Comments on: 2009 Moment of Anime 2: End of KugiRie Hate (But Still Full of Hatred) http://hontouni.com/zan/2009/12/22/2009-moment-of-anime-2-end-of-kugirie-hate-but-still-full-of-hatred/ Stripey Insists Sisters Cry Oniichan Now Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Zyl http://hontouni.com/zan/2009/12/22/2009-moment-of-anime-2-end-of-kugirie-hate-but-still-full-of-hatred/comment-page-1/#comment-15642 Zyl Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:59:23 +0000 http://hontouni.com/zan/?p=4805#comment-15642 It's like Kabitzin said, I don't blame KugiRie herself but her voice didn't help; it also didn't help, as Topspin pointed out, that she got pigeonholed into this type of role for quite a while - she was so good at voicing such terrible charas that I ended up associating her voice in that mode with that kind of chara. re: anime writers. I completely second your parallel with Love Hina (though the manga was much worse which is why it didn't make my Bottom Five Anime list). But sometimes they are just giving what the paying Japanese customer (which is their core market afterall) wants I suppose. It’s like Kabitzin said, I don’t blame KugiRie herself but her voice didn’t help; it also didn’t help, as Topspin pointed out, that she got pigeonholed into this type of role for quite a while – she was so good at voicing such terrible charas that I ended up associating her voice in that mode with that kind of chara.

re: anime writers. I completely second your parallel with Love Hina (though the manga was much worse which is why it didn’t make my Bottom Five Anime list). But sometimes they are just giving what the paying Japanese customer (which is their core market afterall) wants I suppose.

]]> By: Vexx http://hontouni.com/zan/2009/12/22/2009-moment-of-anime-2-end-of-kugirie-hate-but-still-full-of-hatred/comment-page-1/#comment-15638 Vexx Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:20:09 +0000 http://hontouni.com/zan/?p=4805#comment-15638 You have to blame the writers rather than the actress.... ZnT's source was actually somewhat layered in texture. The anime writers stripped all that away for a single "joke" premise that was tiresome way back in Love Hina much less a decade later. So Taiga is the first 'loli-tsundere' (and her friends) who were actually given some complexity and texture in their anime adaptation. May we see more of that, eh anime writers? Stop grinding the source material down to nothing. You have to blame the writers rather than the actress…. ZnT’s source was actually somewhat layered in texture. The anime writers stripped all that away for a single “joke” premise that was tiresome way back in Love Hina much less a decade later.

So Taiga is the first ‘loli-tsundere’ (and her friends) who were actually given some complexity and texture in their anime adaptation. May we see more of that, eh anime writers? Stop grinding the source material down to nothing.

]]> By: Kabitzin http://hontouni.com/zan/2009/12/22/2009-moment-of-anime-2-end-of-kugirie-hate-but-still-full-of-hatred/comment-page-1/#comment-15625 Kabitzin Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:21:44 +0000 http://hontouni.com/zan/?p=4805#comment-15625 Personally, I don't like either of them that much, but at least there was character development with Taiga. I don't really blame KugiRie completely for the annoyingness of the character, although her voice doesn't necessarily help matters. Personally, I don’t like either of them that much, but at least there was character development with Taiga. I don’t really blame KugiRie completely for the annoyingness of the character, although her voice doesn’t necessarily help matters.

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