Anime Thread #3: You Can (Not) Repost

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jilly4ski said:
Everything was “censored” but some of it was everything but… They were pretty heavy in the beginning and then the fan service dropped off a bit, contained in the obligatory fan service episode midway through to keep the audiences attention. But there was one particularly bad episode, in I think “Failed knight,” where the female character gets fever and then they get caught out in a storm and take shelter, where then the boy has to remove her clothing (because it is wet). It is pretty bad, to redeem it a little bit, the boy takes the opportunity to explain to the girl that they will not have sex until they are married (or at least declared/engaged), as part of his moral code, then the fan service almost disappears. In asterisk, there is more panty flashing and heaving bosoms, generally, with the almost nude scenes spread out more, to changing rooms and one harem character’s shower scene. That is why I do not particularly recommend the series, and the fact that they weren’t particularly well done, just typical harems, or almost harems, fighting school shows, with lots of common tropes. But some people more easily move past fan service, than I do, and it is censored (hair, steam, clothing, well placed bystander or foliage). Without the fan service, they are pretty mediocre animes, but somewhat fun, time wasters.

Shirayuki, is awesome, I was so glad to see the animation clean up a bit as the first season when on, and I hope it continues at the higher standard. I read the manga of that one, so it was fun to see it animated.
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Thanks for the reply.

These look like bad shows, according to these descriptions. I barely read anything about these in the last season, so I guess these were under the radar in some sites.
 
Sailor_Kenshin said:
If you were looking hard for something bad, I suppose you could see it.

I saw it as passion awakened toward music, toward being serious about goals…don’t want to really post spoilers, but Kumiko starts out as a rather sullen girl, and ends up with something to strive for.

On ep 3 of Shirayuki. Love it!
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Reading these discussions made me drop the show.

I watched the first four episodes, but I supposed something could happen regarding yuri-baiting… the red thread at the ending uniting the two girls, and the girl with glasses and her first prank in the window.

I think it was how close how these two are, and certain scenes of physical closeness that are interpreted in that manner in discussions, plus how the english official site presents the relationships between the characters it.

But, there is the content of the novels, reading about it, while there is a questionable (yuri) scene, each of the girls has a male love interest, so it could be that the studio expanded on one topic, and diminished the romantic interests that they have in the novel.
 
CesarAugustus said:
Reading these discussions made me drop the show.

I watched the first four episodes, but I supposed something could happen regarding yuri-baiting… the red thread at the ending uniting the two girls, and the girl with glasses and her first prank in the window.

I think it was how close how these two are, and certain scenes of physical closeness that are interpreted in that manner in discussions, plus how the english official site presents the relationships between the characters it.

But, there is the content of the novels, reading about it, while there is a questionable (yuri) scene, each of the girls has a male love interest, so it could be that the studio expanded on one topic, and diminished the romantic interests that they have in the novel.
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I didn’t read the novels. And by the girl with glasses, you mean Asuka…she’s a real character.

I LOVED the series’ music. Every note of it.
 
Sailor_Kenshin said:
I didn’t read the novels. And by the girl with glasses, you mean Asuka…she’s a real character.

I LOVED the series’ music. Every note of it.
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I know. I mean, when one of the new student girls was looking through the window, Asuka was kissing the window of the door, just where the girl was looking. That was what I meant about the prank at the window.
 
CesarAugustus said:
Haruchika?

I thought it was going to be good, but reading how the first ep. ended, with the possible romantic triangle, and the male protagonist being bisexual, I decided to not watch it.

God bless you!
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Re fanservice in Asterisk I can’t say I remember much of it. There’s no more fanservice there than in a typical Hollywood film (and of course there’s NO SEX or implied SEX.) Yes kids, these teens are all chaste. And thank goodness for that.

About Haruchika:
Going to watch episode 2, it looks like a nice low fanservice show. The love triangle thing is a joke, it’s not a hentai/ecchi show as far as I can tell. Remember the girl’s reaction was negative and that’s the show producer’s reaction by proxy. 🙂 I don’t think this will be another “Hatsukoi” type anime about a romantic relationship between a teacher (adult) and an underage teenage girl or even boy. ( I hope not! ) I don know if the boy in the show is bisexual, he may be homosexual but in likelihood this is a gimmick.

Only type of show of this genre I would not watch or support would be one which promotes some sort of non traditional pairing. However in this case I don’t see any promotion, YET. I don’t think the show is about what you worry it may be.

Other good shows:

Dimension W (little or no fanservice and interesting story.)

Bubuki Buranki (little or no fanservice here and a BONES like story with some - at least some - nice characters.)

