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NEWS: Skirt no Naka wa Kedamono Deshita. TV Anime Shorts' Cast, Theme Song Artist Revealed




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KH91



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PostPosted: Thu May 25, 2017 11:56 pm Reply with quote
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Ryō Kirishima, the college student who met Shizuka at a mixer. Ryō looks like a dashing female beauty but is actually a crossdresser


It's a good thing I read that before fully looking at that image of Ryo. Almost caught me.
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PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2017 12:23 am Reply with quote
After looking at the staff, it looks even less promising. The director's only other director credit is from 15 years ago, and has only really done episode direction otherwise. The series composition writer being the assistant director on one of those fan-favorite Chinese co-productions is probably not the most troubling sign about them actually, as their only other credits are as a producer. Producer to director is one thing, but I don't think I've seen producer to the lead writer, and given the writing is probably the most likely thing to screw up the show, not a great sign. My expectations are lowered further than before.
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PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2017 1:41 am Reply with quote
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However, Ryō unexpectedly kisses Shizuka and pushes her down.
So he fakes being a women to lure other women to his home and assault them? Yeah I think I'll pass...

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Sakagami Tomoyo



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PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2017 4:53 am Reply with quote
zrnzle500 wrote:
After looking at the staff, it looks even less promising. The director's only other director credit is from 15 years ago, and has only really done episode direction otherwise. The series composition writer being the assistant director on one of those fan-favorite Chinese co-productions is probably not the most troubling sign about them actually, as their only other credits are as a producer. Producer to director is one thing, but I don't think I've seen producer to the lead writer, and given the writing is probably the most likely thing to screw up the show, not a great sign. My expectations are lowered further than before.


Not to mention that the studio doesn't exactly have the most illustrious record.

Still, it's only 5-minute episodes, so in theory if the source material's good enough, there's not enough running time for them to screw it up much.
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PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2017 6:17 am Reply with quote
I'm perfectly fine with short episodes, well as long as it fits it right, don't like short series that stretch a scenario over multiple episodes.

Quite looking forward to this, would like to see more crossdressing focused anime.
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Takkun4343



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PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2017 7:30 am Reply with quote
zrnzle500 wrote:
The director's only other director credit is from 15 years ago, and has only really done episode direction otherwise.

Actually, Kenichi Maeshima directed Demon Lord Dante, Mitsutaka Noshitani was just miscredited when he only served as episode director for episodes 1 and 6. (Already sent in an error report.) Still, there's nothing wrong with him making a debut now of all times.
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championferret



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PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2017 11:15 am Reply with quote
This just looks like a way crappy, porny version of Kuragehime :/

That animation, yikes.
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PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2017 3:33 pm Reply with quote
I removed a rather trollish comment and responses to it to clean the thread up. Let's avoid any further rude or transphobic comments and discussion please. Thank you.
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garrisonaw



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 8:46 pm Reply with quote
I watched the first episode, and I have to say, I'm not impressed. I'm not planning on watching any more, and I'm certainly not going to go over to the ComicFesta site and pay to watch the uncensored version.

The animation is mediocre at best, but it's the whole premise that bugs me. So this guy, Ryo, dresses up as a woman. Fine - that's his choice. But judging from the first episode, he does so mainly because it makes it easier for him to meet women and take them home. He gets Shizuka -- who is considerably smaller than him -- drunk, then takes her back to his place and rapes her. Sure, he didn't stick "Tab A" into "Slot B" ...yet ...but sexual assault is still sexual assault nonetheless, and she was clearly not a willing recipient of his actions.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 8:54 pm Reply with quote
I forgot this thing was airing this summer. Well, no one picked it up for official streaming, and shorts tend to not get as much attention as full length shows.

Sounds like we weren't missing much. Ugh. I mean, I didn't exactly have high hopes or anything, but there was always a chance it could surprise me.
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Random Name



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 8:57 pm Reply with quote
I don't get it was this reposted or something? Why are people necroing a post from almost 2 months ago.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 9:02 pm Reply with quote
Random Name wrote:
I don't get it was this reposted or something? Why are people necroing a post from almost 2 months ago.


Probably because it aired this summer, but since it didn't get an official stream it hasn't been covered in the preview guide or any reviews. Also I think pretty much everyone forgot about it and I don't believe it has a thread in series discussion either. I guess garrisonaw could have started a new thread about the show in that section, but instead they decided to post their impressions in a talkback thread that had previously discussed the show.
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