How Japan’s ‘BBC’ is rewriting its role in the Second World War

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MadImmortalMan

#30
February 10, 2014, 08:37:04 PM
It would be a great idea except for the fact that if it happened in real life the results would be horrible.  :P
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Monoriu

#31
February 10, 2014, 08:37:24 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on February 10, 2014, 08:11:52 PM
Aliens invade during WWII...all the major powers unite against them....women without pants. 

Sounds like they ripped off a Turtledove novel.

It is a highly acclaimed and very enjoyable series.  The dozen or so heroines all have distinctive personalities and backstories.  The best part is actually the heartwarming friendship and camaraderie shown.  The all-star Japanese voice cast helped too.  There are almost no males in the show.  But the fanservice is blatent, almost approaching soft-porn territory, with half-naked girls in baths all the time. 

garbon

#32
February 10, 2014, 08:41:20 PM
Fanservice?
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Tonitrus

#33
February 10, 2014, 08:42:05 PM Last Edit: February 10, 2014, 08:43:36 PM by Tonitrus

Monoriu

#34
February 10, 2014, 08:45:18 PM
Quote from: garbon on February 10, 2014, 08:41:20 PM
Fanservice?

Sorry, it is anime-speak for showing lots of female skin for no plot-related reason, just to please the fans.  And to sell the merchandise, figures and toys.  Anime shows themselves don't make money.  They are just advertisements. 

CountDeMoney

#35
February 10, 2014, 08:46:33 PM
Jap cartoon porn is wicked.  Tentacles.  Heh.

Tonitrus

#36
February 10, 2014, 08:49:09 PM
In reality, I am sure that overall Japanese porn is no more weird than U.S. porn.  You can find extremes in both.

garbon

#37
February 10, 2014, 08:49:29 PM
Are "attractive" cartoons that exciting? :unsure:
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Monoriu

#38
February 10, 2014, 08:53:44 PM
Quote from: garbon on February 10, 2014, 08:49:29 PM
Are "attractive" cartoons that exciting? :unsure:

Let's just say that an anime setting allows many fantasy scenarios that otherwise will be too difficult and expensive to film. 

Valmy

#39
February 10, 2014, 09:08:01 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on February 10, 2014, 07:45:56 PM
But the focus is on the strike witches like these two.  They are each modelled on real life WWII fighter aces.  The whackiest part is that, in this world, all females walk around with no pants on, strike witches or not.   

Why does her shirt say US Army then?  The chairforce will be outraged their porny pantless fighter ace is in the army.
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MadImmortalMan

#40
February 10, 2014, 09:15:58 PM
No chairforce in the 1930s.
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Razgovory

#41
February 10, 2014, 09:23:35 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on February 10, 2014, 08:30:53 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 10, 2014, 07:55:20 PM
Maybe they all just forgot to put them on.

The strike witches fight with leggings that enable them to fly.  The instory explanation for not wearing pants is to allow them to put on the flying leggings with as short notice as possible.  That doesn't really explain why non-strike witches go to school showing their underwear though  :lol:

Okay, I had to look and see if this was a real thing.  Ugh.  Why do a bunch of them have cat ears?  Does that also let them fly?
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Razgovory

#42
February 10, 2014, 09:25:23 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on February 10, 2014, 08:49:09 PM
In reality, I am sure that overall Japanese porn is no more weird than U.S. porn.  You can find extremes in both.

Not a lot of animated porn in the US.  I imagine it exists, but much easier to pay some junkie then to animate it.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Monoriu

#43
February 10, 2014, 09:43:02 PM Last Edit: February 10, 2014, 09:48:26 PM by Monoriu
Quote from: Razgovory on February 10, 2014, 09:23:35 PM


Okay, I had to look and see if this was a real thing.  Ugh.  Why do a bunch of them have cat ears?  Does that also let them fly?

They are witches, and they need magical power to fly and fight.  When they use magical power, they grow animal tails and ears.  When they stop using such powers, the animal features disappear.  Don't ask me why.  That's just the way it is in the story  ;)

garbon

#44
February 10, 2014, 09:45:37 PM
Quote from: Crazy_Ivan80 on February 09, 2014, 01:35:39 PM
and befor you know it the thought "Two nukes was not nearly enough" pops into mind...

Well certainly now after this most recent thread turn...
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.
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