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"pandering to otaku/weeaboos" and other related sayings
I used this statement quite a lot without realizing how many things it has applied to, and how generally....stupid it is.
Even in reference to Lucky Star, which yes, the show does pander to otaku. It does this because that's the target audience, and a show that gives the audience exactly what they want and ask for, is a show the audience will enjoy.
It would be the same if somebody made a non-Micheal Bay Transformers movie that followed the shows but kept the advancement of technology and CGI, because the fans really wanted one. It would be the same thing as that, in some context.
In general after watching a super-massive shitstorm on the Minecraft forums about "moe anime" again, I realized that using the "panders to [insert demographic I don't like here]" leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Even in reference to Lucky Star, which yes, the show does pander to otaku. It does this because that's the target audience, and a show that gives the audience exactly what they want and ask for, is a show the audience will enjoy.
It would be the same if somebody made a non-Micheal Bay Transformers movie that followed the shows but kept the advancement of technology and CGI, because the fans really wanted one. It would be the same thing as that, in some context.
In general after watching a super-massive shitstorm on the Minecraft forums about "moe anime" again, I realized that using the "panders to [insert demographic I don't like here]" leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
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Asslicking a fanbase/demographic with a serious tone = Doomed to failure
Examples: Duke Nukem Forever, all Uwe Boll films
Asslicking a fanbase/demographic as a parody = Great success!
Examples: Lucky Star, Welcome to the NHK
Only not really because there's plenty of shows I actually do want to watch that nobody subbed so I shouldn't make fun of Hyouge Mono for that. :c
I enjoyed lucky star, but that was only because i'd never seen anything like it before. most of my shows are usually heavily shonen works, so something like lucky star all of the sudden was totally new to me.
I havn't seen Kon yet. is it weird that I hear more people talk about lucky star than I do Kon?? well, I guess they are mostly compaints about how its so popular and doesn't deserve it, but it keeps the buzz alive doesn't it?
But at least in the English-speaking anime fandom, I think that Lucky Star tends to be talked about more often, mostly because people usually see it as more... blatantly otaku-ish, or something, so when people feel like complaining about moe anime, they generally pick Lucky Star to talk about in particular, rather than some other show.
And, actually, apparently Lucky Star is probably slightly more popular in English-speaking places than K-ON! is, according to MyAnimeList, at least (92,000ish people have it on their list, vs. the 82,000ish for K-ON!). But that might also just be related to the fact that the Lucky Star anime came out 2 years before K-ON!'s anime.