For those of you who do not know.
My little pony Friendship is magic is a kids TV show on the jointly owned channel the Hub. (Owned by Discovory Kids and Hasbro) The show is at current one of the top rated cartoons on the air.
And has a... Sizable following among adults, the male fans calling themselves broines.
Last Saturday Wile watching the new episode on a web sight called midnight run.
I did a little looking and came up with the following numbers.
Midnight run. Had about 63k viewers.
Bronie State. Had well over 130k Viewers.
Eqestria Daylie. Had over 30k viewers on its stream sights.
Pony Chan. Had well over 200k viewers on its stream sights.
And a hour latter when the episode was posted on Youtube it got over 3 million views in a little under 6 hours.
Now consider that allot of viewers had more then one person sitting at the computer.
And that's pretty impressive.
That's about a half a million computers at the same time. (So maybe 600+k People watching)
And then the youtube viewing.
The show is pretty good actually in the same way that allot of other Lauren Faust shows garner allot of adult fans.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Captin Harlock.
For those of you who do not know who Leiji Matsumoto is. I can only tell you that you should.
If your a Anime fan, you should because it is a classic, almost required watching as it wear. And if your a fan of Sci-Fi then you should watch because of the influence that his work has had on Japanese And Western Sci-Fi.
Let me back track a bit.
Leiji Matsumoto is famous for works such as Space Battleship Yamato. Captain Harlock. The Galaxy Express line and all of the shows that go along with them. In fact Galaxy Express is the best selling Manga in Japanese History, It is literally required reading in Japanese Junior High school.
All in all that's most likely well over 1200 some episodes of TV shows and a dozen movies.
A few things really give away a Leiji Anime. First is the heavy stylization of space ships. If you see a anime were a space ship looks like a WWII battleship. A Train, And Sailing Vessel. then you can bet its a Leiji Anime. (Or At the Very Least he worked on it)
On top of that allot of ideals and visual effect you see in other media are from his work.
And the Spokesperson of the Leiji Matsumotos work is the AMAZING! Space Pirate Captain Harlock.
It's really quite hard to explain Captain Harlock as a character. But the best way is just to say this. If you crosses Captain Kirk with Han Solo And Obiwan Kenodi. You might get some wear close enough to the ideal of Harlock. Simply put Harlock is made of 90% Manliness. And 90% Awesome.
So the list of Awesome tropes that captain Harlock has.
Awesome Face Scar.
Eye Patch.
Bad Ass Red Trench Coat.
A Giant Space Battle Ship: Names the Arcadia. (That kind of looks like a cross between a WWII battleship and a Star Destroyer) Space Fighters that look like Star Fighters from Star Wars.
The list goes on.
And understand that Captain Harlock and Leiji's work are the trope namers for many of these tropes.
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Now before you go out and watch this show I have a warning for you.
For the most part When I watch a anime, I go and watch one episode of it in Both English And Japanese. And Because I don't speak Japanese, If the English Is alright Ill watch it in English.
(On a side note, I can in fact speak Japanese.... About as well as a second grader)
But I can't do that in Harlock.
No really I can't.
I have never seen a English Dubbed Anime that's this bad.
Were to start. (List)
#1. The Music.
The Japanese Score to Harlock is Pretty damn good, It's got allot of brass in it, Allot of very well chosen mood pieces and the music always seems to fit the events taking place, the music is never the center of attention, but it is always good at supporting the story taking place. And the Original Japanese Oppening score is a very Epic Space... Sea... Shanty? Ballad... Ya.
#2. The Opening Theme.
I know I just covered the music but I think the opening theme needs to be touched on by its self.
So the Japanese Opening theme is a kind of Japanese Sailing Song, Think of Pirates singing a sea shanty, only in Japanese. Is it Great? No. Is it Bad? No. But it has personality.
No... Second thought. No it's Great...
The English Opening Theme. Is TERRIBLE! Lets just say this, It sounds like it was done by a Bad Deo Cover Band. Now I know this Anime was dubbed in the late 1970's. (The Anime was made in the late 50's) But really this is the best we could do?
Its so bad that after a wile the English Dubbing doesn't even have a opening theme.
#3. Voice acting.
OK so the Japanese Voice Acting Isn't great but its not bad ether, The Voices don't fall into the formal annoying Japanese Voice Problems. (Unnaturally High Pitched Female Voices, And Tough Males that have overly effeminate voices.... Or male cats having the deepest voices on the show, I'm talking about you Sailor Moon)
And that might be the charm of Captain Harlock, For the most part the voices match up. And are not grating, they actually sound like normal Japanese People
And to be fair the English Voice Acting Isn't bad. But with the exception of maybe two characters there is nothing great ether, and the rest of the voice crew seams dreadfully miss matches. The 17 year old female on the Arcadia Sounds Like shes voices by a 60 year old women.
