If Shield Hero makes people hot and bothered and rage on their blogs and twitter, an adaptation of that series will give some very interesting reactions. I'm sure the detractors of Shield Hero will love the first episode or two as it will likely feature heavy physical and sexual violence against men unless they water it down obscene amounts but then will almost implode with rage once the women start getting their share of the abuse. It'll be interesting to see how many bloggers have to do an about-face from their praise of the earlier episodes versus those who read ahead and are raging from the beginning based on what they know will be coming.
Honestly, I'm kinda surprised that's getting an adaption at all, but then again I'm from a Western country where sex is far more taboo than violence. Kaifuku Jutsushi no Yarinaoshi kinda stands out from most of the revenge stories in that almost the entire cast is both an unrepentant asshole and a villain.
Edit: I'm also surprised that ANN isn't just pretending that series doesn't exist. Would almost expect them to do something like that.
Kaifuku is the one with THAT page right?
Yes it is.
I'm sad and disappointed that this is being adepted insted of the far superior edgefests like Trash. Rape Zoids, Dead Tube, Satanofany, Murata Shinya's manga aside from Killing Bites, the rest of Killing Bites, Murcielago, Schaferhund and many more.
Kaifuku is the one with THAT page right?
Yes it is.
I'm sad and disappointed that this is being adepted insted of the far superior edgefests like Trash. Rape Zoids, Dead Tube, Satanofany, Murata Shinya's manga aside from Killing Bites, the rest of Killing Bites, Murcielago, Schaferhund and many more.
It wasn't even a good shooting the guy just shot random people and then got owned by the same chick he was cucked by. Only thing it was missing was him getting locked out of a room by a couch.
If Shield Hero makes people hot and bothered and rage on their blogs and twitter, an adaptation of that series will give some very interesting reactions. I'm sure the detractors of Shield Hero will love the first episode or two as it will likely feature heavy physical and sexual violence against men unless they water it down obscene amounts but then will almost implode with rage once the women start getting their share of the abuse. It'll be interesting to see how many bloggers have to do an about-face from their praise of the earlier episodes versus those who read ahead and are raging from the beginning based on what they know will be coming.
Honestly, I'm kinda surprised that's getting an adaption at all, but then again I'm from a Western country where sex is far more taboo than violence. Kaifuku Jutsushi no Yarinaoshi kinda stands out from most of the revenge stories in that almost the entire cast is both an unrepentant asshole and a villain.
Edit: I'm also surprised that ANN isn't just pretending that series doesn't exist. Would almost expect them to do something like that.
If Shield Hero makes people hot and bothered and rage on their blogs and twitter, an adaptation of that series will give some very interesting reactions. I'm sure the detractors of Shield Hero will love the first episode or two as it will likely feature heavy physical and sexual violence against men unless they water it down obscene amounts but then will almost implode with rage once the women start getting their share of the abuse. It'll be interesting to see how many bloggers have to do an about-face from their praise of the earlier episodes versus those who read ahead and are raging from the beginning based on what they know will be coming.
Honestly, I'm kinda surprised that's getting an adaption at all, but then again I'm from a Western country where sex is far more taboo than violence. Kaifuku Jutsushi no Yarinaoshi kinda stands out from most of the revenge stories in that almost the entire cast is both an unrepentant asshole and a villain.
Edit: I'm also surprised that ANN isn't just pretending that series doesn't exist. Would almost expect them to do something like that.
I wonder how they're going to adapt it. From what I've scene it has some pretty graphic sex scenes. Unless it becomes a straight up hentai like the manga I think it's going to be somewhat lacking imo.
Talks politics and the trend of introspection, unfulfilled relationships in Shinkai's work
A few weeks ago, Mobile Suit Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tominospoke to Japan's Weekly Playboy magazine of the rivalry he feels towards acclaimed anime director Makoto Shinkai's works. "From my generation's perspective, you don't have to go out of your way to make an anime that feels like an introspective novel ('I novel')," he said. He also described Shinkai's works as "stories about a boy and a girl who are always stretching out their hands towards each other," and said, "And yet the boy's hand never reaches the girl's crotch."
Tomino appeared to be remarking on the lack of adult maturity and perspective in the focal relationships portrayed in Shinkai's films. He tread similar ground in an interview published in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine on Thursday, albeit with rather different phrasing. The interview is a deep dive into Tomino's perspective on the intersection of art and politics, as well as the issues facing youths today.
According to Tomino, today's Japanese youths are different from his generation. Unlike youths in the 1960s, who dreamed of communist revolution, today's youths find similar catharsis in works divorced from reality, which Tomino thinks is exemplified in the appeal of YouTube and Makoto Shinkai's films.
"Weathering With You is really easy to watch," he said. "But the reason it became a hit is because it understands the viewer's feelings. An even easier example is your name.: a lot of people could relate to the feelings of yearning depicted when the characters ask and are asked, 'What is your name.?' But even if the characters possess wholesome feelings of admiration, they don't take that step towards declaring love and touching the other's body. That pent-up, unresolved feeling is connected to Tokyo's submerged state. I was surprised that so many people could relate to a resolution like that, to the extent of pouring over ten billion yen into the box office. To think that there are people in today's society who think that reality is just that harsh. And the fact that Shinkai's works are hits around the world means that in spite of the differences between countries, that feeling of looking inward can be seen across the world."