Glass no Hana to Kowasu Sekai == this is one 1+ hour episode. It’s about two AI antivirus programs who look and behave like cute girls who destroy viruses. Just in the opening scene one of the programs has to destroy a virtual world corrupted by a virus and wipe out a friend she just made there. I had to ffwd to the end of the show and it ends in a bitter sweet note.
 
Tenofovir said:
Re fanservice in Asterisk I can’t say I remember much of it. There’s no more fanservice there than in a typical Hollywood film (and of course there’s NO SEX or implied SEX.) Yes kids, these teens are all chaste. And thank goodness for that.

About Haruchika:
Going to watch episode 2, it looks like a nice low fanservice show. The love triangle thing is a joke, it’s not a hentai/ecchi show as far as I can tell. Remember the girl’s reaction was negative and that’s the show producer’s reaction by proxy. 🙂 I don’t think this will be another “Hatsukoi” type anime about a romantic relationship between a teacher (adult) and an underage teenage girl or even boy. ( I hope not! ) I don know if the boy in the show is bisexual, he may be homosexual but in likelihood this is a gimmick.

Only type of show of this genre I would not watch or support would be one which promotes some sort of non traditional pairing. However in this case I don’t see any promotion, YET. I don’t think the show is about what you worry it may be.

Other good shows:

Dimension W (little or no fanservice and interesting story.)

Bubuki Buranki (little or no fanservice here and a BONES like story with some - at least some - nice characters.)

Glass no Hana to Kowasu Sekai == this is one 1+ hour episode. It’s about two AI antivirus programs who look and behave like cute girls who destroy viruses. Just in the opening scene one of the programs has to destroy a virtual world corrupted by a virus and wipe out a friend she just made there. I had to ffwd to the end of the show and it ends in a bitter sweet note.
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Regarding Asterisk, having no more fanservice than a Hollywood film, isn’t really much, since, films like that are questionable too. No sex, is typical of ecchi harems. About recent series I’ve read about, it seems that thse try to push the limits without showing sex, and stay at the nudity part, but that still isn’t right.

Haruchika:

I saw an image in twitter, likely from the staff, like a small infographic explaining that the two students like the teacher, but not each other. Even if it was a gimmick, it would still be wrong, since it would be a positive depiction of these relationships.

Dimension W: I’ve read that the fanservice is limited to some immodest shots of the robot girl in the opening and few in the actual series.

Bubuki Buranki: The animation is CG, but looks improved compared to other CG series. Regarding fanservice, maybe some outfit details (cleavage) of one of the characters from the main group.

God bless you!
 
I finished Beautiful Bones today (Hulu without a subscription), It was really good, I really like the characters, the art style, and the quality of animation. The last few episodes have been hinting at a larger story arch rather than a more episodic story line, but the series ends before any progress is really made in that direction. I hope there is a season two, I really enjoyed it. It treated very mature and adult topics very well.

Has anyone watched the both seasons of Noragami? I watched the first one and enjoyed it (though I got a little bored with his blond sidekick), I haven’t been able to commit to the second season (mostly because I think I might need to rewatch the first to remember what happens). Did you like it, is it good, is it worth it for me to watch over again just to watch the second season?
 
Some TV channel used to run it…isn’t it a ‘remastered’ (ie: heavily edited) version of DBZ? I watched a couple of episodes.
 
Sailor_Kenshin said:
Some TV channel used to run it…isn’t it a ‘remastered’ (ie: heavily edited) version of DBZ? I watched a couple of episodes.
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From my understanding it’s not that it’s edited, but it follows closer to the manga, so most of the filler from original anime is gone. And it only goes up to the end of the Cell saga.

I don’t believe I ever saw more than a handful of episodes.
 
Happy Easter everyone!

I just finished (re)watching Maid-sama, which I enjoy, it runs much in the same theme as Ouran High School Host Club.

I am still watching Snow White with the Red Hair and enjoying these later episodes.

I also started watching SA: Special A. It is alright, so far their is nothing deep or thoughtful about it, it is a pretty shallow love story. (Girl thinks boy is her rival, and boy is trying to change the nature of their relationship, but girl is very naive and dense).

What are you all watching!
 
Happy Easter!

I’m still waiting for various shows to finish. I’ve found that with original productions that lack previous media, is better to wait and read about them after they are finished, or at least, reading before each episode. With each season, it seems that some producers want to push the already weak limits they have.

A now “classical” topic in this thread, but still, important to remember: Guidelines about watching shows, occasion of sin, and intrinsically sinful productions. That, coupled with the teachings on scandal found on any good Moral Theology manual, can help to an understanding of concerns regarding this topic. Also, the effects on the viewer, influence of images, and character design and storytelling as vehicles of ideas.

God bless you!
 
cheesypoptart said:
what the…did I just bump into catholic weaboos?
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Yes, you did. There are weaboos of any religion, there are atheist weaboos, Muslim weaboos, irreligious weaboos, Buddhist-Shinto weaboos, Protestant weaboos, Catholic weaboos.

