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I think it's typical SJW shit where their willingness to work for nothing in a position nobody else wants gets them the "job."
Like "games journalists" who neither know nor like games nor are journalists.
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I think it's typical SJW shit where their willingness to work for nothing in a position nobody else wants gets them the "job."
Like "games journalists" who neither know nor like games nor are journalists.
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Depending on how much "creative" freedom Leth had, this may end up being one of those "its so bad its good" scenarios.
The show will probably be SJW garbage, but all the salt it generated from those chinese cartoons autists made its existence worth it
The show will probably be SJW garbage, but all the salt it generated from those chinese cartoons autists made its existence worth it
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My prediction is so bad it just sucks.
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Whatever the result, I bet this site will get blamed
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I found a thread on the CR forums thats about the show and is still open
http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-1023675/high-guardian-spice?pg=71
tldr: everyone is shitting on it
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-ne...nces-new-division-devoted-to-original-content
The comments in the announcement article are also people shitting on the show and announcing that they've cancelled their subscriptions
The show was suppose to have a Q&A at the CR Expo today, but it seems it was removed from the schedule.
Edit: The Q&A was re-added to the schedule a few hours before it was scheduled to start
http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-1023675/high-guardian-spice?pg=71
tldr: everyone is shitting on it
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-ne...nces-new-division-devoted-to-original-content
The comments in the announcement article are also people shitting on the show and announcing that they've cancelled their subscriptions
Edit: The Q&A was re-added to the schedule a few hours before it was scheduled to start
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I neither like nor dislike anime, and I hadn't even heard of CR before all this kicked off, some can someone tell me -
is there any way an "original" show by a bunch of (any) Americans could have been announced without backlash?
is there any way an "original" show by a bunch of (any) Americans could have been announced without backlash?
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It'd depend on what you mean by "backlash." It's entirely possible for Americans to make a good, even acclaimed show using an anime-derived artstyle (Last Airbender is a common example), but no matter what the quality is, there will always be spergs who hate it for not coming from Glorious Nippon.
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If the show was looked more "anime-inspired" people would've been receptive, I think.
Also, most of the show's staff appear to be Canadians
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The image that doesn't show for me is a RWBY poster, btw. You've got that, Thundercats 06, Wakfu, Avatar, the upcoming GEN:LOCK that has a surprising number of bigger names lending their voices in it...
It's doable, and people usually classify them as Anime-Likes. But their inspiration is way clearer than a rejected Nick Short concept from 3 years ago.
It's doable, and people usually classify them as Anime-Likes. But their inspiration is way clearer than a rejected Nick Short concept from 3 years ago.
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Without any backlash whatsoever? Probably not. But having some footage instead of that preachy teaser would have helped, and even a token effort to appeal to anime fans wouldn't have hurt either.
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The reaction has been mostly positive indeed.
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I've been plumbing the depths of the CR forums to see just how pissed the viewership is:
Gem on a poll where 79% dislike the idea of HGS.
One user: "Apparently the video had 4.1K likes vs 110K dislikes, before Crunchyroll disabled viewing / rating
that means, 96.41% disliked the video."
Ow.
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To be fair I don't think the presence of a higher ratio of female characters has much, if anything, to do with SJWs. For certain mediums and genres like animation or hero shooters for games it's just the safer bet: contrary to what Kate Leth's posse will say, men who consume these tend to like a wide variety of women due for the same reasons girls like boy bands while women tend to like have a couple female characters to choose as projections, so introducing a new girl character or having an ensemble of cute girl characters for your comedic, low stakes slice of life show is an easier sell. Some of the most successful shows with evenly unisex fanbases had either a female lead (Kim Possible, Totally Spies, Miraculous Ladybug) a 50/50 gender split (Avatar the Last Airbender) or a near 50/50 gender spilt (Teen Titans) so this isn't completely unfounded.
The only time the female lead becomes an issue with animation is in the cases where the creators are trying to tell a more serious story and therefore the tone demands more from its characters. A lot of the times writers might treat their female characters with the kid gloves and don't like to acknowledge their faults, which often frustrates viewers. For instance no one had a problem with a new female lead when Legend of Korra was first announced, but over time a lot of the audience soured on her the more apparent it became Korra wasn't actually growing as a character.
Also I didn't see anyone post this yet, but I found the creator of HGS's tumblr.
Looking over the various redesigns, one thing that sticks out to me is that I have no fuckimg clue what I'm supposed to take away from their personalities. Pink-haired girl has all the hallmarks of the blandest "bubbly & well-meaning but ditzy & accident -prone" anime girl protagonist, but then she's given these straight cut bangs that give her permanent half-lidded eyes, darker lines under the eyes and lower lashes, and mannerisms that are all frequently reserved for disinterested teenagers and goths. If it was meant to be an intentional subversion for comedy maybe those choices would make sense, but then everyone else is still generic anime & fantasy cliches, and I still can't figure out where the ugly brown leather armor on top of hot pink is supposed to play into that outside of being distracting.
And for the life of me I still can't figure out how old these characters are supposed to be. The height says "tweens" but then the blonde one has toys while the others don't and some of their outfits read as being more apt for 20-somethings.
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Not really.
But if it were actually anime and not just incredibly shitty bean face CalArts shit, people might have given it a chance.
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First off, have it not have that rounded, cutesy western animation art style. They should have gone with a style more reminiscent of Avatar: The Last Airbender or Legend of Korra if they wanted to say they were anime-inspired. And they should have made the trailer an actual, fully animated trailer so viewers can get a bit of a handle on the plot, the characters, and what sort of show it's trying to be. Finally, they should have never hired Kate Leth, and absolutely should have avoided bragging about how ~diverse~ they are.
I can guarantee it would have been far better received if they did all this.
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And yet my idea for a cartoon will probably never get made.
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What's yer idea for one?
Yeah.
If it had been on Netflix or CN
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