With Cardcaptor Sakura on Crunchyroll now, I've been returning to that. Watched the first episode with the new dub, too, just to verify that it's good enough for children not yet good enough at reading to read subtitles (aka, the target demographic of the show). They do this super annoying thing where they pronounce Sakura as "sa-KU-ra" when in the Japanese it is clearly much closer to "SA-ku-ra", but that won't bug anyone who hasn't watched the original.
All I ever saw of Cardcaptor was the first VHS tape from the RIT Anime Club library. It seemed like an above average magical girl show. I would watch it if I wasn't already backlogged on Sailor Moon. I did really like how she had a different costume every time.
Back when I was little, I only got to see the first few episodes that were played at Anime Boston (either '04 or '05), but it was my favorite thing I'd ever seen. Having spent so much time in the child friendly screening rooms, I had seen my fair share of magical girl shows, but this one stuck with me like none of the others did. Unfortunately, I couldn't watch any more of it than that, because it wasn't available in English -- there was the 4Kids Cardcaptors, but that didn't have Sakura in the name so I thought it was all about Xiolang, so I didn't watch it. We did get the first movie from Green Scene (a netflix knock off that had a far superior collection of anime at the time), but that was it.
Are you backlogged on Sailor Moon Crystal, or Sailor Moon classic? Cause CCS is way better than Sailor Moon classic.
EDIT: apparently his name is Xiolang now. My fansubs called him Syaoran -- as it appears most of the CCS internet does as well -- but the CR subs spell it Xiolang.
OK so, Aldnoah Zero. Why is the protagonist SO flat?
When It comes to Aldnoah.zero, I've come to believe that the main character is autistic. Now, this comes from being around and working with special ed students all my life and that my brother is autistic. My evidence to support the theory is his emotionless way he goes into combat, but also how he responds to danger in general. Like just pointing out that a missile is coming and no one understands that he means it. Or the fact that he didn't know how to respond to his routine breaking. An example being his sister not coming home in time for lunch because of the invasion. During this scene he explains how he did not evacuate because she thought he'd be leaving with her and he had made lunch. She tells him to make decisions as circumstances dictate as if to a child. Little bits and pieces of evidence are littered throughout the anime such as how responds to the death of his friend, how he approaches a martian mech, etc. This is merely the conclusion I've come to based on what I've seen. Though, If this was deliberate, then Gen Urobuchi has written yet another great work. See it struck me as odd that Gen would write such a flat character as well.
OK so, Aldnoah Zero. Why is the protagonist SO flat?
When It comes to Aldnoah.zero, I've come to believe that the main character is autistic. Now, this comes from being around and working with special ed students all my life and that my brother is autistic. My evidence to support the theory is his emotionless way he goes into combat, but also how he responds to danger in general. Like just pointing out that a missile is coming and no one understands that he means it. Or the fact that he didn't know how to respond to his routine breaking. An example being his sister not coming home in time for lunch because of the invasion. During this scene he explains how he did not evacuate because she thought he'd be leaving with her and he had made lunch. She tells him to make decisions as circumstances dictate as if to a child. Little bits and pieces of evidence are littered throughout the anime such as how responds to the death of his friend, how he approaches a martian mech, etc. This is merely the conclusion I've come to based on what I've seen. Though, If this was deliberate, then Gen Urobuchi has written yet another great work. See it struck me as odd that Gen would write such a flat character as well.
Something I would ask is, if you believe the character is autistic, does it make the show better? It's a big discussion with several shows that have autistic or Asperger type leads and viewers want to theorize that person has a type of disorder. Similar to the debate of the protagonist of Watamote...does the show work or not work if the show was to identify her having an actual disorder? If the show never acknowledges or addresses it, then is it intentional?
It's likely less an issue because Aldnoah.Zero is a drama and his personality isn't brought into question, but I wonder about it with certain shows all the time. I remember watching an anime called Working! which I would have enjoyed, if it weren't centered around a girl who had a violent case of androphobia, but no one wanted to address it as a serious issue worth treating or getting help for.
It doesn't make it worse. I'm not sure about better. It's neat that the disorder would be represented in semi-popular media, so there's that aspect. As a discrete piece of work, though, I'm not sure it has much bearing on the show's "goodness".
As for the other, I haven't seen it, but I don't think it's necessary to portray sensitive or empathetic parties alongside a portrayal of an illness or disorder. If the artist chooses to, that might be a very progressive work that could do some good. The opposite could also make quite an impact and ultimately be a force for good as well. I don't think there's any moral repercussions in either case.
When It comes to Aldnoah.zero, I've come to believe that the main character is autistic. Now, this comes from being around and working with special ed students all my life and that my brother is autistic. My evidence to support the theory is his emotionless way he goes into combat, but also how he responds to danger in general. Like just pointing out that a missile is coming and no one understands that he means it. Or the fact that he didn't know how to respond to his routine breaking. An example being his sister not coming home in time for lunch because of the invasion. During this scene he explains how he did not evacuate because she thought he'd be leaving with her and he had made lunch. She tells him to make decisions as circumstances dictate as if to a child. Little bits and pieces of evidence are littered throughout the anime such as how responds to the death of his friend, how he approaches a martian mech, etc. This is merely the conclusion I've come to based on what I've seen. Though, If this was deliberate, then Gen Urobuchi has written yet another great work. See it struck me as odd that Gen would write such a flat character as well.
