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Forum: General Anime

2019-04-25, 17:13

Replies: 126

For 40+, who else is nearly done?

Views: 31,238

Posted By Fvlminatvs

I hear this argument a lot. And yet people keep...

I hear this argument a lot. And yet people keep joining the industry. If it was that bad, fewer people would be willing to work in it.

The easy counter to this is "they aren't, that's why...

Forum: General Anime

2019-04-25, 00:24

Replies: 126

For 40+, who else is nearly done?

Views: 31,238

Posted By Fvlminatvs

A super cute red panda in bikini armor with a...

A super cute red panda in bikini armor with a robot sidekick that wields laser weapons and murders space pirates by the dozen while piloting a transforming mech.

But this is the '10s, not the...

Forum: General Anime

2019-04-24, 15:08

Replies: 126

For 40+, who else is nearly done?

Views: 31,238

Posted By Fvlminatvs

I think you misunderstand. I meant that the...

I think you misunderstand. I meant that the otaku in Japan will focus mostly on otaku media with a sprinkling of adjacent stuff. However, it is WESTERN fans that are fractured and myopic in their...

Forum: General Anime

2019-04-24, 14:45

Replies: 126

For 40+, who else is nearly done?

Views: 31,238

Posted By Fvlminatvs

I agree with this. While there has always been a...

I agree with this. While there has always been a difference between Japanese otaku and Western fans (the fact that otaku media has to be imported and translated being one of the major reasons for...

Forum: General Anime

2019-04-23, 20:31

Replies: 126

For 40+, who else is nearly done?

Views: 31,238

Posted By Fvlminatvs

College instructor myself. And it's funny, shows...

College instructor myself. And it's funny, shows like Baccano! and Moribito are still relatively "new" to me. Not as new as anything THIS decade but still, not quite old yet for me.

I know I'm...

Forum: General Anime

2019-04-23, 16:23

Replies: 126

For 40+, who else is nearly done?

Views: 31,238

Posted By Fvlminatvs

MAL is a cesspool of immaturity and the majority...

MAL is a cesspool of immaturity and the majority of users exhibit the Dunning-Kruger effect. I use MAL's analytics but avoid the forums. Social-media-induced pathological narcissism is the rule of...

Forum: General Anime

2019-04-23, 14:18

Replies: 126

For 40+, who else is nearly done?

Views: 31,238

Posted By Fvlminatvs

The problem is that what it means to be otaku has...

The problem is that what it means to be otaku has changed over the past three decades. The otaku crystallized in the early 1980s around mostly two things--the ancestors of what Galbraith calls the...

Forum: General Anime

2019-04-23, 09:46

Replies: 126

For 40+, who else is nearly done?

Views: 31,238

Posted By Fvlminatvs

I just looked this up on MAL and you're right. ...

I just looked this up on MAL and you're right. This probably indicates that the market is starting to correct itself. What that looks like in the long run, however, is anybody's guess.

Forum: General Anime

2019-04-22, 19:55

Replies: 126

For 40+, who else is nearly done?

Views: 31,238

Posted By Fvlminatvs

I think there are a variety of factors involved. ...

I think there are a variety of factors involved.

First, I think the market is oversaturated. Market oversaturation can have a number of side-effects, both on the market itself and on the...

Forum: General Anime

2018-07-09, 15:41

Replies: 12

Websites for the nostalgic anime fans

Views: 12,237

Posted By Fvlminatvs

Thanks as well. I was familiar with a few of...

Thanks as well. I was familiar with a few of these already but a couple of them are new to me.

I've read some of Colony Drop, but the operators seem a bit salty regarding new anime for my taste. ...

Forum: General Anime

2018-03-15, 22:58

Replies: 8

A little question about your favorite anime movie

Views: 2,348

Posted By Fvlminatvs

In no particular order: Akira, Ghost in the...

In no particular order:

Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Wings of Honneamise, Princess Mononoke, Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind, Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer, Adieu Galaxy Express 999, Ninja...

Forum: General Anime

2018-03-10, 03:41

Replies: 22

"Anime Series When?!" Japanese Fans List Down Series that Deserve an Anime Adaptation

Views: 3,961

Posted By Fvlminatvs

Damn. Vinland Saga is not on this list. I'm...

Damn. Vinland Saga is not on this list. I'm probably never going to see it adapted.

Forum: General Anime

2018-03-10, 03:33

Replies: 6

One thing I learned about anime...

Views: 1,714

Posted By Fvlminatvs

One does not wish to acknowledge the mistakes of...

