Which Anime are you watching or have watched recently III?

[New haven america]

I'm currently reading the NGE manga and I really like it. How different is it compared to the anime? Why is the anime better, I usually hear of the mangas being better. I'm not that far, so no spoilers, please.

I wasn't that impressed with the anime, actually. It took itself way too seriously. I liked a few of the characters, but Shinji ruined it for me.

It's a deconstruction though, that's kinda the point.

[Ameriganastan]

It's a deconstruction though, that's kinda the point.

And like most 'deconstructions' it sucked ass.

[Britanania]

It's a deconstruction though, that's kinda the point.

And like most 'deconstructions' it sucked ass.

Agreed. As a Lit Major, I'm tired of deconstruction, and view it often as anti-intellectual. Compounded with the fact that Anno has shown a clear distaste for anime fans and his inclusion of symbolism just because made for a sour experience.

I'm glad I watched NGE, though. It is a must see for anime fans.

[Luminesa]

Man the r/anime Best Girl bracket is a bloody saltmine.

How the fuck did San get beaten? The salt is strong in me. I better lighten up on junk food.

Morgiana vs Major Kusanagi, I'm fine with either one.

Aaaaaaand then she lost to a fuck loli. There is no justice anymore.

A fucking loli beat Sasha Blouse, what the fuck.

They put Nagisa against her own kid, that's just cruel.

Miia got shafted by some normie, lol.

Will we see Ryuuko versus Satsuki? Probably! I can taste the hormones already.

Mikasa beat Whory, kek.

Nurse Joy lost to literally who?

Faye lost to a fucking idol or whatever. What has anime come to these days.

Not surprised Haruhi beat Haru.

What's criminal is there is no Miho Nishizumi on there. Or best girls from the Finnish school.

Brock will take this one to court, if Nurse Joy is not best girl.

FAYE VALENTINE LOST TO WHO?!?!?!

This list was probably made by some n00b. I respect the classics. Faye Valentine is a classic.

Haruhi is awful, I hope she loses.

NO. SASHA IS BEST AOT GIRL. #JUSTICEFORPOTATOGIRL

Hinata Hyuga is not on this list. Sakura is in her stead. I am TICKED.

Glad Sakura lost to Madoka, though, that means there is still hope. THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE. MADOKA SAID SO.

[Ameriganastan]

And like most 'deconstructions' it sucked ass.

Agreed. As a Lit Major, I'm tired of deconstruction, and view it often as anti-intellectual. Compounded with the fact that Anno has shown a clear distaste for anime fans and his inclusion of symbolism just because made for a sour experience.

Yeah, that's the other thing. Anno is an asshole. A hypocritical one at that. Always lambasting fanservice as ruining anime, when his only notable anime introduced a character by having her beaver shot everyone.

[Britanania]

Agreed. As a Lit Major, I'm tired of deconstruction, and view it often as anti-intellectual. Compounded with the fact that Anno has shown a clear distaste for anime fans and his inclusion of symbolism just because made for a sour experience.

Yeah, that's the other thing. Anno is an asshole. A hypocritical one at that. Always lambasting fanservice as ruining anime, when his only notable anime introduced a character by having her beaver shot everyone.

He's arguably the George Lucas of anime

[New haven america]

It's a deconstruction though, that's kinda the point.

And like most 'deconstructions' it sucked ass.

I thought you liked Madoka Magica?

[Luminesa]

Agreed. As a Lit Major, I'm tired of deconstruction, and view it often as anti-intellectual. Compounded with the fact that Anno has shown a clear distaste for anime fans and his inclusion of symbolism just because made for a sour experience.

Yeah, that's the other thing. Anno is an asshole. A hypocritical one at that. Always lambasting fanservice as ruining anime, when his only notable anime introduced a character by having her beaver shot everyone.

And the amount of fanservice he shoved into Evangelion was...too much.

Personally, I don't mind deconstructions, as long as the story is reconstructed to lead to something constructive and thoughtful. That's what I liked about PMMM. It didn't just end as a deconstruction. It still held-on to the power of friendship and faith in humanity, just in a different way, ultimately, than most Magical Girl animes do. Which was good. I personally find a lot of the messages in Sailor Moon, for example, to be too shallow, though I like the characters for the most part.

