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Teriyaki Terrier
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I actually expected the same reaction myself. Nothing yet, but just wait, its happened before and will likely occur again. With the exception of Slayers, there wasn't a show I would actually watch. The obvious one for pretty clear reasons and Quarlet because its yet another harem of super powered teenage rebels with all the common stereotypes found in this gene. Don't say I didn't give a fair warning though. |
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Mistypearl
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Man, maybe it's because I'm ridiculously tired right now, but I just spent an uncontrollable 2 minutes laughing at this quote. Very well played indeed! |
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Gewürtztraminer
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Strike Witches was ok, reminded me of Najica in that the fan service shots are thrown into your face so often you stop noticing.
Here is a thought exercise for all the Strike Witches supporters. Same story, but reverse the genders, 14-17 year old boys fighting aliens wearing their underwear.... the supposed decent story should be same, and it should be the same quality, right? It would bomb. And that tells you all you need to know about the original. For what its worth, I was more entertained than I thought I would be, but I did not expect anything really. |
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Teriyaki Terrier
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If only all the characters were 20 to start with, I'd actually watch this show. Now that would be an interesting show that actually be much better if the all the characters were 18 or older. |
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Seljuk
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I think everyone is tired of defending it. Or even talking about it, I guess. Many of us enjoyed it, this thread already has 2-3 posts trying to bait people, or just so they can reply with an eyeroll and say "I told you so! Otaku fanbois ranting!" (but then again, it could very easily fall into that. -_-) Anywho, my only bone to pick was with: "They aren't anthropomorphic personifications but they are representatives. Charlotte, the American, has the largest breasts. Francesca, from "Romagna", is the darker-skinned character who sleeps in the trees." Not sure if it's what you meant by representatives, and I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, but they are all based on WWII fighter aces. Charlotte is based on Chuck Yeager and Francesca is based on Franco Lucchini. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Strike_Witches_characters Some other interesting stuff about the planes their striker units are based on and the weaponry they use. |
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einhorn303
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I wouldn't be so hasty. It would probably be quite popular with the Fujoshi crowd, especially with the ongoing "rekijo" (history fangirls) trend. |
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darkchibi07
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Hmmm, I wonder what they'll say about it.  
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Tenchi
 Posts: 4469 Location: Ottawa... now I'm an ex-Anglo Montrealer. |
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Just to be anal, aren't less than half of them technically "nekomimi"? I think the nekomimi girls are outnumbered by the inumimi, certainly if you expand "inu" to include fox and wolf instead of just dogs. |
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RestLessone
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Isn't it "kemonomimi" when referring to any animal, too? Like, "nekomimi" is with cat, "inumimi" with dog, etc. |
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Spastic Minnow
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Actually the girls are in part anthropomorphic personifications of WW2 fighter planes and their names are references to the war pilots that flew them. Charlotte Yeager being the most obvious reference- to Charles "Chuck" Yeager, the first man to officially pass Mach 1 in a jet... and you notice she get's rabbit ears, because she's fast. Ha. I'm happy with this review, it evens out Richard's too high "A-" main page review. But I'm not going to defend of villify the show, it's all been done. |
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jr240483
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I actually watched that epsiode when it showed on the International Channel years ago, which is probably why they went with that ending. though that half tiger was a average villian but for a comedy series, it was way too happy though I agree season one was a real killer. Either way , I hope that season two of strike witches hopefully will get a decent review on shelf life cause I heard it had less of the loli fanservice. but for a fanservice series it really does have a preety decent storyline since popotan. |
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erinfinnegan
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I didn't mind Najica as much... except for the under-aged characters.
It would be gross shotacon! You know what I don't want to see? Super-close up on some 14-year-old boy's perineum! It would obviously be sexier to zoom in somewhere better, like on men's happy trails. (SFW)
Even with all the fanservice, it would still be a better show if the characters were 18 and up. Hell, 16 and up would be an improvement. Or if you took away all the fanservice and kept them the same age, I'd accept it. The Eva pilots were quite young... |
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BalmungHHQ
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Maybe it's because I'm a guy, but I don't find the fanservice in Strike Witches weird at all. It really doesn't take away from the show at all for me.
I mean, I even find Yoshika's little fascination with large breasts cute, since she's not used to seeing them that big due to living in Fuso. Fanservice aside, I really felt attached to these characters, and I love their personalities. Not to mention the story it had going at the end was great, and pretty touching in some regards. I was hoping this would at least get Rental Shelf when it showed up in Shelf Life, so I was a bit sad to see it end up in Perishable. But I guess it can't be helped, it's Erin's opinion and it's her column to write. I just don't agree with it because my opinion on the series is so entirely different... Reviewing is interesting because people's perspectives are always different. So I suppose if you're looking into a title based on reviews, it'd be best to read both positive and negative reviews to see where your thoughts fall into place and whether you want to pursue the title. I guess in this regard, ANN has succeeded in offering both perspectives, Richard's for positive, and Erin's for negative. |
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vashfanatic
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My birthday:
1252 – Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition. 1525 – The battle of Frankenhausen ends the Peasants' War. 1850 – The Bloody Island Massacre takes place in Lake County, CA, in which a large number of Pomo Indians in Lake County were slaughtered by a regiment of the United States Calvary, led by Nathaniel Lyon. 1974 – Ma'alot massacre: In an Arab terrorist attack and hostage taking at an Israeli school, a total of 31 people are killed, including 22 schoolchidren. Look far enough and everyone has had awful stuff happen on their birthday. Meanwhile... *sigh* still nothing that looks like anything I want to buy! Ah well, Carl just confirmed that I need to get the rest of Pluto, so Urasawa is still going to be using up my pocket money for a while. |
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Mikeski
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More likely the "USA = usagi" thing. USAmericans are often represented as anthropomorphized rabbits in anime/manga (ex: Apocalypse Meow). |
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