Forum - View topicNEWS: Macross F, Madoka Magica, Hetalia Win Anime Kobe Awards
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Kougeru
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oh hell yes. song is epic win |
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Juhachi
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Now I've seen everything. |
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scchan
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I bet Kyoko gave all the judges some Pocky to eat.
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darkhappy1
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I'm happy knowing Mari Okeda got an award. Her work on Hourou Musuko was amazing, and I'm sure she did well with AnoHana. (I haven't watched much of it beyond the first episode, but it seemed promising.) And yay, Madoka Magica gets an award. It's not at all surprising, but it's still good to know.
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Veers
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...I really enjoyed Ika Musume but that song was ear cancer.
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AilisKnil
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Madoka getting an award for anything is disappointing. Urobuchi's writing was unusually lackluster, and Shinbou's direction was extremely distracting given the nature of the show. Kajiura's soundtrack was excellent as usual, but that alone does not make up for this pitiful stain on the mahou shoujo genre, perpetuated by children who have never actually seen a real mahou shoujo anime and yet still cite the show as a "deep deconstruction" of the genre.
Such are the anime industry and its fans. Shows with plots driven by legitimately mature psychological exploration are discarded to make way for pseudo-intellectual drivel that rides only on its shock value. |
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Animerican14
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I'm quite happy about Madoka Magica getting the Television award, and I think most of those that have sen the show are quite happy too. (Not too sure I understand how Shinbo's direction or Urobuchi's writing could've been significantly disappointing, though ... different strokes for different folks I guess.)
Ika Musume's OP getting the award, though? I dunno... I thought it was quite cute and fitting as I watched the show, and the visual gags during the OP certainly helped my enjoyment. Not so sure about it being particularly high quality in of itself, though... What Anime Awards will we be seeing voice actors get recognition at? (I'm surprised the Kobe Awards aren't covering them...) That's another area that I think Madoka Magica should excel at. |
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Veers
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TitanXL
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So we enter the age of Madoka backlash, where everything poplar must have it's equal share of haters.
Props to Detective Conan team. Ika Musume's OP is an odd choice.. I can think of a lot of other openings I liked more. |
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AilisKnil
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Surely I must be trolling because I dislike a show you like! I'm not saying I hold any mahou shoujo anime in particularly high regard. I am saying that the majority of Madoka fans I am aware of claim it is the greatest show in the genre having not even seen a typical mahou shoujo anime. They claim to like it because it is "not like other mahou shoujo," or because it "deconstructs" the genre. It had the potential to deconstruct the genre, sure. In practice, it did not. We could argue back and forth about this as long as you wanted, but the show is lacking in many of the aspects that make a good story, instead, as I said before, choosing to ride on the shock value created by contrasting mahou shoujo and gore. Even Nanoha, which is by no means a perfect anime, is more successful in its experimentation with the genre. So of course I am a bit angry that it's popular. Because I don't think it deserves its popularity. If we allow anime to be defined by the mediocre, then soon enough we'll be getting nothing but trash, as if we don't get enough of that already. I'd much sooner take something like Precure over Madoka, despite the fact that the former's target audience is little girls. At least it doesn't pretend to be revolutionary. |
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dtm42
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Puella Magi Madoka Magica was a deconstruction of the genre for the first eleven episodes. The final episode was a reconstruction of epic proportions, basically making Madoka herself the spoiler[Patron Goddess of Magical Girls.]
At this point in time I rate the show as the second best Anime I have ever seen. Period. I do not expect that to change any time soon, not with RahXephon being so perfect. What, you thought I meant that it might slip in the ranks? Oh, you. On a side note, people complain about current Anime as usual, but I think this year (2011) has so far been pretty good in the scheme of things. |
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Veers
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Last edited by Veers on Sat Sep 03, 2011 1:08 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Anymouse
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I can see why people are afraid of Grim Dark magical girls. Grim Dark superheroes are considered a joke nowadays. That doesn't mean that Madoka Magica is a bad show, just that we should beware imitators.
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