Yurihi: “I’m Not Interested in Any Ordinary Anime”
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Apr 8, 2010 03:56 JST
- Tags: Angel Beats!, Character Design, Comparison, Haruhi, NewType
Angel Beats heroine Yurihi‘s overwhelming similarity to a certain monomaniac schoolgirl now extends past simple character design and into some truly unfortunate “coincidence” courtesy of Newtype:
The text above “Newtype” reads “I’m not interested in any ordinary anime,” a clear reference to Haruhi’s catchphrase. Supposedly the text is there by coincidence rather than design.
Whatever the actual depth of similarity, the fact that nobody can shut up about it is probably a reasonable indication that Yurihi’s design should never have been accepted.
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Coincidence? I think not.
Lets see...
1. They both explain in such a way you don't understand at first.
2. They both lead a certain organization/club
3. They both have hair accessories (hairbands)
4. They both have VERY SIMILAR character designs
5. They both are very "persuasive"
6. They both burst out and say "Baka" in a similar way
6. Both are tsundere? types
7. Both have weird opening statements (aliens/battlefield)
8. Both have a "Kyon" character?
both don't like the current status quo.
However SOS Kyon >>>> SSS Kyon
though I understand your point, some of those things can't be helped for the sake of story balance. Imagine what would happen if you take away the voice of reason from hyperactive characters like these. Though yuri seems much more methodical...yuri also has the excuse that here weird opening statement was suitable for the situation. Weird for weird.
Come to think of it...what makes a character tsundere these days? She hasn't done anything particularly mean or aggressive. It's still in the range of how a completely normal girl would act and speak...so why is she tsundere?
Perhaps you would like to answer the question to "What is the meaning to life?" as well, given your previous extensive explanation on how the world goes around?
tsundere.... can you stop being a weeaboo and say it in english, damn serious
hi anon troll, so what is called "tsundere" in Engrish ? :)
lmao! u get points.
tsundere in engrish = under-fucked-bitch.
quite a mouthful, so we all stick to tsundere
the only thing in common, if you learn to see its that both are females, cheeezzzzz you need to play more the game find the 5 diferences for 4 year old kids.
Two word: Endless Eight
kyon-kun denwa
both are diferent, diferent eyes, diferent color , diferent hair cut, maybe if otakus had less time having sex with girls, or drawing and see how hard it is will complain less.
Trolls reproduces like hamsters this days, they even hate their own face in the mirror.
Its a homage.
It's a simmons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDhZ5diK4g4
No, THIS is a trap. Get it right.
it's a trap
i see what you did there
is it just me or thats just BAD anime quality.... even worst than haruhi.... *sigh*
its just you cause you are stupid
Hahaha!
It's just you.
it IS bad anime quality.
I didn't really find anything wrong with it.. quality wise. I think this site has all of you brainwashed lol. Whatever he says, you believe.
Don't be a fag, both series have quite decent animation as TV series. If you expect movie level quality from series you should go and jump.
yeah, both animes are good and diferent people complaining and havent seen it yet.
both of you need to read Japanese
if you cant ill read it for ya....
NOW
look at the picture again
at the top left and right
there is a word but i bet most of you
cant read the work so here we go
Left : KOREAN MADE
right : JAPANESE MADE
so the anime was actually made by korean animation company. THAT is why its BAD quality rather than traditional jap-ani works
The problem with calling her a Haruhi clone is that she's not.
Haruhi didn't come anywhere NEAR to codifying the concept of wearing a school uniform, making the below-the-neck comparisons obvious and stupid. Off the top of my head I could name a dozen lead characters from anime and manga who wear similar school uniforms.
The bow and hairstyle? Again, Haruhi didn't invent them, or codify them, or anything like that. Hell, their hair is only the same in that they both have bangs and long hair, which could apply to thousands of characters. The only thing which comes close is the ribbon, and the problem there is that ribbons are a pretty common hair feature anyway.
I'd be far more inclined to call it a ripoff had the little details lined up (color, uniform stuff), but even the freaking body proportions are nowhere close to one another.
we are not only talking about that they look alive but their personalities are very alike. (so I copypasta for you to understand)
-they both are leaders of a group. (SOS and SSS)
-their talking style is alike. (listen to "baka ja nai no" of both of them)
-both of them are not quiet and have tsundere element
-their "sidekicks" are pretty deadpan sarcastic, exept otonashi is louder and resist, unlike kyon.
of course, those character elements are not rare in anime but for two characters being that alike is possibly not a coincidence. (but you want to say that yurippe is neither rip-off nor plagiarism of haruhi, which is totally right, right?) I rather think of a possibility of parody or hommage.
also, the parody is totally confirmed by KEY.
i dont think they are nearly similar enough to fuss about
B-but she has a headband!
lol we have a new brand of atheism and that is:
YURIHISM!!!
I see no similarities other than their being female....?
FF 13 of anime...
she look nothing like Haruhi, but I don't know if their character is the same.
Anime is dying because of all the ripoffs. It really started with Evangelion and all the clones. Now we have ripoffs such as this. People need to get original and knock off the mindless, rehashing bullshit.
Imitation and Inspiration had a son its name was Plagiarism
am I being censored?
can't we just shut up about this uglily drawn rip off of an anime with a crappy story and move on?
Did you even watch it? Beyond the main character having a ribbon in her hair (god fucking forbid) there are no similarities between the two animes.
Angel Beats certainly has gotten off to a better start than Haruhi's troll ep beginning.
Angel Beats has all the elements of overhyped brainmushing fail. But then, people around here are watching Qwaser, so anything remotely resembling a brain must have been annihilated by now.
damn, I see QUALITY in those images
"Yurihi"? What a silly way to coin it.
Putting aside the discussion of personality mirroring aside, their hair styles -apart from the hairband- are easy enough to tell apart, not just by the obvious difference in colors too.
They should've let KyoAni animate this.
i don't see it
LOL
congrats on reporting on the benign.
next thing your gonna report on is that the sky is actually a sky blue over just blue >.>
GJ newtype.
no wonder i don't read it.
Superficial.
I'm more interested with how good the fucking show is.
the first thing that came into my mind when I saw this girl, was haruhi
Come on!
When the game was released the developers said openly that she was highly inspired from Haruhi. There even was an article about it at Sankacom.
Why is everyone bitching about it know? We already knew she was a Haruhi-clone.
Maybe this show is actually in production by China, or at least as a secret benefactor. Even Dinosaur Baby Holy Heroes could be contested for having more original character designs than this show.
They're probably using lower end korean animators.