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The Spring 2012 Anime Preview Guide

Zac, I think it's more of the general "only loser otaku would like this" attitude you have in some of your reviews that people have the main issue with. Upotte's said it should only be watched by "People who want to see how crazy it is" or "Losers who want to sex their guns", but no third "People who are looking for something unique and one of the stand-out titles of the season" or fourth "want to see an interesting school show that blends Soul Eater with Gunslinger Girl" Both points are only negative, and quite dismissive of anyone who would watch it (Soul Eater did the whole kids as weapons things earlier, so it shouldn't blow your mind that much based on the premise, not enough to use a silly reaction image when confronted with the idea that kids are being humanized weapons)

Zac, I think it's more of the general "only loser otaku would like this" attitude you have in some of your reviews that people have the main issue with. Upotte's said it should only be watched by "People who want to see how crazy it is" or "Losers who want to sex their guns",

but no third "People who are looking for something unique and one of the stand-out titles of the season"

or fourth "want to see an interesting school show that blends Soul Eater with Gunslinger Girl"

Both points are only negative, and quite dismissive of anyone who would watch it (Soul Eater did the whole kids as weapons things earlier, so it shouldn't blow your mind that much based on the premise, not enough to use a silly reaction image when confronted with the idea that kids are being humanized weapons)

Pointing out which kind of fetish the show is for upsets people. I get that. I likely will not do it again. But I never said you're a horrible person or even that people who were in to those things were horrible. The level of sensitivity some of you have about this stuff is ludicrous.

Add to that the fact that the teacher's face is in shadow most of the time, implying that he is a stand-in for the viewer, and you've got some seriously prurient material for a non-hentai show. If this is where the anime industry is headed, I weep for us all.

...Pointing out which kind of fetish the show is for upsets people. I get that. I likely will not do it again. But I never said you're a horrible person or even that people who were in to those things were horrible. The level of sensitivity some of you have about this stuff is ludicrous.

If you're not willing to even accept [moe] as a classification, then how else do you accurately describe series like K-ON! or Sound of the Sky or Kanon which focus as much more on trying to generate moe reactions than anything else?

Zac, some of us (me, included) find the fetish-identification useful information. I don't think that you should censor yourself just because a handful of people have persecution complexes....

Key, was Mawaru Penguindrum really made by SILVER LINK? Because I'm pretty sure it was a Brains Base production. I looked on Wikipedia but couldn't find a mention of SILVER LINK anywhere.

tuxedocat wrote:

Zac, some of us (me, included) find the fetish-identification useful information. I don't think that you should censor yourself just because a handful of people have persecution complexes....

You aren't the majority neither.

Key wrote:

If you're not willing to even accept [moe] as a classification, then how else do you accurately describe series like K-ON! or Sound of the Sky or Kanon which focus as much more on trying to generate moe reactions than anything else?

Slice of life. That's the genre/classification. (Can add drama for SnW and Kanon, comedy for K-ON).

Shows cannot be moe. Moe is attributed to characters. Because you feel moe for characters, not shows. You can say that a show is loaded with moe characters, but it doesn't make sense to say that a show is moe. Moe is not a genre. There can be plenty of shows with moe characters that span a wide number of genres. There are plenty of moe characters in Bodacious Space Pirates, and it's a sci-fi/slice-of-life. There are also moe characters in Shakugan no Shana and it's a shounen/action show. But neither of those shows are moe shows. They're sci-fi/slice-of-life and shounen/action.

This is a big pet peeve of mine, and since you asked, there's your answer.

Megiddo wrote:

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So a comedy is not a genre because you laugh at characters.That is brilliant!!!!!

Don't like a show? Think its terrible? Find it offensive? Great! Don't watch it.

Key wrote:

If you're not willing to even accept [moe] as a classification, then how else do you accurately describe series like K-ON! or Sound of the Sky or Kanon which focus as much more on trying to generate moe reactions than anything else?

Slice of life. That's the genre/classification. (Can add drama for SnW and Kanon, comedy for K-ON).

Shows cannot be moe. Moe is attributed to characters. Because you feel moe for characters, not shows. You can say that a show is loaded with moe characters, but it doesn't make sense to say that a show is moe. Moe is not a genre. There can be plenty of shows with moe characters that span a wide number of genres. There are plenty of moe characters in Bodacious Space Pirates, and it's a sci-fi/slice-of-life. There are also moe characters in Shakugan no Shana and it's a shounen/action show. But neither of those shows are moe shows. They're sci-fi/slice-of-life and shounen/action.

This is a big pet peeve of mine, and since you asked, there's your answer.

TitanXL wrote:

Zac, I think it's more of the general "only loser otaku would like this" attitude you have in some of your reviews that people have the main issue with. Upotte's said it should only be watched by "People who want to see how crazy it is" or "Losers who want to sex their guns",

The first one is not a negative at all. I do that myself - I watch stuff just to see how crazy it is all the time. Plenty of people do that. I don't even understand how you can interpret that as a negative.

The second, gun fetishism is absolutely a real thing. And there are people who get sexual with it. Do I think it's weird? Yes. Do I think this show would appeal to those guys? Absolutely. Seems like it's made with them in mind first.

danilo07 wrote:

Megiddo wrote: [snip] So a comedy is not a genre because you laugh at characters.That is brilliant!!!!!

Huh? You don't feel comedy for characters. Hell, the comedy could be from something other than characters. There is no chalkboard character in Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei and yet some of the stuff that makes me laugh at times is what is written on it.