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[PA Comic] Monday, July 16, 2012 - Mahou Hime Ganbaru
A shit-load of anime is weird, to the point where "Otakus are pedos" is a mentality that exists in Japan. Shit like "My Little Sister Can't be This Cute!" is something that is actually real. Remember that DS game where you touch schoolgirls with your stylus to see if they're witches? PA even did a comic on it.
It's a community with a lot of effin' creepers, just gotta deal with it.
E: Ahahaha, maybe Tycho is actually playing "Doki Doki Majo Saiban"! I'm gonna choose to believe that's what's going on, makes the strip even funnier.
I made this account to give my opinion on this comic, I know how opinions work on the internet so brace yourself for this.
This comic is about bronies.
I see it, but I don't think they had that intention.
I mean, I took the joke as "why would a grown man be watching a (potentially obscure) cartoon blatantly directed to young children," which isn't a bad joke.
I caught my first couple of episodes of MLP on TV over the weekend because my wife put on a channel with cartoons for the kids and it came on randomly.
I thought I would finally see what was so special about it, and why it could have so many adult fans.
Nope. Pure kids cartoon with above average art and writing. Not sure I see the appeal.
It is pretty dam sad that a lot of people are pretty much using this as a springboard for "lolol animesux" posturing.
It also does kind of hurt, just a little because I pretty much been asked by coworkers and others if me being a big anime fan makes me a "pedo-loli-freak-whatever". And trying to rationally, calmly explain that I'm not can be really frustrating.
"There are creepy freaks in every fandom. Every. Fandom. I am not one of them."
Well yeah, being a fan of loli-crap is kind of difficult when you're gay like me
It is pretty dam sad that a lot of people are pretty much using this as a springboard for "lolol animesux" posturing.
It also does kind of hurt, just a little because I pretty much been asked by coworkers and others if me being a big anime fan makes me a "pedo-loli-freak-whatever". And trying to rationally, calmly explain that I'm not can be really frustrating.
"There are creepy freaks in every fandom. Every. Fandom. I am not one of them."
Well yeah, being a fan of loli-crap is kind of difficult when you're gay like me
you are aware that the general phenomenon is not just limited to little girls (the male side is not as visibly prevalent, but is certainly there), right? Not implying anything, but what you're saying is not the complete counter-argument you may think it is.
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TIFunkaliciousKicking back inNebraskaRegistered Userregular
Come to think of it, the main reason this comic comes across as weird is because of the Tycho = Jerry, Mike = Gabe thing that's been going on in the comics for a while now.
If it was just Tycho saying it people could write it off as the highest hypocrisy, as he is a dude who is totally into bestiality. The problem arises due to it being based on a con interaction with Jerry, so people who like the comic feel like they're being attacked by one of the creators.
Of course, it's mostly just guys on the internet taking things too seriously.
It is pretty dam sad that a lot of people are pretty much using this as a springboard for "lolol animesux" posturing.
It also does kind of hurt, just a little because I pretty much been asked by coworkers and others if me being a big anime fan makes me a "pedo-loli-freak-whatever". And trying to rationally, calmly explain that I'm not can be really frustrating.
"There are creepy freaks in every fandom. Every. Fandom. I am not one of them."
Well yeah, being a fan of loli-crap is kind of difficult when you're gay like me
you are aware that the general phenomenon is not just limited to little girls (the male side is not as visibly prevalent, but is certainly there), right? Not implying anything, but what you're saying is not the complete counter-argument you may think it is.
Yeah I know, which is why I said "loli" specifically. It's not a good counterargument I'll admit but sometimes I just get so damn frustrated at the argument I'll try to put any barrier I can to differentiate myself. Especially when it seems like just saying "Every fandom has creeps, I'm not one of them", won't cut it
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FramlingFaceHeadGeebs has bad ideas.Registered Userregular
Come to think of it, the main reason this comic comes across as weird is because of the Tycho = Jerry, Mike = Gabe thing that's been going on in the comics for a while now.
By "for a while now", do you mean "for over a decade"?
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A shit-load of anime is weird, to the point where "Otakus are pedos" is a mentality that exists in Japan.
