Just recently(maybe Thursday) me and one of my online friends/artists decided to work on an art trade together~ I would be drawing her Original character Alin, and in return, she would be drawing me Kazumi Asakura from Negima, a fair trade I’d say.
So Today had been the unveiling of our art, which both came out very well~ *above is the other’s art, and below is mine*
So, I had fun drawing someone else’s character for once~
And right after this, I’ve got 3 more art trades lined up with different people, wish me luck peoples…XD. Those willing are welcome to do an art-trade with me XD
So this whole ‘plagiarizing’ Bleach situation got me thinking about the whole Super Junior jacking Lyle’s choreographies. In essence the situations are very similar.
If you’re wondering what I’m talking about and you haven’t heard, Nick Simmons, son of Gene Simmons is under scrutiny by the manga fans as well as his own publishers.
Nick set out to release his new “manga” called Incarnate.
It was brought to Kubo Tite’s attention yesterday when he received message overload on his twitter stating that someone in the U.S. is copying his work of Bleach.
I’m not going to go into the whole debate about it. You can read and a very well written article about it by Deb Aoki.
For full comparison’s between the two you can see it at Bleachness@LJ.
Now for my comparison to the SuJu situation before. Honestly, I’m only writing about it because the two situations are very very similar.
If I was mangaka and people were making fan-art of my work, that’s a huge compliment. It means that my story, my art work is liked/loved by many people. Enough so, that people want to re-produce it in their own eyes. But, if someone blantly took my work, like straight copied it, got it produced in mass production and sold as ‘original’ I’d be mad.
Realize Japan is on a whole different level when it comes what is entertainment and what sells/works. What works in that country won’t work here. It’s been tried and failed.
This is like the Super Junior ‘copying’ 2 of Lyle Beniga’s choreographies. After reading about this situation, one can actually say they plagiarized his work.
How? The difference of people learning a choreography and posting it on YouTube and having an actual Idol group perform it on national television (and in a dance battle that they ended up winning) is pretty big. There is no fine line in that sense.
The situations are very similar in this case. Fan-art is copied but at the same time has the artists’ own style (or flare) to it. They aren’t getting paid huge amounts of money. Yes they are attempting to sell it, but like most of what twitterverse has been saying, they don’t make that much money and sometimes end up in the red.
What Nick did was not only copy the original work, but claimed it as his own. He is a ‘celebrity’ and is/was going to make profit. It’s the same thing with SuJu. While they didn’t say it was their original choreography, they didn’t give proper credit to it’s original creator.
Both situations have a celebrities who ‘traced’/'copied’ another’s work. It wasn’t just the story line, it was character design and drawing style as well. Both situations included people who in their own genre’s are famous, but not as famous or paid as ‘well known’ as the celebrities. (Although Nick is living off his dad’s name.)
There’s a fine line between fan-art and plagiarizing.
What do you all think?
There’s also a facebook group that has a list of other manga’s Nick is accused of plagiarizing.
Recently, the first 7 minutes of have been released to the general public for viewing. Natch, one would assume I would have at least seen it… but I haven’t yet. I’ m holding out until I see the whole episode, so that I can make a full judgement, as I want to remain somewhat spoiler free.
But I might at well take the time to address readers on any future reviews I do, since, I never seem to get around to do the ones I was going to do in the first place:
- Reviews will go up 24 – 48 hrs. after my viewing.
- Reviews will have a brief synopsis of the episode and will not be spoiler free. Screencaps will be available, if possible.
- Critique will be based on the content and production quality of the subject.
- Any “one-shot” reviews (Movies) will get filled under a ”Spotlight”- Type page.
Well…I sure haven’t updated in quite some time…I came and disappeared rather quickly…but I’ve been getting busy lately…however~ I have been working hard on TOKYO TEENS and have been planning ALOT for the OVA series thing. So it’s not like I’ve been slacking off… at least on TOKYO TEENS…however…Monster Target is a bit of a differnt story, while I’ve been working on it…I haven’t been working on it as much as I should be. But it’s not cancelled or anything. And as some of you can see, the layout have changed~*claps* got bored with the previous, so I decided to change it.
And there’s some new art lingering around here, check the minor updates scroll bar for a bit more info =v=b
There is a fairly common misconception that nerds are smart. This has been propagated mostly by Hollywood in Revenge of the Nerds, Weird Science, and other countless generic “comedy” films. The truth is, however, that nerds are just as stupid as everyone else, especially when it comes to reviewing movies.
