K-ON!’s legion of fans are expressing their outrage and dejection at the K-ON! movie missing out on the top Academy Prize for Animation, with the “Most Excellent” prize for animation instead going to Kokurikozaka Kara and K-ON! being stuck with a mere “Excellence” prize.
The “Japan Academy Prizes,” being something of a cheeky knock-off of the “real” Academy Awards, differ in how they award prizes – rather than an award and nominations, there are 5 “excellence” prizes in each category, but only a single “most excellent” prize for each:
The normal award candidates were announced previously, but the top prizes were only announced at the recent and heavily televised awards ceremony, which saw production staff in attendance to better experience their humiliation and disappointment:
To K-ON! fans, it seems only the “most excellent” prize is worth having and there is a certain amount of sadness and outrage at their favourite moeblobs being denied it, despite the obvious impossibility of anything beating a Ghibli title:
“And we all believed K-ON! would get it…”
“Right, everyone go home. It’s unfortunate but it was going to happen.”
“Seriously? I’m going to bed…”
“I laughed. Still, it was expected.”
“The K-ON! worshippers sure seem to have believed they’d get it.”
“Honestly, this was not a surprise!”
“As expected of Ghibli and company…”
“They always get the most excellent prizes every time they come up, so it’s not too surprising.”
“They should just rename the Animation Prize the Ghibli Prize and be done with it.”
“Serves you right, K-ONtards!”
“Who cares about this stupid prize anyway.”
all of those nominated title, I only watch K-ON
I guess it was a lot to ask to beat Ghibli. These prizes are politically motivated anyway.
Haven’t seen it, so , no comment..
Wow, I’d go to a doctor if I were you, lol
Look at all these white people on this site claiming K-ON! isn’t “deep”. And I assume what you think is that “Death Note” and “Code Geass” are deep? Oh, look at Light and Lelouch, they’re being villains for the rest of the world, how “deeeep”.
Well, I’m sorry to let you know, but shounen anime in Japan is actually made for the teenage market. So you have the mindset of a Japanese child. But by all means, continue watching your “deeeep” anime, just leave the real anime alone for the rest of us.
Can you name anything “deeper” than that? (legit question) 😛
But will you guys just stop arguing about freaking genres, if you like K-On then thats fine, but you dont have to go around being a stupid fanboy and insult other types of anime.
Same goes for you people calling K-On “shallow”, too.
What’s this about “white people”. Japanese people tend to be more pale. People even used that as an argument for the depiction of pale/white characters in Anime. But I guess black people are more knowledgeable with anime.
Maybe northern japs, but lets be honest most of them are yellowish, have you not seen the vids on here?
Would you also consider chinese white? if so your colorblind.
That is just blood vessels. I wouldn’t say most, also have you seen anime girls with pink elbows, cheeks, nipples and knees… lol what is up with that?
And have you seen any white white people? Most of them are kind of pink-ish.
white people are a very light peach colour actually
Infinite internets to you sir. Code Geass and Death Note are both for middle schoolers, and mostly girls.
Agreed. About time that “Code Geass”/”Death Note” fans realize that what they think is “deep” is really meant for the mentality of a child.
Can’t speak for Code Geass, but I think that Death Note has many good points (like is it ethical to kill criminals and so forth). It makes you think.
You mean K-On is deep? An anime based on a group of girls what play in a band can be “deep”? Sorry, but no.
I won’t say Code Geass or Death Note are deeper than K-On but If you say “shounen anime in Japan is actually made for the teenage market. So you have the mindset of a Japanese child” then I say “slice of life with harem and a little service animes like k-on are actually made for the virgin and hikikomori market. So you have thr mindset of a virgin hikikomori”.
If the Academy thought that K-ON! movie doesn’t deserve the top Academy Prize for Animation, I suppose they have their reasons; So stop cryng like a child and start to think a little.
When you find people in forums and boards writing bullshit about K-On you usually go in group and call them “haters” and “childs”; but this time the “haters” and “childs” are the Academy members, so I hope you understand K-on is your favourite magnanime but that doesn’t make it to be the best manganime.
“An anime based on a group of girls what play in a band can be “deep”?”
Um, yeah? Why can’t an anime about a group of girls in a band possibly be deep? Note that anime in question need not be K-On.
Beck… That’s Why this band slice of life anime sucks.
This guy was a little harsh with his comment, but he has his point. I aggre with the fact “Your favourite anime doesn’t has to be the best anime” and I partialy agree with the fact “The acadamy must have their reasons to not to give the prize to K-On”, because I think they must have their reasons but I can’t imagine what kind of reasons do they have.
