@lizcat: Ah, Seinen. My favourite genre of them all.
Im only otaku when it comes to Naruto Is the only one I watch and read at the moment
Almost Otaku: Is Shonen Worth Our Time Anymore?
Topic started by No_name_here on Aug. 18, 2010.
Last post by djqj 2 years, 8 months ago.
I would most definitely say, as a casual anime fan, that a lot of new anime is trying to hard to appeal to American culture and audiences. The thing that I love, and I would say a lot of people love about anime, is that it is so different from anything that is made her in America. There is something about anime that makes it unique and its the reason why I love it. Its something that I cant really describe or put my finger on. Yes, its the visual style, but its also they way the characters and stories develop, and I feel that the newer stuff is loosing some of that. I feel like I really enjoy older anime more than I do the newer stuff. I really like how the new stuff looks, but the old stuff is way more interesting. That's just what I think as a casual anime fan, take that how you will.
@FoxxFireArt said:
If you had checked Spice and Wolf instead, you would have seen that they stream it directly from their site. Indeed, their catalog display states clearly which are "Courtesy Crunchyroll", which are "Courtesy XYZ (via Hulu)" and which are "Courtesy XYZ".
Of course, most of Funimation.com streams are cross-streams from Hulu.com, so the "exclusive source" seems an awfully lot like it was just tacked on to justify an argument you launched into without checking the facts first.
Ah, so you checked ONE title." @agila61:
What Anime News Network links to on their site is more often just links from Crunchyroll or other sites. I just checked out their video section. One of their Naruto episodes is a direct link from Crunchyroll. That's not distribution. It's linking. If Anime Vice started video links from Crunchyroll, HULU, or FUNimation. That wouldn't make Anime Vice a distributor.
Sites such as Crunchyroll, HULU, or FUNimation often have exclusive contracts to be the main distribution points of animes and other assorted video.
I don't see why Anime Vice should be promoting another anime news and encyclopedia site. That's the job of this site. I don't think they would be promoting Anime Vice. "
If you had checked Spice and Wolf instead, you would have seen that they stream it directly from their site. Indeed, their catalog display states clearly which are "Courtesy Crunchyroll", which are "Courtesy XYZ (via Hulu)" and which are "Courtesy XYZ".
Of course, most of Funimation.com streams are cross-streams from Hulu.com, so the "exclusive source" seems an awfully lot like it was just tacked on to justify an argument you launched into without checking the facts first.
@DoctorWelch said:
" I would most definitely say, as a casual anime fan, that a lot of new anime is trying too hard to appeal to American culture and audiences. ... but its also they way the characters and stories develop, and I feel that the newer stuff is loosing some of that."A lot of that is driven more by the Japanese market ~ the more they have to rely on merchandise to finance new anime, the more interest in trying to get otaku to develop and attachment to a character. That means both less attention to storyline, and less character development that can risk people either not developing an attachment to a character right away, or else developing an attachment then being outraged at how the character develops.
@agila61:
I never said I checked one title. I mentioned one title. I didn't feel the need to have to list the various series I checked at random.
Anime News Network is not the main distributor of Spice and Wolf. That is FUNimation. They are the official US distributor of the series. It's even on their video website right now. They are allowing Anime News Network to broadcast their series.
Having sites such as HULU host the videos is a way to make a cross promotional agreement so that FUNimation doesn't have to worry about hosting numerous videos on their own servers, and allows them to broaden the reach of the product.
I still say, I don't see why Anime Vice should be promoting another anime news and encyclopedia site. That's the job of this site. I don't think they would be promoting Anime Vice.
I never said I checked one title. I mentioned one title. I didn't feel the need to have to list the various series I checked at random.
" If you had checked Spice and Wolf instead, you would have seen that they stream it directly from their site. Indeed, their catalog display states clearly which are "Courtesy Crunchyroll", which are "Courtesy XYZ (via Hulu)" and which are "Courtesy XYZ". "
Having sites such as HULU host the videos is a way to make a cross promotional agreement so that FUNimation doesn't have to worry about hosting numerous videos on their own servers, and allows them to broaden the reach of the product.
I still say, I don't see why Anime Vice should be promoting another anime news and encyclopedia site. That's the job of this site. I don't think they would be promoting Anime Vice.
@FoxxFireArt: hehe. yeah. i get your point. i thought it was mainly comedy with a bit of action in it. the story seemed like comedy, the characters, the plot, the dialogue, all seemed like comedy.....even the action seemed like comedy!! =-D
but,,,,i get your point. i need to see more comedy anime & manga.
but,,,,i get your point. i need to see more comedy anime & manga.
While I'm more of a seinin fan, shonen will always have a place in my heart. InuYasha, Neon Genisis Evangeleon, Soul Eater and Death Note (many an adolescent dig DN) are NEVER going to lose favor in my Anime tastes. That goes for some shojo (Angel Sanctuary Manga) as well.
I don't think the type of anime is that critical as long as it's good maybe something like The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
I would like to see something current like Okamisan or occult academy. If you wanted to do a long shonen series you could do Fairy Tail being that it's only about 40 episodes so far.
I would like to see something current like Okamisan or occult academy. If you wanted to do a long shonen series you could do Fairy Tail being that it's only about 40 episodes so far.
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