Bored Reminiscence 2011: And the Top Fail of the Year Is…

Meat not related. I’m not going to post any screens of the topic at hand because frankly I don’t want to see them myself.

I realize the Fall season hasn’t concluded just yet but I’m positive nothing in it can match today’s contender. Christmas and New Year always prompt bloggers to start farting out reminiscent posts about the past four seasons, and I didn’t want to be the uncool hipster kid of the sphere. Let me start off the shallow end with the easiest choice around:
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Fractale Closing Impressions – Thank God It’s Over

[16:04] < +NovaJinx> this is why Titanic sunk
[16:04] < +NovaJinx> this is why Tutankhamun died
[16:04] < +NovaJinx> this is why Lupus no longer blogs
[16:05] < +NovaJinx> :(

Yamakan…yes, you truly made history. I admit it, I have never seen this stunning anime series before. I stand in awe of the absolute…Fractaleness. Really, there are no words to really describe this show, you just have to see it for yourself. Well, except just one: Amateurish. Though even that is a gross understatement.
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Just a Little Something That Bothers Me About Fractale

I was going through a bunch of screenshots from this season, when I suddenly hit the following bunch. Surprisingly I had completely forgotten about it, probably due to the apathy of mind that Fractale seems to induce. Nevertheless once I thought back to it, rewatched the scene and then considered how the show has progressed since, I couldn’t help feeling a bit disturbed…
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Halftime Thoughts on Winter 2011

I tried my best to pull individual analyses on all the non-Madoka shows around but after finishing with Fractale and attempting to move on to Yumekui Merry I realized that I was just forcing myself. To be honest, though this season is far better than the last couple ones I can hardly say most shows on my list deserve more than a couple paragraphs on a collective post. So here we go, everything that still stands on my watchlist. Quotes from my previous season summary about a month ago.
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What the Hell Are You Doing, Japan? Fractale NA Simulcast Cancelled Until America Deletes all Internet Pirates, lol

Original newsarticle posted on ANN, got the wind of it via Kuro’s blog. Now ain’t this ironic given everything Yamakan had stated here:

Yamamoto said he hopes to create an interface with prospective fans overseas through such measures as adding subtitles to his works.

Nevertheless, he believes simply selling anime abroad is not enough. He said it is crucial for the domestic market to regain its vibrancy that will attract people overseas.

And then the production committee decides to halt North American simulcast. The reason? Piracy, boo hoo. Japanese have stated that because there are illegal fansubs around of Fractale, the legal alternative must be terminated in response. Obviously the logic behind this is twofold: First, remove the easy alternative of ripping legal subs, and second, push the foreign publishers to take legal action. Of course the rest of the world knows how this goes. Removing simulcast subs will just make subbers translate from scratch themselves as they used to, and now the industry isn’t going to make even the little money they may from a legal alternative.
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