Honorifics rant and more Fall Anime 2020

 HigurashiGao episode 9 is indeed introducing another Teppei timeline. 

The classic Higurashi Dub was perfectly willing to say Sama when referring to OyashiroSama, but the Gou Dub we now know from episode 3 is instead saying Lord Oyashiro.  That is a regressive change antithetical to the direction I want Dubs to go in.  On the other hand I do prefer Demoned-Away to the more cumbersome “spirited away by the Demon”.  But the Sama change is going to have an ultimately bigger impact, this doesn’t bode well, are they also gonna chicken out of saying Nii Nii?

For me this kind of breaks my ability to enjoy this Dub.  I want Honorifics to be just left untranslated in general, but some are more important than others.  And Sama when used as the epithet of a deity is perhaps the most important, because yes we do use the English Lord in that way, but kind of only for Jesus and/or Yahweh, you don’t see a lot of “Lord Zeus” in Greek mythology films.  And there’s also the fact that Sama is gender neutral while Lord is not, when Subs translate Sama being used for a female it’s usually Lady or Mistress.  The Gender Ambiguity of Oyashiro is actually quite important.

And thing is I wasn’t even prepared for this to be an issue after the more than a decade old Dub knew to get this right.  Is the old Dub so irrationally hated that Funimation thinks they have to do everything different just for the sake of being different?  The Yuki Yuna Is A Hero dub also understood this.  Is this a general difference between LA Dubs and Texas Dubs?

I decided to give Our Last Crusade or The Rise of the New World another shot, I finished episode 4 and watched episode 5.  They were good but I wonder if this time they tried to do a whole Light Novel in only 2 episodes.

Episode 3 of that Million Lives Isekai was not what I expected, there were some interesting developments.

Assault Lily Bouquet episode 4.  Yuyu seems very different now that we’re actually getting inside her head.  YuRI as their in universe ship name is hilarious.  There was a genuine Spit Take, I always think of Garfield and Friends when I think of Spit Takes.  This show is shaping up to be quite fun.

Yashahime episode 4 was pretty enjoyable as well.  I am perhaps more confused than Inyuasha fans would be but that’s fine.

I just watched Talentless Nana episode 9.  The problem with comparing this show to Death Note is it has so many unforeseeable variables being thrown at Nana right from the start.  People sometimes complain about how much Misa was an unfair disadvantage thrown at Light but that was still over a Cour into the show, L had already gotten onto Light’s trail solely because of Light’s own mistakes made because of his hubris, she was introduced exactly when the show needed a Wild Card to spice things up.  Nana seems to have had the deck stacked against her from the start.

I was not able to complete By The Grace of The Gods episode 4, it was always the least compelling show I was watching this season, and now it’s officially gotten boring.  So it is now Dropped.

Zelda Age of Calanime

I still haven't played any truly recent Video Games, but I now know the main plot of what happens in Age of Calamity and I like it.

The mainline 3D Zelda games tend to have fairly Sad or Bitter Sweet endings, Link defeats the bad guy and saves the world but not all the tragedy can be erased.  A lot of Zelda fans like this, it doesn't break any of them for me by any means, it makes Zelda comparable to LOTR in a way most Japanese works of High Fantasy aren't.  Skyward Sword is the one that's kinda going overboard with it, Link has to say goodbye to Fi and then Zelda has to say goodbye to Impa TWICE.

A Link to The Past however had an unconditionally happy ending, Link uses his wish to bring back every non evil person who had died.  And that's what I prefer, doubly so for this medium where the ending is supposed to feel like something I earned after putting in all that work.

Age of Calamity is how it is partly because of technically being a Hyrule Warriors game, but the first Hyrule Warriors has this in how Lana at least is sad about what happens to Cia.

Age of Calamity plays out kind of like a Visual Novel based Anime, it's about fighting against Fate to undo a bad ending.  That makes a satisfying Gaming experience in my book.

Visual Novels and their Adaptations

I'm not the only person who's liked a number of Anime adapted from Visual Novels even though I've never played/read a single one of them.

However unlike many others in that situation I am interested in them.  I respect them as an artform, my inability to consume them directly is if anything a result of my own laziness (though my ADD is probably also a factor) and not at all an indictment of the medium.  I've been trying to understand their history more, a YouTube channel named Bowl of Lentils has a couple videos I recently watched on the subject I recommend.  I also made a blog post where I advocated for Visual Novels by comparing them to The Stage.

