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Is Fanservice hate nonsense?
sams88:
In reading reviews, listening to Podcasts, and watching Youtube videos there seems to be a big problems in Anime called : Fanservice.
If you are not too much into anime you would think that when you are watching your Anime out of the blue a pair of boobs fly into the screen and distract you from the very intellectual plot at hand. This crime is diluting anime and rendering it dumb.
I think this hate of fanservice is dumb and Bullshit, because just watching the anime PV or reading its premise would give you an idea of what is is about. If after acquiring this information you complain about the fanservice that is part of the Anime itself then you are just being silly.
Secondly most of the animes histories are not that serious to the point of people complaining about "distractions", even Animes with "deep stories" are mostly nonsensical BS trying to screw you mind, the prime example being NEO Evangelion : standard Mecha story, but lets make it creepy, full of religious symbolism and having the dumbest hero in History and pretend it is brilliant.
In fact I think that fan service hate is actually an "Armchair Elitism", coming from a demographic that has probably the most porn in the planet, and TB worth of tentacle videos. The rejection of Fanservice is a way to look more serious, which is nonsensical because the Anime without sexual fanservice still have the same level of plots than fanservice heavy animes, I dare anyone to give me a non-fanservice Anime that has a particularly brilliant plot.
I am not saying that Anime is dumb by default, but that Anime stories are not so high minded to the point of complaining Fanservice content that is part of the Anime concept itself. Furthermore the focus on Boobies and pantyshots misses the problem of non-sexual fanservice of fight such has extending the show content to the point of destructing the plot, but pleasing the fans with eye candy. Naruto is an example of it, with such a long story that makes no longer any sense, but continues because it is cool. It is fine for me, but the hypocrisy is Jarring.
One particular example that makes me smile is people complaining in Ramdomc.net about the angle of shots in Operation Vividred, because apparently the camera focusing on the girls asses in shorts is distracting people from the "serious plot" of Saylor Moon Magic Girls fighting monsters from Evangelion ...
The camera angles is part of the show design itself, because it is clear that the artists of this show like to draw girls asses in short. The whole anime started with a shot of the sun rising through the gap of a girl legs ... yet it is pervy, but as it is said in "Even a Monkey can draw Manga" : "I know a dude who make a living drawing women breast" ... in Operation Vividred it is a dude that draw women backside. In a tangent.
So do you agree me ? Is Fanservice Hate Bullshit or I am wrong ?
AceHigh:
I am lazy so I will ctrl+v my earlier post on this subject:
--- Quote from: AceHigh on February 19, 2013, 07:37:55 AM ---
--- Quote from: buchno on February 19, 2013, 12:03:27 AM ---So essentially you dislike these tropes?
...wait didn't Google indirectly pull the nsfw stuff from TVTropes?
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Something like that. If someone asks me what is a well done fan service, the first thing that pops in my mind is the infamous toothbrush scene from Nisemonogatari. The best part is that scene doesn't even have half naked characters or any exposed underwear. No, they managed to take an everyday activity and turn it into something erotic, yet relating perfectly to the core of the series. That scene burned into my mind and I'll be damned if I ever forget about it.
Now a bad example: HOTD. I was really looking forward to the exploration of survival theme in this series. So every time the camera went into that specific angle to get a panty shot for no fucking reason whatsoever, it pissed me off. Actually ruined the overall experience for me, talk about forcing something in in such a clumsy way.
Basically sex is a theme to explore and I am not against that, but slapping it like some cheap fridge magnet on every possible genre out there really ruins a lot. Even the 15 year old "raging hormones" demographic should be having a bit higher standards in my opinion.
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BTW, from this thread:
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=37563.0
Tiffanys:
Yeah, it's bullshit. Bunch of damn prudes to be honest.
All the dub hate is nonsense too. Never gonna convince some of these people of that though.
dbml:
If fanservice fits the series, then I have no problem with it. Let's say... Strike Witches. Or Mahoromatic. It's fine there, because it's meant to be there. When I get pissed about fanservice though, is when it shows up where it doesn't belong. Code Geass is a prime example of that (with Kallen).
Also, it seems to be that the more fanservice there is, the dumber the plot will be. So I tend to avoid most fanservice series as I like watching series that have a worthwhile story. I don't hate fanservice at all, but I'd rather see it where it belongs.
Yui-senpai:
I do admit that sometimes, fanservice can detract from the storyline and can kind of make me question why it's there...
But overall, it's not that big of a deal. I'd rather it be there than not there anyway.
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