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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Dear Anemone ended this week at 17 chapters.

    That's a shame, since it was interesting, and the art was sick. I hope the author gets another chance.

    I really feel like Anemone was a title that should have been in Ultra and not weekly jump. I enjoyed it but it really felt like a Seinen manga that was, for some reason, pushed into the Shonen mag.

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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Also not complaining, albeit slightly worried this means we’re going to get an editorial cancellation bloodbath in the next couple months, but is it me or is a lot of Jump at the moment Japanese supernstural/mysticism focused at the moment in a way that feels like editorial is looking for a specific manga and the rest of them are going to get the axe once a leader of the pack is established?

    What I am saying is I’m really liking Necromance and how weirdly retro it feels despite its modern setting and can see it straight in editorial’s crosshairs as we add more yokai based manga to the line up

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Mill wrote: »
    I'd argue the western videogame market also operated similarly to how the Japanese anime, light novel and manga industries operate now. If a person didn't have enough disposable income to maintain a PC at a certain level, they were pretty much shit out of luck if they wanted to play the latest video games. That whole bullshit notion ended up having a date with the woodchipper after Blizzard, well before they merged with Activision, decided that World of Warcraft would not follow that convention because someone at the company realized their was a shit ton of money to be made by not expecting people to have great PCs.

    This was also the bullshit gamer gate fuckers tried to make against making video games more inclusive. The thing is markets change and it actual is in a industries interests to sometimes tell the worst parts of their customer base to fuck off, they don't get to just veto business decisions they don't like.

    That isn't what's happening, though. You, a person who makes that industry perhaps zero dollars, are trying to boss it around to pivot away from people who make it enough money to BE an industry, of some kind. And I'm not saying it's a healthy industry, it's clearly not, just that you aren't really realistically pointing a way forward, just grousing about things you find distasteful. You'd first have to look into stuff like how anime production committees are formed, what kind of things those production committees want and demand, if there's an alternate way to get the shows funded, etc. Do you even know that system before criticizing it?

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Lanz wrote: »
    Dear Anemone ended this week at 17 chapters.

    That's a shame, since it was interesting, and the art was sick. I hope the author gets another chance.

    I really feel like Anemone was a title that should have been in Ultra and not weekly jump. I enjoyed it but it really felt like a Seinen manga that was, for some reason, pushed into the Shonen mag.

    It was definitely darker than the usual jump fare. I was surprised by the first chapter.

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  • KanaKana Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    To be a little more precise, studios often don't see an extra dime even if their show gets great ratings, all that profit often goes to the planning committee, the people that hired the studio to animate their show in the first place. For most anime the studio is pretty much just a contractor, which is why they so often get swapped out for a new season or sequel, even when they did a bangup job the first time.

    The studios depend on Blu-ray sales and usually a cut of collectibles like figurines for any of their profit. Hence why shit like de-fogged/de-censored Blu-ray releases are so common. The 5000 weirdos who buy every physical release matter more to the survival of the studio than the 10 million who watched it streaming with ads.

    There's a lot of perverse incentives in the industry because of the weird way it's structured. Though tbf the West has movie studios declaring movies canceled after they've already been made, too, so it's not like anime is unique there.

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  • Moth 13Moth 13 Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Everything else aside, I do expect elements to get changed in a Ranma 1/2 remake simply because of changing cultural standards over the last 35 years. Especially if it already demonstrably happened with the Urusei Yatsura remake.

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  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    I didn’t mind Happosai at the time, but I was younger and my friends were immature. As I’ve aged, fan service stuff is eye rolling and perverted old men are trash.

    If they do something with Happosai by reducing his creepy, underwear stuff I’d be fine with it. The downside is the inevitable “woke ruined Ranma” people that’ll come out of the cracks. But that’s fine overall, I’ll deal with it.

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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Am I the only weirdo who wants to see Happosai and Myoga fight

    Like just this bizarre ass fight between two weird old men, one of whom is a flea

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  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Lanz wrote: »
    Am I the only weirdo who wants to see Happosai and Myoga fight

    Like just this bizarre ass fight between two weird old men, one of whom is a flea

    They’d end up being lost lost relatives or brothers.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    myoga has the advantage of not being a comedy pervert

    as far as I vaguely remember at least

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Myoga's main gag is coming in clutch with extremely timely and useful advice... just before or just after trying to suck someone's blood, getting him comedy smooshed.

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  • ZythonZython Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    One Piece chapter this week:
    The will of D is a...

    Exposition is over! Back to the action!

    Oda can't keep getting away with this!
    Yes he can. Because he's great at giving out JUST enough information to satisfy us, but wanting more. And that's why we love him.

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  • KanaKana Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I will say that as obnoxious as Happosai was (SO obnoxious) he was usually just used as an easy recurring antagonist, not really as a way to insert fan service.

    So even Happosai is better than Mineta, is the point I'm trying to make I think.

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Mill wrote: »
    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.

    The problem, sadly, is we're talking about an industry that would rather count domestic pennies than go after international dollars. Though I think that's slowly changing, with things like Jump pulling in a set of foreign one-shots.

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  • djmdjm Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Oghulk wrote: »
    Kagurabachi is good

    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

    I initially thought that Yokai Buster Murakami would be yet another "teen kid vs monsters" story, but the idea that our hero defeats the monsters by delivering a bunch of sick burns about how their mythology doesn't really make sense -- I dunno if it has staying power, but it's at least not something I've seen before.

