Comments on: On Calligraphy Pens and Afterschool Tea http://anime.greywings.net/2009/06/22/on-calligraphy-pens-and-afterschool-tea/ Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:38:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: mercurius http://anime.greywings.net/2009/06/22/on-calligraphy-pens-and-afterschool-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-38 mercurius Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:16:55 +0000 http://anime.greywings.net/?p=79#comment-38 @Kaioshin Sama: My apologies, your first comment got marked incorrectly as spam. I think by "subtle" what I was trying to say was that even though the scene as a whole is a cliche one, KyoAni has a way of executing it *just* a little bit differently (e.g. the sceenshot for this post). Is K-On a revolutionary new show? No, it's a 4-koma moeblob adaptation with barely a hint of a plot. I think evolutionary is the right term here. Same stuff, just a slightly different, and I claim progressive, approach. And my salvo back at the shows critics is how they are able to sit through an entire season of a KyoAni show that seems to only frustrate them with every episode. And for what purpose? Not trying to be antagonizing, but just genuinely curious as to why so much time and effort goes into a show that in the end, you really don't care for. @Kaioshin Sama: My apologies, your first comment got marked incorrectly as spam. I think by “subtle” what I was trying to say was that even though the scene as a whole is a cliche one, KyoAni has a way of executing it *just* a little bit differently (e.g. the sceenshot for this post). Is K-On a revolutionary new show? No, it’s a 4-koma moeblob adaptation with barely a hint of a plot. I think evolutionary is the right term here. Same stuff, just a slightly different, and I claim progressive, approach.

And my salvo back at the shows critics is how they are able to sit through an entire season of a KyoAni show that seems to only frustrate them with every episode. And for what purpose? Not trying to be antagonizing, but just genuinely curious as to why so much time and effort goes into a show that in the end, you really don’t care for.

]]> By: Kaioshin Sama http://anime.greywings.net/2009/06/22/on-calligraphy-pens-and-afterschool-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Kaioshin Sama Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:12:13 +0000 http://anime.greywings.net/?p=79#comment-37 No idea if my first post was eaten or in some limbo box, but I'll just say that I literally found the exact opposite of everything you just said. The show lacked an identity of it's own, Kyoani failed completely at this in my eyes. There are so many shows now where you can see girls doing cute things and K-On did nothing to set itself up as something unique within that category. The show is also the antithesis of subtlety with the characters all but explaining the joke to you at the end of your average gag scene, and getting really loud or emotional out of the blue when they want you to pay attention to something. Azusa and Ritsu are the most guilty of this by far. In fact Kyoto Animation shows have never been subtle in my eye, from the intensity of Haruhi's characters (bar Yuki Nagato) to the pathos of Clannad and Kanon's "crying" scenes. Lastly Kyoani messes around all the time (2 beach episodes, eating cake, Mio cowering in the corner just for this episode in things that waste time IMO) and frequently falls back on moe and sudden flashy eyecatching animation sequences (usually with sparkly backgrounds) whenever they hit a gap in the source material that they need to fill. K-On is no exception. I continue to see this omni-present accusation that the shows critics aren't watching the show properly or are seeing things about what it's trying to be that aren't the case, but now I'm starting to think the same is true for the people that praise it as some significant work. "identity", "subtlety", "ingenuity", these are just about the last thing that comes to mind when I think of the kind of show K-On is. No idea if my first post was eaten or in some limbo box, but I’ll just say that I literally found the exact opposite of everything you just said. The show lacked an identity of it’s own, Kyoani failed completely at this in my eyes. There are so many shows now where you can see girls doing cute things and K-On did nothing to set itself up as something unique within that category. The show is also the antithesis of subtlety with the characters all but explaining the joke to you at the end of your average gag scene, and getting really loud or emotional out of the blue when they want you to pay attention to something. Azusa and Ritsu are the most guilty of this by far. In fact Kyoto Animation shows have never been subtle in my eye, from the intensity of Haruhi’s characters (bar Yuki Nagato) to the pathos of Clannad and Kanon’s “crying” scenes. Lastly Kyoani messes around all the time (2 beach episodes, eating cake, Mio cowering in the corner just for this episode in things that waste time IMO) and frequently falls back on moe and sudden flashy eyecatching animation sequences (usually with sparkly backgrounds) whenever they hit a gap in the source material that they need to fill. K-On is no exception.

I continue to see this omni-present accusation that the shows critics aren’t watching the show properly or are seeing things about what it’s trying to be that aren’t the case, but now I’m starting to think the same is true for the people that praise it as some significant work. “identity”, “subtlety”, “ingenuity”, these are just about the last thing that comes to mind when I think of the kind of show K-On is.

]]> By: omo http://anime.greywings.net/2009/06/22/on-calligraphy-pens-and-afterschool-tea/comment-page-1/#comment-34 omo Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:24:35 +0000 http://anime.greywings.net/?p=79#comment-34 Hey, a succinct statement on K-ON's identity. Good job. Hey, a succinct statement on K-ON’s identity. Good job.

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