Japan doesn't only do Final Fantasy you know. The Tales series is ever improving. Demon's Souls and Dark Souls are very high quality. Xenoblade was extremely good.
'JRPGs' are not just one genre, and there's plenty of great stuff coming out of that industry.
The only people who think that Japan's game industry has gone downhill are those mainstream people who only know Final Fantasy and nothing else... and believe Mario and Zelda came from USA.
23:58, though I agree with you I think you got genre and franchise confused because a game could be categorized as more than one genre(ex: rpg fps) whereas JRPG IS a genre and therefore cannot be more than one genre or its sole purpose is defeated.
@01:14 JRPG isn't a genre though. :) It's a lazy term that some stupid journalists came up with a few years ago in order to poke fun at games like Final Fantasy, and it stuck.
Now it's used to stereotype 90% of the RPGS that come out of Japan. I bet you many people if asked would class Final Fantasy 10, Disgaea 3 and Tales of Vesperia all as 'JRPGs', but all three of them play in vastly different ways (FF is a console style RPG, Disgaea a strategy RPG and Vesperia an action RPG). That's the main reason why the term isn't any good as a genre label. :)
Four already announced by GoodSmile before the anime started. 2 nendos, already open for preorder, and 2 1/8,with no prototypes yet, of both Yozura and Sena.
The blonde looks like she'd be a good party girl. I'd let her take my virginity.
You see the first one?It`s more sex appeal than unfold her pantsu!
It's also left unclear if she's wearing any...
Title for this post should be "Tomodachi ga Sukunai no-pan gamers anime"
Its also unclear where most of her body is. Thats terrible art in action.
ORLY? Just wait till you get to see another "Hideyoshi" gender in that anime
uhh there is a hideyoshi character...
it's the maid...
whenever i see hideyoshi i think of toyotomi no hideyoshi then get confused. Then i recall baka no test
Dat ass of the best character Yozora !
I find my eyes are also drawn to Sena's breasts...
Niku.
Ooh, a fellow meat-lover!
me too I love MEAT FTW
Oh, the cow.. sure her too.
excessive meat is beautiful!
PlayingStates Portable.
Gaming in japan is a bit meh, boring mmo, dumbass rpgs. Then there is the whole guitar hero style games, which I don't really much have played.
I could have let it go when you said boring mmo's.
But... dumbass rps?! Oh welll your loss.
JRPGs have gone downhill but there are a few rare standouts. He is mostly right, FF12 and FF13 were disasters and FF11 was boring as hell.
Japan doesn't only do Final Fantasy you know. The Tales series is ever improving. Demon's Souls and Dark Souls are very high quality. Xenoblade was extremely good.
'JRPGs' are not just one genre, and there's plenty of great stuff coming out of that industry.
Only in Dark Soul can you have fun dying.
The only people who think that Japan's game industry has gone downhill are those mainstream people who only know Final Fantasy and nothing else... and believe Mario and Zelda came from USA.
23:58, though I agree with you I think you got genre and franchise confused because a game could be categorized as more than one genre(ex: rpg fps) whereas JRPG IS a genre and therefore cannot be more than one genre or its sole purpose is defeated.
@01:14 JRPG isn't a genre though. :) It's a lazy term that some stupid journalists came up with a few years ago in order to poke fun at games like Final Fantasy, and it stuck.
Now it's used to stereotype 90% of the RPGS that come out of Japan. I bet you many people if asked would class Final Fantasy 10, Disgaea 3 and Tales of Vesperia all as 'JRPGs', but all three of them play in vastly different ways (FF is a console style RPG, Disgaea a strategy RPG and Vesperia an action RPG). That's the main reason why the term isn't any good as a genre label. :)
I think you need to look up the definition of "genre".
How is this relevant to an article about an anime?
monster hunter is neither one of these, and sell millions locally. again, a shame capcom chosed crappy 3ds for the two upcoming opus
I'm pretty sure PSP or/and PSV will get their ports of MH4. Same happened with MH3.
WoW dork?
2nd episode make me laugh till my stomach hurt and tears fall from my eyes this anime is one of the most funny show of the last many years I <3 it :P
Can't wait till the part when they catch Sena playing eroge. Also, one of my fav artists, now you see why.
Interests me.
Im a Yozorafag!
Theres more IP infringements to come...
List thus far...
Monster Hunter
PSP
PS3
Some kinda eroge~
galge not = eroge
kirameki sp it is not eroge you fool, This game is parody of Tokimeki memorial which is GALGE and widely known as mother of dating sim.
GALGE is not EROGE
Isn't there a parody somewhere about The Sacred Blacksmith?
There would be-or bound to be so.
In the manga 4th chapter Sena could be seen playing one (with Luke as main char)
I wish the episodes would come out faster because I can't get enough of Sena <3
NEEDS MOAR YOZORA AND LESS COW
seconded
Best anime of the season! I sure hope it gets more than just the 12 episodes listed at ANN.
This, best of the season? C'mon...
I have to admit: This turned out to be way better than expected.
why do I get the feeling that female characters in this series will have PVC figures in the future.
Four already announced by GoodSmile before the anime started. 2 nendos, already open for preorder, and 2 1/8,with no prototypes yet, of both Yozura and Sena.
Actually they already do...but only as Nendoroid by Good Smile so far.
there are also two GK's by i forgot who made them, but they are for the two main girls.
agree PVC FIGURE IS A MUST
Loved the MH reference, lol.
there was already one at 0:10 in the first episode : the four boys totally looked like playing monhan :)