Free! “Will Actually Be Good!”: Director = Raging Fujoshi
- Categories: News
- Date: Apr 27, 2013 23:43 JST
- Tags: Character Design, Free!, Fujoshi, Hyouka, Kyoto Animation, Production Controversy, Yaoi
Ultimate production controversy anime Free! actually boasts a crack KyoAni team and could be a hit, it is being said – and Hiroko Utsumi, the raging fujoshi directing it, probably explains much of its direction and potential quality.
Utsumi’s main production credits so far include 4 episodes of Nichijou, 4 episodes of K-ON!, 4 of Hyouka, and (perhaps to her credit) only one each of Chuunibyou and Tamako Market, with Free! to be her directorial debut.
She actually spent an entire interview enthusing about a changing room scene with the boys of Hyouka which she oversaw, so her credentials are hardly in doubt – although from the point of view of more traditionally minded KyoAni fans, this may well be the point at issue:
I oversaw production and storyboarding of episode 7 of Hyouka.
I was able to show the guys in a fresh light, with ever cool Hotaro getting a bit tipsy after his long bath, plenty of cute steamy stuff and those red faces – really just down to the hot water or something else!? Really cute, I think.
Of course, what I really took care over was the changing scene.
When they are changing and raise their arms, I took care over their ribs and the shape of their arms crossing (etc).
I actually tried getting the character designer to demonstrate just how sexy a guy stripping can be, but he declined.
[…]
Also I must confess – Satoshi’s pantsu are pink because of my preference.
Her enthusiasm (presumably shared by KyoAni’s other female staff, who may well be equally rancid) probably also goes some way to explaining how the studio managed such a provocative change in direction between styles and target demographics – although fans of their more recent works are probably just wishing they had lavished as much attention on changing scenes involving their own favoured moeblobs.
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Good, that anime adaptation was a steaming pile of shit. Even the VNs were mediocre at best.
yeah , but my countrymen(italy....) are giving it 10/10 sayng it is the anime of the decade and ALL the other animes(except madoka) of the year suck.....
Little busters 2016
Make an anime about Kyoani's staff daily lives...
I think their daily lives just got fucked up real bad.
No seriously, i would surely like to see the fallout from rabid Japanese fans on their mailboxes etc.
These days they actually have fallout they could mail...
They already did - nichijou
I would watch that.
If this is just gender bent K-on, I'll find it just as boring as K-on, without the redeeming quality of watching cute girls doing cute things.
I still found that boring.
i agree with with you. i just hope this anime would be like nichijou/chuunibyou/lucky star. more of comedy.
KyoAni is trying to give otakus a reason to hate them instead of Aku no Hana.
Well, as a non-otaku anime fan and a human being, I'm quite excited by this ^^ it's actually the first KyoAni thing I've ever cared about, so maybe this way they'll also get new fans even if they lose some old ones...
And now go die in a fire you fujoshi monster.
The problem isn't fujoshi or 'moetards' or whatever the god damn bullshit is. The problem is their change in direction in this is worrisome if it's merely a pendulum swing in the other direction.
Moe and random breasts and pantsu is just as bad for either sex. People complain about fujoshi but don't realize that fujoshi are actually just the female equivalent of guys who like tits and ass in their characters.
The difference is that most of the tits and ass has been exaggerated and ironic. It's not serious, and most of it is outrageously sexy and intentionally not something someone would fap to because it's essentially a comedic take, just as this woman's take on the Hyouka episode.
However... this woman is spending too much detail on this. This isn't important. Spending that much time on the body and not on the plot is worrisome. Make a guy sexy all you want, but don't force it. Men and women have one thing in common: forced sexiness is fake and unappealing.
Turning this into a yaoi doujinshi will decimate any reasonable potential for her as a director, so I'm just going to sincerely hope that this is just Sankaku being Sankaku again.
^
THIS
Amen
You, sir. Have talked. Fujoshi here. I loved K-ON. Please, oh please have a plot and not just cute guys because some of us, fujoshi, want story with it.
