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Hidingo Kojimba
Mar 29, 2010

Terrible Opinions posted:

Unfortunately all the creators are too bland and wholesome to really do anything interesting with the concept, outside of dating sim writer guy. They're all super passionate whose wants more or less align with their creations. We don't have any work-a-day writers, authors writing about characters whose morals are different than their own, or even just someone writing a satire. Everyone is working on their passion project and all of those passion projects are dreadfully straight forward.

Kind of a shame they didn't keep serial killer girl's creator around, since as you say it would have been interesting to have a creator who basically doesn't relate at all to their creation.

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Terrible Opinions
Oct 18, 2013



I'd love to have a Stephen King just going "I was way too high when I wrote your book to remember anything about it. I learned the plot when I watched the movie adaptation."

Digital Prophet
Apr 16, 2006

"..and then came the black crow, herald of doom, who foretold the coming of death."


So I wasn't originally going to watch this because the plot sounds dumb as gently caress, but then I found out it was the Black Lagoon guy and that's pretty much my favorite anime, so here we are.

I wish he was doing another season of Black Lagoon instead.


The real question is, are these writers/artists representational of real industry people? Because I have never seen the guy that does Bleach, but if you told me he's a tall dude who wears a black coat with a fur-lined hood all the time, that would make this anime so much better. I was really hoping the fat guy was going to end up having a gun and vampire fetish.

Edit: I need a lot more scenes with Sharkface Murdertits and a lot less scenes with everyone else.

Digital Prophet fucked around with this message at 11:30 on Aug 1, 2017

drilldo squirt
Aug 18, 2006

a beautiful, soft meat sack
Clapping Larry
I kinda wana see where they take the lady from the porno.

Kwyndig
Sep 23, 2006

Heeeeeey


drilldo squirt posted:

I kinda wana see where they take the lady from the porno.

The problem is she's not the porno version. Instead she's the bland blushing sex scenes removed version. I'd be way more interested in the former having to reconcile with a world where porno logic will get you arrested as long as it wasn't done in a fanservice way.

Rand Brittain
Mar 25, 2013

"Go on until you're stopped."

Terrible Opinions posted:

I'd love to have a Stephen King just going "I was way too high when I wrote your book to remember anything about it. I learned the plot when I watched the movie adaptation."

"Honestly, I don't think you're that interesting and all your philosophy is adolescent bullshit. It really annoys me that you got so popular with people who don't understand that you're full of it."

Hentai Tentacle Demon
Apr 12, 2002

Spacy Spicy Love
They're going to rewrite the erogame girl into a magical girl or some poo poo I guarantee it, maybe a way to resurrect the other one.

drilldo squirt
Aug 18, 2006

a beautiful, soft meat sack
Clapping Larry
I'm imagining the porno girl yelling about the new flesh while a magical girl emerges from her chest alien style.

YF-23
Feb 17, 2011

My god, it's full of cat!


Kwyndig posted:

The problem is she's not the porno version. Instead she's the bland blushing sex scenes removed version.

If that's actually the case then the writers of this show know nothing about how public perception works.

Desuwa
Jun 2, 2011

I'm telling my mommy. That pubbie doesn't do video games right!

YF-23 posted:

If that's actually the case then the writers of this show know nothing about how public perception works.

Has anything about this show made you think they do understand public perception of media?

Terrible Opinions
Oct 18, 2013



drilldo squirt posted:

I'm imagining the porno girl yelling about the new flesh while a magical girl emerges from her chest alien style.
Oh so you want her to be from a good porno game.

Caphi
Jan 6, 2012

INCREDIBLE

Rand Brittain posted:

"Honestly, I don't think you're that interesting and all your philosophy is adolescent bullshit. It really annoys me that you got so popular with people who don't understand that you're full of it."

But enough about Magane Chikujoin.

This feels like too many characters considering what they're doing:

Terrible Opinions
Oct 18, 2013



If they were more cavalier about killing character the large cast wouldn't be a problem.

Paracelsus
Apr 6, 2009

bless this post ~kya

YF-23 posted:

If that's actually the case then the writers of this show know nothing about how public perception works.

Don't all-ages versions usually massively outsell the original porno versions?

YF-23
Feb 17, 2011

My god, it's full of cat!


Desuwa posted:

Has anything about this show made you think they do understand public perception of media?

So far, my impression was that they understand it too well, to the point where they're blinded to the fact that trying to market an anime does not on its own make a compelling story. That they've been in a bubble, in other words.

Paracelsus posted:

Don't all-ages versions usually massively outsell the original porno versions?

Even if so, it's not like the porno version is going to be forgotten. People will pirate it or look at screenshots or whatever, and then fanart in turn is going to reference it. Much in the same way that Altair is a meme queen because her character design got popular and used in indie animation projects and that had a ripple effect on her.

Darth Walrus
Feb 13, 2012

drilldo squirt posted:

I'm imagining the porno girl yelling about the new flesh while a magical girl emerges from her chest alien style.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yxVG46ZYrg

Kwyndig
Sep 23, 2006

Heeeeeey



I had almost forgotten about Chaika. Now that was a show that (almost) never pulled its punches.

Darth Walrus
Feb 13, 2012

Kwyndig posted:

I had almost forgotten about Chaika. Now that was a show that (almost) never pulled its punches.

chiasaur11
Oct 22, 2012



Terrible Opinions posted:

If they were more cavalier about killing character the large cast wouldn't be a problem.

