#anime original

[animehouse-moe]

Questions Of Love In Bucchigiri!?

Hiroko Utsumi is no stranger to distilling homoeroticism into their works, but Bucchigiri!? is able to take it a step further as it intertwines with the hypermasculine idea of fighting and gangs. Because of that, Bucchigiri!? poses two questions to the definition of love and how people experience it.

"What is love versus lust?"

Truthfully, it's a rather simple question to answer (at least to someone outside of high school). The point being the depth of feeling. Lust is strong but shallow, while love moves much deeper.

And the second episode in particular expresses this very strongly through the two gang leaders, Marito and Ken.

They don't feel any way in particular about Arajin until they feel their punch. After that, like Marito says, they just can't forget about it. That's all they know about this kid, "his" punch. And that's all they want from him as well.

The point is to express superficial lust towards Arajin because of something they only experience one single time. They believe that they want the strength behind the person no matter what because of a single moment.

And it's a great comparison to make against Matakara's feelings for Arajin.

Matakara doesn't need to feel "Arajin's" strength to know how he feels about him. On the contrary, he only ever needed to fight (really train) beside him to come to understand that emotion. Even more than that is Matakara's understanding of Arajin outside of fights, and he focuses in specifically on Arajin's passivity and carefulness.

Because of that, you can begin to draw the conclusion that "Lust" is represented by actions involving violence and action, while "Love" stems more from passivity and aversion in this context. Which I think is really really great. It's sort a sort of symbolic explanation of the whole point of violence being boorish and shallow while other communication is deeper and more valuable.

"How much is love worth if they don't love you for who you are?"

Super easy example here with this one. Just look at the Love Forever stone Arajin gives Mahoro vs the friendship one that he gave Matakara.

The whole point is that Arajin's love in the hands of someone who doesn't love him isn't valuable at all, nor is it valuable in the hands of someone that doesn't love him for who he is.

Marito and Ken can only feel something for Arajin because of the strength channeled through him by Senya. It's something entirely foreign to Arajin as a person, and represents both how shallow the gang leaders are, but also how shallow Arajin is.

Loving yourself is something that's tricky to do, and obviously especially so for high school kids. I think it's well understood at this point that Arajin struggles to love himself in a meaningful way, and that's expressed by his willingness to take on Senya.

Case and point being that he intentionally used Senya's strength to try and make himself look good in front of Mahoro, and in the same way used it against Ken to the same effect.

He's afraid of being and accepting himself, so he's allowed something else to speak for him. And while that catches the eye of many, including Matakara, Arajin himself already knows that it's nothing more than a farce to save face.

It's just... really great work in terms of narrative as it bundles so many different aspects of love together to create this complicated web that all stems from Arajin's inability to love himself. Matakara loves the current Arajin, but that Arajin is unable to face himself so he runs from the reflection that Matakara offers and buries himself in lust and unrequited romance.

And that all just comes from high school kids duking it out for fun alongside mystical fighting people that can merge with humans.

It's definitely a step up the symbolic ladder in comparison to Sk8 The Infinity, but I think it's allowed Utsumi to express much more in terms of romance through implicit narratives.

These first two episodes have been incredible, and I'm loving every moment and want to share every bit, but the overall production effort Mappa's been putting in leaves me in an awkward spot for sharing stuff like this.

I really love to, and I want to celebrate the efforts of the staff behind the series, but Mappa rains on that parade with its terrible scheduling and work ethic. The credits are a veritable mess that make episodes like this an incredible feat. And I'll celebrate that and share what I want to, but I do also want to call out Mappa for their terrible work as a studio.

