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NEWS: Queen's Blade's 2nd Season Green-Lit

it happens to be bad for the industry in the long run on top of being wrong.

Kit-Tsukasa wrote:

so Queen's Blade gets a second season yet K-ON! doesn't? Something is very wrong here if Japan is striving for "quality" anime recently.

Both go in the same bin as far as I'm concerned

Big Hed wrote:

Kit-Tsukasa wrote: so Queen's Blade gets a second season yet K-ON! doesn't? Something is very wrong here if Japan is striving for "quality" anime recently. Both go in the same bin as far as I'm concerned

I actually pretty much agree with this. K-ON! isn't blatantly offensive (Or not nearly as much, I find retard moe annoying at best.) like Queen's Blade, and it has better production values, but it's utterly vapid. Look, the cute girls are doing cute things in a cute way. Repeat for 13 episodes. If you aren't prone to sit there basking in the cuteness, there's very little by which to be entertained. The ED is about the only thing I like, and it might as well be pulled from another show given how little it has to do with the rest.

Well what are you going to do about it?

Fly to Japan and start whipping Otakus everytime they try to buy Queen's Blade?

The fact that a franchise popular with Otaku sold well enough that a series that was obviously always supposed to have a sequel has that sequel shouldn't be treated as some tragedy.

Well what are you going to do about it?

Fly to Japan and start whipping Otakus everytime they try to buy Queen's Blade? If it sells than the market wants it, look anime has been full of crap since like 2000. Eiken , DearS, Hands Maid May all where crap, so what's so different about Queen's Blade other than the fact that its aggresivaly stupid, and knows it's crap.

The industry is becoming more and more aware that favoring otaku-exclusive appeal over mainstream appeal is a problem.

Yeah, I don't think K-On is all that good myself. I'd take it in a second over this cultural sewage, though.

Charred Knight wrote:

Well what are you going to do about it? Fly to Japan and start whipping Otakus everytime they try to buy Queen's Blade? If it sells than the market wants it, look anime has been full of crap since like 2000. Eiken , DearS, Hands Maid May all where crap, so what's so different about Queen's Blade other than the fact that its aggresivaly stupid, and knows it's crap.

By now, you're doing nothing but making my point for me. You aren't refuting what I've said so much as demanding "so what?!" So, I think we're pretty much done talking to each other.

As for you, Shadowrun, you clearly haven't been paying attention. It isn't just my personal morals. The industry is becoming more and more aware that favoring otaku-exclusive appeal over mainstream appeal is a problem. So don't go basically telling me "it's their culture, get over it." A substantial component of that culture doesn't like this either.

And contrary to your delusion, you are not the majority and you never will be the majority. Your beloved ecchi anime will never stand the test of time and enjoy enduring success compared to the titles that everyone in the know naturally thinks about when they think of anime. Go ahead and like whatever you like but this is a fact, and you might as well make your peace with it.

Liclac Atra wrote:

I consider this to be on the same entertainment value level as Kanokon...

Kanokon had far more comedy. The 'guessing-game' episode. The 'cake' episode. The hotspring and alcohol episode. To only name a few.

So many amazing series that deserve continuations yet something like this gets another season...
Just goes to show fanservice sells over plot and general quality.
A sad day indeed...

My initial reaction was: WHHHYYYYYYYY!? But I realized the answer quickly and now don't really care much, except that maybe some of the seiyuu could be doing something less garbage-y with their time, but it's not like they don't already do several shows at once.

loka wrote:

Liclac Atra wrote: I consider this to be on the same entertainment value level as Kanokon... Kanokon had far more comedy. The 'guessing-game' episode. The 'cake' episode. The hotspring and alcohol episode. To only name a few.

Yeah. Kanokon was at least funny.

Stop crying.You do not represent the majority,whatsoever.I'll purchase more copies if it pisses off the non-ecchi going crowd.

Charred Knight wrote:

Exactly, look if your in the Kyoto Animation or Sunrise category of beloved creator than your studio can take risk, for the rest they have to play it safe and make what sells. Here's the thing most people aren't getting WHAT YOU HATE IS WHY THE BUY IT! They don't buy it because it's the only thing out there, they buy it because they like it. Nobody is going out there and look at Queen's Blade and be sworn off anime. At least not in Japan. Crap like Queen's Blade has been being made for years, remember Ikkitousen?

Well, to be fair, I looked up the animation company (ARMS) and they haven't done very much. This isn't representative of current anime by a long shot (just look at the other spring 2009 series). Still, it is a perfect example of the direction things shouldn't go. It's a "big deal" because Queen's Blade is particularly shameless and niche, not to mention overwhelmingly sexist.

The trouble is, you're still not dealing with the fact that "why they buy it" is why people who are worried about the state of the industry are concerned about the pandering and the lack of mainstream appeal in a lot what's getting made. This is given weight by the fact that those who are worried are in the industry.

To respond to another point, I don't demand that people should only like what I like. I am saying that people should at least have a minimal set of standards. It's one thing to say "well, some sad otaku out there want this" and quite another to accept it. Because again, here's the thing, it happens to be bad for the industry in the long run on top of being wrong.

Frankly, if even a series like this doesn't get laughed at and condemned by some people, I have to wonder where the line gets drawn here. What you're basically arguing is that anything is fair game so long as it makes a little money, which is one heck of a low standard to have. You're also knocking down a bit of a straw man when you imply that the choice for the industry is between making exploitative, otaku-only pandering crap and not making money by making a show that doesn't suck.

Finally, I'm really stunned that you told me via PM that there's no practical difference between this and what Kyoto Animation does since K-ON gets marketed a certain way. Maybe there is some questionable merchandising out there and maybe quite a few otaku like it for the wrong reasons, but the content and context of the actual show matters. Even if one believes that K-ON itself is too narrow and that there's too much moe in anime these days, there's no comparison between that and even five minutes of what goes on in Queen's Blade.

Sure, this news isn't the end of the world. But it isn't a good thing.

GWOtaku wrote:

The industry is becoming more and more aware that favoring otaku-exclusive appeal over mainstream appeal is a problem.

That nothing new,noob.I'm one of the hardcore otaku that supports Queens Blade.I'll take eroge over moeblob.

I've been a collector since 1981.Titles like these come and go.It will pass.Give it time.

Heh,You sound jealous that ecchi titles like Ikkitousen,Strike Witches and Kanokon,outsell saccharine rich go-nowhere mainstream garbage.Happens all the time.Queens Blade got a second season green lit for a reason,but I don't think you have seen enough Queens Blade to pass judgement on it.(Unless,you fear nudity?).Who do you think will win Queens Blade? Hmm? Take your time.