if it took place in any other setting I'd think it were adorable, but because it takes place in Bumfuck Nowhere I feel like I'd read to much into it to be able to enjoy it at all.
Which is, incidentally, why I treasure stuff like Hozuki no Reitetsu, Fullmetal Alchemist and even The Tatami Galaxy. Or, outside of anime, Steven Universe.
See the HxH thread for more me-being-more-than-just-pleasantly-surprised action.
I removed my rating for Baldr Force EXE Resolution.
Yes, the series contains a scene of virtual sexual assault (for at least one and maybe two meanings of the word "virtual".
However, I can't actually judge how the story overall felt to me without distancing myself from the social commentary surrounding that scene.
Let me be clear though, I didn't really enjoy the series that much, even not counting that scene. But what I'm saying is that I'm finding it difficult to assess the series without thinking about the out-of-universe implications of the scene, but I feel I ought not to consider the out-of-universe implications of that scene in order to be fair to the given story.
If I give the series a higher score it seems like that score could be misconstrued as validating/accepting what is an offensive scene to at least a number of people. If I give the series a lower score it seems like I'm unfairly downrating the entire series only to avoid criticism. So therefore, I think I just shouldn't give it a score at all.
Either works. I watched it in dub because I think that's what was available to me at the time, but both are apparently quite excellent, albeit with different strengths.
Well I would not known to have corrected you. I'm bad with mangaka names.
Everything else the YuruYuri mangaka has done seems to be related to the franchise in some way, including YuriYuri which is an otherwise unrelated manga that takes place in the same universe, allegedly.
Despera is an upcoming anime (and companion manga) by the creators of Serial Experiments Lain, and may possibly be a Spiritual Successor or even a prequel.
Manga creator and character designer Yoshitoshi ABe (Serial Experiments Lain, Haibane Renmei) mentioned at a live drawing session at Auckland, New Zealand's Overload Comic Convention in October that his Despera anime project is continuing with a new director. The project was put on hold after director Ryutaro Nakamura passed away in 2013.
ABe unveiled the project at Seattle's Sakura-Con in 2009. ABe was heading the project and designing the characters and Chiaki J. Konaka, the series script supervisor of Serial Experiments Lain, Texhnolyze, and Hellsing, was writing the script.
The title is derived from a poem from the Dadaist poet Jun Tsuji (1884-1944). The story centers around Ain, a 14-year-old girl who builds devices despite the lack of the scientific background required for them. The science-fiction story is set in Japan's Taishō era in 1922 — one year before the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake in the Tokyo area.
The only reason it stalled, insofar as I can tell, is that Ryutaro Nakamura was dying of pancreatic cancer. Also, it's been a really long time since Chiaki Konaka has done anything in animation, so perhaps he's been working on this most of that time? Nobody's really sure. Apparently it is indeed happening, but the latest news (which amounted to "ABe says this is still happening") was in January, so when it will happen is up in the air.
Honestly, just a good series with ABe and/or Konaka involved in a significant capacity would be great. Like, another NieA_7 or Mononoke-type thing would be enough. But this even better. The boys are back in town.
Also very reminiscent in appearance of Rebecca-sensei from PaniPoniDash!, a criminally underrated and very bizarre comedy series that is a sort of spiritual predecessor to Nichijou.
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it's not like a perfect show or nuthin, just
those sounds
See the HxH thread for more me-being-more-than-just-pleasantly-surprised action.
Yes, the series contains a scene of virtual sexual assault (for at least one and maybe two meanings of the word "virtual".
However, I can't actually judge how the story overall felt to me without distancing myself from the social commentary surrounding that scene.
Let me be clear though, I didn't really enjoy the series that much, even not counting that scene. But what I'm saying is that I'm finding it difficult to assess the series without thinking about the out-of-universe implications of the scene, but I feel I ought not to consider the out-of-universe implications of that scene in order to be fair to the given story.
If I give the series a higher score it seems like that score could be misconstrued as validating/accepting what is an offensive scene to at least a number of people. If I give the series a lower score it seems like I'm unfairly downrating the entire series only to avoid criticism. So therefore, I think I just shouldn't give it a score at all.
i ship dragon god/mad abomination, though. OTP
Namori. One name. I was thinking of Hidamari Sketch Lady. Whose work definitely nods to Azumanga Daioh at points.
Honestly, just a good series with ABe and/or Konaka involved in a significant capacity would be great. Like, another NieA_7 or Mononoke-type thing would be enough. But this even better. The boys are back in town.
Most of my favourite shows are too self-contained for that.
The fact that the Nichijou manga had like, a timeskip.