When James Cameron’s latest movie, Avatar, was released, it was expected to create a planet-wide nerdgasm so large it would create a rift in the space-time continuum. Surprisingly, it didn’t. Nevertheless, it was incredibly popular with the masses and nerds alike. But the biggest nerds of all (i.e. the forum dwellers and bloggers) hailed it as a steaming pile of crap. They hurled accusations that it was a big letdown in that it was “not original” and “not thought provoking” enough. Even my beloved NPR had the audacity to compare it to the forgettable pop song Tik Tok by Ke$ha.
It’s like they expected the plot of Avatar to be like the second coming of Christ. James Cameron never said, “I have written the first completely original story in the last 200 years.” The whole point of the movie was not to set the world ablaze with an incredibly original masterwork of fiction. It showcased a very basic plotline that had interesting characters, rousing action sequences, state of the art special effects, and blue alien sideboob. What’s not to like? Oh, I know what you’re thinking, “LOL BUT BRIK TEH PLOT IS EXACTLY LIKE DANCES WITH WOLFS LOL!” But so what? Who gives a shit? Every fucking sci-fi movie has recycled its plot from something else. Hell, Star Trek was described by its creator Gene Roddenberry as Wagon Train in outer space. Sci-fi was never known for original plots.
ALFatar: The epic sequel to Avatar.
And then nerds start bitching about how the acting is terrible, the characters are generic, and the drama is completely flat and uninspiring. These, of course, come from the same people who absolutely adored Transformers 2. I shit you not, these are two real posts from the same individual on a forum:
INTERNET IDIOT in the Avatar Forum Thread: You know I just thought Avatar’s plot was super generic. There were just a bunch of explosions and nothing to really think about in the plot.
THE SAME INTERNET IDIOT in the Transformers 2 Forum Thread: I don’t see why you guys are all hating on Transformers. So what if its just a bunch of shooting and explosions. Its not supposed to be deep. You aren’t supposed to think about it. Its just supposed to be fun!
This is the kind of thing that really pisses me off, inconsistency. Just be consistent, people. If you are going to hate on Avatar for thinking the plot sucks, then don’t run off to defend Transformers 2 for having a weak ass plot. This is why I hate nerds. Actually, this is why I hate everyone. People just don’t have the ability to remain objective at all. They like to jerk off to giant robots, so Transformers’ failings are forgiven, but they don’t like to jerk off to blue CGI babes, so Avatar is crucified. It’s ridiculous.
What’s even more ridiculous are the criticisms that have come from non-nerds. The idiots really came out of the wordwork across the planet to take aim at Avatar. Here is a list of some of the most moronic complaints I have read about the film:
HINDUS: The word “avatar” is used in our religion, and we don’t like that it is the title of this movie. Never mind that the term “avatar” has been circulating on the Internet for years. BAWWWWW!
AMERICAN REPUBLICANS: The villains in this movie are United States Marines. Therefore, this entire movie is Anti-American. Never mind the fact that in the movie the villains are actually mercenaries. BAWWWWW!
AMERICAN REPUBLICANS PART 2: This movie preaches environmentalism. The Bible proves that environmentalism is bad. DESTROY THE EARTH! THAT’S WHAT JESUS WOULD DO!
CHRISTIAN FANATICS: Avatar has a New Age, pagan, anti-capitalist message that promotes goddess worship and the destruction of the human race. Never mind that we issued this criticism before the movie was ever released or seen by anyone. BAWWWWW!
THE NEW YORK TIMES: This movie reinforces stereotypes about colonialism. It shows that tribal people need the White Messiah to help them overcome adversity. We still live in the 1960s and are so politically correct that we think everyone constantly obsesses over race. We are huge tools! BAWWWWW!
CHINESE GOVERNMENT: This movie depicts us as evil, and the good guys are clearly meant to be Tibetans. We must immediately ban this movie from all Chinese cinemas. BAWWWWW!
PALESTINIANS: This movie is a perfect depiction of our plight! Yay, Avatar has sided with us against the Isrealis! (Oh wait, I guess that isn’t a criticism, is it?)
PRETENTIOUS FILM FAGS: I can’t believe this was nominated for Best Picture! It doesn’t even have two gay cowboys eating pudding! BAWWWWW!
