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REVIEW: Campione! Episodes 1-6 Streaming

Tanteikingdomkey wrote:

Ok I heard episode 1 covered the whole first novel pretty much and (I think) this is JC staff so can someone tell me how this handles the other novels.

This is NOT J.C. Staff. This is Diomedea (aka former Studio Barcelona), the studio that worked on Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu, Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica: Crimson S, Shinryaku! Ika Musume, and Astarotte no Omocha!

Pretty spot on review.
Well, at least Erica is hot imo.

Stark700 wrote:

Pretty spot on review. Well, at least Erica is hot imo.

I would've appreciated if she were dark-haired, like most Italians (or Southern Europeans) are. But then again, she wouldn't have looked "foreign enough", would she?

Stark700 wrote:

Pretty spot on review. Well, at least Erica is hot imo.

I would've appreciated if she were dark-haired, like most Italians (or Southern Europeans) are. But then again, she wouldn't have looked "foreign enough", would she?

kgw wrote:

I would've appreciated if she were dark-haired, like most Italians (or Southern Europeans) are. But then again, she wouldn't have looked "foreign enough", would she?

Not to mention that she's not like an Italian girl at all. Yeah, better just leave it here rather than expect the Japanese to portray foreign people well.

egoist wrote:

kgw wrote: I would've appreciated if she were dark-haired, like most Italians (or Southern Europeans) are. But then again, she wouldn't have looked "foreign enough", would she? Not to mention that she's not like an Italian girl at all. Yeah, better just leave it here rather than expect the Japanese to portray foreign people well.

The idea that all Italians typically have dark hair and tanned, olive skin is an stereotype, if you didn't know. If portraying foreign people with blonde hair in Japan according to you is an stereotype, then your comments reek of hypocrisy since the reason you're criticizing the anime is because it simply didn't comply to your own stereotypes of Italian people.

Also, Erica is from Milan. Are you seriously saying that all the people from Milan have dark hair and tanned, olive skin? And if anyone portrays a character native from Milan with blonde hair it should be criticized as unrealistic and false?

In other news, yes, the first episode basically rushed the "epic" first volume of the novel.

Ok I heard episode 1 covered the whole first novel pretty much and (I think) this is JC staff so can someone tell me how this handles the other novels.

animefan425 wrote:

egoist wrote: kgw wrote: I would've appreciated if she were dark-haired, like most Italians (or Southern Europeans) are. But then again, she wouldn't have looked "foreign enough", would she? Not to mention that she's not like an Italian girl at all. Yeah, better just leave it here rather than expect the Japanese to portray foreign people well. The idea that all Italians typically have dark hair and tanned, olive skin is an stereotype, if you didn't know. If portraying foreign people with blonde hair in Japan according to you is an stereotype, then your comments reek of hypocrisy since the reason you're criticizing the anime is because it simply didn't comply to your own stereotypes of Italian people. Also, Erica is from Milan. Are you seriously saying that all the people from Milan have dark hair and tanned, olive skin? And if anyone portrays a character native from Milan with blonde hair it should be criticized as unrealistic and false?

Because someone that looks like this:

could never be from Italy. Oh, wait... She was born in Milan...

For your information, Milan, Italy is almost directly east of Lyon, France and the northern border of Italy is with Swtizerland and Austria. those are not places that are associated with blond hair at all! Oh, and Captain Von Trapp of the Von Trapp family singers, whom the musical The Sound of Music was based on was born in a city that was Austrian when he was born, but at the time of WWII was part of Italy.

Before you accuse others of racism, inspect your own preconceptions and how they may be colored in ways that are not particularly accurate.