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Valkyrio wrote on 2013-07-04 19:32
Quote from Eirys;1116903:
He isn't saying that.... Just like some animes are made for a male audience... this is made for a female audience.... Anyone can still enjoy it...
No, but he keeps talking about how this anime is "for girls." When the audience of people who watch anime specifically isn't necessarily all that hetero-normative. On top of that, this anime seems like a swim team version of Major, which I know a lot of straight guys watched.
Iono why I'm being so finicky.
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Campylobacter jejuni wrote on 2013-07-04 19:33
Quote from Mentosftw;1116879:
As the current top comment for that vid said:
I don't see why 'd feel discomfort over that.
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Paul wrote on 2013-07-04 20:08
Quote from Valkyrio;1116915:
No, but he keeps talking about how this anime is "for girls." When the audience of people who watch anime specifically isn't necessarily all that hetero-normative. On top of that, this anime seems like a swim team version of Major, which I know a lot of straight guys watched.
Iono why I'm being so finicky.
Quote from Paul;1116845:
Ya, I know, but the intended audience is the female ones.
Intended =/= Only
And this anime is more like Kuroko's Basketball with the basketball replaced with swimming.
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Mentosftw wrote on 2013-07-04 20:10
Quote from Valkyrio;1116915:
No, but he keeps talking about how this anime is "for girls." When the audience of people who watch anime specifically isn't necessarily all that hetero-normative. On top of that, this anime seems like a swim team version of Major, which I know a lot of straight guys watched.
Iono why I'm being so finicky.
The biggest demographic and target market for anime is straight males in JAPAN. Most if not all anime related goods are for this demographic. Just look at the vast ecchi, moe and H work devoted to this demographic.
Okay the biggest difference between this and Major is way too obvious. In Major, the main emphasis is on baseball. In this, the main emphasis is looking at their pretty abs and muscles while they're swimming and chatting about their petty high school lives. They're selling the appeal of the physical bodies of those characters to gain viewers much like the same thing for ecchi anime where the girls are being sexualized.
Quote from Campylobacter jejuni;1116918:
I don't see why 'd feel discomfort over that.
Maybe not you but I'd say probably most of the Japanese straight male otaku would.
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Murasaki wrote on 2013-07-04 22:58
Watched the firs episode. It had it's funny moments and it's pretty, as expected.
As for who this is aimed at, definitely anyone who is into guys, particularly straight girls, and most certainly not straight guys. Considering some content in video games and how those are marketed, I would say it's not just to do with Japan, either. It's not that common to have eye candy for the girls specifically.
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Chockeh wrote on 2013-07-05 21:33
Quote from Paul;1116922:
Intended =/= Only
And this anime is more like Kuroko's Basketball with the basketball replaced with swimming.
Kuroko is awesome. :<
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Elleanior wrote on 2013-07-06 11:13
[video=youtube;Hak2JiGzZj0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hak2JiGzZj0[/video]
Says it all. (Mature language btw.)
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Micho wrote on 2013-07-10 22:13
This week's episode was really funny, the plot is actually ok, it's not amazing or anything but at least there is a plot that's understandable and realistic, especially when it's for a swimming anime.
[SPOILER="So, the fourth guy is some guy of "senpai"? He seems to be like an all round sports guy or something, oh well, can't wait for him to be a main character, having only three guys right now is kinda weird. Wonder what he will swim in the relay, breaststroke or backstroke, hmmm."][/SPOILER]
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koifish wrote on 2013-07-11 07:25
huhuu, I'm having such a good time watching this.
I haven't really been able to make connections with sport animu's until swimming anime came along, which is really great for me. ' u '
and the parodies people are making, I can't
[video=youtube;FzSPLRFZ45E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FzSPLRFZ45E[/video]
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Paul wrote on 2013-07-11 13:22
Kou's reactions are amusing.
[Image: http://i.imgur.com/oSsMkZa.jpg]
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Kingofrunes wrote on 2013-07-11 13:41
Quote from Paul;1120590:
Kou's reactions are amusing.
[Image: http://i.imgur.com/oSsMkZa.jpg]
"Those Triceps!"
I really should go watch the anime now that I know the name of it.
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Paul wrote on 2013-07-11 14:23
Video version. Lols.
[video=youtube;lc14vSejQoA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc14vSejQoA[/video]
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Eirys wrote on 2013-07-11 18:14
[video=youtube;GQdAr9Lb_cM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQdAr9Lb_cM&list=FLgWaTAB1sz0LXwa1Nqo4L-Q&index=2[/video]
enjoy
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Elleanior wrote on 2013-07-11 18:20
Quote from koifish;1120539:
huhuu, I'm having such a good time watching this.
I haven't really been able to make connections with sport animu's until swimming anime came along, which is really great for me. ' u '
and the parodies people are making, I can't
[video=youtube;FzSPLRFZ45E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FzSPLRFZ45E[/video]
"THE ONLY WET DREAM I'LL BE HAVIN' TONIGHT IS ABOUT THIS POOL."
Omg.... :XD:
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Jedo wrote on 2013-07-11 18:20
I would watch this but as soon as I would I would regret not being that muscular and fit. ;-;