HISTORY FANBOYS: Hey, look! They stole the Pocahontas story! BAWWWWW!
AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER FANS: They stole the title of our live-action movie! BAWWWWW!
To sum things up, everyone is an idiot. People from all corners of the globe have made the most ludicrous criticisms of a fucking sci-fi action adventure movie. You are all reading way too much into this. OK, sure, the story is just like the Pocahontas story. And yeah, it isn’t groundbreaking in terms of originality. But who gives a fuck? What was the last movie you saw that was totally original? Nothing. Because every story has already been done. And it has already been done a million times over. James Cameron was able to synthesize a bunch of old movie cliches and frame them into something exciting and (relatively) unique. It’s something that 99% of the turds Hollywood shits out every year can not achieve.
Behind the scenes of the Avatar porno.
Avatar was a lot of fun to watch. That’s all I care about. I don’t care if it is or isn’t a critique on the Iraq War. I don’t care if it has an environmentalist message. And I certainly don’t give a crap about the whole 3D experience. I hope that it will be the next movie fad to die a quick death. But what I do care about is that my movies are entertaining and memorable. Avatar is both of those.
Verdict: Awesome
P.S. For those of you who don’t agree with me, here is a message from Sexman that is sure to change your mind.
So now for next installment of Seikon no Qwaser edits. I don’t know if I’m getting better at this or I’m over-analyzing the animation but there are a lot of edits in this episode. Not as much as four I bet, but still a lot more then the previous episode. Also they use the above piece of art to hide the naughty bits three times during the fight scene.
0252 So, when did Tomo get sick? That’s kind of a sudden development for a main character (hmm, I do wonder)
0548 I would not be surprised if there is more to this shot
0558 and this one
0701 continuity error – Tomo’s PJs were showing more of her cleavage earlier, now it’s button up to the base of her neck.
0941 hmm, guessing that was supposed to be something
1005 miss-colored water (aka steam) to hide the naughty bits
1007 marginal zoom
1033 extra couch to hid Mafuyu’s butt
1100 possible zoom (line art is a bit blurry but not enough to say for certain.
1109 do we still need an exterior establishing shot now? Smells fishy
1211 why is Mafuyu off screen when she speaks? And you can hear her running
1222 single frame (night sky)
1223 zoom
1228 single frame while character speaks
1238 I bet the camera pans a little more to the right in the Directors cut
1306 zoom to hide Mafuyu in her undies
1414 zoom
1432 wouldn’t be surprised to see more in this shot, but nothing noticeable
1458 that’s unusual, character speaking off screen but maybe over analyzing
1531 marginal zoom
1545 where’s Mafuyu in the shot? Also seems rather boring kind of shot for a fight
1556 zoom
1602 marginal zoom
1612 and panning over art to hide the “powering up”
1626 panning over random art (I have no idea what it’s supposed to be, maybe supposed to be a cross)
1629 silent screams/moans or something
1636 using same art from 1626
1644 zoom
1654 pan is kind of slow, can’t tell if there is zoom at work as well (the only point of reference I have is the back of Sasha’s head and that could be just out of focus, if they felt like it)
1656 zoom
1725 again with 1626 (also the previous two shots feel off, but since the first one had Sasha’s scar animated I can’t say for sure)
1745 I think the purple clothing is added after the fact
1747 I think they are using the previous shots art as filler, which works when they use it for the next bit of animation at the end
1808 why the focus on the moon?
1817 random shot of the sky when the enemy “blocks” (can’t tell what actually happened)
1822 no animation (I would expect ether seeing the of blocked iron to be shown falling, or panning up on the enemy from the iron on the ground)
1829 Kind of boring fire, feels awkward
1847 would not surprise me if there is more blood
1852 zoom
1901 pan feels halted
1908 camera hold(?)
1913 zoom(?)
1914 zoom(?)
1932 zoom
1957 zoom
Since this movie has open its doors to British cinemas countrywide recently this week, I thought it was (un) necessary to search and watch a more lower quality version of the movie on the good ole’ lovable internet cuz’, you know, I can’t be bothered to get my butt off and go to my local cinema and pay £30 or so to watch some movie (hah). But anyway, here’s my review of Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, another wonderfully epic Studio Ghibli film directed by you-know-who, Mr. Hayao Miyazaki.
