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Bakemonogatari
anoligarh:
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--- Quote from: anoligarh on September 18, 2012, 02:52:57 PM ---What's Shaft? Also, i've read a couple comments, and i have to ask this: is this show really a comedy? I thought it was something serious...
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SHAFT is the animation studio responsible for Bakemonogatari (as well as all the [upcoming] shows related to it). The visual cues you referred to are trademarks of Akiyuki Shinbou, the studio's main director. A lot of shows from this studio (Maria Holic, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Arakawa under he Bridge, and many more) have that same visual style. It's gotten to a point where you can easily recognize the studio if you see that style being used.
The show is a mix of romance, mystery and supernatural elements, and not really a comedy, even though it has plenty of funny scenes in it.
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Thanks for the reply. I was a bit concerned. If the show was a comedy, i would've been a total idiot. Of course, I've noticed the funny scenes, but it never passed through my mind that this would be a comedy anime, so the comments cause a bit of a misunderstanding for me. Thanks.
Bob2004:
Personally, I'd class Bakemonogatari as a comedy more than anything else, although it is hard to put it in one specific genre. It's just a very specific type of humour, most of which is language based, so it tends to lose a lot in translation, and isn't funny for everyone to begin with. Just the way the characters talk, how their dialogue is arranged, things like that are, not laugh out loud funny exactly (and not intended to be), but amusing. And there are a lot of subtle puns, references, and other jokes in there too which do not translate well. So I'd say that it's a comedy even outside the obvious funny bits which everyone gets. But it is a very strange show.
megido-rev.M:
--- Quote from: Bob2004 on September 18, 2012, 05:46:19 PM ---But it is a very strange show.
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Indeed it is :D.
BrainDps:
--- Quote from: Bob2004 on September 18, 2012, 05:46:19 PM ---Personally, I'd class Bakemonogatari as a comedy more than anything else, although it is hard to put it in one specific genre. It's just a very specific type of humour, most of which is language based, so it tends to lose a lot in translation, and isn't funny for everyone to begin with. Just the way the characters talk, how their dialogue is arranged, things like that are, not laugh out loud funny exactly (and not intended to be), but amusing. And there are a lot of subtle puns, references, and other jokes in there too which do not translate well. So I'd say that it's a comedy even outside the obvious funny bits which everyone gets. But it is a very strange show.
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I got a lot of comedy out of it, I also love the story arcs!
One of my favorite parts were the romance. a-hyuck
dbml:
I wouldn't call it a comedy per say. It's one of those rare breeds, an oxymoron... a dramatic comedy, that's a deconstruction of various genres/styles, most notably the harem.
It's definitely the most unusual (and greatest) SHAFT production I've ever seen. And yes, it's very weird :P
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