PSA: Crunchyroll has been DNS Hijacked

[Unspeakable Horror]

It seems to redirect to download a ransomware virus right now.

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Edited title about recent post:

"Update: We have NOT been hacked. At the moment, it appears to be DNS hijacking."

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

引用自 MossyRathalos：

Heck, there was a studio (Kyoto I believe?) that was known for using the exact same character models with interchanged hair, eyes, and clothes in their low-budget shows to save cash.

Which is ironically and unintentionally realistic, because various real-life people do in fact look alike despite having little to do with each other.

[Mossy Snake]

引用自 Quint, Queen of the Giant Rabbit：

引用自 MossyRathalos：

Heck, there was a studio (Kyoto I believe?) that was known for using the exact same character models with interchanged hair, eyes, and clothes in their low-budget shows to save cash.

Which is ironically and unintentionally realistic, because various real-life people do in fact look alike despite having little to do with each other.

I'm not saying that's necessarily a bad thing, as it's done everywhere in all forms of animation since it's a genuine way of saving money for bigger tasks.

It's so widespread even Pixar uses it. A lot.

[Someone]

引用自 MossyRathalos：

When I say "For-Profit", I mean the really cheap anime that's literally carbon-copied from other shows to make a quick buck and die quickly. That does exist.

How many sitcoms and police procedurals are there in American television that are very similar to each other? Anime isn't any different. It has its own genres and popular conventions, and there isn't anything wrong with that. People expect every anime to be entirely different from the next, but that isn't how anime works or should be expected to work.

Making a quick buck is easier said than done, because airing a late night anime makes no money by itself. Unless people are inspired to buy the Blu-rays and merchandise and whatever else is available, the anime is not going to make money. Streaming has changed this somewhat, but even then you need to give people a reason to tune in. The sheer number of anime alone nowadays means people can't and won't watch all of it.

The biggest factor in the quality of an anime is not budget, but the caliber of the staff (there is no better illustration of this than Kemono Friends). That's not a matter of money (better artists are more expensive), but a matter of connections, interest and availability. People don't make much money working on anime.

Heck, there was a studio (Kyoto I believe?) that was known for using the exact same character models with interchanged hair, eyes, and clothes in their low-budget shows to save cash.

This is just a popular myth, and saying that Kyoto Animation is "low budget" is rather bizarre given that they are probably the most consistently high quality studio in the business, at least when it comes to television animation.

[Mossy Snake]

引用自 Teabλg Johnson：

引用自 Someone：

You've been talking about anime in general and have insisted that you know what most anime is like.

Art style can vary drastically from anime to anime.

Majority of Anime's artstyles are particularly the same.

Unless you're talking about hyper-budget shows that isn't even true. At all.

Sure there are cultural simularities, but it's rarely enough to make two shows look the same.

For example, just take a look at the really big Shonen anime:
Dragonball, Naruto, One Piece, JoJo, and HunterXhunter

Do they look the same? No, they don't.

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

引用自 Teabλg Johnson：

引用自 Quint, Queen of the Giant Rabbit：

Yeah, that's definitely too far-fetched. Just that I haven't seen boobs that are bigger than my house on any otherwise normal-sized female character in anime.

Again, clean that screen of yours.

But I actually don't even like the watermelon-sized ones.

Inferior taste.

But hey, at least we agree on something.

The fact that Anime's boob over-exaggeration is downright retarded and is only made to appeal a basement dweller?

Your reaction to my post just shows you're practically looking for something to argue over.

[Mossy Snake]

引用自 Teabλg Johnson：

引用自 MossyRathalos：

Unless you're talking about hyper-budget shows that isn't even true. At all.

Which was my entire point.

So you're using hyper-budget anime to speak about the entire medium?

Generalization is a fallacy you know...

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

引用自 MossyRathalos：

引用自 Teabλg Johnson：

Majority of Anime's artstyles are particularly the same.

Unless you're talking about hyper-budget shows that isn't even true. At all.

Sure there are cultural simularities, but it's rarely enough to make two shows look the same.

For example, just take a look at the really big Shonen anime:
Dragonball, Naruto, One Piece, JoJo, and HunterXhunter

Do they look the same? No, they don't.

There are certain drawing methods and such that do in fact make all of those more similar to each other than, say, Dexter's Laboratory, Garfield, Powerpuff Girls, or such. (Though incidentally, Garfield comes pretty close...closer than Powerpuff Girls, in my opinion, despite that PPG is explicitly inspired by anime.)

