2011-10-30, 16:37 | Link #1141 |
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It's mostly Japanese fanfare on Twitter at the minute, though it's certainly a useful mode of advertisement and building hype.
From what I've seen, Spice and Wolf still continues to appeal to a wide and general audience, if only in Japan (and that's all we need to get a season 3). Season 1 on NICO had 198k viewers and 352k posts/comments. Season 2 had 135k viewers and 410k posts/comments. Those figures are somewhat comparable to Shakugan no Shana (had a two day, two series run on NICO earlier in the month) which has a third season after a three year gap. Consider that S&W's economical overtones and lack of moe and/or action do cause it to be less popular with younger viewers, I think it's rather impressive the interest it still continues to generate. Based on both this and the possibility of further increasing sales of the manga (often times a key reason to green light an anime), I feel there is much to be hopeful about. |
2011-10-30, 16:56 | Link #1142 | |
My wolfu is >> your waifu
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However, you need to go stand in the corner... lack of moe?!?! Holo is the pure distillate of moe!
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2011-10-30, 17:07 | Link #1143 |
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Her name even rhymes with moe! Her cuteness is often surpassed by her awesomeness, I guess that's why I've never seen her as appealing to your standard obsessive moe fanatic (or furry fanatic, for that matter XD)
Following the comments on Twitter was fun, there was a lot of cheering when Lawrence finally confessed. My rudimentary (to say the least) Japanese made it a challenge and comments were coming in fast. |
2011-11-01, 19:12 | Link #1145 |
Team Spice and Wolf UK
Join Date: Feb 2010
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Anything that bumps the chance of a season 3 is a good thing in my opinion, so here's hoping the viewing figures these online broadcasts got will open a few eyes that there's still a potential user/customer base here who'd be eager for more material.
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2011-11-01, 20:00 | Link #1146 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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I'm ambivalent.... no different than alien+human relationships in sci-fi. A key concern is sentience equivalency.
Whether its Zakuro (half-kami), Holo (demi-goddess) ... as far as I'm concerned if you can share food, go for a walk, talk politics, morals, or gossip - its "human".
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2011-11-02, 01:06 | Link #1147 | |
My wolfu is >> your waifu
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And, that's also not really a conversation to have in public. When I hear furry, I only see one thing (accurate or not), the stuff as presented on that show, Taboo. Oh well, no since in rehashing this as we apparently are in agreement.
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2011-11-02, 01:46 | Link #1148 | |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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I usually ask them if they think Spock or T'pol is a "furry" .... if I haven't already called them idiots.
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2011-11-02, 04:16 | Link #1149 |
Pretentious moe scholar
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Back when the first Spice and Wolf aired I had a friend who kept calling me a furry because I was so pumped for the show.
Around the same time he gave me his username on a review site so I could go check out his opinions. Shortly after I was reading a review of a Spice and Wolf episode by one of my favourite anime blogs and spotted a comment "I'd plant my seed inside of her, if you know what I mean" (obvious reference to the "seven seeds to plant inside of me" from the first season ED). My thought? "I think I recognize that user name from somewhere...".
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2011-11-02, 04:55 | Link #1150 | |
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The NICO broadcasts are the perfect springboard for an announcement, as there is a considerable amount of fresh hype and interest there among old and new fans alike. Here's hoping they take the bait. As for the furry thing, I never really considered Holo a prime target for that particular fandom. Perhaps you could put that down to how well she's written and voiced. As a whole, if it's done well, people who normally would not be interested in such things can find it to be quite normal within the context of it's setting. Tali/Liara-mancers in Mass Effect are a good example. |
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2011-11-07, 01:43 | Link #1151 |
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I don't think Holo really goes to the Furry thing but I do enjoy that realm from time to time (when I can bypass the smut of it, there is actually quite a few good 'furry' artists ^^)
but then again..my biggest influence in the genre was Gold Digger comics ^^; Sheila Silvear ...her excessive use of "Ka-powie" won me over ^^; |
2011-11-07, 10:24 | Link #1152 | |
Wiggle Your Big Toe
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I've never been a fan of furrys all that much, but Gold Digger always was an exception for me for whatever reason. Its probably one of my favorite comic series, got a bunch of the issues stored in my house and I still collect and read them to this day.
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2011-11-07, 14:28 | Link #1154 |
Wiggle Your Big Toe
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Some of them can be hard to find. I myself have kind of a scattered collection of ther series. Fortunately for me I found a sellar at a convention one time who had 3 full boxes full of issues. Needless to say I bought them all.
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2011-11-07, 23:42 | Link #1157 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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Hmmm... you're probably off to e-bay or some collector's auction site at this point? I haven't seen any floating about on the shelves at least and its hard to tell on many bookseller websites.
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2011-11-08, 01:28 | Link #1158 |
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I've got a confession to make.
I don't want there to be a season 3... Why? Because then it'll be closer to finishing the story of Horo and Lawrence, which I just know will have a sad or bitter-sweet ending, and I don't think my little heart could take that. I know it's strange, but my love for their relationship goes pretty deep.
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2011-11-08, 01:40 | Link #1159 | ||
An Alternate Reality
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If anyone should stumble across an online retailer I'd greatly appreciate a PM with the link enclosed. Quote:
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adventure, drama, fantasy, furry, imagin, kemonomimi, romance, shounen |
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