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Clearly I've been more naughty than nice this year. It's the only thing that makes sense, considering the three anime chosen for me by my "Anime Secret Santa." The project, run by the Reverse Thieves, has a wide cross-section of anime bloggers trading review requests Secret Santa-style, with the goal of the choices being things that the reviewer on the receiving end might like despite having never seen before.
Somebody, however, is not out to make my Christmas a happy one. Whoever you are, my undercover friend, you should know right now that I shall never forgive you for what you have done. I shall hunt you to the ends of the earth, though you may hide behind the guise of Internet anonymity. "Why the hatred?" my readers might ask. "Why this open loathing for one whom you have never met?"
The reason, as the more astute among you may have already guessed, is that my Anime Secret Santa has had the courage (and cruelty) to request not one, not two, but THREE anime series straight out of the bowels of the dread spectre of moé (not exactly my favorite genre, to put it lightly). My friends, I am now tasked with choosing between Air, Kannagi, and True Tears.
So let it be known that I accept your challenge, oh mysterious fellow blogger. My poison of choice is Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens, the Next Big Thing from Haruhi director Yutaka Yamamoto. I am prepared to stare without fear into the gaping maw of the moé menace. Do your worst.
My review of Kannagi will be posted on or around December 24. The pairings for the Secret Santa Project will be revealed on the 25th.
4 comments:
Kannagi doesn't really have many moe aspects. It's a fairly unique comedy/supernatural/slice-of-life series, at least in my opinion. True Tears is even less moe. It's a nice show, just very slow-paced and ambiguous.
Air is really the only one that would fit your "moe spectre" image. But it has a great story behind it, though it doesn't really show it's true beauty until the last couple of episodes.
Anyway, I look forward to your reviews. I wrote reviews of Kannagi and True Tears on my blog too.
Well as far as I've seen/heard, they're all pretty moé, though you're right that they're generally considered to be better than the true monsters that inhabit the depths of the Dread Spectre.
That's what made the choice so hard - all of them are things that I would probably not hate, but probably not like very much either. So instead of going for the worst one in the interest of unintentional entertainment, I decided to try out the one that I'm most likely to actually enjoy. We'll just have to see how that turns out for me.
Moe shows to me are ones that have a lot of girls who are purposely made to do cutesy things that would appeal to male otaku. Kannagi and True Tears have cute girls, but their cuteness isn't shoved down our throats if you know what I mean.
You're just watching Kannagi, right? (when I first read the post, I thought you were gonna watch/review all three). A few scenes might make you wince, but most of it is non-moe and I think it's sincerely funny and witty. I personally liked the Kannagi anime so much that I started reading the manga. I think it's a great show for its genre...but that's just me =)
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