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Rant Time: Shonen Hate

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Shonen anime and manga is the biggest form of the medium, period.  The anime series Bleach for example makes up half the revenue and watches for Cartoon Network’s “Adult Swim” Saturday nights. This almost constantly stream of money comes from one thing, teenage boys. Now, I am a teenage boy myself ( I am 16) and yes I do not mind watching a kick-ass fight scene, but when is enough enough? Everywhere I look there is a picture of some muscle-bound Neanderthal carrying a huge ax, or some scrawny teenager with a massive sword, or the worst of them all, a big-breasted teenage girl wearing little to no clothing.  When is the anime industry going to grow up and realize the anime fans of say 10 years ago is now closing in on their 20’s or 30’s? The 15 year old who watched every episode of Yu-Yu-Hakusho is roughly 25 now. To all the anime companies, please let deep thought provoking anime get made, or we as fans will stop watching.

Well this rant hopefully did not offend anyone. On a side-note I plan on doing this “rant time” blogs a lot more often, if you have a hate of something anime or manga related let me know in either the comments or as a PM on the forums.

 

Later,

Gabriel Lopez

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Why does it end?

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*SPOILERS for Samurai Champloo’s Ending*

The end, words many anime fans hate to see but know they have to. Many-a-time I have shed tears at the end of an anime series and realize that I will never “see” them again. One such series is Samurai Champloo ,which holds a very big place in my heart, the final episode gave me the closure I wanted but hated at the same time. *As Fai, Jin, and Mugen parted ways (after some of the most pulse-pounding series of events in a hisorical anime) a little piece of myself also parted ways and thus my journey with those characters had to come to an end.* After all is said and done however, many fans often clamor for more, be it games, movies, OAVs or manga. I entirely understand the want to be with the characters you love but sometimes ending the series is all for the best.

Look at Bleach  (sorry Bleach fans) that show is going onto its 200 and something episode, but when is enough enough? My friends and I personally feel that Bleach should have ended with the rescuing of Rukia from the Soul Society, simply because I felt I got the most closure from that story arc. Many of Bleach fans stand by the series and will fight tooth and nail to keep it on air, but is that really a good idea? To VIZ Media it is because it makes them millions of dollars but to anime fans perhaps not. Bleach staying on air means that other shows that are less appealing to the usual array of anime fans get sent directly to DVD and do not get any views or promotion.

I want to conclude this little rant with a quick quote “It’s weird…you know the end of something great is coming, but you want to hold on, just for one more second…just so it can hurt a little more.”-Unkown

Thanks,

GL0pez

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