One does not wish to acknowledge the mistakes of one's youth.

Forum: General Anime

2018-01-11, 03:57

Replies: 101

Do new anime fans watch older shows?

Views: 22,940

Posted By Fvlminatvs

First of all, there is such a thing as...

First of all, there is such a thing as chronological snobbery. Secondly, there's the historian's fallacy. You're treading dangerously close to both and both are logically fallacious. These shows...

Forum: General Anime

2018-01-09, 05:42

Replies: 2

Why orb-like irises work with animation and not real-life?

Views: 1,173

Posted By Fvlminatvs

I get what they're going for but I just really...

I get what they're going for but I just really don't think it is going to work. I also don't think Cameron really understands the source material--although he seems to have a better grasp on it than...

Forum: General Anime

2018-01-09, 05:38

Replies: 20

The Better Second Girl and the Predictability of Romance [Spoilers Abound!]

Views: 4,382

Posted By Fvlminatvs

To clarify what I mean by "theme behind the...

To clarify what I mean by "theme behind the romance," the romantic relationships build on and enhance the themes of the show as a whole. SDF: Macross is about a lot of stuff--love vs. war and...

Forum: General Anime

2018-01-09, 02:26

Replies: 101

Do new anime fans watch older shows?

Views: 22,940

Posted By Fvlminatvs

I think statements like this are why some of your...

I think statements like this are why some of your interlocutors got pretty salty. I can see why, as well. It's incredibly short-sighted.

People don't necessarily watch a show/read a book/etc. to...

Forum: General Anime

2018-01-09, 01:13

Replies: 20

The Better Second Girl and the Predictability of Romance [Spoilers Abound!]

Views: 4,382

Posted By Fvlminatvs

I keep having to ask myself, What is the purpose...

I keep having to ask myself, What is the purpose of these love triangles?

Well, that's one answer, but it is a very external and postmodern motivation. I've seen Re:Zero and throughout the...

Forum: General Anime

2017-09-20, 08:01

Replies: 9

Haruhi Suzumiya as the founder of the Chuunibyou genre?

Views: 4,297

Posted By Fvlminatvs

I see what you're getting at OP and I don't...

I see what you're getting at OP and I don't disagree. However, as an ur-text to the chuunibyou genre (if it can be called a genre and not a subgenre), I don't think it stands quite alone.

I've...

Forum: General Anime

2017-08-29, 18:06

Replies: 8

It has been 100 years of anime?

Views: 1,610

Posted By Fvlminatvs

It is actually a literary trend. The whole...

It is actually a literary trend. The whole incest narrative motif goes back centuries because it is one of the more obvious individual vs. society conflicts into which an author can tap. Many, many...

Forum: General Anime

2017-08-29, 17:46

Replies: 11

What the core audience of anime really want

Views: 2,242

Posted By Fvlminatvs

I think we often confuse ourselves with the core...

I think we often confuse ourselves with the core audience in the first place. Unless any of us here are native Japanese, we are not and we will never be the target demographic of Japanese anime as a...

Forum: Long-Form Reviews

2017-08-18, 12:00

Replies: 0

Anime Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica

Views: 2,266

Posted By Fvlminatvs

Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica

To say that Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica is a foray into the magical girl genre is to leave a great deal unsaid. To call it a deconstruction or subversion, as many have referred to it, is also...

Forum: General Anime

2017-08-18, 11:42

Replies: 268

The ever so growing Crunchyroll and Video Streaming in general (+ Netflix & Amazon)

Views: 61,633

Posted By Fvlminatvs

So, in summation, you're saying that Amazon is...

So, in summation, you're saying that Amazon is still running on the strategy I believe Netflix is following--just trying to get a quick buck for what it sees as a far-niche product?

That makes...

Forum: General Anime

2017-08-18, 11:04

Replies: 268

The ever so growing Crunchyroll and Video Streaming in general (+ Netflix & Amazon)

Views: 61,633

Posted By Fvlminatvs

The way I see it, Western investment will only...

The way I see it, Western investment will only impact the situation positively if the studios themselves pay their employees and contractors more instead of paying them the same. The reality is that...

Forum: General Anime

2017-08-17, 17:11

Replies: 268

The ever so growing Crunchyroll and Video Streaming in general (+ Netflix & Amazon)

Views: 61,633

Posted By Fvlminatvs

Very relevant articles to this overall discussion...

Very relevant articles to this overall discussion have popped up after Japanese film critic Tomohiro Machiyama weighed in on Netflix's involvement in anime production.

This article...

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