In case I fail with the link the takeaway paragraph:
"..Apparently the Adult Swim side is having a direct impact on creative decisions – for example, several times I.G. came to them asking for approval for nudity, and was denied. Naturally this is rather unsettling. There was talk about two different versions for Japanese and American TV, but the Adult Swim guys were adamant that wouldn’t happen."
Jeremiah Foster
They ruin everything. I had to watch the big O and cowboy bebop subbed because I couldn't stand the shit they pulled.
Dylan Barnes
The mc looks like a fucking tumblr persona for a "im not like other girl" 16 y/o who's into anime
Jordan Brown
A Rick and Morty cameo.
Asher Garcia
Already ruined, holy shit.
Ethan Martinez
I'm trying to recall if there was nudity in the original and i can't think of a single scene
Grayson Carter
Good riddance. If some lonely animators want to turn FLCL into seasonal ecchi harem schlock so they can make Haruko fall in love with their self-insert, then I'm glad AS put their foot down. Pic related is one of the many reasons why the new PPG was a fucking trainwreck, so someone needs to whip those betas into line. I want a neat story, not a self-masturbatory extension. The first FLCL was creatively sexual and didn't rely on standard tropes (boob grab, boy falls on to girl, etc) that plagued most other anime, so hopefully this will force the animators to actually think about how to make an interesting situation rather than just saying "let's throw in a contemplative batch scene and call it a day".
Chase Cruz
there were some pretty skimpy outfits but I don't remember any actual nudity
Lucas Mitchell
There was no nudity in the original FLCL, so why sould there be in this one?
Austin Edwards
There was that Ninamori bath scene, and I'm pretty sure Naota was also shown in the bath at some point.
Mason Morales
That's not nudity.
Jeremiah Anderson
>that pic related
This shit can't be real
Chase Edwards
I mean, she was nude, so what do (you) qualify as nudity? Full frontal view with glowing light censorship?
Jason Johnson
>Full frontal view with glowing light censorship Yes Bare breast dude, there has been bathing scenes in anime of all different age groups, that's not nudity.
Alexander Butler
So we're getting the lesbian ending then to push an agenda or some shit?
Fuck. I like the main guy's plainness.
Julian Gutierrez
This is already doomed to fail from the start, literally everything looks like generic milquetoast anime except the single character lifted from the first FLCL. I have no idea why you would make a creative decision like that.
Nathaniel Nguyen
Is Adult Swim known for ruining things? Excluding World Peace of course.
Caleb Torres
>Hot take based on 40 seconds of random clips
Why do faggots do this?
Jeremiah Gonzalez
I'm literally only looking at the art design. Unless I'm mistaken and that bland headphone girl isn't the main character we'll be forced to look at the whole time?
Christian Davis
Wait Trigger isnt making this?
Daniel Parker
Based Guardian Enzo
Elijah Garcia
>So we're getting the lesbian ending then to push an agenda or some shit? Yup. If it's a female lead anime or cartoon or has a large female cast it's gonna get dykey as fuck and dykey as fuck fast. Hilarious thing is that...shows like that bomb huge and are only kept afloat/on the air by queers, thirsty jailhouse gay chicks, and losers of both sexes. I defy you to name 5 major pieces of media that didn't have a full on lez scene or the titular/main heroine(s) lezing out. Go on.
Brayden Smith
>FLCL into seasonal ecchi harem schlock >nudity means this >Sup Forums-shit
Jesus christ faggot, keep your shit together.
Caleb Rodriguez
I'm not the typical Sup Forums pessimist but judging from what little was shown in the trailer, the character designs and backgrounds definitely pales in comparison to the original ova. Should have gotten the original character designer on board.
Caleb Allen
Three instances, as far as I can remember:
1. Mayor's Daughter in the bath 2. Takkun in the bath 3. Jack Link's Dad Jerky
The first series was great with next to no nudity, and when there was nudity, it was incidental at most. The most risque scene in the first series involved nothing but a fried egg and some thigh.
I don't approve of Adult Swim telling the team what they can and can't do, but I still don't think a lack of nudity means things are getting derailed.
If anything, it means they'll have to be more creative with their imagery.
Jacob Diaz
>it means
It means nothing user. Because you can have nudity and creativity together.
Arbitrary limitations are for hacks.
Juan Ortiz
You can have nudity and creativity together, yes.
But you're more likely to be creative if you have to think of ways to bypass the limitations.
Like I said, the first series got its point across just fine without nudity, through the use of metaphor.
If they need the nudity to tell their story now, then maybe they just aren't what they used to be and the series is going to be shit anyway. Because they certainly didn't need it before.
A hack needs arbitrary limits.
You're also a hack if you can't find a way to get around arbitrary limits.
Parker Williams
Adult Swim are well known for airing experimental shows that usually won't have a chance anywhere else.
Some of these Sup Forumsnons just hate everything not-jap.
John Hughes
>you're more likely to be creative if you have to think of ways to bypass
If you're a hack, yes.
>If they need the nudity to tell their story now, maybe they aren't what they used to be
Or maybe their target audience is older and they want to have the ability to do more with the material.
Then again Gainax was mostly the reason the original was such a success. And they are defunct now. SO maybe you're right on that note.
But not the glorification of limitations.
Justin Perez
>how badly will they fuck it up
If I remember Big O season 2 correctly
very, very badly.
Ryder Taylor
>nudity Then they will find more subtle ways to be lewd which will turn you lot on anyway. Not like the story would lose any meaning without a generic bath scene panning up the heroine slowly.
Dominic Ross
>Need 2D tities to tell a story.
What kind of story are they telling where they NEED nudity?
Connor Howard
But they did get the original character designer on board.
If you're a hack, then the thing you wanted to do was probably trash in the first place. If it wasn't trash, then you'll probably just settle for something that wasn't as good.
Someone who isn't a hack would find a way to get what they want despite what they were told.
I don't want to glorify limitations, but I absolutely believe that if you need nudity to make this good, then it probably didn't have much going for it in the first place.
It's plausible that nudity would add something good. It's more probable that it would just be fanservice, like most anime featuring nudity.
Dominic Russell
>Someone who isn't a hack would find a way to get what they want despite what they were told.
You could probably have put it better, but yeah. I don't really have much expectations for this in the first place if they are listening to the demands of some random overseas TV producers.
Now that I think about it, another example of anime that got released in the west at the very same time was Space Dandy, and that was fucking garbage.
The same kind of story that would NEED colour and good looking animation too no doubt.