Forum - View topicHey, Answerman! [2008-08-29]
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Myaow
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Hey, when're Episodes 9 and 10 airing again? Also, due to unpopular demand and my own ego-stroking, The Director's Cut:
Apologies for length. You may now return to your normally scheduled activities. Last edited by Myaow on Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:20 am; edited 1 time in total |
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JohnnySake
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Actually, the cat is probably grumpy because his/her owner forced the Obama pin on him.
If it was up to the cat, he/she probably would have probably preferred some independent party candidate. (Everyone knows how independent some cats are...) ![]() |
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skyechan
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*laughing* That was the most epic fanfic ever.
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dtm42
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That was epic. Truly epic. Not only an amazing parody of Gurren Lagann, Naruto, Bleach, and Dragonball Z (that's all I got), but it was relevant to today's Anime licensing industry, while being undeniably humourous. Have you got episode 50? |
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Viga_of_stars
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My answer for the answerfans was this:
Naruto vs. Luffy. If it was a fight of the crazy fandoms than Naruto all the way. If I recall correctly Naruto can shadow clone jutsu really well. Well Luffy may be pirate Reed Richards but can he handle that many hyper ninja boys. Eva 1 vs. Gurren. Evas are piloted by depressing emo teenagers with enough personality to fill a thimble. Gurren Lagann is piloted by hyper happy guts spiral human energy and is powered by that alone. Catch Kamina and Simon on a really good day and it's all win. Plus Gurren Lagann has a penchant for going over the top in battle and always one upping itself until it can throw galaxies at stuff. Eva cannot. Maybe Asuka in the movie could put up a fight but no, Gurren wins. Matt Greenfield vs. David Williams. When you hear the name Matt Greenfield it sounds like the big fat bully on the playground. Then there's the name of lil' Davey Williams who gets smashed by Matt Greenfield. Or so I imagined when I read the two names. If this was a battle of otaku trivia 9000 then I would choose Greenfield. But if this was a straight out fight and not on a game controller then I would probably still put my money on Greenfield. You have to be strong to be married to Asuka Langley Soryu. (Or so says wiki) If Matt Greenfield doesn't win then maybe Brian Granveldt can! |
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britannicamoore
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That was freaking fantastic. I lol-ed so hard one of my stitches popped out.
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Berserkfury819
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Myaow: That just made my entire week.
I thought the DNC con ended last night after Obama parted the Red Sea and lead the Hebrews out of Egypt. Wait, sorry, wrong story. |
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voodoomage
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You people must not know about Gear Second Luffy and beyond... Naruto would not stand a chance against a fully-fed , ticked off Luffy.
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braves
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Why wouldn't he be? I mean, look at what he's wearing. ![]()
Yeah, he's only 300 episodes away from getting the One Piece. -_- |
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mistress_reebi
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I guess the reason why yaoi is more popular is because when it comes to the pornography of the two men would just watch yuri as if it was another porn. Yaoi ten years ago wasn't common so a fanbase was needed. Yuri wasn't, but what man would squeal over seeing lesbians having sex? It's not like they have to find it on the internet. Also, shojo-ai is meant for women and here in North American women would prefer to see hot guys. It's not like we don't like shojo-ai we just prefer the man candy.
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greyhawk
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Just my 2 cents, and heavy spoilers, please don't sue me, lololol spoiler[When something becomes able to throw galaxies around, create another big bang, overcome the boundaries of spacetime singularity, surpass even the speed of light and intercept the flow of time, escape alternate realities, defy every known law of physic and biological evolution, challenge the role of GOD... Sir you know damn too well it's beyond any possible classification in the world of anime. This is suspension of disbelief at its limit, so yeah, you know the outcome.] It's one of those rare cases where I'm sure about the winner. Others, like Naruto vs Luffy, why don't we let Naruto fight Enel instead? Then I'll know who's gonna win. How do 2 guys in the anime industry fight each other anyway? I smell yaoi. |
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eviltimes
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Eva 01 Why all the haters?
Price: I would say $5 for a dubbed/subbed episode, say 4 or 5 on a disc with 10 minutes of extras. Half that for an entire season. But I could not bring myself to pay $100 for 25 eps of Blood+. If it drops to $50, may be. I think someone forgot to ask the cat its political affiliation. |
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Anime World Order
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Well, in your defense--and I wish Zac had mentioned this in his response--your confusion stems from the fact that the common usage of the term "yaoi" among US fans is a little different from what the Japanese mean. In the standard US anime fan vernacular, "yaoi" is pretty broad and denotes pretty much any male/male stuff at all, but from a utilitarian standpoint it's more useful to mimic the Japanese and reserve the term "yaoi" for the explicit pornographic stuff (which itself can be broken down into further subcategories). The term for the more common, less explicit romance-centric material is "BL" or "boy's love." (EDIT: This isn't actually accurate, as detailed in later posts. I'm going to leave it here instead of deleting it since otherwise it'll look like people are quoting something that isn't there.). They used to call it "shonen-ai" but now they call it "boy's love" even though the latter is pretty much a straight up translation of the former. The hardcore fujoshi in America already go by this terminology anyway, and there is a tangible difference between the two, so it'd be beneficial if fans knew the difference. On that note, oddly enough there is actually no such term as "shojo-ai." You'd think there would be considering the relatively archaic term "shonen-ai," but nope. Though in my experience, a great deal of the audience that reads yuri is the same as the yaoi-reading audience: mostly girls. (EDIT: Inaccuracies of the above aside, I still stand by everything I said below.) Of course, the trouble is that there is pretty much no way to quickly and easily distinguish between the "softcore" stuff and the "hardcore" stuff. The cover artwork look extremely similar between one and the other, which is how so many teenage girls get away with reading this stuff right under their parents' noses. That is the real reason why there is plenty of fully explicit male/male sex comics available at regular chain bookstores but not male/female ones. I don't even think there are any publishers releasing "standard" porn manga anymore since well, it's really obvious from the covers that they're porn. True, the bona fide yaoi stuff does come shrinkwrapped, but there is ALWAYS at least one opened copy courtesy of the "manga cows" sitting in the aisles. Last edited by Anime World Order on Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:09 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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darkchibi07
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Is there any other yuri manga by Eiki Eiki and Taishi Zaou that's been out in Japan besides that Yuri Hime compilation manga (I think it's called Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer)? I pretty much have to rely on Erica's blog on update on ANYTHING yuri. CHI-Ran is not that iconic? That's a bit surprising. I found her stuff to be utterly shoujo cute and hot at the same time especially her stuff found in Yuri Hime Wildrose. Luckily there are female manga-ka that primarily does yuri. Milk Morinaga for example is definitely a force to be reckoned with. ![]()
I'm starting to believe that the target audience for yuri is seriously undefined with all these "yuri for guys" and "yuri for girls". The Yuri Hime magazine already did that by creating Yuri Hime S which aimed for guys with its combination of moe and yuri (which unfortunately some of them ended being Marimite-level of subtext).
I noticed there's a truckload of one-shots floating all around that could have been ideal for a decent-running manga series. |
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fuuma_monou
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I've been told that "shonen-ai" now has NAMBLA-ish overtones in Japan.
I managed to find Level C mixed in with regular manga at the children's section of Book Sale, even though it had an 18+ tag on the cover. I wonder why Kitty Media uses smaller than usual U.S. manga size for their adult books, instead of the oversized format most English-translated yaoi/BL use.
The term "girls love" does seem to be used in Japan, usually for yuri aimed at girls. |
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