Forum - View topicHey, Answerman! [2009-10-02]
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Myaow
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The question about misogyny and anime romance was pretty interesting; thanks for sending it in, nameless contributor.
Obviously, guys like watching shows about girls making their boyfriends lunches because they're hungry and sick of brick ramen, and the cute little lunchboxes that those girls make invariably look really, really tasty. I remember that among the people following CLANNAD, a bunch of fans really disliked the romance between Tomoya and Nagisa, who just hung out together and got to know each other's families and worked on projects together. These fans almost always preferred to see Tomoya end up with Kyou or Tomoyo, who make lunch (or in Tomoyo's case, breakfast in bed) for the guy. Conclusion: fanboys are hungry. I'm hungry. |
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SXAniMedia
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A lot of good responses to the Question of the Week.
The Please Teacher response was particularly fun to read, and certainly true, at least in that context and phrasing. Personally though, having it in my collection too... it's not something I'm hesitant to show or talk about... well unless I phrased the description as the writer did. Good stuff though. 
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RogueJedi86
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Trigun got a movie? I thought it was still in the works. If it came out, I haven't heard anything about being licensed or dubbed or anything.
I don't get what the Flake is trying to say. He didn't have to specifically use panties on E7 as an example. It's not anime, but Samurai Jack(and the follow-up Clone Wars series) didn't use black outlines on characters, which was distinctive. I'd say it's just artistic choice. |
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jgreen
 Posts: 1325 Location: St. Louis, MO |
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This Kyoko NEEDS to pick up a copy of Protoculture Addicts #98 when it comes out. Jus' sayin'.
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Dblitzer
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first as a clannad fan who didn't like nagisa i must defend myself, even if Tomoyo and Kyou did nothing for him they would still be light years ahead of Nagisa, who whether she made food for him or not i would of still found boring, uninteresting and annoying which is the reason i had always thought she was disliked by the fans, but then again i only speak for myself and not the fanbase anyway it was a nice read, would of loved to be in that starbucks to see that guy cry watching Clannad Afterstory on his laptop |
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JacobC
ANN Past Staff
 Posts: 3728 Location: SoCal |
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This is me on the NOSE.  Like, every part of that being dead accurate to me as well. I sympathize, Kyoko, I really do.
Well...the only part that's different is if you mention Golden Boy in conversation with me, I both turn red and start laughing like crazy, WANTING to talk about it instead of getting embarrassed...or because I'm embarrassed really. |
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Mistypearl
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Oh wow I have an answer to last week's answer fan's question. It just happened to me a few nights ago. It was at dinner and we were talking about all sorts of stuff when someone told a story abouttheir friend changing their preference on fb to likes women without her knowing, then one of her friends from her old school thought she had come out stating on her wall, "OMG! You're a lesbian now? I totally knew! You should come to alternative prom with me and there will be yaoi and it will be totally awesome!" This girl didn't know what yaoi was and asked about it, and the alternative prom girl told her to look it up. At this point I was really really red in the face with my hands over my mouth as this girl retold her tale of looking up yaoi on the internet saying it was this sick guy on guy anime porn. People knew I was head of anime club, and I said that I knew of yaoi and didn't like it (though I didn't mention that I have read some before to see what it was like) and it was just awkward for me and presumably her as well X__x Well it could of been worse, but still eeeeek!!! Sorry for that long post, this just happened 2 days ago haha.
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vashfanatic
 Posts: 3495 Location: Back stateside |
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Right. Because all lesbians will automatically want to watch two men getting it on. Now, to be fair, I've known lesbians who actually do like yaoi. But I still stand by that link. |
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Jedi General
 Posts: 2485 Location: Tucson, AZ |
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I will join the Golden Boy party as well. When I first watched Golden Boy a few months ago, I could not get over just how WRONG the show is. Then again, I could not stop laughing either. It really is one of those "so wrong, it is right" kind of shows. In fact, I highly recommend it if you can handle the onslaught of perverse humor. I will probably never watch Golden Boy again, but I'll never forget it, that much is certain. |
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The King of Harts
 Posts: 6712 Location: Mount Crawford, Virginia |
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I think it's been well documented that I love the hell out of Kanon 2006 despite me being a guy. I'll admit I cried. I cried a lot and hard. Now would I tell that to people who weren't anime fans? Hell no. I don't want to say I'm embarrassed, but it's the perfect match for the situation. I'd never tell a non-anime fan that I love this show with the character designs of little girls with big eyes and a very sappy story.
Now I have no problem admitting to being a bit embarrassed about reading and loving Kitchen Princess. I was actually a little nervous to put it on the checkout counter because I didn't want the old woman to look at the books and then look at me. I hate buying anime stuff at B&M stores. It's embarrassing just to read its name, let alone look at the covers of a little girl with big eyes (there's a theme here) eating delicious snacks. Now that I think about it, Princess Tutu falls under the same reasons as Kitchen Princess. Princess Tutu? How emasculating can a title get? |
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posterior_praiser
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Princess Princess is the most embarassing anime I will admit to watching. So bad. That and Gakuen heaven. I will admit that I enjoyed GH though. PP wasnt even so bad it was good.
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DomFortress
 Posts: 751 Location: Richmond BC, Canada |
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Just a quick shout-out to the Godannar fan with her reply on last week's Hey! Answerfans!: You are not alone when I got my girlfriend into the same "slick designs, bright, quality animation, energetic characters, and non-stop action sprinkled with romance" with my first Godannar release from ADV!
 That, and thank you for represent!
As a matter of fact, we both like the concept so much, we went and got the first Genesis of Aquarion from FUNimation when that came out. And it's been one of our favorite mechanized romance ever since. WE <3 FUSION!
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HeeroTX
Posts: 2046 Location: Austin, TX |
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I always HATE this stereotype (girls in anime are depicted in this incredibly misogynistic world always) because it's incredibly hypocritical (most of the time) unless the people complaining are NOT appreciative of shows like: -Fruits Basket -Ouran High School Host Club -Fushigi Yuugi -Sailor Moon -Hana Yori Dango Or any of the other myriad GIRL harem shows in reverse. Which is why it is harmless "fantasy/wish fulfillment" just like all the cheesy stupid Mary Sue fanfic. (and the less said of the legion of girls noting the true beauty of "Twilight", the better) Bottom line, large numbers of people of BOTH sexes like imagining that "perfect" members of the opposite sex (or same sex if that's your thing) will overlook their obvious flaws and fawn over them and do stuff for them without requiring anything in return. And that's true even outside of anime. |
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giascle
 Posts: 157 Location: Denver |
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I think Tomoya and Tomoyo is a far more natural relationship than Tomoya and Nagisa, and it has nothing to do with making food. Though I am hungry. And in response to Flake of the Week, it actually is a decent question, it was just submitted strangely. I've also wondered why bras/panties don't have black outlines. If it's supposed to make them lighter and cuter, it's failing; they just look horrible and they don't fit with the style of the characters. |
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neocloud9
 Posts: 1178 Location: Atlanta, GA |
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You didn't like Princess Princess? I dunno if we can be friends anymore! 
(Just kidding, we totally can.) I'm always kinda embarrassed to admit liking Lucky Star, just because fans are so divided about it! Either you love it and will be instant BFFs or you hate it and will lose all respect forever. Too much pressure! I usually keep my mouth shut. |
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