Okay, before I begin (so people won’t start spamming me with comments saying “Well I know of the anime ____ that doesn’t have that cliché!”), not all animes have clichés, that’s why they’re clichés *gasp*. Rather, these are things I’ve found that most of the animes I’ve watched contain. Some also apply to various video games, but not all. I hope you enjoy.
1. Unless drawn in a shojo style (and sometimes then you’re not even safe), the woman’s boobs are twice the size of her head, no I lied; three times the size.
2. The less clothes a character wears, the stronger they are.
3. Heroes and heroines suddenly gain the ability to wield weapons two times their own body weight (and still keep a scrawny physique)!
4. If there’s a love triangle, the girl will never end up with the guy she initially likes.
5. If you have a long lost brother or father, chances are they’re the bad guy.
6. Death is of no consequence, they’ll be back in twenty episodes.
7. Band aids fix everything. Period.
8. There’s always someone stronger.
9. Angst characters always get fangirls, no matter how annoying they may be.
10. If the character is from a rich family, the character’s parents are immediately assholes.
11. Just when the time is right, the love interest will get amnesia (through an unforeseen accident) and forget about you. Tough luck.
12. The heroine always goes for the most popular guy in school, and gets him.
13. Just by cutting your hair, you girls too can look just like a boy and no one will ever know!
14. In a fantasy environment, the main character will more than likely have no parents.
15. PSSH, who cares if you’re as old as my daughter? I trust you to save the world!
16. Glasses=incredibly smart.
17. I’ve only met you once, hell, I don’t even know you’re name, but I think you look like a nice guy to date!
18. Stalking is always acceptable in the name of love.
19. And now for a limited time, you can buy your very bottle of aqua blue hair dye! Just 19.99 plus shipping and handling!
20. A character can have a giant hole in their stomach and still move around like he just got scratched.
21. Cream+Maid outfits=Maids serving cake, what were you thinking?
22. The shorter a character is, the more they feel the need to compensate with a loud voice.
23. The older sibling will almost always over shadow the younger, thus putting the younger sibling in an emo like state of being.
24. Men are and will always be perverts. ‘Nuff said.
25. Women will never get pregnant, no matter how many times they’ve done it.
26. Manwhores=A-Okay! Sluts=Eww….
27. …?! Is now a form of dialogue!
28. Everyone and their mother have a sixth sense.
29. The hero will always choose to save one person rather than save the whole world, which in the end could possibly kill them both anyways.
30. If the ending sucks, no problem! We’ll just make a movie that makes you even more confused!
I’m sure there’s more but I can’t think of any right now. Feel free to add to the list, I’m sure I’ll get a kick out of it!
haseo
Okay, before I begin (so people won’t start spamming me with comments saying “Well I know of the anime ____that doesn’t have that cliché!”), not all animes have clichés, that’s why they’re clichés *gasp*. Rather, these are things I’ve found that most of the animes I’ve watched contain. Some also apply to various video games, but not all. I hope you enjoy.
1. Unless drawn in a shojo style (and sometimes then you’re not even safe), the woman’s boobs are twice the size of her head, no I lied; three times the size.
2. The less clothes a character wears, the stronger they are.
3. Heroes and heroines suddenly gain the ability to wield weapons two times their own body weight (and still keep a scrawny physique)!
4. If there’s a love triangle, the girl will never end up with the guy she initially likes.
5. If you have a long lost brother or father, chances are they’re the bad guy.
6. Death is of no consequence, they’ll be back in twenty episodes.
7. Band aids fix everything. Period.
8. There’s always someone stronger.
9. Angst characters always get fangirls, no matter how annoying they may be.
10. If the character is from a rich family, the character’s parents are immediately assholes.
11. Just when the time is right, the love interest will get amnesia (through an unforeseen accident) and forget about you. Tough luck.
12. The heroine always goes for the most popular guy in school, and gets him.
13. Just by cutting your hair, you girls too can look just like a boy and no one will ever know!
14. In a fantasy environment, the main character will more than likely have no parents.
15. PSSH, who cares if you’re as old as my daughter? I trust you to save the world!
16. Glasses=incredibly smart.
17. I’ve only met you once, hell, I don’t even know you’re name, but I think you look like a nice guy to date!
18. Stalking is always acceptable in the name of love.
19. And now for a limited time, you can buy your very bottle of aqua blue hair dye! Just 19.99 plus shipping and handling!
20. A character can have a giant hole in their stomach and still move around like he just got scratched.
21. Cream+Maid outfits=Maids serving cake, what were you thinking?
22. The shorter a character is, the more they feel the need to compensate with a loud voice.
23. The older sibling will almost always over shadow the younger, thus putting the younger sibling in an emo like state of being.
24. Men are and will always be perverts. ‘Nuff said.
25. Women will never get pregnant, no matter how many times they’ve done it.
26. Manwhores=A-Okay! Sluts=Eww….
27. …?! Is now a form of dialogue!
28. Everyone and their mother have a sixth sense.
29. The hero will always choose to save one person rather than save the whole world, which in the end could possibly kill them both anyways.