The problem with deconstructions, however, is if they don't have an end, you can keep deconstructing and deconstructing until there's nothing left, and then everyone is dissatisfied and angry. As Fall Out Boy once sang, "People will dissect us 'til it doesn't mean a thing anymore."

[New haven america]

Yeah, that's the other thing. Anno is an asshole. A hypocritical one at that. Always lambasting fanservice as ruining anime, when his only notable anime introduced a character by having her beaver shot everyone.

And the amount of fanservice he shoved into Evangelion was...too much.

Personally, I don't mind deconstructions, as long as the story is reconstructed to lead to something constructive and thoughtful. That's what I liked about PMMM. It didn't just end as a deconstruction. It still held-on to the power of friendship and faith in humanity, just in a different way, ultimately, than most Magical Girl animes do. Which was good. I personally find a lot of the messages in Sailor Moon, for example, to be too shallow, though I like the characters for the most part.

The problem with deconstructions, however, is if they don't have an end, you can keep deconstructing and deconstructing until there's nothing left, and then everyone is dissatisfied and angry. As Fall Out Boy once sang, "People will dissect us 'til it doesn't mean a thing anymore."

Deconstructions do have endings though.

[Britanania]

Yeah, that's the other thing. Anno is an asshole. A hypocritical one at that. Always lambasting fanservice as ruining anime, when his only notable anime introduced a character by having her beaver shot everyone.

And the amount of fanservice he shoved into Evangelion was...too much.

Personally, I don't mind deconstructions, as long as the story is reconstructed to lead to something constructive and thoughtful. That's what I liked about PMMM. It didn't just end as a deconstruction. It still held-on to the power of friendship and faith in humanity, just in a different way, ultimately, than most Magical Girl animes do. Which was good. I personally find a lot of the messages in Sailor Moon, for example, to be too shallow, though I like the characters for the most part.

The problem with deconstructions, however, is if they don't have an end, you can keep deconstructing and deconstructing until there's nothing left, and then everyone is dissatisfied and angry. As Fall Out Boy once sang, "People will dissect us 'til it doesn't mean a thing anymore."

I have to agree. What turns me off from Derrida is that it just seems pointless, an exercise without reward.

Or, as Spock put it "it is easier to destroy than create".

[Las Palmeras]

Morgiana vs Major Kusanagi, I'm fine with either one.

Aaaaaaand then she lost to a fuck loli. There is no justice anymore.

A fucking loli beat Sasha Blouse, what the fuck.

That's how I felt about Faye Valentine's round.

[Luminesa]

And the amount of fanservice he shoved into Evangelion was...too much.

Personally, I don't mind deconstructions, as long as the story is reconstructed to lead to something constructive and thoughtful. That's what I liked about PMMM. It didn't just end as a deconstruction. It still held-on to the power of friendship and faith in humanity, just in a different way, ultimately, than most Magical Girl animes do. Which was good. I personally find a lot of the messages in Sailor Moon, for example, to be too shallow, though I like the characters for the most part.

The problem with deconstructions, however, is if they don't have an end, you can keep deconstructing and deconstructing until there's nothing left, and then everyone is dissatisfied and angry. As Fall Out Boy once sang, "People will dissect us 'til it doesn't mean a thing anymore."

Deconstructions do have endings though.

Well, yeah, they do. But do they lead to something positive or something negative? That's what I mean.

[Luminesa]

And the amount of fanservice he shoved into Evangelion was...too much.

Personally, I don't mind deconstructions, as long as the story is reconstructed to lead to something constructive and thoughtful. That's what I liked about PMMM. It didn't just end as a deconstruction. It still held-on to the power of friendship and faith in humanity, just in a different way, ultimately, than most Magical Girl animes do. Which was good. I personally find a lot of the messages in Sailor Moon, for example, to be too shallow, though I like the characters for the most part.

The problem with deconstructions, however, is if they don't have an end, you can keep deconstructing and deconstructing until there's nothing left, and then everyone is dissatisfied and angry. As Fall Out Boy once sang, "People will dissect us 'til it doesn't mean a thing anymore."

I have to agree. What turns me off from Derrida is that it just seems pointless, an exercise without reward.

Or, as Spock put it "it is easier to destroy than create".

Spock says some wise things. It's easier to destroy an old concept than to create a new one.

[New haven america]

Deconstructions do have endings though.

Well, yeah, they do. But do they lead to something positive or something negative? That's what I mean.

That more applies to any storytelling medium, not just deconstructions...