Something I would ask is, if you believe the character is autistic, does it make the show better? It's a big discussion with several shows that have autistic or Asperger type leads and viewers want to theorize that person has a type of disorder. Similar to the debate of the protagonist of Watamote...does the show work or not work if the show was to identify her having an actual disorder? If the show never acknowledges or addresses it, then is it intentional?
It's likely less an issue because Aldnoah.Zero is a drama and his personality isn't brought into question, but I wonder about it with certain shows all the time. I remember watching an anime called Working! which I would have enjoyed, if it weren't centered around a girl who had a violent case of androphobia, but no one wanted to address it as a serious issue worth treating or getting help for.
You bring up a very good point. I believe it does work though that's completely subjective. I like seeing different types of characters respond to different situations and as long as the disorder is approached with maturity and realism. I think it's a fascinating type of story telling. If they can do this without telling us specifically that they have a disorder, but still get the point across, then they've done a job good to me.
I just burned through the first season of Sword Art Online. I had heard it was popular and since Daily Show and Colbert are on hiatus I needed something to watch in the morning over breakfast.
A few episodes in I switched over to Crunchyroll to avoid the Hulu commercials.
All in all I was satisfied with my time spent vs enjoyment of the series. While I will probably get around to season 2 at some point there is no cliffhanger and the plot points have all come to a close. I felt the pacing was mostly good and I am glad that the show did not drag on forever but instead resolved itself fairly quickly. Some of the romance and fan service bits were a bit over the top and had me thinking the show was going in some weird harem direction.
If such a game did exist it would probably lead to the end of western civilization.
Hulu commercials are annoying, but they have a heck of a selection and the commercials are nowhere near as bad as broadcast commercials have gotten (although if you DVR you can skip those.)
I'd rather pay twice as much for Hulu and drop the commercials.
God, SAO can die in the freaking fire. That show had a lot of potential and than decides to become a Harem show for no reason and not even really look into the actual interesting questions the show brings up.
Well, there's actual harem shows, and then shows with rom com elements that happen to feature more girls than guys that people bitch are harem shows. Which is it?
I'm finally clear of those fucking aliens in Sailor Moon R. It took me longer to watch those 13 episode than it took to watch the entire first season. I did like their last episodes though...
First season is so monster-of-the-week, and Crystal so boring, that I'm getting more and more tempted to download some fansubs of S & R and have a party, even though I'll be jumping the timeline with my daughter, who is just seeing all this for the first time. Peh.
I was so pissed because as the Doom Tree was explaining it's shit I was like DUH Moonlight Knight is clearly a construct of the Doom Tree made from Usagi's memories or whatever to foil the plans of it's wayward children and I was all ready to be super satisfied with that answer...
And no it was Mamoru's love for Usagi or some shit manifested into whatever bullshit. Bleh.
Oh well time for new badguys. Dude with red hair and inverted moon thingy? I remember him from the dub I think...
God, SAO can die in the freaking fire. That show had a lot of potential and than decides to become a Harem show for no reason and not even really look into the actual interesting questions the show brings up.
I still watch it. I read the novels first. Entire chapters can be cut from the already short books because nothing happens. Basically... could be better. This particular genre of fiction has other novels as well... and they all consistently come up short.
I also love that the episode immediately after that gives the impression that Mamoru, having actually dated Usagi for a full episode, finally comes to his senses.
I watched all of season one and the recap movie. Is season 2 of SAO worth watching or was season one the best of the series?
Meh. If you enjoyed the first 13 episodes of season one, you might enjoy the second season. That being said, the second season tries incredibly hard to be edgy, but ends up falling flat on it's face.
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Are you backlogged on Sailor Moon Crystal, or Sailor Moon classic? Cause CCS is way better than Sailor Moon classic.
EDIT: apparently his name is Xiolang now. My fansubs called him Syaoran -- as it appears most of the CCS internet does as well -- but the CR subs spell it Xiolang.
It's likely less an issue because Aldnoah.Zero is a drama and his personality isn't brought into question, but I wonder about it with certain shows all the time. I remember watching an anime called Working! which I would have enjoyed, if it weren't centered around a girl who had a violent case of androphobia, but no one wanted to address it as a serious issue worth treating or getting help for.
As for the other, I haven't seen it, but I don't think it's necessary to portray sensitive or empathetic parties alongside a portrayal of an illness or disorder. If the artist chooses to, that might be a very progressive work that could do some good. The opposite could also make quite an impact and ultimately be a force for good as well. I don't think there's any moral repercussions in either case.
A few episodes in I switched over to Crunchyroll to avoid the Hulu commercials.
All in all I was satisfied with my time spent vs enjoyment of the series. While I will probably get around to season 2 at some point there is no cliffhanger and the plot points have all come to a close. I felt the pacing was mostly good and I am glad that the show did not drag on forever but instead resolved itself fairly quickly. Some of the romance and fan service bits were a bit over the top and had me thinking the show was going in some weird harem direction.
If such a game did exist it would probably lead to the end of western civilization.
I'd rather pay twice as much for Hulu and drop the commercials.
Welp, onto more interesting stuff I hope!
PS: Moonlight Knight is the worst.
And no it was Mamoru's love for Usagi or some shit manifested into whatever bullshit. Bleh.
Oh well time for new badguys. Dude with red hair and inverted moon thingy? I remember him from the dub I think...
Good show. Best show