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HandofFate · 2011-04-20, 14:10

i like the new british girl and her mix of english and japanese. lol

CWW · 2011-04-20, 16:13

Okay, I admit I laughed heartily a few times during ep 2, at the chuu and bread gags especially. Kotone is growing on me too. Youthfulness indeed. This is starting to be my guilty pleasure of this season, well, besides Hen Zemi. Both by XEBEC amusingly.

Calca · 2011-04-20, 23:03

I like the coach because he actually tries and knows what he's doing and also isn't a cliched perverted male teacher in a all female setting.

Midonin · 2011-04-20, 23:06

I can't really think of any perverted examples, but I'm willing to be proven wrong. If anything, Mishi is pretty close to Kojiro in Bamboo Blade.

Soconfused · 2011-04-20, 23:40

I would drop immedietly because of the censoring (can't stand it, no matter how small) but it's actually kind of funny.

HitoriTomoyo · 2011-04-21, 00:11

Is anyone else besides Streetor and I genuinely surprised yet extremely pleased that Mishi is really just a normal character? Most male characters in his position would have nothing but perverted fantasies and are simply there for the sake of watching female students play tennis.

No, Mishi is a beast at tennis and is a legit coach, earning his spot through pure skill.

For some reason this makes the whole "student-teacher" relationship potential here all that more interesting.

Malkuth · 2011-04-21, 02:09

So censoring is still as random as ever, unlike nee-sama pointed out, it does not matter if it is a close shot or not, they just put happy cow heads at whim

Makender · 2011-04-21, 02:16

There should be a poll of everyone's favorite censor animal. I think angry censor cat from Onii Zenzen is the best. Right up there with Tim Allen.

-Sho- · 2011-04-21, 05:04

Ep 2 was quite funny. I don't mind the censorship , it's not very important...
I agree , for the Teacher. I like his character , well he seems lazy but still have potential to be an awesome coach.
Eli's introduction was pleasant with her engrish

Calca · 2011-04-21, 09:14

The difference between country standards is funny. Japan has a Japanese girl trying to play an English girl who speaks Japanese was an English accent.

If an American cartoon had an American try to play an Asian who spoke English with a heavy Asian accent, the cartoon would probably be protested for Asian stereotypes and not being PC.

Yui Is My Wife · 2011-04-21, 12:39

Yankees can complain when they stop making Son Goku and Airbenders white and forcing them and ALL of THEIR heroes onto the big screen in Asia at the expense of Asian films getting screens in their own countries, much like how some dumb viking inbred with some worthless piece of crap hammer is going to force Guan Yu (Chinese God and Hero) played by Donnie Yen off ALL the big-and-important screens this Spring in Taiwan.

Till then, defenders of whitewashing who call Asian culture fans vile crap like "weeboo" all can kindly go shut up and fall off a cliff.

Midonin · 2011-04-21, 15:38

Spoiler for Softenni 03 - Goodnight, Moon:

FlareKnight · 2011-04-21, 20:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by HitoriTomoyo

Is anyone else besides Streetor and I genuinely surprised yet extremely pleased that Mishi is really just a normal character? Most male characters in his position would have nothing but perverted fantasies and are simply there for the sake of watching female students play tennis.

No, Mishi is a beast at tennis and is a legit coach, earning his spot through pure skill.

For some reason this makes the whole "student-teacher" relationship potential here all that more interesting.

It is nice that he is mostly a normal guy. He's not fired up for intense training, but he does give out solid advice and sets up reasonable training regimes. Plus he's normal enough to blush when it seems that Kotone is suddenly stripping. He'll be a solid character because he's probably the most normal person there.

Shimapan · 2011-04-21, 22:32

Watched the second episode and found it very entertaining as well, even more so than the first.
The focus on Kotone was very nice, I think she's becoming my favourite character now

It was also nice to see some of Mishi's background. I think the reason he doesn't have perverted phantasies or tries to do some things is because he's simply too droopy and phlegmatic

MisaoFan · 2011-04-22, 07:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by HandofFate

i like the new british girl and her mix of english and japanese. lol

This girl, Elisabeth, is actually from United States, not England, according to the official website, if I'm not wrong.
As for censorship, I wonder if AT-X has aired the uncensored version of the anime ?

Kurosu · 2011-04-22, 22:30

After watching the subs of episode 3...

Spoiler for huh?:

Shimapan · 2011-04-22, 23:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by MisaoFan

This girl, Elisabeth, is actually from United States, not England, according to the official website, if I'm not wrong.

You can clearly read "Igirisu" on the blackboard, so it *is* definitely England.
Here's a screenshot from my sub:

I've looked at the homepage, and it says "Eikoku" - England.

Quote:

Originally Posted by MisaoFan

As for censorship, I wonder if AT-X has aired the uncensored version of the anime ?

It's 90% uncensored, as you can see on my screenshots. No penguin invasion as in Onii-chan no koto or something.