So first things first, let me start off by the “fine-line” comparison between the original Japanese version of the film (which I have watched) and the English dub done by Walt Disney pictures, which is the initial version released through out cinemas in the Western Society. And whaddya know?
DISNEY TOTALLY FUCKING KILLED THE ORIGINAL THEME SONG.
Honestly the English theme song version of Ponyo is a total disaster. Watched a mirrored video of the theme song on Youtube and I just had to close the tab 20 seconds into the clip. But before I go on and rant about the reasons why, here’s a video to enlighten you a little if you haven’t heard the English theme yet or need a little refresh (watch more than 20 seconds, then you my friend should receive a medal for lasting that long listening to that song);
While I’m at it, here’s the original Japanese theme song so that you can compare the two dastardly songs;
So here’s my (valid) reasons as to why the English theme song totally sucks as hell;
The song is freaking sung by Frankie Jonas and Noah Cyrus. And further elaboration, it turns out that they take on the main role of Ponyo and Sosuke respectively, and also they’re the younger sister of Hannah Montana and the youngest sibling of the Jonas Brothers respectively! The two youngest siblings of the two most people I despise in the universe COMBINED. Luckily, Disney has spared us from the younger siblings of Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens, if they actually have any that is…
The song totally doesn’t fit jack shit into the movie’s theme AT ALL. What is this a rock concert?? It seems Disney lost track a bit and thinking they were doing a HSM film or something on the lines
The effects are so god damn ear-soaring.
The distorted techno vocals made want to rip my ear off the sides of my head. But sadly I didn’t
Even though I know of the fact that Disney is pretty much like 4kids and completely Westernises Japanese material so that the Western audiences would “understand it more better than if it was in its original state”, but this is going ridiculously over the top. Even if the movie is initially aimed at the younger audience, surely this they shouldn’t deserve this bullcrap.
But believe me, I don’t really have anything much against Frankie or Noah (but I do for their older bro/sis), their voice acting for Sosuke and Ponyo are actually pretty good for their young shota/loli age. However it’s just that I’m pretty much tired and fed up at how Japanese material, and pretty much Asian/Overseas material at that falls victim to being Westernised by Western licensing companies (ie. 4kids, Disney, Funimation) and the final product “Americanised” version of some form of Asian material ending up to be shitty as hell. That’s life for ya’ I guess.
Original Japanese Teaser Poster
English Teaser Poster
See what I mean?
Aside from the theme song indifferences, the movie was actually pretty good. Not the “best” Ghibli film in my eyes (Personally, Spirited Away was the best for me), but just above the average standard of what a Studio Ghibli film should be. Amazing vibrant visuals, compelling and emotional storyline (yet it was quite lacking in Ponyo…) and the originality each Ghibli film offers. Speaking of the plot, the story and concept presented in Ponyo kind of lacked that of what you’d expect from a Ghibli film, and was more of a heavy dialogue film with not much development going on at all.
What I expected from the plot development was something like Sosuke finding Ponyo on the shores of the sea, then through some circumstances turning into a human, later on snatched away by some wicked evil antagonist and it’s up to Sosuke to rescue her.
But in reality, most of the beginning and middle parts of the film is just Sosuke sticking closely by Ponyo in fish form, turning into a human just after an hour into the film, giant storm breaches which entirely floods and sink the whole town Sosuke lives in, sailing across town in the toy boat Sosuke usually has with him but enlarged by Ponyo’s magical powers. Ponyo suddenly falling unconsious and turning back into a fish, meeting Ponyo’s “parents” who tells him that Ponyo wants to be with him forever and ever therefore wants to become a human, but to become one entirely Ponyo would have to lose her “magical powers” sea creature apparently hone deep within and asks if Sosuke approves of her. Sosuke approves and doesn’t mind the fact that Ponyo is half fish, mermaid human and whatnot… The whole town restored to its original state and apparently freed from its “curse”, Sosuke reunited with Lisa for so long somehow and lovely transformation sequence of Ponyo turning from a fish to a human just at the end of the film. Sweet.
I love this scene :>
OVERALL RATING: 7/10
Lost a few points in story and plot development but forgiven moderately for it’s spectacular colourful environment and art animation.
I booked the day off work about a month ago in order to enjoy the double feature which will likely proove to be the height of ‘Scotland Loves Animation’s contribution to the Glasgow Film Festival.
