...of 2023

Luckily, there will be plenty of new animeposts in 2024 too!

This week I spontaneously decided to rewatch Toradora, Im a little over halfway through, its still a good show. Apart from that I didnt watch anything, was kinda busy this week.

Anyway, I hope you have a happy new year and dont blow of your own hands with illegal fireworks! And if you do, post pics!

@A pin pls

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尾田さんから担当に送られたオリジナルソング…❗️

タイトルは
「YO-HO-HOおれ達海賊」
だそうです。 pic.twitter.com/CNwqLZ3o8f

— ONE PIECE スタッフ【公式】/ Official (@Eiichiro_Staff) December 21, 2023

https://blog.livedoor.jp/isaacalwin1219/archives/35692317.html

One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda dropped a bomb before Christmas with an AI-created song that has served to stoke the flames of controversy on AI creations once again, with Japanese fans arguing from both sides.

The song, named ‘Yo-Ho-Ho Oretachi Kaizoku,' was a short experiment by Oda that was passed off to his managers, who had it posted on the One Piece official account. While not the first time Oda has dabbled with AI, the song drew much ire from people overseas, dismayed at one of the greatest mangakas seemingly in favor of adopting the technology.

On the Japanese side of Twitter, people were much less reactionary to Oda's post. Defenders argued that Oda was simply out of touch with the opinionated views and ethics of AI, being in his 50s with a packed manga schedule. Some also pointed out the supposed hypocrisy of Westerners, with one person writing that “[he] could only laugh ironically knowing that around 80% of the overseas people read early leaks of Jump anyway, so they had no right speaking about copyright”.

There was also pushback against the personal attacks on Oda's character, with some saying that the personal attacks were just discrediting Oda's achievements and weakening public favor for the side opposed to AI.

Meanwhile, the side opposed to AI works defended Western criticism of Oda, with one purporting that the reason for the lukewarm opposition to Oda's work in Japan was that Japan wasn't as familiar with the ethical pitfalls of AI as the West.

Oda isn't the only mangaka dabbling with the technology. Mangaka-turned-politician Akamatsu Ken (Love Hina, Negima!) has also been campaigning in favor of the technology with proper monitoring and profit returns for dataset providers, although his opinions have also drawn the ire of the anti-AI crowd.

!anime

One of the last anime I remember enjoying.

yeehaw

i feel like !anime Im bored so entertain me

Watched quite a lot of stuff again this week:

• 'Im in love with the villainess': its okay, still waiting for the last episode, but so far it doesnt seem like anything really will be resolved by the end of the season. Id watch another season, but if they leave it at that its pretty meh. But well see, maybe the last episode surprises.

• 'Blue Drop: Tenshi-tachi no Gikyoku': only watched the very first episode and tbh can barely remember anything cause I was drunk when I watched it. Anyone got opinions on that show? Idk if I should restart it.

• 'The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior': was okay, nothing special though, and imo took itself too seriously sometimes.

• 'I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss': I liked this one, decent romcom. Would watch another season.

• 'Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion': I liked this one too, a bit surprising after I initially disliked the animation, but it was a nice romance. Would watch another season.

• 'Tomo-chan is a girl': was okay, good enough romcom if youre bored.

• 'The Dreaming Boy Is A Realist': only watched the first episode and it was weird and cringy, doubt Ill give it another chance.

• 'Masamune-kun no Revenge': I watched the first season years back and only recently noticed they made another season. Rewatched season 1, which is okay, though it definitly improved by getting another season with a real conclusion. I liked season 2 more, it concludes the show nicely, but (major spoiler) I kinda hoped the blonde girl got with masamune in the end, not adagaki. It still was enjoyable though.

• 'My Love Story With Yamada-kun At Level 999': Good romance, I liked it.

• 'In/Spectre': I rewatched season 1, havent seen season 2 yet. Season 1 is fine, good enough that I will watch the second season too.

• 'Tsundere Akuyaku Reijou Liselotte to Jikkyou no Endou-kun to Kaisetsu no Kobayashi-san': Im halfway through this one, its meh. I dont hate it, but its just not very interesting or anything. Imo it might have been better to remove the real life commentator stuff and just focus on the isekai romance. Yeah, that would have removed the animes 'unique' aspect, but still. Also idk if its just me, but the animation seems pretty bad imo. Ill probably finish it anyway since Im halfway through already and its not that bad, but I wouldnt recommend it.

Ill probably start 'I'm Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness', sounds like it might be either exactly my type of shit or gigacringe.

!anime

@Merryvann pin pls

here is a list of good amines. this list is comprehensive, if your favorite alimne isn't on this lsit its not a good amine:

Mushi-shi

Dragon Ball

Dragon Ball Z (up to Frieza arc ONLY, this is a stretch to begin with and I only added it to appease the latinx here)

Samurai Champloo

Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Cowboy Bebop

Mob Psycho 100

Berserk

One Punch Man (1st season)

This is the only amines u ever need to watch. anything else and ur gay, even gayer than someone who watches animo to begin with

Social media outraged over new anime Modaete yo, Adam-kun. Story below: pic.twitter.com/EyxelCAtZn

— Niche Gamer (@nichegamer) December 11, 2023

https://twitter.com/nicheg*mer/status/1734233747136938374/quotes

i have seen a grand total of zero people talk about this anime ever

Perfect timing to represent western modern audience

With how sexual a lot of these animes are, I kind of need censorship to get through without feeling uncomfortable or well the other option

Booooobs~ scaaaaaary~

As someone whose trying not to sexualize women, because of how problematic that has became over the years, I think I may have conditioned myself to be scared of women's sexual parts, but that isn't a weird thing, I think its okay to be scared of being called a pervert right?

When are these overly-pampered Westerners ever NOT outraged by anime?

Social media outraged about anime? What else is new

Literally nobody is mad at this

So non Japanese people, complaining about content thats in Japan. No one should ever care what people on the internet think, especially now in this case.

Read about 5 paragraphs in and saw that the characters are underage and having s*x....

Your PFP is from a game about murder and cannibalism with themes of incest where, in one scene, the sister locks an innocent girl in a chest and they leave her to die all because she showed interest in her brother.

You like watching kiddie porn.

>ugly people upset sexy people exist in media

GASP

How old are these characters again? Oh they're teenagers? Right here officer

making an article compiling all the mean tweets about your favorite flavor of the month hentai show is next level pathetic

Trvth bomb

Correction: incels complaining about healthy sexuality.

Opinion: disregarded.

Gate: kept.

Here's today's challenge:

Find any one of these "social media accounts" participating in this so called "outrage" without any of these:

1: Pronouns in bio

2: Liked "that kind" of political extremist content

3: Liked furry images, often with disgusting fetishes like extreme deformation

I have not seen a single person talk about this anime till now.

The outrage in question:

dude

2 nukes wasn't enough

claims to be anti genocide.

alludes to genocide.

completely normal response

I'll watch this and see how long it takes for me to kill myself