July 20th, 2012
My Love/Hate Relationship with KyoAni
Sitting down to watch the K-On! Movie, I realize that I have a love/hate relationship with KyoAni. I love their stuff and hate to admit it because most of what they've been doing lately is considered Moeblobs.
Nothing wrong with that, I just... how do I put it? I hate when there's a ton of shows out there and the one thing that will catch my attention is a moeblob slice of life. I hold no grudges against K-On! it's a good show for those of us who can handle it. I just wonder what they were thinking when they decided to let Little Busters be taken by J.C. Staff when many a fan wanted that title to go to KyoAni.
I'm sure KyoAni has a plan for next season, and I hope it's good, because when you put out something like Nichijou (I only gave the show 2 episodes to impress, it didn't) there's something wrong.
The K-On! Movie was actually very good. In fact, I would say it was as good a quality as Disappearance. There were a few scenes that made less sense than others, but that's just me. Overall, it was a good ride. Which again, leads me to the love/hate relationship. I loved K-On! though there are friends who found it boring because it's a slice of life. To each his own. My opinion is mine and I can be wrong at times.
Now, to sound like a broken record. I've recently been re-watching Angel Beats! and often wonder to myself "What would KyoAni or (insert studio here) have done differently from P.A. Works in this scene or episode? Would they have granted Maeda Jun the 24 episodes he originally wanted? How would the cast have differed?"
I don't think I could see Tachibana Kanade being played by anyone other than Hanazawa Kana, or TK by anyone other than Michael Rivas (believe me, I've watched the dubs and Adam Van Wagoner is NO TK) but I could've seen a few of the other cast members with slightly different voices.
But I'm veering way off the subject. I mostly love KyoAni, I sometimes hate KyoAni, but I'll keep coming back at least for one or two episodes per season to see what they bring to the table every season. Hopefully they'll bring in a new season of Haruhi or get around to Tomoyo After (yeah, like that will ever be animated) to offset some of the choices they have recently made.
Nothing wrong with that, I just... how do I put it? I hate when there's a ton of shows out there and the one thing that will catch my attention is a moeblob slice of life. I hold no grudges against K-On! it's a good show for those of us who can handle it. I just wonder what they were thinking when they decided to let Little Busters be taken by J.C. Staff when many a fan wanted that title to go to KyoAni.
I'm sure KyoAni has a plan for next season, and I hope it's good, because when you put out something like Nichijou (I only gave the show 2 episodes to impress, it didn't) there's something wrong.
The K-On! Movie was actually very good. In fact, I would say it was as good a quality as Disappearance. There were a few scenes that made less sense than others, but that's just me. Overall, it was a good ride. Which again, leads me to the love/hate relationship. I loved K-On! though there are friends who found it boring because it's a slice of life. To each his own. My opinion is mine and I can be wrong at times.
Now, to sound like a broken record. I've recently been re-watching Angel Beats! and often wonder to myself "What would KyoAni or (insert studio here) have done differently from P.A. Works in this scene or episode? Would they have granted Maeda Jun the 24 episodes he originally wanted? How would the cast have differed?"
I don't think I could see Tachibana Kanade being played by anyone other than Hanazawa Kana, or TK by anyone other than Michael Rivas (believe me, I've watched the dubs and Adam Van Wagoner is NO TK) but I could've seen a few of the other cast members with slightly different voices.
But I'm veering way off the subject. I mostly love KyoAni, I sometimes hate KyoAni, but I'll keep coming back at least for one or two episodes per season to see what they bring to the table every season. Hopefully they'll bring in a new season of Haruhi or get around to Tomoyo After (yeah, like that will ever be animated) to offset some of the choices they have recently made.
Posted by TehJawknee | Jul 20, 2012 1:32 AM | 0 comments
May 18th, 2010
Seikon no Qwaser: de tete a tete
There is a line people will have when it comes to anime or entertainment in general. I know for a fact that I'm not a fan of hentai. Many people I know don't like ecchi. But where is the line between ecchi and hentai? I guess when it comes down to it, the line is a very blurry one. Up until a couple years ago, I wouldn't pick up a show that explicitly says "nudity" or "mild nudity" in the keywords. I guess times change and slowly, so do tastes.
