Re: Anime Podcast Talks - Harems: Helpful or Harmful?

04/06/16 • 42 min

We’re back with a brand new twist! This week, /u/dbcitizen joins us on the first edition of the Re: Anime Podcast Talks, or Trap Talks! For our topic, we discuss how harem anime have become increasingly prevalent in recent years, as well as its potential impact for the future of the industry. On that note, can harem anime ever finds its footing in the West? Or will it stifle anime’s chance of becoming globally “mainstream”? All these questions and more are answered! 1:55 Is It Wrong to Pick Up Guests from the Internet? with /u/dbcitizen - 2:40 Why talk about harem anime? - 4:20 Defining Harems in Anime - 7:24 SAO and Others: Harem or Only Harem Elements? - 8:30 No Doubt Harems (and their Problems) - 10:29 Reacting to To Love Ru (Possible Ending Spoilers for the First Series) - 12:30 Guilty Pleasures and their Place in Media (in the East and West) - 13:13 Divides in Genre in Western Media - 15:28 The Reactions to Harem Anime - 16:48 The Future of the Western Anime Market - 23:15 Nisekoi: Not as Pointless as You Might Think It Is - 24:50 Evangelion’s Influence on the Harem Genre (Establishing and Shaking Up Tropes) - 32:53 The “Best Girl” Mindset Anime discussed: Neon Genesis Evangelion, Nisekoi, Love Hina, The Testament of Sister New Devil, Rosario + Vampire, Sword Art Online, To Love Ru, Monster Musume

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Re: Anime Podcast - Episode 16 (Patience and Payoff)

Time Zones can’t stop the Re: Anime Podcast! And we hope it was worth the wait... just like how Steins;Gate, Hunter x Hunter (2011), and many other shows build up to their own hype. What is it that makes these shows worth it in the long-run? How do their beginnings shape up the end? /u/ShaKing807 joins us to discuss how anime can successfully turn a “slow” start into a wild ride. We also wrap up the last of the airing Winter 2016 shows, and have some very special news about what’s to come! 0:44 Tales from the No-Drop Zone - 0:50 SEKKO BOYS - 3:41 Shoujo-tachi wa Kouya wo Mezasu - 6:30 Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu - 10:59 Teekyuu 7 - 11:44 Utawarerumono: The False Faces 13:15 Is It Wrong to Pick Up Guests from the Internet? with /u/ShaKing807 - 13:54 How the Beginning of Steins;Gate Builds Towards its End - 17:31 Gradual Build Ups vs. Famous Arcs - 18:02 A Certain Scientific Railgun/A Certain Scientific S’s Sisters Arc - 21:00 Hunter x Hunter (2011): The Chimera Ant Arc’s Mastery - 24:01 Plot? Characters? What Drives an Arc - 27:29 Tamako Market and the Jump to Tamako Love Story 28:27 Nichijou News 30:36 Word Fart Online Anime discussed: SEKKO BOYS, Shoujo-tachi wa Kouya wo Mezasu, Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu, Teekyuu 7, Utawarerumono, Steins;Gate, A Certain Scientific Railgun, A Certain Scientific Railgun S, Hunter x Hunter (2011), Tamako Market, Tamako Love Story, Sword Art Online, Konosuba