Dare to dream!
Why? Why?! Because the Japanese are nucking futz, that's why.
HT: Miss Cellania
Posted by gerardvanderleun at November 12, 2011 8:55 AM
Japanese culture is strange.
Posted by: Jewel at November 12, 2011 10:21 AMWow. Just... ... ... ...wow.
Posted by: Julie at November 12, 2011 10:27 AMBe afraid, Gerard. Be very afraid.
*chuckle*
I'm thankful that most anime is not so skewed towards the fantasies of boys and young men (or, sometimes, not-so-young men).
Still, it's clips like that one that get me looking for my bottle of mind-bleach-- not so much for the panties, as the sheer bizarre-ness of what must be going on inside the producers' heads (or so I imagine).
Posted by: Hale Adams at November 12, 2011 10:58 AMBrings tears to my eyes, Gerard.
Breathe...
Posted by: Cond0010 at November 12, 2011 12:01 PMwhat, did you miss taliban clustered around the shot-down helicopter? SCREW 'em and the producers.
Posted by: Old salt at November 12, 2011 1:13 PMEvery Japanese cartoon seems to include the following:
1. Young girls.
2. Sexy girls with giant breasts.
3. Sexy girls with penises.
4. Sexy young girls with giant breasts and penises.
I was forced to watch one of these at a friends house at the height of the internet bubble. I think it was called "Princess Go-Go Boots" or something similar. One of the girls had a half cat/half rabbit pet that turned into a spaceship.
Some nights I still wake up screaming.
Posted by: Mumblix Grumph at November 12, 2011 1:34 PMThat's a clip from そらのおとしもの Sora no Otoshimono, official English title Heaven's Lost Property (2009 AIC). It's based upon a manga series written and illustrated by Suu Minazuki. In the story, a good-hearted but lecherous peeping Tom has his life turned upside down when a comely angel-like being falls to Earth and into his service. Hijinks ensue.
Posted by: B Lewis at November 13, 2011 12:38 AMMumblix,
All I can say is that anime, wonderful art-form that it is, is still subject to Theodore Sturgeon's Law: "Ninety percent of science-fiction-- of anything-- is crap."
If you haven't been utterly "turned off" by the thought of watching some anime, and are looking for something that's of Masterpiece Theatre quality, see if you can find a copy of "Haibane Renmei". (Alas, it's out of print-- you'll probably have to borrow a copy, as the current price of it new is stratospheric. I'm hoping that it will be re-issued soon.) It's a film that would not be out of place in a Catholic seminary, and may even be said to Catholic in its sensibilities.
Posted by: Hale Adams at November 13, 2011 8:31 AMI like it when they go South.
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