Thing is being a fan of Anime adapted from Visual Novels can actually lead to conflict with Visual Novel fans, because inevitably they will have criticisms of those Anime that an Anime only viewer is less likely to care about as much if at all.

That problem exists with all Adaptions of course, but it's more pervasive in certain contexts then others.  No one cares that Jurassic Park isn't like the book, I would argue the moral of the story is different in Spielberg's Version and still no one cares, in fact much of what people hate about Jurassic Park sequels happens to be things they are bringing back from the original book.  But Peter Jackson adds stuff to the Hobbit and everyone loses their mind.

Within the Anime community however while the Manga and Light Novel fans complain sometimes the memes about them are more just how they're ahead of us.  It's VN fans who almost seem like they resent the Anime versions even existing.  And frankly it might be because their medium doesn't get the respect it deserves, and in that area I'm on your side.

The big four Visual Novel based Anime are Clannad (and Clannad After Story), Higurashi When They Cry (plus it's second half Kai), Steins;Gate and the UFO Table Adaptations of Fate/Stay Night.  In all four cases the visual novels are important and influential within that medium while also those TV Anime adaptations are considered top tier Anime, probably the best of their genres.

Now I'm not gonna claim all four of those are equal in VN purest complaints.  Heck with Fate/ the complaint is almost more just that Anime fans aren't starting in the right place.  And apparently Steins;Gate is considered the Gold Standard among VN fans as an adaptation, but there's still cut content they miss.

Higurashi is the one that gets the most complaints.  It is almsot universally considered the best Horror Anime, and yet is also criticized as a completely garbage adaption by fans of it's source material, how does that happen?  Well the thing is the VN fans don't even like it being classified as horror, complaining that too much time is taken away from slice of life fun and character bonding moments in exchange for all that shocking horror.

Thing is Ryukishi07 said the initial mission statement of Higurashi was to create fear where VNs like Clannad were focused on sadness, so that artistic intent makes it by definition Horror, at least the Question Arcs.  So you kind of just have to accept that adaption to a more fully dramatized medium with less screen time and different rules is going to cut things.  No Dracula movie is even close to exactly like the book and some details still haven't shown up in any of the 20some films that have been made.

The complaints about the Higurashi Anime are mostly in the execution, even when they arguably do have more they could mention.  I've spent a lot of time now watching Higurahsi VN fans complain about the Anime but still never seen anyone mention that it has a Filler Arc that begins Kai, a scourge that normally only long running Manga Adaptations are supposed to face.  I of course am a defender of filler arcs, just see this Twitter thread or any time the Doom Tree Saga comes up.  And in this case an arc from Satako's POV about her noticing Rika's odd behavior was a fitting parenthesis between the semi Answer arcs and full answer arcs.

I of course am someone who likes more then just what's nearly universally praised, I'm notorious for liking things that don't get good IMDB scores.  And when it comes to Visual Novel based Anime the ones you're supposed to consider good Anime aren't the only ones I enjoy.  Plenty that get labeled bad both as adaptations and as stand alone Anime I will unapologetically say I like, and I've also seen some rarely talked about at all.  

However I do not put all of those in the same category.  Tsukihime, Deen/Stay Night and Umineko are shows that I understand why they aren't considered Masterpieces and would generally not want to be anyone's first impression of Anime unless I had really good reasons for thinking they'd be to that person's interest.

Robotics;Notes is currently the most recent Anime I've completed.  It's generally considered okay rather then Bad but I personally think it is equal to Steins;Gate maybe even better in some areas.  I talked about it more on the SFDebris forum.

It's technically in the same universe as Steins;Gate, called the Science Adventure or SciADV series.  One generally considered bad VN Adaptation that I did indeed fail to get into is another from this series, Chaso;Head.  However I don't think my issues with that Anime have much to do with why VN fans don't like it as an adaptation, rather I think they'd be the same for an Anime equally as well executed as those two shows.