#bucchigiri?! #mappa studio #mappa #utsumi hiroko #hiroko utsumi #sk8 the infinity #anime original #anime and manga #anime #anime reccs #anime recommendation #anime review

[detco-hell]

the hardest part of his existence is pretending he's not dead inside :/

[episode 165 - The Disappearing Detective Boys Case]

#fun fact i dont have this episode without subtitles so i had to ... edit that second snapshot a lil #it is sorta visible unfortunately and im sorry for that #detective conan #episode 165 #The Disappearing Detective Boys Case #anime original #edogawa conan #yoshida ayumi #tsuburaya mitsuhiko #kojima genta #detective boys #dcmk #1999 #100-200 #green jacket #red shirt #white hood #detco hell original #teal jacket with white hood #teal jacket

[blog-of-hubris]

From anime ‘Sonny Boy’. Visually stunning, fantastic story, compelling characters and heart wrenching to the very end.

#sonny boy anime #Sonny boy #anime original #danchou brain rot

[haveyouseenthisanime-poll]

#haveyouseenthisanime poll #deca-dence #デカダンス #DECA_DENCE #Action #Adventure #Sci-Fi #2020s #11-13 ep #anime original #admin watched this

[dcrewatch]

Detective Conan Rewatch: Episode 1114

Episode 1114: "The Holed-Up Sensation”

Before watching this episode, on a scale of 1-10, how much are you looking forward to seeing it again?

I swear I watched this episode the week it aired but I've just been so distracted lately. (Especially playing FF7 Rebirth) :D;; 4!

Favorite screencap:

Kogoro: "Not sure what you need him for, but we found Professor Oak!"

Favorite Moment:

The end, I guess?

Least Favorite Moment:

That's uh, rather extreme, compared to what they did to you, right?

What’s one thing you noticed/realized about this episode that you hadn’t before?

Nothing this time!

On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate this episode?

Eh...2.

Celebrate it!

Here’s a (not exactly) summary haiku:

A hostage taken

Culprit makes silly demands

But both wind up dead

Next Episode: Episode 1115-1116

Previous Episode: Episode 1113

#detective conan #detective conan rewatch #episodes #名探偵コナン #anime original

[kawaiistarfishbeliever]

#Jin Marito #bucchigiri?! #anime and manga #anime #gifs #winter 2024 #Winter anime 2024 #Anime original

[honeybxbygirl]

ᴜᴇɴᴏ ɴᴀᴏᴋᴀ

#anime icons #anime icons aesthethic #anime aesthethic #ueno naoka #koe no katachi #a silent voice #anime original #anime #anime profile pictures #anime and manga #anime ships

[green-character]

Please stop comparing Fma03 to the Promised Neverland season 2 just because they both went anime original; the context os very different and FMA03 IS ACTUALLY GOOD WHILE TPN IS THE SHITTIEST THING THAT COULD HAVE HAPPEN

#tpn #the promised neverland #tpn season 2 #fullmetal alchimist brotherhood #fullmetal alchimist 2003 #fma03 #fullmetal alchemist 2003 #conqueror of shamballa #anime #manga #anime original

[musiusi]

#anime aesthetic #anime art #anime original #anime illustration #original art #my art #pink aesthetic #pink art #pink girl #pink drawing

[luckynightkryptonite]

#wonder egg priority #January 2022 #Winter 2022 #Ai Ohta #Gifs #Anime original #Heterochromia

[gimblestank-the-goblin]

Hot Take, but the focus on manga being the more “authentic” version of the story is... well its not wrong but its an extremely simplified view and doesn’t really reflect how much of anime and manga are made.

