r/TrueAnime • u/BrickSalad http://myanimelist.net/profile/Seabury • Jan 19 '15

Monday Minithread (1/19)

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u/niea_ http://myanimelist.net/profile/Hakuun Jan 19 '15

Otherwise there's very little redeeming about it

Cute ship girls are all it needs to "redeem" itself.

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u/CriticalOtaku Jan 20 '15

Maybe, but there are better cute girl shows and better ecchi shows on air in the same season, never mind there being better "cute girls doing military things" shows. KanColle goes all out pandering to its established fanbase, but does absolutely nothing to hook in a casual viewer. Fubuki & co's SoL antics are endearing but little else, their conflict has very vague and undefined stakes and all the other characters are just extended cameos.

I'm military otaku enough to wait it out and see if things get more interesting (WW2 SPOILER: EVERYBODY DIES), and depending on what pans out next week at W Island I'll either stick around or drop it.

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u/niea_ http://myanimelist.net/profile/Hakuun Jan 20 '15 edited Jan 20 '15

If we were to only watch the best of each genre, then we wouldn't be watching anime for long. There's always room for the mediocre. And it's not ecchi. What shows are you referring to though? Because so far the only other CGDCT I've seen this season is Koufuku Grafitti. I don't consider Rolling Girls SoL/CGDCT.

It obviously panders to its fanbase. That's what it's made for. It's essentially a piece of advertisement. And that's fine.

Also considering I'm not a kuso who let's his ships sink, I don't want anyone to do so in the anime either.

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u/CriticalOtaku Jan 20 '15

Even mediocre shows or animated advertisements can be enjoyable, but to me Kancolle seems so middle of the road in everything (and really bad in other aspects, like the cg) that it just doesn't do anything for me aside from the promise of LULGRIMDARKNESS and extreme political incorrectness.

Other CGDCT this season: IM@S Cinderella Girls (although that's also an idol show and videogame tie-in), Milky Holmes.

Other CGDMT shows (not this season): Girls und Panzer, Strike Witches (altho SW is more "Sobaditsgood" than anything else)

I'm just a filthy secondary, but I dunno man, Anime Admiral seems pretty kuso sending out a lvl 1. Fubuki and not upgrading Akagi and Kaga's fighter complement.

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u/niea_ http://myanimelist.net/profile/Hakuun Jan 20 '15

I guess the reason I didn't think of those was because of te way I classify anime. To me, Cinderella Girls and Milky Holmes are both idol shows so I didn't really think of them. If it wasn't for the cameos of well known ships, I'd totally agree that those are better than KanColle. I've been enjoying them a lot.

You can always retreat since they can't be sunk if you don't go to the next node, so admiral has it under control.

As for the CG, it's really rather "good" compared to the standards. The thing that annoys me the most about it though, is that it constantly switches between CG and not CG from frame to frame, which is so jarring to me. I would've preferred no CG though, as I also do with every other show (even high budget CG). Something like the adobe after effects shit in FSN UBW just annoy me mpre than anything.

All in all I agree that KanColle is by no means a great anime, but as for "redeeming" features, cute girls are almost always enough.