{"id":2867,"date":"2010-10-27T21:10:41","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T03:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tancos.net\/wp\/?p=2867"},"modified":"2010-10-27T21:10:41","modified_gmt":"2010-10-28T03:10:41","slug":"princesses-and-rotten-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/princesses-and-rotten-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"Princesses and rotten girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you see something like this:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"lightbox\"  title =\"kuragehime12\" href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/kuragehime12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/kuragehime12-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"kuragehime12\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2873\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You know what&#8217;s going to happen.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2884\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2884\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"lightbox\"  title =\"Kuragehime\" href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/kuragehimeB01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/kuragehimeB01-600x334.jpg\" alt=\"One of these is not like the others.\" title=\"Kuragehime\" width=\"600\" height=\"334\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2884\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of these is not like the others.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--more-->The first episode of <i><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=11282\">Kuragehime<\/a><\/b><\/i> is promising. Most of the characters are asocial, obsessive &#8220;hardcore female nerds,&#8221; an appealing demographic. ((None of them is an anime otaku.)) Although one of the leads is a trap, the episode is completely devoid of fanservice; ((in the usual panties-and-boobs sense. If you&#8217;re into jellyfish, there&#8217;s plenty.)) the writers are interested in comedy, not titillation. None of the characters are moeblobs, and they all have noses. The opening, which parodies movies from James Bond flicks to <i><b>Mary Poppins<\/b><\/i>, indicates an emphasis on playfulness.<\/p>\n<p><center><object width=\"560\" height=\"340\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ryOV92_efBo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The crew looks competent. The director earlier worked on <i><b>Baccano<\/b><\/i>, <i><b>Natsume Yujin-Cho<\/b><\/i> and <i><b>Haibane Renmei<\/b><\/i>; the series composition guy worked on <i><b>Petite Princess Yucie<\/b><\/i>; and, the composer wrote the scores for <i><b>Baccano<\/b><\/i> and <i><b>Natsume Yujin-Cho<\/b><\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>The second episode is due out tomorrow on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www4.funimation.com\/video\/?page=show&#038;b=340\">Funimation<\/a> site. If it&#8217;s as good as the first, I&#8217;ll keep watching.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2870\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2870\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"lightbox\"  title =\"kuragehime08\" href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/kuragehime08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/kuragehime08-600x335.jpg\" alt=\"Left to right: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, movies, dolls, trains.\" title=\"kuragehime08\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2870\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left to right: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, movies, dolls, trains.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2871\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2871\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"lightbox\"  title =\"kuragehime09\" href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/kuragehime09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/kuragehime09-600x337.jpg\" alt=\"Jellyfish\" title=\"kuragehime09\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2871\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jellyfish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2872\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2872\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"lightbox\"  title =\"kuragehime06\" href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/kuragehime06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/kuragehime06-600x337.jpg\" alt=\"The princess\" title=\"kuragehime06\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2872\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2872\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The princess<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you see something like this: You know what&#8217;s going to happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9],"tags":[318],"class_list":["post-2867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-and-screen-captures","category-current-viewing","tag-kuragehime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-Kf","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}