The fact that this and the sexy dances sequence were the only animated sequences in the ending, and the quality of these two sequences, with that smooth animation, tells a lot about what´s the importante part of this anime...
Luffink said: The fact that this and the sexy dances sequence were the only animated sequences in the ending, and the quality of these two sequences, with that smooth animation, tells a lot about what´s the importante part of this anime...
that's really the life story of the industry. Just more polarizing in this show, I imagine.
MMaestro said: At least they're honest and up-front about it instead of using cheap gags like "trip on nothing, land on breasts" to achieve the same results.
It gets the same results anyway, and they'll continue to use cheap gags (Asia's first appearance, anyone?) as if this anime isn't "shameless" enough.
GMO said: It gets the same results anyway, and they'll continue to use cheap gags (Asia's first appearance, anyone?) as if this anime isn't "shameless" enough.
True but it still gives the characters more personality.
That said, theres nothing wrong with shameless characters. If anything, the fact that you look down upon them speaks more about the audience's sexual prudence than about the writing/characters themselves.
MMaestro said: If anything, the fact that you look down upon them speaks more about the audience's sexual prudence than about the writing/characters themselves.
Ya think so? Cuz I think it's both. 1 or 2 archetypes to a character /=/ personality imo. But whatever, we're not at episode 4 yet and I may keep watching. Bottom line though: Sure, I can take DxD for what it is, but the characters should at least have some level of development for me to care.
GMO said: Ya think so? Cuz I think it's both. 1 or 2 archetypes to a character /=/ personality imo. But whatever, we're not at episode 4 yet and I may keep watching. Bottom line though: Sure, I can take DxD for what it is, but the characters should at least have some level of development for me to care.
Again, true. But at what point does "archetype = personality" and "archetype /=/ personality"?
I picked this series up just to pass the time between episodes of Mouretsu Pirates and the new Pretty Cure series. Thus far I am... mildly impressed, actually. The MC reads like a combination of Tsukune Aono and Sakurai Tomoki plus a bit of shonen-ish bravado. It's a combo I don't think I've seen before, and I'm interested almost in spite of myself (I wasn't expecting "Ikkitousen with a male lead" to hold my attention at all).
MMaestro said: Again, true. But at what point does "archetype = personality" and "archetype /=/ personality"?
More often than not, it's easy to notice a character that's based solely on their 1 or 2 archetypes compared to a character that has these same types as their "backbone," and through their development, gain more defining traits. You're not going to mistake Elizabeth from Freezing for your typical "Oujou-sama" anytime soon, for example.
davicoz said: All of you, go and read the light novel, far more developement
Actually no there's not, aside from there being 5 or 6 novels translated and the anime covering just the first two books quite faithfully. If you ask me, the anime's better -- it's rather lacking in excessively-literal translations that make the novels read like they were ghostwritten by a fourth-grader.
Gollgagh said: whoever downvoted this has never read a novel translated by bakatsuki
Any particular reason why novels translated by bakatsuki have such literal-translations often times? Do they translate from the original Japanese or is it a translation from another source, like Japanese->Chinese->English?
