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Jul
08
Posted by MangaPunkSai on
July 8, 2007
Oh here I go on another anime rant, I seem to be stuck in a vicious cycle. A while ago on deviantART someone was complaining about Adult Swim’s lineup, complained about Bleach, but then implied reruns of Cowboy Bebop would be worse. After calling the poster retarded I was quickly reminded of how much I hate the anime Bleach: the story of a boy who can see ghosts and gets the power to turn into an invisable samurai from an emo dead girl.
And before you ask: Yes I did actually watch it. I saw up to the story arc where the characters all ended up in the poorly named "Soul Society", at which point the show went from simply almost unbearable to completely unwatchable, despite numerous people telling me this is where the show is supposed to improve. Why was I watching it? Well it happened air on Adult Swim between Trinity Blood and Eureka 7, two anime I sorta wanted to watch (Eureka 7 wasn’t bad, but wasn’t that good either, and I missed the first few episodes so I still have no idea what the hell was going on in Trinity Blood) and I was too lazy to change the channel.
And no, I didn’t go into watching Bleach with any preconceived notions. I had heard of it, but I had no idea what it was about, so the show had only its own merits on which to impress me. And my first impression was: "Yeah, I liked this show the first time, when it was called Yu Yu Hakusho." Well okay, I’m exaggerating: I never liked Yu Yu Hakusho.
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Jun
13
Posted by MangaPunkSai on
June 13, 2007
Warning! Some oversensitive readers may find this post naughty.
Since you geeks repsond more to ANIME TALK than POLITICS here’s another anime rant. Sorta. Oh fanservice, where would anime be without it? Well, it’d probably be alot better actually. What is fanservice you ask? You know: a flash of white panties, girls tripping and landing on boys (sometimes other girls) in provocative positions, maybe a boob or two, and fanboys eat this up despite the fact there’s a whole industry of hardcore anime tentacle porn out there they could be fapping to.
And where basement dwelling otaku with shelves full of x-rated statuettes may like fanservice, I for one have trouble taking any show with an abundance of it very seriously (unless it’s an outrageously silly and genuinely funny comedy, then I let it slide. I still love you Maho Tsukai Tai and Project A-ko!) Like most people, for example, I was told for years that Neon Genesis Evangelion was TEH BEST ANIME EVARZ. I had seen the first two episodes years before and it bored me to death, but when it finally aired on Adult Swim I decided to finally watch it all. For an anime that was supposed to be top-quality, philosophical, religiously controversial, a paradigm of creative and symbolically deep anime… it sure had alot of stupid, mindless fanservice. The second I saw a scene in which a 14 year old girl’s skirt is blown unnaturally up above her navel so that she flashes a group of teenaged boys I had a feeling I wasn’t going to like this anime (the first 14 or 15 episodes were all goofy as fuck too. Jesus! .. okay Eva is a rant for another day.) It even PROMISED FANSERVICE in each preview for the next episode! I’ll venture to guess the 14 year old girls in skin-tight bodysuits is the only thing that’s kept that series popular for 11 years.
So by now you might be wondering: what on Earth has gotten Sai on this rant? Well read on (unless you don’t want your parents to see you looking at pantyshot pics.)
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Jun
09
Posted by MangaPunkSai on
June 9, 2007
WARNING! HERE THERE BE SPOILERS!
also tl;dr
This is a huge rant I was writing on and off for some time: there’s not alot of stuff out there that can give me a serious case of nerd rage, but this is one of them: Fullmetal Alchemist the brilliant manga and its grossly subpar anime counterpart. I just heard some fangirl heads explode, but hear me out! Unless you don’t like spoilers, because I don’t care to dance around them and wish to make a solid case for why the Fullmetal Alchemist manga is superior and why it should be read. Please keep in mind this post is aimed at people already familiar with the series, although it may get you interested, and you may find it funny, you might be confused at some points!
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