[MA-SOC] Funimation + RightStuf + discount = sad, broke anime fans

Sat Jan 24 20:21:32 EST 2009

It's also a question of who it's happening to and why. When (random example) it's in "Kenshin", it's happening to people I have come to care about and I'm curious to learn their fates. When it's a series that hasn't developed that level of interest, then it doesn't matter what happens to them or how.

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Serdar Yegulalp
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ma-nyc-soc-bounces+thegline=optimum.net at lists.baka.org [mailto:ma-nyc-
> soc-bounces+thegline=optimum.net at lists.baka.org] On Behalf Of Charles
> Feldmeth
> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 7:39 PM
> To: Metro Anime New York City--social list
> Subject: Re: [MA-SOC] Funimation + RightStuf + discount = sad, broke anime
> fans
> 
> As Patrick Drazen points out in the book "Anime Explosion" the difference
> between a stale cliche and a convention (defined as a type of visual
> shorthand) is how it is used, giving as his example the obligatory scene used
> in every swordfight from "Ruroni Kenshin" to "Bamboo Blade" of the
> combattants running full speed at each other as we hear the sound of a strike,
> then pausing before letting the audience know who won.  Whether the use of
> such elements is clever or lazy is often in the eye of the beholder, as is
> the question of what is funny and what is not.
> Like Gallagher always used to say, one man's meat is another man's wife.
>                                        Charlie F.
> 
> --- On Sat, 1/24/09, Alain-Christian <mynamebackwards at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Alain-Christian <mynamebackwards at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [MA-SOC] Funimation + RightStuf + discount = sad, broke anime
> fans
> To: "Metro Anime New York City--social list" <ma-nyc-soc at lists.baka.org>
> Date: Saturday, January 24, 2009, 2:50 PM
> 
> Charles if it was by the numbers for you then I suppose you've watched *A
> LOT* of television in your time. It was new and unique to me at the time and
> still is, gladly. It's one of the few shows I've found with rewatch
> value.
> But that's just one hopeless romantic's opinion. I mean, it's rare
> to even
> see that type of thing animated. Most of what we get is the accidental
> pervert harem shows where the guy decides who he likes in the last episode
> while he played hard-to-get in all the episodes leading up to it. And
> somehow all the girls are supportive of his decision. Can't stand that
> stuff.
> 
> School Rumble at least doesn't do the harem stuff so much and I appreciate
> that. They still do the accidental pervert stuff but that's an anime trope
> that can't be helped.
> 
> All good things come to an end Charles, or run the risk of overstaying their
> welcome.
> 
> <a href="http://www.mystady.com">MY STADY</a>
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 2:53 AM, Charles Feldmeth
> <crfeldmeth at verizon.net>wrote:
> 
> > I remember a time on American TV when resolving a relationship was the
> kiss
> > of death for a lot of sitcoms.  As for "Please Teacher" I never
> found out if
> > things got resolved because I quit watching halfway thru out of boredom.
> > The show seemed to define the phrase "by the numbers" and it
> wasn't anywhere
> > near as funny as I hoped it would be.  Maybe I'm a bad example as I
> > generally avoid romance shows unless they're really over-the-top funny
> like
> > "School Rumble".
> >                                     Charlie F.
> >
> > --- On Sat, 1/10/09, Mandisa Washington <mandisaw at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > From: Mandisa Washington <mandisaw at earthlink.net>
> > Subject: Re: [MA-SOC] Funimation + RightStuf + discount = sad, broke anime
> > fans
> > To: "Metro Anime" <ma-nyc-soc at lists.baka.org>
> > Date: Saturday, January 10, 2009, 1:35 PM
> >
> > Hey Alain, it's your opinion, of course, but don't hold lack of
> > resolution
> > against it. School Rumble's a silly slapstick comedy, with little
> strings
> > of romance used to hang the wacky hijinks on - like say, Ranma, or Lupin
> > (or the Simpsons *grin*). Much as I'd like to see Harima get Tenma and
> live
> > wackily ever after, that would probably only happen when the author got
> > tired of writing the series. (Which apparently happened last summer.)
> >
> > I stopped reading/watching at the end of Season 1 & figured I'd
> just
> > wait
> > and see how long it ended up being. *checks* Looks like Funimation's
> done,
> > and Del Rey's about half-way through, so maybe I'll start catching
> up
> > from
> > the library. *grin*
> >
> > Ciao,
> > Mandisa
> >
> > > [Original Message]
> > > From: Alain-Christian <mynamebackwards at gmail.com>
> > > To: Metro Anime New York City--social list
> > <ma-nyc-soc at lists.baka.org>
> > > Date: 1/10/2009 9:16:17 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [MA-SOC] Funimation + RightStuf + discount = sad,broke
> anime
> >        fans
> > >
> > > I'm sorry but school Rumble is awful. Nothing ever gets resolved
> on
> > that
> > > show. It's a giant tease. The writers are just stringing the
> viewers
> > along
> > > liked a pied piper.
> >
> >
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