So, this is much less of a thing now with seasonal anime, but it wasn't that long ago that anime and manga would be made concurrently with each other and with the assumption that the manga would quickly outpace the manga leading to original content in some way shape or form. Furthermore, much of these manga would be created for the *purpose* of launching an anime, the two properties meant to prop each other up and boost the sales of both. And this leads to a bit of a grey area as to what is the "real" or "original" work. Which... It's a super hot take so let me give you some background first. In 1991 Naoko started writing a manga called Sailor Venus. That same year (very early on into it's life) Toei approached Nakayoshi Editorial Group (the publisher of Sailor Venus) hoping to find a new anime to fill a soon to be empty time slot. Most of Nakayoshi's pitches were rejected, but Toei showed interest in Sailor Venus, so Nakayoshi out together a pitch which they hoped would satisfy Toei. The only problem was, as part of this pitch they promised a bunch of stuff that Naoko didn't have planned, primarily stuff centering around expanding the lore and cast of the series. Now, things get a little murky here but here is what we know: 1. Sailor Venus was meant to be a one shot, but got expanded considerably past that. 2. Naoko's editor* kept pushing for Naoko to expand the lore and take on bigger stories in order to match the pitch that was made. 3. Part of the deal with Toei was that Sailor Venus would be an ongoing monthly comic which would run concurrent with the anime. 4. Sailor Venus was eventually replaced by Sailor Moon, a retooled version of the same basic concept designed to work better as an ongoing anime/manga. From what I can gather from various accounts, Nakayoshi basically lied their asses off and told Toei that Sailor Venus was always meant to be a long running monthly manga (or that it could be retooled to be one). To keep this fiction going they extended Sailor V's run and had Naoko keep writing more and more stories in it (with a larger focus on world building and ongoing plots) while Naoko and her editor worked to create a new series from scratch. A series very much inspired by Sailor Venus (because they didn't want to lose the pitch) but one which was designed from the ground up as an ongoing series which would work as both an anime and a manga. SM's manga debuted Dec 28 1991, and its anime debuted 3 months later on March 7th, 1992. Naoko then went on to write her manga concurrently with the anime, but the two quickly diverged as the anime caught up to the manga and chose to use the manga's original stories more as inspiration than as actual plots. And this was all pretty common for anime adaptions back in the day, and it points to something that I think is really important when looking at what the "real" or "authentic" version of a story is. Namely, that there was never an "authentic" version of Sailor Moon. And listen, I love Naoko and I don't want to downplay her achievements. Getting a manga published is hard work. You have to write dozens and hundreds of different one-shots to pitch to the publishers in the hopes that one will get picked up and expanded into a larger story. And then once you do that you have to write the thing. And that original idea will always be yours. If you asked me who invented Dragon Ball or FMA or Sailor Moon then I am going to point to their authors because those are the people who came up with and pitched the original idea. But Sailor Moon, the property? That was always a collaborative effort. The idea, and writing of the manga was a collaborative effort between her and her editor and the IP was always created with the intent of producing a manga which followed its own version of the story. And that intent is important. Because its not just some soulless corporation buying an existing IP so they can slap a familiar brand on a story they have lying around. Naoko invented Sailor Moon with the intent of the Anime telling its own version of the story, and that makes the anime just as "authentic" as the original work. And this has been kind of rambley but to summarize: 1. Naoko makes the Sailor Moon IP with the intent of expanding it into both an anime and a manga. From its conception it is designed to produce two distinct works. 2. One of these works, the Manga, is written by Naoko with the aid of her editor. 3. The other, the Anime, is created by a team of Creatives all of whom are talented at their jobs. 4. Both these works are based on the same initial idea, and produced at the same time. And a lot of this is going to change between various adaptions (FMA had a few chapters out when Arakawa decided to have an anime made for instance) but prior to seasonal anime, this was the norm. Sometimes (like with Sailor Moon) the Creator had less of a hand in the original idea, sometimes they had more. But the point is that which work is more "original" or "authentic" is a muddy issue, and saying that something like FMA (2003) is "just an original story with a familiar title slapped on" is... well it just feels very unfair to the people who worked so hard to create it. These were good writers, who were hired to make an anime based on a pitch that Studio Bones received. Yes, the person who wrote that original pitch didn't write the show, but that doesn't mean its not an authentic work. It just means that we had two teams making two stories, both based off of the same property. And yeah, if I had to pick which one was the "real" story I would pick the manga, but that feels very unfair and considerably two cut and dry. The Manga is more true to the original Creator's vision, but FMA hasn't had only one Creator since it started being published and gotten an editor. Its a collaborative project just like all writing, and that means that FMA (2003) can be just as valid as the manga. * Note, editor's have a lot more control over how a story goes than how people think. It's worth looking at some stories from the industry so you can see how an editor is basically a manga co-creator.

