×
  • remind me tomorrow
  • remind me next week
  • never remind me
Subscribe to the ANN Newsletter • Wake up every Sunday to a curated list of ANN's most interesting posts of the week. read more
You are welcome to look at the talkback but please consider that this article is over 6 years old before posting.

Forum - View topic
This Week in Anime - DARLING in the FRANXX Has Only One Thing on its Mind


Goto page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10  Next

 Note: this is the discussion thread for this article
Anime News Network Forum Index -> Site-related -> Talkback
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
LucianGreyfold



Joined: 09 Oct 2014
Posts: 12
PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:57 pm Reply with quote
Honestly I am enjoying this show greatly, let's turn back the clock and remember when Kill la Kill came out, I am pretty sure most people dismissed it thinking its some fanservice over the top action series just based on the first 3 episodes. I pretty much passed on Kill La Kill because it didn't strike me as something deep or interesting, but then on strong urging from a friend I started watching it and boy talk about judging the book by the cover.

I feel like Darling in Franxx is going the same route, there is an underlying point of this whole setup but it's not going to shove it all in our face, instead we are going to get a nice slow build up like Kill La Kill that is going flesh out the world, why the characters are the way they are, then hit us with a sudden change and everything will click into place.

Evangelion was the same way too, people went in expecting a giant robot weekly monster beat em up, but they got something way deeper and way more complicated and mature than anyone could have expected.

But like Evangelion this could crash and burn by the end, or like Kill La Kill it could provide something amazing and awesome.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Chrysostomus



Joined: 11 Mar 2015
Posts: 335
PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 2:13 pm Reply with quote
Quote:
It doesn't even pretend to humor any perspective but a straight guy's, and honestly, I'm tired of it.

Quote:
It's definitely a problem that kinda comes with the show's decidedly straight-dude-perspective so far.

Quote:
Hey, if the series ends up becoming a scathing critique of heteronormativity....


Things the out-of-touch ANN columnists hate:
1. Sexual orientation-based discrimination.
2. Sexism.
3. Straight males.

Last edited by Chrysostomus on Wed Jan 31, 2018 10:36 am; edited 1 time in total
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Sahmbahdeh



Joined: 05 May 2015
Posts: 713
PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 2:15 pm Reply with quote
Look, I get that you want representation in your anime, that's all well and dandy, but can we please stop acting like focusing on heterosexual relationships is a bad thing? You may not have intended that, but the discussion really gives off that impression. Sometimes straight people want to make a sexy show about straight relationships. There's more than enough thematic meat to chew with that alone, so let's not overload the discussion with additional tangents before we're sure this show is capable of even handling what it's already set up.

As a whole, I'm not terribly impressed by Darling in the Franxx on anything other than a technical level so far (and even then, so much of the setting, shots and visuals are cribbed right out of Evangelion's playbook, so I can't even give it full credit on that score, either). The characters are uninteresting and mostly annoying (besides 0-2), the direction is unimpressive outside of action scenes, and the plot so far is uninspired. I'll give it a few more episodes, but I might be dropping this one soon.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
SkerllyFC07



Joined: 08 Jul 2017
Posts: 108
PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 2:20 pm Reply with quote
There´s a guy that travels in some comment sections on this website saying "Yeah, I hope (insert mecha show) ends up being good, so that it shows to Voltron: Legendary Defender how you make a mecha show. Because Voltron is trash and it never uses its title mecha". But if he thinks this series is the answer to that, hahahaha, what a joke, congratulations. This series makes its mechas, and mecha action waaaaayyyyyy less important that the plot and themes, since the reviews here barely speak about how the mecha action is constructed.

Just because it features its title mecha less than it should, doesn´t mean that Voltron it´s trash. It´s just that you expected better.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Paulo27



Joined: 22 Jan 2015
Posts: 400
PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 2:21 pm Reply with quote
Chrysostomus wrote:
Quote:
It doesn't even pretend to humor any perspective but a straight guy's, and honestly, I'm tired of it.

Quote:
It's definitely a problem that kinda comes with the show's decidedly straight-dude-perspective so far.

Quote:
Hey, if the series ends up becoming a scathing critique of heteronormativity....


Things the out-of-touch ANN columnists hate:
1. Sexuality discrimination.
2. Sexism.
3. Straight males.
That straight male privilege though.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Beatdigga



Joined: 26 Oct 2003
Posts: 4592
Location: New York
PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 2:21 pm Reply with quote
Here we go again...

It’s worth noting that much like Gainax before it, Trigger’s MO is shocking content to push a forward thinking message. Panty & Stocking at the end of the day was an anti-moe, pro women piece about embracing sexuality and rejection of male forced purity standards. If THAT could lead to such a message at the end, this will be fine.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Ashabel



Joined: 16 Feb 2010
Posts: 351
PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 2:35 pm Reply with quote
Beatdigga wrote:
Here we go again...