Otaku are a minority, even in Japan, saying it's a "common stereotype" as I've seen in some previous posts here is ridiculous.
According THIS, there's around 1.7 million otaku in Japan, out of 128 million people.
This apparently includes gun-nuts and tech-nuts, nice otaku is a fancy way of saying "ULTRA NERD" not a synonym for pedophilia.
Also, most cute shows like K-on actually have a huge teenage girl fanbase.
A lot of otakus just enjoy the same shows, albeit like bronies, only less crazy or vocal.
Shit like "My Little Sister Can't be This Cute!" is something that is actually real.
Yes, that's actually more of a drama anime with some light comedy and an ironic title, since the sister in question is quite an obnoxious brat.
The conflict orbits around her desire to become an anime otaku with her brother trying to help her clean her act.
Nothing suggestive besides a few gags with the brother hiding her "little girl anime DVDs" and having the dad finding it and punching him. Pretty boring overall.
Remember that DS game where you touch schoolgirls with your stylus to see if they're witches? PA even did a comic on it.
Yeah, that was a pretty bad game.
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Caulk Bite 6One of the multitude of Dans infesting this placeRegistered Userregular
It is pretty dam sad that a lot of people are pretty much using this as a springboard for "lolol animesux" posturing.
It also does kind of hurt, just a little because I pretty much been asked by coworkers and others if me being a big anime fan makes me a "pedo-loli-freak-whatever". And trying to rationally, calmly explain that I'm not can be really frustrating.
"There are creepy freaks in every fandom. Every. Fandom. I am not one of them."
Well yeah, being a fan of loli-crap is kind of difficult when you're gay like me
you are aware that the general phenomenon is not just limited to little girls (the male side is not as visibly prevalent, but is certainly there), right? Not implying anything, but what you're saying is not the complete counter-argument you may think it is.
Yeah I know, which is why I said "loli" specifically. It's not a good counterargument I'll admit but sometimes I just get so damn frustrated at the argument I'll try to put any barrier I can to differentiate myself. Especially when it seems like just saying "Every fandom has creeps, I'm not one of them", won't cut it
forgive me for saying so, but the bolded section reads like an admission to being into shota (the male version). Again not trying to imply, but it's generally wise not to try and differentiate one creepy aspect of a thing from another, when trying to convince people of your non-perusal of the creepy stuff altogether (if that makes sense. I'm a little tired from lack of sleep). As to the rest, if anyone doesn't believe you when you adamantly tell them you aren't in the creepy side of the fandom, that's their problem.
Come to think of it, the main reason this comic comes across as weird is because of the Tycho = Jerry, Mike = Gabe thing that's been going on in the comics for a while now.
By "for a while now", do you mean "for over a decade"?
It is pretty dam sad that a lot of people are pretty much using this as a springboard for "lolol animesux" posturing.
It also does kind of hurt, just a little because I pretty much been asked by coworkers and others if me being a big anime fan makes me a "pedo-loli-freak-whatever". And trying to rationally, calmly explain that I'm not can be really frustrating.
"There are creepy freaks in every fandom. Every. Fandom. I am not one of them."
Well yeah, being a fan of loli-crap is kind of difficult when you're gay like me
you are aware that the general phenomenon is not just limited to little girls (the male side is not as visibly prevalent, but is certainly there), right? Not implying anything, but what you're saying is not the complete counter-argument you may think it is.
Yeah I know, which is why I said "loli" specifically. It's not a good counterargument I'll admit but sometimes I just get so damn frustrated at the argument I'll try to put any barrier I can to differentiate myself. Especially when it seems like just saying "Every fandom has creeps, I'm not one of them", won't cut it
forgive me for saying so, but the bolded section reads like an admission to being into shota (the male version). Again not trying to imply, but it's generally wise not to try and differentiate one creepy aspect of a thing from another, when trying to convince people of your non-perusal of the creepy stuff altogether (if that makes sense. I'm a little tired from lack of sleep). As to the rest, if anyone doesn't believe you when you adamantly tell them you aren't in the creepy side of the fandom, that's their problem.
Sigh...I concede, you're right. I didn't really think that through
And to be honest, the reason I initially ended getting so diffensive was because I took your quoted first reply to what I said ("Every fandom has creeps. I'm not one of them") as being sarcastic towards me. It seems I was mistaken and I'm sorry.