Took a wander up to the GFT with Giant Robot loving friends Tom, Steven and Christina. We met a lot of familiar faces there, understandably. Grabbed a row of seats near ex flatmat Simon and his crazy lady friend, Natalie.
Though having seen Evangelion 1.01 shortly after its Japanese DVD release and sleeping through it at the Anime All Nighter in London, back in November (not enough caffienne in the world), I was excited to see it again.
But Eva 1.0 was completelly blown out of the water by the second film in the quadrilogy. Firstly, the gap in production quality was instantly noticable. Presumably 2.0 was able to comfortably ride on some of 1.0’s profits.
I fell in love with the characters, even Rei. That’s right. I said it. They actually made Rei a character I cared about, as opposed to the piece of furnature she resembled in the series. The new character also, Mari Makinami whom I had questioned the relevance of previously, essentially plays Kamina (Gurren Lagann) but with breasts. What’s not to love?
Full review will be up on the site this week. I’m waiting for some promotional screens from the Scotland Loves Animation coordinator (and my flatmate/wife), Andrew.
Also got my copy of Schoolgirl Milky Crisis signed by Jonathan Clements, who introduced the second film. <3
If you do get the chance to see this film, don't pass it up.
As far as podcasts go, the relatively new “Veef Show” is one of the best I’ve found.
Formerly of Destroy All Podcasts DX, Andrew, aka VF5SS, has taken to recording his own one-man show where he lays down his thoughts on specific topics of interest to him, from the Super/Real Robot dichotomy to Star Wars Extended Universe novels. What’s most appealing about the Veef Show though is Andrew’s balanced view of anime, mecha, and other topics, that takes a broad view of the subject at hand and really gets you to understand it, all without feeling in any way elitist or that he’s more about lambasting anime than enjoying it.
I think there are a number of similarities with the way I approach writing about anime, so I think if you enjoy Ogiue Maniax and my blogging style, then I think there is a very good chance you will enjoy the Veef Show.
At the end of Naruto Shippuuden 147, this week’s episode, there was another short that dealt with Naruto’s apartment. Apparently the animators really don’t like it or just want to torture the poor boy. They might as well keep Naruto in a permanent state of Heroic BSOD.
Alongside last week’s special clip, it’s interesting to see how much messier Naruto has been getting as he’s grown up. Take a look at the shot below from the beginning of the first season. I suppose it was just the opposite for me. Around the age of 13-14, I was relatively messy and, by the time I hit 15 or so, I became a neat freak. Funny how that works out, no? (And Naruto should really hide those undershorts before Sakura comes over again. We don’t want a repeat of last time – especially since he still has that cockroach problem!)
I suppose there’s always a chance that he’ll clean up after his newest remodeling attempt…
Short & Sweet is London’s only weekly short film evening. We stumbled across it this week however it has been running since 2006. Each Monday they show a selection of short films: old films, new films, films from established directors to breaking talent. Live action, animation, music videos, anything under 20minutes.
If you’re free on a Monday evening get yourself down there and grab a seat (for free). It get’s busy quickly so for the best seats in the house arrive early.
Today was really, really boring. Okay, I watched anime, and it was good, but nothing really inspired me to post. Though there was a flashback within a flashback in One Piece, which threw me for a while. To make matters worse, my internet is really slow. And though I’m not particularly tired, I do have to get up early tomorrow…
So now that I’ve made over a week’s worth of almost-daily posts, I feel it’s about time I actually looked at and commented on other people’s blogs. But that can wait until tomorrow, when my internet should be faster.
Kannazuki no Miko ain’t Shakespeare but I just can’t help but think "ill/well met by moonlight" during the Chikane-focused visuals of the ED sequence. Likewise the lyrics of Agony makes me think of R&J.
Especially the last line. The question of "What do you wish for?" is not just asked but spoken by lips, trembling, in the darkness. This simple line conveys so many facets of the relationship between speaker and hearer. The agony of unrequited love, the fear of discovery and rejection, feelings which would have been plain in the light of day but which remain hidden in the dark. The visual image is also intensely erotic – a great example of the power of showing over telling.
the latest figure to come out from the K-ON! universe is this lovely Mio Akiyama PVC which features her in her costume worn in the ending theme “Dont say ‘lazy’”
This figure looks really nice. The pose is awesome and the sculpt is really nice, seems detailed. But so far, the PVC lacks quality in the paint department…the dress in particular. But despite that it looks nice overall and it’s something I wouldn’t mind buying onceI get some things out of the way. And apparently some of the dress is going to be semi-transparent, so that’ll be interesting, and hopefully along with this they’ll add more detail.