Tomino then remarked that a feeling of frustration towards the state of Japanese politics has been a constant since World War II. "It ends up being a case where people feel like all they can do is just plod along steadily in life, without getting caught up in the incompetence of politicians. So when it comes to their desires, they look away from reality and instead direct themselves inward. They dream of revolution taking place within themselves. In that sense, watching Shinkai's anime and feeling refreshed, even when it's only your own feelings that are being addressed, is one way of living in today's society without becoming a criminal."
When the interviewer responded that this seemed like a rather defeatist outlook, Tomino said that "plodding along steadily" is a very human characteristic. Ideally, people should be applying that mentality towards the problems of the world rather than focusing all of it inward. As a positive example, he cited the cleanup activities performed by elementary school children on the island of Okinoerabujima in order to prevent plastics on the beaches reaching other countries. Applying an attitude of diligence towards the environment within one's daily life and passing that attitude on to children is a way of confronting the world's problems. By doing that, the world can be changed without looking inward or through sparking revolution.
"And if society were to change like that... maybe Shinkai's works won't be hits to the extent that they are now," Tomino remarked with a laugh.
Tomino recently attended the Anime NYC convention, where he shared some of the themes of his works to his fans. A question regarding his comments on Shinkai's works also came up there, and Tomino clarified that he was not talking about the level of "sexiness" in Shinkai's films. He did, however, say, “This might be hard for all of you to see, but in my mind, the image of a sexy animated character is Disney's Snow White.” Source: Weekly Young Jump Issue #51 (December 5)
The guy's not wrong. All too often a lot of anime has the worst relationship tension on the fucking planet even if it has a metric fuckton of fan service in it. Like shit or get off the pot. There's a ton of sexiness but no romance, its really fucking weird. Some series are only 12 episodes and never finish, so it makes sense, but when you're 24 or god fucking forbid, 48 episodes in with still the same shit, please, please for the love of God do something.
If Shield Hero makes people hot and bothered and rage on their blogs and twitter, an adaptation of that series will give some very interesting reactions. I'm sure the detractors of Shield Hero will love the first episode or two as it will likely feature heavy physical and sexual violence against men unless they water it down obscene amounts but then will almost implode with rage once the women start getting their share of the abuse. It'll be interesting to see how many bloggers have to do an about-face from their praise of the earlier episodes versus those who read ahead and are raging from the beginning based on what they know will be coming.
Honestly, I'm kinda surprised that's getting an adaption at all, but then again I'm from a Western country where sex is far more taboo than violence. Kaifuku Jutsushi no Yarinaoshi kinda stands out from most of the revenge stories in that almost the entire cast is both an unrepentant asshole and a villain.
Edit: I'm also surprised that ANN isn't just pretending that series doesn't exist. Would almost expect them to do something like that.
Oh my God the sheer amount of salt that will flow. Jesus, 2020 is going to have the West screaming if any of these publications are still in print by then.
Kaifuku is the one with THAT page right?
Yes it is.
I'm sad and disappointed that this is being adepted insted of the far superior edgefests like Trash. Rape Zoids, Dead Tube, Satanofany, Murata Shinya's manga aside from Killing Bites, the rest of Killing Bites, Murcielago, Schaferhund and many more.
As far as edge fests go I'm still hoping Chainsaw Man gets an adaptation in a few seasons when there's more to adapt. I'm still amazed that it's in Weekly Shonen Jump. It's basically Devilman with less rape. Fire Punch would be great too, although I imagine an anime where the protagonist is naked for 90% of the story is a hard sell.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=uMIrq8Z61RA
But most of the time he lacks research, he thinks .hack was the genesis of Isekai anime when there were other titles that predated it, and he uses strawmen in his arguments like this:
Bennett can be fun when he reviews something ridiculous like Madbull 34, but he really falls flat on his face when he tries to legitimately analyze something. Oftentimes, he criticises a show or movie for a mistake in the Dub, pretending it's the source material that made the mistake, strawmans the shit out of it or outright lies about it.
“This might be hard for all of you to see, but in my mind, the image of a sexy animated character is Disney's Snow White.”
Snow White's canonically 14, Tomino , wanna elaborate further on that? Should've gone with Aurora or Cinderella, at least then that'd be somewhat understandable. Now if he was talking about "realism", okay then, I suppose I can see it, but Snow White's 14, like Sailor Moon.
And this is why I'll stand by CLANNAD as the best romance anime I've ever seen (still going through Maison Ikkoku, it's actually a pretty romantic show), because even though we don't get to see it onscreen (it's still an all-ages series compared to Key's other works), the main couple does ends up starting a family because they had sex and sex makes babies. Also the character progression between the two leads is really nuanced as they grow up, and they complete each other as a result. Can't really say the same for anything else of Shinkai's works except maybe 5 Centimeters Per Second.
“This might be hard for all of you to see, but in my mind, the image of a sexy animated character is Disney's Snow White.”
Snow White's canonically 14, Tomino , wanna elaborate further on that? Should've gone with Aurora or Cinderella, at least then that'd be somewhat understandable. Now if he was talking about "realism", okay then, I suppose I can see it, but Snow White's 14, like Sailor Moon.
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, wanna elaborate further on that? Should've gone with Aurora or Cinderella, at least then that'd be somewhat understandable. Now if he was talking about "realism", okay then, I suppose I can see it, but Snow White's 14, like Sailor Moon.