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Hatoful Dandy said:
Within a day or so of the uploads, YouTube 's algorithms copyright struck the whole channel...until Toei had to explain to them this is THEIR official channel that they announced a while ago.
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Yeah, poor guys who went to the trouble to put this channel together only to have a taste of their own medicine, but then I guess that's the irony of it all.
 
Secret Asshole said:
Anime is basically a hobby of disappointment. Either you go in knowing your 12 cour series is going to end like shit or never get continued or you're going to have to wait 40 years for a sequel. Which I think is a problem you have to solve if you ever want to make it mainstream. Its even worse because as you say, sometimes the manga isn't even translated. But again, you go in knowing this isn't really for Westerners.
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I disagree with the notion. First of all it doesn't apply when anime aren't plot-centric (pretty much every comedy/comfy anime). Also in animes that are based around arcs you can still get a nice "the adventure continues" ending that isn't perfect but still makes you feel like there was advancement.
But even when you have plot-centric anime, the media it is based on can: get delayed to infinity, turn to shit after a while or get cancelled. With those more likely than a long running series that maintains its quality. If anything, having little popularity to warrant a second season can mean the manga is on the verge of cancellation if it doesn't have enough following.
 
I've caught up with a bunch of manga lately.
To start, I've gotten up to date with Interviews With Monster Girls, and I have mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I like the sugary-sweet slice of life thing it has going on. It can be pretty fun to just see how the demihumans do certain things that make sense once you think about it, like this:
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Little things like that add some personality to the series, kind of like in Monster Musume when it went into the living conditions and laws and shit. But, speaking of Monster Musume brings me to my issues with the manga. It feels like it's on the edge of becoming really fucking skeevy, mainly because of how love and sex get brought up a lot.
There is room for stories about a student with a crush on a teacher, that happens all the time IRL. The issue is how the teacher handles it, as in he doesn't. So now we're left with a weird situation where two teachers are in a "will-they-won't-they" while the student wants in on one of them. Not a deal-breaker yet, but it leaves me on alert.

I'm interested in how Elma's Grandmother will change things in Maid Dragon, but it's in a nice enough lull at the moment. There's a lot to say about it, but it's really a 'love it or hate it' series. Both have very good reasons. The art is pleasant, as is the way the dragons and humans interact while still being radically different. It can get pretty heartwarming at times, and does touch on pretty interesting themes regarding what it means to be a parent and adult. However, the whole Shota and Lucoa gag is pretty fucking creepy and even Tooru can come off as pervy in a not funny way at times. So it's really what you can tolerate I guess.

Kengan Omega is fucking great so far. I love how the fighters each feel like they are the mains in their own story, sometimes from different genres as well. The fights are genuinely engaging and there's usually not a completely obvious outcome, even for the mains. It's also just goofy enough to have a sense of humor about itself, which is nice to see from manga with these insane ideas. Any manga with the central idea being that a bunch of companies hire lads to clap each other to settle business contracts is inherently ridiculous, but it makes sense once you see the type of people who live in this world the author created.

Hitomi-Chan Is Shy With Strangers is genuinely adorable. Even though the main guy is a manlet even by Japanese standards, he's somehow managed to get this absolute unit of an autistic girl to crush on him. The interactions are fun, the story is basic but comfy, and it for some reason reminds me of Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto. Maybe it's how instead of 'cool', Hitomi is seen as 'scary', and the reputation she gets is kind of how it went for Sakamoto.
 
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PS1gamenwatch said:
This manga has become viral:

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"Uighur man held after leaking letters from Xinjiang camp inmates, says family"


China will be very mad. But with this pandemic, what're they gonna do about it?

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My sole experience with Uyghurs was when I went to a restaurant owned by some folks in Washington D.C. Though it was off-putting to see raisins in fried rice, the meal was surprisingly delicious. Whatever the case, any reason to give China another prod to the rear is a good one.

On a much less serious note, I have yet to regret picking up Gal and Dinosaur.
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I have just finished the debut episode of the new Kaguya-sama season and it's in a level of good that I just can't conceive! Give the man behind it an award, man! I can safely say that anime has definitely improved from 2018.
 
CivilianOfTheFandomWars said:
I've caught up with a bunch of manga lately.
To start, I've gotten up to date with Interviews With Monster Girls, and I have mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I like the sugary-sweet slice of life thing it has going on. It can be pretty fun to just see how the demihumans do certain things that make sense once you think about it, like this:
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Little things like that add some personality to the series, kind of like in Monster Musume when it went into the living conditions and laws and shit. But, speaking of Monster Musume brings me to my issues with the manga. It feels like it's on the edge of becoming really fucking skeevy, mainly because of how love and sex get brought up a lot.
There is room for stories about a student with a crush on a teacher, that happens all the time IRL. The issue is how the teacher handles it, as in he doesn't. So now we're left with a weird situation where two teachers are in a "will-they-won't-they" while the student wants in on one of them. Not a deal-breaker yet, but it leaves me on alert.

I'm interested in how Elma's Grandmother will change things in Maid Dragon, but it's in a nice enough lull at the moment. There's a lot to say about it, but it's really a 'love it or hate it' series. Both have very good reasons. The art is pleasant, as is the way the dragons and humans interact while still being radically different. It can get pretty heartwarming at times, and does touch on pretty interesting themes regarding what it means to be a parent and adult. However, the whole Shota and Lucoa gag is pretty fucking creepy and even Tooru can come off as pervy in a not funny way at times. So it's really what you can tolerate I guess.