Tempester · 2011-04-23, 00:36

And here we have possibly the worst show of the season. I picked up Soft Tennis for two main reasons: fanservice and the tennis theme. Lately, I've started learning (hard) tennis and I thought my meager knowledge of tennis would help me enjoy this show along with cute girls as eye candy. It's still too early to say that Soft Tennis is an complete failure, but it has definitely been terrible.

First off, the first episode was abominable. Every darn thing about it was a failure. Instead of supporting each other, the different facets of the show knocked each other down. The tennis aspect was heavily overshadowed by unfunny comedy and obnoxious characters. The fanservice was mostly part of Asuna's perverted imagination. Sorry folks, but that is not how you do fanservice! And did I mention that the characters are obnoxious? Asuna is a terrible lead, with her only defining characteristic being a strangely perverted mind which comes to sexy conclusions in the oddest and most forced ways.

The second episode was an improvement over the first, but the show will have to try harder to get even a 2/10 from me. Kotone is aggravating to watch. I hate overly violent characters like her. Thankfully, Asuna's annoying thoughts were reduced a lot. The coach proved himself to be the best character in the anime, well-rounded and thankfully not either a dimwit or a perverted beast. And yes, I finally got the fanservice and eye candy I wanted in this show from Elizabeth. As a character she's dull as heck but at least she's hot and has a nice butt. That gives me a excuse to continue watching this wreck of an anime. And, surprise, I learned a couple things about soft tennis in this episode. It wasn't completely unsalvageable.

And the animation is horrible. The backgrounds make your average Cartoon Network show's backgrounds look like Van Gogh paintings. There is bad quality control; the characters look wonky even in most keyframes. Any actual movement is incredibly cheap. The colors are painful to the eyes. If this is the best that Xebec can do, they should just shut down already. Even the studios considered 'bad' (e.g. Pierrot) do a much better job on their anime than Xebec did here.

On another topic, I should read Prince of Tennis someday.

Taufiq91 · 2011-04-23, 01:04

Just watched Episode 3, and it made me realize why i'm still watch Softenni:

Spoiler for Eva parody:

FlareKnight · 2011-04-23, 01:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taufiq91

Just watched Episode 3, and it made me realize why i'm still watch Softenni:

Spoiler for Eva parody:

Spoiler for Ep3:

2011-04-20, 14:10	Link #61
HandofFate Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006	i like the new british girl and her mix of english and japanese. lol __________________ ...

2011-04-20, 23:40	Link #65
Soconfused Old God Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: you....don't wanna know Age: 37	I would drop immedietly because of the censoring (can't stand it, no matter how small) but it's actually kind of funny. __________________ What exactly is the point of becoming powerful if one cannot indulge the hedonistic opportunities that come with it?

2011-04-21, 00:11	Link #66
HitoriTomoyo Tomoe Mami Fan Join Date: Sep 2010	Is anyone else besides Streetor and I genuinely surprised yet extremely pleased that Mishi is really just a normal character? Most male characters in his position would have nothing but perverted fantasies and are simply there for the sake of watching female students play tennis. No, Mishi is a beast at tennis and is a legit coach, earning his spot through pure skill. For some reason this makes the whole "student-teacher" relationship potential here all that more interesting. __________________ TOMOE MAMI FOREVER <3

2011-04-21, 02:16	Link #68
Makender Varsity Slacker Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 33	There should be a poll of everyone's favorite censor animal. I think angry censor cat from Onii Zenzen is the best. Right up there with Tim Allen. __________________ Courage is not the absence of fear. It is the knowledge of what to be and not to be afraid of.

2011-04-21, 12:39	Link #71
Yui Is My Wife Paper-Fan of DOOM!! Join Date: Jul 2010	Yankees can complain when they stop making Son Goku and Airbenders white and forcing them and ALL of THEIR heroes onto the big screen in Asia at the expense of Asian films getting screens in their own countries, much like how some dumb viking inbred with some worthless piece of crap hammer is going to force Guan Yu (Chinese God and Hero) played by Donnie Yen off ALL the big-and-important screens this Spring in Taiwan. Till then, defenders of whitewashing who call Asian culture fans vile crap like "weeboo" all can kindly go shut up and fall off a cliff. __________________ Last edited by Yui Is My Wife; 2011-04-21 at 12:58.

2011-04-20, 16:13	Link #62
CWW Lurker Join Date: Oct 2008	Okay, I admit I laughed heartily a few times during ep 2, at the chuu and bread gags especially. Kotone is growing on me too. Youthfulness indeed. This is starting to be my guilty pleasure of this season, well, besides Hen Zemi. Both by XEBEC amusingly.

2011-04-20, 23:03	Link #63
Calca Expressionless Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Walking on the path known as life	I like the coach because he actually tries and knows what he's doing and also isn't a cliched perverted male teacher in a all female setting.