#4. Length.
OK so no rude Jokes.
But the first episode of the English Dubbing covers almost four episodes of the Japanese Show. And not in a good way. Allot of the episodes are simply cut out, and some are clearly in the wrong order.
#5. Stupification.
The Setting and Back Story to The Japanese Version has a very Interesting premise, Technology and Robots have made it so Humans don't really need to work that much, so most people just sit around and watch TV all the time. Harlocke Pirates Food and Supply's and stores them for the time when the Incompetent Earth Government needs the supply's for the people.
And with the exception of a few people that still work on intellectual and Artistic Stuff, Most people do nothing, Basically its all about Apathy and Social Atrophy.
This seams to have been to complicated for the viewers when they did the American Dubbing, So they just cut it down to. "The Rich Have Everything, The Poor have nothing and do all the work, Harlock is Robbin Hood in space." It's one of the most insulting adaption changes I think I have ever seen.
But the overall impact of the show is pretty staggering. Allot of the big names in Western Si-Fi have stated that it was a huge inspiration to them.
If your a Anime fan, you should because it is a classic, almost required watching as it wear. And if your a fan of Sci-Fi then you should watch because of the influence that his work has had on Japanese And Western Sci-Fi.
Let me back track a bit.
Leiji Matsumoto is famous for works such as Space Battleship Yamato. Captain Harlock. The Galaxy Express line and all of the shows that go along with them. In fact Galaxy Express is the best selling Manga in Japanese History, It is literally required reading in Japanese Junior High school.
All in all that's most likely well over 1200 some episodes of TV shows and a dozen movies.
A few things really give away a Leiji Anime. First is the heavy stylization of space ships. If you see a anime were a space ship looks like a WWII battleship. A Train, And Sailing Vessel. then you can bet its a Leiji Anime. (Or At the Very Least he worked on it)
On top of that allot of ideals and visual effect you see in other media are from his work.
And the Spokesperson of the Leiji Matsumotos work is the AMAZING! Space Pirate Captain Harlock.
It's really quite hard to explain Captain Harlock as a character. But the best way is just to say this. If you crosses Captain Kirk with Han Solo And Obiwan Kenodi. You might get some wear close enough to the ideal of Harlock. Simply put Harlock is made of 90% Manliness. And 90% Awesome.
So the list of Awesome tropes that captain Harlock has.
Awesome Face Scar.
Eye Patch.
Bad Ass Red Trench Coat.
A Giant Space Battle Ship: Names the Arcadia. (That kind of looks like a cross between a WWII battleship and a Star Destroyer) Space Fighters that look like Star Fighters from Star Wars.
The list goes on.
And understand that Captain Harlock and Leiji's work are the trope namers for many of these tropes.
_
Now before you go out and watch this show I have a warning for you.
For the most part When I watch a anime, I go and watch one episode of it in Both English And Japanese. And Because I don't speak Japanese, If the English Is alright Ill watch it in English.
(On a side note, I can in fact speak Japanese.... About as well as a second grader)
But I can't do that in Harlock.
No really I can't.
I have never seen a English Dubbed Anime that's this bad.
Were to start. (List)
#1. The Music.
The Japanese Score to Harlock is Pretty damn good, It's got allot of brass in it, Allot of very well chosen mood pieces and the music always seems to fit the events taking place, the music is never the center of attention, but it is always good at supporting the story taking place. And the Original Japanese Oppening score is a very Epic Space... Sea... Shanty? Ballad... Ya.
#2. The Opening Theme.
I know I just covered the music but I think the opening theme needs to be touched on by its self.
So the Japanese Opening theme is a kind of Japanese Sailing Song, Think of Pirates singing a sea shanty, only in Japanese. Is it Great? No. Is it Bad? No. But it has personality.
No... Second thought. No it's Great...
The English Opening Theme. Is TERRIBLE! Lets just say this, It sounds like it was done by a Bad Deo Cover Band. Now I know this Anime was dubbed in the late 1970's. (The Anime was made in the late 50's) But really this is the best we could do?
Its so bad that after a wile the English Dubbing doesn't even have a opening theme.
#3. Voice acting.
OK so the Japanese Voice Acting Isn't great but its not bad ether, The Voices don't fall into the formal annoying Japanese Voice Problems. (Unnaturally High Pitched Female Voices, And Tough Males that have overly effeminate voices.... Or male cats having the deepest voices on the show, I'm talking about you Sailor Moon)
And that might be the charm of Captain Harlock, For the most part the voices match up. And are not grating, they actually sound like normal Japanese People
And to be fair the English Voice Acting Isn't bad. But with the exception of maybe two characters there is nothing great ether, and the rest of the voice crew seams dreadfully miss matches. The 17 year old female on the Arcadia Sounds Like shes voices by a 60 year old women.
#4. Length.
