In 2004, Japanese company Type-Moon released a visual novel titled Fate/Stay Night, with its first anime production following two years later in 2006. In 2015, the franchise just came off a pretty successful anime run In Unlimited Blade Works and is preparing to release a film based on the Heaven's Feel route. Why has a franchise been this successful in its sales and merchandising? What makes this franchise endure the test of time and stand out from the rest of many visual novels?
Austin has already written a topic about this. I'd go find his article and make sure the content deviates. Otherwise, great idea. – Jordan9 years ago
Analyze the different types of characters (and caricatures) in anime that has different portrayals of characters of a different race, for better or for worse.
The first anime that comes to mind is Hetalia, although someone has already pitched that anime as a topic. I'm also thinking about Shokugeki no Soma and Soul Eater, as they're both animes that deal with international students. Perhaps it would be interesting to investigate why creators decide to put other races in their stories, and why it's important to the plot line. – YsabelGo9 years ago
Anime generally tends to portray different races in an equal fashion with the exceptions of altering skin tones. Many anime have international students who seem very much the same in design as the Japanese characters. – Nick9 years ago
Ah, THIS is a very interesting topic. Although I'm not sure if this fits into the category you are specifying, I enjoyed Hiromu Arakawa's use and portrayal of different religions and governmental societies in Fullmetal Alchemist. She had a bit of everything: Christianity/Catholicism, Islam, Communism, etc. Adding a section about Arakawa's depiction of prominent social establishments outside of Japan could be worth it. Great topic! – Dominic Sceski9 years ago
A few series that come to mind that could definitely work with this topic are: Infinite Stratos, World Break, Shougeki no Soma, Girl Und Panzer, and Nobunagun to name a few. – Kevin Mohammed9 years ago
A look into anime shows that are not very well scripted but because of high intensity and well crafted music, it is able to make what is boring at times exciting to the eyes and ears.
To this day although he admits the plot is lacking, my boyfriend still clings to Dragon Ball Z as one of the best animes ever made "because of the soundtrack." I don't agree it was that great but clearly music affects people deeply in how they respond to a show, whether they know it or not! – Slaidey9 years ago
I feel this way about Elfen Lied; its opening is beautiful but the show itself is horrendously gratuitous with its violence and shock value. – smarrie9 years ago
How I feel about Terror in Resonance...there are a lot of plot holes, yet the music is so amazing and emotional, it still comes out as one of my favorite series. – psychedelicreme9 years ago
In the recently concluded anime Charlotte, we are taken through many, often highly emotional, twists and turns with the plot, and while there is no denying that the storyline was both entertaining and emotionally wrenching, the ending of the show was unbelievably fast. I think there is a lot to explore about Yuu's journey, in which he travelled the world, earned a badass nickname, lost almost all sense of self, and essentially became a god and was ultimately condensed into one episode. What makes this even stranger is the very slow pacing of the first half of the series. I would suggest exploring what a more detailed look at the events of the last few episodes would be like if this series had been two-cour instead of one, or if the first few episode of the series had been slightly more condensed to allow for more time at the end of the series.
I'm currently doing this in a larger article that I've been working on for a while! I don't address what would have happened if it were spread over two cours though. Anyone looking for some of the former part of the topic can take a look for some of my own insight. Charlotte was such a huge ball of lost potential. but I enjoyed it nonetheless. – Austin9 years ago
Because of their popularity and episode count, One Piece, Naruto and Bleach are known in the anime community as 'The Big 3'. With Bleach and Naruto Shippuuden coming to an end and Fairy Tail's episode count continuing to rise, will Fairy Tail take the place of one these anime or will this group of shōnen anime become known as the Big 4?
It's a question I have often wondered. It seems like a lovechild between Dragonball Z, (predecessor to the Big Three) and Naruto. It's also worthy to state that the Naruto manga has ended. I have wondered often if there will not be a new Big Three after the three Anime end (though One Piece may be around for quite some time.) Whoever takes this up, I recommend looking at additional Anime that may join this count such as Boku no Hero Academia, Attack on Titan, Fairy Tail, etc... – SpectreWriter9 years ago
If you look up 'big four' anime, Fairy Tail is the fourth, and the other three are One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach. – nsiegel9 years ago
I was thinking... Maybe someone could examine the common features that make these series popular, and see how they are different. – Jordan9 years ago
It's become a new phenomenon of a subgenre recently to place slice of life characters in a post-apocalyptic world and see what happens. My first case with this was when I watched Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, and since then the trend has continued, including Puella Magi Madoka Magica, WIXOSS, Yuki Yuna wa Yusha de aru, and the recent overnight sensation, Gakkou Gurashi. This would be a great place to discuss this emerging subgenre, analyze its origin, and debate what the growing popularity means about us and our culture.
This sounds like it could be an interesting look into the "cute" aspect of anime. – Lily9 years ago
I heard moe might be dying out. It would definitely be interesting to examine. – Jordan9 years ago
Though the plot of Sidonia no Kishi is generally your standard space opera, there is one caveat. The latest generation of humans aboard the ship are born asexual, and develop sexual organs as they build relationships with one another. Not only that, the protagonist Tanikaze finds himself in many unique situations: being attracted to an alien taking the form of his former love interest, and playing the father role of a gigantic alien / human hybrid, just to name a couple. What, if anything, do these elements do for the anime as a whole? Are they just glossed over and used as shock value, or do they add value to the story? Might this anime mark a shift in today's mainstream anime environment?
While it may have been used as shock value in the beginning, the anime kept the "the viewer already knows this" attitude throughout both seasons. This kind of approach towards this detail in the world of Sidonia actually makes sense, since they're supposedly living in a far away future, where anything as initially absurd (like the bear cook) may be possible. It adds value to the whole world-building of Knights of Sidonia, which also succeeds in having its viewers undistracted by these minute details from the main story. – miharusshi9 years ago
Many times, fanservice is a prominent part of anime solely for entertainment purposes (High School of the Dead, Kill la Kill, and practically all of anime). Some audiences are turned off by the notion of sexualized characters, while others pay it no attention. But is fanservice actually for the fans more than it is for the creators? How does the audience perceive fanservice in anime in comparison to its creators? Does fan service actually attract more audiences?
I have seen the animes mentioned above and I can say that it's ok for anime of be just entertainment for the fans because at the end of the day we are nothing without our fans enjoying a good anime or two that we have worked on which is for them to engage in and share their views on the style that we want to show to our viewer. – Trae239 years ago
