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MarthKoopa



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 6:34 pm Reply with quote
I could totally go for another ecchi wrestling anime.
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wootsman



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:00 pm Reply with quote
MarthKoopa wrote:
I could totally go for another ecchi wrestling anime.

That director doesn't go for ecchi.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:10 pm Reply with quote
Yeeeeea........the world could do without another atrocious abomination like "Wanna be the strongest in the world".

If he makes a series with a more serious take on the sport i'd actually be up for it but what i DON'T want is 15 minutes of moaning and tasteless camera angles.......
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:33 pm Reply with quote
All I want is some barbed-wire-electric-pool-landmine deathmatches.
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maximilianjenus



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:40 pm Reply with quote
something like ika msume but focused on wrestling would be cool, but it would have to be an original creation as I have been searching for a manga like that for a while to no avail.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:45 pm Reply with quote
leatherhead333 wrote:
Yeeeeea........the world could do without another atrocious abomination like "Wanna be the strongest in the world".

If he makes a series with a more serious take on the sport i'd actually be up for it but what i DON'T want is 15 minutes of moaning and tasteless camera angles.......

Agreed. The four episodes I saw actually had me shouting at my laptop, which is never a good sign. The whole "idol to wrestler" shtick was a pretty half-baked anyway.

Anyway, Girls und Panzer was awesome, and Dokuro-chan was pretty entertaining as well, so I hope he'll make this work, though I hope he won't go for the torture porn route and instead go for something more along the lines of GuP.

Seriously, though, shit like Wanna Bitch the Stupidest in the Whore is the reason why anime isn't the most respected medium (even Conan O'Brien took a rather mean potshot at it once, and I doubt most people watching TBS - the American one - would really be watching anime).
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AsherFischell



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:47 pm Reply with quote
leatherhead333 wrote:
Yeeeeea........the world could do without another atrocious abomination like "Wanna be the strongest in the world".

If he makes a series with a more serious take on the sport i'd actually be up for it but what i DON'T want is 15 minutes of moaning and tasteless camera angles.......


Agreed. That show was garbage.
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Beatdigga



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 11:00 pm Reply with quote
You know what was awesome? Tiger Mask.

You know what wasn't? Wanna Be Strongest in the World.

You want to do a pro wrestling anime? Good. That's a good idea for a show. But make it more like Tiger Mask than Wanna Be Strongest.
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configspace



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 11:37 pm Reply with quote
wootsman wrote:
MarthKoopa wrote:
I could totally go for another ecchi wrestling anime.

That director doesn't go for ecchi.

He doesn't do heavy ecchi, but he does some. Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan, Kemeko Deluxe had ecchi. Azazel-san also had ecchi humor. I haven't seen Witch Craft Works yet, but I'm assuming that has some light stuff in it too.

MadMan400096 wrote:
leatherhead333 wrote:
Yeeeeea........the world could do without another atrocious abomination like "Wanna be the strongest in the world".

If he makes a series with a more serious take on the sport i'd actually be up for it but what i DON'T want is 15 minutes of moaning and tasteless camera angles.......

Agreed. The four episodes I saw actually had me shouting at my laptop, which is never a good sign. The whole "idol to wrestler" shtick was a pretty half-baked anyway.

Anyway, Girls und Panzer was awesome, and Dokuro-chan was pretty entertaining as well, so I hope he'll make this work, though I hope he won't go for the torture porn route and instead go for something more along the lines of GuP.

Seriously, though, shit like Wanna Bitch the Stupidest in the Whore is the reason why anime isn't the most respected medium (even Conan O'Brien took a rather mean potshot at it once, and I doubt most people watching TBS - the American one - would really be watching anime).