And in the specific case of K-on, the usual anger you feel when your favourite anime is “attacked” is multiplied to nfinite by a legion of fans. But that doesn’t make K-On a better anime, that make K-On an anime with noisy fans.
Seriously now, I think we have a single guy in this forum who has 8 to 9 accounts and he will downvote any opinion that he view as degrading to K-ON. Good job on having the “life” dude, your parents must be proud. 🙂
Wow, I cannot believe that you guys would actually down vote Flex Fletchers insightful comment on the K-ON fans behavior. Though hurtful, what Anon 22:41 and Flex has said are the truth. Many fans may whine but it does not mean that the show has high quality(well if K-ON has quality at all that is). There are “FAR” better anime besides K-ON and guess what show is far better than K-ON who got the prize.
well, i can see how deep your brain sink, with your stupid comment and self made vote
Defining K-on by its simple narration, young female characters and simple style, I would rather say it’s more a Shojo than a Seinen…
So if you like K-on, what does it make you? 😀
If you’re seriously suggesting that K-ON! is “shoujo”, then I feel REALLY sorry for you.
I guess that just proves me right that white people don’t know anything about anime. 仕方がない。
K-On is the kind of anime that can find more than enough viewers among young women. Just because it’s marketed primarily to men doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be popular among other crowds, given chance.
It’s a seinen manga and that’s a fact, you ignorant ass, not an opinion. You don’t get to decide what is or isn’t seinen or shoujo or whatever category you want or don’t want to put it into. It’s not a matter of opinion.
“What part of the live of these 16 years old girl made it good for to be in a Seinen magazine?” Well gee, what could POSSIBLY interest young men about teenage girls? Use your brain.
And the magazine is “Manga Time Kirara”. Learn to wikipedia.
K-On is seinen. It’s based on a manga runing in a seinen magazine. Why is this even being debated?
Duh, it’s a slice of life moeblob comedy anime.
So educated us. What type of anime is K-on?
Alert guys, we have a single K-ON tard who has 8 to 9 accounts in this forum so he can downvote any opinion that is degrading to K-ON. His parents must be so proud. 🙂
@Anon 9:40
Of course it’s generally perverts and moe fantards. It’s because they can fap to it. The fans are nothing but rabid virgins themselves, remember the s♥♥t VA’s got into just because they have a boyfriend or lover? Yeah…you K-ON! fans sure can say s♥♥t to us White people.
Actually, in the same vein as Azumanga or lucky star, it is a shounen (note, not all shounen need to be fights)comedy, and while I won’t say that either of the series previously mentioned is “deep”, I’ll tell you at once, “deep” series re characterized by well-done character personalities that can be related to people in reality, according to experience and situation of the same, also a plot that includes small details such as foreshadowing, symbolism, small details that actually tell you about characters while allowing for debate within them. An anime about high school girls acting as if they were in elementary doesn’t have any of those mind you.
“Well gee, what could POSSIBLY interest young men about teenage girls?” Love your logic.
So either following your logic the male fans are either young man (aka teenagers) or perverts?
I don’t any self respecting woman with more than 18 reading about some girls with…
Moeblob comedy anie, so it’s like one of those Disney tv series for teen but in japanese anime.
Cause my dead anon, k-on are for TARDS, this is why!
Why is it a seinen? What part of the live of these 16 years old girl made it good for to be in a Seinen magazine? And which magazine is that by the way?
And please don’t say “Slice of life” because it’s not a good argument. There are pure dark fantasies and historical romances that are also Seinen.
Can’t you read, we can’t be helped because they don’t know what type of anime it is either or they can’t define it without insulting themself.
Japanese white or Euro/American/Australian White? You should be more specific. ^^
@ “Bigall”
Using “^^” doesn’t make you more Asian, no matter how much you may want to be.
Don’t worry about being flamed, after all as anon you don’t fear much.
Correct me if I read this wrong.
“^^” came to be used because of foreign infuence, English and Italian to be more precise? Or is it the other way around? My japanese still needs alot of work.
干。 “^^”跟我们亚洲人有啥关系啊。And I think I’m gonna get flamed for typing in chinese 🙁
Oh and by the way, do you actually know what this is “^”, because I think you’re not using it in you’re language. It’s comes from the evolution of European languages. So how come some people think this “^^” as asian origins or would represent asian persons? Just wondering.
Thank you for that. It would be really bad if it did turn me asian. I like who and how I am.