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It doesn't require a whole lot of brainpower to enjoy. Also, in Love Live!'s case, it doesn't do a single panty-shot across 2 seasons (and also 0 in every music video I've seen so far), which I think is a plus in its favor. Cute girls doing cute things is a factor, as is the fact that I seem to generally like music-centric anime, and the drama there is definitely not painful to watch. It also generally seems to have fun with itself despite largely being cliche as ****. It doesn't try to be what it's not, as well (which is an all ages idol anime pandering to its all ages fanbase and kicking out merch to the hardcore fans that have serious cash to spend on all that).

Pyrax said:
Yes. Nah, I'm well aware the top tier ship is NicoMaki.
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I was just teasing because NicoMaki is just my personal top one as well as a popular one in general. RinPana is in my second tier of favorites, though!
 
Lack of panty shots almost killed it for me but I guess it's finally time for me to hop on.
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Yuri's primary audience does tend to be female, although with LL I presumed it would be males. That being said Japanese target audience and western fandoms are often not quite on the same page, could be a case of that.
 
Lipstick Vogue said:
Yuri's primary audience does tend to be female, although with LL I presumed it would be males. That being said Japanese target audience and western fandoms are often not quite on the same page, could be a case of that.
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I don't even think there's a doubt that the Japanese audience is not quite on the same page as the western audience in the case of Love Live!. A sizable chunk of male western fans probably would take one look at the all girl cast and think: "it's an all-girl cast and is obviously girly, so it's clearly for girls and therefore not for me." There's a lot more borderline insecure machismo left in western male anime fans (especially American ones) than there is in Japan's otaku culture.
 
Oh, there's also that stigma, too.

I don't really blame them a whole lot, since a lot of the "kids" stuff brought over in the '90s was actually targeted at an older audience in Japan than they adapted it for in the West, because in the West, that older audience definitely was not all that into animation. Most animation from the West has been shoehorned into either "episodic children's humor" or "crude adult humor" with nothing in-between, and the latter had only recently come into a revival.
 
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Most of the kiddy shows we got were kiddy things. Which shows are you thinking of?

I was thinking of K-On btw.
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I mean, Dragon Ball and Sailor Moon were both targeted at the 12 to 15 range (look at the content and what magazines their sources ran in!), while in America they were aimed at the 7 to 12 range with their animation edits and dialogue changes.

K-On! is largely tame enough to be an all-ages affair. There's more than a few dialogue moments and stuff that would 100% not translate well without at least a basic understanding of Japanese culture for sure, though.

That said, being new to K-On! within the past year, I am not aware of any attempts to even get it on TV in the West. It definitely wouldn't fit with Toonami's theme, which is that of an action block.
 
So...The Boy and the Beast is playing in theaters right now. Why did nobody tell me this? I don't watch TV, I don't see commercials!

Also, was walking around my mall and happened to notice that Psycho-Pass the Movie is playing here in a few weeks- which I didn't know existed, if only because I don't follow PP. Or Psycho-Pass, for that matter. Between this and the Dragon Ball Z movies, I'm interested in seeing what else Funimation's planning on bringing over, because I'd absolutely love to see an animu movie on the big screen and, barring that, I'm just glad that that's a thing as of late. Like, I would love to see more of that outside of local theaters, that just should be a normal thing. And, if more companies indulge, more people'll bite. Movie goers can be a sporadic bunch, after all.

Really, if it actually managed, it could mean a lot of good things for anime in the West.
 
Lipstick Vogue said:
That being said Japanese target audience and western fandoms are often not quite on the same page, could be a case of that.
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Well, that's pretty obvious fact.

But dunno... LL is meant to be a show for guys, just like K-On.
It's a typical cute girls doing cute things, in LL's case in cute ishou.
 
Whelp, had another bookstore excursion today, so I got to try out some manger. I felt pretty damn silly that in my previous visits I couldn't find My Hero Academia because I was looking in the B section for "Boku no Hero Academia". In an American Bookstore.

But, uh, anyway. Sakamoto Desu Ga. I hadn't heard of it before I saw you guys raving about it back when its adaptation was announced, so I got a chance to read some of volume 1. That manga is not bookstore safe. There was a good deal of constrained laughter from me and, honestly, it seems like something that really needs quality direction to sell its delivery, because the delivery's how they sell Sakamoto.

Studio Deen has a pretty bad reputation and I remember that being the real worry about this adaptation a while back. After reading it, despite not really having engaged with Studio Deen much in my adult life (very little, actually), it still didn't inspire too much confidence. Then I found out it's being directed by Shinji Takamatsu. Confirmed AotS, at the very least.

