Angel Beats!

Seriously people have to stop the "KEY" labeling for this one... KEY has nothing to do with Angel Beats...

you guys need to praise the right guy, not the company...

Lol, I was confused myself, but after a bit of research, the character that supplies the weapons hasn't been introduced yet, but I assume the person will be later.

http://myanimelist.net/character/24519/Chaa

Anyway, first episode: I'm liking it. I have high expectations that I hope will be met. A lot of people say they're confused, but I actually understood it easily, putting everything together as they explained it.

Actually I'm not that impressed by Key's track record so far.
In all their works most of the girls were inept, emotionally retarded little girls, who simply *NEEDED* the protagonist to overcome their own inability to live or they died sad, little deaths that made you sad.

http://www.colonydrop.com/index.php/2009/11/10/moe-studies-the-fetishization-of-mental-illness-early-wip-1?blog=1

http://www.colonydrop.com/index.php/2009/09/16/operation-british-phase-ex-in-our-lifetimes-key-will-destroy-the-nation-of-japan?blog=1

"The Key heroines are all in varying states of suffering, illness or death: indeed, this is the crucial moé point. It’s not enough that the girl is mentally unsound, physically weak, dependent, and perpetually shivering in pain: it turns out that for otaku, the most desirable woman is actually dying."

Moe is something cute you want to protect. In a really twisted way, Key has taken it to the logical conclusion where no one has dared go before.

Let's see how this turns out this time.

Well, that rules this entire cast out, then.

They're already dead.

[Some time later]

So, I'm done skimming those articles.

What the fuck.

Honestly, it seems that most of that article picks up on some rather offensive conjecture, and goes from there. I figure this probably isn't the place for it, but I don't think a quick dissection warrants a separate topic. Least, not yet.

Anyway.

So, the articles definition of moé is, quoted

Now.

While the first bit, Sympathy or Adoration, is sort of on the money, somehow it fails to properly show me some correlation between finding Robot Maids in Stockings (Huh. Negima comes to mind.) moé and being attracted to weak characters. It's a completely separate attraction, no more unique then falling for a flesh and blood girl/boy with the same, or at least comparable, character flaws. To wit, I have quite a few bits of Tomoyo, Clannad Fame, and Rin, Fate/Stay Night fame, goodies. I, personally, find these two to be the heights of moé. I will laugh at anyone who insinuates that either of these two are weak, in any abnormal way...aside from that estrogen thing. But that's normal.

Beneath that, we have some more bullshit, capping in another annoying quote:

To wit, Otaku are not people. Otaku are slavering obsessives of some form of something or another. I'm going to ignore the common usage of Otaku, being that of the slavering anime fan, and instead use it in the original context, the slavering anything fan. I don't count those who cannot moderate themselves as proper individuals, but nevertheless. They talk, so I talk.

Rather, I'd more agree with Akamatsu's point, that moé is "strictly a non-sexual subject. Feelings of moé are often compared with an urge to “protect” or “mother” the subject."

Beneath that, and at this point I'm going to stop spoiler quoting, is a nice turd of bull. Apparently, no matter how emotionally or physically strong a character, at some point in their lives, they will feel an emotional undermining, "leaving them in the perfect position for a bigger, stronger, and more masculine entity to support them."

Right. Because men never feel emotionally unstable, and because the lot of us need not companionship anyway, because who need people they suck right?

I swear. While sometimes rather unrealistic (Read, Fictional), it would almost seem as if the character's are trying to be Human instead of Robot or Cardboard.

Haa~~

Let's see...what else does this fucker take shots at...


Aha! Tsundere!

Let's see. A Tsundere is classified as a..."Bitchy submissive"!?

...

There is so much wrong with that, I don't even..."This is likely because most fans of Japanese cartoons are similarly developmentally disabled, unable to handle a relationship with a mature adult, and find the attentions of a petulant child both non-threatening and attractive."...

...

Make of that what you will. I'm too disgusted for words.

"At her core, the tsundere wants nothing more than to be embraced by the patriarchal society that spawned her."

...You know. Like the rest of us.

Next is...

Imouto-moé?

Oh...boy. Well. I dunno what to say about this. I imagine some people do think of imouto moé in that way, but that's like saying some people look at their dog and have to suppress an urge to mount them/be mounted by them.

...Wait.

Hello. Code Geass reference?

I'm gonna cut this short. Things to do.

People to kill.

Yeah...but those were things I seriously would have never noticed. Definitely not a fail anime in my eyes

Those idiots are just angry cause the main character is similar to haruhi. I'd bet any money that whoever found those things out were haruhi fans.

Oh! I like this Anime. Just got done watching the first episode like an hour ago too. I like it. Especially the 100 hit combo. LMAO that was funny.

My guess at the plot. Every character is an AI. The main characters are just more advanced NPC's. The Angel is just another NPC sent to see how the others react.

And i say Otonashi is an "angel" like Tenshi

maeda jun cums in your ass by episode 5, and you give birth to his kids by episode 9. happy family photoshoot on the 10th, and you are offering your ass (again) by episode 11.

You know considering K-On came out today, I think they (K-ON!) better have an episode with a cool band performance or they risked getting out played by the band scene in Angel Beats first episode.

Mh i dunno, K-ON is not always about having great animation during concerts... Having Mio being cute all the time is nuff for me.

I'm starting to like the music in AB, it is very ummm loud lol. But finished watching the first episode today. I must say the story is umm very unique. The theme and setting it is using is very interesting. Now I hate to have to wait for the 2nd episode to come out..

I thought it was pretty interesting. I'm a little skeptical of the premise, but it's obviously early to judge anything related to the anime. I am a Key fanboy so I'm keeping my hopes up.

I gotta say I'm getting tired of hearing the Haruhi fans bitch. So what if she looks like Haruhi? It is more of a complement to the "household" namesake that Haruhi is among the anime community.

Lol for a moment there during that scene before , I thought wow that's so Haruhi like. I was like haha that was a funny way to make a reference to it.

Ugh, I hate his name. It totally reminds me of Otani from LoveCom, and he even looks a bit like him. I hated that character and the anime wasn't much better. >.<

There's many anime characters that look like each other, no point to make a fuss about it, I didn't even connect her to haruhi untill i saw that thing from sankaku and thought: "I guess their hair is kinda similiar, but they're still not that similiar..."

I didn't mean the looks, I meant more on the attitude and her actions during that scene. That alone made me remember of Haruhi, but the hairstyle did help emphasize it as I started thinking about it.Also I haven't even looked at what Sankaku said about it.

Hmm i didn't find them similar at all in that way.

Same here i was totally clueless until i was told about the similarities, and then i was like "OH ZOMG SO TRUE".