Steins;Gate and Robotics;Notes are pretty clearly based on a specific SciFi premise, one that is common in SciFi but adding their unique Otaku approach to it.  Chaso;Head however doesn't have as clear of a focus, and for that reason I as a viewer couldn't figure out what to latch onto.  There are some other Anime from this series I haven't tried yet, one could prove relevant to another subject I want to talk about (a subject Umineko would also be relevant to).

Then there is YU-NO an Anime I've talked about a few times already, but only me it seems, I don't know what fans of that VN think of the 2019 Anime because none of them make YouTube videos.  It's source material is one of the first VNs with a truly Epic and Ambitious story to it, it was influential yet the West never got the memo on it.

Anime 2020 autumn continues

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Since Talentless Nana seems like it’s not gonna get a Simuldub I decided to binge the first 7 episodes.  It’s pretty good. 

I was not able to finish the 4th episode of Our Last Crusade or The Rise of A New World, this was one of those shows that was only entertaining to me as it set up its premise.

HigurashiGou episode 8 was not what I expected at all.

That MillionLives Isekai had an entertaining second episode.

Episode 3 of Yashahime was fun.  For some reason it has a lot of music that keeps reminding me of Zelda music.

The latest episode of Alicization was jam packed with stuff.  I feel this show is better binged, when I watch it one episode at a time I never feel like I got a complete episode.  I’m also annoyed at two straight episodes with not Suguha after the season premier gave her a big entrance.

The Day I Became a God episode 3 was quite fun, I can begin to see it’s connection to Angel Beats, I’ve still never watched Charlotte.

Warlords of Sigrdrifa episode 3 was pretty good.  In this episode what the Valkyries actually were in Norse Mythology is made relevant, something not usually acknowledged in all this modern Nerd fiction that treats them as Germanic Amazons.

Episode 8 of Talentless Nana was quite tense.  This show gets compared to Death Note a lot, I’d say it’s inferior overall but inherently lacks what some people’s main problem with Death Note was.

I have a feeling I won’t have much to say about By The Grace of The Gods so I’ll post this before it goes up.  There’s a chance I’ll be dropping it soon anyway.

Anime 2020 progresses

I’m unsure whether or not even it’s Dub counts as 2020 but I saw Weathering With You on the morning of the 9th and it was pretty good.

Well Our Last Crusade or The Rise of A New World episode 3 suddenly does something I usually wouldn’t expect a show to do till the last three episodes of a season.  It’s bold but then weirdly resolved as quickly as it happened.  Since it’s a Light Novel adaptation it makes we wonder if they decided to rush to the climax of the first book, something that usually takes 4-6 episodes.

HigurashiGou episode 7 was interesting.  From now on I’m gonna try to avoid saying anything Spoilery about Higurashi in these posts.  With episode 2 of the Gou Dub I’m already getting more used to the new voices.  But there are still some things I won’t be able to have full opinions on for a while.

I’m Standing on 1,000,000 Lives or I’m Standing on a Million Lives had an interesting pilot.

Assault Lily Bouquet episode 3 was Gay, really really Gay.

Well I have finally gotten to finish Railgun T and it was pretty awesome, Raildex has quickly become one of my favorite franchises.  I’m gonna rewatch all the Dreamranker episodes sometime soon.

The second episode of Yashahime should have been the first, it takes place before the framing device of the pilot and is a much better introduction to this world for new fans.

The 11/14 Toonami episode of SAO Alicization jumped around a bit but had some good stuff.  And it seems like the other Dubs I was expecting for Saturday and Sunday inexplicably took this weekend off.

I’m currently following 8 Fall 2020 Simuldubs plus SAO on Toonami.  Been awhile since I had that many at once.  Statistically when I have I wound not watching all of them to completion.  But either way it looks like I’ll have some fun to enjoy for the remainder of the year.

The Anime 2020 Tag will probably still be added to in 2021 as I finish shows that started in 2020 and maybe also comment on some movies I couldn’t get to sooner.  In the meantime I’m working on another idea for my next year long Anime watching project.

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Update: it turns out Warlords of Sigdrifa episode 2 did become available today after all.  If the other two shows drop in the next Day or so I'll add another update.

The second episode was pretty good, make sure you don't skip the post credit scene.  I'm always amused when an Anime has the MC be a Gaijin reacting to Japanese characters.  It gives us an idea of how Japanese Otaku want to be perceived by the rest of the world.