Other than that, took a bite out of the first chapter of Hero Academia. Mentioned before that I've seen the art around and've seen quite a few fan pieces and doujin based around it, so my curiosity was piqued. Decided to only read a little as a teaser for the anime and it looks pretty interesting. The first episode, at least, will be a pretty fun watch, and I can see it taking a nosedive but eh. It's at least worth a taste.

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Unrelated, I saw Akuma no Riddle there. I'd heard the name around, but the reason it stood out to me was because the translation is actually an unofficial subtitle...and it's accurate but it's not. A good localizer might call it Devil's Riddle or, more accurate, Riddle of the Devil. However, and I hope to God this was a Japanese translation that was kept as is for the sake of consistency, it's instead called "Riddle Story of Devil".

Got a lot of problems with this. The Engrish is obvious, but the real problem is that they actually added onto the original title with more nonsense and made it less faithful because...I mean. And not including "the" doesn't make a title more faithful, it just makes it sound pretty damn dumb and exhibits a lack of understanding about how translation- not even localization- works. Other than this, the manga is called both of these, but only on the inside. The spine and I believe the cover both just say Akuma no Riddle.

And really, this wouldn't bother me if this was the first time I'd seen this, but this terrible title trans/localization trend is getting really annoying and just shows a lack of care about what their jobs are. And some...some are just plain dumb as hell. Shinmai Maou no Testament? Yeah, that's The Testament of Sister New Devil, which would be perfectly fine (albeit silly) if she was named "Sister New Devil" or a nun named "New Devil". But she's not. And Sister New Devil doesn't even make any sense, it doesn't tell you anything. It just sounds silly. And not really in a way that's appealing. And this came out last year.

So yeah. Kinda just felt like...I don't even wanna say venting. Especially because, whether you consume officially translated media or not, it's not uncommon for anyone who speaks English to refer to a title by its well-known English name, especially if it's more convenient. But yeah, that's all from me. Fun stuff all around.
 
machomuu said:
Whelp, had another bookstore excursion today, so I got to try out some manger. I felt pretty damn silly that in my previous visits I couldn't find My Hero Academia because I was looking in the B section for "Boku no Hero Academia". In an American Bookstore.

But, uh, anyway. Sakamoto Desu Ga. I hadn't heard of it before I saw you guys raving about it back when its adaptation was announced, so I got a chance to read some of volume 1. That manga is not bookstore safe. There was a good deal of constrained laughter from me and, honestly, it seems like something that really needs quality direction to sell its delivery, because the delivery's how they sell Sakamoto.

Studio Deen has a pretty bad reputation and I remember that being the real worry about this adaptation a while back. After reading it, despite not really having engaged with Studio Deen much in my adult life (very little, actually), it still didn't inspire too much confidence. Then I found out it's being directed by Shinji Takamatsu. Confirmed AotS, at the very least.

Other than that, took a bite out of the first chapter of Hero Academia. Mentioned before that I've seen the art around and've seen quite a few fan pieces and doujin based around it, so my curiosity was piqued. Decided to only read a little as a teaser for the anime and it looks pretty interesting. The first episode, at least, will be a pretty fun watch, and I can see it taking a nosedive but eh. It's at least worth a taste.

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Sakamoto looks good. Pretty damn hyped for it.

And, to be very honest, with the current season's Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu and KonoSuba, DEEN have proved themselves to be pretty fucking capable. They're easily two of my favorite shows from this season and the visual quality is pretty damn great, despite what you'd say about DEEN and make an ass out of their reputation.

As for Hero Academia, the story only gets better after the first chapter. In fact, I disliked the first chapter for some reason. Just didn't feel eventful enough. And seemed very cliche shounen. Not bad but...not memorable. But the later chapters alleviated that issue - the wide range of colorful cast, their creative powers (with limitations) and just their interaction in general are all great things about the series. Really love the series now.

machomuu said:
And really, this wouldn't bother me if this was the first time I'd seen this, but this terrible title trans/localization trend is getting really annoying and just shows a lack of care about what their jobs are. And some...some are just plain dumb as hell. Shinmai Maou no Testament? Yeah, that's The Testament of Sister New Devil, which would be perfectly fine (albeit silly) if she was named "Sister New Devil" or a nun named "New Devil". But she's not. And Sister New Devil doesn't even make any sense, it doesn't tell you anything. It just sounds silly. And not really in a way that's appealing. And this came out last year.
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Oh my god, Shinmai Maou. That series. That name bugged the everliving crap out of me. I just couldn't stop thinking about how friggin stupid that sounds. XD;
 
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