Forum - View topicNEWS: Million Doll TV Anime Unveils More Cast, July 6 Premiere
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Banjo
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her left arm looks weird.
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BodaciousSpacePirate
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This is one of my three "must watch" Summer 2015 shows.
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Kadmos1
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Congrats.
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BodaciousSpacePirate
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I'm not sure whether the show needs to be congratulated for unveiling its cast. I feel like that's something most shows do. Then again, most shows don't socio-culturally examine idol culture the way Million Doll does. Or focus on the Locodol phenomenon, which represents a steadily growing segment of the idol industry. So, maybe Million Doll does actually deserve congratulations for tackling the topic, instead of just mindlessly churning out another boilerplate "high school girl wants to become an idol" drama. |
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Hameyadea
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Great. Now I'm thinking about Denpa Kyōshi... *sigh* I see that Umehara Yūichirō is part of the cast; I liked his performance as Binan Kōkō Chikyū Bōei-bu Love!'s Yufuin En. |
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BodaciousSpacePirate
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It's a very different kind of manga than what you're probably imagining. It is a drama that follows: -a female hikikomori fangirl who is obsessed with a three-girl idol unit -a salaryman who is infatuated with a down-on-her-luck idol -the three-girl idol unit, who all have folksy charm, and will likely be given Southern accents when the show is dubbed ("We've gotta make it big, or Yurino's gonna hafta go back to strawberry farmin'!") -the down-on-her-luck idol and her life of earnest desperation The idol unit and the down-on-her-luck idol begin competing for the same record contract, and then the story just sort of takes off from there. |
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Hameyadea
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Oh, I know. But seeing the words "idol-loving hikikomori" and "the power of blogging" in the same sentence evoke those thoughts about the recently-premiered Denpa Kyōshi. I hope that Million Dolls will be good enough to overwrite those thoughts. |
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partially
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I read a bit of this a while ago. Gave up it was so terrible. Remind me why it got an adaptation?
The premise was interesting to a certain degree. The execution was flatout terrible. And the art was never more than serviceable. The plot relied far too much on characters mysteriously knowing details that were happening, when there was simply no way for them to know about them. If this happened once by mistake I could pass it over. But it goes again and again. The writing was quite simply amatuer. |
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BodaciousSpacePirate
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The author uses a very minimalistic blend of shoujo and moe styles that obviously isn't for everyone. Nana meets The World God Only Knows, basically. I think that the panel layout (especially the use of panel height) was actually very disciplined and purposeful.
Could you provide a few examples of this? I reread the entire series yesterday afternoon, and I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. |
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enurtsol
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Reminds us of Million Dollar Baby:
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