…At least, that seems to be the run of things at the moment. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure’s anime AND manga have ceased publication for the time being because of the appearance of an Arabic book being read by a villain in the series. Apparently Shueisha didn’t realize that the book that was picked was the Koran– way to go! You can read more about it in English here, or in Japanese here.
We’re not done yet. No, it seems that the ecchi-but-entirely-unsexy Kanokon has been pulled from Gyao’s online streaming service, says alafista. The naughty show apparently was the #1 most-watched by elementary school students (well, that main character DOES look pretty damn young). Awhoops.
But wait, there’s more! Japan’s Democratic Party is reportedly thinking about monitoring and censoring websites and eroge.
Hooboy, what a day.
In spite of Kanokon’s attempts to destroy Gurren Lagann, SaiAni reports that the Gurren Lagann film’s website has updated with the full name and date of the film. It’ll be Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Gurenhen (”guren hen” being something like “crimson compilation”) and will hit theaters in Japan on September 6th, 2008.
In anticipation I’ve registered the domain “piercetheheavens.com,” but I’m not sure what I’ll do with it (if anything).
- Title: Kanokon
- Studio: XEBEC
- Genre: Shounen Romance/Comedy
Ratings (out of 5):
- Story: ♥♥
- Animation: ♥♥♥
- Characters: ♥½
- OP/ED Themes: ♥♥♥
- Overall: ♥♥ (Oh, god, haven’t I seen this before?)
Thoughts:
Your first warning, Gurren Lagann fans: this show will absolutely destroy the awesomeness of the word “Gattai” (Union).
So, the plot: Kouta is a high school boy who looks like he’s six years old. He keeps getting hit on by a busty bitch named Chizuru. She gives him a love letter and then reveals herself to be a fox demoness, then tries to rape him. Her brother stops her and yells at her for revealing herself to a human, and she performs a “gattai” with Kouta to prove that he at least doesn’t hate her, and they beat up the brother. Then she succeeds in raping him.
Visually, you can imagine the show’s aesthetic as looking a lot like Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! (which is ufotable, not XEBEC, for the record) but with a shouta boy for the hero. He even gets turned into a catboy. And the show is apparently trying to rival Rosario to Vampire for fanservice (even pantyshots), except that everyone in the show looks pre-pubescent (except that some of them do have boobs). The animation and art quality are fine, but waaaaay not my style for a show this pervy.
There is absolutely nothing to the characters that we haven’t seen a billion times before: Kouta is sort of a wishy-washy nice guy, Chizuru is a pushy but sweet type. Chizuru’s brother is a fun guy except for the serious moments, and there’s a bitchy class president and a few other archetypes as well. All in all, the only thing this show does that I haven’t seen in a show of its type before is the sheer amount of fanservice. They don’t shy away on the kissing front, either, which is something I would appreciate in a different show, I think.
So, yeah. If you dig Key shows but wish they were zanier and more perverted, here’s your show. Not really my thing, though, so I doubt I’ll move forward with the second episode.
This just in from Moon Phase: Katsumi Nishino’s light novel Kanokon, which Seven Seas has licensed but not yet released, is being developed into an anime.
The story is about a boy who meets a fox-girl and a wolf-girl, who both fall for him. Moon Phase refers to it as a book in which the “main ingredient = breasts.” Sounds like a winner to me!
No air date is mentioned.
