I know the anime got axed. Not sure how the source material fared, don't know if it properly ended, got a shit ending or just petered out with a whimper.
As for some non-Ranma 1/2 news. Jump is apparently running a new manga called Drunk Bullet. The protagonist Gary Hopper, is a WW1 vet, that was greatly looking forward to being able to have a nice drink back home after the war. Unfortunately, for him, he comes back to the states as prohibition kicks off. In his pursuit to get a good drink via honest means, he ends up in trouble with law and is apparently going on a very long pub crawl, that is definitely going to have him shooting it out with gangsters and corrupt cops if my guess is right.
The first chapter for this was pretty good actually. Historical manga focused on America's post-WW1 prohibition period, was not on my list of things I wanted to read. I hope this series actually gets to do what it wants to do and not get axed, but we'll see.
I think what I'll miss most is the incidental music from Ranma 1/2's first season. Those tracks have been burned into my brain, ever since I was a young weeb.
Ranma 1/2 was a favourite of mine way back when. It was my first anime that wasn’t mainstream, like Sailor Moon or Astro Boy. I’ll definitely watch the remake, but part of me thinks it doesn’t need a remake.
The anime didn’t really have a proper ending, but the manga did if I recall. I assume the remake will more closely follow the manga.
I think I remember the Ranma manga ending after a final fight with someone who was a curse victim of the Spring of Drowned Dragon, and during the fight all the cursed springs were destroyed, including the one that Ranma had wanted to use to negate his original curse.
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Will be interesting to see what they do with it. I saw a few episodes like a decade ago. I kind of feel like some aspects of the series, the gender fluid stuff were probably ahead of their time for mainstream stuff and are likely to be better received on the rating end of things. I fully suspect the right will lose their fucking shit when they see it because those sacks of shit are deeply threatened by trans people.
Will be interesting to see what they do with Happosai because the dirty, shitty, pedophile old man shit didn't age well. At least the series from what I recall, didn't laud his bullshit, but I could potentially see a modern adaption looking to either rewrite some of his most problematic aspects or sideline him as much as possible.
I'll have to do some research because I can't remember if the reoccurring Chinese characters avoided the stereotypical designs that were often used for Chinese characters of that time or if it was one of the rare few shows that managed to avoid it. Initial research seems to indicate that they did avoid it, since that isn't popping up.
Cherry in UY was also a problematic character, and they toned him back, so they'll probably do the same with Happosai.
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Re shonen: if you like endless battles the genre is fine.
I don't read a lot of em, but if I feel like an endless battle story I know exactly where to go.
We were just talking about how Shonen isn't a genre, it's a demographic.
Eh, its both. YA is both a demographic and a genre. Something can be targeted for YA while still not falling under the standard YA genre.
Even if you could create a genre definition that would include both Ruri Dragon and Fullmetal Alchemist, the point would remain that Shonen isn't just about "endless battles".
So was today's RuriDragon a metaphor for thanking the fans for waiting during the hiatus?
awwww you might be right, that's kinda touching
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The will of D is a...
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Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
I read the whole manga, all of the usual idiots are dumb all the way to the last page. They even suddenly ship a barrel of magic water from China to waste on nothing one last time. The main relationship progresses to the exact point where Ranma insists that even if he loves Akane, he has never said it out loud so it doesn't count.
I'm guessing they'll go with an all new VA cast, but I know some of the OGs are still kicking around. Would be nice to have them back, but I'm not holding my breath.
I'm excited to find out how much the universe deletes Dr. Tofu this time.
It's an adaption, so they probably can cut out every part of Happousai that isn't plot relevant. I really get the impression that for most, they didn't derive their enjoyment of the series from that creepy asshole. Hell, I got through a decent number of episodes before life resulted in me not watching anymore and unless I'm misremembering things, I kind of feel like Happousai didn't contribute much to the relevant things.
I'm sure the usual assholes will pitch a fit about, but Happousai was a really shitty character and the people that will get most upset about it, are also the assholes that insist on various bullshit that ruins anime. Happousai is a character brought the series down and took attention away from the stuff that did actually make the series entertaining.
I know the anime got axed. Not sure how the source material fared, don't know if it properly ended, got a shit ending or just petered out with a whimper.
As for some non-Ranma 1/2 news. Jump is apparently running a new manga called Drunk Bullet. The protagonist Gary Hopper, is a WW1 vet, that was greatly looking forward to being able to have a nice drink back home after the war. Unfortunately, for him, he comes back to the states as prohibition kicks off. In his pursuit to get a good drink via honest means, he ends up in trouble with law and is apparently going on a very long pub crawl, that is definitely going to have him shooting it out with gangsters and corrupt cops if my guess is right.
