New Sailor Moon, New Sailor Problems

So, watching the new Sailor Moon Crystal. And all I can say is wow.

The new art and animation is nice. A good update on a very dated series that was starting not to hold up well at all. The new animation seems to flow really well into the next scene and I don't have any major complaints at the moment. But, the characters... oh man the characters. Just as annoying as ever.

I will admit I was never a fan of the original. It's always hard to be a fan of a series that was not aimed at you in the American market. I found the Japanese versions though much easier to watch. Crystal seems to know who's gonna watch it and not interested in pulling much in from others. Even the Japanese version (which is the only I can view right now) seems to pander to the audience. While I can only appreciate the version that is presented, I can also add that I am not much interested in the product.

The voicing is over acted. Perhaps this is because those acting know about the old series and are fans. But, I am more inclined to think that it was bad directing that told them to play up the characters. There's a few differences in staging, which is nice, but with the characters playing over inflated versions of themselves, it's lost on me how the characters even came to this present state. It really kinda ticks me off. While the Serena character has never been high on my list, this new version is just intolerable.

And that is just the start of the series problems. Everyone is playing up to a new level. They could've gone a real new direction and made it much more serious. Giving the characters a darker look, a more fierce competitiveness, and (as the industry calls it) "edgy" attitude. But, instead, let's just amp up everything about them that makes you not like the characters. Why not? It's easy enough for those who don't like the old series to hate the new one.

And that is really the downfall of the thing. It hurts to think that they could go that direction. Even with the stellar animation it is painful to watch the new characters in their present state and think anything positive of them. And I do mean anything. I wanted to like it. I really did. Like I said I was a fan of the Japanese original and not the American. Crystal plays out just like the American original and that is just sad. It's like they aren't even trying to give their old audience, who is now grown up, a chance to like the new one.

Not unless you like having all the characters blown up in your face. The transformation was awesome. Followed by... well... radar balls... God I wish I was making that up. But the literal blinking of the ruby's in her hair like a fucking radar... Yea.

Yea.

Let's move on.

The fight wasn't even good. The baddie looked like a tack on. Maybe if the show had been an hour long, maybe it would've been better, but this was just all around fail. All around. Thanks Tuxedo Mask for cleaning up the mess...

Now if you could, could the series be about you. Maybe then it could be good.

END

(oh, at least my favourite made an appearance at the end. run girl, run from this for your life.)

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Have you ever wanted to see us make fun of film live? Live Riff coming soon. BUT WAIT! How about if we included you? SURE! We are currently going through the motions in getting together a software set-up for a Live Riff where you can tweet in your own stuff while we are going too. And, if it's really good, we'll even say it and credit you! Stay tuned for more info.

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Hey folks! Steve here!

So, some of you may have noticed that on the blogger page, your follows aren't applying right now. Well, that's simple. We are right now getting ready to start to close the blogger page and move to our own new site. The new site will feature all our content on it for ease of use and access to you our fans. Through this new site, we will have our news, videos, and a new forum. We will also be introducing a shop the closer we get to Christmas. Why? Well, we have other news there too.

We are happy to welcome a new person to our team! Please welcome Max to WTFAnime. He's our newest member and will be posting his own content soon. He will also be our new title card maker. So awesome all around coming our way. He will be producing his own merch in the shop for purchase, so look for that. We will, as soon as available be posting a link to his Deviant Art page, where he has merch there for sale right now! So, stay tuned so you can check that out and purchase some goodies off him.

Finally, WTFAnime will be gearing up for it's 5 year anniversary soon. We are hoping to get in contact soon with all the contributors past and present to make this extra special for you. So, look forward to that. Thank you for being so loyal to us and we hope for more in the future from ourselves. Good luck and see you real soon again!

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Twitch.TV Account Reactivated

After much talking to Twitch, we have had our account reactivated. It turns out that it wasn't what we were playing, but what it was. Apparently, no one on Twitch's staff knew what a Visual Novel is. That is the thing about our company doing so much with anime. It is so important that we get out what we do and how many different mediums that Anime comes in. It's nice to know though, that they could apologize for their mistake and that it could get all cleared up.

Starting with our next Live LP on Twitch, we will be holding a short lesson in what a Visual Novel is and how they are played. It is important for you, our fans, to also get that news out. It is very important that many people know how many different forms Anime comes in and how they can be played.

We thank all our viewers and readers in this time while we got this resolved. In other additional news we also will be releasing this week brand new LP's to the em0tard account and we hope that you will enjoy all new LP's! Thank you.

Twitch Account Suspended

So, it looks like our account was suspended for nothing. We are currently resolving the problem and will continue to figure out what is going on. If they are going to be this way, then we will see you at our UStream page and our YouTube channels.