Taking dumb things seriously is fun times when people inexplicably humour me.
So hahaha I apparently suck at slacking because instead of marathoning a bunch of Kiva and ignoring my reading, I ditched Kiva after three episodes and nearly finished Zofloya. I CAN'T HELP IT, THE LOREDANI FAMILY IS SO AMUSINGLY FUCKED UP. Good times, yo.
Remember me talking, ages ago, about end-of-term anime panels for Ted-sensei's class? He reintroduced the idea today and had everyone write on their quiz what anime they might be willing to contribute. I hadn't really been thinking about it, so I just wrote down "Princess Princess" and figured I'd let it die there. But then he said, "It doesn't even have to be an anime you like. It could be something you hate, and you want to explain why you hate it." So, uh...
In tutorial, he had everyone go around and say what they wrote down, partly to develop ideas, and partly so that people with similar ideas could group together. (Takashi didn't have any ideas so he's working as everyone's consultant. Cute.) There were people talking about Samurai Champloo, Ghost in the Shell, Rurouni Kenshin, FL CL, and inevitably Kevin (geeky awesome Chinese kid) was adamant that he would present on Touhou; I was the last one to speak, and...
"So, I just wrote down Princess Princess because I have the manga and the anime and I've seen Princess Princess D, and I love Tsuda Mikiyo so very much, but, when you talked about explaining why we don't like a certain anime... well... Princess Princess was done by Studio DEEN. And I hate Studio DEEN. I could easily talk about that for thirty minutes!"
My main big reason for hating DEEN is their consistent epic failure at adapting manga as anime, which caused Ted-sensei to ask some hypothetical, open-ended questions about varying success studios have with adapting manga. "Some can be better than the manga, right?" "That would be Madhouse." "But some just suck." "And that would be DEEN." When someone commented on GitS's divided fanbase in terms of opinions of it as an adaption, both films and series, I had to bite my tongue to keep myself from saying, "If you have things to say about Production I.G, we may need to take this outside." (Stupid things. I take them very seriously.)
So basically my plan, now, is to put together a half-hour presentation on different animation studios, their strong and weak points, with a heavy emphasis on their ability to adapt manga series as anime, and leave the latter half open to rag on Studio DEEN's numerous weak points and conceed their few but notable strong points. I'm going to be like a crazy-ass blind preacher on the corner, hitting passerbyes with a Bible and screaming about The End. It's going to be epic.
We also have our second essay looming on the horizon, not close enough to be too worried about but still enough that we should start preparing, and I had to ask Sensei possibly the coolest question ever.
"Sir, say, hypothetically, that we read this one story. There's a novel by the same author, but it's not available in translation. However, there's a drama series based on it. I haven't seen it yet, but I think I could dig out enough similar themes to pull together a solid essay."
"Okay, hypothetically, what story, author, book, and drama?"
"Er... Desert Dolphin, Shimada Masahiko, Jiyuu Shikei, and Ashita no Kita Yoshio."
"Oh, I was hoping someone would pick Shimada- But you know, the problem with not having the book is you don't know what's been changed from the original, you know?"
"Right, but, well, Shimada's in an episode, and I don't think he'd be there if he didn't like the direction they'd taken it in, plus the key theme is identity, personal and as a collective, so the influence of the directors and producer and screenwriter and actors would reflect their own interpretations of the theme, taking Shimada's base ideas and filling them out via collective contribution-"
"Okay, I get what you're saying, but it'd still be tricky to work with, and you're making a lot more work for yourself, so it's, well-" At this point he hesitates, stops, and looks me in the eye. "You know what? If anyone can do it, it's probably you. Watch the show and get back to me."
HEAR THAT? TED-SENSEI TOLD ME TO GO WATCH ASHITA NO KITA YOSHIO. Now, to make sure I actually take notes and pay attention, instead of just staring at Kaname Jun for eleven episodes... *_*
Remember me talking, ages ago, about end-of-term anime panels for Ted-sensei's class? He reintroduced the idea today and had everyone write on their quiz what anime they might be willing to contribute. I hadn't really been thinking about it, so I just wrote down "Princess Princess" and figured I'd let it die there. But then he said, "It doesn't even have to be an anime you like. It could be something you hate, and you want to explain why you hate it." So, uh...
In tutorial, he had everyone go around and say what they wrote down, partly to develop ideas, and partly so that people with similar ideas could group together. (Takashi didn't have any ideas so he's working as everyone's consultant. Cute.) There were people talking about Samurai Champloo, Ghost in the Shell, Rurouni Kenshin, FL CL, and inevitably Kevin (geeky awesome Chinese kid) was adamant that he would present on Touhou; I was the last one to speak, and...
"So, I just wrote down Princess Princess because I have the manga and the anime and I've seen Princess Princess D, and I love Tsuda Mikiyo so very much, but, when you talked about explaining why we don't like a certain anime... well... Princess Princess was done by Studio DEEN. And I hate Studio DEEN. I could easily talk about that for thirty minutes!"
My main big reason for hating DEEN is their consistent epic failure at adapting manga as anime, which caused Ted-sensei to ask some hypothetical, open-ended questions about varying success studios have with adapting manga. "Some can be better than the manga, right?" "That would be Madhouse." "But some just suck." "And that would be DEEN." When someone commented on GitS's divided fanbase in terms of opinions of it as an adaption, both films and series, I had to bite my tongue to keep myself from saying, "If you have things to say about Production I.G, we may need to take this outside." (Stupid things. I take them very seriously.)
So basically my plan, now, is to put together a half-hour presentation on different animation studios, their strong and weak points, with a heavy emphasis on their ability to adapt manga series as anime, and leave the latter half open to rag on Studio DEEN's numerous weak points and conceed their few but notable strong points. I'm going to be like a crazy-ass blind preacher on the corner, hitting passerbyes with a Bible and screaming about The End. It's going to be epic.
We also have our second essay looming on the horizon, not close enough to be too worried about but still enough that we should start preparing, and I had to ask Sensei possibly the coolest question ever.
"Sir, say, hypothetically, that we read this one story. There's a novel by the same author, but it's not available in translation. However, there's a drama series based on it. I haven't seen it yet, but I think I could dig out enough similar themes to pull together a solid essay."
"Okay, hypothetically, what story, author, book, and drama?"
"Er... Desert Dolphin, Shimada Masahiko, Jiyuu Shikei, and Ashita no Kita Yoshio."
"Oh, I was hoping someone would pick Shimada- But you know, the problem with not having the book is you don't know what's been changed from the original, you know?"
"Right, but, well, Shimada's in an episode, and I don't think he'd be there if he didn't like the direction they'd taken it in, plus the key theme is identity, personal and as a collective, so the influence of the directors and producer and screenwriter and actors would reflect their own interpretations of the theme, taking Shimada's base ideas and filling them out via collective contribution-"
"Okay, I get what you're saying, but it'd still be tricky to work with, and you're making a lot more work for yourself, so it's, well-" At this point he hesitates, stops, and looks me in the eye. "You know what? If anyone can do it, it's probably you. Watch the show and get back to me."
HEAR THAT? TED-SENSEI TOLD ME TO GO WATCH ASHITA NO KITA YOSHIO. Now, to make sure I actually take notes and pay attention, instead of just staring at Kaname Jun for eleven episodes... *_*