Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

I've never been a fan of this franchise. Not that I felt any particular emotions towards it. It's more like, I've never cared about it and my knowledge about the whole Scott Pilgrim universe is limited only to the fact that something like that exists, lol.

Is it actually popular? It's mainstream enough that I happened to learn about it way before that drama about whether Scott Pilgrim Takes Off is an anime or not, but is it really that much popular franchise? Or in other words, is checking it up a good idea when I wasn't impressed by the first movie's synopsis?

the only trav here is Science Saru giving us a "what if" fan-fic. scott pilgrim takes off deserves a 3/10 at best

That's because it's NOT an anime. It's really easy to understand, what do you not get?

That's because it's NOT an anime. It's really easy to understand, what do you not get?

Could someone enlighten me as to why Scott Pilgrim doesn't pass as an 'anime' according to MAL's guidelines? Genuine question.

Could someone enlighten me as to why Scott Pilgrim doesn't pass as an 'anime' according to MAL's guidelines? Genuine question.

@GreatAide I haven't watched it or looked to deeply into it so I can't be sure if there is another reason, but I'm guessing its the second guideline "It's created by professional staff in Japan for the Japanese market". While it was made by a Japanese studio, it seems like it's made for a western audience so they probably argue it doesn't pass this.

Anyone who thinks Scott Pilgrim: Takes Off isn't an anime is literally low iq. It is animated by a Japanese studio in western style, just because it doesn't look like fucking haruhi doesn't mean Japanese hands didn't draw it. How is Moonmin https://myanimelist.net/anime/2150/Tanoshii_Muumin_Ikka allowed on mal when it's Finnish source material in a western cartoon style. Because again... it's animated by Japanese hands in a Japanese studio in Tokyo. Holy fuck its not hard. Peace.

That's because it's NOT an anime. It's really easy to understand, what do you not get?

Looking only at Scott Pilgrim: Takes Off.

Despite whatever the MAL sites mission is and what they choose to add to their database, Scott Pilgrim is seen as a western franchise much like Bugs Bunny or The Simpsons. From what I have seen "Scott Pilgrim: Takes Off" gives off the impression of being marketed in bad faith trying pass off a western product only to outsource only as much as possible to try to pass off As an authentic Japanese Anime.

Now for a moment just imagine if every Western Franchise does the same thing, where would that leave actual authentic Japanese Anime if everyone is just trying to outsource everything just enough to jump on a bandwagon strictly to capitalize off being able to market it as Japanese Anime? It would make something that is unique and apart of Japan's cultural identity and pretty much start extirpating it completely away from Japan as unique and apart of Japan's culture. I also can see that there are those who just don't give a shit either way, which is kind of sad.

@ColourWheel Who cares if it's authentic or not? Under the guidelines of the site it should be added lol

@NekozillaMaru

So I guess you would be ok with seeing MAL suddenly flooded with bugs bunny, the Simpson, Tom and Jerry, Scooby-Doo, Superman, Garfield, The Smurfs, G.I. Joe, etc... As long as they outsource it to Japan for part of the production right? lol

In Japan, we call anything animated "anime".

I guess in the west the word has a more specific meaning...

I've been thinking of giving this a go. Never really watched Scott Pilgrim (even though I have Scott Pilgrim vs the World on Switch), but I've heard good things about it.

It's not an anime though. Just like Netflix's Castlevania and Blue Eye Samurai aren't anime. Which doesn't mean they're not worth watching though.

???? lmfao they've been doing this for years. literally all of these are in the database:

Supernatural
The Matrix
Halo
Mass Effect
Batman
Starship Troopers
Iron Man
Blade
Wolverine
X-Men
The Avengers
Deltora Quest
Highlander
Tales from Earthsea
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Powerpuff Girls
Ultraviolet
Lilo & Stitch

that's not even getting into stuff like The Diary of Anne Frank, The Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan, Cinderella, or the metric fuckton of World Masterpiece Theatre anime, among others.

like, what even are you arguing?

yeah, they should add pippin long stokings too since it was animated by shin-ei studios.
can't understand either... scotto has Japanese audio but there isn't a Japanese release... my definition of genuine anime tho is that it should have a manga counterpart 😋

@yatteyaruze


LMFAO!!!

I would just rather not see MAL turn into a general animation database when it's hard enough to even do broad searches just for Japanese Anime based on tags.

I've been fully aware MAL adding stuff to the database that I don't agree should belong here in the 1st place. Specifically for the reason I mentioned above.

LMFAO!!!

Sooo....Is the the new Avatar and Castlevania? Is there going to be an increase of people asking why it's not on here? Cause I'll tell people right now, it's not going to happen. Not that this will stop anyone.

@FanofAction Even the Avatar fans have enough common sense to understand their fav show is not anime.

@ColourWheel Except literally no one is arguing for that. Were not talking about Teen Titans or Avatar, western shows done in an anime style. We talking about a show created by a well known anime studio where the majority of the production staff were Japanese and it has a full Japanese dub. As others mentioned you literally have shows like Radiant on here where the source material is a french manga, and Panty and Stockings where it’s a Japanese anime that uses a western cartoon style. There’s no reason not to include this. It even has an official Japanese trailer on the official Netflix YouTube channel which proves it’s being marketed to both Japanese and Western audiences. That’s not the same as the Simpsons outsourcing the Death Note episode so now the Simpson’s should be on MAL, that’s just dumb

@Dracowyn guess they better remove moomins from mal too huh

@akyeera

From what I have seen, that's because the word itself is just a reginal thing.

In the West They call a sport that is more in line with rugby "football", while the rest of the world calls the sport Soccer "Football".

@ColourWheel guys, just say america (and in some cases, canada) instead of saying west.
Unless we're completely excluding europe from the "west" from now on, which I'm mostly fine with, but why is south america excluded from "west" in this case?

@GuacamoleNight Maybe they should. Tbh I don't care too much what they do and don't add to this site. With studios cooperating and staff being Japanese and outsourcing you have to draw a line somewhere if you don't want to count any and all animation as anime.

In the end it's just a matter of semantics and personal opinion where someone draws that line. And it doesn't matter too much as long as you enjoy the show.

@Noboruu

My mistake I should have said in the West like North America. I will correct myself here now. That is at least what I meant to begin with.

@Damnits Animated by Science SARU, the studio behind Devilman Crybaby and Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken. Regardless of the source material, it is anime.

I mean when was the last time anyone made a thread to rant about Avatar not being on here and saying all the admins suck?

Feels like those people grew up over the last decade and became adults. Now we have 10 years of waiting for Scott Pilgrim fans to do the same.