You what the world needs less of? People complaining about the existence of stuff they don't like. Anime shouldn't be just one homogenous media all filled with SRSBZN titles, just to gain "respect". Wanna Be Strongest is a great title for anyone who appreciates ecchi and pro wrestling. Because ironically, it does actually showcase real women's pro-wrestling, you know, the real life version that is made for fanservice entertainment with skimpy outfits, lots of grunts and screaming.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 11:46 pm Reply with quote
configspace wrote:
Anime shouldn't be just one homogenous media all filled with SRSBZN titles
It might as well be a homogenous, the thing is that there's barely any serious anime. I think it's funny how many of these people that constantly go around telling people that they watch these shameless shows always blow a fuse whenever someone says a single negative thing about them.
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configspace



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 12:13 am Reply with quote
wootsman wrote:
configspace wrote:
Anime shouldn't be just one homogenous media all filled with SRSBZN titles
It might as well be a homogenous, the thing is that there's barely any serious anime.

You must not be aware of the 40-50 new shows every season, amounting to 160-200 new shows a year. Do you watch all of them? I do, nearly most.
You must not be aware of the shoujo/otome/fujoshi titles.
You must not be aware of the drama/romance titles, both romcom and serious drama.
You must not be aware of the slice-of-life and comedy titles.
You must not be aware of the mecha titles.
You must not be aware of the sports titles, and so on.
Given the plethora of all sorts of shows, other than just ecchi titles, please tell me how anime might as well be homogenous?

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I think it's funny how many of these people that constantly go around telling people that they watch these shameless shows always blow a fuse whenever someone says a single negative thing about them.

I never shit on anyone just for disliking something. What's there to argue about? I'm not here to convince you to like it. But I am calling people out for complaining about the existence of the anything they don't like, as if their values should be other people's values.

Anyways, coming back to the topic about pro-wrestling, I don't think you can avoid the fanservice aspect when the real-life version is made for fanservice to begin with. We're talking about pro-wrestling, the entertainment medium here, not sport wrestling.

Ironically, what would make it a more serious show, other than just pro-wrestling portrayed in anime, is the secretive behind-the-scenes production that he wants to skip:
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set aside the issue of whether the rivalries will be scripted or real.


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walw6pK4Alo



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 12:22 am Reply with quote
Many of those mecha titles desperately want to be seen as serious business, but they're usually overreaching, aren't they? But there's always other and better examples, like JJBA.
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wootsman



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 12:54 am Reply with quote
configspace wrote:
wootsman wrote:
configspace wrote:
Anime shouldn't be just one homogenous media all filled with SRSBZN titles
It might as well be a homogenous, the thing is that there's barely any serious anime.

You must not be aware of the 40-50 new shows every season, amounting to 160-200 new shows a year. Do you watch all of them? I do, nearly most.
You must not be aware of the shoujo/otome/fujoshi titles.
You must not be aware of the drama/romance titles, both romcom and serious drama.
You must not be aware of the slice-of-life and comedy titles.
You must not be aware of the mecha titles.
You must not be aware of the sports titles, and so on.
Given the plethora of all sorts of shows, other than just ecchi titles, please tell me how anime might as well be homogenous?

I said shameless not ecchi, and those are all genres that were made for or have become otaku pandering.

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Anyways, coming back to the topic about pro-wrestling, I don't think you can avoid the fanservice aspect when the real-life version is made for fanservice to begin with. We're talking about pro-wrestling, the entertainment medium here, not sport wrestling.


Hah watch stuff other than wwe.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 6:22 am Reply with quote
Should do MMA instead! Smile


configspace wrote:

But I am calling people out for complaining about the existence of the anything they don't like, as if their values should be other people's values.


Oh I'm sure there's enough reality TV shows around. Laughing
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KLAC
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 6:35 am Reply with quote
thinking of making a wrestling anime hmm give since whole sekai de ichiban tsuyoku naritai series.

yea more wrestling anime could be option sure depend on which to make on give sure most want another all female wrestling anime.

or yet i wonder if WWE next plans gonig we going finally make anime version of WWE in the future?
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