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Originally Posted by Triple_R
I have to say that I don't like where the series is going with this latest episode.
Do we really need another dark deconstruction this year? What's wrong with a nice mix of drama with an overall lighthearted and upbeat feel? Does everything have to be cynical and twisted, where very likable major characters are frequently made to suffer and endure torment? Everything action-oriented anyway. Slice of Life shouldn't be the only anime genre offering genuinely lighthearted and upbeat content.
I find this new direction very disappointing, especially after how pleasantly nostalgic I found most of the episodes immediately preceding this one (Episode 16).
If Sunrise intended Tiger and Bunny to be a superhero deconstruction, my opinion is that it shouldn't be pulling it this late in the game, well over half-way through the anime. Sure, you had slight elements of crass commercialism before this latest episode, but nothing even approaching what we're seeing now.
There's plenty of dark anime shows this year. Madoka Magica and Deadman Wonderland, and to lesser extents Ao no Exorcist, Kamisama Dolls, X-Men, and Sacred Seven. In my opinion, what made Tiger and Bunny stand out from the crowd of action-oriented anime of this year is that it played its genre pretty straight, with upbeat lightheartedness, albeit with a touch more realism (i.e. the previously mentioned crass commercialism).
I still like Tiger and Bunny overall, and it remains one of the top Spring 2011 anime shows for me. But I really don't like this new direction shift.
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I replied to your comment over at LiA, RRR... You raise valid concerns, but I don't think we're all the way down the rabbit hole just yet.