Info and more picures from Neko Magic
KyotoAnimation is going to release the Akiyama Mio ( 秋山 澪 ) 1/8 PVC figure from the manga/anime “K-ON!” ( けいおん！ ). Will be released in July 2010. Around 216mm tall, 8,000 yen (taxed in). Pre-order will be taken at 12:00pm on February 6, 2010 (Japan local time). Kyoani Shop exclusive.
As you all know, there are some manga out there which have been running for an almost ‘ridiculous’ amount of time. And I think some of us would like to see some of these series come to an end, one-and-for-all. Below I’ve made a list/poll of long running mangas/animes, you can vote up to two series, if you’d like.
View This Poll surveys
BTW- Negima is not as long as some of the others mentioned here, but it’s pretty long, so I just added it, for fun XP. And I really only added the mainstream long series.
A spicy dish served up hot
It has been several years (five to be exact) since I watched “Samurai Champloo,” and while I always knew it as good I somehow forgot that it is in fact one of the greatest anime series ever produced.
“Champloo” is an Okinawan word (more properly pronounced champuru) meaning “mix” or “blend,” and is most often applied to traditional food dishes such as “Goya Champloo” or “Stir-fried Champloo.” It’s basically a mixed stir-fry with a seemly infinite number of potential ingredient, and a very fitting description of Watanabe Shinichiro’s “Samurai Champloo.”
An eclectic blend of ancient and modern, hip-hop and koto, and pretty much everything else thrown into the mix, this is a Japan where a wild swordfighter uses capoeira moves to slice and dice with a fury, an enormous man known as the Oni smashes skulls with his massive club, and two twin brothers compete in a match to graffiti Himeji castle. Watanabe is a heck of a chef, and manages to balance all these seemingly dissonant elements into a tasty dish that might even top his previous concoction Cowboy Bebop.
The story features a bookish but deadly ronin (Jin), a wild sword-swinging roustabout (Mugen) and a kooky but determined waitress (Fuu). The trio is pushed into an unhappy alliance, several times attempting to split up, yet always finding their destinies inexorably intertwined. Fuu leads them on a quest for the “Samurai who smells of Sunflowers,” providing the McGuffin that keeps the story moving. Each episode changes in tone and character, moving effortlessly between comedy and drama, tragedy and action.
Each ingredient supports the flavor of the other perfectly, creating a variety of story possibilities that couldn’t be found by following just one personality. Categorize “Samurai Champloo” as “hip-hop samurai” is too much of an easy dismissal; the series goes much deeper than that. Along with hip-hop music and culture, the series features Japanese history like the hidden Christian sects, and samurai movie mythology such as Miyomoto Musashi and the female ninjas kunoichi. Every episode is a surprise, and every episode had be glued to the screen in anticipation of what would come next.
Watanabe’s trademark style is on fine display, with some of the most fluid animation you will ever see and a quick and flowing story punctuated with quiet moments of reflection. The story builds at a good pace, allowing all the characters to develop in time. With twenty-six episodes, there is plenty of time to build characterization and identity, and while Jin, Mugen and Fuu appear at first to be mere stereotypical genre characters, they deepen with each telling.
This boxset is a pretty sweet package for this amazing series. Produced by Geneon and released by Funimation, it has all twenty-six episodes on seven disks, each with its own slim case. There are four episodes per disk, meaning that no quality has been lost by squishing too many episodes on a single disk to save space. Inside each case is an essay or comments by one of the people who worked on the series, giving insight into how it was created and what goes into such a collaboration.
The only possibly thing I would have wished for this box set is that Funimation had double-packed the DVDs into the slim cases, as they have with most of their other series. With as many DVDs as I own, space can be a premium at my house and so the smaller the packaging the better.
There is a fairly common misconception that nerds are smart. This has been propagated mostly by Hollywood in Revenge of the Nerds, Weird Science, and other countless generic “comedy” films. The truth is, however, that nerds are just as stupid as everyone else, especially when it comes to reviewing movies.
A spicy dish served up hot
It has been several years (five to be exact) since I watched “Samurai Champloo,” and while I always knew it as good I somehow forgot that it is in fact one of the greatest anime series ever produced.