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ANNCast - All-Star Supernerds

Jrittmayer wrote:

Any podcast with Mr. Toole on it requires at least 3 listens, 2 with an anime encyclopedia and dictionary on hand.

...that's why I *like* them. I respect the breadth of Mike's knowledge.

There's a lot of "Buried Treasure" classics from back in the day that they just don't make anymore, particular in the creative slump we're facing these days.

_V_ wrote:

Jrittmayer wrote: Any podcast with Mr. Toole on it requires at least 3 listens, 2 with an anime encyclopedia and dictionary on hand. ...that's why I *like* them. I respect the breadth of Mike's knowledge. There's a lot of "Buried Treasure" classics from back in the day that they just don't make anymore, particular in the creative slump we're facing these days.

Oh absolutely, its always fun and informative hearing about random obscure stuff in DAT BEAUTIFUL VOICE.

Speaking of which, I had a really hard time hearing his really nice, but low, voice. If that wasn't just his phone connection, could something be done with the mixer/edit software to amp up his channel a bit, next time he's on? Pretty please?

Me: Female.
Me: Moe at it's very core is based on infantilizing female characters.

Pfft, like hell. They've already produced plenty of things far better anyway, so there's no point in them 'dreaming' of taking 2 steps back.

But even when/if you do show some of it, I still can't say I give a damn, seeing as anime is still my favorite entertainment medium(alongside video games). It's just that Naruto sure as hell isn't worth anybody gushing over. If you're gonna go on about how much better you think anime is than American animation, the least you could do is make sure your example is actually of quality. -_-

When the hell was that? I'm gonna need links/sort of proof

According to Wikipedia Brenda Chapman (Pixar's first female director) conceived the project, co-wrote the script and began directing it before being sacked over creative differences. I wonder if Pixar lost their nerve and wanted to dilute the content?

All three are big issues, but guess what? Disney has been improving over time. Belle and Ariel weren't quite the pushovers that Snow White, Cinderella, and Aurora were, Mulan was more proactive and didn't need to be rescued in the end, Tiana is a working woman who continues her dream of owning a restaurant and ends up confronting the main baddie on her own. And then there's Lilo, who diverts away from the romance angle and focuses on family. It's not like they haven't tried different things and yet still tried to keep it marketable.

So, now, Pixar. Pixar's main issue comes from not even having a female as the main character. And this is a big issue that shows off the male privilege still rampant within our society nowadays. Because it's normal and expected for a woman to enjoy stories made for men or stories with leading male characters. But lead female characters? Hell no, that's for girls. It's still frowned upon in our culture for males to have an interest in female activities - often being told to 'man up' or 'stop acting like a sissy girl' - else he be labeled as 'gay'. And guys often have a harder time connecting with lead women characters than women do with lead men characters. Male is the default and female is the deviation.

This. This is why I can't stand Madoka Magica. It's not that I don't like the idea of deconstructing the magical girl genre period - in case that still needs to be clarified for anybody - but it's just that Madoka Magica is DOIN IT WRONG.

The whole anti-moe thing just seems like that kind of American 'girl power' vibe that's ruined females here. Like unless she's that flawless 'always one ups the guys and gets the last word in' stereotype you see in every sitcom and every cartoon these days and the idea of giving a girl flaws and vulnerabilities is seen as sexist and offending.

There is nothing wrong with having a female character having sexuality, there is nothing wrong with a female character not being emotionally secure with herself and being adorable. There is everything wrong with a culture that seems to focus on those being the main values any woman could possibly or should possess.

There are few things that got my attention while listening to the podcast.

One is Daryl Surat relying ANN encyclopedia for that Braiger question to Monkey Punch. I felt he could've used better reference materials for his question. Especially with obscure titles.

Of course, the criticisms to deliberately moe-planned characterizations can still be made with this in mind. The overriding one as it relates to social concerns--and as much as some would like to pretend to, you cannot separate fiction from reality, because the former is in some way a reflection of the latter--is that these female characters are not actual girls with their own strengths and weaknesses in their own rights, but rather heavily idealized, romanticized pets. They give viewers the same feelings as those who watch cute cat/dog/bunny/penguin/llama videos. They're reduced to infantalized, cute objects.

Try as I have, I can't get past the judgement that Redline is fugly....I wish I hadn't fallen asleep, but if I recall there's a bit of a lull in the middle. I don't know how much it would have mattered, as the old joke goes: tomorrow I shall be sober but you will still be ugly. I was struggling with it from the beginning...

I'm really, really worried about noitaminA. Give or take a few exceptions, theirs are pretty much the only TV shows really worth watching from the last few years. It's definitely pretty worrying that they're moving more toward otaku stuff and perhaps even more worrying that the reason is possibly that they're not doing so well financially.