2011-07-20, 20:58 | Link #321 |
Last Engage
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Florida
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And another pickup
This means I can now do my "The Two iDOLM@STERs Comparison Diary" entries on Saturday instead of Friday (I'd accept any day other than Friday. That day's dense with shows. A sense of reprieve helps.) |
2011-07-21, 00:15 | Link #323 |
Not an expert on things
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Woah woah, I think what he meant was that it's a guilty pleasure for him because he doesn't think of Idolm@ster as the type of anime he usually watches or likes to watch. I'd rather leave the "character driven vs. plot driven" debate and all that entails out of this.
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2011-07-21, 08:56 | Link #325 |
Takao Tsundere Cruiser
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Classified
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With Crunchy now streaming it, i feel.... a conflict of loyalty over certain things i cannot say.
Anyway here's another VA interview with the cast, this episode featuring Makoto and Yukiho's voice actresses.
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2011-07-22, 14:14 | Link #330 |
Adeptus Animus
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Age: 36
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Staring one of my least favorite characters of the show, it's not surprising that this episode felt rather 'meh' to me. Regardless, I do join the chorus of voices that a bit of explanation as to why Yukiho has this phobia of men and dogs would really have served a good purpose here. Right now, while we do have a little bit of character development, it isn't nearly as large as it would have been had we also been shown her background.
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2011-07-22, 14:45 | Link #331 | |
Bittersweet Distractor
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 32
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In a trope filled anime like this, if you don't like the trope you aren't going to like watching it. Fortunately there are like 13 girls of 13 separate tropes flying around here, so some of them are bound to stick unless you hate all the tropes. It just so happened that I didn't like the tropes of episode 2, and it also so happens that the plot wasn't engaging enough to make up for the unlikable character. Do I consider the show overall trash? No, I really don't. I'll reserve that word for things that are actually trash like the latest Hidan no Aria. However, this anime has to prove itself to be more than just a guilty pleasure to me because right now that's all I'm getting from it. Take Yukinho from this episode. Either you found her reactions to things cute and endearing, or you didn't. The people who didn't already found the episode to be "meh." For me personally I was able to enjoy it because they showed a whole production of a concert going on to some degree, so it earned some interest points. However the characters themselves are lacking. If there is one thing I know about things like phobia of men especially, is that this is usually linked with not such pleasant pasts. There's a difference between being shy around the opposite gender, and then there's actually having a full blown phobia, as if she was a raped victim. This will ultimately stop me from liking her character because I can't get that disconnect from reality out of my head (Unless they further develop her to actually have a dark past like that). Visuals are always subjective, but while the animation itself isn't bad by any means, I could care less for the K-ON! art style. It's not the most appealing to me by any means and I much prefer other styles. So the visual part of this isn't that great. As for the idol music, I'm not much into it in the first place, so unless it's truly great, I could care less about that as well. What I will credit Idolmaster for though so far, compared to other predecessors in the "cute girls doing cute things" genre that is aboom lately, is that it avoided the whole false advertising shtick. It's actually sticking to the whole centralized idea that these girls are idols and they're going about their jobs. First episode was the introduction, and we got a producer. Episode 2 was them learning how to promote themselves better (Even if I didn't enjoy it so much). Episode 3 now was their first real event (Although small time). That was something that drove me insane during K-ON!, was how relegated the idea of music was in the plot to something barely worth thinking about. If Idolm@ster doesn't give me two beach episodes in the same cour I think I'll be OK with excluding it from the junk bin that I threw that anime in. All in all, episode 3 was fine. I'm content with holding it as my personal guilty pleasure for now. Being guilty pleasure doesn't mean it's bad by any means. Just if it wants to elevate itself past something rather generic, it has to offer more than it is doing currently.
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2011-07-22, 14:56 | Link #334 |
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A slight change of format, which can be freely adjusted as needed. It helps that both episodes share a common theme this week.
Midonin's The Two iDOLM@STERs Comparison Diary Week Three First Day on the Job - 765 Pro Things don't live up to expectations as the girls are told that since they've never been on TV, their status as Idols is questionable. The Producer overcomes his fear of dogs to help Yukiho, who also has help from Haruka and Makoto, whom she looks up to. Men outside the studio are presented as generally helpful, in a friendly way to turn 765 Pro's mistakes into memories. First Day on the Job - Mondenkind Things don't live up to expectations as Imber refuses to start up. He even goes into a funk with a girl inside him, only for Haruka to sympathize with his fear of being hurt, causing him to awaken and rush onto the stage of the stars. Yukiho looks up to Haruka and Makoto for being more skilled than her, but seems to have a mix between adoration and a slight inferiority complex about it. People outside the organization are helpful, but in a way that seems like they're letting Mondenkind off the hook too easily for their mistakes. |
2011-07-22, 19:39 | Link #338 |
Banned
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That producer-san is a total failure, he drove 12 (13 counting Ritsuko, who has done nothing production-wise) to the middle of nowhere, for supporting three on them that actually sung, while the other 9 (or 10) were fooling around WTF!? I wonder how they can even get money to pay the rent for their office
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2011-07-22, 22:00 | Link #339 | |
~Night of Gales~
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Besides, even though the main act was just the HaKoHo trio, the other idols were involved in the opening acts like Asuza playing MC for the "Guys Competition" while Hibiki/Miki played some sort of comedy opening act.
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