By The Grace of The Gods episode 3 was okay, but I have a feeling this may be the first show I get bored of.

When exactly does the Child Timeline start?

Hyrule Historia made the split timeline official, but there is still one aspect of of it that is unclear and that's how much of the Child portion of OoT still happened?

Most Zelda theorizing videos on YT seem to be operating under the assumption that on the Child Timeline none of the actual events of OoT still happened besides in Link's memories.  But I find that unlikely for a few reasons.

1. The Great Deku Tree still died, since I think it's unlikely he's simply off camera in Twilight Princess.  That should have been prevented if Link was sent back far enough to undo all of the problems Ganondorf caused.

2. Link having Epona in Majora's Mask.  A common assumption seems to be that Link's relationship with Malon had to start over from scratch, that he just shows up at the Ranch as a stranger going "you don't remember me but we had a thing in the future so can I borrow your favorite Horse?".  I really think everything up to Link first being taught Epona's song must've still happened.

3. I've also seen a common sentiment that Ganondorf's imprisonment and attempted execution in the Twilight Princess flashbacks is some Minority Report type situation where he's being punished for what he could have done but didn't actually get to.  But I really don't think that much moral ambiguity is the intent of the scene.

4. And Skull Kid remembers Link teaching him Saria's song in the Lost Woods.

Clearly a lot of Zelda fans like the pathos of Link being in a situation where no one he helped remembers him at all, especially to explain the mood of how Majora's Mask opens.  But the opening of Majora's Mask explicitly tells us this is about him missing Navi, that's the only angst necessary to explain it.

There is a recent fanmade animated project on YouTube that depicts Link as being sent back to exactly when he first pulled the Master Sword.  There is a lot of logic to that mechanically, that's when Time started being messed with so that should be the furthest you can reset it to, and if Link went back any further he'd be stuck inside a locked Room of Time.

The problem with that theory however is the ending scenes of OoT seem to show Link going right to the place he first met Zelda when her and Impa should have fled the Castle by that point.  But I suppose there are ways around that.  

And that initial opening of the Door of Time still happening perhaps best explains why the Triforce pieces still splits up.

Fall 2020 Anime Dubs finally start rolling out

The Day I Became A God had a very entertaining pilot, I’m certainly gonna keep watching it.

By The Grace of The Gods also had a decent pilot, it has my attention for now.

Our Last Crusade of The Rise of A New World episode 2 was also good.  I’m annoyed at this show getting called a “Romeo and Juliet with magic” or something along those lines.  I get that it’s common to make that analogy for any romance between people on opposing sides plot, but sometimes it’s worded as if it’s as similar as West Side Story was and this one is not.  But in the context of Anime we have shows named after Romeo and Juliet that are just as different from The Bard’s version as this is.

If it’s going to be compared to something based on a very basic premise I’d prefer the Bright comparison I made last week.  But I suppose that too can be viewed as arbitrary, I suppose there are technically other Anime I’ve seen that have as much in common with that premise and I really can’t explain why this is the one making my mind go there, it simply is.

HigurashiGou episode 6 was enjoyable.  I guess Takano does Shaft Head Tilts now.

A Dub for Gou with a new Cast has been announced.  I’ll give it a shot but I’m someone who actually is a fan of the old Dub cast.  If this new cast does turn out to be good then they need to Dub all of it with them, because Gou should NOT be anyone's entry point to this franchise. 

Well I watched the Dub of the first episode of HigurashiGou, besides the after credit scene this is pretty much the same as the old pilot so it’s the most direct comparison.  The new Dub cast will definitely take getting used to, but I don’t want to be unfair.  I feel my brain is criticizing things it probably wouldn't if I weren’t comparing it to a prior Dub I’m kind of attached to.  The only thing I feel close to being able to say maybe doesn’t work right are those moments where the camera zooms in on Rena or Mion’s mouth to imply they’re hiding something.

Of the three characters I particularly praise the old Dub’s VAs for only one is in this pilot and that would be RIka Furude.  Yu Apphia is an actress I’m a fan of from other stuff, she’s one of the handful I follow on twitter.  But those are very different kinds of roles mostly, her roles in Wixoss for example are characters who are “normal” by Anime standards, and some are fairly Kuudere.  