Tycho expresses my exact feelings on the current state of popular Japanese animation.
I wouldn't count what he is referencing as "popular". That kind of stuff is niche.
"Popular" would mean mainstream things like the big three Shonens, Gundam, etc.
Edit: Well, actually Gundam is pretty niche.
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"Orkses never lose a battle. If we win we win, if we die we die fightin so it don't count. If we runs for it we don't die neither, cos we can come back for annuver go, see!".
It is pretty dam sad that a lot of people are pretty much using this as a springboard for "lolol animesux" posturing.
It also does kind of hurt, just a little because I pretty much been asked by coworkers and others if me being a big anime fan makes me a "pedo-loli-freak-whatever". And trying to rationally, calmly explain that I'm not can be really frustrating.
"There are creepy freaks in every fandom. Every. Fandom. I am not one of them."
Well yeah, being a fan of loli-crap is kind of difficult when you're gay like me
you are aware that the general phenomenon is not just limited to little girls (the male side is not as visibly prevalent, but is certainly there), right? Not implying anything, but what you're saying is not the complete counter-argument you may think it is.
Yeah I know, which is why I said "loli" specifically. It's not a good counterargument I'll admit but sometimes I just get so damn frustrated at the argument I'll try to put any barrier I can to differentiate myself. Especially when it seems like just saying "Every fandom has creeps, I'm not one of them", won't cut it
forgive me for saying so, but the bolded section reads like an admission to being into shota (the male version). Again not trying to imply, but it's generally wise not to try and differentiate one creepy aspect of a thing from another, when trying to convince people of your non-perusal of the creepy stuff altogether (if that makes sense. I'm a little tired from lack of sleep). As to the rest, if anyone doesn't believe you when you adamantly tell them you aren't in the creepy side of the fandom, that's their problem.
Sigh...I concede, you're right. I didn't really think that through
And to be honest, the reason I initially ended getting so diffensive was because I took your quoted first reply to what I said ("Every fandom has creeps. I'm not one of them") as being sarcastic towards me. It seems I was mistaken and I'm sorry.
That's alright, I didn't realise you were being defensive. Thought you were still describing conversations with coworkers and the like.
Come to think of it, the main reason this comic comes across as weird is because of the Tycho = Jerry, Mike = Gabe thing that's been going on in the comics for a while now.
If it was just Tycho saying it people could write it off as the highest hypocrisy, as he is a dude who is totally into bestiality. The problem arises due to it being based on a con interaction with Jerry, so people who like the comic feel like they're being attacked by one of the creators.
Of course, it's mostly just guys on the internet taking things too seriously.
Yeah, that's how I took it. Tycho is an offensive, pretentious dick by nature. He's not at all politically correct about the way he goes about things. He's not a good person. Clearly Tycho needs to straight-up kill Gabe in another comic for some minor slight like they often did in the early ones to hammer this home.
Even as someone who has watched enough anime to be arbitrarily labeled as a pedophile from some of the less excellent people on this forum, I still found his comic hilarious. vOv
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Big Red Tiebeautiful clydesdale style feettoo hot to trotRegistered Userregular
Still, it's sad to still see this kind of generalization, even in this very thread..I just don't get how people can be so narrow-minded. I mean, there is a very, very large gap between "being a pedophile" and "watching anime". Heck, even between "being a pedophile" and "watching questionable anime (like the one parodied in the strip)".
here's the thing: i don't think this was meant as a generalization. from what i saw at the SDCC this year, this was very likely an actual interaction Mike and Jerry had at the PA booth. or at least a derivative of one.
the most hardcore of fans sometimes forget that other people, even persons steeped in the "culture", like Gabe and Tycho, might not be aware of their particular fandom. even worse, these fans sometimes forget how things can appear to an outside observer, even Con-goers who are generally aware of the different kinds of fandom.
an older dude, like Tycho, knowing about a loli-centric or merely bishojo-centric anime can look like pedophilia. take that in the context of the SDCC having a section containing nothing but body pillows, blow up dolls, and sex toys all featuring uncomfortably-young anime girls, and you can start to understand why Jerry wrote the strip this way.
