Message-ID: <20001201024729.48174.qmail@web11107.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 18:47:29 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Welch Subject: Re: [Mook] All That Figure 2000 To: megami@ML.usagi.org Reply-To: megami@ML.usagi.org X-ML-archive: http://www.win.ne.jp/~doi/ML/ Precedence: bulk --- 'CuSO4' Yung wrote: > > From: "David Mandalis" > > ........ I did hear that the Movie > > was enourmously succesfull relatively speaking and > that > > Belldandy has risen back to her rightful place as > one > > of the top female Anime characters around. Is the > Movies > > success responsible for the new style of imaging? > > I do not think so. If you have seen those H > doujinshi, > you might not ask this question. ^_^; > > Generally, otaku fandom usually demands less fabric, > and > Fujishima added to the fire by starting the bikini > goddess ROTFL!!! > in vol.21. One of the things I've always liked about AMG in comparison to other anime/manga is the understated way in which things are approached. Belldandy is a total babe not because she looks like Naga from "Slayers" but because of her whole person. Sure the "bikini goddess" (that was a great one, CuSO4-san!) was a little blatant, but even she mellowed as Urd did. Powers are another understated thing in AMG. Sure, the goddesses are incredibly powerful but you don't see them acting like someone out of "Dragon Ball Z". After all, why should they feel the need to prove their superiority to the likes of the creatures inhabiting this planet/universe? The refusal to sucumb to anime stereotypes has always been one of the things I really love about AMG. It's just different from other anime/manga. Although I'm sure the movie is fantastic and I can't wait to see it, the fact that it departs significantly from the manga and OAVs in some key areas of character design is a little distressing to me. Brian W.