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Hey, Answerman! [2007-07-06]

I don't remember being all that upset when any of my fave anime have ended, but I dread the time when I'm done watching all of Kyo Kara Maoh

Edit: tempest, were you by chance in the Westin Hotel lobby last Saturday?

ikillchicken wrote:

Xyex wrote: Quote: Theres a big big difference between extreme violence and guro. Though its kinda concerning, most people find violence cool. Idunno if thats a good thing but Its fairly common. Whats not common is the combination of violence and sex. I wouldnt say anyone who is into guro is a "future serial killer". For starters, Future Rapist would be more approprite. But more importantly, just because you like guro, it doesnt mean you will turn into a killer/rapist. However I have no problem making the blanket statement: If you get off to guro there is definitely something wrong with you and you probably should get some therapy. But not all guro is violent. Or even extreme. Sure, you've got beheadings and crap, but you've also got pieces that the average person would call beautiful and peaceful, if not for the slit wrists or ligature marks on the neck. And not all Guro involves rape, pain, or death either. It's a much bigger, much broader genre than people seem to realize. Well, I'll admid I've never read any guro. To be truthful I hadent even heard of it until today. You probably know more about it than me. But by its definition it would seem that unless it contains that kinda stuff it isnt guro. Are you saying that this definition is innacurate?

See, but Guro's a hard thing to define. The only true and applicable definition is 'anything grotesque is guro' but what, exactly, do you define as 'groteque'? What one person finds as qrotesque another may not. Yes, you've got the extreme blood-and-deaht end with dismembered corpses, but the gentle 'romantic' death scenes also count. Scat is also considered by many to fall under the mantle of guro. And then you have things that are just bizarre (such as the previously mentioned works of H.R. Giger.

Limiting it as you do would be the same as saying that, to bring in another part of this weeks article, all Sci-fi shows are about Giant Robots.

fighterholic wrote:

Edit: tempest, were you by chance in the Westin Hotel lobby last Saturday?

Many times, we were staying at the Westin.

Not that I'll ever stay at that hotel again though...

-t

There is (and has been) plenty of scanlations/fansubs, fanfics, and fanart for yuri.

Many times, we were staying at the Westin.

Not that I'll ever stay at that hotel again though...

-t

HitokiriShadow wrote:

There is (and has been) plenty of scanlations/fansubs, fanfics, and fanart for yuri.

Yuri for males wasn't even on the agenda until Maria-sama ga Miteru turned into a surprise success. Even then it took a bit of time before other producers hooked on and created last year's yuri miniboom (emphasis on mini). But the field seems to have moved back to the more familiar ground of male cross dressers so I'm not sure if Yuri for the male otaku was a failure or if it's simply a case of producers pausing for breath and new scripts.

The first thing that sprang to mind at the description of that ero stuff was snuff films & extreme fetishes like the tales one hear from time to time of people who actually manage to kill themselves because they like to have sex while being strangeled or with a gun to their heads, etc. Yes, there's a market. Is it big enough to justify licensing?

To those midwesterners who are looking to go to an Anime convention:

AnimeIowa is a great little con, and the organizers put in a lot of effort in making it a BIG little convention. When I went a couple years ago I had a blast, so if you don't want to make a long trip, try this convention. You can check out their stuff at www.animeiowa.com and the convention is in August, so you haven't yet missed out on the fun!

anyways, doesn't anyone know that one website that lists most of the conventions, including international ones?

I hardly think feeling upset about losing characters and stories you love is unique to anime fans, nor should you be worried about it. Don't we all get upset when something happens to a character we adore in our favourite books and films? It's human nature to empathize and identify with fictional creations, and only natural to feel a loss something you've been involved with emotionally is over.

That'll be a disturbing turn of events; yuri leading to more cross-dressing male related shows. For some odd reason, that doesn't seem to surprise me. Aren't most Japanese male otakus want to "be part of the action" in ogling relationships with female characters?