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This Zone is dedicated to the lesser known elements of anime hosted by the cast of Victory Script.
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I wrote the following hot take on the YouTube channel Anime America Podcast for their Hot Take Video.
"Clamp are great artists but terrible writers"
My biggest surprise was that it got read on the actual video.
The host Robyn laughed at the hot take which was a better reaction than I expected followed by what I can assume good examples of Clamp's works.
Responding to the Examples
Robyn gave me the examples of Chobits, Card Captor Sakura, Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles and Wish, Robyn admitted herself that Wish was a guilty pleasure rather than a good story.
I found Chobits hard to follow, Card Captor Sakura never seems to do anything other than re-trace old steps every season, there's never a more grandiose reason for Sakura to keep obtaining Clow Cards.
Tsubasa is exactly what Nelvana wanted Card Captor Sakura to be but Li Syaoron is about as effective at leading a story as Goku is dieting, he's really not suited to the job, not helping is what they made Sakura into.
There is a Theme
One of the things I notice about Clamp's works is that they don't seem to flow well the later into the story nor do they seem to end in a good place.
Rayearth should've finished with season 1 but we all had to endure the melodrama of season 2, Angelic Layer had to change their plot and ending in the anime because the manga's plot and ending was so stupid.
Don't get me started on the whole X debacle or the Clampverse links.
I Don't Hate Clamp
To make it clear I don't hate Clamp, I'm just frustrated by how close they can come to a really great story but ultimately throw it all away, but I still love works like Card Captor Sakura, XXXHolic and Rayearth. They are supremely talented and really set a high standard for art that is distinctively theres and no one elses.
I'm having way too much fun with these.
"No more for me, thanks. I've swallowed enough" - Plastic Little Sub
Uhhh, nah too easy
"Porno Sites, Porno Sites" - Chobits Dub
Sumomo listing recent internet history
"Leo Burnett and 4Kids are the Devil" - Pokemon Dub
James from Team Rocket using backwards messages
"Earth to Toddler Bitch!" - Yu Yu Hakusho Dub
Earliest days of glorious Funimation dubbing
"Hold your fire, this man isn't Black" - Dragonball Super Dub
And yet the current Funimation didn't think to proof read this line before going to print
"So you dodged my Gàe Bulg fatal blow" - Fate/Stay Night Dub
The dub actor called it "Gay Bulger"
"My feelings are not a fake" - Bible Black Dub
What do you expect from a hentai?
"How do I look, Darling?" - Darling OVA Sub
What's meant to be a nice moment of bonding between husband and wife you just can't take seriously when her hair is that bad!
"I am Mad Scientist! United States goes and invade" - Steins Gate Sub
Okabe really not doing well with English
"Hanako-sama, you were so delighted by my butt beam until just a week ago" - Asobi Asobase Sub
Maeda upset that Hanako no longer likes his butt beam
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