2011-05-17, 11:54 | Link #901 |
Me, An Intellectual
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It's a comedy first and foremost and I'd say the show is supported by some very strong comedy so I'd have to disagree with that. If the comedy has so little impact for you then you're best off dropping it altogether than putting it on hold.
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2011-05-17, 12:16 | Link #902 | |
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But of course, this is first and foremost a wild comedy, with intense moe characteristics and a harem with one predominant girl and a droll lead. And a couple of characters with backstories to learn. And some character development, at least for Erio. To be honest, this is my favorite show of the spring, and one whose episodes I watch several times. Just as I did with another less-than-popular Shinbou show last year: Dance in the Vampire Bund. The main strength of both shows, to me, is the interesting visual/aural rhythms and timing that Shinbou seems to be the master of. He is a real artist, when he gets it right, and when he has good material to work with. And in this show, he is presenting what may be the most effective ero-moe I have ever seen. But I guess that is of no interest to some viewers. Fair enough.
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2011-05-17, 21:37 | Link #903 |
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This is just random guessing, but for some reason the girl in the spacesuit at the opening gives me the impression she was the one that lead to Erio's dissapearance back then and made Erio believe she was an alien. Of course that can't be true she is to be added to the harem???
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2011-05-17, 21:56 | Link #904 | |
神さま、ありがとう!
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2011-05-17, 22:38 | Link #905 | |
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What I got was a generic harem moeblob show with a ton of deliciously hot women desperate to fling themselves on the protagonist. Sweaty basement otaku wish-fulfillment fantasy at its finest. Nobody's died yet, nobody's gone insane and gone on a murderous rampage, aliens haven't abducted anyone, no MJ-12, no men in black, no Illuminati, no Noisy Crickets... Bo~ring. Edit: Sorry SHAFT, but Puella Magi Madoka Magica set a new standard for your work. Producing this... after achieving that level of excellence is just a shame. The bar's been raised and you guys did the raising yourself--so what the hell is this?
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2011-05-17, 22:46 | Link #906 | |
Princess or Plunderer?
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2011-05-18, 01:52 | Link #907 |
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Madoka Magica is an oddity in SHAFT's lineup of works. If you had been following the studio you would know that Denpa Onna is what they often do: a cast of oddball eccentric characters doing crazy things (these days with an extra male protagonist that frequently comments on the absurdity).
They occasionally goes into the serious darker side, but that's pretty rare. Why I have a feeling that a lot of people only first heard about SHAFT because of Madoka Magica?
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2011-05-18, 02:11 | Link #908 |
I kill you
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@synaesthetic: You are disappointed in Shaft since they are doing anime of the genre which they are used to do? Make no sense. Shaft has always been playing otakus with their own unique standard of moe-ness that differs from Kyoto Animation. You are very late for realising it.
Plus, generic harem? Sadly, it is not. There is much better word describing this genre; which is called 靑一點.
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2011-05-18, 03:04 | Link #911 | |
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Not only that, if people bothered to do some background check, they would find that for the entire last decade, the only show they had that broke 10k sales in dvd/bd was Bakemonogatari- albeit, it's one hell of a break. Shaft is not a studio that constantly churn out record breaking hits, to expect otherwise is well... Pretty delusional thinking. They only got lucky with Urobuchi that's all... Could have happened to anybody
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2011-05-18, 03:07 | Link #913 |
神さま、ありがとう!
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I'm finding the above rage post a little... worrying.
Although Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica is probably one of the best SHAFT works to date, alongside their legion of other good material... it's still a unique case. An anime like MSMM was something that SHAFT did that was far from 'normal' comparative to how they do their usual works. You can't expect the one-time anime to set a standard for the studio's entire showlisting. @Malkuth: Precisely.
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2011-05-18, 03:11 | Link #914 | |
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SHAFT: Where socially dysfunctional girls look attractive.
Seriously they've been doing this for a long time now, you can call them a specialist on oddball and eccentric characters. Btw since someone brought this up Quote:
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2011-05-18, 03:28 | Link #916 | ||
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Plus, Madoka, Negima is dysfunctional in sense how characters are presented. REC is not Shinbo-era product. Soremachi was only animation from Shaft that you can really call it normal. Edited: and Hidamari.
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2011-05-18, 04:01 | Link #917 |
Stüldt Hĺjt!
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To even out the Madoka fanboyism, I'm disappointed that this is not another Bakemonogatari. WTF are you doing Shaft ??!1
I'm sorry shaft, but Bakemonogatari set a new standard for your work. Madoka certainly appeals to a wider audience, and it was pretty hyped from what I gathered.
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2011-05-18, 04:10 | Link #918 | |
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In Madoka only 2nd iteration Homura and thereafter could be considered unfriendly, but no way socially dysfunctional at Hitagi or Erio levels. In Negima, some girls are a little eccentric but still quite social. And we are talking about the studio, not Shinbou, however much influence the man has, SHAFT is not Shinbou |
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