It’s worth noting that much like Gainax before it, Trigger’s MO is shocking content to push a forward thinking message. Panty & Stocking at the end of the day was an anti-moe, pro women piece about embracing sexuality and rejection of male forced purity standards. If THAT could lead to such a message at the end, this will be fine.


It's probably also worth noting that Panty & Stocking never tried to be tittilating beyond maybe 90 seconds of transformation footage per episode, as well as that Darling in the Franxx is not a Trigger show.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Chrono1000





PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 2:40 pm Reply with quote
This might be the best show of the season which is both sexy and discusses gender issues. I find it interesting that making anime that is visually appealing to straight men is now considered to be bad in feminist ideology. The anti-fanservice argument seems to be based on the idea that men can't have anime shows made for them since some people don't like it. Of course anime shows that are made for women such as Free are great and wonderful. To say the least that double standard looks a bit suspicious.
Back to top
Beatdigga



Joined: 26 Oct 2003
Posts: 4592
Location: New York
PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 2:44 pm Reply with quote
SkerllyFC07 wrote:
There´s a guy that travels in some comment sections on this website saying "Yeah, I hope (insert mecha show) ends up being good, so that it shows to Voltron: Legendary Defender how you make a mecha show. Because Voltron is trash and it never uses its title mecha". But if he thinks this series is the answer to that, hahahaha, what a joke, congratulations. This series makes its mechas, and mecha action waaaaayyyyyy less important that the plot and themes, since the reviews here barely speak about how the mecha action is constructed.

Just because it features its title mecha less than it should, doesn´t mean that Voltron it´s trash. It´s just that you expected better.


But...Voltron is trash. And this show had mecha battles. Also Zero Two is better than that entire cast so far.

Anyway, this is a joint production between Trigger and A-1. One that has an idea and is very forceful about getting there. Episode 3 also toned down the T&A. Who knows? Maybe this will come together or it could fall apart in on itself. But again, the whole “heteronormative” thing is so dumb. Like talking about this is bad in and of itself.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
meiam



Joined: 23 Jun 2013
Posts: 3447
PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 2:50 pm Reply with quote
LucianGreyfold wrote:
Honestly I am enjoying this show greatly, let's turn back the clock and remember when Kill la Kill came out, I am pretty sure most people dismissed it thinking its some fanservice over the top action series just based on the first 3 episodes. I pretty much passed on Kill La Kill because it didn't strike me as something deep or interesting, but then on strong urging from a friend I started watching it and boy talk about judging the book by the cover.


I liked Kill-la-kill when it wasn't trying to be anything deep and hard dropped it when it tried to have a message because its message was simplistic and poorly constructed. I'm uniterested in Franxx because its message is poorly constricted and simplistic ("teenager are horny" gee what an astute observation), that and the utter lack of originality (like the article say, a looooooot of mech show also say "teenager are horny").

Almost every mech show tries to be "deep" and most just forget the mech altogether or tries to make them into hamfisted visual metaphor. I just want a mech show that's about mech (cool machine build by people, not god/alien/magic gizmo). Crying or Very sad
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Lemonchest



Joined: 18 Mar 2015
Posts: 1771
PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 2:53 pm Reply with quote
The feminists are coming for my mecha fleshlight fantasy! Oh noes!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Beatdigga



Joined: 26 Oct 2003
Posts: 4592
Location: New York
PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 2:56 pm Reply with quote
Lemonchest wrote:
The feminists are coming for my mecha fleshlight fantasy! Oh noes!


Didn’t everyone flip out over Kill La Kill the exact same way?

And yet no one whines about Yuri on Ice.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Shay Guy



Joined: 03 Jul 2009
Posts: 2291
PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 3:09 pm Reply with quote
Chrono1000 wrote:
I find it interesting that making anime that is visually appealing to straight men is now considered to be bad in feminist ideology. The anti-fanservice argument seems to be based on the idea that men can't have anime shows made for them since some people don't like it.


Reeeally don't see how you're getting either of these from what Nick and Micchy are saying, which is largely that the show's thematic aims are muddled and undermined by both the camerawork and its limited conception of sexuality.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
relyat08



Joined: 20 Mar 2013
Posts: 4125
Location: Northern Virginia
PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 3:13 pm Reply with quote
Sooo.... I guess I should watch Aquarion Evol then??
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message My Anime My Manga
Lemonchest



Joined: 18 Mar 2015
Posts: 1771
PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 3:15 pm Reply with quote
Beatdigga wrote:
Lemonchest wrote:
The feminists are coming for my mecha fleshlight fantasy! Oh noes!


Didn’t everyone flip out over Kill La Kill the exact same way?

And yet no one whines about Yuri on Ice.


Nobodies flipping out over this, either. They're saying "I hope there's more to this cheesecake than just cheese." & people did whine about YOI, just as they purposely downvoted Showa Genroku episode reviews & still get irritated about Free! years later.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Reply to topic    Anime News Network Forum Index -> Site-related -> Talkback All times are GMT - 5 Hours
Goto page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10  Next
Page 1 of 10

 


Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group