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Ouran High School Host Club
Scudworth:
It's funny, but I would say it's more like fruits basket, but without the magic transformations.
So basically it's a comedy reverse harem.
xShadow:
--- Quote from: Scudworth on December 16, 2009, 12:15:49 AM ---It's funny, but I would say it's more like fruits basket, but without the magic transformations.
So basically it's a comedy reverse harem.
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Maybe, but the feel is definitely a bit different. I couldn't keep watching Fruits Basket after some number of episodes, because it just got boring as all hell. I don't know why. I just couldn't pick it back up. Maybe I'll try again later.
Zalis116:
--- Quote from: kenshin-dono on December 15, 2009, 07:53:43 PM ---wow lotta recommendations.. hmm ya screw it i think i'll give it a look. I'm actually snaggin it at 500kbs right now. Not too bad. I figured it'd be hard to snag cuz its so old
It defiantly looks outside the comfort zone of stuff i usually watch, but since it sounds like a fun little comedy i think i'll just bite the bullet and jump in. Maybe i'll get used to the artwork after a few epps. So its definitely a comedy and not a tradgedy/superdrama right? I guess the brief scene i saw that looked like the guy was forcing himself on the main character (telling her she could use her body to pay off the vase) wasnt as messed up as it looked =P was worried this was gonna turn super emo dramady or something
--- Quote from: wolkec on December 15, 2009, 12:58:41 PM ---It's definitely worth watching, it is a very good comedy :)
kidzukeba itsudemo soba ni iru keredo
HONTO wa KIRAI? SUKI? mousou na no?
Edit: u might also like Welcome to the nhk or Great teacher Onizuka, its very smiliar (both are good comedies ^^)
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Is it really like GTO? o_O I loved GTO, but this didn't look anything like it at all. Care for a translation on that japanese lol. Care for a translation on whatever the hell you were saying there?
err.. that last comment on twincest kinda had me put off, especially the male part o_O god damn shoujo.. ungh. Ill still give it a chance i guess
what the hells wrong with me. I also just recently finally d.loaded fruits basket. I had never seen it because it looked way too shoujo for me but finally d.loaded it a few days ago. Christ, nxt thing you know i'll be watching Aishiteruze Baby >_<x (it did look cute but WAY too shoujo for me)
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Just real quick @wolkec: Oh yeah, Welcome to the NHK was totally a comedy. Especially the part where they showed Satou (click to show/hide)as an aging, tooth-decaying 50-year-old still playing MMORPGs, or the part where Satou half-starved to death when his money got cut off. Or where the sweet but flawed girl tried to kill herself. Oh yes, there was gut-busting laughter all the way through that show. I don't know about GTO; from what I've seen of that show, it's almost nothing like Ouran at all.
Ouran HSHC is a shoujo, but it's one that's easily accessible and palatable to guys. The "other Haruhi" female lead helps a lot with this, as she's an interesting, intelligent, and sarcastic character. Not like your typical naive Everywoman shoujo leads, e.g. Miaka from Fushigi Yuugi. Don't worry about the twincest thing, it's just an act the guys put on for the girls at the club. That brings up one of Ouran's key points -- the host club's customers = subtle jabs and parodies of RL screaming fangirls who go nuts over male twincest, shounen-ai overtones, reverse harems, and all the other staples of shoujo anime. IIRC that raep scene you described was probably played up by the AMV maker to be more dramatic than it really is.
Those Japanese lines were just the first two lines of the OP, you'll see them when you see them.
There is some drama in Ouran, but I found it to be very well-done. Even the English VA commentaries talked about how well the show could turn on a dime from comedy to drama. While a few episodes do get serious, they never go to SaiKano/AIR levels of angst or emo-ness. So basically, Ouran HSHC is consistently funny, sometimes romantic, occasionally dramatic, and always looks great. The art is very shoujo-styled, but it's still up to the BONES standards you might expect from RahXephon, Eureka 7, Scrapped Princess, Kurau Phantom Memory, etc.
Overall, it's in my top 15 or so anime, and I definitely recommend it. And should anyone want to pick it up on DVD, Funimation released it in cheap 13-ep sets. Both language tracks are excellent -- while the English dub, like nearly any dub, has its detractors, I thought it was great. The director, Caitlin Glass, also plays Haruhi and was a fan of the show beforehand (somehow or another ;) ;) ). It shows in that the dub is very faithful and gets the name pronunciations almost totally correct.
Aishiteru ze Baby is very shoujo; it's known for poor animation along with extreme sweetness. But I liked it -- if you want a male lead who's not a loser with the ladies, look no further than Ai Baby. The main love interest Kokoro is smokin' hot, too.