30. If the ending sucks, no problem! We’ll just make a movie that makes you even more confused!
I’m sure there’s more but I can’t think of any right now. Feel free to add to the list, I’m sure I’ll get a kick out of it!
haseo
hi guys!!
well, as i'm sure most of you have figured out, the ouran high school host club dub is out (well, it's been out for a while, but i've just now started to watch it) and it's AMAZING! since i have a whole essay about it, i won't go into details, but i highly suggest that you guys go see it!!
school has been...mweh. my grades keep slipping, it makes me sad. but we started learning katakana in japanese class, so now i know how to spell my name in japanese! it's actually pronounced differently than i thought it would be. like, my name is "catherine" and it's sounds like "kya-sa-rin" in japanese. cute, but definitely unexpected. o, and of course i got into some argument with that one girl again (the one who claimed tuxedo mask never threw roses), she was trying to tell everyone that "enma" was the god of death. i told her no, "shinigami" are gods of death, "enma" rules over spirit world. and she goes, "well he's the ruler of the underworld, god of death, same thing," and then i had to go and explain the difference of spirit world and the underworld, and she still didn't believe me, until some random asian kid came up and said that i was telling the truth, and then she believed him. *pout* that kid wasn't even japanese!! he's KOREAN!! he knows about as much japanese folklore as i do!! grrr!!!!! (@teapot: see, she's one of those ppl i need to send ur latest e-card too ;))
and even though my program is coming, i don't think it'll be here soon, which makes me sad, and the fact that i'm running out of copics makes me even sadder...o tis fate...
yah...
how have y'all been?
twink out!
haseo
Ouran English Dub Impressions
Ouran High School Host Club debuted its English dub on October 28, 2008 of this year, and while scepticism constantly clouded fans in their fear of a horrible dub, I have to say, I’m pleasantly disappointed.
While, I’ll admit, the opening and closing themes should have been left to their original Japanese track, this is all I have been disappointed with (this is not to say that they were completely atrocious, but, the singers were a bit off key). Haruhi was played beautifully. One of the major concerns I had with her was her sounding either too much like a man, or too girly. She was neither. She was delightfully androgynous, with small girl quirks every now and then, while still sounding boyish. My doubts in Caitlin Glass have been completely cast aside, she was amazing.
Many criticisms had been thrown Vic Mignogna’s way for his selection of the all adored Tamaki. And while it is more than likely he was only picked because of screaming fangirls, I think he lives up to Tamaki’s name quite well. I, personally, am impressed with his ability to capture Tamaki’s dramatics (maybe playing Edward paid off after all), and his voice grows on you, and by the third episode it sounds completely natural.
And the rest of the cast sounded just as excellent. Kyoya sounded delightfully evil, yet in a cool sexy way. Mori, in the three lines that he’s spoken in the first three episodes that I’ve watched, has even made me squeal (who’d thought Roy Mustang would’ve sounded splendid for Mori?), and the twins were amazing in unison, but it was nice to show differences in their voices for when they speak individually. Hikaru had more of a brash, lower tone in his voice, while Kaoru spoke in soft manner -- a little more high pitch, I think, truthful to their personalities that which are revealed later. Hunny, was my only nitpick (possibly because I love him so much). His voice was rather annoying, but he definitely had his moments where I wanted to just squeeze the daylights out of him because he sounded so cute. Though it was curious that “Bun-Bun” was named “Usa-chan” in the English dub, you would’ve thought that “Bun-Bun” would have been easy enough to say.
Plus, the pronunciations of names was fairly accurate, they were not battered and beaten, but if any were wrong, it wasn’t completely apparent, and it would be to someone noticing after going over a fine tooth comb. The use of “sempai” “chan” and “kun” were all used, faithful to the Japanese origins. Most of the original dialogue was also preserved; and if it wasn’t, then it was replaced with an equally funny line. For example, I can’t recall exactly when Tamaki says in the anime, but in the manga, in the third episode, where they are giving the doctor examinations, Tamaki refers to the host club as “sexless” and in the English dub, he refers to them as “supporting homosexuals”, in Tamaki’s glee tone of course. I thought it was just as amusing, if not a bit funnier.
And many other voice actors made their cameos (all who, eerily enough, all appeared in Full Metal Alchemist…And Yu Yu Hakusho…), Laura Bailey, Chuck Huber, and if I’m not mistaken, I could have sworn Justin Cook even made an appearance, but I wouldn’t bet my life (I recognized the voices by ear, it’s what happens when all you watch is dub ;)) on it.
So all and all, Ouran English dub has my money; it’s the first thing that I plan on buying once my allowance comes in. If anyone wishes to watch it before buying, YouTube so far has the episodes in English with fairly decent quality. So, please, don’t go in there with negative thoughts, (and don’t be turned off by the theme song, puh-leez!) and enjoy what FUNimation has beautifully redone.
I give it a 9/10
Until the next dub debate
haseo luver92
yea, don't ask about the title, my stomach feels like knives are being shoved in there and being twisted...damn the female internal system...curse you Eve!!
*ahem* anyhoo, i just uploaded a small picture, it's nothing great, just the lineart since i don't have my program, and my copics are drying out on me (TToTT) but i like it. it's my anniversary picture for me and my boyfriend who, today, have been dating for one year. pretty crazy huh? i remember babbling off to you guys the entire thing, and all the drama before hand. and look at me now!! lol
i've been reading manga like crazy lately, like, too much. it's interfering with work, because i'll be on the computer and then just rush over to a site and start reading....o woe is me. (not really lol)
ouran is going really good...nana is really gut wrenching, it's so sad!!! (and now i wonder when i got into jousei and shojo so much?)
but i am getting my program back, i think, i don't know when it's supposed to be here, but eventually it's coming...again, i hope.
and that's about all, i hope u all have a great day!
haseo