So by "non-otaku anime fan", you mean Fujoshi.
full metal panic second raid, clannad, hyouka and nichijou would be 4 solid and varied examples of there work. Im just not sure why as a being a non-otaku anime fan would make free! seem more appealing than some of the other kyoani stuff. FMP has mechs so tis fairly otakuish fair enough but its hardly moe blob. Clannad is one of the most moving drama Ive even seen. It is moe certainly but the moe stuff isnt really the focus of the series just a part of it. Em hyouka for a slow paced mystery drama slice of life thing. Quite interesting and unique. Nichijou because tis over the top and zanny as hell.
Of course, stuff like haruhi and lucky star are classics as well but I guess theyve never interested you enough to watch them for some reason? This show about a male swimming team intrests you though?
Doesnt really make sense unless you really love shows about sports teams or you enjoy smexy kyoani males. But if that were the case.. Why not just say as a sports anime fan? What does non-otaku and as a human being mean? cause youre judgement is somehow superior to fans who have actually watched other kyoani stuff because your allegedly not an otaku whereas they are?
fujoshi is just another kind of otaku fan. And how have you not enjoyed at least one kyoani anime? Even if you loath moeblobs stuff theyve had other quality shows over the years.
@10:26 - I haven't been interested to check out any others that I have known about. I honestly don't know what all the kyoani anime are.
How am I a fujoshi? IM A GUY!!! -_-'
@14:25 - by non-otaku anime fan, it means a casual anime watcher... otaku is relative to obsessive or hardcore, right?
And I'm seriously annoyed by little girls, so maybe that explains it.
Little girls >>> cool dudes >>>>>>>>>>>> hot women
This also looks fresh because of the swimming, effect of the water, and animation. This would do well if released in the heat of summer, I think.
make sense now?
@ 14:45 - correction
little girls <<<<< cool dudes <<<<<<<<<<<<<<< hot women
....KyoAni Made Clannad u know :/
Good guy KyoAni
HELL NO
well i just googled hiroko utsumi to see what she's like, and as expected, she is ugly
I laughed.
So many heartless people around here who don't even deserve their moe anime from KyoAni anymore...
And you think KyoAni does moeblobs 'cause they love their fans? You forgot about the piles of cash they're handling thanks to moeblobs?
You're right - we don't deserve this fujoshi nonsense paid for with Otaku Moe Money!
It's like a priest emptying the collection plate at church and going to gay strip bar with the money.....hey wait a sec.
Who the fuck cares? Why should people have to appeal to your penis for every fucking job they do? Are male animators fashion models? No? Then shut up.
LOL ugly radar sets off.
you know who said beauty is only skin deep? an ugly person.
Unless you have the face of Brad Pitt and the cock of Evan Stone, you might want to let off the oh so manly internet insulting you little anon you. ;)
No One pays money to see male animators do they? They do pay money to cute moe girls in kawaii outfits though.
"Sailor Moon" can't get made fast enough I tell you. Dam, those short shirts
LMAO, mad ugly fujoshi detected
LMAO, mad ugly otaku detected
The fact that this comment was downvoted makes me sad for humanity.
Sankaku and misogynistic otaku makes me sad for humanity enough already.
So what? judge her by the quality of her work, you asshole.
YES, Yes...because Japanese women judge Otaku males on their "inner-beauty" & not the quality of their work.
her work is crap too you know, she's probably whoring around her bosses to get her position now
yeah kyoani is renowned for its office orgies.
Nobody wants fujoshi poontang.
Slumber parties?
The kind where animators sleep at their workstations.
Was Aya Hirano involved in any of these orgies?
she really need to have a plastic surgery, being that ugly is a crime!
Look who's talking, lol
have you seen my face? no right? but i have seen her, and i can tell you its fucking ugly, do google her yourself
I can easily speculate you're fugly, and you can't do a shit about about it.
Pretty sure everyone on this site is fucking ugly compared to me. Losers.