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GATSU



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:09 pm Reply with quote
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Afterwards, Iyadomi invited the guests to participate in a “reverse Q & A,” where they could ask the audience questions. Yamamoto said that he was a little concerned about how Americans saw gods and goddesses in Japan, because in spite of Nagi's girl-next-door look, she was a goddess. He asked whether that kind of goddess could be accepted in America.


Well, they accepted Skuld as a goddess. But that might not be the same thing. Though this might be a different context.

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Shimizu followed this question up by talking about the character Zange, a goddess who wears a cross in her hair. He asked the audience if such imagery disturbed them.


Isn't that kind of look trendy nowadays, regardless of whether or not she's a goddess? I'd figure the fundies would actually like it, to be honest.
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Joe Mello



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:12 pm Reply with quote
I'd really like to chalk this up to religious tolerance (or at least religious indifference). Blue laws and the like have been phased out over the past few decades, and any junior/senior high school curriculum worth its salt at least explores polytheistic societies, even if it's just Greece and Rome.

Also, while the concerns are reasonably founded, the people who would be offended probably wouldn't be interested in this sort of program, anyway. Then again, an acquaintance of mine learned at Ohayocon that Jesus apparently loves Bleach. As a slightly-more-frequent-than-E.C Catholic, this was news to me, too.
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Ashen Phoenix



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 10:04 pm Reply with quote
I've never heard of a reverse Q & A until this article, but it seems like an interesting thing to do. I'd certainly like to be apart of one someday if I could.

Also, I loved the info. on how closely the manga-ka and the anime production staff worked together to create a great show.

Lastly, I'm tremendously excited to see/learn anything about Cencoroll. It seems so fascinating just from the little I know of it thus far.
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To make the dancing as realistic as possible, the opening was animated at 30 frames a second (instead of the usual 24), and the movements were copied from a video of the choreographer dancing.


I feel sorry for animators.
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CCSYueh



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 3:55 pm Reply with quote
Ashen Phoenix wrote:
I've never heard of a reverse Q & A until this article, but it seems like an interesting thing to do. I'd certainly like to be apart of one someday if I could.


I've seen it on a small scale. Bandai did it one year asking about a couple titles-would the fans want them here. I seem to recall the manga-ka for Kare Kano wanting the audience to answer questions because she wanted to know actual American responses. Actually, I seem to recall more than a few times when the audience has been asked to respond to questions by the panels at Comic-con
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Teriyaki Terrier



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To make the dancing as realistic as possible, the opening was animated at 30 frames a second (instead of the usual 24), and the movements were copied from a video of the choreographer dancing.


I feel sorry for animators.


Same here. Truly, I feel bad for the animators.
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walw6pK4Alo



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 11:30 pm Reply with quote
Teriyaki Terrier wrote:
reanimator wrote:
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To make the dancing as realistic as possible, the opening was animated at 30 frames a second (instead of the usual 24), and the movements were copied from a video of the choreographer dancing.


I feel sorry for animators.


Same here. Truly, I feel bad for the animators.


Just for clarity on this issue, the OP wasn't completely the dancing. Maybe 20-30 seconds at most were of it, so it's not that bad. Compare that to Rosario + Vampire 2's opening, where it looked practically rotoscoped.
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