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Jayhosh
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The review sums up my feelings on the show pretty well. While I personally feel it didn't quite meet the high bar I set for it, in the end it was still a visually and thematically inspired show with some laudable aspirations that it couldn't always quite reach, and one of my personal favorites of last year. I hope to see more from the director as well as the rest of the staff in the future, as they clearly showed off a lot of talent and potential that the industry can always use more of. And I definitely hope the show's lackluster sales figures don't prevent them from doing more interesting stuff like this.
Also, yeah, that ED is wonderful. Hands down the best of 2016. And if it weren't for Mob Psycho 100 existing, it'd probably have the best animation of 2016 as well (and yeah, the majority of the last quarter's step-down in quality does hurt it a bit in that regard). |
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AnimeFlyz
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Jesus Christ. People cant take a joke. You people are worse then Reddit.
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ryoukosan245
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[quote="AnimeFlyz"]Jesus Christ. People cant take a joke. You people are worse then Reddit.[/quote
So what's the punchline, that you love to spam troll comments. |
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AnimeFlyz
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How was what I said a troll comment. I was making a joke about the fact that Flip Flappers sold so poorly while an overrated show like Yuri On Ice did amazing, selling 60,000+. You can pretty much say that Flip Flappers Flopped. Also learn how to actually use the quote system. |
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Starbuckets
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Despite my appreciation for the show's unique approach to visual storytelling and characterizarion, it felt for the majority of the first half like it was keeping its cards too close to its chest and by the same occasion, keeping me too often at arm's length to really get me emotionally invested in the events unfolding and the characters. I thought we were on the right track after episode 6 but every episode past 9 further exacerbated the issues and worries I had early on regarding the show and somewhere along the way it just kinda lost me, so much that I had no idea what to write in the EP. Review thread until the (thankfully decent) finale. There was a lot to dig in with the show's symbolism and multiple references to Western psychology, art and scientific theories, but even those seemed to lack a clear direction and message to convey to its audience and as such, felt more like extra material for the people interested in the deeper layers of Flip Flappers' world than something organically integrated into the show's narrative or characters (at least until the show tried -and succeeded in, but to a very limited degree imo- to the best of its ability to tie back most of these elements together in its last third). All that being said, I still thought the show was good for the major part of its run and even excellent in its best moments, but all-in-all I think FliFla is better appreciated as a collection of whimsical and sometimes fascinating vignettes than as the cohesive whole it attempted to be. Nonetheless, I'm still looking forward for more of Oshiyama's works in the future, next time hopefully on a show that allows him to fully express his vision without any kind of restrictions or other hurdles on the production side of things. |
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BodaciousSpacePirate
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I'm not sure how we're supposed to get from
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without you explaining the joke, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. However, given the fact that several members of the thread didn't even get that you were trying to be humorous, I would rethink your assertion that people on this site "can't take a joke".
Ugh. How uncouth. |
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AnimeFlyz
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The whole "Japan has shit taste" joke has been around forever since people know that they are obsessed with shows like Love Live and stuff. Its a joke that has been used all over the anime community. Forgive me if I assumed that people in the comments could realize this. |
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MarshalBanana
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Angel M Cazares
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I watched Flip Flappers today, and I was very impressed by it. It is a very unique experience, and the visuals are top notch. I am very glad that Sentai was able to license this gem; I hope they dub it and do a nice release because I plan to buy it on BD.
I concur with AnimeFlyz; Japanese otaku have shit taste. Flip Flappers is not an isolated case; every year there are a handful of anime shows that are considered of high quality by Western critics and fans, but its sales in Japan bomb. |
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MarshalBanana
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Remember that JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, which is considered of high quality in the west, is only being made because it is very popular over there. |
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mbanu
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I'd be curious to know what the TV ratings were like for the first few episodes... I wonder whether by being too cryptic with the symbolism in the first three episodes, the average Japanese otaku maybe decided TL;DR and abandoned the show? A break-down of the per-disc sales in Japan would also be interesting -- I'm really curious whether the Yuniko Ayana episodes will sell more units than the ones without her. |
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killjoy_the
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As a rule of thumb the first volumes sell more (or are reported to sell more by Oricon, anyway) than later ones, with very few exceptions, regardless of arc 'quality'.
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Jose Cruz
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This show and Kaiba are more like "arthouse" stuff (surrealistic and symbolic style of art). Arthouse stuff doesn't appeal to the masses of any country, so poor sales are expected. Nothing to do with "shit taste": in every country the masses dislike more symbolic and less simple stuff. The same applies to Japan, where top sellers are simple comedies like Osomatsu and fujoshi stuff like Yuri on Ice. The "otaku" mentioned in the thread appear to have more "common fan" tastes rather than more sophisticated tastes. |
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Angel M Cazares
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I bought the LE but have not had a chance to look at the book. Also, the BD's come in a DVD case, and thus the chipboard box is DVD tall, in case anyone is wondering. Like I said before Flip Flappers is a great show, and fans of it should be pleased by this Limited Edition release from Sentai.
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Merxamers
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This LE set was criminally discounted during the recent Sentai sale (75% off!), so it's waiting on my coffee table for me to finally get around to finishing. It's a beautiful box to be sure, can't wait to dive in.
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