriyaki Terrier
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Thank you Brian for actuallly taking the time to give Toradora a chance. When the first episode aired, almost everyone thought this would be another ecchi, harem garbage series. I am extremely happy to say it has none of that. So what if Taiga is small, does that instantly mean the show is going to be nothing but nudity and fanservice?
Your much more open minded than most anime fans Brain, I truly respect you for revising your opinion and taking the time to watch the series. That takes a great deal of maturity and open mindness. As for the Full Metal Alchemist remake, I'll be more interested when Funimation licenses it. Until I hear Travis Willingham and Vic Mignogna, I won't watch it. Besides, I am looking forward to the second season of Chi's Sweet Home more actually. |
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Eruanna
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Brian, I gotta call you on this one.
Your against censorship.... "within the confines of good taste"? And.... who exactly decideds that good taste is? This is why I get upset with people who are so rigidly against censorship.... the double standard. What is good taste? What if one person thinks that violence in general is bad taste but you would stop at, say, bloody rape? How can you possibly say that there should be no censorship, and then in the same breath say that that only implies within some imaginary line of "good taste"?? |
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Key
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Obviously you didn't read the review posted just a few days ago where "quality nudity" was listed as one of the plusses or the review of Ah My Buddha vol. 1 from last week where I listed "insufficient fan service given its focus" as a negative. And those are just recent examples. Sheesh. I am so tired of this uninformed crap. If you're going to complain about something we're doing, at least make sure you know what you're talking about. Now, for the moe thing. . . yes, it's all grand conspiracy on this site to discourage non-KyoAni moe titles by slamming them whenever possible. How'd you all figure that out? 
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vashfanatic
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He never said he'd censor anything that falls out of the bounds of good taste (which I would argue is culturally constructed and, though mutable over time and open to critique, is not imaginary). He just said he's okay with letting the story decide what's necessary for it to be told. If it stepped into the realm of bad taste, he wouldn't censor it (legally forbid it from being published and read), he just wouldn't buy it and would probably give it a bad review. It isn't any different than some of Roger Ebert's recent reviews of the more tasteless torture-porn horror movies here in America. That's my guess, anyway, from reading his entire reply. |
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LordRedhand
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I'm just going to say that I'm against the sentiments that are held in these two posts. One reason why companies don't release "x" series is because it has reached it's saturation points through the methods that you espouse, why go out of your way to license and release a series if you can get all of it online? You even mention an example Yotsunoha, fearing poor sales, part of it can be the series content, but most of it would be that you could get it free, making it harder for me to sell the series to you. I think Bryan holds a similar opinion on fansubs/scanlations now given the current state the industry is in and what they are doing now in digital releases. Now that out of the system moving onto other parts of the thread. As I stated in the other thread when Full Metal Alchemist came up in Answerman, I would be concerned if it would be a breakout hit, the question asked for next week is pretty much the reason why. I would be concerned of the potential precedent it would set, one of doing the same thing to proven properties over bringing new ones. But with the way things are know, what options are there to do to keep the industry going? |
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Jedi General
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You're not alone, Brian. I found the first episode of Toradora! to be quite dull as well. Thankfully, the series blossomed oh so very quickly. I was hooked after episode 2 and have loved almost every episode up through episode 16 - which is the most recent episode to be released by the fansub group I'm following. Good on ya for watching a bit more of the series. I can certainly understand it not being for you though, as I don't really have a thing for anime high school romances anymore either. The genre has become quite trite these days, sadly. Good thing Toradora! is mighty different. |
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konkonsn
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There's a difference between censorship and what you personally feel about a movie. I think Brian, and correct me for putting words in people's mouths, is talking about his personal preference in this sentence and not censorship law. For instance, I believe Elfen Lied has the right to be made, published, and distributed to an audience. But I don't believe the violence or nudity was artistic or necessary (at some points). Something like Barefoot Gen, the extreme violence was necessary. |
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Katawe
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I do believe you mean Albuquerque, New Mexico, the 34th-largest city in the U.S. I'm all for crushing and burying THAT one in a nonexistant place, though.
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Ryllharu
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Would someone mind explaining to me the fervent love for Kodocha around here?
I read the manga some time ago, and found it to be a fairly forgettable, utterly generic middle-school romance series. I'm not really sure where the idolization of this series comes from, other than it being one of the few earlier romance series to get a R1 adaptation. Maybe I missed something and need to re-read it, but I just wonder why every columnist and editor seems to "love the series to death." While shoujo romances are somewhat cookie cutter and forumulaic on their own, there are certainly a number of series that should stand out more than Kodacha. |
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