Wednesday 13 February 2019

Anime woes


Forget about #JusticeForWaluigi. We should be supporting #JusticeForAshKetchum instead, because Ash Ketchum was actually named after Pokemon creator Satoshi Tajiri, and he is also a shounen protagonist that is partially owned by Nintendo. Yet Nintendo and the anime studio that made the Pokemon TV series portrayed him as a low intelligence person, and did not even give him a chance to win any Pokemon League that was featured in the Pokemon games other than the Orange Island Pokemon League, which never appeared in the Pokemon games.

However, the Pokemon Adventures manga, which had the darkest incarnation of the Pokemon world, was actually the closest to being the most faithful to the Pokemon world that Satoshi Tajiri originally envisioned, and he actually endorsed it. That could explain Pokemon being a very dangerous series, if the official Pokemon books are any indication. No wonder the Pokemon TV series production crew did not want Ash to win any of the Pokemon Leagues featured in the Pokemon games. But it could have been worse.

Gen Urobuchi, the director of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, does not even care about the sufferings of magical girls, because he did not even watch any magical girl anime at all. Therefore, Nintendo should never hire Gen Urobuchi to be a director of the Pokemon anime at all, because if Urobuchi did become director for the Pokemon TV series, there could be a possible scene where Ash Ketchum finally perishes, with blood being spilled, and this can leave preteen audiences scarred for life. No wonder so many people dislike Gen Urobuchi a lot. In fact, I would like to see Kyubey finally suffer retribution from anime fans worldwide for all the teenage girls that he tricked, because the witches in Puella Magi Madoka Magica were actually magical girls that succumbed to despair.

Speaking of magical girls, Sakura Kinomoto's quest in Cardcaptor Sakura was actually due to the backstory events in Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle. It was revealed in chapter 220 that because of Fei Wong Reed's death seal being activated on Princess Sakura and Nadeshiko having to stop time and dying in the process, Clow Reed had to be king of Clow Country, which later on led to his soul splitting in two, and this happened before the events of Cardcaptor Sakura. Of course Sakura Kinomoto actually ended up assisting Clone Sakura in her quest to find Real "Sakura", as seen in Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations and chapters 217 and 224. (Spoilers: Real "Sakura" and Real "Syaoran" turned out to be Princess Tsubasa and Tsubasa Li respectively.)

The Sacred Jewel in Inuyasha turning out to be evil all along that Kagome had to wish for the destruction of the jewel itself actually makes sense, because no good has ever came out of it at all, and it does not even help when Kaede classifies the Sacred Jewel as an unholy jewel that should never have existed.

For those who want anime and manga characters in Super Smash Bros, we should abide to Masahiro Sakurai's policy stating that it is impossible for manga characters to join Super Smash Bros because manga and anime can sometimes be too violent for even a crossover fighting game. Maybe this is why manga and anime studios cannot cooperate with Nintendo, other than licensing issues of course, especially when Super Smash Bros is made possible through the cooperation of all parties involved.

Update 1: Ash Ketchum finally won a Pokemon League at the end of the Alola Arc, ending a 22 year losing streak. The #JusticeForAshKetchum campaign did pay off after all. However, Ash Ketchum's namesake, Satoshi Tajiri, did not give a single congratulatory response to Ash Ketchum winning a Pokemon League, unlike Junichi Masuda and Veronica Taylor, who have already sent their congratulatory responses. Either the Pokemon creator wants to distance himself from the protagonist that was named after him, or he has moved on to other interests, such as Little Town Hero, which could possibly be better than Pokemon Sword and Shield.

Update 2: The Ash Ketchum Arc has officially ended, and it ended with "Next Time, A New Beginning". It's unknown if he will even appear in Pokemon Horizons in any form, including possible flashbacks that Liko will potentially have. Who knows what secrets Liko's pendant contains...

Monday 4 February 2019

Bacon Mania


How bacon mania became so popular on the internet in the past 15 years in spite of obstacles will remain a mystery.

This year, the Lunar Festival will usher in the Year of the Pig, and there's no other better way to usher it in than to talk about bacon.

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