The first chapter for this was pretty good actually. Historical manga focused on America's post-WW1 prohibition period, was not on my list of things I wanted to read. I hope this series actually gets to do what it wants to do and not get axed, but we'll see.
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It's an adaption, so they probably can cut out every part of Happousai that isn't plot relevant. I really get the impression that for most, they didn't derive their enjoyment of the series from that creepy asshole. Hell, I got through a decent number of episodes before life resulted in me not watching anymore and unless I'm misremembering things, I kind of feel like Happousai didn't contribute much to the relevant things.
I'm sure the usual assholes will pitch a fit about, but Happousai was a really shitty character and the people that will get most upset about it, are also the assholes that insist on various bullshit that ruins anime. Happousai is a character brought the series down and took attention away from the stuff that did actually make the series entertaining.
As I remember it happosai is like, the main antagonist or a major supporting character for like 50% or more of the stories
Yeah Happosai is pretty plot relevant. The only good thing is that Happosai is definitely an antagonist, unlike other perverted anime characters like Master Roshi who might get a smack now and then but is mostly treated as a good guy.
I can't speak for all assholes, but I know 20-30 years ago when I first saw Ranma 1/2 I was a much bigger asshole than I am now and I fucking hated Happosai even back then.
It wouldn't surprise me to find out there are Happosai fans out there somewhere though. Some people are truly broken.
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I think what I'll miss most is the incidental music from Ranma 1/2's first season. Those tracks have been burned into my brain, ever since I was a young weeb.
Yeah Happosai is pretty plot relevant. The only good thing is that Happosai is definitely an antagonist, unlike other perverted anime characters like Master Roshi who might get a smack now and then but is mostly treated as a good guy.
I mean, you also don't necessarily have to adapt the parts of him that sucked. That's what adaptations are for.
All the Ranma OP and ED songs are fantastic in both English and Japanese. Give us subs/dubs again this time around.
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Yeah Happosai is pretty plot relevant. The only good thing is that Happosai is definitely an antagonist, unlike other perverted anime characters like Master Roshi who might get a smack now and then but is mostly treated as a good guy.
I mean, you also don't necessarily have to adapt the parts of him that sucked. That's what adaptations are for.
I don’t have faith in the anime industry to not run with the old man pervert trope.
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
How often do anime adaptations ever remove problematic aspects from manga? My impression is that the adaptations in this industry are almost always extremely direct.
Ehh I mean just off the top of my head Bunny Drop, Made in Abyss, Cardcaptor Sakura, a fair number of other stories which I'm too lazy to look up which toned down manga fanservice.
Granted there's ones that go the other way too, but anime studios totally do make adaptation choices.
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Finished Kaiju No.8(well the episodes so far) and as long as I ignore the hyper militarism it has been very entertaining also the intro is indeed a banger.
Shangri-la Frontier has been pretty good even if it is one of those shows where the MC is one of the most leet gamers ever. Luckily the characters are actually entertaining enough and they avoided giving him a harem so it doesn't feel too self-indulgent.
Finished Kaiju No.8(well the episodes so far) and as long as I ignore the hyper militarism it has been very entertaining also the intro is indeed a banger.
Shangri-la Frontier has been pretty good even if it is one of those shows where the MC is one of the most leet gamers ever. Luckily the characters are actually entertaining enough and they avoided giving him a harem so it doesn't feel too self-indulgent.
So good recs all around. Thanks.
The fun bit is once the series digs into it, Sunraku really isn't. He's extremely, extremely good, but he also fucks up, makes weird decisions... and at least his skills are actually somewhat justified by him being a hyper-focused on terrible games werido who's had to get good. This an arc in the manga later that deals with professional gamers, and while Sunraku makes a (very) good showing in it, ultimately he's not able to triumph because he simply doesn't have the same mental fortitude, and "Plucky werido with unexpected stratergies" only goes so far. (Likewise, it get brought up that he tends to beat Kei/Oicazzo early in games they play, the win/loss ratio is about 7/3 in Kei's favor). He's got the potential to go pro, but not the personality for it (Yet! It may change).
And so far pretty much all of his big victories have been not only his extreme skills, but those of the people he's playing with (Psyger-0 is an absoloute monster in her own way, so is Pencilgon etc). Which really takes the edge of him being most leet gamer.
It does happen sometimes, but that means you have to get a director who understands that the asshole crowd really doesn't bring in that much money and then they have to be allowed adapt as they see fit without some asshole above them going "but we need that because the fans want it!"
