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View Poll Results: Is fan service bothering you when watching an anime? (in non-ecchi titles) | |||
I love it! Can't keep watching without it | 7 | 10.94% | |
Not most of the times | 7 | 10.94% | |
Half the times it is fine | 22 | 34.38% | |
It lowers the true quality of a title just by being there | 10 | 15.63% | |
It ruins all real enjoyment by focusing on pointless BS | 9 | 14.06% | |
It really doesn't bother me at all | 9 | 14.06% | |
Voters: 64. You may not vote on this poll |
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2004-10-29, 14:10 | Link #1 |
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Fan service: Good or bad?
I personally don't care as long as the service don't go over board for me. And for those who think its good state which fan service scene in an anime that you liked. and for those who think its bad tell us why you think its bad besides the obvious "because its stupid" excuse.
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2004-10-29, 15:11 | Link #2 | |
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2004-10-29, 17:12 | Link #5 |
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Finland
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Fanservice is good as long as it stays cute and funny, but it turn bad when it starts getting too ecchi. Its kind of done for comedic purposes, and not too serious, difficult to explain...
My opinions about some series: DearS - I could have enjoyed this series a lot more without that teacher, too ecchi for my tastes. Ai Yori Aoshi - fanservice ruined the story. Onegai Teacher - just the right amount of fanservice. Kono Minikuku mo Utsukushii Sekai - yes, a lot of fanservice, but funny. |
2004-10-29, 18:28 | Link #7 | |
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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Pretty much anything that involves playing to what a fan in general wants, i.e. certain characters becoming intimate. Anyway, I'll admit that I despise all kinds of fan service, simply because I'd rather they worry about(this is a reach)a better plot rather than playing to what a fan would like. |
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2004-10-29, 22:29 | Link #10 |
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I actually prefer it when the show is built around it, like Agent Akia, or a good comedy, rather than when it is just stuck on a more serious anime or where it just seems out of place.
It's kind of like porn and regular movies, I don't want to watch a porn star try to act, and I hate when in the middle of a drama or action movie they throw in a love scene, to me love scenes just wreck the whole flow of movies. So if the fan service feels right and the show flows it's ok, but if it feels out of place or breaks the flow then I don't like it. |
2004-10-29, 23:13 | Link #11 |
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fan service is alright when it is done tastefully or when the viewer doesn't really notice the fanservice because its not overly done such in Vandread or in Kono Minikuku mo Utsukushii Sekai (though some points I thought the fan service went way too far *cough* shower scene *cough*).
If it is all the plot has to offer or is done in every frame then it can be annoying and ruin a good show. (Baku Ten) |
2004-10-29, 23:18 | Link #12 |
cho~ kakkoii
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: 3rd Planet
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I don't think there is any "correct" determinant factors for defining "good" or "bad" fanservice. Is fanservice good? HELL yes!.. Let me finish. Depending only on the consideratin of the intended viewers. I don't find fanservice good if they are forced on me and becomes predictable, like in Ikkitousen or Tenjou Tenge where I must find out what color of their panties are whenever the girls decide to take a sudden turn and try to dazzle the eyes with their shiny boobs. Good examples of fanservice are usually associated with strong comedic plot such as Yumeria.
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2004-10-30, 00:52 | Link #15 |
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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Hate it. Fanservice used as a running gag for a show gets annoying and desperate. If I wanted all that, I'd be watching porn. What really aggravates me is how most of the new comedy series coming out heavily rely on fanservice. Its just like..the same things over and over again except with enough changes to make it look like a new series altogether (Example: Final Approach compared to Rizelmine).
Theres enough stereotypes in these types of titles to actually get assume that these people are using ready-made templates to create these series for churning in the money, then actually thinking up something that hasn't been beaten to death already. You also have to put into consideration that most of these girls in the cutesy excessive fanservice shows are drawn to look like..they're twelve or something, three-four years than they are. So to my conclusion: Fan service is Extremely-Super-Ultra Softcore Animated Child Porn masquerading as legitimate series Last edited by defunct; 2004-11-22 at 03:54. |
2004-10-30, 08:48 | Link #16 | |
Usor Linguae Latinae
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: In Lecto Melissae Cum Melissa
Age: 44
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There is fanservice of the cuteness variety. That's something I like. Negima! has plenty of fanservice of the Latin-language variety. Latin is one of my favorite languages! Maria-sama ga Miteru has lots of shōjo-ai-ish fanservice. Yes, I like that kind, too. Mai of Kanon is associated with fanservice of the girls-with-swords variety. That variety is great, I think! You can find fanservice of the of the classical-mythology and astronomy varieties in Bishōjo Senshi Sērā Mūn. That is one of the reasons I like that series. There is the fanservice of the ever-popular sexual variety. (Most of the people who posted in this thread were thinking of that variety.) Sometimes I like it. I like it best when there are bikini girls! YAY!
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2004-10-30, 08:55 | Link #17 |
Back From The Dead?
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Canada
Age: 34
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I personally do not like fanservice, I think it can ruin some series such as Girls Bravo, DearS, Popotan, etc. It hinders the story, expecially in Popotan. That series could have been wonderful, though they went a little overboard on the nudity and fanservice. I'm seeing too many series lately being driven by fanservice and I was really sad to find out Mai-HiME contained so much.
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