The Japanese treat high school comedy cartoons a little differently than Americans do. It's not just enough to have kids falling in and out of love with each other, they have to have some kind of story. Like having the kendo club battle it out with the taekwondo club. Or play tennis with super ki powerups and techniques. Or make a Shimano Durace commercial into a story about a clumsy artist with a crush on the cutest girl in school. What? You hadn't heard about that last one? I just found out. They're already on the 18th episode of a summer season anime called Over Drive. Um, I'm going to go check it out right now...
Dude - Hilarious. And all this time I thought the outrageous cycling clothes were for, you know, cycling.
ReplyDeleteIt turns out you were merely cosplaying, you fetishist!
Oh, yeah, don't forget the weird anime like "Prince of Tennis" and "Bowling King", too.
Dude: Well, I was referencing Prince of Tennis in my post with the ki powerups. I had forgotten about Bowling King, but there's also American Football with "Eyeshield 21," there's a track and field one with binge-drinking college coed neighbors, and don't forget the Yakuza Mermaid show!
ReplyDeleteDude - right, right. And you can't forget the anime about the female swim team and their school swimsuits that can't ever seem to stay on...
ReplyDeleteOh wait, that's Hentai.
Nevermind.