I have my biases because I'm just trying to enjoy one cute thing here but I can't because someone has to ruin it with some pedo shit and why do you do these things nonononono stop
Tycho expresses my exact feelings on the current state of popular Japanese animation.
I wouldn't count what he is referencing as "popular". That kind of stuff is niche.
"Popular" would mean mainstream things like the big three Shonens, Gundam, etc.
Edit: Well, actually Gundam is pretty niche.
Whenever I visit anime messageboards and sites, outside of the big three of One Piece, Naruto, Bleach.... all I see are discussion, images, and ravings about series of scantily clad little girls doing cute things with perverted sexual undertones in most of them.
The recent series I enjoy such as Zetman, Space Brothers/Uchuu Kyoudai, Shirokuma Cafe, Lupin, Kids on the Slope/Sakamichi no Apollon are largely ignored. The anime community is enamored with little girls and the "moe" genre, something which I find distasteful and vapid.
Still, it's sad to still see this kind of generalization, even in this very thread..I just don't get how people can be so narrow-minded. I mean, there is a very, very large gap between "being a pedophile" and "watching anime". Heck, even between "being a pedophile" and "watching questionable anime (like the one parodied in the strip)".
here's the thing: i don't think this was meant as a generalization. from what i saw at the SDCC this year, this was very likely an actual interaction Mike and Jerry had at the PA booth. or at least a derivative of one.
the most hardcore of fans sometimes forget that other people, even persons steeped in the "culture", like Gabe and Tycho, might not be aware of their particular fandom. even worse, these fans sometimes forget how things can appear to an outside observer, even Con-goers who are generally aware of the different kinds of fandom.
an older dude, like Tycho, knowing about a loli-centric or merely bishojo-centric anime can look like pedophilia. take that in the context of the SDCC having a section containing nothing but body pillows, blow up dolls, and sex toys all featuring uncomfortably-young anime girls, and you can start to understand why Jerry wrote the strip this way.
I wasn't implying the comic strip was generalizing, sorry if it I came across that way. As I said, Mike & Jerry are smarter than this and yeah, given their interactions at Comic Con I can see how they came to make this strip.
The recent series I enjoy such as Zetman, Space Brothers/Uchuu Kyoudai, Shirokuma Cafe, Lupin,
Wait, Lupin's a recent series?
Oh, I'm just now remembering that I did hear something about them making a 2012 season out of it. I stopped keeping up with anime years ago, but I can still appreciate the nostalgia of the cel-painted shows that were around during my high school years.
Tycho expresses my exact feelings on the current state of popular Japanese animation.
I wouldn't count what he is referencing as "popular". That kind of stuff is niche.
"Popular" would mean mainstream things like the big three Shonens, Gundam, etc.
Edit: Well, actually Gundam is pretty niche.
Whenever I visit anime messageboards and sites, outside of the big three of One Piece, Naruto, Bleach.... all I see are discussion, images, and ravings about series of scantily clad little girls doing cute things with perverted sexual undertones in most of them.
The recent series I enjoy such as Zetman, Space Brothers/Uchuu Kyoudai, Shirokuma Cafe, Lupin, Kids on the Slope/Sakamichi no Apollon are largely ignored. The anime community is enamored with little girls and the "moe" genre, something which I find distasteful and vapid.
I can't speak for those boards since I don't visit them, but really, don't let the subcultures bother you. Minorities can get heavily magnified on the internet, because the people most passionate about their hobbies/obsessions/interests are the ones who speak up the most and the loudest. (Actually, this has been touched on by some Anime/Manga creators: sometimes they spend to much time catering to loud subcultures and lose their core audience)
Like, I still play on RP servers in MMOs even though there may be people cybering in some corner of the zone. And in Star Trek fandom you have the slash fics (well, you have those in every fandom). You could probably find very strange Tycho/Gabe stuff (I don't want to know where those people hang out!).
But that is the internet for you.
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"Orkses never lose a battle. If we win we win, if we die we die fightin so it don't count. If we runs for it we don't die neither, cos we can come back for annuver go, see!".
