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suprememoonempress



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 6:24 pm Reply with quote
The whole time I was thinking Kill La kill with that one sailor moon
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Kougeru



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 6:42 pm Reply with quote
i thought parodies are supposed to be funny
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StormVanguard



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 7:08 pm Reply with quote
Where the crapshoot was the maihime reference?
I caught everything else.
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Ampharos



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 7:14 pm Reply with quote
I love the ADHD block, but these parodies just aren't doing it for me. I haven't yet seen a really successful American parody of anime and it's disappointing, since I suspect it could be done well if a lot of effort went into it.
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DangerMouse



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 7:46 pm Reply with quote
suprememoonempress wrote:
The whole time I was thinking Kill La kill with that one sailor moon


Yeah.
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darkchibi07



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 8:31 pm Reply with quote
Never expected the description to be referencing titles like Mai-Hime, Dear Brother, and Sakura Trick.
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Top Gun



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 8:38 pm Reply with quote
Ampharos wrote:
I love the ADHD block, but these parodies just aren't doing it for me. I haven't yet seen a really successful American parody of anime and it's disappointing, since I suspect it could be done well if a lot of effort went into it.

The Dexter's Lab episode "Mock 5" completely nailed Speed Racer, to the point where my parents found it really hilarious, but that's more a case of parodying a specific dub of a show, so I don't know that it counts to the same extent.
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Ampharos



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 9:01 pm Reply with quote
Top Gun wrote:
Ampharos wrote:
I love the ADHD block, but these parodies just aren't doing it for me. I haven't yet seen a really successful American parody of anime and it's disappointing, since I suspect it could be done well if a lot of effort went into it.

The Dexter's Lab episode "Mock 5" completely nailed Speed Racer, to the point where my parents found it really hilarious, but that's more a case of parodying a specific dub of a show, so I don't know that it counts to the same extent.


It's been quite a long time since I've watched Dexter's Lab but I do remember that episode fondly, now that you've mentioned it.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 10:30 pm Reply with quote
Top Gun wrote:
Ampharos wrote:
I love the ADHD block, but these parodies just aren't doing it for me. I haven't yet seen a really successful American parody of anime and it's disappointing, since I suspect it could be done well if a lot of effort went into it.

The Dexter's Lab episode "Mock 5" completely nailed Speed Racer, to the point where my parents found it really hilarious, but that's more a case of parodying a specific dub of a show, so I don't know that it counts to the same extent.


Robot Chicken does it time to time.
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Joe Carpenter



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 12:18 am Reply with quote
boy, Fox is really going crazy with the anime parodies
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Sven Viking



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 1:17 am Reply with quote
Ampharos wrote:
I haven't yet seen a really successful American parody of anime and it's disappointing, since I suspect it could be done well if a lot of effort went into it.

Fans do some successful parodies of individual series, but I can't currently remember a great parody of anime in general, despite there being tons of tropes and cliches ripe for parody.
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mattb82



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 2:09 am Reply with quote
If ADHD keeps parodying anime, maybe one day an anime will parody ADHD
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jet_



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 5:20 am Reply with quote
What the f*ck?
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The latest in a series of anime-inspired videos parodies Cutey Honey, Project A-Ko, and other super-powered shojo anime "in the tradition of Utena, Project A-Ko, Oniisama E..., Sailor Moon, Mai-HiME, Kill la Kill, and Sakura Trick".

jet_ wrote:
What the f*ck?
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prime_pm



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 9:11 pm Reply with quote
Kougeru wrote:
i thought parodies are supposed to be funny


You've never seen Meet the Spartans?
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Wrangler



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 23, 2014 5:03 pm Reply with quote
This looks like something Adult Swim would air. Its pretty much a dead on parody. Unfortunately, i didn't think it was very amusing though. FOX will properly can in it soon enough with their attention span.
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