2012-04-08, 01:13 | Link #221 | |
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I find Hyouge Mono satisfying for similar reasons. I've learned a lot about the Sengoku period, and the entire warrior-as-esthete theme was entirely new to me. Watching that show is a bit like watching a film like Kagemusha. Most of the shows I've found most appealing are ones which give me an insight into Japanese history or culture. Even something as wacky as Oh! Edo Rocket had such rewards, along with being hysterically funny and slyly satirical as well.
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2012-04-08, 01:38 | Link #222 |
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Fair enough
The only reason I was a bit insistant is that you've mentioned other shows with highschool settings, but yes I'm not going to pretend that Chihayafuru is something like Hyouge Mono (which I also enjoy). So I understand your point.
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2012-04-08, 06:39 | Link #224 | |
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However I will say very much I also would love more adults in anime (we especially need more adult female characters). That being said I personally don't have as much of a problem with stories about kids though because I've always had a thing for growing up & coming of age stories. I just love the themes of these stories. In the end what matters most to me is whether the story is well told and the characters well developed. I think Chihayafuru has that in spades.
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2012-05-18, 10:27 | Link #230 | |
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2012-05-18, 11:50 | Link #231 |
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I dunno, I think it's very likely jazz is currently more popular in Japan than the US. When I've traveled there I've seen jazz everywhere - hotel bars, clubs, concert listings... The Japanese have contributed many legends to jazz over the years, and I think have a real connection to it. I don't think that's the problem.
If you look at the two NoitaminA shows this time, I think what you see is two superlatively good series with no moe, no yuri and modest presence by teenaged girls. NoitaminA or no, I think that's the real problem.
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2012-05-18, 13:26 | Link #232 | |
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I think Moyashimon Returns, being a sequel to one of noitamina's biggest hits, has a strong chance of pulling viewers back in. Of course, that might be meaningless in the long term since it and Natsuyuki are being followed up by Robotics;Notes and Psychopass, which look to followup the direction the time-slot went with Guilty Crown instead of the return to its old ways that the spring and summer lineups are. I can't understand what the producer's long-term strategy for noitamina is. |
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2012-05-18, 22:37 | Link #235 | |
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Edit: I revised the chart to put all the series on an eleven-episode basis. The pair of Tatami Galaxy and Saraiya Goyou had twelve episodes, but episodes 10 and 11 both drew a rating of 2.3. So I eliminated the week eleven rating for this pair and attributed week twelve's rating to week eleven, thus treating all the final episodes equivalently. I then numbered each show's episodes serially from one ignoring any skipped weeks.
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2012-05-19, 04:18 | Link #240 |
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It has been bugging me for some time now... why do so many of you care so much about the TV ratings of Noitamina anime? I mean the productions themselves are limited by being forced to appeal to mainstream audiences, weird scheduling, and exclusion of the primary anime fanbase... The few zones from the zone that liked (Honey & Clover, Shiki, BRS, Ano Hana), could have been much better IMHO, and definitely return more money if they did not have these limitations.
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