The recent series I enjoy such as Zetman, Space Brothers/Uchuu Kyoudai, Shirokuma Cafe, Lupin,
Wait, Lupin's a recent series?
Oh, I'm just now remembering that I did hear something about them making a 2012 season out of it. I stopped keeping up with anime years ago, but I can still appreciate the nostalgia of the cel-painted shows that were around during my high school years.
I was referring to the new Lupin series that just started airing this last April.
don't talk to me about how every media and group has bad stuff and you're watching Cowboy Bebop instead of Strike Witches
I get you, man
that doesn't mean that all anime isn't horrible
because anime is horrible and nothing you do or say will ever change that
it is absolute, a fundamental property of the universe
Well, everything is horrible to someone, so why not?
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"Orkses never lose a battle. If we win we win, if we die we die fightin so it don't count. If we runs for it we don't die neither, cos we can come back for annuver go, see!".
As someone with a reasonably sized anime collection, I feel like I'm supposed to be insulted by this, but I just can't work up to it. Probably because it's mostly stuff like Ghost in the Shell SAC, Paranoia Agent, Cromartie High, etc. The only magical girl show I've ever watched was Madoka Magica*, and that was mostly a deconstruction of the genre, although I could still could have done without the (misleadingly) sexualized intro.
People need to stop being so overly-defensive about their hobbies, I swear some posters in this thread were one sentence away from shouting "animesecution" or something. Here's a hint, for those unable to pick up on social cues: If someone says "all anime is for pedophiles", they're probably either making a joke or just trying to get a rise out of you. You can make a short comment that not everything in the medium revolves around underage girls if you really think they're that ignorant, but I would leave it at that.
Comic was funny, and to me representative more of an emotional state of irritation and creeped-outedness than some coherent argument about a medium. Tycho has mentioned enjoying Full Metal Alchemist before, for anyone still unconvinced.
* Fun Fact: I did a quick Google search to make sure I had the name right, and I'm pretty sure the official madokamagicausa.com technically qualifies as a troll site.
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"Orkses never lose a battle. If we win we win, if we die we die fightin so it don't count. If we runs for it we don't die neither, cos we can come back for annuver go, see!".
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"Orkses never lose a battle. If we win we win, if we die we die fightin so it don't count. If we runs for it we don't die neither, cos we can come back for annuver go, see!".
don't talk to me about how every media and group has bad stuff and you're watching Cowboy Bebop instead of Strike Witches
Oh fuck, you just reminded me that Sky Girls exists. Any medium that contains that probably deserves some collateral damage, to be honest.
I'll see your Strike Witches and raise you Seikon no Qwazer/Qwazer of the Stigmata.
Really, learning about that almost made me think about quitting (shudders)
The fact that that recently got licensed while great stuff like Dennou Coil and Mawaru Penguindrum still float in limbo made me curse out several deities
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FramlingFaceHeadGeebs has bad ideas.Registered Userregular
Come to think of it, the main reason this comic comes across as weird is because of the Tycho = Jerry, Mike = Gabe thing that's been going on in the comics for a while now.
By "for a while now", do you mean "for over a decade"?
Hilarious. Everyone over-analyzing this and trying to explain it is also hilarious.
As someone else in here said, the character Tycho is into bestiality, yet people are reading far enough into this comic that it could practically be Atlas Shrugged. Who is Pedoanime Galt.
Although a lot of newer anime (and manga) creeps me out I enjoyed the f*ck out of GTO (the manga). People should dress up like GTO at conventions, and the world will be a better place.
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It's a community with a lot of effin' creepers, just gotta deal with it.
E: Ahahaha, maybe Tycho is actually playing "Doki Doki Majo Saiban"! I'm gonna choose to believe that's what's going on, makes the strip even funnier.
But that's not an anime, that's a game.
So DS gamers are creepy. And with Tycho holding a DS in his hand it goes full circle.
I caught my first couple of episodes of MLP on TV over the weekend because my wife put on a channel with cartoons for the kids and it came on randomly.
I thought I would finally see what was so special about it, and why it could have so many adult fans.
Nope. Pure kids cartoon with above average art and writing. Not sure I see the appeal.
Well yeah, being a fan of loli-crap is kind of difficult when you're gay like me
Yeah I edited in that you could consider that a hidden punchline.
