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[Acanthus117]

The part where Riza empties all her bullets boolits into Lust was sad. Poor poor sniper lady with her peestools.

[Itnetlolor]

The part where Riza empties all her bullets boolits into Lust was sad. Poor poor sniper lady with her peestools.

She was armed well enough for a hallway shootout.

But yeah,

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Lust died in a somewhat dignified manner, burned by Mustang. However, when she first reanimated as he was holding her heart; that caught me by surprise. :shudder: My first "What the hell?!?"/HSQ moment of the new series.

[Micro102]

Wow the last dozens of pages have been about FMA.....Aren't any new good anime being released anymore?

[Hawkfrost]

Wow the last dozens of pages have been about FMA.....Aren't any new good anime being released anymore?

Yes and no.



Know what is the #1 most irritating thing about anime?
Almost all of them have some random panty shots or something along those lines.
Not all anime watchers are sexually charged sixteen-year-olds, and things like that can be pretty embarrassing if you are watching with someone else.

[Itnetlolor]

Not all anime watchers are sexually charged sixteen-year-olds

Sure, but there are adults who still think like that called Otaku. They usually make up most of the fanbase, and without them, anime has no life force.

[Duke 2.0]

 And yet ironically it poisons the genre when you have to pander to people who have no problem having their fetishes involved in the entire genre. I can understand having some of the media involving that as there is an audience for that, but the entire genre has taken it up as an expectation. Gotta have fanservice.

 I'm only slightly more irritated at some lazy animation and confusing female roles. Although the confusing female roles could be summed up with the fetish expectation thing.

[Leafsnail]

That was certainly my favourite scene for quite some time in the manga.

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It also shows that, no, homunculi aren't invincible.

[MrWiggles]

Wow the last dozens of pages have been about FMA.....Aren't any new good anime being released anymore?

FMA is consider good. Subject taste, are subjective.

Whatever your bar is for good is always a minority. Average dominates the market of any media, with subaverage being a strong minority then the above average. When your bar for good becomes the most common, it becomes the new average and is no longer above average.

I like Mobile Suit Gundum (very first one.)
Dragonball & Z -GT
Yuyu hackusho
Fruit Baskets
Slayers
Sailor Moon

And yet ironically it poisons the genre when you have to pander to people who have no problem having their fetishes involved in the entire genre. I can understand having some of the media involving that as there is an audience for that, but the entire genre has taken it up as an expectation. Gotta have fanservice.

 I'm only slightly more irritated at some lazy animation and confusing female roles. Although the confusing female roles could be summed up with the fetish expectation thing.

Anime is not a genre. Its a media. Watch anime aimed at your age level, or an older or younger one instead of the ones aimed at young adults. Card Capture Sukura doesn't have any panty shots or pointless bathing.

Hi!

How is it like that at all?  What's controversial about the fact that anime as a whole sucks, with relatively few exceptions?

Well, for one thing, how do you define anime as a whole? The things that run on tv at your locale? The things you can buy in your local stores? The entire anime production in Japan?

As I already pointed out, there is no single "anime style" or "anime in general". There are many different genres and many different styles. Of course, if you want to debate on the same level as "What's controversial about the fact that novels as a whole suck, with relatively few exceptions?", I guess you are at least coherent but in my opinion oversimplifying the world.


Deathworks

-EDITED: Misquote corrected.

[OmnipotentGrue]

So what about you guys?

Nope.

[Vester]

So what about you guys?

Nope.

Just wandered in from Pathos' Japan thread?

[ToonyMan]

And yet ironically it poisons the genre when you have to pander to people who have no problem having their fetishes involved in the entire genre. I can understand having some of the media involving that as there is an audience for that, but the entire genre has taken it up as an expectation. Gotta have fanservice.

 I'm only slightly more irritated at some lazy animation and confusing female roles. Although the confusing female roles could be summed up with the fetish expectation thing.

Yeah I only like to watch the action/adventure genre anyway.

@Female stuff:
Argh, that's probably the most major thing I don't like about Anime.  I didn't like Yoko in Gurren Lagann, but the mechanic gril and Hawkeye I think are pretty well done for FMA:B.

[Leafsnail]

And Lust, of course, who is awesome.

Although...

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Sorry to say it, but there IS a shower scene of Hawkeye.  Does serve a plot purpose though.

Most of the stuff I watch is reasonably fanservice free (or at least doesn't have any more than the average western show).

[ein]

All this fanservice talk reminds me of, I believe, episode 22 of Outlaw Star.
The hotspring planet episode.
So much pure fanservice that the dubbed episode didn't air, but it has plot important stuff.
Namely, lots and lots of magic bullets that just magically appear in the television airing.

[Itnetlolor]

Fanservice aside, you gotta admit, Yoko in Gurren Lagaan was still rather badass in her Big Damn Heroes introduction at the beginning of the series, as well as her return after the time skip.

Giant mecha threatens underground city, Kamina being the manly man he is and Simon wanting him to get away before he gets himself killed, and just before Kamina actually does anything *BANG BANG BANG* and she's swinging down ala death from above. If anything, the weapon she used, and her MacGuyvering of it drew my attention more than her body.

Some moments, the times of awesomeness outshine any fanservice shown. I think Gurren Lagaan was a good test of that.


I don't mind fanservice, but only if it's used appropriately. If it's just plain gratuitous fanservice (like a beach or spa episode or something), then at least provide a sort of filler that catches us up on the important things, or allow us to know what's ahead so story-wise, the episode isn't a total loss. I mean, if fanservice and likewise is the ONLY thing on my mind, I'll go looking for hentai instead where fanservice IS the point.

EDIT:
In the same vein,

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The final episodes of the series are so awesome, you completely forget, or are unaware of Nia's bareness throughout. Goes to show that awesomeness CAN outshine fanservice.

[ToonyMan]

The only thing I can remember is

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Everybody she kisses dies.  Kamina and Kittan are my two favorite characters with Simon in the third slot.