Posts Tagged ‘school days’

Recently over at 2ch, users created a new thread in order to decide on the most unforgivable acts in anime history. Naturally the first reply was to nominate the Nagi-sama non virgin scandal from last year. Luckily people who actually have a brain ignored that answer and started submitting some interesting choices:

~ Gurren Lagann Episode 4

~ Nice Boat School Days Finale

~ Katsukawa Katsushi sues Nippon TV, Tatsunoko Pro and Kuri Ippei for allegedly plagiarizing character designs.

~ Endless Eight (naturally)

~ The 17^th episode of Ronin Warriors is accidently aired two weeks in a row causing the series to be shortened by one episode.

~ Hetalia forced off air by Korean protests (yeah, that was pretty lame)

I think my favorites are the suggestions that the mere existence of certain series is a crime against anime humanity. Some of the unlucky series to get that honor included Idolmaster, Final Fantasy: Spirits Within (wow really? It was a bad movie but an unforgivable act?), Rebirth of Buddah and Minami ke: Okawari. But really, if we’re going to be over dramatic and hyperbolic about this let’s really go for it.

So what do you think are the most unforgivable acts in anime history? For me, Geneon taking their ball and going home in 2007 is one of my big ones. Most of 2009 for Kyoto Animation and Kadokawa still bugs me (Yes, I understand the whole marketing thing but still… pain in the ass!). Then I think I would top off the list with the existence of Debutante Detective Corps, Sailor Moon Super S and the lack of a Sailor Stars or Higurashi: Kai license and a second season for Princess Nine.

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Three new series have been announced for online streams starting with two versions of the sci-fi classic, ‘Astro Boy’ being made available on YouTube. The original 80’s version is now available on via Manga Entertainment while the 2003 remake is now available via Crackle. The series has been a staple of anime for decades (it was the very first title to ever be released by Right Stuf after all) and will be released as a CG movie later this year by Imagi.

Two more recent series were also announced today with ‘Ganbare! Memeko-chan’ and the horror series ‘School Days’. ‘Ganbare! Memeko-chan’ follows a short female office worker and her friends in their daily lives and originally shipped on DVD last year. Each episode of the flash animated series is only a few minutes so it makes for a good time killer when you’re waiting for other things to load.

Finally, Marvelous Entertainment announced this morning that they will be streaming the horror series ‘School Days’ uncensored (which means that you’ll actually get to watch the last episode instead of a ‘Nice Boat’) before the end of the season. The series gained notoriety amongst the masses for its graphic violence which eventually led to the final episode being kept off television due to a similar but unrelated act of violence elsewhere in Japan days before the final episode aired.

The ‘School Days’ stream is part of a new deal signed between Marvelous Entertainment and Crunchyroll. In the announcement it was revealed that more series from Marvelous Entertaiment will also find their way onto the streaming site but none were specifically mentioned.