Excellent.
you are aware that the general phenomenon is not just limited to little girls (the male side is not as visibly prevalent, but is certainly there), right? Not implying anything, but what you're saying is not the complete counter-argument you may think it is.
In another age, I would have made this text lime green to portray my agreement
now all you get is :bz :bz :bz
If it was just Tycho saying it people could write it off as the highest hypocrisy, as he is a dude who is totally into bestiality. The problem arises due to it being based on a con interaction with Jerry, so people who like the comic feel like they're being attacked by one of the creators.
Of course, it's mostly just guys on the internet taking things too seriously.
Yeah I know, which is why I said "loli" specifically. It's not a good counterargument I'll admit but sometimes I just get so damn frustrated at the argument I'll try to put any barrier I can to differentiate myself. Especially when it seems like just saying "Every fandom has creeps, I'm not one of them", won't cut it
By "for a while now", do you mean "for over a decade"?
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Otaku are a minority, even in Japan, saying it's a "common stereotype" as I've seen in some previous posts here is ridiculous.
According THIS, there's around 1.7 million otaku in Japan, out of 128 million people.
This apparently includes gun-nuts and tech-nuts, nice otaku is a fancy way of saying "ULTRA NERD" not a synonym for pedophilia.
Also, most cute shows like K-on actually have a huge teenage girl fanbase.
A lot of otakus just enjoy the same shows, albeit like bronies, only less crazy or vocal.
Yes, that's actually more of a drama anime with some light comedy and an ironic title, since the sister in question is quite an obnoxious brat.
The conflict orbits around her desire to become an anime otaku with her brother trying to help her clean her act.
Nothing suggestive besides a few gags with the brother hiding her "little girl anime DVDs" and having the dad finding it and punching him. Pretty boring overall.
Yeah, that was a pretty bad game.
forgive me for saying so, but the bolded section reads like an admission to being into shota (the male version). Again not trying to imply, but it's generally wise not to try and differentiate one creepy aspect of a thing from another, when trying to convince people of your non-perusal of the creepy stuff altogether (if that makes sense. I'm a little tired from lack of sleep). As to the rest, if anyone doesn't believe you when you adamantly tell them you aren't in the creepy side of the fandom, that's their problem.
http://penny-arcade.com/2009/11/13/tycho-jerry
Sigh...I concede, you're right. I didn't really think that through
And to be honest, the reason I initially ended getting so diffensive was because I took your quoted first reply to what I said ("Every fandom has creeps. I'm not one of them") as being sarcastic towards me. It seems I was mistaken and I'm sorry.
I wouldn't count what he is referencing as "popular". That kind of stuff is niche.
"Popular" would mean mainstream things like the big three Shonens, Gundam, etc.
Edit: Well, actually Gundam is pretty niche.
"Orkses never lose a battle. If we win we win, if we die we die fightin so it don't count. If we runs for it we don't die neither, cos we can come back for annuver go, see!".
That's alright, I didn't realise you were being defensive. Thought you were still describing conversations with coworkers and the like.
Yeah, that's how I took it. Tycho is an offensive, pretentious dick by nature. He's not at all politically correct about the way he goes about things. He's not a good person. Clearly Tycho needs to straight-up kill Gabe in another comic for some minor slight like they often did in the early ones to hammer this home.
Even as someone who has watched enough anime to be arbitrarily labeled as a pedophile from some of the less excellent people on this forum, I still found his comic hilarious. vOv
i'd say so
here's the thing: i don't think this was meant as a generalization. from what i saw at the SDCC this year, this was very likely an actual interaction Mike and Jerry had at the PA booth. or at least a derivative of one.
the most hardcore of fans sometimes forget that other people, even persons steeped in the "culture", like Gabe and Tycho, might not be aware of their particular fandom. even worse, these fans sometimes forget how things can appear to an outside observer, even Con-goers who are generally aware of the different kinds of fandom.
an older dude, like Tycho, knowing about a loli-centric or merely bishojo-centric anime can look like pedophilia. take that in the context of the SDCC having a section containing nothing but body pillows, blow up dolls, and sex toys all featuring uncomfortably-young anime girls, and you can start to understand why Jerry wrote the strip this way.