They don't even have to be more cavalier about murdering the cast (although that wouldn't hurt). The problem is a lack of any kind of prioritization.

Like, you listed out every character in Mob Psycho 100, you'd have a pretty decent sized list with Claw and the Body Improvement Club and the Telepathy Club and the second rate Espers Ritsu hung out with. But the show always knew what it was about. It's about Mob, and the main supporting character is Reigen. They're in focus from the start, and if things move over to someone else, their deal is clearly and succinctly covered.

Here, the only character with any development is also the only one who, you know, died.

Zetsubou-san
Jan 28, 2015

Cruel Bifaunidas demanded that you [stand]🧍 I require only that you [kneel]🧎
wtf is with the schedule for this show?

drilldo squirt
Aug 18, 2006

a beautiful, soft meat sack
Clapping Larry

Zetsubou-san posted:

wtf is with the schedule for this show?

The words are what's her name's real weapon and they have taken over the show.

dudermcbrohan
May 14, 2013
a few shows didn't air this weekend and next weekend too i think cause of a sports thing

Wark Say
Feb 22, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

dudermcbrohan posted:

a few shows didn't air this weekend and next weekend too i think cause of a sports thing

It's because the World Championship in Athletics (Japan has 47 dudes and ladies entered to participate). Here's the confirmation from the Kakegurui twitter, and I'm guessing since Re:CREATORS airs the same day, it got the same raw deal.

https://twitter.com/kakegurui_anime/status/890771255909011456

Zetsubou-san
Jan 28, 2015

Cruel Bifaunidas demanded that you [stand]🧍 I require only that you [kneel]🧎
oh ok, it's other stuff rather than the production company being knobheads

C-SPAN Caller
Apr 21, 2010



Giving not Jojo essentially hanged man and silver chariot combined together is pretty amusing for a stand.

Also deep down I wanted a Rick and Morty car ending there and the little girl melted in his arms

C-SPAN Caller fucked around with this message at 17:17 on Aug 12, 2017

Alfalfa The Roach
Oct 13, 2012

You need to be a badass first.
That confrontation at the end of the episode was well done

C-SPAN Caller
Apr 21, 2010



Alfalfa The Roach posted:

That confrontation at the end of the episode was well done

I think the forums forgot about this anime after the week off, which is a shame because this was an episode that actually had a lot of stuff the thread complained about, like a creator and creation meeting that was actually different, much faster pacing, and a decent dose of action.

This feels like a show that sucks episodic but is enjoyable binged.

OnimaruXLR
Sep 15, 2007
Lurklurklurklurklurk
if the whole show was moments like the end of this week, or moments executed that well, this show would be freaking great

But stuff like that is like maybe 1/10th of the show. The rest is underwhelming action, regurgitated exposition, and character stuff about characters that aren't that good

C-SPAN Caller
Apr 21, 2010



OnimaruXLR posted:

if the whole show was moments like the end of this week, or moments executed that well, this show would be freaking great

But stuff like that is like maybe 1/10th of the show. The rest is underwhelming action, regurgitated exposition, and character stuff about characters that aren't that good

The last episode before this one was fine, I think the slog from 8 to the recap was the biggest issue. It had good moments but this show feels like it only needed maybe 16/17 episodes instead of the 23? something it's getting. I don't think a 13 episode series would have worked with the size of the cast though.

Desuwa
Jun 2, 2011

I'm telling my mommy. That pubbie doesn't do video games right!
The show is padded out to hell with characters slowly belabouring points or repeating themselves. You could cut the episode count of the show in half and not lose anything. It is very much that bad, even the first half dozen episodes were split almost half and half between "characters sitting in a room with Meteora talking" and everything else combined.

Episodes like this are just painful because they show that there is some talent behind this that could have made a good show instead.

C-SPAN Caller
Apr 21, 2010



Kind of want to watch an editted show that cuts out the reiteration of plot points.

Gyra_Solune
Apr 24, 2014

Kyun kyun
Kyun kyun
Watashi no kare wa louse
Honestly this would've worked fine as a 12-ep if they gave someone the axe

and right now I'm thinking that it's Yuya they should've cut out of the show entirely. He hasn't really added anything narratively, for the most part he's just been 'someone for Blitz to fight'. ...so when he comes across his main 'rival' in the latest episode it was almost funny how I didn't really care that much tbh

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

There are no words. (ep 18 spoiler)

Tamba
Apr 5, 2010

So what was the point of Magane stealing Hangaku?

Iretep
Nov 10, 2009
To amuse herself that she could im guessing.

chiasaur11
Oct 22, 2012



Iretep posted:

To amuse herself that she could im guessing.

The question isn't why the character did it. It's why the writers did. Having a whole subplot go like this feels... pointless.

drilldo squirt
Aug 18, 2006

a beautiful, soft meat sack
Clapping Larry

AnacondaHL posted:

There are no words. (ep 18 spoiler)



It was good.

C-SPAN Caller
Apr 21, 2010



I wish someone from a cooking anime got introduced just to say the food is poo poo

Liver Disaster
Mar 31, 2012

no more tears

Watched the latest ep in hopes of seeing more Magane, this was the best episode just for her.

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Rangpur
Dec 31, 2008

So does it look like they'll be enough worthwhile content in the show once it's all out, and you can skip boring scenes/episodes/plot arcs?

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