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INTEREST: Yamakan Lashes Out at Wake Up, Girls! Cast on Twitter

I have little to say in regards to that delusional, self-aggrandizing man-baby, and in all honestly I’m getting sick of his tantrums being treated like ‘Hayao Miyazaki outbursts’ clickbait headlines to get people venting in the forums.

However, I will say kudos to Okuno & Yoshioka for publicly calling out the constant panty shots during the performances, even if they did it in a fairly light-hearted way. I tried checking out the original series in preparation for the sequels, and couldn’t get over how blatant the fanservice was. It was gross enough to discover some of the idols were 12/13 years old, but when the second episode focused on a sleazy producer who makes the girls perform in skimpy outfits, while also ogling at them the entire time, I had to bail. I just couldn’t get over cognitive dissonance between publicly damning something, yet privately (via camera shots) utterly indulging in it. Then I checked out the main staff and everything suddenly made complete horrifying sense.

Well, hopefully the new season receives the mainstream success of its rivals, now that the creep’s been removed. From what I saw of the franchise there was real potential to do well, so hopefully this proves the fresh start the show deserves.

Yamakan getting mad at the voice actresses and saying he will remember it for the rest of his life just makes him seem bitter. Than again that is rather obvious considering he is retweeting criticisms of the new season.

My question is who would work with this guy?? He seems like he's trying to bully his way into the industry. Who cares about the panties!?!? That shouldn't be the prime focus!! The small things this guy obsesses over makes me have a headache. I feel bad because the first season wasn't bad at all..but he's putting it in a bad light and making it seem less than the show actually is...

I was going to give him the benefit of the doubt on exactly who decided on showing the panty shots (though given some of his previous comments , not much) but I reread the transcript he quoted, and I couldn’t figure out where they implied Yamakan himself put that in there. It just seemed they were glad that their characters wouldn’t be as sexualized and didn’t think most if any fans would be mad. Unless they were referring to a comment he made, it seems like he is protesting too much. Regardless, I’m glad this bitter, washed up troll is off the project.

I always thought this show was about a father trying to wake his girls up in the morning. Never did I imagine it'd be about female idols showing their underwear to their followers. I learned something new today!

I would've wanted to see an anime about the wacky hijinks of a dad trying to wake his daughters up so they won't be late for school. He'll try a different technique each episode, and they'll barely get to school on time every time...until the day they're actually late and it breaks his heart.

As unlikeable as everyone else finds yamakan, I wished he continued working on WUG. Im a huge WUG fan, but the new season just breaks my heart by how much it has dropped in quality.

The animation for the most part looks like they are cardboard cut outs just being moved.
The character expressions look stiff, generic, forced; take your pick. Even WUG Zoo character designs had more expression.
Forced drama, and I mean more forced than usual, like they didn't even try to hide it.
Dont get me started on the CG.

relyat08 wrote:

Not to mention, most of the other idol shows still have the fanservice. WUG called it out and was not really indulging in it at all. Most everything else is nothing but fanservice, in its various forms, including the ecchi type, without any of the decency that WUG had to actually criticize it.

I take it you don't actually watch any idol shows?

DerekL1963 wrote:

Frankly, that's proof positive that you didn't actually check out the original series - you found what you wanted to find, and stopped after the second episode. In both the first and second episodes, yes - there was fanservice. However, what you seem to have missed in your rush to judgement was context.

Well, yes, I stopped after the second episode; I said so clearly in my post. Perhaps you missed that in your rush to judgement to make aspersions as to why I didn't take to it?

zunderdog24 wrote:

As unlikeable as everyone else finds yamakan, I wished he continued working on WUG. Im a huge WUG fan, but the new season just breaks my heart by how much it has dropped in quality. The animation for the most part looks like they are cardboard cut outs just being moved. The character expressions look stiff, generic, forced; take your pick. Even WUG Zoo character designs had more expression. Forced drama, and I mean more forced than usual, like they didn't even try to hide it. Dont get me started on the CG.

It's been one episode... Yes, the CG was bad, but don't kid yourself. The first season was horribly animated most of the time. There has been no real technical drop in quality beyond the CG dance scene. Considering the original series has exactly one decently animated dance scene in the entire season though, I can forgive that.
Also, people seem to be totally overlooking it for the most part, but there was some really solid character animation in this first episode with a ton of expression. I was certainly impressed.

relyat08 wrote:

zunderdog24 wrote: The animation for the most part looks like they are cardboard cut outs just being moved. The character expressions look stiff, generic, forced; take your pick. Even WUG Zoo character designs had more expression. Forced drama, and I mean more forced than usual, like they didn't even try to hide it. Dont get me started on the CG. It's been one episode... Yes, the CG was bad, but don't kid yourself. The first season was horribly animated most of the time. There has been no real technical drop in quality beyond the CG dance scene. Considering the original series has exactly one decently animated dance scene in the entire season though, I can forgive that. Also, people seem to be totally overlooking it for the most part, but there was some really solid character animation in this first episode with a ton of expression. I was certainly impressed.

I never said the animation in the first season wasn't bad, I said that this season has dropped in quality. As in they made some something that most people agree on that looks bad, look tremendously worse. Say what you will about the first season, but to me it had heart. I dont see heart in this new season, all I see is a doll of its former self.

I mean, you were specifically complaining about the visuals in this season and how they move, in your opinion, "like cardboard cut outs" etc. If you admit the animation in the first season was bad, then this shouldn't even be a complaint. The animation here is, in fact, technically better most of the time(it's not a "drop in quality"). So it seems like a poor point to argue.

Well this is the same guy who said people who watch Anime beyond a certain age have disabilities.