Last time, I came around an anime blog dominated by Protestant weaboos where they go to discuss Biblical and theological themes found in anime and visual novels. And another forum site that gives individual reviews if this anime or video game has some violence, nudity and sex and is consistent with Biblical teaching and Christian theology.
 
CesarAugustus said:
Happy Easter!

I’m still waiting for various shows to finish. I’ve found that with original productions that lack previous media, is better to wait and read about them after they are finished, or at least, reading before each episode. With each season, it seems that some producers want to push the already weak limits they have.

A now “classical” topic in this thread, but still, important to remember: Guidelines about watching shows, occasion of sin, and intrinsically sinful productions. That, coupled with the teachings on scandal found on any good Moral Theology manual, can help to an understanding of concerns regarding this topic. Also, the effects on the viewer, influence of images, and character design and storytelling as vehicles of ideas.

God bless you!
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Sorry to be late on the discussion, but what is the “classical topic” and the “guidelines” and what are those “intrinsically sinful productions” and why are they classified as sinful? Sorry if this grabbed by curiosity, but if such discussion is discouraged or taboo, it is okay not to reply on me at this one.

I don’t recognize any names on the top after skimming the posts of people here, as I anticipate the release of Rewrite anime during this Summer and the new Love Live! Sunshine anime in the Love Live! franchise. I have a thing for visual novels and idol anime, guess I am a person that loves such stuff.

I am watching Date A Live!, and it seems not lewd or “immoral” (Ehem) as its genre as harem anime might suggest. It is just good romantic comedy coupled with action, as judging from the first 3 episodes, its tackling of the plot and storytelling with the harem genre makes for good hilarious comedy.
 
CrucisLucia said:
Yes, you did. There are weaboos of any religion, there are atheist weaboos, Muslim weaboos, irreligious weaboos, Buddhist-Shinto weaboos, Protestant weaboos, Catholic weaboos.

Last time, I came around an anime blog dominated by Protestant weaboos where they go to discuss Biblical and theological themes found in anime and visual novels. And another forum site that gives individual reviews if this anime or video game has some violence, nudity and sex and is consistent with Biblical teaching and Christian theology.
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And what is a ‘weaboo?’
 
Sailor_Kenshin said:
And what is a ‘weaboo?’
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LOL, I had to look it up.From the urban dictionary, it is apparently a term for someone obsessed with Japanese culture, but with a negative connotation, usually someone who is annoying in their obsession but are generally still ignorant in their topic of interest.
 
jilly4ski said:
LOL, I had to look it up.From the urban dictionary, it is apparently a term for someone obsessed with Japanese culture, but with a negative connotation, usually someone who is annoying in their obsession but are generally still ignorant in their topic of interest.
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I thought Sailor Kenshin is someone who is acquainted with the definition in the first place.

My post was a humorous and a satirical one to an obviously non-serious post. “Weaaboo” is primarily a derogatory and a negative term in Internet parlance.
anon67074017 said:
Is some anime sinful?
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“Anime” is a genre of fiction or can be argued, literature. How can some anime be sinful? Can a book be naturally sinful if it is not doing anything, and has no person as a work of literature? Can objects commit sin?

I, for myself do not believe that some anime can be or is sinful, since fictional works of literature cannot be “sinful” as they are not real. It holds the same, for all works of literature and for all objects. Even an occult book of incantations cannot be sinful, a book cannot commit any sin. The person reading from the occult book and doing the incantations on it is the one doing the sin, not the book.

I believe that it is people’s reactions on the content, the themes and the messages expressed in anime that leads to sin. It is what they do after and how they react that is “sinful”.

A more closer answer to your question is perhaps about the “immoral” content in some anime such as nudity, violence and sex and also anti-Christian and anti-Catholic themes. Individual review of anime titles can help these.

Just as St. Basil said: (Underline is mine)
“For just as bees know how to extract honey from flowers, which to men are agreeable only for their fragrance and color, even so here also those who look for something more than pleasure and enjoyment in such writers may derive profit for their souls. Now, then, altogether after the manner of bees must we use these writings, for the bees do not visit all the flowers without discrimination, nor indeed do they seek to carry away entire those upon which they light, but rather, having taken so much as is adapted to their needs, they let the rest go. So we, if wise, shall take from heathen books whatever befits us and is allied to the truth, and shall pass over the rest.”
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St. Basil is speaking about Greco-Roman pagan literature, but his message rhymes with Japanese anime that take from the heathens only from the anime “whatever befits us and allied to the truth” and “pass over the rest”.
 
Nope. 😃

Did not know the term ‘weaboo’ at all. I am, however, familiar with the term ‘lookabo.’ 😉
 
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