Atria35 (post: 1468126) wrote:Looks like Crunchyroll has started filling in their line-up for the Spring season!
http://www.crunchyroll.com/lineup
I'm interested in the one entitled "TBD".
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Atria35 (post: 1468126) wrote:Looks like Crunchyroll has started filling in their line-up for the Spring season!
http://www.crunchyroll.com/lineup
PatrickEklektos (post: 1468150) wrote:I'm interested in the one entitled "TBD".
SDG
LadyRushia (post: 1469126) wrote:I watched about half of Dog Days and stopped. Bland, bland, bland.
blkmage (post: 1469225) wrote:Nichijou's first episode was much better than its zeroth episode. Production is top notch, as expected for a KyoAni show. In terms of what kind of show it is, I'm going to be putting it somewhere in between Pani Poni Dash and Azumanga Daioh.
Hanasaku Iroha had a surprisingly strong first episode. I was expecting it to be fairly light-hearted and free-flowing, but it seems like there's going to be drama and an actual plot. Production was also really good, which was never really a problem with PA Works' stuff. Based on the premise, I wasn't expecting much going in, but I'm really looking forward to it now.
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blkmage (post: 1469225) wrote:Nichijou's first episode was much better than its zeroth episode. Production is top notch, as expected for a KyoAni show. In terms of what kind of show it is, I'm going to be putting it somewhere in between Pani Poni Dash and Azumanga Daioh.
Hanasaku Iroha had a surprisingly strong first episode. I was expecting it to be fairly light-hearted and free-flowing, but it seems like there's going to be drama and an actual plot. Production was also really good, which was never really a problem with PA Works' stuff. Based on the premise, I wasn't expecting much going in, but I'm really looking forward to it now.
What about AnoHana? I am a little confused about what's happening with that.MasterDias (post: 1469403) wrote:Also, it appears Crunchyroll picked up Steins Gate. I'm assuming the last box is Blue Exorcist since that is the final title on the original app leak. But I don't know if there is some sort of hold up with Aniplex or what.
The argument that it's purely a stylistic choice is, I think, undercut by the "data" (not that I have any]Or the Gonzo shinanigans.[/s] No, those were just bad shows...blkmage (post: 1469545) wrote:I don't know if it's that they're targetting foreign audiences as much as they're taking on some American concepts, like the comic book hero style sort of thing and the rampant commercialism and shady entertainment world.
Theory: You could just see the Japanese logos as placeholders for whatever the licensors wanted to advertise. If one looks at this element of the show as "rampant commericlaism as such" rather than "rampant Japanese advertising,"then it starts to look like something with broader appeal. Maybe it's a universal concept that is concretely particularized for whatever market it is in?blkmage (post: 1469550) wrote:Well, there's the fact that the in-show advertising is exclusively Japanese, which makes it incredibly strange if they wanted Americans to go and buy Pepsi NEX or Calbee shrimp crackers (because they won't be able to find any). And I doubt advertisers would want to advertise to an audience that can't buy any of their products.
So, this is a salient point (though, to be fair, we aren't in Sunrise's collective head). Having said that, I do believe TnB is a show that has the potential to do very well in R1 land because of the concepts you describe, regardless of whether that was the intent of Sunrise.magey wrote:The difference here is that it's not trying to appeal to Western audiences, but it is about concepts found in Western media.
BTW, Spike Spiegel and Vash the Stampedel beg to differ =) Shows with a Western flavor or with a broader-base appeal than the Japanese otaku market have sold well to Western audiences (see Baccano again). My point was that these sorts of shows haven't fared quite as well in Glorious Nippon. Maybe the hardcore market over here isn't as apt to buy Westerny shows, but it's just empirically true that the Animatrix has sold more units than Air+Clannad+Kanon, and this will probably not change.magey wrote:Shows that traditionally incorporate Western concepts do not sell well because they were anime trying to appeal to Western tastes, which is silly, because Western audiences don't watch anime for Western things.
I don't think most ordinary people watch anime to immerse themselves in a worldview; they watch it because it's entertaining. Meta-narratives don't even figure into the equation for most purchasers of anime DVDs. Instead, guns, s'plosions, fan service, etc are the big factors.And no, Western fans do not watch anime for Western themes. If they do, they're dumb because it's silly goosery to expect another culture to consistently produce works that adhere to another culture's worldview.
Let's alter "Westenr elements" to be "accessible shows that appeal to more than just the hardocre, super-knowledgeable fanbase. So, yeah, there are people who only have an anime shelf full of Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Trigun, Akira, The Animatrix, Halo Legends, etc. They (being the mass market) look for shows that do have mass-market appeal and don't require extensive familiarity with the anime genre or Japanese culture. Audiences that have to work hard are destined to be small.mage-kun wrote:That, to me, doesn't indicate that they're searching through anime for more Western elements.
I think to imply that these people (read, most people that buy anime) are not fans is a bit harsh. Certainly, it's more difficult to be this sort of fan now than in the 90s and early 00s due to the changing nature of the product.I'd argue that those fans are not actually interested in anime in general
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