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your thoughts have summoned this post from hell so, as i pray... Home > Archives > 2010 > October > 03 Fall 2010 Taste Test #1 – Sexful Karmic Angels, Go to hell desu, Unlimited Adaptation Failures, and My Little Sister Can’t Be This AwesomeSorry, kimaguresan, I just had to call this post a ‘taste test.’[1] Anyway, here I am with a glance at four of the new shows airing this season. I’ll try to be brief. Panty & Stocking (2010-10-01) Series
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A company of ghosts has moved into Daten City, taking advantage of human greed. Two angels, Panty and Stocking, are sent from heaven to exterminate them -- but in reality they got kicked out for bad behavior. Episodes: 13Time: Fri 27:00+JST Status: completed Duration: 24m Links: Official Official ANN I don’t even… I don’t know who or what decided that PSG would be the most important thing ever, but apparently otou-san used it to kick digitalboy off the internet[2]. I Am Okay With This™. As for the anime stripped of its meta anibloggery context, meh. I don’t need it. I wanted to enjoy it—I really did—but the visual cacophony was just a bit too much. I’ll stick with it for an episode or two longer, but I can’t see myself getting very far. The transformation scene—well-shared across GRSI—is very, very nice, though. 8) MM (2010-10-02) Fall Series
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The story centers the life of Taro Sado going through high school. He came to realize his masochist personality and attempts to conceal this from his crush. To fix it, he enrolled in his school's "2nd Volunteer Club". Genre: comedy, romanceLength: 12 Status: airing Time: Sat 09:30+JST Links: Official ANN I was not super impressed by this. The OP and ED suck donkeyballz and the lead girl’s voice actress sounds like she’s trying too hard to emulate Hirano Aya. Among the nicer things were the friendship between the bros and the trap—but I fear nothing compelling will come from this plot thread. I’ll keep watching this, but not with high hopes. While masochism is fun to laugh at, and while many of the show’s situations are kind of hot if we let ourselves stop and understand, “oh, she’s getting him off,” I don’t enjoy Sado’s beaten-up face so much. It just doesn’t suit my aesthetic. Bakuman (2010-10-02) Series
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Moritaka Mashiro, a junior high school student, content to live out a relatively normal life as any other does, is persuaded by his classmate, Akito Takagi, to become an aspiring mangaka when the latter realizes his natural talent as an artist. However, Moritaka is reluctant to pursue his dream as his uncle, once a mangaka with his own serializations, died from overwork trying to regain his lost status. With Akito's help, Takagi gets another classmate and his school crush, Azuki Miho, who is an aspiring voice actress, to voice in the anime adaptation of their future manga once it is completed. However, Mashiro also proposes to Azuki, who surprisingly accepts only on the condition she will marry him when both of them have achieved their dreams. With a goal set before him, Mashiro begins a long and struggling path to become a famous mangaka. Length: 25Status: airing Time: Sat 18:00+JST Duration: 24m Links: Official ANN Bakuman, already a borderline mediocre manga by virtue of its shitty premise, fallacious conflicts, and flat supporting cast, had nothing to gain through animation. It has neither action nor ambience. The only two aspects where a TV adaptation could have helped—vocalizing the dialogue and providing a pleasant soundtrack—just weren’t what they needed to be. Add to that the fact that J.C. Staff is pulling its usual “we already made Honey & Clover, please allow us to rest on our rotting laurels” spiel, and you’re left with a really, really bad idea. I think I’ll pass. My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute (2010-10-03) Series
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For several years, Kyousuke's relationship with his younger sister Kirino has been cold, to the point that they only share greetings. But one day, Kyousuke finds a moe anime DVD fallen in their entry hall. His interest piqued, he looks for the owner, only to realize it belongs to Kirino. He's shocked, but more surprises lie just ahead... Genre: comedyTheme: imouto, otaku, secrets, siblings Episodes: 12 Status: airing Time: Sun 23:30+JST Duration: 24m Length: 12 Links: Official ANN Best show of Fall 2010? It’s hard to say from here, but it’s sure dazzling next to its competition. Allow me to quote myself.
To answer myself: yInterestingly enough, Kirino (aka the hottest little sister ever, a nubile proto-Nobue) is voiced by the same wannabe-ogre who voices Mio in MM!. She tries much less hard to sound like Aya in this show, however, which is bonus points. Parting shot… Well, this has been way too much like “real” anime blogging for lolikit, so he’s gonna bust outta here and hit the figurative hay. G’night, bitches! Footnotesthese notes are like lelouch's head to the boot of this post's suzaku |
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dok1 said:
You gotta keep it up with p&s&g, just to see if Gainax is going to psychoanalyse the girls and mindscrew everyone a la Evangelion. I don’t know, just a feeling.
Bakuman is informative outside the whole ridiculous romance concept.
Not used to hearing the voice of Azunyan doing tsunderes like Mio and Kirino. How should I put it…makes her voice acting much less dynamic.
lolikitsune said:
I’ve already seen Evangelion. Why should I hang around just to see if I can watch it again, but with worse visuals than it had on no budget in the 90s?
As for Bakuman… there are some pieces of information about the industry scattered about here and there, but mostly Bakuman is just more shounen trash under the disguise of meta: “we need to be the best!” “why?” “because we need to be the best!” “why?” It’s really just kind of dumb. The only redeeming qualities are the artwork and some of the character dynamics.
kluxorious said:
You’re the first one I’ve heard saying that Bakuman manga is mediocre at best
lolikitsune said:
I read 95 chapters, giving up only when OneManga went down and I was too lazy to look elsewhere. I enjoyed it. But that doesn’t make it good.
Part of enjoying it was getting off on the pain of bashing my head against the wall every time Saiko changed his style to be more mainstream shounen-esque, instead of just saying “why the fuck am I trying to draw shounen? I’m going to play to my strengths and release something awesome in Comic Blade.”
chikorita157 said:
Damn, the new fall anime is going to make me fall behind on my backlog… Oh well.
lolikitsune said:
You do realize that this is only a 25% approval rate, right? One show isn’t going to mess with your backlog.
chikorita157 said:
Because of time constraints and me being lazy, I usually put the focus on new shows. Considering that I will have three shows to watch in the end, I think the older shows can wait… but hopefully not put off like I did with Air (1 year).
lolikitsune said:
I dunno, you’re woefully lacking in good old shows (SaiKano, KimiNozo, etc.).
chikorita157 said:
You know that I just started watching anime again in fall of 2008… Before that, I was watching Pokemon and 4kids crap. It’s going to take time.
lolikitsune said:
Yeah… keep trying harder. :)
Shance said:
Lolikit liking OreImo. Iamokaywiththis™
Let the fanservice rain down on us.
lolikitsune said:
:)