2011-04-20, 23:06	Link #64
Midonin Last Engage Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Florida	I can't really think of any perverted examples, but I'm willing to be proven wrong. If anything, Mishi is pretty close to Kojiro in Bamboo Blade.

2011-04-21, 02:09	Link #67
Malkuth Banned Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: London Age: 43	So censoring is still as random as ever, unlike nee-sama pointed out, it does not matter if it is a close shot or not, they just put happy cow heads at whim

2011-04-21, 05:04	Link #69
-Sho- ~Omedetô~ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Somewhere between heaven and hell !	Ep 2 was quite funny. I don't mind the censorship , it's not very important... I agree , for the Teacher. I like his character , well he seems lazy but still have potential to be an awesome coach. Eli's introduction was pleasant with her engrish

2011-04-21, 09:14	Link #70
Calca Expressionless Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Walking on the path known as life	The difference between country standards is funny. Japan has a Japanese girl trying to play an English girl who speaks Japanese was an English accent. If an American cartoon had an American try to play an Asian who spoke English with a heavy Asian accent, the cartoon would probably be protested for Asian stereotypes and not being PC.

2011-04-21, 15:38	Link #72
Midonin Last Engage Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Florida	Spoiler for Softenni 03 - Goodnight, Moon: After something bittersweet, it's good to close off the day with something that's just sweet. And weird as hell, but that's par for the course. Kurusu's damn near superhuman. Considering her actress' pedigree (Arsene, Futaba Marui), perhaps it's not that much of a surprise. Lizzy could read the phone book and I would be captivated by her. Her accent breaks out the smiles. Surprised that Mishi has access to a super underground hot spring/tennis training facility - that thing must be hard to hide. Despite their all around (in)competence, there's quite a lot of tennis to be had here, and now they're playing towards the leagues. Best of luck, girls! On a final note: Disco dancing. Soap suds make great afros. They're also great for imitating Chitose's tracts of land.

2011-04-21, 22:32	Link #74
Shimapan Try me! <3 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Germany Age: 40	Watched the second episode and found it very entertaining as well, even more so than the first. The focus on Kotone was very nice, I think she's becoming my favourite character now It was also nice to see some of Mishi's background. I think the reason he doesn't have perverted phantasies or tries to do some things is because he's simply too droopy and phlegmatic __________________

2011-04-22, 22:30	Link #76
Kurosu KORA!! Scanlator Join Date: May 2009 Age: 32	After watching the subs of episode 3... Spoiler for huh?: what was up with that cancellation of a scene, after mentioning badminton, due to being "inappropriately erotic"? Seems less of a joke (because it's... kinda not funny since it lasted too long) but could it be due to the tsunami? (There was a lot of water in the mix, so I'm assuming that was part of the joke) Still, someone better make a gif of that shark return.

2011-04-23, 00:36	Link #78
Tempester Japanese Culture Fan Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Planet Earth Age: 33	Soft Tennis - Episodes 1 & 2 And here we have possibly the worst show of the season. I picked up Soft Tennis for two main reasons: fanservice and the tennis theme. Lately, I've started learning (hard) tennis and I thought my meager knowledge of tennis would help me enjoy this show along with cute girls as eye candy. It's still too early to say that Soft Tennis is an complete failure, but it has definitely been terrible. First off, the first episode was abominable. Every darn thing about it was a failure. Instead of supporting each other, the different facets of the show knocked each other down. The tennis aspect was heavily overshadowed by unfunny comedy and obnoxious characters. The fanservice was mostly part of Asuna's perverted imagination. Sorry folks, but that is not how you do fanservice! And did I mention that the characters are obnoxious? Asuna is a terrible lead, with her only defining characteristic being a strangely perverted mind which comes to sexy conclusions in the oddest and most forced ways. The second episode was an improvement over the first, but the show will have to try harder to get even a 2/10 from me. Kotone is aggravating to watch. I hate overly violent characters like her. Thankfully, Asuna's annoying thoughts were reduced a lot. The coach proved himself to be the best character in the anime, well-rounded and thankfully not either a dimwit or a perverted beast. And yes, I finally got the fanservice and eye candy I wanted in this show from Elizabeth. As a character she's dull as heck but at least she's hot and has a nice butt. That gives me a excuse to continue watching this wreck of an anime. And, surprise, I learned a couple things about soft tennis in this episode. It wasn't completely unsalvageable. And the animation is horrible. The backgrounds make your average Cartoon Network show's backgrounds look like Van Gogh paintings. There is bad quality control; the characters look wonky even in most keyframes. Any actual movement is incredibly cheap. The colors are painful to the eyes. If this is the best that Xebec can do, they should just shut down already. Even the studios considered 'bad' (e.g. Pierrot) do a much better job on their anime than Xebec did here. On another topic, I should read Prince of Tennis someday.

2011-04-23, 01:04	Link #79
Taufiq91 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010	Just watched Episode 3, and it made me realize why i'm still watch Softenni: Spoiler for Eva parody: __________________ http://animemix.tumblr.com/