I'm mean I won't hold my breath here because too much of the industry is still in the thrall of merchandise whales that have very shitty views and tastes and the industry has been making enough off of those guys for quite some time. I fully expect it break down as time goes on because some people in the industry are probably starting to see how much more money they can make by selling more reasonably priced stuff to way more people, than selling a few obscenely expensive things to a handful of fans.
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As for some non-Ranma 1/2 news. Jump is apparently running a new manga called Drunk Bullet. The protagonist Gary Hopper, is a WW1 vet, that was greatly looking forward to being able to have a nice drink back home after the war. Unfortunately, for him, he comes back to the states as prohibition kicks off. In his pursuit to get a good drink via honest means, he ends up in trouble with law and is apparently going on a very long pub crawl, that is definitely going to have him shooting it out with gangsters and corrupt cops if my guess is right.
The first chapter for this was pretty good actually. Historical manga focused on America's post-WW1 prohibition period, was not on my list of things I wanted to read. I hope this series actually gets to do what it wants to do and not get axed, but we'll see.
Ryoga's theme is fucking great
And let we forget, the real star of the show, the humble slide whistle.
I don't read a lot of em, but if I feel like an endless battle story I know exactly where to go.
The anime didn’t really have a proper ending, but the manga did if I recall. I assume the remake will more closely follow the manga.
Cherry in UY was also a problematic character, and they toned him back, so they'll probably do the same with Happosai.
We were just talking about how Shonen isn't a genre, it's a demographic.
Eh, its both. YA is both a demographic and a genre. Something can be targeted for YA while still not falling under the standard YA genre.
Even if you could create a genre definition that would include both Ruri Dragon and Fullmetal Alchemist, the point would remain that Shonen isn't just about "endless battles".
So's akane-Banashi and Undead Unluck this week.
There's a new series but I'll be shocked if it lasts long. It is very whatever
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awwww you might be right, that's kinda touching
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I'm excited to find out how much the universe deletes Dr. Tofu this time.
I'm less excited to see Happousai at all.
I'm sure the usual assholes will pitch a fit about, but Happousai was a really shitty character and the people that will get most upset about it, are also the assholes that insist on various bullshit that ruins anime. Happousai is a character brought the series down and took attention away from the stuff that did actually make the series entertaining.
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As I remember it happosai is like, the main antagonist or a major supporting character for like 50% or more of the stories
"Stop saying sorry when you mean thank you" is a very good line too
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It wouldn't surprise me to find out there are Happosai fans out there somewhere though. Some people are truly broken.
Not to mention some all-timer OP/EDs.
(Also a MASTERCLASS in phonetic lyric localization.)
And on the note of score, when was the last show that had memorable background music? Frieren, maybe?
It all seems to blur together as of late.
I mean, you also don't necessarily have to adapt the parts of him that sucked. That's what adaptations are for.
I'm pretty sure this was the first OP I ever saw in the original Japanese. Well, either this, or Get Along from the Slayers.
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I don’t have faith in the anime industry to not run with the old man pervert trope.
Granted there's ones that go the other way too, but anime studios totally do make adaptation choices.
Shangri-la Frontier has been pretty good even if it is one of those shows where the MC is one of the most leet gamers ever. Luckily the characters are actually entertaining enough and they avoided giving him a harem so it doesn't feel too self-indulgent.
So good recs all around. Thanks.
The fun bit is once the series digs into it, Sunraku really isn't. He's extremely, extremely good, but he also fucks up, makes weird decisions... and at least his skills are actually somewhat justified by him being a hyper-focused on terrible games werido who's had to get good. This an arc in the manga later that deals with professional gamers, and while Sunraku makes a (very) good showing in it, ultimately he's not able to triumph because he simply doesn't have the same mental fortitude, and "Plucky werido with unexpected stratergies" only goes so far. (Likewise, it get brought up that he tends to beat Kei/Oicazzo early in games they play, the win/loss ratio is about 7/3 in Kei's favor). He's got the potential to go pro, but not the personality for it (Yet! It may change).
And so far pretty much all of his big victories have been not only his extreme skills, but those of the people he's playing with (Psyger-0 is an absoloute monster in her own way, so is Pencilgon etc). Which really takes the edge of him being most leet gamer.
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That's a shame, since it was interesting, and the art was sick. I hope the author gets another chance.
I'm mean I won't hold my breath here because too much of the industry is still in the thrall of merchandise whales that have very shitty views and tastes and the industry has been making enough off of those guys for quite some time. I fully expect it break down as time goes on because some people in the industry are probably starting to see how much more money they can make by selling more reasonably priced stuff to way more people, than selling a few obscenely expensive things to a handful of fans.