Okay… so that was a disaster…
Don’t get me wrong, it was without a doubt a fun disaster, but there’s got to be some kind of limit on how many face-palm moments you can include into one single episode. Ranka in a carrot-suit already was strange, but at that point, I had no idea that the rest of the episode would feature both Ranka and Sheryl joining Alto’s class (feels like a bad teenaged soap, doesn’t it?), Sheryl’s panties ending up stolen by a random fluffy animal, every single male in the school would obsessively hunt said panties, and Sheryl chasing said creature in a flying-suit, wearing nothing but a dress. Not exactly my idea of quality entertainment.
Still, thankfully the banter between the different characters has been getting better and better. As much as I’d like to hate this episode, I have to admit that some parts were downright hilarious, especially Sheryl, finding out Alto’s “nickname”. And as an added bonus, the final minute of the episode showed how the “bad guy” met Ranka when she was alone with the above-mentioned pet. That serious scene worked surprisingly well.
I’m also wondering, since this is a show about idols: will the creators step on the topics of overly obsessive fans? This episode already made it clear that every single male in the school is a drooling fan of Sheryl, but what surprised me is that they all kept their distance from her, and only went after her panties. No autographs? No attempts to get close to her? It’s a rather strange message: an idol’s fanbase isn’t based around her talents or her personality, but instead on her panties. Everything suddenly makes so much more sense. 😛
Ah, humor-filler then, is it? Of course everyone knows that panties are what gives Japanese idols their power. After all, there are stores in Japan that sell the stuff (used ones, naturally).
Well, idols in Japan aren’t allowed to give out pictures or autographs. It’s because, after giving those thousands of fans, sometimes an idol would say “no, not today” resulting in unnecessary bad press saying they’re arrogant. In a way it’s a pretty good idea.
However, that doesn’t take away that at least fangirls try to literally rip away the clothes of their idols. Fanboys, however, tend to be more of the lurking and chanting type. More behaving, but more creepy in a way too (especially considering fangirls are often teenagers, whereas the boys are.. 40 year olds).
I found the episode hilarious personally – plenty of moments where, if it were a generic harem anime, I’d just stop watching – but Macross managed to make it enjoyable by.. I suppose good story-telling.
Another possibility is that should Sheryl ever run out of paper, you could always get her to write some lyrics on them. Your profits would go through the roof!
“Same script-writer as Code Gayass”-episode spotted.
What in the world happened to the animation quality? it went right into the crapper this episode. I think they must be blowing their budget on the big stuff then skimping on the filler episodes which in the long run might be a good strategy for semi-high budget shows like this. I just wish it wasn’t “this” bad. 🙁
What in the world happened to the animation quality? it went right into the crapper this episode. I think they must be blowing their budget on the big stuff then skimping on the filler episodes which in the long run might be a good strategy for semi-high budget shows like this. I just wish it wasn’t “this” bad. 🙁
Well, guys, ANIME IS SERIOUS BUSINESS.
Is this show going down the drain? I just couldn’t believe why they put a low brow form of humor in this episode. Past episodes were really good and I just hope that they wouldn’t dispose of the great build up that I’ve seen in past episodes.
i dont really like their ideas of humors and panties….
I found the episode really silly. Some of the dialogue and writing were pretty good and I agree with the blogger’s scene preferences: they were quite well done.
It goes to show that even if you can take away a bit of the Macross steam, there’s some serious quality at work. It just got steamrolled over by poor filler for this episode.
Hopefully this won’t be a trend.
“Ranka and Sheryl joining Alto’s class (feels like a bad teenaged soap, doesn’t it?), Sheryl’s panties ending up stolen by a random fluffy animal, every single male in the school would obsessively hunt said panties, and Sheryl chasing said creature in a flying-suit, wearing nothing but a dress. Not exactly my idea of quality entertainment.”
Actually, the way you described that sounds anything but boring, heh.