[ SECRET POST #2642 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #2642 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Homestuck]


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03. http://i.imgur.com/BVCZgbY.gif
[moving gif]


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[Michelle Lee]


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[Ping Pong the Animation]


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[Lord of the Rings]


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14. [SPOILERS for Pandora Hearts]



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15. [WARNING for sexual/emotional abuse]
















Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #377.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

05. http://i.imgur.com/pTlF8zc.png
[Ping Pong the Animation]

[morieris]

Personally, I cannot WAIT for this show. I don't even know why.

[(Anonymous)]

Why are people talking about Free so much lately? It's weird.

Re secret: I thought the character design was interesting at first glance but the whiny comparison kind of killed fledgling interest for me, to be honest.

[(Anonymous)]

Cause Free is popular. And shit.

[(Anonymous)]

In this case they're both anime that feature sports and guys but that's about where the similarities end.

[(Anonymous)]

Probably because it's what is popular atm and an example of the blatant pandering in the anime industry? Though admittedly pandering to fujoshi isn't quite as prevalent as pandering to male otaku so maybe the OP should have used a different series for comparision.

[(Anonymous)]

Such is the current state of the anime industry. It sucks but otaku and to a lesser extent fujoshi are the only ones foolish enough to pay those ridiculous prices for their anime. So of course the industry will pander to them.

It would be nice if the more original stuff that came out didn't bomb so hard. /forever bitter about Kyousougiga bombing.

[galerian-ash.livejournal.com]

I get what you mean, but in this particular case I disagree. Ping Pong has been around for a long time and is fairly popular. Hell, I even have a few BL doujinshi for it!

[(Anonymous)]

...what's wrong with fan pandering? giving fans what they want seems like a pretty good strategy to me

[(Anonymous)]

Any anime that steps slightly out of the mold flops hard. It's like a rule or something.
That said, I'm not super excited about Ping Pong. Yuasa as a director isn't an immediate selling point for me (as it seems to be for a lot of people), and the works I've read by Matsumoto Taiyo were just not my thing. And comparing it to a specific popular anime just makes you sound whiny.

[sporkly]

I'm just excited that it's going be a show that I can watch and stuff.

[blueonblue]

The noitamina shows I really like (Shiki, Samurai Flamenco) don't seem to do very well - it will be interesting to see how this one goes.

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe it's pandering of a different kind?

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, if it's not moeshit and doesn't have excessive fanservice or shippable teenage boys, it won't do well.

Miyazaki was right.

[(Anonymous)]

Ping Pong will be a difficult sell because it's technically already had one big break in the past. Recapturing hype is always a struggle. But I love the characters and story so I've got my fingers crossed and hoping it will do well!

On another note, you seem to be forgetting that lots of fan-pandering shows bomb too.

Pandering and Sales: a guide

[(Anonymous)]

http://www.someanithing.com/?p=1

[(Anonymous)]

I'm all about unconventional animatiom style, but this looks ugly to me. Sorry OP.

[laila]

I'm gonna have to second anon up there. I went o check the trailer and the animation just doesn't appeal to me. It's just looks really plain.

Also, unlike popular belief, anime aimed that pander to a female audience are rare.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh please. If people can ship characters that look like the ones Oda draws in One Piece, they can ship anything, "pandering" or not.

Lots of "fan-pandering" shows bomb. Maybe Free! didn't bomb because of the hot bishounen bodies, but it had something more to offer. It certainly turned out to be better than I'd expected.

FWIW, I plan on watching Ping Pong, too. There seems to be several interesting anime coming up.

[caffeine_buzz]

On the one hand I agree with you that it sucks how often really good non-pandering shows sell terribly while some really awful generic stuff makes big money. On the other hand, not gonna lie, I don't plan on watching this show because I really don't like the visuals at all and I don't mean that in a 'boo, no pretty boys' way, I just don't care for the style (I'll freely admit that I do like me some pretty anime boys I've still watched plenty of shows without any -- for example, sports anime wise one of my absolute favorites is Giant Killing, which is not exactly a bishounen fest).

[(Anonymous)]

I know jack-all about this show but I wouldn't watch it because that animation looks ugly as fuck.

[(Anonymous)]

Is this based on the movie with Kubozuka Yosuke?

[(Anonymous)]

I prefer this art style to that of Free!.

[iggy]

Yeah okay I could not care less about Free, but Ping Pong looks ugly to me. You can have an unconventional, unique animation style without it being grossly unappealing (and there are many examples of this in anime!), but this definitely is in my opinion.

[(Anonymous)]

I cannot be the only one to look at this secret without thinking about it very much and wonder where the hell the secret was.

In any case, looks interesting to me.