Kengan Omega is fucking great so far. I love how the fighters each feel like they are the mains in their own story, sometimes from different genres as well. The fights are genuinely engaging and there's usually not a completely obvious outcome, even for the mains. It's also just goofy enough to have a sense of humor about itself, which is nice to see from manga with these insane ideas. Any manga with the central idea being that a bunch of companies hire lads to clap each other to settle business contracts is inherently ridiculous, but it makes sense once you see the type of people who live in this world the author created. The Ashura anime was bad, though. It looked like a fighting game and not in a good way.

Hitomi-Chan Is Shy With Strangers is genuinely adorable. Even though the main guy is a manlet even by Japanese standards, he's somehow managed to get this absolute unit of an autistic girl to crush on him. The interactions are fun, the story is basic but comfy, and it for some reason reminds me of Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto. Maybe it's how instead of 'cool', Hitomi is seen as 'scary', and the reputation she gets is kind of how it went for Sakamoto.
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Hitomi-Chan is great, I’ve enjoyed the hell out of the characters.
 
InsolentGaylord said:

So anime is fucked now, Funimation are allowed to be on production committees for anime. So Anime will be come SJWified very soon.
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Yeah, I'm super late responding to this here. Let's be honest, how long do we see this lasting? And how well do you think any attempts at SJWing anime will go? Cause I definitely think that there's enough of that as is. I'm kind of hoping this doesn't go well if only to shut up the hardcore KIA types and people like the guy I just quoted.

On what I watched recently, I started watching the OG Dragon Ball Series.
 
ShadowDoc said:
Yeah, I'm super late responding to this here. Let's be honest, how long do we see this lasting? And how well do you think any attempts at SJWing anime will go? Cause I definitely think that there's enough of that as is. I'm kind of hoping this doesn't go well if only to shut up the hardcore KIA types and people like the guy I just quoted.

On what I watched recently, I started watching the OG Dragon Ball Series.
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I don't think this is going to affect anything. Maybe something with dubs or state-side releases but I doubt that licensors will have a say on what airs in Japan.
 
ShadowDoc said:
Yeah, I'm super late responding to this here. Let's be honest, how long do we see this lasting? And how well do you think any attempts at SJWing anime will go? Cause I definitely think that there's enough of that as is. I'm kind of hoping this doesn't go well if only to shut up the hardcore KIA types and people like the guy I just quoted.

On what I watched recently, I started watching the OG Dragon Ball Series.
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This is new normal. All those "I wish anime was popular in the west" got their wish. Same thing happened with Sony, Nintendo, and SE.
I hope you like ReEra in charge of your 2D.
 
Maurice Caine said:
I don't think this is going to affect anything. Maybe something with dubs or state-side releases but I doubt that licensors will have a say on what airs in Japan.
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Yeah, I do think that's most likely what's going to happen. Gotta get that Clickbait tho. (Oh you know who I'm talking about.) They'd have to be pretty stupid to try and get a say on what airs in Japan, much less anything SJW-leaning. (I know there's some rumblings about that starting to take hold in Japan, but I digress.)

HumanHive said:
This is new normal. All those "I wish anime was popular in the west" got their wish. Same thing happened with Sony, Nintendo, and SE.
I hope you like ReEra in charge of your 2D.
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And I guarantee you not one of them will actually watch or support whatever's aired.
 
HumanHive said:
This is new normal. All those "I wish anime was popular in the west" got their wish. Same thing happened with Sony, Nintendo, and SE.
I hope you like ReEra in charge of your 2D.
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This more than anything is why I basically stick to pre-2012 anime. The popularization of anime (and pretty much any hobby or niche interest) is the beginning of it's death.
 
Coh said:
This more than anything is why I basically stick to pre-2012 anime. The popularization of anime (and pretty much any hobby or niche interest) is the beginning of it's death.
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It's been dying for 10 years, and this is just the coffin being lowered into the grave. Kadokawa monopoly, LN adaptations strangling original anime, Japan's demographs, streaming killing television, CGI replacing hand drawn effects. This is just one data point in a long line.
 
Coh said:
This more than anything is why I basically stick to pre-2012 anime. The popularization of anime (and pretty much any hobby or niche interest) is the beginning of it's death.
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HumanHive said:
It's been dying for 10 years, and this is just the coffin being lowered into the grave. Kadokawa monopoly, LN adaptations strangling original anime, Japan's demographs, streaming killing television, CGI replacing hand drawn effects. This is just one data point in a long line.
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I totally agree with the sentiment, however, I believe that we do still get quality anime. Of course, it's not 2007 and the golden age has long passed, but you can't just write the whole medium off. Personally I dearly miss the Haruhi series and old KyoAni/Studio SHAFT.
 
Maurice Caine said:
I totally agree with the sentiment, however, I believe that we do still get quality anime. Of course, it's not 2007 and the golden age has long passed, but you can't just write the whole medium off. Personally I dearly miss the Haruhi series and old KyoAni/Studio SHAFT.
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Nobody's writing off anything. I'm just stating facts. But at this point, it isn't "ours" anymore, it's the next generation's; and if you sit around thinking you'll get season 3 of whatever, you just sound like an old man.
 
HumanHive said:
Nobody's writing off anything. I'm just stating facts. But at this point, it isn't "ours" anymore, it's the next generation's; and if you sit around thinking you'll get season 3 of whatever, you just sound like an old man.
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I mean, do you really think that anime can reach a new low by the next decade? It has always been a work of passion, the fuckups of the 2010s mainly can be boiled down to gacha/idolhell and Kadokawa owning everything and everyone. Oh, and shitty LN isekai anime adaptations. What mainly concerns me is Japan's newfound passion for outsourcing work to Taiwan. Like, animation is stuck in time. We used to see these amazing animated movies in the 2000's done by Ufotable (and later Kyoani with disappearence) and we never went beyond that. And that's kinda sad.
 
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