Now don't get me wrong, I still like melodrama. personally, I hold a huge place for the Key Trinity in my heart (Air, Kanon, Clannad) and so I've picked up Angel Beats! which has been full of awesome moments from day one. I also like stuff that is very kid friendly since I tend to watch a few episodes with my niece (Hanamaru Youchien is a prime example of this). But there are times that I just want to watch something that probably shouldn't be watched around other people.
This is how I came to find a few of the shows I've been picking up lately. I didn't explicitly go out looking for nudity in my anime, it just happened to be there. I guess when I was watching Tokko some time ago and saw Kureha's awesome figure that I realized this wasn't as bad as I'd thought it was. So I went ahead and looked into Ladies Versus Butlers. I'd heard that the fanservice in this was quite heavy, but I'd seen shows that had that before. I just didn't know how much I was getting myself into.
It turns out, LvB has at least one nude scene per episode. Something I wasn't privy to when I talked about it on the forum and why I quickly added the "Not for Kids" label. I sat in disbelief at how every week they would find new ways to get someone naked in that show. I guess after a few episodes, I'd grown immune, because I also picked up another show, Cobra: The Animation. This one also featured nudity to a lower level, but in a more tasteful way. I guess when you're doing adventure it's easier to go classy than when doing ecchi comedy.
Lastly, I have picked up Seikon no Qwaser. It is intriguing because the depiction of breasts in these shows hasn't really made me like them any more or any less. I guess when I saw the first episode of Qwaser, I felt the animation itself plus the story were worth watching. The story does revolve around breast milk as a power source, so there definitely is a lot of oppai every episode. This I have come to expect. What has been more and more amusing has been how the story develops and how the act itself has become more and more sexual.
I know that the manga has very graphic depictions of characters drinking soma (breastmilk) so I shouldn't be shocked at this. What made me wonder if I'm pushing my own line of taste is when the woman being suckled seems to enjoy and even orgasms from the act. This is what disturbed me a bit. Maybe I'm just reading a little too much into that, but it's my opinion, I could be wrong.
As I said before, the story itself is enjoyable and has made me laugh more than a couple of times. There have been a few episodes that just made me go 0.o WTF is going on? And though they don't make sense individually, I guess collectively they make for a very entertaining show... if you can get past the whole "suck on boobies like Popeye eats spinach" aspect. I must say that some of the weirder episodes featured Aleksander "Sasha" Hell believing he was a girl and wondering why his breasts weren't developed yet. This and the episode featuring one superhero Miyuri running around catching airplanes and such...
To say the least, it's a show that has gone all over the place, but managed to keep an interesting storyline. Interesting enough for me to ignore most of the boobsucking. Would I recommend it? Only if you have an open mind and aren't easily offended by religious comparisons. Guess my line has not been completely defined... or maybe it's slightly shifting. Let's just hope this time next year I'm not a huge fan of tentacles.
Hay una linea que la gente tiene en cuanto al anime o entretenimiento en general. Se por hecho que no soy fanatico de hentai. Mucha gente que conozco no son fans de ecchi. Pero cual es la linea entre el ecchi y hentai? Creo que cuando en realidad tiene uno que verla, esa linea es muy borrosa. Hace un par de años, no me le acercaria a un show que explicitamente dijera "desnudo" o "desnudez menor" en las palabras clave. Supongo que los tiempos cambian y poco a poco, también los gustos.
Ahora no me malinterpreten, me sigue gustando el melodrama. personalmente, tengo un lugar enorme para la Trinidad Key en mi corazón (Air, Kanon, Clannad) por lo cual comenze a ver Angel Beats! el cual ha estado lleno de momentos impresionantes desde el primer día. También me gustan los shows dirijidos para niños ya que tengo costumbre de ver algunos episodios con mi sobrina (Hanamaru Youchien es un buen ejemplo de esto). Pero hay veces que solo quiero ver algo que probablemente no deben ser visto con otras personas alrededor.