#Anime #sailor moon #Anime Original #DiC Dub #History #Manga

[animehouse-moe]

Link To The Original Tweet Here

It's not really like me to bring Twitter "drama" to another platform, but I just really wanted to voice my frustration in regards to this comment made by Tsutomu Ohno, the Character Animation Director on GWitch. Ah yes, the Character Animation Director, famously involved in creative decisions regarding storyboarding, direction, and -most importantly - script writing.

It really hurts to see, because this is a person on the production that's been spurred on not just by Bandai's hand stirring the pot and changing things up, but the response to that alteration. This is someone that put in effort on the series alongside the people that fought and found a way to get a concrete same-sex marriage (not just relationship) into Gundam. While I can't speak for the staff members, as a fan of the series it feels like a massive betrayal of trust. To work so hard on a project that countless people have loved and enjoyed, only to turn around and attempt to change a narrative that they never had any say over in the first place. It's just painful.

At the end of the day, make no mistake. Ohno isn't just "speaking up" about their "interpretation" and "understanding" of GWitch, this is them doing the same on the scale of same-sex marriage and relationships at large.

Anyways, Suletta and Miorine are happily married and enjoying their lives rent-free in the heads of countless people that can't seem to fathom two people loving each other. To celebrate this "irreplaceable partnership", how about some memes I grabbed from Twitter? (I really wish I had names for some of the artists/originators of the memes, but I saved most of them a good while ago).

#the witch from mercury #gundam the witch from mercury #機動戦士ガンダム 水星の魔女 #kidou senshi gundam: suisei no majo #gundam witch #gundam witch from mercury #gundam suisei no majo #suisei no majo #g witch #witch from mercury #mobile suit gundam #gundam #suletta mercury #miorine rembran #anime and manga #anime #anime original #mecha anime #sulemio #suletta x miorine

[detco-hell]

you know cone, some people actually gotta work for their status as the group's nerd :/

[episode 423 - The Detective Boys and the Four Caterpillar Brothers]

#detective conan #episode 423 #The Detective Boys and the Four Caterpillar Brothers #anime original #2005 #400-500 #edogawa conan #tsuburaya mitsuhiko #kojima genta #detective boys #green sweatshirt #detco hell original #dcmk

[troublewithcoffee]

#Storyboard #Comic #trouble with coffee comic #Story #anime original #Doodles #Sketching

[haveyouseenthisanime-poll]

#haveyouseenthisanime poll #Zankyou no Terror #Terror in Resonance #残響のテロル #zantero #Terror in Tokyo #Drama #Mystery #Psychological #Thriller #2010s #11-13 ep #submission #anime original

[dcrewatch]

Detective Conan Rewatch: Episode 1117

Episode 1117: "Karate Teacher Ran Mouri”

Before watching this episode, on a scale of 1-10, how much are you looking forward to seeing it again?

Annnd back once again to anime originals. 4.

Favorite screencap:

Kids: "WOW! Ran-sensei is so cool! She broke those boards in 2 seconds!"

Conan: '...She's going to break my face if she ever figures out I'm Shin'ichi.'

Favorite Moment:

Nothing in particular stands out this episode.

Least Favorite Moment:

For this episode being titled Karate Teacher Ran Mouri, I was kinda hoping Ran would actually be more involved? :/ She doesn't exactly have much to do with the case of this episode.

What’s one thing you noticed/realized about this episode that you hadn’t before?

No bloodstain on the victim at this time--I wonder if this was meant to be a clue that Namisugi was lying during his explanation of how he found the victim.

WHOA. Now that is a face.

On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate this episode?

The case itself is...fine? I'm just not sure why we give the title a focus on Ran being a karate teacher but then not really involve her in the case at hand. Feels weird. 4.

Celebrate it!

Here’s a (not exactly) summary haiku:

Ran becomes teacher

While instructor is injured

And murder takes place

Next Episode: Episode 1118

Previous Episode: Episode 1115-1116

#detective conan #detective conan rewatch #episodes #名探偵コナン #anime original