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  • BadablackBadablack Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    At least Made in Abyss moved away from the extremely problematic children at a school thing it had going on in its early chapters and settled on horrible monsters and weird alien flora for its subject matter. It's a lot harder to be a huge fuckin creep when you're just drawing big monsters and gorgeous landscapes.

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  • cB557cB557 voOOP Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Badablack wrote: »
    At least Made in Abyss moved away from the extremely problematic children at a school thing it had going on in its early chapters and settled on horrible monsters and weird alien flora for its subject matter. It's a lot harder to be a huge fuckin creep when you're just drawing big monsters and gorgeous landscapes.
    Horrible monsters open up countless avenues to be a huge fuckin creep and Made in Abyss demonstrates that.

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  • ZythonZython Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    PLA wrote: »
    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.
    MNC Dover wrote: »
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    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.

    I'm less excited to see Happousai at all.

    I'm curious about what they do and don't adapt. Will they adapt the Society of Animal-fuckers arc? Will they adapt the Ryoga's Magical Date-Rape Fishing Rod arc? So much awful discourse!

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  • SkeithSkeith Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    I don't remember if anyone else in the thread is reading Beat and Motion, but it's a good slow burn kind of read.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    If you're not reading Centuria, I really recommend checking that out if you like dark fantasy shonen type stories. It's only 10 chapters in so far, and I think it's got a lot of promise.

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  • LasbrookLasbrook It takes a lot to make a stew When it comes to me and youRegistered User regular
    edited April 13
    Beat and motion isn’t blowing me away or anything but it is fun.

    Also, even if there’s no meta narrative there that ruri dragon chapter was real good. Killer Akane chapter too.

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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Myoga's main gag is coming in clutch with extremely timely and useful advice... just before or just after trying to suck someone's blood, getting him comedy smooshed.

    He is, also, a consummate coward.

    So he’ll also completely bail on you after that advice

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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Obligatory 50th Anniversary Shonen Sunday Rumic World Crossover Short Post:
    https://youtu.be/EYv33pOYW0A?feature=shared

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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/3382/
    But on the other side of the screen, it's struggle street. People like 21-year-old Genga, a freelance animator, make enormous sacrifices just to get their foot in the door.

    For two years, Genga, has been working towards her goal: A full-time job at one of Japan's anime studios.

    Brutal hours and poor pay characterize the beginning of a career in the industry. In order to make ends meet, Genga lives in an anime dormitory where the monthly rent, including utilities, is less than 200 dollars.

    Even so, Genga says she and her colleagues buy groceries sparingly. Some of her friends had to quit because the strain got too much.




    A survey last year by the Japan Animation Creators Association found animators aged 20-24 made an average of just 12,000 dollars a year. Even those who have made it to the upper echelons of the industry don't find it financially rewarding.

    Association head Otsubo Hideyuki warns the poor pay is putting the future of anime at risk.

    "We've heard that some parents try to dissuade their kids from going into the industry," he says. "They convince them to choose something else.

    "Creating compelling anime requires a lot of artists. The reality is that this industry has to change."



    To address the problem of poor pay, experts say that the government needs to step in to correct the enormous power imbalance between the animation studios that create the product and the groups that fund them.

    "There's a group formed by investors consisting of publishers, distributors, advertisers, and even gaming companies," says Yasui Yosuke, a Senior Economist at the Japan Research Institute. "The investors pay for the anime to get made, but they retain all of the distribution and copy rights. So the studios don't benefit financially and in turn neither do the animators, even if it's a big hit overseas and makes a lot of money."

    He says unless the government introduces regulations that ensure the studios can negotiate with their investors on an equal footing, nothing will change.

    https://youtu.be/Qag2bOBUVfQ?feature=shared

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  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
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  • evilmrhenryevilmrhenry Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    MNC Dover wrote: »
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    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 wondering if the existing Ranma 1/2 anime will leave streaming for a decade as a result. (After all, we don't want to confuse the audience.)

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  • HamHamJHamHamJ Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    The fact is it's an aspirational dream job type thing which means you will always end up with far more people looking to get into the industry than actual demand for them. Unionization isn't going to happen under those conditions because there will be someone else who doesn't have a job willing to do it for cheaper.

    Government can try to impose some minimal working conditions and pay but that's about it.

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  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    There's a reason video game development is a hellhole, but writing boring software for faceless megacorps is a comfy 9-5 job.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    Tsukimichi S2 Episode 24
    Lancer turned out to be way more dangerous than I would have thought. Manifesting and controlling swords is one thing, but being able to turn other people into your own power and gain access to their skills can snowball out of control in a hurry. Shame Sealy had to take that hit to stop him, though it was very satisfying to see Lancer get split in half mid-gloat.

    Sofia belongs in the too dumb to live category though. Not only did she invite Makoto into her biggest possible weakness she immediately got cocky and paid the price. Probably not dead though, just very badly hurt.

    Sofia: I cast Unlimited Blade Works
    Makoto: I cast Fuck You
    Sofia: Wait that's illegal
    Makoto: STELLAAAAAAA!

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  • HamHamJHamHamJ Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    There were some high profile video game unionizations but a lot of that was QA. And I think it is still a small minority of the industry even then.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 13
    if Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan isn't very good it'll be a tragedy

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