Monday, May 22

Anime

Not Enough Words

Steven has a too many words post up about corny (anime) romantic comedies, including a point system for scoring them. But he doesn't calculate the scores for any Rumiko Takahashi shows, because he hasn't seen them. Let's see if we can fill in the gap.

Ranma

2 or more people seriously contending for the affections of one (1 point for each serious contender)

Well, the two main characters have not just suitors but actual fiancees falling out of the woodwork. Let's start by counting themselves (ignoring their protests), and then adding, at a minimum, Ryoga and Kuno for Akane, and Shampoo, Ukyo, Kodachi, and Kuno (again) for Ranma. 8
...who trickle in 1
...who aren't human (1 for each) 0
...who have special powers (1 for each) 3 (being very conservative there)
Dorky hero (1) 0 He's an idiot, but he's not a dork.
...who has a unique power (1) 1
Klutzy heroine (1) 0 Akane may be klutzy in comparison to the grandmaster martial artists who litter the show, but in everyday terms, no.
...who has a unique power (1) 0 Access to malletspace is hardly unique.
Love expressed as violence (1) 1 I can only award one point?
Obvious choice (1) 1
Women with exaggerated figures (1) 0 for the TV series, but definitely 1 for the movies. Shampoo is pretty well-built even in the TV series, but not exaggeratedly so.
Jiggle (1) 1
Panty flashes (1) 1
Ecchi (1) 1 Not frequent, but it is there.
Joshikousei (1) 1 They're everywhere!!
Meido-san (1) 0
Accidental exposure (1) 1 And intentional, of course.
Accidental groping (1) 1
Swimsuits at the beach (1) 1
Bathing and yukatas in a bathhouse (1) 0 I could be wrong, but I don't recall any yukatas.
Kimonos at a summer festival or cultural festival (1) 0 I'm sure I'm wrong this time, but I can't recall a specific instance.
Girl's locker room (1) 1 Panty thief! Get him, girls!
Cosplay (1) 0 Unless you count Romeo and Juliette.
Romances among secondary characters (1) 0 Well, there's Mousse and Shampoo, but that doesn't really get anywhere.
Meganekko (1) 1 Ran-ko.
Annoying relatives (1) 1 You betcha.
Meddlers (friends or family) (1) 1 Big time.
No romantic resolution at the end (1) 0 I haven't seen the end, so just guessing here.

So 27 points for Ranma.

Tomorrow: Urusei Yatsura. Which gets complicated. You'd think no-one would be interested in Ataru, but he nearly gets married more than once. Hard to say who's serious (Elle, Kurama... sort of) and who's just trying to annoy Lum (Ran-chan, Oyuki). And then there's all the boys chasing Lum. And then there's poor Shinobu. And at least half the characters aren't human, so bonus points everywhere...

And I can still only award one point for love expressed as violence? "Darling no BAKA!" FZZZT!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 03:25 PM | Comments (7) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
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1 The reason for only one point for "love expressed as violence" is that certain shows (e.g. Urusei Yatsura) would blow the top off the score otherwise. How many times does Lum blast that poor bastard? Probably multiple times per show, based on what I've heard. In the first two episodes of "Girls Bravo" (all I've watched) the hapless hero gets beat up at least four times IIRC. It's the same thing.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at Monday, May 22 2006 04:11 PM (+rSRq)

2 Heh.  Just for giggles, I decided to do Neon Genesis Evangelion on this grading scale over at The Pond...

Posted by: Wonderduck at Monday, May 22 2006 05:14 PM (zBXYv)

3 I'd give it the point for "Women with exaggerated figures" for girl-Ranma.  Best body in the show, and proud of it :-)





Posted by: Michael Parker at Monday, May 22 2006 06:24 PM (fmiNn)

4 I think Negima wins this competition hands-down, although the anime apparently toned it down from the manga. The 30 or so girls include a vampire, a robot who's also a maid, a ninja, a gunslinger, a ghost, a Chinese martial artist, a samurai demon, and more; plenty of swimsuits, panties, nudity (accidental and deliberate), a dorky hero with a unique power (several, actually, including the power to shred girls' clothing with a sneeze), yukata, kimonos, bathhouses, beaches, locker rooms, cosplay, meganekko, groping (usually accidental), meddlers, an obvious choice, a surprising amount of jiggle, a bit of love expressed as violence, and, of course, exaggerated figures, since all of these curvy girls are supposed to be about 14.

-j





Posted by: J Greely at Monday, May 22 2006 09:12 PM (0/vcb)

5 I'll just note that the munu slogan was, for a while, "We're sorry we accidentally destroyed your panties."

The Negima manga is a lot better than the anime.



Posted by: Pixy Misa at Monday, May 22 2006 09:56 PM (FRalS)

6

According to AnimeNFO, Funimation has licensed Negima for Region 1. They've even got a web site for it. It says "Starter set available August 1". I wonder what the heck a "starter set" is?

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at Tuesday, May 23 2006 02:36 AM (+rSRq)

7 Probably a box with one DVD in it.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at Tuesday, May 23 2006 03:12 AM (FRalS)

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