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Whenever I visit anime messageboards and sites, outside of the big three of One Piece, Naruto, Bleach.... all I see are discussion, images, and ravings about series of scantily clad little girls doing cute things with perverted sexual undertones in most of them.
The recent series I enjoy such as Zetman, Space Brothers/Uchuu Kyoudai, Shirokuma Cafe, Lupin, Kids on the Slope/Sakamichi no Apollon are largely ignored. The anime community is enamored with little girls and the "moe" genre, something which I find distasteful and vapid.
I wasn't implying the comic strip was generalizing, sorry if it I came across that way. As I said, Mike & Jerry are smarter than this and yeah, given their interactions at Comic Con I can see how they came to make this strip.
Wait, Lupin's a recent series?
Oh, I'm just now remembering that I did hear something about them making a 2012 season out of it. I stopped keeping up with anime years ago, but I can still appreciate the nostalgia of the cel-painted shows that were around during my high school years.
I can't speak for those boards since I don't visit them, but really, don't let the subcultures bother you. Minorities can get heavily magnified on the internet, because the people most passionate about their hobbies/obsessions/interests are the ones who speak up the most and the loudest. (Actually, this has been touched on by some Anime/Manga creators: sometimes they spend to much time catering to loud subcultures and lose their core audience)
Like, I still play on RP servers in MMOs even though there may be people cybering in some corner of the zone. And in Star Trek fandom you have the slash fics (well, you have those in every fandom). You could probably find very strange Tycho/Gabe stuff (I don't want to know where those people hang out!).
But that is the internet for you.
"Orkses never lose a battle. If we win we win, if we die we die fightin so it don't count. If we runs for it we don't die neither, cos we can come back for annuver go, see!".
I was referring to the new Lupin series that just started airing this last April.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=14135
I've always enjoyed Lupin over the decades and this recent series is highly enjoyable in my opinion.
don't talk to me about how every media and group has bad stuff and you're watching Cowboy Bebop instead of Strike Witches
I get you, man
that doesn't mean that all anime isn't horrible
because anime is horrible and nothing you do or say will ever change that
it is absolute, a fundamental property of the universe
Well, everything is horrible to someone, so why not?
"Orkses never lose a battle. If we win we win, if we die we die fightin so it don't count. If we runs for it we don't die neither, cos we can come back for annuver go, see!".
People need to stop being so overly-defensive about their hobbies, I swear some posters in this thread were one sentence away from shouting "animesecution" or something. Here's a hint, for those unable to pick up on social cues: If someone says "all anime is for pedophiles", they're probably either making a joke or just trying to get a rise out of you. You can make a short comment that not everything in the medium revolves around underage girls if you really think they're that ignorant, but I would leave it at that.
Comic was funny, and to me representative more of an emotional state of irritation and creeped-outedness than some coherent argument about a medium. Tycho has mentioned enjoying Full Metal Alchemist before, for anyone still unconvinced.
* Fun Fact: I did a quick Google search to make sure I had the name right, and I'm pretty sure the official madokamagicausa.com technically qualifies as a troll site.
Especially love.
"Orkses never lose a battle. If we win we win, if we die we die fightin so it don't count. If we runs for it we don't die neither, cos we can come back for annuver go, see!".
Anime is horrible
Paranoia Agent, an anime, is great
that is the math
Oh fuck, you just reminded me that Sky Girls exists. Any medium that contains that probably deserves some collateral damage, to be honest.
Set theory in action people.
"Orkses never lose a battle. If we win we win, if we die we die fightin so it don't count. If we runs for it we don't die neither, cos we can come back for annuver go, see!".
I'll see your Strike Witches and raise you Seikon no Qwazer/Qwazer of the Stigmata.
Really, learning about that almost made me think about quitting (shudders)
The fact that that recently got licensed while great stuff like Dennou Coil and Mawaru Penguindrum still float in limbo made me curse out several deities
http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2002/01/16
your = belonging to you
their = belonging to them
there = not here
they're = they are
As someone else in here said, the character Tycho is into bestiality, yet people are reading far enough into this comic that it could practically be Atlas Shrugged. Who is Pedoanime Galt.
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