I suppose some people feel the opposite of me about Rebecca Forstadt’s Rika.  Part of the problem is since they only did season 1 she only has a select few moments to do her Dark Rika voice but for me it was enough to show she had this dual voice character down.  I also know some people give certain Dub Voice Actresses crap for being technically too old for a character even though Japan does the same thing.  Rebecca is the oldest actress to voice Rika but all of them were adults and Rika is mentally older than her physical age, and Moe voices are not meant to sound like authentic children.  Yu is probably the youngest actress who’s voiced the character but Rebecca’s Moe voice definitely sounds better.  We still haven’t gotten to hear Yu’s Dark Rika yet however.

Assault Lily Bouquet episode 2’s title is a direct reference to the Song of Songs chapter 2 verse 1.  This show is truly going all in on it’s Yuri tropes, it’s basically Strawberry Panic with an action show premise.

I also watched the first episode of Yashahime now that it’s Dub has dropped.  As I said before I want to be the one person watching and publicly commenting on this show with the perspective of having not already seen Inuyasha.  In that context how much of this first episode focused on the old show’s cast rather than the new one was not what I was hoping for, though it also reminded me of This Year’s Girl being the first episode of Buffy I watched which was not a bad experience.  

Still I feel the general best route for a next generation sequel is to focus the pilot on introducing the new characters and then get us up to speed on the in-between history and the original cast later, that’s the approach I feel generally best works for both potential newcomers and the older fans.  That way the start can work as a stand alone pilot while also making the returning fans wonder what happened.  Then when the reveals do come, for the new fans it can be the same as any other worldbuilding or backstory exposition you’d get in Fantasy stories that aren’t sequels.

The Day I Became A God episode 2 was amusing, it seems in Japan people still remember the 1998 film Armageddon.

The pilot of Warlords of Sigridrifa was interesting. It looks like Odin is popular this season.  Also I suspect there was a Doctor Strangelove homage at the beginning.

Well at 11:30 Central on Saturday November 7th 2020  the last sub-season of Sword Art Online Alicization War of Underworld started airing on Toonami. SAO is a uniquely difficult show for me to even comment on, so I may not even bother including in future Anime 2020 posts.

At any rate this episode brings Sinon and Suguha into the action and they are my favorites.  I don’t get why so many Anime refer to Human Pigs as Orcs?  To me Humanoid Pigs as armies serving a dark lord are Moblins from Zelda first and foremost, but that term I assume only Nintendo is allowed to use.

By The Grace of The Gods episode 2 was pretty fun.

Zelda Manga follow up post

I decided one of my projects for Zelda Month 2020 should be a follow up on talking about Zelda Manga.  But also make sure you check out the Zelda post I made in October.

To be slightly more critical than I was last year, The Adventure of Link Mangas suffer from a desire to give the story proper villains.  I guess some people assume the particular villain less nature of AoL can only work for a Video Game.  But this genre has plenty of truly no villain stories like the third Pokemon movie or Frozen II or….  Ya know Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a pretty good comparison, on my most recent rewatch of the 2010 film I found myself more able to enjoy it.  But still it’s issues mostly stem from the movie wanting to give the story a villain, and it seems like adaptations of the second Zelda game fall into a similar trap.

Another thing AoL Mangas do is give the first game’s Zelda a role in the story, that I don’t consider a problem however, I’m all for Video Game adaptations giving the MC a party of sorts to interact with like the Pokemon Anime has always done.  And the weird Dynamic of having two Zelda at once by the end is worth exploring.

I now own a box set of most of the Akira Himekawa manga, I’m not sure I ever will read all of them, but I’ve started with A Link to The Past, I always knew I probably would like it, but it is different than I expected.  The Dark World bosses are all given a backstory as transformed normal people that kind of gives this whole version of ALttP’s story a Magical Girl vibe.  And Ganti is an even better character than I expected, they have me now shipping a Threesome between this Zelda, Link and Ganti.  They also draw Link as such a Bishi Anime Boy in this, I think this Manga may be an overlooked step in how Link became so popular with the Gay community.

