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2004-08-03, 04:24 | Link #27 | |
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And Evangelion was a much more ambitious show than some of this dizzy stuff they crank out now, which is why a lot of people get annoyed about fanservice - a show which lays it on thick tends to have nothing else going for it. |
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2004-08-03, 09:25 | Link #28 | |
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2006-06-19, 01:31 | Link #31 |
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My initial impulse was to ignore, merge or else lock this thread to leave that wikipedia reference as the final word. Then on second thought, I realized that there was actually a relevant and (I can only hope) interesting discussion to be had here.
The most commonly accepted definition of fanservice is panty shots and boob jiggles. In short, by this definition, fanservice is a sexual animation irrelevant to the story. But this is not the only definition. Other people insist that fanservice is any special addition that the fans might enjoy such as cameos, in-jokes, homages or even realistic weaponry. There are even people who are willing to extend this definition to the limit that it is anything at all enjoyed by fans, like fights or bike races. Of course once you extend it to this limit I believe that the term looses all meaning entirely since if a show doesn't have anything enjoyable, it is simply bad. Personally, I am a purist. I believe that the word fanservice is purely a sexual term. The more that you extend the meaning, the more that it gradually ceases to be useful for conveying useful information. If someone says that a show has lots of fanservice, I want to know what he is referring to. If the term only means sexual content, then I can understand him. How am I to draw meaningful information from that statement if he could mean that the guns are realistically drawn or that crowd scenes contain characters from 80s anime? If the word is such an encompassing term, then it is better not to use it at all.
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2006-06-19, 01:55 | Link #34 |
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You see! You think of Agent Aika because you know only a single meaning for the word fanservice. That makes communication happen.
I have to wonder what the speaker means when he says it and consequently communication fails.
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2006-06-19, 02:04 | Link #35 | |
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That said, I also don't think fanservice should be limited to sexual things like panty shots or bouncing breasts. Something like a character who isn't introduced until volume 8 of the manga appearing in a crowd during episode one of the anime are clearly done just for the fans. Stuff like that should be considered fanservice, even though they aren't sexual. Of course, this means we need a place to draw the line on what is and isn't fanservice.I would say references to the series in question, or other series from the same company should be considered fanservice, but anything outside shouldn't. After all, there are already perfectly acceptable terms for those, homage and parody.
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2006-06-19, 02:11 | Link #37 | |
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My god, NSW, you're the (wo)man. lol But i don't agree with you when you say fanservice musn't have a larger meaning to it. For instance, do you think I'm wrong to consider fillers as fanservice? Because I do, actually, in a way... ps : CA. I liked dokuro-chan. I hate Amaenaide.
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2006-06-19, 02:13 | Link #38 | |
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I think panty shots or bouncing breasts are more easy to spot that a char in a crowd. Cameos, in-jokes, homages, etc aren't that much noticable by the common viewer. I think its same proccess that ppl associated the expression "hentai-game" to the ero-games. If you ask several ppl that watch anime they will all say fanservice are panty shots or bouncing breasts.
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2006-06-19, 02:21 | Link #39 |
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Well its definitely not limited to panty shots or bouncing breasts,
Female oriented fanservice would be showing very handsome guys half naked... I even consider yuri and yaoi as fanservice to those who love it or cute girls suddenly dressing up as cats or maids which have no relevance to the story And as someone mentioned above, the appearance of an important character in the middle of a story can be considered that as well, e.g. Kira in GSD, that can be said to be done for fans |
2006-06-19, 02:26 | Link #40 | |
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I said fan service = eye candy, basically because its mostly presented as visual enjoyment. Sexual images are the most common type of fan service. Another type of fan service include characters performing extremely cool moves, characters beating the crap out of the opponent without breaking a sweat, this is fan service as well.
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