The 2011 Tokyo Anime Fair has seen fit to grant a damning Ishihara seal of approval to K-ON!, an insult if ever there were one.
K-ON!! has received an award for TV anime excellence, one of only a tiny handful of late-night anime titles to even be mentioned.
Other notable awards are as follows – although the general consensus appears to be any award from TAF is now closer to a condemnation than anything worth having:
Animation of the Year: The Borrower Arrietty
TV Anime Awards: K-ON!!, The Tatami Galaxy
Seiyuu Award: Aki Toyosaki, for her portrayal of Yui Hirasawa
Overseas Animation Award: Toy Story 3
OVA Award: Gundam UC
Most of the other small-change awards seem to go to Arrietty, along with a character design award to Precure – all decidedly family friendly material.
As K-ON! and others are published by a company engaged in an active boycott of TAF, it seems possible they may decline to acknowledge the award, or even publicly refuse it; it is likely the only recognition likely to confer any real prestige from here on will be granted at ACE.
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Oh boy here we go....
Ishihara aside... They both deserve it.
Ishinyanya
ํYES WE NYAN? Awesome phrase I say.
Definitely, I'm so saving that picture.
I think Precure creatures should refuse to receive the award as well. It has many sexual undermines.
"Yes We nyan" = Epic WIN
Not like I hate on K-On!, but doesn't that mean Azunyan and co. have been soiled by Ishihara?
Yes we nyan! We nyan make ACE the best anime fair ever, we nyan beat this stupid ban, and we nyan kick Ishihara's old, hypocritical butt!
This place is full of newfags, YES WE NYAN.png is old as fuck.
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WHY.png
Indeed.
Do you feel super special because you saw a picture well before some other people did?
no shit
"ZOMGROFL I saw the moe-pic first you nuuubbessssssss!!!!"
....And?
given the seal, ishihara could have watched k-on?
one may never know, he may be fapping to some lolis while watching some late night anime in japan. ;D
And I bet one of his ingenious plans is to break the otaku opposition apart into k-on lovers and k-on haters. Don't give into his provocation, this is the time when k-on fags must stand strong with k-on bashers.
You may be right, but I am suspecting a good number of K-On fans will still be showing up, and it still tarnishes the subcontractors and their object of affection.
i think you're confused, the K-on lovers have no problem with other anime.
its the fags who brainlessly bash whats popular because they think it makes them seem intellectually deeper about their media.
if that's Ishihara's plan, it'll probably fail on K-on lovers.
you fags on the other hand are the only ones getting riled up about this award in the first place.
Yeah! It couldn't be that maybe K-on and "moe" anime really just suck, there all hatin!
No seriously K-on is trash and so is all moe anime, go die.
What the Hell?? What is this Yui fascination with Aki?
Not that I think Minako or Hikasa were in the running...Maybe Ayana Taketatsu as she's fast becoming ICONIC for Moe.
Then again I don't see the big deal with "Toy Story 3"...It was Good, solid, and inventive but NOT award winning IMO.
It was as inventive as an iPhone. Not even worth to be mentioned.
well I thought their holding hand while going down the furnace and giving up on life to die with dignity was pretty emotional
You don't like Aki-san? :<
Poabbaly that Ishihara considered that
"Mio is my wife"
"Mio is Mine. Nobody can touch her"
"Azunyan is my daughter" (or my second wife after Mio) ...
or the stars of his next rape book
Shit-hara Guide to Perfect Raping - K-ON EDITION
Azunyan is my wife ~Tentacle Rape Version~
I'd buy that :D
Probably, Hitozuma/Netorare version of K-On would be a lot better
Yuri style NTR...nah
Eat-shit-hara is too stupid for that.
To Ishihara:
In the words of Mask Donalds: "SHURR UP"
YES WE AZUNYAN :3
This is the anime equivalent of Justin Bieber winning a Grammy. Both are only successful thanks to a radical fanbase completely lacking in taste.
THIS.
Offical anime awards are sameful. Only family friendly titles win.
The best in tentacle rape award
and so on...
And both are not the least controversial and completely parent-approved.
Just because K-On isn't edgy or grimdark enough for you doesn't mean it's a bad anime that lacks taste.
K-On fans seem to like multiple genres of anime, which includes your edgy grimdark shows.
Justin Bieber is actually pretty talented. Do not let the zealous fans make you turn a blind eye on his talent. Of course, I don't like the music his producers are making him sing, but some of his early covers on YouTube were of fine taste IMO.
Its not like TAF had alot of options to choose from...
So what exactly was supposed to be family-friendly about Tatami Galaxy?
I was thinking the same thing. The chapter about the borrowed love doll is both depressing and excellent, but in no way at all family-friendly.
What condemnation?! Is there anything wrong with being praised for your record and achievements?! It makes no difference what award you get and it's not like they were asking for it! Everyone should realize that!
Not when someone with an universal disgust against him gives it to you.
It's like you have recieved a Nobel from Hitler.
Godwin's Law wins. Lol.
But seriously, man... K-ON? O_o
What is this I don't even...
Not that I'm a hater, but there're plenty of other better anime out there. Jesus...
Not that I care about the ishihara drama here but I'm sorry to hear about your disagreement.
I'm pretty much ok about the notion that Tatami Galaxy and K-ON!! were one of the best shows this year.
They did by showing up, which made them eligible for these corrupt awards.
I don't think the franchise would care after all. This award sounded more like Ishihara's pledge trying to drag back one of his boycotters that happened to be one of the well known anime today.
I think it might have more to do with the shitload of craptastic viewers... he doesn't control TAF directly.
GUNDAM UC!~
Very cute, good match against the Pedobear seal of approval. Can't decide who's better though.
wheres the nekomimi on azunyan?
Does K-On! have any fan-service, violence or undesirable content? Nope.
yeah i think so too... being as a super asshole as he is able to be, he still can't possibly object against K-ON!, for content-wise it had nothing so called "harmful" in his terms