And does it really matter if it leads to something positive or negative? Depending on what the story and themes were about, does positivity and negativity really matter?

[Ameriganastan]

And like most 'deconstructions' it sucked ass.

I thought you liked Madoka Magica?

Hence the most, NHA...

[New haven america]

And the amount of fanservice he shoved into Evangelion was...too much.

Personally, I don't mind deconstructions, as long as the story is reconstructed to lead to something constructive and thoughtful. That's what I liked about PMMM. It didn't just end as a deconstruction. It still held-on to the power of friendship and faith in humanity, just in a different way, ultimately, than most Magical Girl animes do. Which was good. I personally find a lot of the messages in Sailor Moon, for example, to be too shallow, though I like the characters for the most part.

The problem with deconstructions, however, is if they don't have an end, you can keep deconstructing and deconstructing until there's nothing left, and then everyone is dissatisfied and angry. As Fall Out Boy once sang, "People will dissect us 'til it doesn't mean a thing anymore."

I have to agree. What turns me off from Derrida is that it just seems pointless, an exercise without reward.

Or, as Spock put it "it is easier to destroy than create".

Actually, one of the main points of deconstructions is to rebuild what has been destroyed.

[Britanania]

I have to agree. What turns me off from Derrida is that it just seems pointless, an exercise without reward.

Or, as Spock put it "it is easier to destroy than create".

Actually, one of the main points of deconstructions is to rebuild what has been destroyed.

In practise, that hardly ever occurs, especially in NGE

[Luminesa]

Well, yeah, they do. But do they lead to something positive or something negative? That's what I mean.

That more applies to any storytelling medium, not just deconstructions...

And does it really matter if it leads to something positive or negative? Depending on what the story and themes were about, does positivity and negativity really matter?

Well, no...Ahhhh...Ugh. My brain is all scattered. I guess what I'm trying to say is deconstructions are fine, but too much might be a bad thing. I'm sorry, my brain is all gooble-di-gook, at midnight. Lol.

[New haven america]

That more applies to any storytelling medium, not just deconstructions...

And does it really matter if it leads to something positive or negative? Depending on what the story and themes were about, does positivity and negativity really matter?

Well, no...Ahhhh...Ugh. My brain is all scattered. I guess what I'm trying to say is deconstructions are fine, but too much might be a bad thing. I'm sorry, my brain is all gooble-di-gook, at midnight. Lol.

Also, not all deconstructions are dark either, Rurouni Kenshin, Patlabor, SDF Macross, etc... are rather tame or light compared to other deconstructions.

[Luminesa]

Well, no...Ahhhh...Ugh. My brain is all scattered. I guess what I'm trying to say is deconstructions are fine, but too much might be a bad thing. I'm sorry, my brain is all gooble-di-gook, at midnight. Lol.

Also, not all deconstructions are dark either, Rurouni Kenshin, Patlabor, SDF Macross, etc... are rather tame or light compared to other deconstructions.

Rurouni Kenshin is awesome. :3

[New Naephak]

The ending of Battle Tendency was sick.

[Ameriganastan]

The ending of Battle Tendency was sick.

Damn straight it was.

Now, prepare for the mediocrity that is Stardust Crapsaders.

[Lubyak]

Morgiana vs Major Kusanagi, I'm fine with either one.

Aaaaaaand then she lost to a fuck loli. There is no justice anymore.

A fucking loli beat Sasha Blouse, what the fuck.

That's how I felt about Faye Valentine's round.

What I'm looking forward to is the Tsubasa Hanekawa v. Tsukihi Araragi round. The Monogatari mob has propelled most of the girls to victory, but now they must decide between two Monogatari girls. It'll be a bloodbath.

All of my best girls put up good fights. I am content so far. Except Mami Tomoe. SHE LOST TO FUCKING TOKYO GHOUL!?

[The Great state of Atlantis]

Hanbun no Tsuki.

A short little something in between consisting of a mere six episodes. Boy meets girl in hospital. Mwaaah, a bit too sugary for my taste. 5.5 out of 10.

[Imota]

Just finished Hundred.

God knows I've passed on shows just like this one just on the blurb and an art sample. And in spite of the pervasive and rather tasteless fanservice, the battle scenes and Sakura's backstory were just enough to keep me entertained. Perhaps I've been too hard on the fanservice/school harem/magical battle genre...

Overall grade: C+