OK so no rude Jokes.
But the first episode of the English Dubbing covers almost four episodes of the Japanese Show. And not in a good way. Allot of the episodes are simply cut out, and some are clearly in the wrong order.
#5. Stupification.
The Setting and Back Story to The Japanese Version has a very Interesting premise, Technology and Robots have made it so Humans don't really need to work that much, so most people just sit around and watch TV all the time. Harlocke Pirates Food and Supply's and stores them for the time when the Incompetent Earth Government needs the supply's for the people.
And with the exception of a few people that still work on intellectual and Artistic Stuff, Most people do nothing, Basically its all about Apathy and Social Atrophy.
This seams to have been to complicated for the viewers when they did the American Dubbing, So they just cut it down to. "The Rich Have Everything, The Poor have nothing and do all the work, Harlock is Robbin Hood in space." It's one of the most insulting adaption changes I think I have ever seen.
But the overall impact of the show is pretty staggering. Allot of the big names in Western Si-Fi have stated that it was a huge inspiration to them.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Golden Boy.. OGM golden boy.
Golden Boy is.
#2. Point. There simply is no point to the anime, The anime honestly didn't need to be made. Wile I will not go as far as to say this anime is a waist of animation. I will say that it at least could have done with a little more focus.
To put it simply one of those polarizing animes.
You ether love it or you hate it. But for me.... Being the middle of the road kind of person.
I have very mixed feelings about this anime.
For those who don't know. Golden Boy Is a 6 Episode OVA style anime about a young man Named Kintaro..... Something something. (I can't be bothered to look it up)
The Anime Follows a Simple Formula.
Kintaro Meats a Girl. Acts like a Moron. Gets In Trouble and then Finally dose something Amazahhh! To Fix the Problem and then win the girls affection. And lets not give false impressions here. This is a PG-17 type Title. Wile there is no sex, and only passing nudity.
The Humor in this Anime is Very Perverse.
And thats just the thing, If you like that type of Humor then most people like this anime, If you don't like this kind of anime, Then most people don't like this type of anime.
And to be honest I really normally like this kind of show. but....
This anime just seams to rub me the wrong way.
SOOoooo..
List.
Things I Liked About this anime.
#1. "The Lovable Pervert." Allot of animes have this kind of thing going on. Heavens lost property comes to mind, were the anime wants to show that the character is a pervert but basically a good person. And a really nice guy. Heavens lost property trys. (All be it very tongue in cheek) But Fails. The Character just comes across as a pervert and a ass hole, Even if the strange problems he has were forced on him.
But Golden Boy. I actually by the hole lovable pervert thing in this anime.
The Characters is a pervert, there is no question about that. But at the same time I buy that he is a good guy, and is just a little over active in his decides and a little under active in his restraint.
#2. Humor. I will be honest this anime for the most part was not that funny. BUT and thats a big butt, there are some truly funny moments in this anime, the odd thing is I dont even thing they are the moments the makers thought would be funny.
#3. Voice acting, Wile the sound it self is nothing special and bordering on the bad side, the voice talent is very good in ether Japanese of English. Doug Smith dose the voice to Kintaro Oe... O thats his last name. And does a VERY good job, Kind of a shame that the only other thing he seams to have done in voice acting is ALLOT of bit parts.
Things, I didn't like about this anime.
#1. Humor. There are jokes in this anime and points in this anime, were its not only funny its just dull. Like I said there are some VERY funny parts in this anime, but there are also allot of jokes that just miss there mark with me.
#2. Point. There simply is no point to the anime, The anime honestly didn't need to be made. Wile I will not go as far as to say this anime is a waist of animation. I will say that it at least could have done with a little more focus.
#3. Merry sue... Ness....
Ya so I know that the name of this anime is Golden Boy, And that my inference that means the main character is going to be very good at stuff. but really this anime just takes that to far. Honestly speaking the character is again, just kind of dull, By the end of the... third OVA maybe you pretty much now that Kintaro is basically Superman, posing as a stupid pervert version of Clark Kent.
#4. Follow Through. OK so by the end of each OVA Kintaro has a chick who is ready to jump his bones. BUT at the end of each OVA he leaves. with NO follow through. I'm not saying this should be a Hentia Or Echi or anything I'm just saying It makes no sense.
In the first OVA there is a reason but then after that it just makes on sense.
The final episode is pretty epic but again makes no sense in context with the rest of the show.
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The Score.
The Score.
Honestly Speaking This Anime Is hard to score, I feel that any score I give it will be Unfair because It is a very Opinion based Anime I guess.
But I can Give it... A.. Seven... And a Half.
Really I mean it, Its worth a watch if you like this Kind of anime, But its nothing special. And I would not personally buy it myself.
Its one of those anime I watched. And was not sorry I watched it, but i don't really want to watch it again.
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