Comments on: Final Thoughts: Maria-sama ga Miteru OVA http://azureflame.dasaku.net/2007/10/11/final-thoughts-maria-sama-ga-miteru-ova/ Fat cats make anime better Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:13:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Karura http://azureflame.dasaku.net/2007/10/11/final-thoughts-maria-sama-ga-miteru-ova/comment-page-1/#comment-2965 Karura Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:00:28 +0000 http://azureflame.ikimashou.net/2007/10/11/final-thoughts-maria-sama-ga-miteru-ova/#comment-2965 Okay, so we had the bean bag thing and quoit throwing (is there any other use for those than primary school sports) at primary school, but there was also more standard stuff too- and even with their exotic events, other anime sports day seem more recognisable (even Azumanga and School Rumble didn't leave me thinking 'wtf'). Of course, I can't say anything for sure without researching Japanese high school sports days but the MariMite one just seemed too bizarre for reality. Okay, so we had the bean bag thing and quoit throwing (is there any other use for those than primary school sports) at primary school, but there was also more standard stuff too- and even with their exotic events, other anime sports day seem more recognisable (even Azumanga and School Rumble didn’t leave me thinking ‘wtf’). Of course, I can’t say anything for sure without researching Japanese high school sports days but the MariMite one just seemed too bizarre for reality.

]]> By: Haruchin http://azureflame.dasaku.net/2007/10/11/final-thoughts-maria-sama-ga-miteru-ova/comment-page-1/#comment-2963 Haruchin Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:15:04 +0000 http://azureflame.ikimashou.net/2007/10/11/final-thoughts-maria-sama-ga-miteru-ova/#comment-2963 The yuri I can cope with - after all, the second series had already ventured into this territory in a fairly solid way. I mean, Noriko and Shimako? How can that not be romantic? And of course, not to forget the events at the end of the last ep. What did give me pause was the extraordinarily slow pacing. 50 minute episodes is a tricky format for even the best of programming (it's not anime, but I'll reference Doctor Who's shift from 25 minute to 45 minute eps - not an easy transfer), and when you keep the content the same as it might have been for a twenty minute episode, it just drags. There's no other possible outcome. That said, I did still find myself enjoying things when they actually happened. It's just, I could do that and read a couple of chapters of a completely different novel at the same time. About the school sports day - I wonder if we have a bit of a biased perspective on this. After all, British schools will inevitably do things differently than Japanese ones, and that might include sports days. Certainly from secondary school upwards it was all about standard track and field, but I can still remember the peculiar sports events at my primary school. Points for doing a gymnastic *thing* with more given to the more complicated *things*? Do a handstand for the full ten! (Roly poly was only worth one.) Throwing bean bags into hoops? Egg and spoon race? Apple bobbing race? Come on, you must have had these too. At least, I hope it wasn't just me... *Ahem* Anyway, if other anime are anything to go by, Lillian JoGakuen isn't alone in its choice of bizarre sporting events. Azumanga Daioh for example has the bean bag throwing and ball rolling events, and the cheer leading, and the borrowing race, and... You get the picture. Let's not give the MariMite OVAs stick for things that actually might be part of Japanese school culture. Let's face it, there were enough other things to give it stick about... The yuri I can cope with – after all, the second series had already ventured into this territory in a fairly solid way. I mean, Noriko and Shimako? How can that not be romantic? And of course, not to forget the events at the end of the last ep. What did give me pause was the extraordinarily slow pacing. 50 minute episodes is a tricky format for even the best of programming (it’s not anime, but I’ll reference Doctor Who’s shift from 25 minute to 45 minute eps – not an easy transfer), and when you keep the content the same as it might have been for a twenty minute episode, it just drags. There’s no other possible outcome. That said, I did still find myself enjoying things when they actually happened. It’s just, I could do that and read a couple of chapters of a completely different novel at the same time.

About the school sports day – I wonder if we have a bit of a biased perspective on this. After all, British schools will inevitably do things differently than Japanese ones, and that might include sports days. Certainly from secondary school upwards it was all about standard track and field, but I can still remember the peculiar sports events at my primary school. Points for doing a gymnastic *thing* with more given to the more complicated *things*? Do a handstand for the full ten! (Roly poly was only worth one.) Throwing bean bags into hoops? Egg and spoon race? Apple bobbing race? Come on, you must have had these too. At least, I hope it wasn’t just me…

*Ahem* Anyway, if other anime are anything to go by, Lillian JoGakuen isn’t alone in its choice of bizarre sporting events. Azumanga Daioh for example has the bean bag throwing and ball rolling events, and the cheer leading, and the borrowing race, and… You get the picture.

Let’s not give the MariMite OVAs stick for things that actually might be part of Japanese school culture. Let’s face it, there were enough other things to give it stick about…

]]> By: Boulayman http://azureflame.dasaku.net/2007/10/11/final-thoughts-maria-sama-ga-miteru-ova/comment-page-1/#comment-2907 Boulayman Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:19:40 +0000 http://azureflame.ikimashou.net/2007/10/11/final-thoughts-maria-sama-ga-miteru-ova/#comment-2907 I agree with pretty much everything you said, the festival at the guys' highschool was especially ridiculous... yet from time to time, you could feel the charm of the original series ( definitely not in that episode). I also didn't like that much the way they drifted towards yuri. I mean I love yuri as much as anyone (and more than most at that) but it just doesn't agree with the mood of that show. I agree with pretty much everything you said, the festival at the guys’ highschool was especially ridiculous… yet from time to time, you could feel the charm of the original series ( definitely not in that episode). I also didn’t like that much the way they drifted towards yuri. I mean I love yuri as much as anyone (and more than most at that) but it just doesn’t agree with the mood of that show.

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