Así es como llegué a encontrar algunos de los shows que he estado viendo últimamente. No sali explícitamente buscando desnudez en mi anime, simplemente estaba allí. Supongo que cuando estaba viendo Tokko hace algún tiempo y vi la figura impresionante de Kureha de que me di cuenta que esto no era tan malo como yo alguna vez lo creia. Así que me animé y vi de que trataba Ladies Versus Butlers. Había oído que el fanservice en este era bastante pesado, pero yo había visto shows asi antes. Pues no sabía en que me estaba metiendo.
Resulta, LVB tiene al menos una escena de desnudo por episodio. Algo que no sabía cuando hablé de el en el foro y por eso me apuré en agregar el "No es para niños" arriba. Me senté boquiabierto al ver cómo cada semana encontraban nuevas maneras de encuerar a alguien en ese show. Supongo que después de unos pocos episodios, había crecido inmune, porque también comenzé a ver otro show, Cobra: The Animation. Este también ofrece desnudez a un nivel menor, pero en buen gusto. Supongo que la desnudez es en mejor gusto cuando es aventura que cuando es una comedia ecchi.
Por último, comenzé a ver Seikon no Qwaser. Es intrigante porque la representación de senos en estos programas no ha afectado realmente el que me gusten más o menos. Supongo que cuando vi el primer episodio de Qwaser, sentí que la animación en sí, junto a la historia lo hace valer la pena ver. La historia tiene que ver mucho con la leche materna como fuente de energía, por lo que definitivamente hay un montón de oppai en cada episodio. Esto lo he llegado a aceptar. Lo que ha sido más y más asombroso es cómo la historia se desarrolla y cómo el acto se ha hecho más y más sexual.
Sé que el manga tiene descripciones muy gráficas de los personajes tomando soma (leche materna), así que no debería sorprenderme esto. Lo que me hace preguntarme si estoy empujando mi propia línea de gusto es cuando la mujer, siendo amamantada parece disfrutar e incluso adquirir orgasmos del acto. Esto es lo que me molestó un poco. Tal vez estoy pensandolo demasiado, pero es mi opinión, puedo estar equivocado.
Como he dicho antes, la historia en sí es bastante buena y me ha hecho reír más de un par de veces. Se han producido algunos episodios que me hizo ir 0.o QUECHIN está pasando? Y aunque no hacen sentido por separado, supongo que colectivamente hacen un show muy entretenido... si pueden ver más allá del aspecto "chupar tetas como Popeye come espinacas". Tengo que mencionar que algunos de los episodios más extraños involucran a Aleksander "Sasha" Hell creyendo que es una niña y se pregunta por qué sus pechos no se han desarrollado todavía. Entre este y el episodio con una Miyuri superhéroe correteando y cachando aviones con las manos y cosas asi...
Por decir lo menos, es un show que ha recorrido todas partes, pero ha mantenido una historia interesante. Suficientemente interesante para hacerme ignorar la mayoría de las chupadas de boobie. Lo recomendaria? Sólo si tienes una mente abierta y no te ofendes con facilidad a comparaciones religiosas. Aparentemente mi línea no esta completamente definida... o tal vez esta cambiando. Esperemos que esta vez el próximo año no sea un gran fan de los tentáculos.
Now don't get me wrong, I still like melodrama. personally, I hold a huge place for the Key Trinity in my heart (Air, Kanon, Clannad) and so I've picked up Angel Beats! which has been full of awesome moments from day one. I also like stuff that is very kid friendly since I tend to watch a few episodes with my niece (Hanamaru Youchien is a prime example of this). But there are times that I just want to watch something that probably shouldn't be watched around other people.
This is how I came to find a few of the shows I've been picking up lately. I didn't explicitly go out looking for nudity in my anime, it just happened to be there. I guess when I was watching Tokko some time ago and saw Kureha's awesome figure that I realized this wasn't as bad as I'd thought it was. So I went ahead and looked into Ladies Versus Butlers. I'd heard that the fanservice in this was quite heavy, but I'd seen shows that had that before. I just didn't know how much I was getting myself into.
It turns out, LvB has at least one nude scene per episode. Something I wasn't privy to when I talked about it on the forum and why I quickly added the "Not for Kids" label. I sat in disbelief at how every week they would find new ways to get someone naked in that show. I guess after a few episodes, I'd grown immune, because I also picked up another show, Cobra: The Animation. This one also featured nudity to a lower level, but in a more tasteful way. I guess when you're doing adventure it's easier to go classy than when doing ecchi comedy.