They made some similar adaptational choices to the Nintendo Power ALttP Comic, like Link’s Dark World beast form being a Wolf rather than a Rabbit (which would also become Game canon in Twilight Princess) and the Silver Arrow coming from it’s main OC rather than the cursed fairy.  It’s also interesting to look at this particular ALttP Manga remembering it wasn't made till 2005, there is a glimpse of Gerudo Ganondorf.  But it does also draw directly on the classic Instruction Manual and really doesn’t change anything to conform to OoT's retcons.

There is one more comment I want to make about the Nintendo Power ALttP Manga.  In the game when you go to the Dark World counterpart of Sahasralah’s hut you find this shrubby looking thing that provides some interesting exposition.  You don’t need to do this to beat the game, but it’s a detail that sticks in my memory.  It’s something I would not fault an adaptation leaving out as indeed I don’t fault Himekawa for not including it, but I do love how Shoutarou Ishinomori incorporated it.

I think ALttP is by nature the best to make an interesting adaptation of, it has enough story that you don't have to constantly invent things to keep it interesting, but still enough blanks to allow writers to express their creative freedom.  And as long as the art style uses the classic instruction manual as the starting point it’ll always have my favorite kind of Zelda Aesthetic.

I decided the next Himekawa Manga to read should be Four Swords, and I’m having trouble getting into it.  It’s perfectly competent and I can easily see some fans liking it the best of them, and I do love the meta knowledge that they decided what personalities to give the four Links from watching them AI controlled in SSB Melee.  But this story is simply not to my tastes as well as their ALttP is.

I had thought the other ALttP Manga didn’t even have a fan translation I could read, but it turns out if you know where to look the Ataru Cagiva Manga does have one.  

This is the longest version and for that reason ought to be the most fleshed out.  It unlike the others changes the start of Link’s adventure so it’s no longer in response to a telepathic message from Zelda.  I like the little things the early games do to give Zelda agency, even in the 1985 original she has a certain agency that Princess Toadstool didn’t in that the player character's mission is carrinyg out a plan she laid.  And in this game while there is a lot of backstory to parse, both distant and recent past, the Game proper begins because of Link’s (and his Uncle's) reaction to Zelda’s actions.

It looks like this one has also removed Sahasrahla.  And instead of Ganti or Roam we get a Shonen style rival character.  Nonetheless it has its own strengths and is worth reading.

Interestingly there is one thing that makes the Game of A Link To The Past more like what I look to Anime for then any of the Manga versions, and that’s how at the end Link’s wish when he touches The Triforce brings back everyone who died.  These adaptations are afraid to do that, and instead make the endings more bittersweet, something the Games would start doing more and more with Ocarina of Time.

I do want to comment on the Yuu Mishouzaki Manga again.  It’s by far the most unlike the Zelda we’re used to even among other Manga that had only the NES games to work with.  But it’s interesting seeing such a radically different take.  It ought to be interesting to those Tolkien fans who wish Tolkien had more Human-Elf pairing that went the other way gender wise.  I love how the titular Zelda of this Manga knows about her mother’s affair with someone who wasn’t her father and is totally okay with it.

With Sailor Moon I talked once about how the Manga is kind of driven by a fantasy of a girl having it both ways, being a powerful heroine and a princess reduced by a Knight in shining armor at the same time.  Well, this particular Zelda Manga I think was trying the same thing.  Zelda is so powerful and bad@$$ at the beginning, but then talks at the end about how she was dreaming of Link rescuing her.  It’s an interesting duality that so far, I’ve only seen Japanese media pull off in this way.

I then decided to start the Himekawa Oracle of Seasons Manga (it’s placement in the Box Set has me assuming it’s meant to precede Ages).  Even though I’ve never played the Oracle Games I’ve always felt like they are the only post OoT games to recapture the vibe of the pre OoT games.  And that’s why I think I might enjoy their Manga.

They give this Link an origin story I’m pretty sure he doesn’t have in the games.  And as a Shadowmen nerd I can’t get over how much this first chapter reminds me of the beginning of The Three Musketeers with Link as D'artagnan.  Upon finishing it they definitely left a lot of stuff out, I know little about the Game but I do know it’s the 8-bit debut of Malon who wasn’t in this Manga.  It was pretty enjoyable.

If I decide I have more thoughts on Zelda Manga to share within the next month or so I’ll edit this post adding them here.  In the meantime I may have other Zelda topics to discuss for Zelda month.