2012-07-18, 06:22 | Link #101 |
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Join Date: Jun 2011
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What an insult, comparing this absolute dreck to one of the finest comedy troupes ever.
Nothing in the first seven minutes of this show (which was all I could stand before I had to turn it off) even remotely reminded of me of anything Monty Python, which I have watched since it first aired in 1969. Nor did it remind me of Ichigo Mashimaro, which is one of my favorites. I'd say more, but I've wasted enough of my time on this garbage. |
2012-07-18, 06:28 | Link #102 |
Osana-Najimi Shipper
Join Date: Dec 2005
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Goddamit, I just can't watch the show as I feel it's gonna give me eye cancer. It's like watching digital anime subs back in the early 2000 all over again. Which, granted, is nostalgic, but isn't a time I want to go back to.
Any odds this is gonna see a 'real' release? Because at this rate I might not even finish 1 episode, let alone the 3 I force myself to see of every sub anime.
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2012-07-18, 07:09 | Link #106 |
Psycho Falling Deep
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: The Anime World
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Well...that was a rather super-hero like opening....
I can see from previous comments that this is going to be an anime that's split down the middle between 'like' and 'dislike'. For me, fan service is fan service, so that's one positive to keep me watching The comedy is...eh. it puts a small smile on my face but it doesn't give me laughter like Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou did. I like the fact that they made a parody of Saint Seiya, so it makes me wonder if they'll be doing a different parody of an anime each episode. I especially like Kanamori, she's nice to watch in every way
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2012-07-18, 07:29 | Link #107 |
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Join Date: Oct 2011
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Great start, Saint Seya's theme was hilarious and fitting for the astronomical (?) club. Hopefully, we will get some other anime references later. I'm still not sure what to make of characters as this is just the first episode, but there are things I'm looking forwerd to for the next episode.
1. Noya's reaction after realizing he joined the wrong club. (This should be funny) 2. Other members' reaction when they found out about Noya's real gender. (and how) 3. The thing that prevents Itsuki from leaving the club. |
2012-07-18, 09:52 | Link #108 |
Blooming on the mountain
Join Date: May 2010
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Well, I am happy that someone decided to take up this project, but ... umm ... well. Not really my cup of tea, I guess, but it may get better. Will keep trying for now.
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2012-07-18, 12:03 | Link #110 |
A Very Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Sullivan County, NY
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Wow, Ugh, Blah!
Is Haruhi so old that the time has come to poorly write copy-cat stories? This show is working really hard to be a Haruhi clone and failing badly. It isn't funny, nor cute, nor full of interesting characters who I want to know more about. It takes everything that was great about Haruhi, blends it up with vapid moe, and spits it out through an extreme otaku fan-boy lens.
Surely anime studios could be producing something... else.... What an embarrassment! Oh, and please don't soil Monty Python by comparing anything in this dreadful show to it. |
2012-07-18, 12:39 | Link #111 | |
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It's more reminiscent of Seitokai no Ichizon, which makes sense, since the art for both Sni and Ebiten are done by the same guy.
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2012-07-18, 13:18 | Link #112 | |
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2012-07-18, 15:24 | Link #114 | |
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In fact, I did rewatch the first seven minutes closely, and continue to see lots of amusing stuff in a style of humour I regard as subtle and deep, for all the broadness involved. Then I rewatched some Monty Python sketches. The settings are different. The direct relation to society and politics is different. But the style of humour seems similar to me: set up a situation in which certain things are expectable, then completely trash the expectations with absurdity, blaring forth human folly and weakness in a way that lets us sympathize rather than condemn. This show has its nasty elements, but perhaps nasty doesn't bother me as much as it does others? Anyway, thanks for being provocative (or provoked?). Spoiler for things I liked in the first seven minutes:
By the way, one of my favorite Monty Python sketches is The Architect Sketch, where (as you know) an architect played by John Cleese appears in front of a board to pitch his design for a new apartment building. Spoiler for punch line:
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2012-07-18, 15:24 | Link #115 |
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I'm wondering how enjoyable this could possibly be to anyone not familiar with Saint Saya considering a good portion of the episode was a parody of it (how appropriate considering the fujoshi crowd behind it!) special mention to the reverbed voice overs.
It feels like I've lost a few braincells watching it though,so not sure I'll keep going,we'll see. edit: Monty Python always liked to include a nice dose of social critics that are completely absent here,they don't do absurd just for the sake of it there's generally something deeper behind it.If (i 'd like to insist on the "if" part) there's a show somewhat similar to monty python this season it's Jinrui,not this one.
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2012-07-18, 15:30 | Link #116 |
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I guess it goes to show that comedy really is a hit or miss proposition. Didn't have many chuckles if any while watching the first episode. Think using Seitokai no Ichizon's opening music for the trailer forced some comparisons and on that note don't think Ebiten came anywhere close. Though it's only one episode.
That's the worst news I've heard all day. Let's hope that's completely wrong. About the only thing I could pick out was the forced stripping of a female club member.
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2012-07-18, 15:48 | Link #117 | |
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2. The idea that that piece of crap Jinrui is anything like Monty Python seems utterly mistaken to me. Lol. Anyway, I think that surface things like social criticism do not necessarily constitute "depth." Human emotions and psychology are deeper. In any case, I can see at least one bit of social criticism here, in the way our babe in the woods accepts the violence around him. No two people have the same sense of humour, as FlareKnight suggests.
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2012-07-18, 16:28 | Link #118 | ||
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2012-07-18, 17:40 | Link #119 |
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I don't see anything remotely Monty Python in this, but I also don't consider it trash. I think for many (including myself) MP is such an icon that it can be quite personal to see it compared to something we actively dislike. That's not the case for me here, but I can understand it.
Comedy is indeed the most personal of all tastes in anime. For me Jinrui is so far and away the best show in this season of formula romances, cute girls shows and mindless sex comedies that it's hard to imagine how anyone could feel differently. Yet feel differently they do, and when it comes to comedy there's n accounting for tastes.
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2012-07-18, 17:50 | Link #120 | |
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