Meomix:
--- Quote from: GoGeTa006 on December 15, 2009, 08:38:35 PM ---I liked it a lot! great series! go watch it
I would've liked
(click to show/hide)a bit more romance. . .a kiss at least? (between haruhi and the king)
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(click to show/hide)Nah that is impossible, all hope of pairing them together was lost when Taki's IQ reached a negative -9000.
kenshin-dono:
lol its like fruits basket? thats amusing cuz like i said i finally d.loaded that. Yeesh maybe i'll watch them back to back with a carton of hagen-dazz and have myself a good cry ::)
its done d.loading along with some other stuff. Im still trying to figure out if Yoku Wakaru Gendai Maho is censored or not before i give it a d.load too
--- Quote from: Zalis116 on December 16, 2009, 04:43:38 AM ---
Just real quick @wolkec: Oh yeah, Welcome to the NHK was totally a comedy. Especially the part where they showed Satou (click to show/hide)as an aging, tooth-decaying 50-year-old still playing MMORPGs, or the part where Satou half-starved to death when his money got cut off. Or where the sweet but flawed girl tried to kill herself. Oh yes, there was gut-busting laughter all the way through that show. I don't know about GTO; from what I've seen of that show, it's almost nothing like Ouran at all.
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never seen NHK. It came out when i was outa the anime scene and i havent really heard of it untill now. Looing at the ADB entry it sounds like a weird mix of comedy and serious/messed up stuff, which i generally find strange when stuffs that schitzo. Not sure if thats a right guess or not, id idn't click the spoielr
--- Quote ---Ouran HSHC is a shoujo, but it's one that's easily accessible and palatable to guys. The "other Haruhi" female lead helps a lot with this, as she's an interesting, intelligent, and sarcastic character. Not like your typical naive Everywoman shoujo leads, e.g. Miaka from Fushigi Yuugi. Don't worry about the twincest thing, it's just an act the guys put on for the girls at the club. That brings up one of Ouran's key points -- the host club's customers = subtle jabs and parodies of RL screaming fangirls who go nuts over male twincest, shounen-ai overtones, reverse harems, and all the other staples of shoujo anime. IIRC that raep scene you described was probably played up by the AMV maker to be more dramatic than it really is.
Those Japanese lines were just the first two lines of the OP, you'll see them when you see them.
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the easily accessible to guys thing sounds good to me. like i said i am NOT a shoujo fan. Hell i cant stand clamp shows, or stuff even drawn by them. I totally skipped Code gaess cuz i couldn't stand the clamp art style. Very glad to hear the lead isn't a typical ditzy worthless chick. Miaka from FY irritated the crap outa me, i saw about a dozen or so epps of that before i said F this
A reverse harem sounds intersting to me, nice change of pace. Personally i generally dislike Harem animes, they seem so pathetic. It should be interesting to it flip the switch for once. The twincest thing actually sounds amusing in that regard; ripping on yaoi fangirls, lol. It sounds like the show has some clever little gags in it.
--- Quote ---There is some drama in Ouran, but I found it to be very well-done. Even the English VA commentaries talked about how well the show could turn on a dime from comedy to drama. While a few episodes do get serious, they never go to SaiKano/AIR levels of angst or emo-ness. So basically, Ouran HSHC is consistently funny, sometimes romantic, occasionally dramatic, and always looks great. The art is very shoujo-styled, but it's still up to the BONES standards you might expect from RahXephon, Eureka 7, Scrapped Princess, Kurau Phantom Memory, etc.
Overall, it's in my top 15 or so anime, and I definitely recommend it. And should anyone want to pick it up on DVD, Funimation released it in cheap 13-ep sets. Both language tracks are excellent -- while the English dub, like nearly any dub, has its detractors, I thought it was great. The director, Caitlin Glass, also plays Haruhi and was a fan of the show beforehand (somehow or another ;) ;) ). It shows in that the dub is very faithful and gets the name pronunciations almost totally correct.
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glad to hear were not Saikano lvl of angst.. id oubted it was that bad. I couldn't finish that show. "So basically, Ouran HSHC is consistently funny, sometimes romantic, occasionally dramatic, and always looks great." soundsl ike its up my alley, i may bump it up on my to watch list. I was considering doing fruits baskets first but this sounds like a better shoujo starter course =P I was VERY surprised to see it was done by BONES.. the art just looks so... not bones =P Theyre actually one of my favorite animation studios. Interesting info on the dub but i have no intention of actually buying this.. im not gonna have a fruity shoujo DVD set on my shelf for my friends to rip on me, lol.
--- Quote ---Aishiteru ze Baby is very shoujo; it's known for poor animation along with extreme sweetness. But I liked it -- if you want a male lead who's not a loser with the ladies, look no further than Ai Baby. The main love interest Kokoro is smokin' hot, too.
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err... i was joking about Aishiteruze Baby, lol. I had stumbled across it somehow on ADB and it sounded looked disgustingly cute. i randomly looked up an AMV for it and it actually looked kinda serious..some heavy drama and some chick trying to kill herself. Like you said though the art.. yeesh. It looked abhorrently terrible to me, and im pretty sure this is too far into uber shoujo territory for me to check it out. It does sound like a kinda sweet story though
blea too much crap to watch. Maybe i'll just do one of the DVD's i got in the mail recently. Big sale, got midori no hibi for like 12 bucks (had seen an ep or 2 back in the day, looked hilarious) and Grenadier, which i hadn't seen but it was 12 bucks and looked MEH. Or i'll just jump right into this show. I wanted to finish up moribito but the last dvd hasn't shipped for some reason yet despite the fact its past the release date
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