Lastly, I have picked up Seikon no Qwaser. It is intriguing because the depiction of breasts in these shows hasn't really made me like them any more or any less. I guess when I saw the first episode of Qwaser, I felt the animation itself plus the story were worth watching. The story does revolve around breast milk as a power source, so there definitely is a lot of oppai every episode. This I have come to expect. What has been more and more amusing has been how the story develops and how the act itself has become more and more sexual.
I know that the manga has very graphic depictions of characters drinking soma (breastmilk) so I shouldn't be shocked at this. What made me wonder if I'm pushing my own line of taste is when the woman being suckled seems to enjoy and even orgasms from the act. This is what disturbed me a bit. Maybe I'm just reading a little too much into that, but it's my opinion, I could be wrong.
As I said before, the story itself is enjoyable and has made me laugh more than a couple of times. There have been a few episodes that just made me go 0.o WTF is going on? And though they don't make sense individually, I guess collectively they make for a very entertaining show... if you can get past the whole "suck on boobies like Popeye eats spinach" aspect. I must say that some of the weirder episodes featured Aleksander "Sasha" Hell believing he was a girl and wondering why his breasts weren't developed yet. This and the episode featuring one superhero Miyuri running around catching airplanes and such...
To say the least, it's a show that has gone all over the place, but managed to keep an interesting storyline. Interesting enough for me to ignore most of the boobsucking. Would I recommend it? Only if you have an open mind and aren't easily offended by religious comparisons. Guess my line has not been completely defined... or maybe it's slightly shifting. Let's just hope this time next year I'm not a huge fan of tentacles.
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Hay una linea que la gente tiene en cuanto al anime o entretenimiento en general. Se por hecho que no soy fanatico de hentai. Mucha gente que conozco no son fans de ecchi. Pero cual es la linea entre el ecchi y hentai? Creo que cuando en realidad tiene uno que verla, esa linea es muy borrosa. Hace un par de años, no me le acercaria a un show que explicitamente dijera "desnudo" o "desnudez menor" en las palabras clave. Supongo que los tiempos cambian y poco a poco, también los gustos.
Ahora no me malinterpreten, me sigue gustando el melodrama. personalmente, tengo un lugar enorme para la Trinidad Key en mi corazón (Air, Kanon, Clannad) por lo cual comenze a ver Angel Beats! el cual ha estado lleno de momentos impresionantes desde el primer día. También me gustan los shows dirijidos para niños ya que tengo costumbre de ver algunos episodios con mi sobrina (Hanamaru Youchien es un buen ejemplo de esto). Pero hay veces que solo quiero ver algo que probablemente no deben ser visto con otras personas alrededor.
Así es como llegué a encontrar algunos de los shows que he estado viendo últimamente. No sali explícitamente buscando desnudez en mi anime, simplemente estaba allí. Supongo que cuando estaba viendo Tokko hace algún tiempo y vi la figura impresionante de Kureha de que me di cuenta que esto no era tan malo como yo alguna vez lo creia. Así que me animé y vi de que trataba Ladies Versus Butlers. Había oído que el fanservice en este era bastante pesado, pero yo había visto shows asi antes. Pues no sabía en que me estaba metiendo.
Resulta, LVB tiene al menos una escena de desnudo por episodio. Algo que no sabía cuando hablé de el en el foro y por eso me apuré en agregar el "No es para niños" arriba. Me senté boquiabierto al ver cómo cada semana encontraban nuevas maneras de encuerar a alguien en ese show. Supongo que después de unos pocos episodios, había crecido inmune, porque también comenzé a ver otro show, Cobra: The Animation. Este también ofrece desnudez a un nivel menor, pero en buen gusto. Supongo que la desnudez es en mejor gusto cuando es aventura que cuando es una comedia ecchi.
Por último, comenzé a ver Seikon no Qwaser. Es intrigante porque la representación de senos en estos programas no ha afectado realmente el que me gusten más o menos. Supongo que cuando vi el primer episodio de Qwaser, sentí que la animación en sí, junto a la historia lo hace valer la pena ver. La historia tiene que ver mucho con la leche materna como fuente de energía, por lo que definitivamente hay un montón de oppai en cada episodio. Esto lo he llegado a aceptar. Lo que ha sido más y más asombroso es cómo la historia se desarrolla y cómo el acto se ha hecho más y más sexual.