So if you really take a 60,000-foot view of it, yeah.

(I say "60,000-foot view" despite the usual turn of phrase being "30,000-foot view", because even at that view one can tell that's there's a significant difference between, for example, DBZ and Jojo on one side, and Lucky Star and Yuru Yuri on the other. The difference is big enough that I can bet that our friend Teabλg Johnson probably hates the latter more than the former.)

[Mossy Snake]

引用自 Teabλg Johnson：

引用自 MossyRathalos：

So you're using hyper-budget anime to speak about the entire medium?

Generalization is a fallacy you know...

If you go back hours ago, you'll see that i said some.

引用自 Teabλg Johnson：

Well, you have to admit some Animes are ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up.

But you're calling all anime bad based on the ones that are generally considered bad, at least if we're thinking of the same stuff anyway.

That doesn't make any sense.

It would be like me calling all sitcoms bad because I watched "Fuller House" and "Alf".

[Someone]

引用自 MossyRathalos：

I'm not saying that's necessarily a bad thing, as it's done everywhere in all forms of animation since it's a genuine way of saving money for bigger tasks.

It's so widespread even Pixar uses it. A lot.

Pixar makes 3D animation where you can re-use, literally copy and paste, a model or any other asset, but in hand-drawn animation you can't do that. The reason why anime productions employ an animation director/supervisor is because all animators draw differently, even if only a little, and someone is needed to check and correct their work to meet the desired level of consistency. This is much more time-consuming or "expensive" than leaving the drawings as they are, so if someone wanted to save on time they would not make those corrections. There's also more work to drawing a character than just their physical body, which is mostly covered by clothes and hair.

引用自 Teabλg Johnson：

Majority of Anime's artstyles are particularly the same.

And you know this based on the FIVE anime you've seen? Not only that, but people inexperienced with anime can't even see the subtle and even not so subtle differences in art styles.

Nah, it's more like you're not paying attention to what i'm saying so you repeat yourself over and over again. That's what the definition of insanity is, by the way.

How am I not paying attention to what you're saying?

>Pointing out a flaw
>"Ermergerd your obsesed!!!"

But, as we have established, it isn't a flaw. There is no epidemic of comically oversized breasts in anime. You brought it up and kept talking about it, even though it was all in your head. You are the one who is obsessed.

[Mossy Snake]

引用自 Teabλg Johnson：

引用自 MossyRathalos：

But you're calling all anime bad based on the ones that are generally considered bad, at least if we're thinking of the same stuff anyway.

I don't know if i have said that but my memory says i haven't. And if i did, apologies for the misunderstandings.

You're repeatedly saying anime is bad in a general sense, yet you're now saying that only cheap or intentionally sexual anime is bad.

Clarify?

[Clumsybeast]

引用自 Unspeakable Horror：

It seems to redirect to download a ransomware virus right now.

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Edited title about recent post:

"Update: We have NOT been hacked. At the moment, it appears to be DNS hijacking."

Was just about to log into Crunchyroll, thanks forthe headsup.

As for people talking about naime being good or bad.. Its fine. If you like anime thats great, and if you don't thats okay too.

[Sun Praisa']

Teabag's argument:

All anime is bad even though it's a huge generalization and that I watched only 5 anime because big tits and all artstyles look the same even though DBZ and Death Note aren't the same artstyle

[Xaelath]

I think i am calling the mod this thread got derailed too much and become an argument spam.

[Someone]

引用自 Teabλg Johnson：

You're implying i need to watch thousands of Anime in order to judge it. And i think that's ridiculous and a bit off.

I have told you this many times now: there is a lot of anime, and you have seen practically none of it. There is over five thousand anime in existence, and you have seen five. You are just constantly trying to strawman your way out of this by pretending like I'm demanding you to watch thousands of anime.

Example:

What is this example supposed to illustrate?

It's disgusting and only appeals to a sick bastard.

What does this have to do with what I said?

Wouldn't you be obsessed too since you're defending it blindly? Seems like a good logic for me.

What am I defending? There is nothing to defend. This epidemic that you think exists does not exist. There is nothing for me to defend here. There is no epidemic of comically oversized breasts in anime.

[Jonathan Sensei]

引用自 Someone：

[...]

What am I defending? There is nothing to defend. This epidemic that you think exists does not exist. There is nothing for me to defend here.

Apparently there is something to defend; since you keep arguing here ad nauseam.