Winter 2012 Anime Season: T&A
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the_sun_is_upMore from winter anime season 2012:
Highschool DxD: Since I'm doing the whole new season sampling thing, I figured I may as well sample something that's guaranteed to be completely awful, just for shits and giggles. Zac on ANN gave this show a rating of "boobs," but I think I can do an even better job of summing up the show simply by linking to a single NSFW screencap. Yep, that's all you need to know about Highschool DxD: uncensored nipples, copious female nudity, and shameless harem crap lightly flavored with femdom.
The weird thing about this one is that I actually liked some aspects of it. I liked the music, I liked the use of color, particularly the vivid luscious red used for the blood and the female lead's hair, and I liked some of the camera angles and cinematography stuff. I appreciate the fact that the male lead is at least upfront and honest about his desire to be in a harem show, as opposed to the tired old "Oh noes, I have no idea why all these women are flocking to me and how did my hand end up on this boob?!" And the central conceit of the plot isn't inherently terrible — I think it could potentially be done well. But every time I started enjoying myself a bit, then suddenly a female character's boobs would start moving like they had minds of their own or the camera would randomly cut to a shot of a gynecologically detailed vulva clad in the thinnest clingiest underwear ever created, and oops all potential enjoyment just went down the toilet, along with my lunch. That's the weird thing about the gross fanservice in this show: it's not in a constant stream; instead it kind of jumps out and tackles you at random moments.
But anyway, yes, obviously this show is utter garbage and should only be watched if a) you've just eaten something poisonous or b) you have a friend who's convinced that all anime is brilliant and you need to disabuse them of this notion.
Also I noticed something peculiar about another show this season: So there's this show in which two of the female leads are named Hibiki and Kanade, the main villainous force is called Noise, and another villainous force called Mephisto.
Am I describing Senhime Zesshou Symphogear or last year's Suite Precure?
I can't tell if this is a really weird coincidence or a really weird ripoff.
Highschool DxD: Since I'm doing the whole new season sampling thing, I figured I may as well sample something that's guaranteed to be completely awful, just for shits and giggles. Zac on ANN gave this show a rating of "boobs," but I think I can do an even better job of summing up the show simply by linking to a single NSFW screencap. Yep, that's all you need to know about Highschool DxD: uncensored nipples, copious female nudity, and shameless harem crap lightly flavored with femdom.
The weird thing about this one is that I actually liked some aspects of it. I liked the music, I liked the use of color, particularly the vivid luscious red used for the blood and the female lead's hair, and I liked some of the camera angles and cinematography stuff. I appreciate the fact that the male lead is at least upfront and honest about his desire to be in a harem show, as opposed to the tired old "Oh noes, I have no idea why all these women are flocking to me and how did my hand end up on this boob?!" And the central conceit of the plot isn't inherently terrible — I think it could potentially be done well. But every time I started enjoying myself a bit, then suddenly a female character's boobs would start moving like they had minds of their own or the camera would randomly cut to a shot of a gynecologically detailed vulva clad in the thinnest clingiest underwear ever created, and oops all potential enjoyment just went down the toilet, along with my lunch. That's the weird thing about the gross fanservice in this show: it's not in a constant stream; instead it kind of jumps out and tackles you at random moments.
But anyway, yes, obviously this show is utter garbage and should only be watched if a) you've just eaten something poisonous or b) you have a friend who's convinced that all anime is brilliant and you need to disabuse them of this notion.
Also I noticed something peculiar about another show this season: So there's this show in which two of the female leads are named Hibiki and Kanade, the main villainous force is called Noise, and another villainous force called Mephisto.
Am I describing Senhime Zesshou Symphogear or last year's Suite Precure?
I can't tell if this is a really weird coincidence or a really weird ripoff.