Sé que el manga tiene descripciones muy gráficas de los personajes tomando soma (leche materna), así que no debería sorprenderme esto. Lo que me hace preguntarme si estoy empujando mi propia línea de gusto es cuando la mujer, siendo amamantada parece disfrutar e incluso adquirir orgasmos del acto. Esto es lo que me molestó un poco. Tal vez estoy pensandolo demasiado, pero es mi opinión, puedo estar equivocado.
Como he dicho antes, la historia en sí es bastante buena y me ha hecho reír más de un par de veces. Se han producido algunos episodios que me hizo ir 0.o QUECHIN está pasando? Y aunque no hacen sentido por separado, supongo que colectivamente hacen un show muy entretenido... si pueden ver más allá del aspecto "chupar tetas como Popeye come espinacas". Tengo que mencionar que algunos de los episodios más extraños involucran a Aleksander "Sasha" Hell creyendo que es una niña y se pregunta por qué sus pechos no se han desarrollado todavía. Entre este y el episodio con una Miyuri superhéroe correteando y cachando aviones con las manos y cosas asi...
Por decir lo menos, es un show que ha recorrido todas partes, pero ha mantenido una historia interesante. Suficientemente interesante para hacerme ignorar la mayoría de las chupadas de boobie. Lo recomendaria? Sólo si tienes una mente abierta y no te ofendes con facilidad a comparaciones religiosas. Aparentemente mi línea no esta completamente definida... o tal vez esta cambiando. Esperemos que esta vez el próximo año no sea un gran fan de los tentáculos.
Posted by TehJawknee | May 18, 2010 11:36 PM | 0 comments
May 6th, 2010
The Blogging Begins
Como sabran ustedes, hace un par de semanas hubo un problema con el server de http://forums.ars-comica.com y no hubo forma de avisar que fue lo que estaba pasando. Por fortuna, solo fue un error menor y todo regreso a la normalidad en unos dias.
Se que esto dejo a algunos de los visitantes de http://www.megatokyo.org con un aire de duda. Por eso he decidido abrir este blog. No se que tan seguido lo ponga al tanto o que voy a escribir. Tal vez solamente empieze a hacer blogs de anime como los que leo yo en Random Curiosity.
El caso es que si algo pasa en Ars-Comica y no tengo forma de comunicarselo a ustedes, pueden venir aqui a ver que esta pasando.
As you all may know, a few weeks ago there was a problem with the server over at http://forums.ars-comica.com and I had no way of telling people what was going on. Luckily, it was only a minor problem and everything went back to normal within a matter of days.
I know this left a few of the http://www.megatokyo.org with a doubtful feeling. This is why I've decided to start posting on this blog. I don't know how often I'll be updating or what I will be writing about yet. Maybe I'll start blogging anime here as they do in Random Curiosity.
The point is that now if anything happens at Ars-Comica and I have no way of communicating with you all, you can come see what's going on here.
Se que esto dejo a algunos de los visitantes de http://www.megatokyo.org con un aire de duda. Por eso he decidido abrir este blog. No se que tan seguido lo ponga al tanto o que voy a escribir. Tal vez solamente empieze a hacer blogs de anime como los que leo yo en Random Curiosity.
El caso es que si algo pasa en Ars-Comica y no tengo forma de comunicarselo a ustedes, pueden venir aqui a ver que esta pasando.
As you all may know, a few weeks ago there was a problem with the server over at http://forums.ars-comica.com and I had no way of telling people what was going on. Luckily, it was only a minor problem and everything went back to normal within a matter of days.
I know this left a few of the http://www.megatokyo.org with a doubtful feeling. This is why I've decided to start posting on this blog. I don't know how often I'll be updating or what I will be writing about yet. Maybe I'll start blogging anime here as they do in Random Curiosity.
The point is that now if anything happens at Ars-Comica and I have no way of communicating with you all, you can come see what's going on here.
Posted by TehJawknee | May 6, 2010 10:15 PM | 1 comments